Zvezda raised a very good point, I was thinking purely in terms of the PCs buying stuff and never thought about the average guy on the street with an average wage trying to buy things. The PCs usually have enough money to buy the normal things from the list so they don't have to worry too much but t...

Thinking some more on this, for the sake of clarity I suppose it should run something like: - Roll 1D10 for price increase/decrease 1-5 = decrease 6-10 = increase If a decrease is rolled, roll 1D10/2 for a 1D5 result with the result being the percentage that the listed price decreases. If an increas...

I haven't run a campaign (of any game!) for a few years now and I'm slowly working myself up to start a new DC game. It will be set in a large city in Europe with London being the prime candidate, mostly because I've been there briefly a few years back and I have a friend living there at the moment ...

Cool story, personally I think it's some sort of prank because the way it moves, it looks too mechanical, like a clockwork robot or a marionette or something. Thunderbirds anyone? :? A lot of viewer comments on the Sun's site were amusing hehehe, unfortunately the Sun uses the world's smallest video...

In light of what we have been discussing here, I found this article to be very interesting. It's a BBC article about the 'surveillance state' mentality in the UK and how MPs are being watched even though under the UK's "Wilson doctrine", members of parliament are supposed to be exempt from...

I read West of Eden a long time ago as well. I remember the ship being a hugely modified icthyosaur with a hollowed out dorsal fin resembling a submarine conning tower. As I recall there was a big appendix at the back which detailed the various bits of Yilane technology, complete with pictures. Cou...

TRS facial recognition system - Origin: USA. Manufacturer: Technology Recognition Systems Inc. (TRS Inc.) Unlike earlier methods of facial recognition, this system does not match photographic records of a persons face but their heat signature. Wow, so even a Facedancer (Darktek sourcebook) isn't go...

Some more items used for security purposes to give you ideas :twisted: I've added some of my own thoughts in blue text. Jane's Police And Security Equipment 1997-1998 Senstar 100 - Origin: Canada. Manufacturer: Senstar Corporation This is an alarm monitoring system that requires nothing more than a ...

G'Day Linden, At its most basic, the AutoTrace system only records data when the vehicle activates the entry/exit gate, I'm also of the impression that the number plate is photographed at the same time as the entire vehicle is being photographed. Along with the option to photograph parking permits d...

I answered Yes for the basic books only but I bought them from eBay a few years ago because I didn't like the cost of them when they were for sale in the shops at the time. I wasn't very pleased with the quality either and so I felt it was pointless buying doubles of material I already had (that was...

Done.
Give me a little time and I'll add some other items.
I've found some other systems that could be used for controlling people's access to areas such as the Inmate Tracking System. I think you'll like it Zvezda

Cheers,
Kevin

At the request of Morthrai and Zvezda, the following has been cross-posted from http://darkconspiracytherpg.info/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1406#1406 which was a damned fine suggestion and I wish I could claim credit for thinking of it! :D It is a small list taken from "Jane's Police And Security E...

[And I just reread the thread and saw that you have access to this book already. DOH! Oh well, it might create interest for other readers :? ) Many years ago I read Harry Harrison's book "West Of Eden" (ISBN-10: 0743400135), in it it had an alternate history where the dinosaurs had not bee...

Even if we don't see these sorts of things in everyday life at the moment, they definately exist in one form or another and are all used to control access to zones. So for the near future setting of the standard DC game, some of these systems could be a whole lot more capable. The following is a sma...

Welcome aboard Paul, Like Morthrai I'm inclined to favour GDWs interpretation, they had a few military enthusiasts amongst their number including one USMC veteran of Vietnam. As for CoC, I remember being very much unimpressed when getting the CoC 1990s book '1990s Handbook' and reading that silencer...