This page documents the drone guidance system for drones found at the top of the damaged building in the Slags. See Guidance System for disambiguation.
Routine
| Image |  |
| Type | Utility System |
Responses to Functions
| Function | Message | U | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offense | The guidance system is, perhaps unsurprisingly, quite well protected. A piercing alert ripples through the system at the slightest touch. | ? | |
| 3+ Offense, prob. other variables involved | You crash out the guidance system, then find the entire system going down a moment later. It's almost as though the drone needed that for something. | ? | Shuts down the system, 2 XP |
| View | This is the drone's guidance system. Buried somewhere under layers of defenses and encryption are the coordinates it's headed for… but the coordinates are down there somewhere, which means you can change them. | ? | |
| Defense, Other |
The guidance system seems to have its metaphorical hands full steering the drone. | ? | |
| Low Command | It's best not to ascribe emotions to computer routines, but the system seems reluctant to head to your position. There are errors and warnings popping up whenever you get close to redirecting the shipment. | ? | |
| 1-2 Offense and 5+ Command, depending on Code Finesse | You manage to wipe out the drone's restrictions on heading near your location, then overwrite its coordinates. You're rewarded a minute later with the drone's package. <one of the results below> Relieved of its cargo, the drone switches to return mode, dropping your connection in the process. |
(Disconnect) | <various results> |
| 1-2 View and 5+ Command, depending on Code Finesse | The drone seems to be barred from heading anywhere near your current location, so you do the next best thing: tracking down the underlying coordinate system and substituting one where its destination matches where you're standing. You… think you got the math right, although it's kind of cryptic now that you look at it more closely. Luckily, the drone shows up a minute later, a box in tow. <one of the results below> Relieved of its cargo, the drone switches to return mode, dropping your connection in the process. |
(Disconnect) | <various results> |
Shipment results
Alliance Shipping (CAL, FREE, X, and some REG, UNR)
Alliance drones carry the following items. Alliance Filtering can be used to filter out other shipment companies and only give Alliance results.
According to the receipt in the flat, it contains some electronics warranty parts. It's a little odd, though, most warranty parts wouldn't be shipped priority like this.
You found: 4 of biomonitor circuit, capacitor array, memory stick, processor chip, signal analysis circuit, thick cabling
Or, around 5% of the time:
According to the receipt in the flat, it contains some electronics warranty parts. It's a little odd, though, most warranty parts wouldn't be shipped priority like this.Huh, this curved piece of metal looks like it was part of a comm dish at some point.
You found: 3 of biomonitor circuit, capacitor array, memory stick, processor chip, signal analysis circuit, thick cabling AND battered dish segment
You crack open the shipment to discover all the rush was about a slightly creased old hat.
You found: investigator's hat
You crack open the shipment to discover all the rush was about a hat… at first glance it looks old… it even has a certificate of authenticity, by which you guess they must mean it was authentically made yesterday.
You found: noir retro hat
You crack open the shipment to discover all the rush was about a pair of shades. Apparently the light was really bothering someone.
You found: nice shades
The shipment has a children's book in it. Hmmm.
You found: old fairy tales OR uplifting fable
or, rarely:
And it's signed, which is just mysterious.You found: signed fable
You open up the shipment to find a container of pills. It actually looks like it might be legitimate at first glance.
On closer inspection, the patient's name is left blank… which probably isn't a great sign, legitimacy-wise.
You found: Arzac prescription
You open up the shipment to find some ghastly nesting dolls. As you search through them, you eventually find that one hides an eyedropper filled with some luminescent blue liquid.
You found: strange eyedropper
Midgard Shipping Drones (IOM, MCC, MIO, and some REG, UNR)
Midgard drones carry the following items. Midgard Shipping Filtering can be used to filter out other shipment companies and only give Midgard results.
All that seems to be in the shipment is some paper… seems like test reports from one of the drone factories.
You found: 1-2 drone testing reports
This flat contains an accusatory note asking the recipient to not break "this one" and, beneath that, a Midgard-branded PDA.
You found: corporate Y5
The flat contains a rack of test tubes, each filled with a dark liquid and helpfully labeled "Slags antidote."
You found: 4-6 vials of slags antidote
The flat has a small bag with a few Eclipse tablets marked "for immediate testing." They… look pretty normal as far as Eclipse goes.
You found: 3-4 tablets of Eclipse
The flat mostly contains packing material, but there's a pretty nice watch nestled in there. It's gold and has some writing on the back that looks like ancient computer code, so it was probably intended as a gift for a programmer somewhere.
You found: coder's watch
The flat mostly contains packing material, but there's… nothing… wait, there's an eyedropper. Man, these guys really don't mind using inefficient shipping containers.
You found: strange eyedropper
You open up the box to find it filled with packing material and a single plastic envelope. The envelope hides a sheet of yellowing paper.
You stare for a bit… it seems like a lot of work for a sheet of paper. In the process of staring, you realize that it's interoffice mail to "Muninn" at Midgard corporate headquarters downtown.
You found: ancient notes OR yellowing map
You're pretty sure you're not supposed to ship live ammunition by drone, but Midgard apparently doesn't have to follow the rules.
You found: 4-6 long clips (Always)
You found: 1-2 sets of assault rifle fittings (50%) OR 1 Midgard MK8 (25%) OR Midgard MK9 (25%)
Silver Courier Drones (SCR, SLV, ARG, HG, and some of UNR, REG)
Silver Courier drones carry the following items. Silver Courier Filtering can be used to filter out other shipment companies and only give Silver Courier results.
1/5th chance of one of the following:
You remove the "Metroplex Antique Council Certificate of Authenticity" from the flat to find a dueling pistol. They're not from the first time dueling was popular, but from the craze about twenty years ago, coinciding with painless cybernetic replacements for the richest in society.
You found: antique dueling pistol
You remove the "Metroplex Antique Council Certificate of Authenticity" from the flat to find an old needler. Huh… you wouldn't consider it an antique, but it must be an early prototype.
You found: antique needler
You remove the "Metroplex Antique Council Certificate of Authenticity" from the flat to find a well made and maintained sword. It must be decades old… probably far longer, but it's still sharp.
You found: cavalry saber
You remove the "Metroplex Antique Council Certificate of Authenticity" from the flat to find a restored blade. You pull it out carefully, because it seems delicate.
You found: fragile antique blade
You remove the "Metroplex Antique Council Certificate of Authenticity" from the flat to find an old watch… and not just an old-fashioned watch, but the certificate says it's legitimately old.
You found: actual antique watch
You remove the "Metroplex Antique Council Certificate of Authenticity" from the flat to find an old PDA.
You found: old PDA
You remove the "Metroplex Antique Council Certificate of Authenticity" from the flat to find a well-preserved coat.
You found: vintage suit coat
You remove the "Metroplex Antique Council Certificate of Authenticity" from the flat to find a well-preserved set of suit pants.
You found: vintage suit pants
1/5th chance of one of the following:
It looks like someone called a courier for… a drink. Huh.
You found: 3-4 bottles of healthy soda
It looks like someone called a courier for… a drink. Huh.
You found: 3-4 bottles of specialty beer
1/5th chance of one of the following:
Carefully secured in packing material, you find a single chip. It looks like some people still use Silver Courier for courier deliveries.
You found: locked courier chip
Or, approx. 10% of the time:
Carefully secured in packing material, you find several chips. It looks like quite a few people are still using Silver Courier for courier deliveries.
You found: 3-4 locked courier chips
1/5th chance of one of the following:
You find several packets of coffee carefully arranged so they cover the majority of the surface.
You found: 3-4 scoops of fair trade grounds
1/5th chance of one of the following:
You've heard it's hard getting fresh produce, but nothing drives it home like seeing people order apples delivered by Silver Courier.
You found: 2-3 waxed apples
You've heard it's hard getting fresh produce, but having Silver Courier deliver strawberries seems a little ridiculous.
You found: 2-3 strawberries
HALLOWEEN RESULTS
Silver Courier
2017/2018/2019: It's packed with skulls… granted, they seem to be made out of foam rather than the usual bone, so they're not very threatening.
You found: 2-4 foam skulls
2017/2018/2019: There's a lot of packaging in here, protecting an electric motor. It seems to have done a good job. The motor looks pretty fragile, but doesn't have any dings or scratches.
You found: animatronic motor
2017/2018/2019: The flat contains a tube of something. It's labeled "foam" for whatever that's worth.
You found: foam tube
2017/2018/2019: Well, the contents explain the strange shape of the package. One sheet of mirrored glass and a totally reasonable amount of packaging material. It's going to be kind of interesting to get this anywhere without a drone to carry it.
You found: mirrored glass
2017: It's filled with branches… fake branches.
You found: 3 plastic branches
2017: It seems to be full of crepe paper. It's still neatly rolled… which is good, because there's no way to roll paper this fragile without tearing it to bits.
You found: 4 rolls of woodland crepe
2018: It's packed with bricks. You'd expect them to be heavy, but they're apparently made out of foam.
You found: 4 foam bricks
2018: It's filled with bundles of a whispy material that seems to stick to everything.
You found: 2 sheets of decorative webbing
2019: It's packed with roll after roll of crepe paper. They manage to pack it in there pretty tightly.
You found 3-4 of: crepe paper, woodland crepe
With sufficiently high donations: There's a whole mess of stuff in there! It looks like they're trying to get it out the door because it's all just sort of thrown in there.
2017: You found 6-9 of: foam tube, woodland crepe, animatronic motor, plastic branch, foam skull, mirrored glass
2018: You found 6-9 of: foam tube, animatronic motor, foam skull, mirrored glass, decorative webbing
2019: You found 6-9? of: foam tube, animatronic motor, foam skull, mirrored glass, crepe paper, woodland crepe, decorative webbing
Some rarer than others?