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When the agent selects an agency uniform, the player must choose its appearance. Any type of clothing is permitted, but most people choose a sensible if fashionable business suit. Others choose a trench coat or combat dress fatigues. Some, however, choose a uniform for a cover identity specific to the needs of a mission. All agency uniforms are considered ballistic clothes and provide DR2, as well as contain a concealed pocket in the lining which is difficult to find (-20% to any detective skill check to search) to keep passports and documents. Agents can customize their Agency Uniforms with upgrades. An agency uniform costs 2 of an agent's equipment allowance.

The agency uniform is already a good deal. It’s the same cost and effectiveness of ballistic clothes, and has a concealed document pocket as well. To increase the uniform’s functionality, any of the following upgrades can be added, each increases the cost of the uniform by +1.

Upgrades

Improved Ballistic Mesh
The uniform protects almost as well as a bullet proof vest, add +2 to DR, giving it a total DR 4.

Belt Garrote
The uniform has a thin but strong wire sewn into a cuff or the belt which can be pulled out and used to strangle someone. The agent must make a roll to hit his enemy with a -20 penalty; establishing the hold necessary to allow the garrote to do its work isn’t easy, and people are very protective of their necks. Once established, the victim can make a STR check each turn to remain conscious. If he fails his check he is rendered unconscious for 1D minutes. If he succeeds in his check he may act as if stunned, but has already accrued a multi-action penalty due to his STR resistance check. To free himself from the garrote choke hold, he must succeed in a martial arts check against his opponent.

Boot Knife
When activated, a sharp blade extends from the toe of an agent’s boot. His martial arts attacks now do 1D damage instead of 1D/2. Don’t forget Melee Damage Modifier. The blade can retract back into the show when desired. The shoe can set off metal detectors, but when x-rayed or searched will not reveal the knife and will be assumed to simply contain structural metal in the construction of the shoe or boot.

Concealed Equipment Pack
The uniform has various special pockets and recesses built into its linings which can contain any one standard equipment pack of the player’s choice. The pack itself must be purchased separately, and the uniform is tailored specifically for that type of equipment pack. The equipment pack is completely concealed from casual view, and even against very thorough searches it is well hidden; apply a -20 to any check to identify the presence of the hidden compartments. The equipment pack is also hidden from x-rays or other types of electronic searches. Purchase this upgrade multiple times to have multiple equipment packs concealed into the uniform. Common sense should prevail here; the GM can reject a request based on the estimated size of the equipment pack and type of uniform.

Concealed Parachute
A micro-fiber silk parachute is sewn into the back of the uniform and can be activated (once!) when the agent needs, allowing the agent to fall large distances and land safely. Once landed, the agent can release the parachute to discard it. The parachute can be reset only at the SECTOR headquarters labs between missions.

Defensive Bracers
Normally, unarmed agents are at a disadvantage to resistance checks against opponents wielding melee weapons. This uniform contains long cords of strong kevlar in the forearms. The agent with defensive bracers in his uniform suffers no penalty when fighting an armed enemy while unarmed.

Faraday Weave
This uniform has a conductive thread woven into the fabric and grounded through the shoes. It offers immunity to electrical attacks such as those caused by Tasers or stun guns.

Health Monitor
This uniform contains a suite of various biometric sensors capable of identifying the general physical health of the agent. If it detects the agent has been knocked unconscious, it stimulates the agent through probes. In game terms, an agent with this upgrade who has fallen in a fight doesn’t have to wait until after the fight to make a STR check to see if he wakes up and survives; he may do so one turn following being knocked down. If he succeeds, he awakens with 1 BP and the traditional headache. But if he fails, he is gone; there is no additional roll allowed after the encounter is over.

Identity Change
The uniform is designed to allow an agent who is being followed to duck into an alley and rapidly alter his at-a-glance appearance to help him get away. A suit jacket can be reversed to change its style and color, etc. The actual game terms are up to the GM, but this identity change might give a +10 or even +20 to a detective or thief check.

Lojack
The uniform has active tracking electronics built into it in a concealed manner. This allows the agent to use his encrypted cell phone (which is part of his operative pack) to track its position on a map overlay using a special app designed by SECTOR. It uses cell phone satellites and repeaters to coordinate the signal, so it cannot track the uniform if it is outside of coverage area.

Shaped Explosive Charge
This upgrade can be activated, which causes shaped explosive charges to detonate in all directions around the agent’s uniform. The uniform is reduced to shreds (the agent better be wearing undergarments!) and sharp bits fragment everywhere to create an explosion similar to a fragmentation grenade. The agent takes 1D concussion damage (no DR will help this) but all those in adjacent spaces will sustain 5D damage (half with DEX resistance check). The charge is detonated by a command word from the agent (validated through vocal pattern recognition micro circuitry) which must be set-up when signed out from SECTOR. Make sure the agent picks a command word that he won’t likely say in common speech! The agent need not be wearing the uniform to activate it.

Thermal Dampening
The suit (which has pull-out hood and gloves) has active thermal compensation running through its lining. It attempts to normalize the outward appearance of the body’s temperature with the environment to attempt to hide him from infra-red cameras, goggles, and motion sensors. If someone has reason to know the agent is there (because he makes noise, opens a door, etc.) a detective check will spot the thermally dampened agent.