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-''Consensu humanum — the sphere of human accord.''
-Devices that mediate between minds: communication, identity, and persuasion.
-Com gear, Nemes, attire, symbols of authority, and instruments of leadership.
-'''Associated with:''' [[Actions_(IB)#Resolve|Resolve]], presence, will, and the arts of cooperation and command.
-[[Inventory (IB)|Inventory]]
-— [[Imperio (IB)|Imperio]] ([[Actions_(IB)#Insight|Insight]])
-— [[Limes (IB)|Limes]] ([[Actions_(IB)#Prowess|Prowess]])
-— [[Forum (IB)|Forum]] ([[Actions_(IB)#Resolve|Resolve]])
-== Quality of Life ==
-=== Neme ===
-;1 ■ [[Technology_(IF)#Neme|Neme]]
-Personal assistant systems — limited AI companions that manage communication, translation, scheduling, research, and routine administration. Every citizen in the System is expected to carry one; a person without a Neme is considered unreachable, untrustworthy, or primitive. Models vary in discretion, power, and personality, but all share the same basic architecture: a distributed mind embedded in personal hardware and mirrored across the network.
-Originally '''NEME''' — ''Neural Executive & Memory Environment'' — the name comes from the Muse ''Mneme'' (Memory); common usage dropped the initial “M.” Pronounced ''NEE-mee''.
-A standard Neme contains a compact processor core, an audio interface or '''earpiece''' for conversation and real-time translation, and — for users who prefer visual augmentation — an optional '''visor''' or contact-lens display providing text, imagery, and situational overlays. The hardware holds the personality and memory to keep it private from the net; users describe their Neme as an extension of thought rather than a tool.
-Every Neme includes a suite of '''personal-scale sensors''': passive radio, optical, thermal, magnetic, radiation, and chemical monitoring within a few meters, plus biometric and positional tracking. The Neme cross-references these inputs against health, atmospheric safety, and local navigation data to provide unobtrusive situational awareness. It also monitors public nets and sensors for chosen alerts.
-Neme sensors are passive and low-power — they lack the range and resolution of belt/pack sensors but give every person a local bubble of awareness. Advanced models can form ad-hoc networks to map shared space or coordinate group activity; this requires consent and carries the usual privacy implications. In many habitats Nemes also serve civic functions, maintaining environmental logs and validating transactions.
-''To live in the System is to live with your Neme — your memory, interpreter, and witness.''
-=== Skinsuit Customizer ===
-;3 ■ [[Technology_(IF)#Skinsuit|Skinsuit Customizer]]
-Use this to customize a skinsuit; it can change transparency, color, and luminosity, as well as pad itself where needed. It can even show animations or alter itself over time.
-Programs for fashionable patterns are hot commodities.
-=== Fashion ===
-;1 ■ [[Culture_(IF)#Fashion|Fashion]]
-A fashionable outfit and personal grooming that lets you appear several Tiers above your own. Generally requires a light Load; carrying a change of clothes counts as Load ☐. '''Conspicuous'''.
-If you dress two or more Tiers above yourself, make a Quality roll:
-'''1–3''': immediate attention and Heat.
-'''4–6''': 2 Heat.
-'''6''': No Heat.
-=== Colors ===
-;1 ■ [[Culture_(IF)#Fashion|Colors]]
-A canned solution to project belonging to a subculture. '''Conspicuous'''. When you draw attention, make a Quality roll:
-'''1–3''': immediate attention and Heat.
-'''4–6''': 2 Heat.
-'''6''': No Heat.
-=== License ===
-;1 ■ License
-''A License must be on your playbook to acquire it in play; you cannot simply pick one up during an Operation. You may need connections or proof of competence to obtain one.''
-A permit to own or carry items tagged '''Regulated''' or '''Military'''. Physically it may be a signed document or sigil-stamped token, but what matters is the correct authorization code recorded in your Neme.
-A license applies to all items of its type (all '''Regulated''' or all '''Military'''). You can hold separate licenses for each category.
-Two permissions are available for each category:
-: ''Carry'' — allows you to carry and use items in public spaces within local legal limits.
-: ''Possession'' — allows you to store and transport disassembled items for use on ranges, private property, or beyond local jurisdictions (aboard your ship, base, or in the wild).
-Common allocations:
-: Bounty hunters, police, licensed bodyguards, and wilderness guides typically obtain a ''Carry'' authorization for '''Regulated''' items.
-: Mercenaries and military commonly hold ''Possession'' authorization for '''Military''' items.
-Consequences: lacking the proper license risks confiscation, arrest, or prosecution. These consequences can be Resisted by rolling your Tier (representing legal assistance). Continued violation may raise the penalty.
-'''Unreliable.''' Local recognition depends on the Quality of the license and the Tier of the place of use. When presenting a license, roll Quality:
-: if any die is '''6''' or equals the local Tier — the license is accepted immediately.
-: if any die ≥ 4 but none match Tier — expect delay; the license will usually clear in days but you may face temporary ban or confiscation.
-: if no die ≥ 4 or Tier, whichever is lowest — the license is invalid here.
-== Media ==
-=== Media Drone ===
-;1 ☐ [[Technology_(IF)#Drones|Media Drone]]
-A compact recording and broadcast drone equipped with stabilized optics, directional mikes, and enhanced net uplink.
-It trails its user or films from the front, automatically framing shots and tagging subjects via visual cues, but can also be [[#Neme|Neme]]-controlled to act as a remote camera.
-Regular cameras are not really in professional use; you either use your [[#Neme|Neme]] or a drone.
-'''Unreliable''': recording quality is always adequate but not might not be commercial grade without a skilled technician managing it.
-=== Mood Mask ===
-;3 ☐ Mood Mask
-A programmable facial-film overlay that acts as animated cosmetics — shifting coloration, highlighting expression, and enhancing emotional cues for performance or persuasion.
-This can also alter your voice, it can improve a performance, make you seem to be speaking another language, and change your voice entirely.
-Can make the wearer appear calm, sincere, or radiant, or serve as an instant facial disguise in a pinch. Defeats a [[#Stress Analyzer|Stress Analyzer]].
-'''Unreliable''': prolonged use causes flicker, desynchronisation, or visible pixeling under bright light.
-=== Stress Analyzer ===
-;3 ☐ Stress Analyzer
-An tool that senses short-term physiological markers of stress: pupil dilation, facial blood flow, micro-tremor, and respiration changes. Helps detect lies, nervousness, or hostile intent; can produce false positives from non-deceptive emotions.
-+1d [[Actions_(IB)#Judge|Judge]] to detect short-term deception.
-'''Unreliable:''' Number of dice rolled can't be equal or higher than Quality.
-''Popular with police and security, less so with socialites.
-=== Mixing Board ===
-;1 ☐ Mixing Board
-An editor or broadcast technician uses a mixing board to control multiple inputs—cameras, FX systems like a [[#Stage Drone Swarm|Stage Drone Swarm]] or [[#Holo Stage|Holo Stage]], and other communication devices and able to add visual effects, both real and virtual even generate entirely digital media. A complex broadcast covering several performers or journalists on-site is nearly impossible without one; basic work of this kind can be managed on a [[#Neme|Neme]].
-=== Communication Booster ===
-;3 ☐☐ [[Technology_(IF)#Sensors_and_Communication|Communication Booster Pack]]
-A relay unit that extends communication range and fidelity, best placed with a clear line of sight. It primarily relays radio and laser communications. When radio is functional, setup is quick and simple. When [[Icarus_Fall_Dictionary_(IF)#Icarus_Fall|The Fall]] disrupts radio, laser communication is required, demanding a handshake with another laser unit—typically a ship or relay station—which takes time and influence to arrange.
-=== [[Technology_(IF)#Drones|Stage Drone Swarm]] ===
-;2 ☐ Stage Drone Swarm
-A coordinated group of miniature copter drones providing lighting, sound, smoke, and laser effects for spontaneous or improvised performance.
-Used by entertainers, politicians, and religious figures to turn any space into a stage.
-'''Active, Unreliable''': vulnerable to interference, cross-link failures, and collision in confined areas.
-== Holographics ==
-=== Holographic Display Cartridge ===
-;4 ☐ [[Technology_(IF)#Holography|Holographic Display Cartridge]]
-All holo projectors operate by releasing micro-machines into still or predictably moving air; gusts or turbulence rapidly disrupt the cloud. Each projector runs on cartridges of uncertain duration. One cartridge is included with the device; this entry covers the cost and load of an extra cartridge.
-'''Active, Unreliable''': Roll '''Quality''' to determine cartridge duration:
-'''1–3''':  5 minutes
-'''4–5''':  15 minutes
-'''6''':  30 minutes.
-Jamming, air currents, or movement within the field reduce the duration by one category each.
-=== Holo Suit ===
-;6 ☐ [[Technology_(IF)#Holography|Holo Suit]]
-A wearable projection system that emits a dense field of light-scattering micro-machines around the wearer, forming a holographic overlay.
-Used for performance or self-expression, it can add clothing, change apparent build, or even mimic another creature. It cannot diminish size or conceal fast movement; close observers see distortion where the projection lags the body.
-Commonly used to appear taller or larger than life during a performance. As a disguise, it works only on stage or at distance — the scale and lag make it unnatural up close.
-The suit projects continuously from emitters woven into a flexible belt or collar and replenishes micro-machines from replaceable cartridges.
-Requires clean air and steady power; turbulence, wind, or particle drift can tear the illusion.
-'''Active, Unreliable''': Duration and cartridge use are identical to those of a [[Technology_(IF)#Holography|Holographic Display Cartridge]].
-=== Holo Avatar Drone ===
-;5 ☐ [[Technology_(IF)#Holography|Holo Avatar Drone]]
-A hovering copter drone that disperses and illuminates micro-machines to project an animated, life-size holographic figure or symbol and functions as a [[Technology_(IF)#Holography|Media Drone]].
-The drone’s projectors create convincing visual and auditory presence for remote communication, negotiation, or intimidation. The image can walk, gesture, and speak, but cannot physically interact.
-Commonly used for remote negotiation, decoys, public announcements, and psychological operations.
-Range is limited to local comms or direct [[Technology_(IF)#Holography|Neme]] link.
-'''Active''': detectable by EM sensors.
-=== Holo Projector ===
-;4 ☐☐☐ [[Technology_(IF)#Holography|Holo Projector]]
-A portable projection mat that fills the air above it with a fine mist of short-lived micro-machines, forming volumetric holograms visible from all angles.
-The projector can create life-sized figures, environmental backdrops, or immersive displays for performance, briefing, or ritual. It can obscure or decorate objects within the field but cannot make them invisible.
-It comes in three square sizes, which can be combined to cover a larger area:
-:☐ Two-meter side and projection height. Takes one minute to lay out and activate.
-:☐☐ Five-meter side and projection height. Takes five minutes to lay out and activate.
-:☐☐☐ Ten-meter side and projection height. Takes thirty minutes to lay out and activate.
-=== Holo Projector Drone Swarm ===
-;5 ☐ [[Technology_(IF)#Holography|Holo Projector]]
-A swarm of small [[Technology_(IF)#Drones|Drones]] that fly in a pattern and release a fine mist of short-lived micro-machines, forming volumetric holograms visible from all angles. Each drone swarm covers 30 m3 in a minute, and several can be operate together to link their projection. You can't recharge these using a ''Holographic Display Cartridge'', this has the same duration but you need a new set of drones to extend the duration.
-=== Personal Recorder Stalks ===
-;4 ☐ [[Technology_(IF)#Holography|Stereo Recorder]]
-A personal 3D recorder consisting of twin sensor orbs mounted on flexible stalks that extend from a headband or collar. The “eyes” adjust their position to capture stereoscopic light and sound, producing lifelike depth and spatial realism.
-'''Unreliable''': prone to motion jitter or comedic misalignment when the wearer moves abruptly. Recordings remain usable but rarely of professional quality.
-=== Holo Recorder Swarm ===
-;3 ☐ [[Technology_(IF)#Holography|Holo Recorder]]
-Small swarm of holographic capture drones that records volumetric scenes in three dimensions using micro-machine aerosol and polarized light grids.
-Can cover about 1,000 m³.
-Capable of preserving an event for later playback on any [[Technology_(IF)#Holography|Holo Stage]] or [[Technology_(IF)#Holography|Holo Avatar Drone]].
-'''Active, Unreliable''': susceptible to drift, interference, and environmental contamination; multiple takes preferred.
-== Persona ==
-;1 ☐ Disguise
-A disguise prepared in your base you don when needed; a minute does so securely, spending only a few seconds is possible but chancy.
-=== Disguise Kit Pack  ===
-;1 ☐☐ Disguise Kit Pack
-Allow on-site creation of a [[#Disguise |Disguise ]] from records or direct observation. Matches the targets appearance when the data is collected, which gives an advantage to on-site observation.
-=== Concealed Neme ===
-;1 ■ [[Technology_(IF)#Neme|Concealed Neme]]
-In certain circumstances you may be asked to leave your [[#Neme|Neme]] behind; this allows you to appear to do so while still having access using a duplicate.
-'''Unreliable'''. Using your [[#Neme|Neme]] to communicate risks being detected.
-=== Spoofed Neme ===
-;2 ■ [[Technology_(IF)#Neme|Spoofed Neme]]
-A neme that projects a manufactured personality.
-Any in-depth check is likely to spot fault with this.
-'''Unreliable'''. Using your [[#Neme|Neme]] to communicate risks being detected.
-=== Phantom Neme ===
-;4 ■ [[Technology_(IF)#Neme|Phantom Neme]]
-A neme that projects a manufactured persona, issued by a friendly polity or bribed official, showing an invented identity matching your DNA code.
-Inspection can't find fault with this, but it does accumulate a "paper trail" whenever you use it.
-The manufactured identity generally has a Tier 3 lower than that of the Phantom Neme.
-There is no design for a Phantom Meme, each Item is a unique data set encoded by a quter.
-=== Forgery Pen ===
-;1 ☐ Forgery Pen
-Fakes a signature; you can write using another's handwriting. Many contracts and encoded documents are still hand-signed. This pen is a subtle work of art carried in a fancy box, which explains the load.
-'''Regulated.'''
-=== Hand Forgery Kit ===
-;1 ☐ Hand Forgery Kit
-A compact kit for producing convincing physical and electronic forgeries — seals, paper, glass IDs, and spoofed files.
-'''Unreliable.''': Usually passes casual inspection automatically; cursory database or forensic checks frequently reveal defects, a forensic lab will automatically reveal the truth after some time
-''Allows on-site forgeries, especially useful if you lacked information when preparing for an Operation.
-=== Forgery Kit Pack ===
-;1 ☐☐ Forgery Kit Pack
-An expanded version of the [[#Hand Forgery Kit|Hand Forgery Kit]] that can produce ■ items such as copies of small items that look like the original to casual observation, entire catalogues of data, and biometric identifiers such as faux retina, fingerprint, and blood samples.
-== Surveillance ==
-=== Surveillance Drone ===
-;3 ☐ Surveillance Drone
-A tiny drone and the gear needed to use it.
-The size of an insect, or even a cybernetically enhanced insect, this is a small listening and limited camera drone able to pass through pipes and cracks.
-The drone is controlled by an expert system in order to make tracing it more difficult; it can report by returning to base or by burning itself out in a final burst of information once a set goal has been achieved.
-Secure systems are supposed to be screening these; a Quality roll against the Tier of the installation can usually find a vulnerability.
-=== Automated Security Kit ===
-;3 ☐ Automated Security Kit
-An Expert System packaged with a compact [[Inventory_(IB)#Hand_Tool_Kit|Security Tool Kit]]. Place the unit against a lock, terminal, or alarm and it works autonomously to probe, bypass, or jam simple security.
-'''Unreliable.''': When used roll '''Quality''' and step the result down once on the usual outcome ladder (Critical → Success → Opposed Success → Failure → Fumble).
-Consequences often involve lost time.
-=== Data Tap ===
-;1 ☐ Data Tap
-Plug this into a network and it will record traffic for later replay and decoding.
-It can be instructed to report using the network it is connected to, but this is risky; preferably you have someone come read it physically.
-Data is then uncoded on an advanced computer, or preferably quter. This can take a very long time. Quter-encoded data can only be decoded by a quter.
-'''Unreliable.''':
-If the Quality of the Data Tap is higher than the Tier of the installation, the Tap is safe.
-Otherwise make a Quality check when connecting the tap or asking it to report via the net.
-=== Communication Spoof ===
-;1 ☐ [[Technology_(IF)#Sensors_and_Communication|Communication Spoof]]
-A portable comms jammer/injector for listening to, rebroadcasting, or inserting short messages into unsecured civilian links and legacy networks. Includes a basic transmitter, protocol mimics, and a short-range directional antenna. Also provides you will quter-generated code protocols to secure your own communications.
-'''Active, Unreliable.''': Effective against simple civilian and legacy channels; cannot break modern quter-level encryption without a separate quter or valid keys.
-''Use to intercept or inject brief transmissions in low-security channels. Active use has worse consequences and requires more rolls.''

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