Cyberware BODY Load — Chrome Load (CL)

Game: Orion Corridor — 2277 · Rules: 3D6 Stats (GURPS-shaped) Status: Table canon (locked Jul 23 2026) — house-rule overlay Companions: Mage Net Interfaces · character-sheet API handoff · crew inventory

What this is

Implanted cyberware lives in a BODY container — not pockets, not LOADOUT worn mounts.

Layer	What it is	Capacity
LOADOUT + BodyMount	Worn / held gear (belt, hands, armor)	Slot counts + ST encumbrance (kg)
BODY (`IMPLANTED`)	Chrome under the skin / in the bone	Chrome Load (CL) vs HT and Will

CL is an abstract stress budget (Cyberpunk Humanity-style). It is not cabin liters and not GURPS Ultra-Tech point costs. Those systems still apply where they already do; CL is the Corridor install gate.

Terms

Term	Meaning
CL (item)	Integer on each cyberware SKU. Cosmetic / fashion chrome is low; combat neural lace is high. Non-implants are CL 0 / null.
Installed CL	Sum of CL on stacks in that character’s BODY (`location = IMPLANTED`). Quantity multiplies CL.
HT budget	Flesh ceiling = character HT (synced from the character sheet). Null in DB → treat as 10.
Will budget	Psyche ceiling = character Will (synced from the sheet). Null → 10.
Margin	Soft overshoot before the hard line. v1 margin = 2.

Twin ceilings

Sum CL ≤ Will → stay sane. Exceed Will → cyberpsychosis track.
Sum CL ≤ HT → body can host it. Exceed HT → rejection / death track.

Exceeding is not instant death or instant cyberpsycho at +1. Use the bands below.

Bands

InstalledCL ≤ min(HT, Will)     → Stable
Will < InstalledCL ≤ HT         → Psyche stress (Will exceeded, flesh OK)
HT < InstalledCL ≤ Will         → Flesh stress (HT exceeded, mind OK)
InstalledCL > HT and > Will     → Dual crisis
InstalledCL > HT + 2            → Rejection / death risk (hard line)
InstalledCL > Will + 2          → Cyberpsycho onset (hard line)

Software enforcement (v1)

Hard refuse install if InstalledCL + newCL > HT + 2, unless GM sets override death line.
Soft warn (UI + API flag) when install would push InstalledCL > Will.
Psychosis hard line (> Will + 2) does not auto-block install in software — GM adjudications and Will rolls carry that; UI still screams.

Adjudication

Crossing Will (after install, or each stressed scene while over):

Roll Will.
Fail → temporary disadvantage / compulsion (GM picks).
Crit fail → cyberpsycho episode (short table: blackout violence, cold detachment, target fixation, chrome-first triage).

Crossing HT (after install, or heavy exertion while over):

Roll HT.
Fail → HP loss and/or implant offline until clinic.
Crit fail → catastrophic rejection (emergency surgery; item may return to MEDBAY damaged).

Surgery pipeline

Buy (mall) → CARGO_HOLD (or quarters)
           → MEDBAY staging
           → GM Surgery (+ Electronics Repair / Physician)
           → success → IMPLANTED (BODY)
           → fail    → stays MEDBAY

BODY remains inventory truth for remove / upgrade. Sheet receives stat deltas via API; it does not own the implant stacks.

Install rolls (v1)

Step	Skill	Notes
Cut / seat	Surgery	Mod from SKU + clinic / medbay quality
Tune / lace	Electronics Repair (Cybernetics) or Physician	Complementary

Success: move stack MEDBAY → IMPLANTED, bind ownerCharacterId, clear cargo container, apply CL, notify sheet. Failure: stack stays MEDBAY; no CL applied. Optional damage flag later.

Remove / upgrade

beginImplantRemoval — IMPLANTED → MEDBAY (surgery required; CL drops when it leaves BODY).
Clinic work / swap.
completeImplantRemoval — MEDBAY → cargo or cabin, or re-install a replacement through the normal install path.

Authoring CL (SKU guidance)

Band	CL	Examples
Cosmetic / fashion	1–2	Chrome digits, cosmetic iris, mirror socket cap
Utility / sensory	2–4	Nerve map hardware, light dermal weave, jack ports
Combat / neural	4–8	Reflex coils, weapon mounts, combat lace
Heavy chassis	8–12	Full limb systems, spinal lattice packages

Prefer copying a peer Meridian / Latchpoint / Hardsocket row when unsure. Null CL = not implantable into BODY (tools, consumables, worn gear).

Magic / Astral

Awakened patients: Latchpoint-style Astral baseline screening is fiction and plot pressure — see Latchpoint enrichment briefs. Mage netrunners who refuse chrome use enchanted interfaces (Mage Net Interfaces). CL does not replace Magery / Strain rules.

Ownership (systems)

Concern	Owner
HT, Will, advantages, disadvantages	Character sheet
SKU CL, MEDBAY staging, IMPLANTED stacks	Khesret inventory
Surgery success / fail entry	GM (table or cybernetics UI)
Display meters + sheet pull	`sheet.body` on crew-inventory API

Non-goals (v1)

Automated cyberpsycho NPC takeover.
Replacing Ultra-Tech cyberware point buy with CL.
Merging worn BodyMount slots with BODY implants.