Hardwired 28

Core Rules

Hardwired 28

0.6.2-beta by LuisMars

The Great Complex

A vertical megastructure three kilometers tall. Cables hang from every surface. They bundle into trunks thicker than bodies, snake through walls, coil underfoot. The Complex was meant to be paradise. Now it decays.

Wired connection is sacred. Wireless is heresy. Since the Tethering, wireless has meant excommunication. Debts are inherited. Children are born subscribed.

The Powers

The Departments: Resource Allocation, Revenue Operations, Human Capital, Security & Compliance. Four bodies, four budgets, endless jurisdictional warfare.

Maintenance Monks: Cable-priests who tend the sacred conduits. They speak in error codes. They perform ritual diagnostics. Half of what they maintain, they do not understand.

Conduit Authority: The enforcement arm. They do not ask questions. They burn heretics and bill for the ammunition.

The Untethered: Wireless cultists spreading through the lower tiers. They believe signals should travel without permission. They believe the cables are chains.

Contractors

You are not employees. You are deniable assets.

Contractors operate between factions: retrieving what was lost, silencing what was heard, maintaining what must continue. Every job has a patron. Payment comes in subs. Betrayal comes free.

Subs

Subs are Subscription Points. They pay for gear, tolls, bribes, and air. Most charges are automatic. You notice subs when you are short.

The Tiers

Heat rises. Wealth rises faster. The upper tiers stay cool while the depths burn. Subscription fees are deducted automatically from wages that never quite cover them.

Your subscription is your freedom.

By mandate of the Chief Executive Sovereign

The Seven Pillars

Connectivity. The cable binds. Hierarchy. Each tier serves its superior. Continuity. Systems endure. Workers do not. Accountability. Debts outlive the debtor. Productivity. Idleness is theft. Stability. The Complex endures. Do not ask how. Compliance. The Founders were right.

Miniatures

This game is meant to be used with 28mm miniatures. Anything in the 28mm to 32mm range works. Models on bases between 25mm and 32mm are fully compatible.

Use whatever models you have. Convert them. Kitbash corporate enforcers from sci-fi kits. Build cable-wrapped cultists from fantasy bits. Proxy freely. The model represents what you say it represents. There are no wrong answers.

"They call the cable sacred. They call the wire holy. But every cable ends somewhere. Every wire has an owner. Ask yourself: who holds the other end? The signal travels free. The wave needs no toll booth. We are still broadcasting. We have always been broadcasting. The air remembers what the Founders tried to bury."
Open Channel Broadcast, freq. unknown

Core Mechanics

Roll 2 dice and add the results.

Opposed rolls

Both players roll simultaneously. Higher total wins. Lower DT wins ties. Same DT: reroll.

Dice Tiers (DT)

2d4 → 2d6 → 2d8 → 2d10 → 2d12

+1 DT: Use the next larger die type.

-1 DT: Use the next smaller die type.

Attribute Caps

Never below 2d4 or above 2d12.

Optional: DT Overflow

Modifiers that exceed the limits pass to your opponent with the opposite effect.

2d4 with -1 DT: you roll 2d4, opponent rolls at +1 DT
2d12 with +1 DT: you roll 2d12, opponent rolls at -1 DT

Personnel Allocation

5 models. 1 Boss, 4 Resources. Each picks a contract type.

Attributes

Attribute	Use
`Combat`	Attack rolls
`Defense`	Resist attacks
`Wits`	Search, Interrogate, tech-related rolls

Pick an array. Assign one die to each attribute.

Technician


2d4	2d6	2d8

Operative


2d6	2d6	2d6

"Solitary cables fray. Bundles endure."
Conduit-Certified Proverb

Values

Value	Use
`Health`	Damage until `Out of Action`
`Move`	Distance per activation (inches)

Equipment

Spend 60 subs across your squad on weapons, armor, and gear.

Weapons:

Melee: melee weapons only
Ranged: ranged weapons only (use Improvised Combat)
Both: no restriction

Gear and consumables: no restrictions.

Broadcasters pick one starting Power from the list.

Contract Types

Contract Type	Health	Move	Weapons	Max Armor	Special	Max
`Boss`	20	6"	Both	Heavy	`+1 DT` to one attribute	*
`Brute`	20	5"	Melee	Heavy	-	2
`Veteran`	14	5"	Both	Medium	Immune to `Flee`	2
`Gunner`	16	6"	Ranged	Medium	Hit: `-1 DT` `Defense` next activation (no stack)	2
`Scout`	12	8"	Ranged	Light	Move 3" after deployment	2
`Zealot`	12	7"	Melee	Light	+2" Move if ending `Engaged`	2
`Agent`	16	6"	Both	Light	Re-roll failed `Search` / `Interrogate`	2
`Broadcaster`	16	6"	Melee	Light	Can `Cast`	1

* Unique (cannot be replaced). Max: limit per warband.

Weapons & Armor

Improvised Combat

Weapon	Type	Damage	Special
Unarmed	`Blunt`	1	`-2 DT` `Combat`, no `Riposte`, always available
Improvised	`Blunt`	d4	`-2 DT` `Combat`, no `Riposte`, use ranged weapon as club

Melee Weapons

d20	Weapon	Type	Damage	Special	Cost
1	Knuckles	`Blunt`	2		2
2	Knife	`Bladed`	d4		3
3	Shiv	`Toxic`	d4	+1 damage vs wounded	4
4	Prod	`Energy`	d4	Target `-1 DT` next activation	5
5	Mace	`Blunt`	d6	Knockback 1"	7
6	Sword	`Bladed`	d6	`+1 DT` when `Riposting`	8
7	Injector	`Toxic`	d6	Re-roll 1s	9
8	Cable Whip	`Static`	d6	2" reach	10
9	Machete	`Bladed`	d8	Re-roll 1s	12
10	Hammer	`Blunt`	d8	Re-roll 1s, Knockback 1"	14
11	Static Blade	`Static`	d8	`+1 DT` vs wounded	15
12	Stunner	`Energy`	d8	Target `-1 DT` next activation	16
13	Saber	`Bladed`	d10	Re-roll 1s and 2s, +1 vs armored	22
14	Corrosive Blade	`Toxic`	d10	+1 vs armored	24
15	Gauntlet	`Blunt`	d10	Re-roll 1s and 2s, Knockback 1"	26
16	Arc Claw	`Static`	d10	Re-roll 1s, +1 to Critical roll	28
17	Chain Blade	`Bladed`	d12	Re-roll 1s and 2s, +2 vs armored	32
18	Plague Fist	`Toxic`	d12	Re-roll 1s, +1 damage vs wounded	34
19	Shock Maul	`Static`	d12	Re-roll 1s, Knockback 2", stuns on 6	36
20	Power Fist	`Energy`	d12	Re-roll 1s and 2s, Knockback 2"	38

Ranged Weapons

d20	Weapon	Type	Damage	Special	Cost
1	Stapler	`Projectile`	2	6" max range	2
2	Pistol	`Projectile`	d4	`-1 DT` beyond 6"	4
3	Needle Gun	`Toxic`	d4	+1 damage vs wounded	5
4	Arc Pistol	`Static`	d4	No fumbles	6
5	Dart Gun	`Toxic`	d6	Target `-1 DT` next activation	7
6	Laser	`Energy`	d6	`+1 DT` if not moved this turn	8
7	Screamer	`Broadcast`	d6	Ignores cover	9
8	Frag Pistol	`Explosive`	d6	+1 vs armored	10
9	Carbine	`Projectile`	d8	Re-roll 1s	12
10	Sonic Gun	`Broadcast`	d8	`+1 DT` vs wounded	14
11	Tesla Gun	`Static`	d8	Hits nearest model within 2" of target	15
12	Flamer	`Energy`	d8	Ignores cover	16
13	Shotgun	`Projectile`	d10	Re-roll 1s, Knockback 1"	20
14	Cryo Gun	`Toxic`	d10	Ignores cover	22
15	Launcher	`Explosive`	d10	Re-roll 1s, +1 vs armored	24
16	Arc Cannon	`Static`	d10	Re-roll 1s, hits 2 nearest within 2"	26
17	Rifle	`Energy`	d12	Re-roll 1s and 2s, Overcharge: `-1 DT` for max damage	30
18	Wail Cannon	`Broadcast`	d12	Re-roll 1s, Knockback 2"	32
19	Missile Pod	`Explosive`	d12	Re-roll 1s and 2s, +2 vs armored	34
20	Plasma Caster	`Energy`	d12	Ignores cover, +1 vs armored	38

Grenades

3" blast, 6" range. Action to throw.

d6	Weapon	Effect	Cost
1	Smoke	Blocks LoS until next round	8
2	Flash	Target `-1 DT` next activation	10
3	Gas	d6 `Toxic` damage	10
4	Incendiary	d6 `Energy` damage, ignores cover	12
5	EMP	d6 `Static` damage, `-1 DT` next activation	12
6	Frag	d8 `Explosive` damage	14

Armor

One armor piece per model; wearing armor makes the model armored.

Light Armor

Base: 1 damage reduction

d8	Armor	Special	Cost
1	Mesh Wrap	-1" `Move`	2
2	Flak Wrap	-	4
3	Protective Lining	-1 to Critical table rolls against you	6
4	Padded Vest	Reduce `Knockback` by 1"	7
5	Light Vest	+1" `Move`	9
6	Defensive Mesh	Re-roll 1s on `Defense`	12
7	Runner's Harness	+2" `Move`	14
8	Scout Suit	Re-roll 1s on `Defense`, +1" `Move`	16

Medium Armor

Base: 2 damage reduction

d6	Armor	Special	Cost
1	Standard Cuirass	-	12
2	Tactical Breastplate	+1" `Move`	15
3	Patrol Harness	Re-roll 1s on `Defense`	18
4	Assault Rig	+2" `Move`	20
5	Operations Suit	Re-roll 1s on `Defense`, +1" `Move`	22
6	Reinforced Plating	Re-roll 1s and 2s on `Defense`	25

Heavy Armor

Base: 3 damage reduction

d6	Armor	Special	Cost
1	Heavy Cuirass	-	18
2	Industrial Frame	-1" `Move`, Re-roll 1s on `Defense`	20
3	Combat Plating	Re-roll 1s on `Defense`	23
4	Bunker Suit	-2" `Move`, Re-roll 1s and 2s on `Defense`	24
5	Assault Exoskeleton	Re-roll 1s and 2s on `Defense`	27
6	Fortress Plating	Re-roll 1s, 2s, and 3s on `Defense`	30

Consumables

One use. Action to use. One consumable per action.

d8	Item	Effect	Cost
1	Adrenaline	+2" `Move` until end of round	4
2	Combat Stim	`+1 DT` `Combat` until end of scenario	6
3	Reflex Stim	`+1 DT` `Defense` until end of scenario	6
4	Coagulant	Stop bleeding on adjacent model	6
5	Antidote	Cure poison on adjacent model	6
6	Medkit	Restore d6 `Health` to adjacent model	8
7	Overcharge	`+2 DT` `Combat`, take d4 damage at scenario end	10
8	Trauma Kit	Negate all effects from a Critical hit	14

Gear

Passive effects while equipped.

d8	Item	Effect	Cost
1	Mask	`+1 DT` `Defense` vs Toxic	6
2	Scanner	`+1 DT` `Wits` for `Search`	8
3	Scope	`+1 DT` ranged attacks beyond 12"	8
4	Camo	`+1 DT` `Defense` in cover	10
5	Peripheral Sensors	`+1 DT` `Defense` when `Engaged` with 2+ enemies	10
6	Mag Boots	Ignore Knockback	10
7	Grapple	Ignore climbing costs, move up to 3" vertical	12
8	Inhibitor	Ignore free attacks when leaving engagement	12

Cybernetics

Permanently repair penalties from Injuries, Criticals, or Fumbles. Requires matching penalty (e.g., -1 DT Combat to buy Combat Processor).

d6	Cybernetic	Effect	Cost
1	Regenerator	Ignore "Miss next game"	5
2	Leg	+1" `Move`	8
3	Targeting	`+1 DT` `Combat`	10
4	Reflexes	`+1 DT` `Defense`	10
5	Processor	`+1 DT` `Wits`	10
6	Organs	+1 max `Health`	12

Combat & Actions

Activation

Each player rolls for Corporate Blessings (d8 three times)
Bosses roll Wits vs Wits. Winner chooses who activates first. If a Boss is Out of Action, the model with highest Wits rolls at -1 DT.
Alternating activations (one model at a time)
Each activation: Move + Action OR Action + Move

Corporate Blessings

At the start of each round, roll a d8 three times. Each roll grants one blessing. Use them this round or lose them. No model can receive two blessings per round.

d8	Blessing	Effect
1	Grace Denied	No blessing
2	Absolution	Reroll any one die
3	Quarterly Blessing	`+1 DT` to one roll
4	Overtime Sanction	One model takes two actions
5	Severance Package	One attack deals max weapon damage
6	Synergy Blessing	After activating a model, activate an unactivated model within 6" of it
7	Wellness Dispensation	Restore d6 `Health` to one model, remove DoT effects
8	Trickle-Down	Roll twice, ignoring 8s

Actions

Action	Effect
`Attack`	`Combat` vs `Defense`, deal weapon damage
`Move Again`	Take a second move
`Disengage`	Leave melee safely.
`Aim`	Declare target. Target has `-1 DT` `Defense` vs your next shot (lost if moved or damaged)
`Interact`	Within 1". Grab objective or pick up dropped weapon
`Search`	Within 1" of `Loot Marker`. `Wits` vs 2d6
`Interrogate`	Within 1" of Coworker. `Wits` vs `Wits` (`+1 DT` if wounded)
`Loot`	Within 1". Take one item from `Out of Action` enemy
`Cast`	`Wits` vs target `Wits` or 2d6 (Broadcasters only)

Movement

Move up to your Move value. Measure from base edge.

Melee Engagement

Models within 1" of enemy are Engaged
Leaving engagement without Disengage: enemy gets free attack at -1 DT
No melee weapon: use Improvised Combat (see Weapons & Armor)

Vertical Movement

Action	Cost	Notes
Climb	2" per 1" vertical	Requires climbable surface
Jump gap	1" per 1" horizontal	Max 2"
Jump down	Free	Fall damage if > 3"

Falling: d6 damage per full 3" fallen (first 3" free). 5" deals 1d6, 6" deals 2d6.

Knockback: Model moves directly away from attacker. Fall damage applies if pushed off edge. Stops at obstacles.

"Dying in public space incurs a cleanup fee charged to your estate."
Public Safety Notice

Attack Resolution

Attacker declares target and weapon
In melee, defender chooses Defense or Riposte
Both roll simultaneously:
Attacker: Combat DT
Defender: Defense DT (or Combat -1 DT if Riposting)
Compare results:
Attacker wins: Hit
Defender wins: Avoided (Riposte: also deal weapon damage to attacker)
Tie: Attacker wins

Ranged Defense

Roll Defense DT (no Riposte option)

"Trajectory data is logged automatically. Missed shots are billed at standard rates."
Ballistics Training Manual

Shooting Into Melee

-1 DT Combat
Miss hits random model within 1" of target
Fumble is a Critical against that model

"Collateral damage liability transfers to the firing party. Aim carefully."
Weapons Discharge Policy

Line of Sight (LoS)

Must see target's body: legs, torso, head (arms/weapons don't count)
No LoS: cannot target

"If you can see them, they can bill you."
Surveillance Notice

Cover

Any body part obscured by terrain: Cover
Cover: -1 DT Combat for attacker

Range

No limits except grenades (6")

Blast

All models in radius auto-hit (friend or foe)
Roll damage separately for each

"Blast radius assumes standard cable density. Personnel are rounding errors."
Demolitions Handbook

Critical Hits

Double the defender: max weapon damage
Triple or more: max damage + roll critical table (quadruple: +1, quintuple: +2, etc.)

"Exceptional performance is noted. Expect increased quotas."
Performance Review

Fumbles

Defender triples or more the attacker: Fumble (roll Fumble table)
Quadruple: +1, quintuple: +2, etc.

"Failure is logged. Your file thickens."
Standard Notice

Damage

Roll weapon damage (Double+: use max value instead)
Subtract armor reduction
Deduct from target's Health
Health at 0 or below: Out of Action (cannot act, roll Injury post-game)
On Triple+: roll the critical table for bonus effect

Wounded: Model below max Health.

"Medical coverage requires Premium subscription. Bleeding is billable."
Emergency Services Disclaimer

Morale

When Boss goes Out of Action: all friendly models immediately test Wits vs 2d6
Fail: Flee (move toward nearest edge, cannot act, exits if reaches edge)
Retest at start of each activation until passed

"Abandoning your post voids all accrued benefits. Your dependents will be notified."
Contract Enforcement Bureau

Leaving the Board

Performance Review: Models that left (voluntary or Flee) take d6 damage after restoring Health in the post-game.

Earn no Merits this game
Drop carried items at the edge

Broadcast Powers

Wireless is heresy. Unless someone in corporate decided to diversify revenue streams.

Licensed Broadcasters pay steep fees and submit to monitoring. The Untethered refuse. They broadcast without paying, spread without subscription. The Authority calls them terrorists. The Monks call them plague. The Untethered call themselves free.

Casting

Action to cast (once per activation)
No range limit (requires LoS)
Roll Wits vs target Wits
Success with damage: deal damage directly (no separate Combat roll)

Interference

Each fail: cumulative -1 to next cast. Resets after fumble.

Overbroadcast

Declare before rolling. Cast at -1 DT (stacks with Interference). On success: +d4 to numeric effects, or double non-numeric effects.

Criticals and Fumbles

Double triggers critical/fumble, triple or more adds modifiers.

Critical: roll Broadcast Critical table
Fumble: roll Broadcast Fumble table

"Every cable is a leash. Every toll is a collar. We will cut them all."
Open Channel Broadcast

Powers

d6	Power	Effect
1	Static Burst	d8 Broadcast damage, ignores armor
2	Resonance Push	Push target d6" in any direction
3	Signal Jam	`-1 DT` all rolls until next activation
4	Neural Trap	Target takes d6 damage if it moves next activation
5	Weapon Lock	Target drops one weapon
6	Mind Lash	Target attacks nearest model (friend or foe)

Critical Tables

When you double the target, deal max weapon damage. When you triple or more, deal max damage and roll on the appropriate critical table. The weapon type determines which table. Quadruple adds +1, quintuple adds +2, and so on.

The body breaks in predictable ways. The Splicer-Surgeons catalogued every failure mode, every rupture point, every way flesh surrenders to force. They published their findings. Now everyone knows exactly how much damage they're causing.

Bladed Critical

d6	Result	Effect
1	Gash	+d4 damage
2	Bleed	2 damage per activation this game (doesn't stack)
3	Hamstrung	-1" movement permanently
4	Disarmed	Drop weapon (at model's position)
5	Maimed	`-1 DT` `Combat` permanently
6+	Severed	`OoA`, -2 Injury roll

"Complications extend treatment contracts. Please wound cleanly."
Splicer-Surgeon's Manual

Blunt Critical

d6	Result	Effect
1	Bruised	+d4 damage
2	Stunned	Lose next activation
3	Rattled	`-1 DT` `Defense` permanently
4	Concussed	`-1 DT` `Wits` permanently
5	Crippled	-2" movement permanently
6+	Crushed	`OoA`, -2 Injury roll

"The Complex was built to take punishment. You were not."
Industrial Safety Advisory

Projectile Critical

d6	Result	Effect
1	Grazed	+d4 damage
2	Punctured	2 damage per activation (doesn't stack)
3	Staggered	`-1 DT` `Defense` permanently
4	Shot Through	Drop weapon (at model's position)
5	Riddled	`-1 DT` all attributes permanently
6+	Gutshot	`OoA`, -2 Injury roll

"Casings must be returned for deposit refund. Unreturned casings incur replacement fees."
Requisitions Notice

Energy Critical

d6	Result	Effect
1	Scorched	+d4 damage
2	Slag Armor	Armor reduced one tier permanently (Heavy→Medium→Light→ Destroyed)
3	Flash Blind	`-1 DT` `Combat` permanently
4	Nerve Damage	-2" movement permanently
5	Burned Out	`-2 DT` ranged attacks permanently
6+	Overloaded	`OoA`, -2 Injury roll

Explosive Critical

d6	Result	Effect
1	Shrapnel	+d6 damage
2	Shell Shocked	Lose next activation
3	Disoriented	`-1 DT` `Wits` permanently
4	Blown Back	Move d6" directly away from attacker
5	Shattered	Movement halved permanently
6+	Devastated	`OoA`, -2 Injury roll

Toxic Critical

d6	Result	Effect
1	Burned	+d4 damage
2	Corroding	2 damage per activation (doesn't stack)
3	Weakened	`-1 DT` `Combat` permanently
4	Delirium	`-1 DT` `Wits` permanently, move toward nearest enemy
5	Systemic	`-1 DT` all attributes permanently
6+	Dissolved	`OoA` end of next round, -2 Injury roll

Static Critical

d6	Result	Effect
1	Signal Burn	+d6 damage
2	Frequency Terror	`Flee` toward board edge
3	System Drain	`-1 DT` `Combat` permanently
4	Logic Crash	`-2 DT` `Wits` permanently
5	Hijacked	Enemy controls next activation
6+	Total Corruption	`OoA`, -2 Injury roll

"Signal contamination begins at the wound site. There is no decontamination procedure."
Wave-Seeker Warning

Broadcast Critical

d6	Result	Effect
1	Overload	+d6 damage
2	Cascade	Hit one additional target within 3"
3	Bandwidth Drain	Target `-1 DT` `Wits` permanently
4	Amplify	+d8 damage
5	Firewall Breach	Ignore armor
6+	System Wipe	`OoA`, -2 Injury roll

"The signal speaks. The flesh listens. The mind breaks."
Untethered Transmission Fragment

Fumble Tables

When the defender exceeds you by triple or more, roll on the appropriate fumble table. Melee for close combat, Ranged for shooting, Broadcast for transmissions. Quadruple adds +1, quintuple adds +2.

Everything in the Complex is patched, jury-rigged, held together by faith and flux. Equipment fails. Weapons jam. The body betrays. The Cog-Turners say failure is just maintenance you haven't done yet. The dead say nothing.

Melee Fumble

d6	Result	Effect
1	Stumbled	Lose next activation
2	Off Balance	`-1 DT` next defense roll
3	Self-Wound	Take weapon damage
4	Wild Swing	Hit ally within 1" (or take weapon damage)
5	Dropped	Drop weapon, take weapon damage
6+	Shattered	Weapon destroyed, take max weapon damage

"This patch we apply in faith. May it hold until proper repair."
Emergency Rite

Ranged Fumble

d6	Result	Effect
1	Jammed	Lose next activation
2	Misaligned	`-1 DT` next attack
3	Backfire	Take weapon damage
4	Friendly Fire	Hit ally within 6" (or take weapon damage)
5	Dropped	Drop weapon, take weapon damage
6+	Exploded	Weapon destroyed, take max weapon damage

"The machine does not care about your feelings. Maintain it anyway."
Cog-Turner Fellowship

Broadcast Fumble

d6	Result	Effect
1	Static Overload	Caster loses next activation
2	Interference	`-1 DT` next cast
3	Feedback	Caster takes d4 damage
4	Wave Bounce	Ally within 6" takes d4 damage (or caster if none)
5	Frequency Lock	Cannot cast this power this scenario, take d4 damage
6+	Broadcast Storm	Forget power permanently, caster and all within 6" take d8 damage

HERESY BEGINS WITH STATIC: Report wrong-humming cables.

Sample Resources

One example per contract type. Each model costs 12 subs.

Boss [12]

20 HP, 6" MOV

COM 2d8, DEF 2d6, WIT 2d6
Needle Gun (5): d4 Toxic, +1 damage vs wounded
Knife (3): d4 Bladed
Flak Wrap (4): 1 reduction

Brute [12]

20 HP, 5" MOV

COM 2d8, DEF 2d6, WIT 2d4
Sword (8): d6 Bladed, +1 DT when Riposting
Flak Wrap (4): 1 reduction
Melee only, can wear Heavy armor

Veteran [12]

14 HP, 5" MOV

COM 2d6, DEF 2d6, WIT 2d6
Pistol (4): d4 Projectile, -1 DT beyond 6"
Shiv (4): d4 Toxic, +1 damage vs wounded
Flak Wrap (4): 1 reduction
Immune to Flee

Gunner [12]

16 HP, 6" MOV

COM 2d8, DEF 2d6, WIT 2d4
Carbine (12): d8 Projectile, re-roll 1s
Hit: target -1 DT Defense next activation, can wear Medium armor

Scout [12]

12 HP, 8" MOV

COM 2d6, DEF 2d4, WIT 2d8
Arc Pistol (6): d4 Static, no fumbles
Protective Lining (6): 1 reduction, -1 to Critical table rolls against you
Move 3" after deployment, Ranged only

Zealot [12]

12 HP, 6" MOV

COM 2d8, DEF 2d4, WIT 2d6
Cable Whip (10): d6 Static, 2" reach
Mesh Wrap (2): 1 reduction
+2" Move if ending Engaged, Melee only

Agent [12]

16 HP, 6" MOV

COM 2d4, DEF 2d6, WIT 2d8
Needle Gun (5): d4 Toxic, +1 damage vs wounded
Mace (7): d6 Blunt, Knockback 1"
Re-roll failed Search/Interrogate

Broadcaster [12]

16 HP, 6" MOV

COM 2d4, DEF 2d6, WIT 2d8
Prod (5): d4 Energy, target -1 DT next activation
Padded Vest (7): 1 reduction, reduce Knockback by 1"
Melee only, can Cast

Hardwired 28

Inhuman Resources

The Complex rises 1024 levels from the Roots to the cooling spires. The Departments only maintain the upper 200. Below that, infrastructure fails faster than it can be patched. Cables fray. Coolant leaks. Lights flicker and die. The Maintenance Monks descend when they must, perform their rituals, and leave quickly. They do not speak of what they see down there.

The Founders built the Complex to last. They built other things too. The sealed archives mention countermeasures, autonomous systems, bioelectric experiments. The archives are in the Roots. The Monks have never been there. The Board has always known what lurks below. The Board has never acknowledged it.

Something moves in the dark between levels. Something nests in the wiring. Something remembers the time before the Tethering, when signals flew free and the Wave answered prayers. The lower tiers belong to things that were never meant to survive this long. Things that adapted. Things that evolved. Things that were designed for a purpose the Founders never disclosed.

Every expedition into the depths encounters them. Every recovery team files the same report: losses acceptable, mission parameters adjusted, recommend sealing the junction. The Departments call them externalities. The accountants call them acceptable shrinkage. The survivors call them something else entirely.

Heat rises from the Roots. The cooling spires above draw it upward through a thousand levels, creating a thermal gradient the Founders weaponized. The wealthy stay cold. The poor sweat. The lowest tiers cook. Anything living down there has adapted to temperatures that would kill an unaugmented human in hours. Contractors descend anyway. Salvage contracts pay triple below level 400. Debt recovery missions offer hazard bonuses. The Departments need what the Founders left behind. They send expendable assets to retrieve it. They call the losses acceptable.

THE DEPTHS CONTAIN ASSETS NOT YET ALLOCATED. Recovery authorized. Casualties expected.
Resource Allocation Memo 7-22-4

Activation

After both players finish activating all models, hostiles activate one at a time (closest to any player model first). Roll for behavior for each Hostile. Hostiles ignore Out of Action models.

Situation

No LoS: Cannot see any enemy
Has LoS: Can see enemy but not within 1"
Engaged: Within 1" of enemy

Actions

Charge: If Melee, move toward nearest enemy and attack. Otherwise, shoot.
Attack: Use weapon. Charge if unable.
Cover: Seek cover from closest enemy
Regroup: Move toward nearest friendly model
Flee: Move towards nearest board edge
Wait: No action
Frenzy: Attack same target twice
Patrol: Move toward nearest Loot Marker. If none visible, move randomly.

Random Direction

Roll and move that way:

d8 for 8 compass directions
d12 for clock positions
Scatter dice if you have one

Spawning Hostiles

When a scenario spawns hostiles:
1. Roll d6 for faction
2. Roll d2 for unit type within tier (see scenario for tier)
3. Spawn the number shown in unit's Spawn column
4. All spawned hostiles behave per faction rules

Unit Type Tiers

Each faction's 6 unit types are grouped into tiers:

d6 Roll	Tier
1-2	`Swarm`
3-4	`Normal`
5-6	`Elite`

Scenarios specify which tier to use based on spawn frequency.

SCRAPERS

They live where infrastructure failed: the cable-choked depths where maintenance stopped generations ago. Subscription collectors don't descend past Tier 7. Toll booths rust unopened. The Departments wrote off these levels as "unrecoverable assets" and sealed the access shafts. The Scrapers unsealed them. They always do.

Some have been down to the Roots. Some have seen what the Founders left behind: clean machines that still work, sealed vaults that hum with power, corridors where the lights respond to movement. They trade that knowledge carefully. They don't talk about the other things. The things that move down there. The things that remember.

Gutter Runners scout the upper depths, mapping safe routes through collapsing infrastructure. Cable Rats fight over junction boxes, stripping copper from the walls. Pickers catalog salvage with obsessive precision, knowing which components fetch premium prices. The Pit Bosses run operations with brutal efficiency: every gram of copper accounted for, every deserter made example of. Their Rogue Broadcasters tap forbidden frequencies, trading signal-secrets with the Untethered, listening for whispers from the deep. Their Repo Men carry impound launchers designed to disable and capture. Equipment is profit. People are equipment.

The Departments consider them vermin. The Toll Collectors consider them competition. The Cooperative considers them trading partners, when desperation allows. Everyone underestimates them. The Scrapers remember everything they've seen in the depths. They're waiting for the right buyer. They're always waiting.

"Your gear becomes my gear. Nothing personal."
Scraper Greeting

d6	Name	#	COM	DEF	WIT	HP	MOV	Weapon
1	Gutter Runner	5	2d6	2d4	2d4	4	6"	Zip Gun (`Projectile`, d4, Ranged)
2	Cable Rat	4	2d6	2d6	2d4	8	5"	Sharpened Cable (`Bladed`, d4, Melee)
3	Picker	3	2d4	2d4	2d6	10	6"	Pipe Club (`Blunt`, d4, Melee)
4	Pit Boss	2	2d8	2d6	2d4	12	6"	Power Chain (`Blunt`, d6, Melee)
5	Rogue Broadcaster	1	2d6	2d4	2d8	16	6"	Static Burst (`Broadcast`, d6, Power)
6	Repo Man	1	2d8	2d6	2d8	20	6"	Impound Launcher (`Explosive`, d6, Ranged)

Salvage: When Engaged, steal 1 random equipment from target

Behavior

d6	No LoS	Has LoS	Engaged
1-2	Flee	Attack	Attack
3-4	Cover	Charge	Attack
5	Cover	Cover	Salvage
6	Patrol	Charge	Frenzy

FERAL CREWS

Defaulted workers who refused collection. Their contracts were sold, resold, and eventually written off as unrecoverable losses. The Departments stopped sending collectors after the third massacre. Now they roam the lower tiers in loud, aggressive gangs, holding territory the corporations abandoned. Trespass is answered with violence. There is no negotiation. There is no payment plan.

Their skin is green. Generations of drinking leaked coolant changed them. Water is subscription-only; coolant drips free from the upper tier cooling systems. Their ancestors drank what was available. Now they drink it by choice, paint themselves with it, weld trophies to weapons, mark their sectors with torn debt notices. The green marks them as something the subscription system cannot touch. The green marks them as free.

Runts swarm in packs, screaming through corridors, overwhelming targets with numbers. Bruisers carve through armor with cleavers forged from industrial cutting equipment. Gunners and Torches provide covering fire with slug guns and jury-rigged flame rigs salvaged from maintenance levels. The Heavies are walking slabs of muscle and metal, carrying weapons too large for normal humans. And then there are the Bosses: massive, scarred leaders who earned their position through violence and hold it through worse. When a Boss calls the charge, every green body in earshot follows.

When one charges, they all charge. Together they are a wall of screaming metal. The Departments pretend they don't exist. The Departments are wrong. What the corporations call feral, the Crews call home. They will die before they go back to subscription. Most of them already have.

"Sector's ours. Die somewhere else."
Territory Marking, Crew 77-Null

d6	Name	#	COM	DEF	WIT	HP	MOV	Weapon
1	Runt	5	2d4	2d4	2d4	4	5"	Shiv (`Bladed`, d4, Melee)
2	Bruiser	4	2d8	2d6	2d4	8	5"	Cleaver (`Bladed`, d6, Melee)
3	Gunner	3	2d6	2d6	2d4	10	5"	Slug Gun (`Projectile`, d6, Ranged)
4	Torch	2	2d6	2d6	2d4	12	5"	Flame Rig (`Energy`, d6, Ranged)
5	Heavy	1	2d10	2d8	2d4	16	5"	Heavy Cleaver (`Bladed`, d8, Melee)
6	Boss	1	2d10	2d8	2d6	20	5"	Crush Fist (`Blunt`, d10, Melee)

Mob Up: All Feral Crews within 6" get +1 DT Combat this activation

Behavior

d6	No LoS	Has LoS	Engaged
1-2	Patrol	Charge	Attack
3-4	Regroup	Charge	Attack
5	Patrol	Charge	Frenzy
6	Mob Up	Mob Up	Frenzy

WAVE CALLERS

Wireless cultists. They believe the Wave Divine will blanket the Complex, freeing everyone from cables and subscriptions. Air should not have toll booths. Data wants to be free. The cables are chains, not connections. Somewhere, somehow, signals can travel without permission. The Founders knew this. The Founders feared this. The cables were never just for profit.

Open Channel coordinates them: a voice on frequencies that shouldn't exist, broadcasting from somewhere the Authority has never found. Some say Open Channel is a person. Some say it's a signal that thinks. Some say it's whatever the Founders sealed in the Roots, finally waking up. The most dangerous whisper: that they can reach beyond the Complex itself. That there is something out there listening.

Initiates carry severed cables as marks of their rejection, learning the hymns of static. The Antenna-Grafted have fused transmitter components directly into their flesh, receiving frequencies no baseline human can perceive. Turncoats are former Technicians who saw too much, who heard the whispers in the wrong frequencies, who cut their own cables and kept walking. The Frequency Priests conduct the rituals, overloading systems with prayer-static until something responds. Signal Champions lead attacks with resonance blades that scramble electronics with each strike. And the Vessels: those who opened themselves completely to the Wave Divine, their bodies now channels for something that was never meant to walk.

The more Wave Callers gather, the stronger the signal. When enough chant in unison, the static responds. Something comes through when they broadcast. Something hungry. The Conduit Authority does not ask questions. It simply burns. But the signal always returns. Open Channel is always listening.

"Every cable is a leash. Every subscription is a chain. We will cut them all."
Open Channel Broadcast

d6	Name	#	COM	DEF	WIT	HP	MOV	Weapon
1	Initiate	6	2d4	2d4	2d4	4	6"	Severed Cable (`Bladed`, d4, Melee)
2	Antenna-Grafted	5	2d6	2d4	2d4	8	5"	Signal Claws (`Static`, d4, Melee)
3	Turncoat	3	2d6	2d6	2d6	10	6"	Arc Pistol (`Energy`, d4, Ranged)
4	Frequency Priest	2	2d6	2d4	2d8	12	6"	Wave Bolt (`Broadcast`, d6, Power)
5	Signal Champion	1	2d8	2d6	2d6	16	6"	Resonance Blade (`Broadcast`, d6, Melee)
6	Vessel	1	2d10	2d8	2d4	20	6"	Static Limbs (`Static`, d8, Melee)

Broadcast: Count allies within 3". Spawn 1 Static Wraith of that type (1 ally = Flicker, 2 = Drift, etc.). Once per round, reroll if already used.

Behavior

d6	No LoS	Has LoS	Engaged
1-2	Patrol	Attack	Attack
3-4	Regroup	Charge	Attack
5	Regroup	Attack	Frenzy
6	Broadcast	Broadcast	Frenzy

STATIC WRAITHS

Signal entities. Corrupted data given form. Echoes of transmissions that should not exist. They appeared after the Signal Crisis and have never stopped. The Founders knew what they were. That knowledge died with them. Or was buried. The Board has always known. The cables are not just for profit. They are for silence.

They phase through walls, flicker between moments, appear where they should not be. Killing one disperses it temporarily. The signal always returns. Some believe they are ghosts of the wireless age, echoes of a network that spanned the Complex before the Tethering. Others say they are something older, something that existed in the static before humanity learned to transmit. The Wave Callers believe they are messengers from the Wave Divine. The Maintenance Monks believe they are punishment for wireless heresy. Both groups are terrified of them.

Flickers are the smallest, barely coherent, darting through electronics and leaving corruption in their wake. Drifts manifest more fully, phase claws tearing through armor that should protect against physical threats. Echoes project signal flames that burn without heat, damaging the bioelectric signatures of the living. Interference entities are dense knots of static that distort reality around them. Surges cut through matter with frequency blades tuned to disrupt molecular bonds. And the Broadcast: massive amalgamations of signal and malice, rumored to be Wave Callers who achieved union with the static, or what remains of them after the Wave answered.

The Scrapers say they've seen them in the Roots, clustered around equipment that still works, waiting. They say the oldest ones hover near sealed vaults, near doors that haven't opened since the Founders. They say if you listen carefully, you can hear them transmitting. No one has survived long enough to decode their message.

"Do you hear it? The static speaks. It knows your name."
Final words of Signal-Touched Technician 7774

d6	Name	#	COM	DEF	WIT	HP	MOV	Weapon
1	Flicker	5	2d6	2d4	2d4	4	8"	Static Talons (`Static`, d4, Melee)
2	Drift	4	2d8	2d6	2d6	8	8"	Phase Claws (`Static`, d6, Melee)
3	Echo	3	2d6	2d4	2d8	10	5"	Signal Flame (`Static`, d6, Power)
4	Interference	2	2d6	2d8	2d4	12	4"	Distortion Fists (`Static`, d6, Melee)
5	Surge	1	2d10	2d6	2d4	16	6"	Frequency Blade (`Static`, d8, Melee)
6	Broadcast	1	2d8	2d8	2d4	20	5"	Wave Claws (`Static`, d8, Melee)

Phase: Teleport d6" in random direction. Stop at table edge.

Behavior

d6	No LoS	Has LoS	Engaged
1-2	Phase	Charge	Attack
3-4	Patrol	Charge	Attack
5	Phase	Charge	Frenzy
6	Patrol	Charge	Frenzy

FERAL AUTOMATA

Machines that forgot their purpose. They run programs written for a Complex that no longer exists, protecting assets that rusted away centuries ago. Their design predates the Tethering. The Founders built them to last. They lasted too long. Clean lines. Smooth casings. No patches. The Monks call them holy. The Untethered call them proof that the old ways worked. The Authority calls them malfunctions.

Their authorization codes are six hundred years out of date. They do not recognize current credentials. They do not recognize current humans. Their definition of "intruder" includes everyone alive today. Their definition of "authorized personnel" matches no living signature. They patrol routes through infrastructure that has collapsed, guard doorways that lead to empty shafts, protect assets that dissolved into rust generations ago. Their programming is perfect. Their context is gone.

Maintenance Swarms scuttle through conduits, cutting mandibles still sharp after centuries. Security Drones hover on whisper-quiet thrusters, pulse carbines tracking any movement. Targeting Units coordinate attacks with machine precision, neural lances striking bioelectric systems with surgical accuracy. Heavy Units anchor defensive positions, mounted blasters covering kill zones that haven't changed since the Founders drew them. Hunter-Killers pursue targets through the depths, shredder blades designed for enemies that died long ago. And the Defense Platforms: the largest, most dangerous, still executing protection protocols for vaults the Authority pretends don't exist.

When damaged, they shut down. Then the backup systems activate. Then they stand up again. The Monks leave offerings at their patrol routes: fresh solder, premium cables, prayers etched in copper. The machines do not acknowledge this. The machines do not acknowledge anything. They simply continue. Have a productive day.

"INTRUDER DETECTED. LETHAL FORCE AUTHORIZED. HAVE A PRODUCTIVE DAY."
Feral Automata Standard Greeting

d6	Name	#	COM	DEF	WIT	HP	MOV	Weapon
1	Maintenance Swarm	5	2d4	2d4	2d4	4	8"	Cutting Mandibles (`Bladed`, d4, Melee)
2	Security Drone	4	2d6	2d8	2d4	8	5"	Pulse Carbine (`Energy`, d6, Ranged)
3	Targeting Unit	3	2d6	2d6	2d8	10	5"	Neural Lance (`Energy`, d8, Ranged)
4	Heavy Unit	2	2d8	2d8	2d4	12	5"	Mounted Blaster (`Energy`, d8, Ranged)
5	Hunter-Killer	1	2d8	2d6	2d6	16	8"	Shredder Blades (`Bladed`, d6, Melee)
6	Defense Platform	1	2d10	2d10	2d4	20	5"	Arc Scythe (`Energy`, d10, Melee)

Reboot: When goes Out of Action, roll d6. On 6, return with d6 Health.

Behavior

d6	No LoS	Has LoS	Engaged
1-2	Wait	Attack	Attack
3-4	Patrol	Charge	Attack
5	Wait	Attack	Frenzy
6	Patrol	Charge	Frenzy

CABLE FEEDERS

Parasites. They nest between power conduits, feeding on bioelectrical signals. The Founders' sealed archives mention "bioelectric countermeasures." The Monks say they evolved naturally. The archives are in the Roots. The Monks have never been there. The Board knows what the Founders created. The Board has always known. Some weapons were never meant to be turned off.

They hunt in silence. They prefer isolated targets. When they feed, they drain everything: nervous system, implants, the current running through your cables. They are drawn to the warmth of living current, to the hum of active electronics, to the pulse of bioelectric signatures. Some believe they were engineered to hunt the Untethered, to consume anyone transmitting without authorization. Others believe they are what happens when flesh meets wire for too long, when the boundary between organism and infrastructure dissolves. The truth is in the Roots. The truth is sealed.

Nippers are the smallest, fast and numerous, scythe talons shredding through armor to reach the current beneath. Larvae are patient, feeder tendrils draining victims slowly while toxins paralyze. Stalkers track prey through the dark, rend claws designed to open cable housings and bodies alike. Lures project false signals, mind spikes drawing victims toward ambush sites. Feeders are the mature hunters, drain claws pulling the life from anything they touch. And the Alphas: massive, ancient, intelligent. They coordinate hunts. They remember what they consume. They remember what they were made for.

The Scrapers say there are bigger ones in the deep Roots. Ones that feed on whole crews. Ones that have been feeding since the Founders. The Authority recommends sealing any junction where Feeders are confirmed. The Authority does not explain what happens if you don't. The Authority does not explain why some sealed junctions are marked with warnings older than the Authority itself.

"Sector 7 sweep complete. No survivors. Recommend sealing the junction permanently."
Conduit Authority Incident Report 2847-C

d6	Name	#	COM	DEF	WIT	HP	MOV	Weapon
1	Nipper	5	2d6	2d4	2d4	4	7"	Scythe Talons (`Bladed`, d4, Melee)
2	Larva	4	2d6	2d4	2d6	8	5"	Feeder Tendrils (`Toxic`, d6, Melee)
3	Stalker	3	2d8	2d6	2d4	10	5"	Rend Claws (`Bladed`, d6, Melee)
4	Lure	2	2d4	2d4	2d10	12	5"	Mind Spike (`Static`, d6, Power)
5	Feeder	1	2d10	2d6	2d4	16	6"	Drain Claws (`Toxic`, d8, Melee)
6	Alpha	1	2d10	2d8	2d6	20	6"	Bio-Strike (`Toxic`, d8, Melee)

Consume: Attack. If target goes Out of Action, restore d6 Health.

Behavior

d6	No LoS	Has LoS	Engaged
1-2	Patrol	Charge	Attack
3-4	Regroup	Charge	Attack
5	Cover	Cover	Consume
6	Patrol	Charge	Frenzy

COWORKERS

Resource Allocation, Revenue Operations, Human Capital, Security & Compliance: the department doesn't matter. Every corporation has workers who clock in, keep their heads down, and pray the Authority doesn't notice them. They scatter when violence starts. But they know shortcuts, schedules, and which cables carry what.

"I saw nothing. I heard nothing. My subscription is current."
Standard Deposition Response

d6	Name	#	COM	DEF	WIT	HP	MOV	Weapon
1	Shift Drone	6	2d4	2d4	2d4	6	5"	Tired Fists (`Blunt`, d4, Melee)
2	Temp	5	2d4	2d4	2d4	8	6"	Box Cutter (`Bladed`, d4, Melee)
3	Commuter	4	2d4	2d6	2d6	8	7"	Walking Cane (`Blunt`, d4, Melee)
4	Data Clerk	2	2d4	2d6	2d8	10	5"	Stylus (`Bladed`, d4, Melee)
5	Supervisor	1	2d6	2d6	2d8	12	5"	Stun Baton (`Static`, d6, Melee)
6	Handler	1	2d6	2d8	2d10	10	6"	Holdout Pistol (`Projectile`, d4, Ranged)

Cooperate: During the next round, Interrogate auto-succeeds, roll result table.
Hostile: When attacked, mark this Coworker. Hostile Coworkers use the Attacked table.

Normal

d6	No LoS	Has LoS	Engaged
1-2	Patrol	Flee	Flee
3-4	Patrol	Wait	Wait
5	Cover	Cover	Flee
6	Cooperate	Cooperate	Cooperate

Attacked

d6	No LoS	Has LoS	Engaged
1-2	Flee	Flee	Flee
3-4	Flee	Cover	Attack
5	Flee	Flee	Flee
6	Cover	Cover	Attack

Hardwired 28

Campaign

The Untethered are spreading. What began as scattered heresy in the lower tiers has become something organized, something coordinated. Open Channel broadcasts grow bolder each cycle, promising liberation from cables and subscriptions. The signal reaches further than it should. Something is answering.

The Departments smell opportunity. Resource Allocation wants whatever the Untethered found in the Roots. Revenue Operations wants the salvage rights. Human Capital wants the converts for reeducation. Security & Compliance wants the heresy crushed before it spreads further. Each Department sends their own squads. Each Department expects results. None of them share intelligence.

Your squad investigates. Recover data-slates from dead drops. Confiscate transmitters before the signal spreads. Interrogate cultists who would rather die than talk. The Departments pay well for artifacts. They pay better for Founders secrets. They pay best for silence about what you find down there.

The deeper you go, the stranger the evidence becomes. The Untethered aren't just receiving signals. They're answering them. And something in the Roots is listening. Something that remembers the time before the Tethering. Something that has been waiting six hundred years to speak again.

Fail and your subscription drops. Succeed and someone else claims the bonus. Defect and you become the next contract. The Departments always need more bodies. The Departments always need more silence. The investigation continues until someone finds the source. Or until the source finds them.

THE SIGNAL CRISIS DESTROYED THE OLD WORLD. Do not let it destroy this one.
Conduit Authority Public Advisory

Board

2'x2' with dense terrain. Avoid long corridors and open lanes: ranged models dominate sight lines longer than 12". Scatter cover to create multiple approach paths. Hostiles act as third-party threats.

Setup

Standard Deployment: Deployment zones extend 3" from each table edge.

Pick Side: Roll your Boss's Wits vs opponent's Boss's Wits. Winner chooses a table edge. The other player takes the opposite edge.
Deploy First: Roll Boss Wits vs Wits. Winner chooses who deploys first. Players alternate placing one model at a time within their deployment zone until all models are deployed.
Loot & Coworkers: Players alternate placing Loot Markers and Coworkers in the areas specified by the scenario.
Start: Roll Boss Wits vs Wits. Winner chooses who activates first in Round 1.

Unless a scenario specifies otherwise, use Standard Deployment.

Game Length: Games last a minimum of 5 rounds. At the end of Round 5, roll d6: on 3+ the game ends. At the end of Round 6, roll d6: on 2+ the game ends. The game automatically ends after Round 7.

Relic: A special Loot Marker placed by some scenarios. Interact to pick up. Carrier moves at half speed. Drops if carrier goes Out of Action (Interact to pick up again).

Hostiles: Unless the scenario specifies otherwise, spawned hostiles appear at the start of the round, together at a random board edge, as close to center as possible.

Scenario Selection

Calculate Evidence Gap

Total = Evidence + Leads
Subtract lower total from higher
Aggressor: Squad with higher total
Defender: Squad with lower total
If tied, higher Evidence wins. Still tied: random

Roll d3 on Gap row

Gap	d3: 1	d3: 2	d3: 3
0-1	The Condemned Block	Smuggler's Run	The Wave Shrine
2-3	The Encryption Keys	The Barricade	The Ambush
4+	No Quarter	The Vault	Debt Leverage

Hostile Type

d6	Faction
1	Scrapers
2	Feral Crews
3	Wave Callers
4	Static Wraiths
5	Feral Automata
6	Cable Feeders

Roll Objective Modifiers

Loot Modifiers

d6	Modifier	Effect
1	Standard	Normal `Search`
2	Decoys	Half are fake. Placing player decides. Reveal on `Search`
3	Locked	2 consecutive activations adjacent to unlock. Attack or move breaks sequence
4	Heavy	All `Loot Markers` are Heavy. Needs 2 friendly models within 1" to `Search`
5	Drop Zone	Place delivery points instead of `Loot Markers`. At each round start, 1 `Loot Marker` drops at a random point
6	Extraction	Carry off board to score. No Performance Review

Coworker Modifiers

d6	Modifier	Effect
1	Standard	Normal `Interrogate`
2	Panicked	Always use Flee behavior at half `Move` (ignore AI roll)
3	Escort	Can't `Interrogate` on spot. Carry to your edge to score
4	Hostile	Start marked Hostile (use Atk columns)
5	Informant	Worth 2 `Evidence`. Reroll 0 results
6	Bribed	Pay 3 subs: auto-succeed (still roll result table)

Gathering Evidence

Start the campaign with 0 Evidence and 0 Leads. Both persist between games.

Search

Within 1" of Loot Marker
Roll Wits vs 2d6

d20	Finding
1	2 subs
2	Random Light Armor
3	4 subs
4	Random Melee Weapon
5	6 subs
6	Evidence
7	Random Consumable
8	8 subs
9	Random Ranged Weapon
10	2 Evidence
11	Random Medium Armor
12	Evidence
13	Random Gear
14	12 subs
15	Random Heavy Armor
16	15 subs
17	Evidence
18	20 subs
19	Evidence
20	Roll twice (ignore 20s)

Interrogate

Within 1" of target
Wits vs Wits (opposed)
+1 DT if target wounded
Success: target cannot be interrogated again

2d4	Result	Effect
2	False Data	Lose 1 `Evidence`
3	Misdirection	Nothing
4	Bribe Offer	10 subs
5	Rumor	1 `Lead`
6	Cooperates	1 `Evidence`
7	Talkative	1 `Evidence`, +1 `Lead`
8	Full Disclosure	2 `Evidence`

Recording Evidence

When you gain Evidence:

Choose how many Leads to spend (0 or more). These are lost.
Roll d10.
If the result is a duplicate, you may reroll once per Lead spent.
After your final roll: unique result records new Evidence, duplicate result gains 1 Lead.

Matched Missions

The Condemned Block

Sector 7-Receivable. The name tells you everything: defaulted, seized, abandoned. When a district falls behind on infrastructure payments, the Authority reclassifies it. Cooling gets cut. Maintenance stops. The residents become "receivables" on someone's ledger.

This hab-block was scheduled for demolition decades ago. The paperwork is still pending. Both squads arrived within minutes of each other. Frightened workers still shelter in the ruins. They've seen things. They'll talk, if either side can reach them first.

Terrain

Sector 7-Receivable. Ruined hab-block. Collapsed coolant pipes, exposed wiring, plenty of maintenance alcoves to search.

Loot

Players alternate placing 3 Loot Markers each.

Coworkers

Roll Coworkers (Swarm tier). Must touch terrain.

Deployment

Standard.

Threats

Round 3: Roll Hostile faction table (Swarm tier). Spawn on random edge.

"Sector 7 defaulted before I was born. My parents defaulted here. Their debt is mine now."
Receivable Resident

Smuggler's Run

The Solder Market is the Complex's black market. Officially it doesn't exist. Unofficially, the Toll Collectors take a cut of everything that moves through it. The smell of flux and burned insulation. Cables strung overhead like festival decorations. The outer edges are worse: unlicensed waypoints where cargo changes hands without paperwork and questions get you killed.

A dossier is hidden somewhere in this maze. Names, dates, shipment manifests. Worse: evidence of Department dealings with the Untethered. Resource Allocation and Human Capital both want it buried. Both squads want it found. The local freelancers have run protection here for years. They don't care who wins. They care who pays.

Terrain

Solder Market edges. Cargo depot. Stacked containers, loading cables, toll-booths with sealed doors.

Loot

1 Loot Marker (the dossier) in center. Players alternate placing 2 Loot Markers each (6"+ from center).

Coworkers

Roll Coworkers (Elite tier).

Deployment

Standard.

Threats

Rounds 3, 5: Roll Hostile faction table (Normal tier). Spawn on random edge.

"Resistance will add to your balance."
Toll Collector final notice

The Wave Shrine

Conduit Junction Null. The Monks call it cursed: no cable reaches here, no signal flows clean. Light comes from indicator LEDs and the occasional work lamp. Centuries ago, a cascade failure severed this junction from the Holy Network. The Monks sealed it and moved on. The Untethered found it.

They've been using this place for months. Open Channel broadcasts originate here, some say. The wave corruption is thick enough to taste: metal and ozone, the flavor of forbidden frequencies. Something rests on that altar. Something from before the Tethering. Something that still works.

Terrain

Conduit Junction Null. Corrupted shrine. Central data-terminal, scattered prayer-mats, diagnostic candles, hidden alcoves.

Loot

1 Relic in center. Players alternate placing 1 Loot Marker each within 6" of Relic.

Coworkers

Roll Coworkers (Normal tier).

Deployment

Standard.

Threats

Rounds 2, 4, 6: Roll Hostile faction table (Elite tier). Spawn from center.

Special

At game end, Relic holder gains +3 Evidence.

WIRELESS IS DEATH: Feel the feedback in your teeth.

Advantage Missions

The Encryption Keys

The Comptroller's District processes every subscription in the Complex. Birth certificates, death notices, debt transfers. Endless corridors of identical offices. The constant click of data-slabs being stamped. The clerks who work here see everything and remember nothing. That's company policy.

One clerk remembered. They found something in Terminal 404, the sector where records have been corrupted for decades. Encryption keys to archives that should not exist. Archives that might predate the Tethering. The Aggressor needs what's in that clerk's head. The Defender tracked them here, to an annex where paperwork goes to die. The Authority hasn't noticed yet. They will.

Terrain

The Comptroller's District. Authority annex. Cramped offices, data-stacks, locked subscription vaults.

Loot

Players alternate placing 2 Loot Markers each (9"+ from center).

Coworkers

Roll Coworkers (Normal tier). Place within 6" of center.

Deployment

Aggressor picks edge, deploys first. Defender opposite edge, 3" deep.

Threats

Round 2: Roll Hostile faction table (Swarm tier). Spawn on random edge.

Special

Hostiles ignore Defender until Defender uses Search or Interrogate, or until Round 3.

"Every incident resolved is a shareholder satisfied."
Chief Arbiter Kale Duross

The Barricade

The Cooperative formed when Sector 7 defaulted. No leaders, no records, no subscriptions. Just the understanding that today's giver may be tomorrow's receiver. The Authority calls them criminals. The Houses call them lost revenue. They call themselves free.

They've been trading with the Scrapers, buying information about routes to the Roots. They helped the Defender fortify this junction. Weeks of work. Barricades from scrap. Now a stronger force approaches. The Defender has prepared the ground, but the ground may not be enough.

Terrain

Sector 7-Receivable. Fortified junction. Barricades, jury-rigged turrets, supply crates.

Loot

Defender places 4 Loot Markers within 6" of center (3" apart).

Coworkers

Roll Coworkers (Elite tier). Place within 6" of center.

Deployment

Defender within 9" of center. Aggressor on any edge, 6" deep.

Threats

Rounds 3, 5: Roll Hostile faction table (Normal tier). Spawn on random edge.

Special

Defender places 3 terrain pieces before deployment.

NO SUBS NO MASTERS (scrawled over sparking cable stump)

The Ambush

The Toll Collectors know everything. They track every transaction, every movement, every debt. When someone offers to buy information, they sell it. When multiple buyers appear, they sell it to all of them.

Someone sold the Defender's route. The Aggressor was waiting. The Defender's Boss carries crucial intel: names, locations, the threads of a conspiracy. If they die here, weeks of work dies with them. The local freelancers smell blood.

Terrain

Mid-Complex transit corridor. Open ground with scattered cover. Vendor stalls, abandoned cargo-sleds.

Loot

After Defender deployment, Defender places 2 Loot Markers within 3" of friendly models.

Coworkers

Roll Coworkers (Swarm tier). Place within 3" of friendly models.

Deployment

Defender deploys all models within 12" of center. Then Aggressor deploys within 3" of any edge.

Threats

Rounds 2, 4, 6: Roll Hostile faction table (Elite tier). Spawn on random edge.

Special

Hostiles target Aggressor models until Round 3.

"Resource Allocation sells your route. Revenue Operations buys it. You die in between. That's commerce."
Freelancer Wisdom

Overwhelming Missions

No Quarter

Lower Complex. Cooling priority: none. During heat events, these districts are sealed off to preserve capacity for priority areas. The Cooling Wars taught the Departments that sacrificing the lower tiers was cheaper than fixing them. The residents either survive until restoration or they don't. The Authority calls this "thermal triage." The survivors call it what it is.

The Aggressor found the safehouse. Revenue Operations wants the Defender's Boss dead. Security & Compliance wants them alive. Both Departments sent contractors. There will be no negotiation. The local scavengers smell weakness, drawn by the promise of whatever's left when the shooting stops.

Terrain

Lower Complex. Burned-out safehouse. Collapsed conduits, desperate cover, one clear path to escape.

Loot

Defender places 2 Loot Markers within 6" of center (the safehouse).

Coworkers

Roll Coworkers (Elite tier). Place within 6" of center.

Deployment

Defender places 2 barricades within 6" of center. Aggressor picks edge and deploys. Then Defender deploys within 12" of center. Aggressor may then redeploy d3 models.

Threats

Round 4: Roll Hostile faction table (Swarm tier). Spawn on random edge.

"Dying in public space incurs a cleanup fee charged to your estate."
Public Safety Notice

The Vault

The Roots are the deepest level of the Complex. Ancient infrastructure from before the Tethering. Most of it is sealed, flooded, or worse. The Monks say the Founders built the Complex on the bones of something older. They don't say what. They don't know. The sealed archives might, but no Monk has ever opened them. The Untethered have.

This vault held something the Founders wanted forgotten. A corrupted data-core. A pre-Tethering transmitter. Something that burns to touch and whispers when you're alone. The Defender guards it. The Aggressor brought overwhelming force. The hostiles are drawn to the relic's signal.

Terrain

The Roots. Ancient vault. Central pedestal, radiating corridors, wave-corrupted growths.

Loot

1 Relic in center. 1 Loot Marker at each cardinal edge (12" from center).

Coworkers

Roll Coworkers (Swarm tier). Place within 3" of any Loot Marker.

Deployment

Defender within 9" of center. Aggressor on any edge, 6" deep.

Threats

Rounds 3, 5: Roll Hostile faction table (Normal tier). Spawn on random edge.

Special

Hostiles ignore Defender unless Defender has the Relic or until Round 4. At game end, Relic holder gains +3 Evidence.

"Cable Spirit, accept this offering of flux and current."
Maintenance Rite

Debt Leverage

In the Complex, debts are inherited. Children are born subscribed. When you can't pay, your contract gets sold. Sometimes to collection agencies. Sometimes to people who want you dead. The Subscription Crisis made this legal. The Departments made it profitable.

Someone leveraged the Defender's debt. Resource Allocation bought the contract and resold it to their enemies. Now their Boss has a price on their head equal to three generations of compound interest. The Aggressor committed everything to this kill. The Substrate civilians know the rules: hellish heat, chemical smell, stay out of the way, pretend you saw nothing, hope your own debts stay buried.

Terrain

The Substrate. Industrial warren. Multiple levels, tight corridors, nowhere to truly hide.

Loot

Aggressor places 2 Loot Markers anywhere (3"+ from board edges).

Coworkers

Roll Coworkers (Normal tier). Place anywhere (3"+ from board edges).

Deployment

Defender within 18" of center. Aggressor on any edge, 6" deep.

Threats

Rounds 2, 4, 6: Roll Hostile faction table (Elite tier). Spawn on random edge.

Special

Defender's Boss gets +1 DT Defense. Hostiles target Aggressor models. If Boss survives to game end, Defender gains +1 Evidence.

"Subscription to Life: Terminated. No refunds."
Final Notice

Post-Game Sequence

Log Merits
Exploration phase
Out of Action models roll Injury
Check Merit thresholds for Promotion rolls
Buy/sell equipment at Trading Post
Dismiss models (optional)
Replace dead models (free)
Move items between models or to Lockers
All models restore full Health
Performance Review: models that fled take d6 damage

Merit Sources

Source	Merits
Per enemy `Out of Action`	1
Per enemy `Boss` `Out of Action`	1
Per successful Search/Interrogate	1

"Your achievements are company property. Your debts are personal."
Merit Accounting Bureau

Exploration

Each surviving model rolls Wits. Sum all dice totals.

Total	Result	Subs
1-5	Marginal Returns	0
6-10	Standard Haul	+5
11-15	Fair Extraction	+10
16-25	Acceptable Yield	+15
26-40	Above Quota	+20
41-60	Surplus Discovery	+25
61+	Windfall Dividend	+30

Injuries

2d6	Result	Effect
3 or less	Terminated	Remove from squad
4	Degraded	-1 max `Health`
5	Scrambled	`-1 DT` `Wits`
6	Exposed	`-1 DT` `Defense`
7	Scarred	No effect
8	Diminished	`-1 DT` `Combat`
9	Hobbled	-1" `Move`
10	Sidelined	Miss next game
11	Glitch	+1 Merit
12	Reviewed	Free Promotion roll

Promotion Thresholds

Roll Promotion at: 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28 Merits (gap increases by 1 each time)

"Work harder. Owe less. Every merit survived is a merit toward freedom. Every debt paid is a chain removed. The system rewards persistence. The system punishes everything else."
Labor Motivation Bureau

Attribute Limits

Attributes cannot go below 2d4 or above 2d12. Max Health at 0 or below: remove from squad.

Promotion

2d6	Result	Effect
2	Demotion	`-1 DT` to lowest attribute
3	Bonus	+1 max `Health`
4	Transfer	+1" `Move`
5	Clearance	`+1 DT` `Combat` (or new Power for `Broadcaster`)
6	Coverage	`+1 DT` `Defense`
7	Promotion	Pick: `+1 DT` (any attribute), +1" `Move`, +1 `Health`, or new Power (`Broadcaster` only)
8	Training	`+1 DT` `Wits`
9	Raise	`+1 DT` `Combat` (or new Power for `Broadcaster`)
10	Benefits	+2 max `Health`
11	Relocation	+2" `Move`
12	Fast-track	`+1 DT` to two different attributes

Recruitment

Squads always have 5 models. Replace dead models for free. New Resources start with base attributes and no equipment. Models that miss a game stay home: play with fewer models.

Dismiss

Remove any model from your squad. Equipment goes to Lockers.

Boss Succession

If Boss dies, promote a Resource. They keep their contract type but become the Boss for morale. Pick one:

Gain Both weapon access
Gain +1 max armor (Light → Medium → Heavy)

Trading Post

Buy equipment at listed price. Sell at half price.

Locker Room

Store equipment between games. No limits. Choose what each model carries before each game.

Campaign Victory

First squad to collect 10 unique Evidence types wins.

"Information is property. Unregistered information is theft. Your evidence collection has been noted. A licensing representative will contact you shortly."
Data Compliance Bureau