Shadowrun Audio Sensors & Enhancers
Audio Sensors & Enhancers
[edit]There are several common types of audio devices. Each device has a Capacity that allows you to add audio enhancements.
| Name | Capacity | Availability | Cost |
| Directional mic | 1-6 | 1 | Capacity x 50 |
| Ear buds | 1-3 | - | Capacity x 50 |
| Headphones | 1-6 | - | Capacity x 50 |
| Laser mic | 1-6 | 2; R | Capacity x 100 |
| Omni-directional mic | 1-6 | - | Capacity x 50 |
| Omni-directional mic, micro | 1 | - | 50 |
- Directional microphone: This lets you listen in on distant conversations. Solid objects or loud sounds along the line of eavesdropping interfere, of course. It’s as if you’re up to one hundred meters closer to whatever you’re pointing the mic at.
- Ear buds: These ergonomic ear plugs are hard to spot and harder still to differentiate from the standard kind that comes with every music player and commlink.
- Headphones: A full headset with an adjustable headband strap, or attached to a headphone. Earbuds are harder to spot, but headphones pack more capacity.
- Laser microphone: This sophisticated sensor bounces a laser beam against a solid object like a windowpane, reads the vibrations on the surface, and translates them into the sounds that are occurring on the other side of the surface. Maximum range is 100 meters. A laser microphone cannot fit the spatial recognizer audio enhancement.
- Omni-directional microphone: A standard omnidirectional audio pickup and recorder. Usually incorporated into, connected to, or wirelessly linked with a commlink or other recording device. Micro versions have a Maximum Range of only 5 meters.
Audio Enhancements
[edit]Audio enhancements are commonly available as installable upgrades to any of the audio sensors listed above. Each will play audio input from AR or other sources. Each enhancement has an associated capacity cost.
| Name | Rating | Capacity | Availability | Cost |
| Audio enhancement | 1-3 | [Rating] | +Rating | +(Rating x 500) |
| Select sound filter | 1-3 | [Rating] | +Rating | +(Rating x 250) |
| Spatial recognizer | - | [2] | +1 | +1,000 |
- Audio enhancement: Audio enhancement allows the user to hear a broader spectrum of audio frequencies, including high and low frequencies outside the normal metahuman audible spectrum. The user also experiences fine discrimination of nuances and can block out distracting background noise. Audio enhancement adds its Rating x 2 pips (3 pips = 1D) to your in audio Search Tests.
- Select sound filter: This lets you block out background noise and focus on specific sounds or patterns of sounds. It even includes speech, word, and sound pattern recognition. Each Rating point lets you select a single sound group (such as the footsteps of a patrolling guard or the rotors of a distant helicopter) and focus on it. You only actively listen to one group at a time, but you can record the others for later playback or set them to triggered monitoring (such as sounding an alert if a conversation brings up a certain topic, or if there’s a variation in the breathing pattern of a guard dog).
- Spatial recognizer: This hearing accessory pinpoints the source of a sound. You get a +1D+1 bonus on your Search Tests to find the source of a specific sound.
Source
[edit]- Shadowrun 5th Edition Core Rulebook (2nd Printing) (page 445)
- thedemonapostle