Emote Tech (Action Powers)
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Compartment
Inherent
A hidden compartment somewhere on your body. It can hold about a litre of stuff or a weapon with Concealability: Jacket. A compartment is very hard to see and shielded against most detection; it can only be detected with advanced sensors or a very thorough strip search; even so, a Spot roll against your Charm is required.
Small (thumb-sized) compartments can be had for free for anyone who has mastered the Technology Form.
Cybernetic Implant
Inherent
Pick one stance of the Technology Origin. That stance is installed in a surgically implanted device, and the power of the stance becomes inherent. Cybernetic implants can be subtle or discrete as a matter of style, but they can always be detected by sensors and with successful Spot checks against your Charm.
Face Dance
Basic Action
Replace the skin and bone of your face with synthetic mass that can be molded into any facial appearance as well as change skin and hair coloration all over your body. It also alters your vocal chords, letting you mimic speech. This makes disguise a speedy and easy process. If combined with a Skin Graft, you can change the shape of your entire body on a whim.
Pheromone Control
Basic Action
Pheromone control allows you to manipulate nearby people by means of pehromones. Pheromones are scent-like substances used by people and animals to communicate on a sunconscious level. Manipulation on such a primal level can be dangerous, lending itself best to inducing needs that can be immediately gratified. If you try to induce subtle feelings or long-lasting relationships, the Pheromone Control may backfire. It is thus best used to get into someone's close presence, where normal Charm can proceed. This only works against creatures whose racial pheromone sets have been programmed into the unit, and anyone with a breather mask or somehow otherwise immune to poison or inhaled gases can ignore it.
What this does in game terms is that you create a social connection between you and another person. That person will focus his attention on you, for good or bad. Depending on the mood, this might involve sex, combat, or just conversation. He will ignore normal distractions and is generally willing to follow you a short way in order to interact there.
Skin Graft
Inherent
A cosmetic modification. With skin graft, you can look like anyone or anything with a basic body shape similar to your own. You cannot turn into a baby or a crocodile using this system, but can change your body mass from half to double normal. The operation takes a few days of hospitalization, so appearance cannot be changed on a whim, but if you also have Face Dance, your entire bodily appearance can be changed at a whim.
Technological Inspiration
Trigger Action
You inspire others to be detached, analytical, and focused on results without regard to distractions or side effects. Whenever someone in the vicinity fails an action based on these virtues, you can take a reflex action to give him an immediate reroll. This applies to most uses of the Create skill, and to other skills and rolls as determined my the GM.