What do you have in your pockets? Besides a... gun?
Let's get this straight. A
Cyberpunk future is mobile. Like the cowboys of the Old West, most people in this time carry their lives on their backs-- A world of miniaturized sleeping, eating, and entertainment components crammed into carryalls and back seats of cars. The
gear you carry around is known on the Street as your
outfit.
A typical outfit might include:
- Inflatable Bed & Sleep-bag (folds to a 6" x 6" package for easy storage).
- Personal Agent (a micro-sized communications system and computer that fits in your pocket).
- A pocket load of Memory Chips.
- A Cyberdeck and cables (for Netrunners)
- A Techtool or other tools.
- Easily portable food in the form of bars. squeeze tubes, foil packs, and MRE's, and occasional synthfruit.
- Personal effects, like clothes, toothbrushes, etc.
Most of this is crammed into a shoulder bag or duffel sack. In the Time of the Red,
Cyberpunk RED Characters
still aren't much for settling down. Rockerboys always have the next gig. Solos have to keep moving; the next
job requires it, and you keep moving anyway before your enemies figure out where you're sleeping these days.
Cops, Netrunners, Medias, and Techies are always on the move; on stakeouts, hard stories, or running from the
various people you've brought down on yourself with your Netrunning. Nomads...well, they don't have homes to
start with (unless you count their kombis) and what good is it if you can't cram it on the back of your bike anyway?
At this point we're not going to worry about any of the other stuff in your life: your home, your rent, how you
make enough scratch to pay for a bag of Kibble Product #19. That involves Lifestyle and Housing, which you'll
learn more about. In the meantime, here's a quick rundown of things you probably have on or
around you as you start your life in Night City.
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