Bestiary

Today’s standard HIT Mark model, the Mark X looks like an ordinary human who’s strong, fast, and extremely deadly, with a limited face-shifting ability that allows it to make cosmetic changes to its features, gender, and skin tone. Without internal examination or magick, a Mark X remains indistinguishable from a muscular, if somewhat taciturn, human being. Such machines are no better at social banter than any previous HIT Mark model, but they’re smart enough to know how to conceal this weakness; given the decline of social graces in recent years, such concealment isn’t difficult.

Like its previous iteration, the HIT Mark IX, the newer model X employs a complex integration of nanotech and lab-grown organic tissue which creates a literally flexible bio-machine. To counteract the Paradox issues of earlier iterations, the newest HIT Marks are more like super-soldiers than death-dealing war machines. Even so, they’re exceedingly effective and can take a lot of punishment.

Suggested Attributes: Strength 6, Dexterity 4, Stamina 6, Charisma 1, Manipulation 2, Appearance 3, Perception 5, Intelligence 2, Wits 4

Suggested Abilities: Alertness 4, Brawl 4, Firearms 4, Melee 4, all other Skills & Knowledges 3, with the exceptions above.

Willpower: 6

Health Levels: OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, -5, Terminated

Armor Rating: 6 (12 dice soak, total)

Attacks/ Powers: A Mark X unit lacks the internal firepower of previous models, but it can use human-sized gear and hypertech. A smaller claw array (damage: 8/L) gives this model an innate hand-to-hand component that – thanks to movies and comic books – remains essentially coincidental in technological reality zones. Beyond the usual sensory array of previous models, the Mark X has