[01-0106] High Tech(1).pdf

Written by SHAWN FISHER, MICHAEL HURST, and HANS-CHRISTIAN VORTISCH

Additional Material by DAVID L. PULVER, SEAN PUNCH,

GENE SEABOLT, and WILLIAM H. STODDARD

Edited by SEAN PUNCH

Cover Art by ABRAR AJMAL and BOB STEVLIC

Illustrated by BRENT CHUMLEY, IGOR FIORENTINI, NATHAN GEPPERT,

BRENDAN KEOUGH, and BOB STEVLIC

ISBN 978-1-55634-770-2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

STEVE JACKSON GAMES

C ONTENTS

5. W EAPONRY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

F IREARMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Dirty Tech: Full-Auto Conversions . . . . 79

How to Treat Your Gun . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Drawing Your Weapon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Immediate Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Reloading Your Gun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Careful Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Black-Powder Fouling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Air Guns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Ranged Electric Stunners . . . . . . . . . . 89

Non-Repeating Pistols . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Revolvers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Dirty Tech: Improvised Guns . . . . . . . . 92

Semiautomatic Pistols . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Automatic Revolver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Disguised Firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Rocket Pistol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Shotguns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Muskets and Rifles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Drilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Minié Balls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

The Kalashnikov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Flechette Rifle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Caseless-Ammo Rifles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Submachine Guns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

The H&K MP5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Mechanical Machine Guns . . . . . . . . 127

Machine Guns and Autocannon . . . . 129

Water-Cooled Machine Guns . . . . . . . . 129

Electric Gatling Gun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Cannon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Using Artillery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Grenade Launchers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Grenade Launcher Ammo . . . . . . . . . . 143

Individual Combat Weapon . . . . . . . . 144

Mortars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Light Antitank Weapons. . . . . . . . . . . 147

Backblast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Vehicular Rocket Launchers . . . . . . . 150

Guided and Homing Missiles . . . . . . 150

F IREARM A CCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Holsters, Scabbards, and Slings . . . . 153

Magazine Modifications and

Reloading Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Sights and Aiming Aids . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Sound Suppressors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Dirty Tech: Home-Built

Suppressors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Cinematic Silencers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Stocks, Tripods, and Bipods . . . . . . . 160

I NTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Publication History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

About the Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

P ERSONAL D EVICES AND

C ONSUMER G OODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Personal Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Foodstuffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Luxuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

C OMMUNICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Mail and Freight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Telegraph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Radio in Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Other Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

M EDIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Audio Storage, Recording,

and Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Video Storage, Recording,

and Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Broadcast Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

S ENSORS AND S CIENTIFIC G EAR . . . . . . . 45

Active Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Passive Visual Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Indirect Passive Sensors. . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Scientific Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

E XPEDITION G EAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Navigation Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Load-Bearing Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Climbing and Mountaineering Gear. . 55

Survival and Camping Gear. . . . . . . . . 56

Maritime Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Parachuting Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

1. T HE E QUIPMENT A GE . . . . . . . 5

T IMELINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

TL5: The Industrial Revolution . . . . . . . 6

TL6: The Mechanized Age . . . . . . . . . . . 6

TL7: The Nuclear Age. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

TL8: The Digital Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Dirty Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

B UYING E QUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

You Get What You Pay For . . . . . . . . . . 7

The Black Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

New Perk: Equipment Bond . . . . . . . . . . 7

Legality and Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

W EAR AND C ARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

I NTEGRATING AND M ODIFYING

E QUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Combination Gadgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

E QUIPMENT S TATISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Tech-Level Specialization . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2. C ORE T ECHNOLOGIES. . . . . . . 12

Dirty Tech: Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

P OWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Energy Collectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Dirty Tech: Oil Refining . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

I NFORMATION T ECHNOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . 17

The Printed Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Office Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Computer Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Computer-Based Research . . . . . . . . . . . 21

4. D EFENSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

C LOTHING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

A RMOR AND P ROTECTIVE G EAR . . . . . . . . 65

Body Armor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Shields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Dirty Tech: Homemade Armor . . . . . . . 71

Environmental Protection . . . . . . . . . . 72

Biomedical Sensors (TL7) . . . . . . . . . . . 75

S TEALTH AND C AMOUFLAGE . . . . . . . . . . .76

Camouflage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Stealth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

3. G ENERAL E QUIPMENT . . . . . . 23

T OOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Tool Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Hand Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Power Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Industrial Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Rescue Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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C ONTENTS

Page Design

Miscellaneous Accessories and

Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

A MMUNITION AND W ARHEADS . . . . . . . . 161

Calibers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Optional Wounding Rules . . . . . . . . . . 162

Propellants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Ammunition Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Black-Powder Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Cartridge Conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Ammunition Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Projectile Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Adjusting Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Exotic Bullets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Multiple Projectiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Shot Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Projectile Upgrades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Handloading and Reloading . . . . . . . . 174

Ammunition Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

L IQUID P ROJECTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Flamethrowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Ammunition Interchangeability . . . . . 178

Dirty Tech: Improvised

Flamethrowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Spray Guns and Aerosols . . . . . . . . . . 180

L ASER W EAPONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

E XPLOSIVES AND I NCENDIARIES . . . . . . 181

Conventional Explosives . . . . . . . . . . 183

Dirty Tech: Skimming Nitro . . . . . . . . 185

Dirty Tech: Home-Cooked

Explosives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Explosives Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Incendiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Land Mines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Hand Grenades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Dirty Tech: Hand-Grenade

Booby Trap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Dirty Tech: Improvised Grenades . . . . 191

Rifle Grenades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Bombs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Nuclear Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

M ELEE W EAPONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Battleaxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Bayonets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Clubs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Combination Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Optional Rule: Sheaths . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Electric Stun Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Dirty Tech: Improvised Melee

Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

M USCLE -P OWERED R ANGED

W EAPONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Bows and Crossbows . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Thrown Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Dirty Tech: Homemade

Surveillance Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Countersurveillance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

D ECEPTION AND I NTRUSION . . . . . . . . . . 213

Burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Forgery and Counterfeiting . . . . . . . . 213

Disguise and Smuggling. . . . . . . . . . . 214

Mule Pills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Computer Intrusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

E NFORCEMENT AND C OERCION . . . . . . . 215

Lie Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Forensics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Bomb Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

7. M EDICAL AND H EALTH

T ECHNOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Overview: Medical Tech Levels 5-8 . . . 219

E MERGENCY E QUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Airway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Breathing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

First Aid Kits and Doctor’s Bags . . . . 220

Miscellaneous Emergency

Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

M EDICAL E QUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Outbreak! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

S URGERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Surgical Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Anesthesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Antisepsis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Elective Surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

P ROSTHETICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

D RUGS AND P OISONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Covert-Ops Drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Poisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

6. C OVERT O PS AND

S ECURITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

S ECURITY AND S URVEILLANCE . . . . . . . . 202

Barriers and Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Security Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Eye in the Sky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Surveillance and Tracking Devices. . . 208

Wire Rat Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

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8. T RANSPORTATION . . . . . . . . . . 228

P ERSONAL C ONVEYANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

19 TH -C ENTURY S TAGECOACH . . . . . . . . . 232

WWI B IPLANE F IGHTER /B OMBER . . . . 233

WWI L IGHT T ANK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Inside a TL6 Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

1930 S F LY I N G B OAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

1930 S S EDAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

WWII J EEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

WWII M EDIUM P ROPELLER

F IGHTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

WWII M EDIUM T ANK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

WWII M EDIUM T RUCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

C OLD W AR A RMORED C AR . . . . . . . . . . . 240

C OLD W AR L IGHT H ELICOPTE R . . . . . . . 240

C OLD W AR P ATROL B OAT . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

M ODERN HMMWV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

M ODERN L IGHT M ONOPLANE . . . . . . . . 243

M ODERN M AIN B ATTLE T ANK . . . . . . . . 244

G LOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

B IBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

A PPENDIX : G UNMEN . . . . . . . . . 249

I NDEX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

C ONTENTS

GURPS High-Tech covers the technology available

from the late 18th century (TL5) to the present day and rel-

atively near future (TL8). It’s crammed with guns, explo-

sives, entry tools, climbing kit, scuba gear, radios, vehicles,

and everything else that a group of adventurers might need

– whether they’re exploring trackless wastes, pulling off a

heist, or running a spy ring. Most of the items it describes

are based on specific, historical devices . . . but the treat-

ment is intentionally generic, making the equipment useful

even in non-historical campaigns.

High-Tech doesn’t simply list technical specs and game

stats for the items it describes, though. It gives you every-

thing you need to use them in play. There are notes on how

to purchase equipment (legally and illegally), guidelines

for building and modifying gear, and new firearms rules,

techniques, and perks to support both ultra-realistic and

cinematic gunplay.

Most important, High-Tech is a book for heroes: danger-

ous men and women on secret missions . . . intrepid explor-

ers slashing a path through a sweltering jungle . . . iron-tough

adventurers braving the steely knives of an arctic blizzard. It

provides the finishing details that distinguish one mercenary

or super-spy from another. Attributes, advantages, and skills

may define the hero, but his possessions can be just as

important. A “Mare’s Leg” Winchester or a LeMat revolver

instead of the predictable Colt Peacemaker can make an Old

West gunslinger stand out from his peers!

Distinctive clothing, gear, and weapons can also help

make an adventurer an instantly recognizable icon in the

campaign world. Fiction is packed with examples of person-

ality going hand-in-hand with possessions: Indiana Jones’

fedora and bullwhip; Thomas Magnum’s Hawaiian shirt and

Ferrari 308; James Bond’s tuxedo and Walther PPK. In each

case, unique belongings support and complete the persona

of a quirky and memorable protagonist.

Thus, High-Tech takes the view that an adventurers’ kit

should be a reflection of his background and character traits

– a symbol of his upbringing, attitude, and personality – and

not just a collection of game stats and bonuses. Colombo

wears a grimy overcoat in balmy California; Sherlock

Holmes has his deerstalker cap and drop-stem pipe (details

added not by Doyle but by illustrators and actors later on).

Such touches make it easier to visualize characters who live

only in the players’ imagination, and provide “hooks” that

the GM can use throughout the campaign.

Covert Ops (2003). GURPS Old West, Second Edition (2000),

GURPS Cops (2001), and the entire GURPS WWII line

(2001-present) were also influential. Pyramid articles adapt-

ed for this work include “Autocannon,” “In Her Majesty’s

Service,” “The Long Arm of the Law,” and “Secret Weapons”

– all by Hans-Christian Vortisch. Finally, GURPS Ultra-Tech,

Fourth Edition (2007) and GURPS Vehicle Design (2007)

were developed concurrently with GURPS High-Tech, and

the authors exchanged ideas liberally.

The current volume is a new work, not a revision of any

of the above – they served primarily as sources of concepts,

references, and terminology, not text.

A BOUT THE A UTHORS

Shawn Fisher has a master’s degree in education and is

currently a technical writer with a major IT company. A for-

mer teacher and infantryman, he has over a decade of expe-

rience in private security and is a certified law-enforcement

firearms and defensive-tactics instructor. His previous works

include GURPS WWII: Dogfaces and GURPS WWII: Hand

of Steel, and contributions to GURPS Best of Pyramid 1,

GURPS Who’s Who 1, and Amarillo Design Bureau’s

GURPS Module Prime Alpha. Shawn has been an avid

gamer since the early 1980s, and devotes his spare time to

camping and recreational shooting. He lives in Searcy,

Arkansas with his wife, Jennifer, and their two daughters,

Elizabeth and Rachel.

Mike Hurst served as an artilleryman in Viet Nam. He has

also been a security officer (both uniformed and undercov-

er); a tank commander in the Texas National Guard; and

Captain of the Guard of the Barony of Bryn Gwlad. He is an

NRA-certified firearms instructor and holds a Texas Reserve

Police Officer certification. He possesses two dogs, an unde-

termined number of cats, and several thousand books, most-

ly history and science fiction. He has been a wargamer and

miniatures gamer for more than 20 years, and shows no sign

of reforming. On the other hand, his beloved wife, Brenda,

who shoots ambidextrously, insists he had better quit playing

and commence writing.

Hans-Christian “Grey Tiger” Vortisch, M.A., studied lan-

guages in Berlin and London, and is currently pursuing a law

degree. He began writing for GURPS as a freelancer in 2001.

He was author or co-author of GURPS Covert Ops, GURPS

Modern Firepower, GURPS Special Ops, Third Edition,

GURPS WWII: Motor Pool, and several e23 publications on

military topics. He wrote additional material for numerous

other GURPS books; translated, edited, or contributed to

several German Call of Cthulhu products; contributed to

d20 Modern Weapons Locker and d20 Mecha Military

Vehicles; and published many articles in American, British,

and German gaming magazines. Hans has been an avid

gamer since 1983. His non-gaming interests include science

fiction, history, cinema, and punk rock. He lives in Berlin.

P UBLICATION H ISTORY

This is the fourth edition of GURPS High-Tech. It

replaces GURPS High-Tech, Third Edition (1998) – itself

revised by David Pulver from earlier editions written by

Michael Hurst – and GURPS Modern Firepower (2002).

Inspirational GURPS Third Edition supplements include

GURPS Special Ops, Third Edition (2002) and GURPS

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