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DEEP SPACE DEEP SPACE™ The CYBERPUNK® ‘Space Supplement Design Chris Young, Scott Hedrick From An Original kien by ‘Mike Pondsmith David Ackerman Glenn Wildemuth eating Derek Quintanar, .E Janice Sellers Covers Doug Andersen © 1992, 1993, Interior Itustrations Malcom Hee Paulo Parenté ‘Matteo Resinanti Karl Martin Harrison Fons Glen Hallstrom ‘Mike Pondsmith Chris Hockabout Layout Glen "LCE, LCE, Baby” Hallstrom copy 19880 8 Stock #CP 3211 DEEP SPACE aaa MVE pe | SS ; (ON THE EDGE OF SPACE ..4 eth 2025, s Lunar System Map 7 Who's Whe inthe Solar system 4 The Solar System 10 World Spaceport ap 17 Plenetary Data Table 13 ‘Cemmuniation Lagtime Tale 15 THE ENVIRONMENT OF SPACE .. The Tad Alrmosphere 17 Radiation 19 Radiation Eft Table sso 21 lang Term Elect Tables 22 Gry 23 Grrty Adaptation 34 Combatin Pera Gee 2s GETTING AROUND THE ‘SOLAR SYSTEM 26 Hardware 2 Sutface-to Space Spacseraft..27 Surface-to-Orbit spacecraft..28, (tbl Spececrat 3 Small Cait. uo Batle Satelite: M4 Deep Space Shes 35 Spacecraft Technology 38 (rota Mechanis in Tree Easy Lesions 42 Holman Orbit Dagiam 42 Hazards of Space Travel 4 space Combat 46 Communications a8 Pyehologizal fects of Long Dstance Tavs “9 Ircestlar Travel 9 EQUIPMENT AND WEAPONS .. 50 Cvipment 31 vehicles 53 Tools 55 Sunil Gear 36 ‘Weapons 57 Newtech 2025 39 Equipment List 9 Bioware 61 ARITIFICAL HABITATS ...62 Wrkshacks a Autofactories @ atertations ra rb Colonie re Planetary Bases 6s Hasta Modules 6 (ital Module Diagrams 67 round Bes @ yt Pale Diagram = 70 Tyehe Moon Base Map ..71 LIVING AND WORKING IN SPACE... High ders Ssowhat Do They Ba? 75 Space Careers Tale 75 Orbital Sil 76 The Grbtal Character 77 The "Orbitals"—Space based Cerporations 7% Living inthe Belt 80 CColrizing New Were 80 RED CONFLICT: A SPACE ‘ADVENTURE .. Part One: Groundsie Bes 83 Dann Fecity Map. 84 awn Net Map as Part Two: Ticket to fide 87 Part Three: Heme Sweet Horne 37 Part Fou” Muti 08 bids Net Map "7 Ics Sate Map ng SELECTED REFERENCES..119 DEEP SPACE EARTH: 2025 ‘The corporations control the wold from therskyscrapeorresse, while armies of cyborg kllersroarm the Shattered urban ruins, The seas are a chemical soup Sicked with of, the Skies are black with acid rain, and ‘va deserts seep across what was ‘once fertile feral The cites of Earth teem with human scum, 35 fashion models cub biorculpt jobs ‘with batllrarmored reedverrorsin the meanest sects this side of Postholecaust ‘This isthe world of CYBERPUNK. Butonlyascarthundred miles above the steaming, paleted atmosphere ofthe Cyberpunk Farth ie anather ‘world, Silent and frigid, ir the world of great spring cylinder words speed ngspace tighter ‘erie orbital veh cles, and the & Tanicwhitelaticesofthedeep space expres This the world of DEEP SPACE, ‘THE VIEW FROM SPACE Motivatedby a deteriorating ecosys tem and accelerating population ‘growth, mankind has exploded out intothe stars. IntheNearEarthOroit Zones the skes are crowded with Space tac: busy orbital transter ‘ehilesunioadingcargesfeom space Shuts sleek spacep anes decking among hespidenebgidersothabe tarsandstetions There ae aver wo ‘haurand factories mort, with au {mated workstations churning oat diugs, plastics, alleys and tocts for corporate markets an Earth Microwave satelites spread lattice Wings to cateh the solar wind, con: ‘erung ts energy tomcrovavesand bearing it down to the power Starved millons below. skiting the ‘Outer fringes ofthe atmorphere, the Sister artowhead shapes of space fighters and deltas crube, seeking outenemy lasersats with teirkneic taeapere. A he stable orbit of Lt, hanging suspended between Eathand Luna, is the huge spinning wheel of the Ciystl Palace, Mankind’ fist trae spacecolonyandthegiteringcrown ofthe Euro Space Agency's ach eve- ‘ments Looming justbeyondat sis OWNeil One the tanicmizre-plonet ‘whose cylindrial bulk spans twenty miles (33k), aglanchive ofhuman ‘ty surrounded by myriad OTV's and shuttles, On the far ade ef Earth from O'Neil One ies the equally tmacsve OF Nell einer of Parade Station; stuated at Lo, this the final cylinder colony, andis event. ally planned 9 extend to approx mately 100k in lenge ee design already contains the seeds for ths further expansion. On Luna and Mars are selfsustay ingcolories tunnelledintothetcors and walls of thet respective craters, ‘ith miles of soar cllectors provid. ingthe rw energy to support ie on these dead worlds. The mile ong tracks of the suna massdrvers are buried deep within thecraer rock a datk reminder of the time when ESA. Used trem tahurimulttonned rocks atthe Earth Welcome to the Space Age IN LOW ORBIT In LowiNear Earth Orbit (L£0), the “afcisfairight.Comrmurieations, weather and spy sats shift from this one 19 Geo-ryn Orbit and bak 3 heir programmed routines dictate LEO Is ase the domain of orbital space fighters and batlesatlites, Inhich fequire coser orbits and a Tigher degree of manceuverably GEOSYN ORBIT ‘GEO-Synchronous Orbit (22,000 miles (37,000 km) is dominated by Dita workstations, smal factories, Datlesats (US and USSR), ard other stable platforms. It is here that ‘ON THE EDGE OF SPACE {ground-basee spacestanes and ‘Putles dock with Orbital Transfer Staons, siting crews and cargo 19 ‘outbound Orbital Transfer Vehicles ors, ‘THE L-ZONES ‘The*Lpoints" (erLaGrange Stator ary Points) occupy stable postions Felative to Earth and Luna, making ‘them perfect fer long-duration, sl contained bases, Iaetories and cor Struction sites, At tha L points orb the largest space constructions in seritence —theroughl tarldalyt tal Palace space station (L1), the ‘ammath O'Neil One balsa ( 5), Paradise Station (Lf), and the small" Galleo Cylinder (U3). Be- Find the Moon sits the L-2 point ome of the ES: testbed finder and deep space explorer dock. ON LUNA Since the early 2000's ESA and its allied nations have maintained per ‘manent bases on Luna, The orginal bases were simple presure domes and raxified workshacks boorted byOTV'sand soft andedin sections. (Over the last twenty years, these footholds have beer expanded {through theuse ofnuclear and solr powered laser-dills (collectors on thesurface,andcutting dllblow), \whichhave created networks sub turface tunnel. Water i provided through them ningaf unarice and ieheavily ecycled, bile ar comes from subesrface hydroponic gar dens (it ay rolling hack huge shut terson the sae). “There are to permanent cis on Luna, beth controlled by the Euro Space Agency. Tycho/lura Colany, the largest, maintains two atedivars, Used to boost Lunar rockand are outs thel-5 construc ‘Sons. The population (in 2025) i approximately 18,000. The second ‘colony, at Cooemicus, supports @ {ingle macsdiver, and a population of sround 12,000. DEEP SPACE ‘ON THE EDGE OF SPACE delayed as Oral A 5 resources to. se of Transworld aganst EBM, A sale rau Euro-American Confictruts or oniy a few weeks before ESA desttoys many strategic USS, ofensive postions by turing Luna cock via the Tycho massdiiver. 2009 | ESA/Sov Mars mission departs. 2010 ‘OINelll One construction | begins. : zn ‘Costa Palace opened. ESA/Sov mission aves on Mars ‘Construction of 3 and \-4 colonies begins 22 ee First able nanotech achieved concurrently by Euro and Japanese compo | fate labs. ‘OUT To MARS From 2011, aftr the laneing ofthe fist ESA/S0u Joint Mars mission, hu: ranityhasraintanederuoisioot- Fld upan Mar vas NASA, Pont ever, with its ambitious Columbus rission, vo established the fistpe~ ‘manertcolonyatChesePlenita ait ESA anncuncng formal completion cftherds daze twelve enthslater Since that ime NASA has provided a regular seis of fights to suppor: the ‘Mars colony. The atest generation of NASA deepspace cycler transports, theExplorer class, are perferming the trpinunderthiteen months. In con Junctienwith)A8, theChrysebasehas become an impertant center, cur- fey supparingapopulton tower ‘Manian orbtalspacehasbecomepro- gresvely busier over the last three wd now supports is avn ent oF workshacks and fac tories for production of materi and ‘components At leasta coz oprat- ng autofactores ae known 20 ortit Mars ith approximately hwo tied of tse operated by [AB Athoughallmsjorpartisinvalveden Marsareinterestadinthe possbiltyof terraforming Mars ta recice the cost ‘ffarthercelrisatin, hese hasbeen Tite real progress madein thisarea.A ‘quss-ndependent research orgari- Zalion, known asthe Japanese Mars Research aboratories()MRU,hascon- structed asignieant-esearch ns tionatthe Martanpolar cecap. How. ver, theextento ther iestigaions ‘THE BELT “Tumbling ike tarished jewels, abi lor tons of roccandice spn through the void between Mare andthe giant gaseous juniter. Aided by the oloneationof Marsand the prospect (of untold mineral wealth a sty ‘Seam of robot mining droid, pro: ‘essing factories and feclhardy ind. viduals clutter tre solar system's main xterldbal FURTHER OUT Athough mankindnow posesesthe lechnoogy W extend into the outer solar system, the lntende cold and inhosptable atmospheri: conditions fon the outer planets ake further commercial expansion unltaly for Sometime tocome. Advancedprobes from bot NASA and JAB continue shed naw light on the nature of the outer sla system, Based on data gathered by the 2018 ESA unmanned probe, NASA Inunehed a manned misiont Jupiter in early 2023, The msi fs almed at ‘conducting sientile nays on both thegaegintanditsrraons Curis, stveral corporations have taken ah Unusualdegreecfinterestintherision and its beloved that NASA may be FRaing certain ivormaton reveaedby the ear probes Whatever the infer rrationiitappenrtohave geneiated ome interest outide of NASA, and rumarsspeculate thatsystematcrado ‘vansmissonshevebeen detectedem rating fom the planet. In ary even, the expedition should enter the avian system in November 2025, In ston, a joint JAB/NASA un ‘manned mission is scheduled for launch towards Satuen in 2025 ¢> follew up the Casiniprobes. While it wilaurveytheRingsandather aspects ofthe Saturnia syste, the focus for suey ssid tobe the mocn Titan. DEEP SPACE ON THE EDGE OF SPACE S702 ‘WALSAS NOOW/HLUV3 3HL DEEP SPACE ON THE EDGE OF SPACE ae WHO'S WHO IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM In space the eny laws are thse of ysis ane the corporatiors. Both far kil you ESA After Bs tecrnologcal coup in 1998 ‘wth the Hermes I spaceplane, the European Space Agency looked ito control mostofthe reply expanding sphere ofeorizedspace, nthesare year ESA began the recruitment of rrllons of people from the cenval Alreannatons naneventnowknown 3 the ESA Hireour, entre Afican ‘oumships were brought int oat, tTahed end put 10 work. ESA took control LEC for manufacturing and Colonization, developing the more treed Alesseresspaceplenes and Constructing hundreds of workshacks tnd the magnifeent Crystn Pace habitat @'gitering toroidal play- (reure forte ch), Since founding ESA haslocusedon forbtal manufacturing and. nat ob. caine funding from several Euro rilinationale who have ded bath ‘aw materal and eurobucks for ofthecrbita manufacturing induct ESA ako implemented a historic deal ‘uth the Soe, who provided heaey lit capacity in return for spaceplane payloads Orbital ithe main easier OF personnal into space) was ist tated by ESA and is stil the only Fcensed owner of the Aves series spaceplanes. By 2015, ESAwas the rgest, richest. and mostezpablespaceating organ Zatior inexstence rereamed a 10% commisionotialspacereltedmaru factunng, and controled mostol tre law enforcement in LEO and out to Luna though the EfC-contrlled Intarpolspacepalce Theyproceeded te build :evera major orbital habitats, incloing tree Neilolonies (U3E rotating cylinders of nar tock and ‘metal faring several kets in siomete). Unfortunate, a ESA grew and ex panded, itbecamemoreburezucrate find authoritarian, The ain orbital population (approximately 68%) Steramed from the Hireout and was ‘growing exponential. These inc ials, many bom andbredin space, were hardy ard incviduastc and Saw the orbital colonies as “home,” This population, tnown as the righrders,” eventually revolted agans the groving pressure trom ESAtoovercrowd the ofital colonies andiforcemany workersto operate {ubstancard candions for ite ce- ‘ward. Ths olewup into a series of Shor bur violent cashes between Higarides and ESA known as the ‘O/Nel Was," during which ¢SAlost contzal of both O'Nell One andthe newer Galileo Cylinder by 2025 ESAstil contol the majorby of facilities in LO. It rmintins both Crytal Palace and Parade Station {@RONel ender a the 4 pein. EsAalohasaccesstolongrange dre technology and with Soviet Pelp has setup a Mars Baseatlsidis Panta. FSA facies are now kept under op pense sunilanee by Interpol bite ESA corporate sjinds to ensure thatthe O'NeilWarsdonct have any NASA Faced with budget cuts andthe sso rniizaryshutleayloadstothe United States Ai Force (USAF) inthe fae 1990s, NASA became reegated “0 deep space probes and scent ex. Plosaton, The NASA "Galea" space ator wastinalyabandonedin 2008, This appeared to spell the end for NASAS a serious space pioneer ‘The successful commissioning of Nasa’ deep spacecapabe explorer lass manned vehicle (based on the Proteus nucler propusion sytem) quick opened the highitay to the outer solar system, The nov hie ColombusMan massionplaced NASA, and i familar technalogy parte JAG, fly nto the lead in planetary foloizaton, This frst mission suc- DEEP SPACE cstly landed sy tree peapleon ‘Mars withsufelentequipmentl corr stiutasirallpermanentbase Subse quent, NASA ha tote regular Mars fights which leave Earth ap prosimately every fourteen months (thew be shorted toa yen very soon) NASA now proves the majority of the personnel and equipment trane- port to Mars, ncuding venting pay: Kea space (avexoritant rates tthe somehat embarrasied FSA/Seviet ‘colony. NASAhasasobegunusingits slabe position on Mars 3s a base for further exploration ofthe outer Solar Sjstem and the Belt. NASA has 2 ‘mannedresearchstatonancfourmin- ingfaces aresdyinoperaioninthe Bekeand several more are planned in the nest year, USAF The Unite States Ai Force Is the premie-USspace partner WhileNASA fought for funding inthe 90%, USA reacvated te X-15 program inked to the new scramjet teernolagis ot the “Onent xpress” progiam), and ‘ceatec a sees of lon-anc-high oF bial ghtes designed to knock out ‘utes seteitesandworshacks. The USAF has a huge budoet for “Star ‘War space technology suchas ser sats and nei ill weap, With the further degeneration ofthe Amesiean situation, the USAF hase: ‘comeadangerousand unpredetable fore. Atleast thveedeep space weap cen platforms have been ‘commis: ‘Sona ove the lat ive years. These truge floating "gurships” use NASH'S Highly succesful nudear propulsion system to provide enormous range andsuppesedlyexsttprotectAmet ‘an interests in pace (halve tal ‘means The USAF has appeared in Incengruous paces over the ast few yeas supportofsevera orotalreve ltions. though not yet ating na tantly aggressive manner, several other rbital wer (paniculaiy ESA) arebecoming ureasyasto theUSAFs intentions, Orital facts, parca lat Sa’ majorheadquarters Cys 1 Palace - Would be easy prey for 8 rogue’ gunzip. The USAE i the mate in space sub version and military daublethink, hhasrnore weapons, spy and ser sas, ard armed vehiles Dan ay ote fofbital power, and is wing to use thers The USAF is aio sering an «cipeaf their popularity after NASA's SuccastlMatsealonbatonstlerpts, apd are locking fora way to juss fxstence (and farge budgets), tothe fang U.S. government sre With the slow disintegration ofthe United Soviet Bleckunder Gorbachev ardthesubsequentrevolsduring the Yatsinto.Gorborev trenton ea, the Soviet Rocket Corps was raialy de mobilized tom mary to hla sta ‘us Inabrilantmove, theSRC refed nearly 408 ofits MIRV miss ee: te heavy payload carrrs, leasing them to ESA and ether nations. Wt the best heavy lifting vehicles and the largest body af data on longetm, rmarvinspace projec, the Soviet ‘Were ableto trade themsevesint the ‘current space frontier boom. They Sold averting on spacesuls, setup ‘onstruction projects, and eventually ‘eaablshed KOSMOSOV, the henry ling vehicle combine. Trading for ESA techricalinformation, the SRC ao bul up a moderate mil lary preserewih orbtalstations spy and lve sat, bate sits and grou laser arrays. The huge aercomplexat Sary Shagan hat nes been entroly converted to lserIftvehicle support, but can be reconverted within 72 hour. Sill working closely with ESA, the Soviets rattan a strong an active presence in Space. They are clear Feadersin rms of raw lit power out ofthe Earth welland have been enor ‘ously succesful in constuction cf long-term life-support systems. The Soviets are aso the recognized ex pert in space psychology. There isa ‘ON THE EDGE OF SPACE kf Nel ‘Two. They retain Cr Palace anil L-4 (O'Neil Three). “ESMsev idee Dose coer pleted and a formal colonial ‘government inteduced 2023 NASA gins regular fights an a _feurteen ron Majoc manned survey efor: by NASA leaves for pier al a : In JABINASA Satur study setforlaunch,, ‘The (soon to be) present.