A Small Bladed Weapon
This includes all knives larger than a folding pocket knife with a blade under 18
centimeters, and impromptu sharp-edged hand-held weapons.
B Large Bladed Weapon
This includes all swords, axes, polearms, and weapons with blades over 18
centimeters, including cyber hand razors and spurs.
C Blunt Weapon
This includes clubs, batons, all shock weapons (shock gloves and shock batons),
and impromptu non-edged hand-held weapons.
D Projectile Weapon
This includes bows of all kinds and any weapon specifically designed for
throwing, and any muscle-powered or mechanically powered ranged weapon.
E Pistol
This includes all hold-out, ”light” and “heavy” pistols, revolver, special weapon,
or semi-automatic pistol, regardless of caliber.
F Rifle
This includes all single –action rifle or manual-action shotgun (regardless of
barrel length).
G Automatic Weapon
This includes any weapon whose rate of fire exceeds one per pull (includes all
assault rifles, machine pistols, and submachine guns).
H Heavy Weapon
This includes all cannons, machine guns, and other heavy-caliber weapons.
I Explosives
This includes all explosives, including propelled (HE rounds) or demolition
charges.
J Military Weapon
This includes any military-grade/issued weapon not specifically covered by other
categories, all rockets, and missiles.
K Personal Armor
This includes any heavy armor, either partial or full, intended for military, law
enforcement, or security work.
L Military Ammunition
This includes flechette and exploding ammunition as well as armor-piercing
discarding-sabot rounds designed as military/security rounds with restricted
usage.
BA Class A Bioware
This includes all bioware of paralegal nature, including damage compensators,
orthoskin, pain editors, and trauma dampers.
BB Class B Bioware
This includes all bioware designated for law enforcement, military, or security
work. This includes adrenal pump, muscle augmentation, suprathyroids, synaptic
accelerators, and toxin exhalers.
BC Class C Bioware
This includes all military-grade bioware, including adrenal pump-2, muscle
augmentation-3 (and higher), and synaptic accelerator-2.
CA Class A Cyberware
This includes all cyberware of a paralegal nature. This includes bone lacing
(plastic), crypto circuit HD, dermal plating, internal voice masks, smartgun links,
and vehicle control rigs.
CB Class B Cyberware
This includes all cyberware designated for law enforcement, military, or
security work. This includes bone lacing (aluminum), boosted reflexes, muscle
replacement, program carrier, scramble breaker HD, Level 1 tactical computer,
and wired reflexes.
CC Class C Cyberware
This covers military grade cyberware, including bone lacing (titanium), cortex
bombs, internal comlinks, cyberweapons, Level 3 muscle replacement (and
higher), Level 2 tactical computer (and higher), and Level 3 wired reflexes.
CD Class D Matrix
Once covering unregistered decks and matrix programs, this now is solely used
for unregistered comlinks, matrix programming software, and illegal matrix service provider accounts.
CE Class E Magic
Refers to all spells, spirits, and foci.
E1 Class A Equipment
This includes all equipment of a paralegal nature, including jammers and laser
microphones.
E2 Class B Equipment
This covers all equipment designated for law-enforcement, military, or security
work, including data codebreakers, dataline taps, maglock passkeys, wireless
adapters, and voice identifiers.
E3 Class C Equipment
This includes military-grade equipment.
M1 Class A Controlled
This includes controlled chemicals and pharmaceuticals.
M2 Class B Controlled
This includes neural electronics (BTLs and hot sim modifications).
M3 Class C Controlled
This includes microbiological-warfare agents.
1 Possession
Possession is simply that; owning or carrying the designated weapon.
2 Transportation
Transportation is the act of carrying or transportation said weapon. Either on
one’s person or in a vehicle.
3 Threat
Threat is the act of brandishing said weapon in public, whether or not the weapon
was actively and intentionally used to threaten another. Carrying an externally
visible weapon is considered a Threat.
4 Use
This covers any usage of a weapon against or in the general vicinity of a living
target or public or private property. It is not necessary to prove intent to harm
for this offense, only usage. Neither must harm have resulted from usage of the
weapon.
5 Intent
Intent is the same as for Use, except that said weapon is used explicitly to cause
physical injury or property damage, whether or not such injury actually occurred.
The effects of said weapon are dealt with under Injury/Death Offenses, below.