[farfromnice]

So, OK, I read Chrome Flesh and somewhere in the "comments" I don't remember who mentionning a new implant like an auto-injector from a Corp who I forgot the name (Come On ! Farfromnice ! you could do better than that. Yeah ! I know I'm getting old I think )

I have just the word Chemicals in head for the corporation name (it's not one of the big ten, I think it have an AA rating)

anyway ... The idea behind my New Security Provider is that their agents are link to a BioMonitor and a plethorat of AutoInjector, so technically they could work every possible outcome without the evasivness of Cyber/BioWares and the cost link to engaging a Shaman/Mage. The corp is clearly testing a new product on their agents etc. etc.

My Runners will have to retrieve an object from I convoy of this guys.

and I want to know
1- What do you think
2- What would you throw at my player
3- Does anyone know at what page of Chrome Flesh I could retrieve the snippet of information or the name of the corporation

[Herr Brackhaus]

3. Probably Zeta-ImpChem and their Chemoware "long-term chemical-augmentation regimen". Page 201 of Chrome Flesh.

[farfromnice]

Thank you ! I think about it all the afternoon

fiouuuf

[Lorebane24]

So do you mean you want to introduce a new security provider similar to Lone Star or Knight Errant?  One that equips all of their officers with a couple of auto-injectors and a plethora of combat drugs so they can be ready for any situation?  I think that is a supremely cool idea.

Auto-Injectors are cheap and essence light, so it would be feasible for every officer to have like two or three installed.  I think that Jazz, Nitro, and some sort of painkiller would be likely chems to load into them, and you could also give them body cames or something with a couple of chemicly savvy deckers running oversight who remotely identify the best drug for each job and chose what to inject.  Opens up some fun possibilities for PC deckers too.

[farfromnice]

Yeah it is basically the idea

In Run&Gun they seem to talk more about a "permanente" solution. Like some reaction enhancing drug pumping in your veins all the time

[GloriousRuse]

So, I take it that this provider only works in higher threat, higher pay circumstances? Seems like overkill for a full spectrum provider.

[farfromnice]

Zeta-ImpChem are not know to protect their employees

So I was more thinking of Security Force for all kind of thing

in my run they will protect a convoy with an awaken map in it

[AwesomenessDog]

Yeah it is basically the idea

In Run&Gun they seem to talk more about a "permanente" solution. Like some reaction enhancing drug pumping in your veins all the time

Hmm... Reaction enhancing drug... and its constantly pumping through you... you wouldn't happen to mean adrenaline would you?

[farfromnice]

more like Kamikaze or Jazz

[GloriousRuse]

I was saying more to the point of they are a little expensive for general purpose patrol work is what I'm saying. You wouldn't hire them to be the generic mall cops and parking meter maids. They don't have the specialization and experience to be true exec protect crews (since the idea is to provide cheap combat generalists, it defeats the business model if they go recruiting special shooter types), and auto injected chems won't make up for precision and discretion.   They sound like a very specifically "kinetic" security company specializing in less in law enforcement or large presence situations, and more in "if you try to crack this specific target, we can guarantee a bloody firefight"

[Lorebane24]

I was saying more to the point of they are a little expensive for general purpose patrol work is what I'm saying. You wouldn't hire them to be the generic mall cops and parking meter maids.

I'm not so sure about this.  Remember that in Shadowrun security is generally entirely privatized.  We aren't talking about municipal police or a mall owner who just wants to make sure that the properties they rent out have the appearance of protection.  Security guards and police in shadowrun work for, and are funded by, professional security providers that are competing with other security providers, and they win that competition by netting more contracts.  They'll be looking for anything that gives their guys an edge over others in the most cost efficient way they can.

[Herr Brackhaus]

I see this being plausible for a very simple reason; human trials.

Chrome Flesh mentions that Zeta-ImpChem's Chemoware(tm) suite is still in development. What better way to test their product than shoot up a bunch otherwise average security guards for no other reason than to measure the efficiency of their newest product?

[farfromnice]

I see this being plausible for a very simple reason; human trials.

Chrome Flesh mentions that Zeta-ImpChem's Chemoware(tm) suite is still in development. What better way to test their product than shoot up a bunch otherwise average security guards for no other reason than to measure the efficiency of their newest product?

Yes it was my idea too

So anyway How you guys would handle it ?

[Shaidar]

A couple of extra extracts regarding Z-ImpChem's Chemoware suite:

For single-use chemical boosts, Z-IC has been upgrading and modifying current combat-enhancement, pain-reduction, attention-focusing, and data-processing enhancement drugs by adding secondary chemicals that allow higher doses and suppress side effects.

Z-IC was on the verge of introducing Chemoware™, their long-term chemical-augmentation regimen, when the Boston situation sent the corporate world into turmoil. They pulled back on marketing and pushed the stock they had on hand out for more field-testing. Quite a bit of that stock was dropped into the Quarantine Zone.

PORTABLE CHEMICAL INJECTOR
An external auto-injector, the PCI can be operated with the push of a button or controlled wirelessly. It comes in three sizes, each capable of holding a different number of chem doses. The wrist model is worn like a watch. The thigh model straps on like a gun holster. The harness is worn much like a double shoulder holster and can feed massive amounts of chemicals into the user.
Wrist: 3 doses, 500 nuyen
Thigh: 5 doses, 750 nuyen
Harness: 20 doses, 2,500 nuyen
No chemicals are included in the cost of the injector

Seems to me that Boston either has a rampant Jucier problem or is about to.

[The Wyrm Ouroboros]

Mmmm, Juicers.