CReot Ss = Toc CREDITS ‘WRITERS: ‘Chris Pasquarette (America/Japan) Paul Duncanson (Australia! Far East Amusement Research, Co. Ltd. Qapan) TAK: Nobuaki Tekerube Tateno Tsuneo ‘Teno Akira Hiyoshi Miyako Yamamoto Tsuyoshi ‘Suzufuki Tarot ‘Nakajima Sonomi Usuki Teruaki e RESEARCH ASSISTANTS ‘Angus Hyatt Janeen Henderson Sia Chokravar imori Shingo Okada Shin Takahashi Akira ‘Obuch! Kiyohiro Kitajima Yasumi Haruka Toshi eo ART DIRECTION & LAYOUT Mark Schumann Benjamin Wright David Ackerman Chris Williams e COVER ILLUSTRATION Mike Ebert BACK cover fLLusTRATION Patrick Gidaro BACK COVER COLOR Mark Schumann INTERIOR ILUSTRATIONS Robert Chang Mike Jackson Ben Miller e EDITORS Derek Quintanar, Senior Editor Chris Pasquerette Myvi = AN INTRODUCTION TO GAMERS There's been a lot of tak in all the Cyberpunk games about “over there": China, Japan, Australia. Also, thete’s been infor mation about the people who live there: Chinese communists, Yakuza and Zaibatsus; cheap pistol manufacturers and Mad ‘Max drivers, But there had never been a unified source for ‘material for those who wanted Yo play on the Pacific Rim, or at least have characters fom there. They say its asmall world after all and here is a good third oft from Japan and Korea down to Australia and New Zealand. YYou'l notice that we refer to other books a lot here, This is because we are drawing it ali, ike the spider in the web. And, ta refer to another book right here, see Wildside, page 4 “Well Excuuuuuse Us!" Follow thase procedures ifyou don't have the reference book on hand. Now, | always thought that the old, frst-edition “magazine* sourcebooks, Solo of Fortune and Rockerboy, were really cool We've tried to recreate that feel as much as possible with the “Paci Journal” style. This is mostly laid out in travel-guide, atea-review style as much as possible, with advertisements here ‘and there, and game information in separate sections andin the sidebars. We'll assume you can read it, gain some wnderstand- ing ofthe area, and go from there with your own sick litle imag’ nations. We've also given quite afew examples of people from the Rim, to give a bref glimpse into what makes ‘em tick, what their names are, and how they do what they do. Because of the sheer size ofthe area involved, we weren't able to get as detailed 2s we'd have liked in many areas. My bbest suggestion is before playing in some of the more sketch- {er areas (indonesia for example) go to the library and research the situation, and extrapoiate the information. Go to the video store and rent movies from the area, and then make it up 35 best you can, Don't wory too much about accuracy. I's the feel ‘hat’ important ‘The west side of the Pacific is waiting...Ganbatte Yo! CHRIS PASQUARETTE, PacRim Coordinator PLEASE NOTE: ‘An Acronym system is used here for refering to other ‘Cyberpunk books. The appropriate book acronyms are as follows: (©2020 = Cyberpunk 20.2.0. HoB = Home of the Brave MM= Maximum Metah HW = Hardwired SOF = Solo of Fortune ES = Eurasource WGF = When Gravity Fails aS = Protect and Serve WS = Wildside DS = Deep Space ©B1, CB2, and CB3 = Corpbooks 1, 2, and 3 Chr 1 and Chr 2.= Chromebooks 1 and 2 NET = Rache Bartmoss’s Guide to the Net “EYBERPUNK 2.0.2.0RECOMMENDED SOURCE LIST ‘Movies and Anime ‘Block Rain, Rising Sun, American Yakuza The entire Mod Mae sates, Kekboxer, Seven Samurai Ran, A BeterTormomow fond The Kier, Gunbed, Akira, Goku: Midnite Eye, Ptlabor 2, A D Police Books and Comics ‘slands in the Net-Bruce Stering Singapore! ‘Akra-the manga, by Katsuhiro Otomo Sanetuary—the manga ‘Chimera—Mary Rosenbium, ‘Sissons Cut Raper Wap Stone—lan McDonaks ‘The Fodor's end Lonely Planet travel quides. Music "10,9, 8, 7,6,5,4,3,2, 15 Soeamin Ble—Live, by Micright Of SPECIAL THANKS FROM Cuinis PASQuanerTE To: Hino High School, Japan, for letting me use their com: ‘puters and equipment to work on this monster after hours and between classes. Barbara Blackdeer, for getting this ball rolling, and her ‘encouragement. FROM PAUL DUNCANSON TO: ‘Chris Young Deep Space author’ for getting me involved in this work. FROM ALL invowveD To: ‘Derek Quintanar and all the stalf at RTG, for their kind- ‘ness, and patience with our inevitable delays. R.TALSORIAN EGAMES, INC. EXER ers) (etezer ay oer a ae Naa Atco RAN Copyright 1994, by R. Talsorian Gomes, Ine. Cyberpunk® is o| eee em eee under the Universal Copyright Conventions. All situtions, gov ee eee Cnn tes trayed herein without satiric intent ore strictly coincidental CREDITS & Toc PA TABLE oF Cont INTRODUCTION ROLES AND EDUCATIONAL, LIFEPATH TAIWAN .... - ROLES AND LIFEPATH SOUTHEAST ASIA INDOCHINA MYANMAR. Cameooia Laos VIETNAM... THALAND THE ISLANDS STATES SINGAPORE BRUNE! INDONESIA Mauysia : THE NEw PHIUPPINES .... ROLES AND LIFEPATH AUSTRALIASIA AUSTRALIA West AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND, ROLES AND LIFEPATH MARTIAL ARTS IN PACRIM ....... NEW SKILLS AND ROLES . eteCees = Tor he AN INTRODUCTION FROM THe PACRIM JOURNAL: Welcome to Asia and the wonderful world of the Pacific Rim! With the cooling off of Centrat and South America, and the locking up of Fortress Europe, where is a talented person ike yourself going to go to expand your business and keep run- thing the Edge? For many, the answer is “The Rim” In this, our Introductory issue, we hope to help you on your way to a prof itable, and hopefully long, if in the Western Pacific Rim, Packim. The name conjures up images of high-technolo- 9y alitterlands, where every tech-dream can come true, grant ced by the wizards of Japan, Taiwan, and Korea. But under the Westernized tech-exteriot lies a tradition thousands of years ld, and beneath the clean streets lurks a shadow world more sinister than any American spraw. For todays ‘Punk, the Rim isa place of surprising contracic- tions and diversity. Life can be fast and deadly on the streets of ‘Osaka, with the pirates ofthe Philippines, in the shantytowns of ‘Australia, Orit can be mind-bendingl slow, especialy f your AV ‘rashiands in the Bomeo jungle—or a rice paddy in mainland China. t may even be safer living than an Arasaka beavertand (and more restrictive; ask any ‘punk who's tied action in Singapore! The Rim has it all: smuggling, pracy, and coxntless Fads, insurgencies, and revolutions in the making. Everything an enterprising Punk Needs to make a fortune—or make himset{ ‘dead, PacRimmers play hard and fast, by ther own rules; rules that have been in place for centuries, rules that aren't posted. And with- jn an hour, you can be in another country, with diferent cultures, different 1000 year-old tractions, and diferent rules to folow ‘or brea, There's money to be made, i you can handle the pressure. This first issue overview is to help you get into the action, ‘and make your way through the myriad twists and tums ofthe acim, with tips on which language chips to buy, where the anger zones are (and how to get in the middle of i, and Westyle and culture tips so you can keep the locals from trying to kill you in your sleep. Remember, inthe Rim, keep on your toes, never trusta smi ing face, and do it with style. Ganbatte! MISCELLANEOUS INFO There are a fow things we need to wam you of right off, if you don't know them already, about this incredible mess o' nations, Names In the Chinese-cuiture areas, that is, China, Japan, Korea, Laos, Vietnam, and Burma (Myanmar, names are in reverse order. Family name is first and personal name is second, jst lke on all your forms. This fs how you will usually hear and read them, so. ‘we've gotten you started here Exceptions are if they have been bom and raised in 2 for ‘eign country dike America) orf a forelgn-stye fst name is used, Ike the Hong Kong guys do. Dyin d SS Example 3: ‘A Jopanese gil bom and raised in America-Midori Hosokawa, ‘A Japanese girl bom and rased in Jopan-Hosokawa Midort Example 2: A Vietnamese boy bom and raised in Australa-Phan Canh Nguyen 4 Wietamese boy bom and raised in Vietnom-Newyen Phan Acronyms In Aci a5 in Europe and America acronyms are Very popular and are used for eventing Unfortunate, sometimes they are very similar, for example, the CCP (Chinese Communist Pary) and the CPC (Cambodian People's Congres. Tere willbe HK {Hong Kong, KL Kuala Lumpu, and KR «Khmer Rouge) all used in one sentence, sometimes with no warning“ ew from HK to KL to avoid the KR" Contused? Good, jin the crowd...The fall name wil be writen the frst Ue it appears with the acronym in brackets afterwards. Money and Buying Power [Not every country uses Eurobucks (fb. And in those countries that do, what you can buy with that buck can change drastically in Crossing a border. All counties use the Eb except the following: ‘county ‘apan Koree ina Gueagnme —‘Exchnoge Rate New yen 200 16 Won a0 W500 16 Yun yy y= 16> fica at TyY= 18 wick markt ato KS= TED tal ate) 75 = 1B ack ark tl 306 16> ASS ~ 1 avies NZSe= 1D oot Thaler ‘sala New Zeaona att Dole as Dotan nz \What that Eb can get you depends on the country ais. (given in Eb equivalents) Sea See Hinata Smee Ged det trom weneafi BRSSBRBaaS Prices will vary on availabilty Smash is expensive in Australia because they drink loca beer, Taxes and taifs Singapore taxes ‘Smash to keep people from drinking), price of iving (everything's, “EYBERPUNK 2.0.2.0 —