Take on the role of an operative in the Hex Gen network, a decentralized movement of hacktivists resisting the economic pillaging conducted by the unholy alliances of Big Tech, Big Military, and Big Finance. Think "The Windup Girl" meets "Neuromancer". Features: -Facial, vocal biometric capture devices -"Nohface" electronic face projector for thwarting surveillance/drones which cover almost every inch of city -Wireless internet -Darknets - all web activity is fully surveilled, you need stealth not only in meatspace but in cyberspace -More types of hacking - cryptography, DDoS, spoofing -Hunger: experience real economic destitution as you slowly die of starvation and are forced to beg, steal, or even kill for a piece of bread. -DIY: Upgrade your hemp trenchcoat with solar trim, syphon electricity from the private power grid, take apart old phones and radios to hack together an EMP gun, set up a hydroponic garden in your squatted flat so you don't have to kill for every meal.
I've added a realtime, mini-map to DX, which draws your location as well as nearby visible friend/foes, and wireless cell towers/ad-hoc mesh internets within range of your character. The translucent green is an experimental "augmented reality" overlay which helps visualize the non-visible EM spectrum surrounding active transceivers. Wireless connection and hacking will become instrumental in success as a hacktivist without the benefit of functioning landline-based infrastructure, which has all either deteriorated with the rest of the San Fran necropolis, or is in the custody of Gnossis, who has a virtual monopoly on all electronic communication: internet, telephony, and otherwise in the post-privacy world. Flipping on your iPad and connecting to the nearest 6G hotspot is asking a drone for a hellfire missile to the forehead. As mentioned, stealth is vital both in cyberspace as well as meatspace, and you will have to be selective about what networks you connect to, how, and what exactly to transmit.
The other image is an example of another potential use of the facial biometric capture/projection device. Yes, there is also an intralaryngeal vocal formant modulator to go with it, and yes you can sound like 80's-style Mr. Roboto. :)