From the makers of Kid Stealth brand digitigrade cyberlegs comes an exciting new product -Birdman Cyberwings.

Since the dawn of time man has dreamed of flying with the birds. That dream has come true for the first time thanks to the brilliant cyberengineers at Aztechnology.

Birdman cyberwings are made from the latest super-durable cybermuscles streched over a lightweight smart-metal frame and a can support a troll's* weight with ease.

When not in use, the wings roll up into tiny cylinders that are easily concealed beneath a a trenchcoat. **

Fly*** in style in


*Only troll sized models. All cyberwings should be custom fitted. Never buy used cyberwings.

**Never sit with the wings unfurled.

*** Flying with cyberwings requires a permit in most areas. Always file the correct paperwork to reduce the risk of being shot down.

Cyberwings may damage some clothes.


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Availability: 12/1 week
Cost 90,000
Essence: 2 (1 per wing)
Concealability: 0 (2 when retracted)

Cyberwings allow a character to glide for long distances. Characters with cyberwings may glide indefinatly at a rate between Quickness*3 and Quickness*5 meters per combat turn. Characters must move while gliding. If they falll below the minimum speed they will fall and sustain damage according to he rules for falling.

Characters can not take off from ground level. They must jump from a considerable height to sucessfully glide. (Use GM discretion )

Characters with cyberwings cannot wear normal clothing or armor and must have theirs custom tailored.

Interesting concept. My first thought was of Condorman... Yes, I am a child of the 80's

One question I have is if the essence cost is a bit high? Maybe there could be a basic model that is more obvious when furled that only costs 1 essence per pair, and a "stealth model" that costs the 2 essence per pair but is more concealed when furled. The basic set might just fold up like bird wings (I'm thinging of Angel/ArchAngel from the X-Men here), and the stealth model has the cylinders that actually retract partially into the "wearers" back when furled?

And I know this is a silly question, but I have to ask... What would happen if I only bought one wing?

Nah, a cyberware flying device should be a pair of gems implanted in the shoulder blades that propell you through the sky on jets of flames

2 essence is the cost of any pair of full cyberlimbs and wings would qualify as limbs.

If you only bought one wing then you wouldn't fly very far.

I think they would require a cyber torso. Something you did forget was to tell us the wing span required for each point of body. body + 4 meters? I think there is a glider in fields of fire that has gliding rules. Can you get a cyber propeller for an additional point of essence?

I'd say that they should cost 1 point of Essence total, because they're more analogous to a balance tail than a full on cyberarm.

I must be reading too much Ultimate Spiderman comics... I just can't help but think of the Vulture when you mention cyberwings and such... Dunno why. argh!

Sorry mister AH sir, couldn't resist bring up the stupidest ED blood charm EVAR.
Shadowdragon, check the ED Thera book.
I just wish hitting 0 essence was a creative as depatterning.

A balance tale is one limb for one essence. Wings remain one essence each.

You cant have bird style folding wings because any wings that can support a metahuman wouldn’t fit in a corporate entry hall, less your flat.

I would say a cybertorso would be needed, and not just any cybertorso but one made specifically to support the wings (no change in cost but you can’t use the one you already had)

I doubt the feasibility of the originally described folding tech, at least not with the strength to hold a metahuman in the air.

Lastly I think its a silly idea but your free to be silly if you so desire.

Edward

If we're talking separate limbs for the cyberwings, they'd be more like Birdman's (Harvey Birdman Attourney at Law) or Angel's (X-Men).

If you're talking Marvels' Vulture, they'd go under the arms. I can see feather-styles & bat-like wings (ala DC's Man-Bat), but they wouldn't be retractible, almost impossible to conceal and gliding would be tricky; you'd have to get atop a short building (2 stories or more) & pray for a decent headwind.....

Well, the idea is a hanglider whose shape can be changed dynamicly using DNI bolted to your back rather than wunctional bird like wings. Unfolded, they would be at least three meters long each, probably longer. And the essence cost does include reinforcing the skeletal structure. A full-blown cybertorso shouldn't be a structural requirement for any 'ware. It is just a shell, after all.