Biotech Σ
| Biotech Σ | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Operating System |
| Type | Cyberdeck |
The Biotech Σ is a cyberdeck built around quickhacks that hurt enemies over time. It makes Combat quickhacks last longer and makes their lingering damage hit harder. Its Monowire bonus rewards a netrunner who hacks first and then closes in with the wire. It is at its best against tough single targets such as bosses and heavy enemies. It is weaker against large groups and against quick burst hacks. The Biotech Σ is an early to late game cyberdeck, sold by every ripperdoc from level 10 and improved at each later tier.
Effect
Like every cyberdeck, the Biotech Σ lets V upload quickhacks to enemies and devices while scanning. Each tier adds RAM, quickhack slots and buffer size. Higher tiers also unlock more device quickhacks.
Its special effects arrive one tier at a time. The first tier makes Combat quickhacks last longer. The next raises the damage over time that quickhacks deal. The tier after that gives the Monowire extra damage against enemies who are suffering damage over time. Tier 5 ties the deck to Overclock. Turning Overclock on resets the timer of every quickhack damage over time effect still running. The burn or poison then starts again at full length. The plus steps of Tier 5 make Combat quickhacks last much longer still.
The deck shines on enemies who take a long time to kill. Overheat sets a target on fire and Contagion poisons it. The Biotech Σ keeps both running longer and makes them deal more damage. A boss under several lingering hacks keeps losing Health while V moves or fights. Against large groups, a deck that spreads quickhacks, such as the Raven Microcyber, does the job better.
How to Get Biotech Σ Guide
- Visit any ripperdoc from level 10 to buy the first mark at Tier 2.
- Return at levels 20, 30 and 40 for the higher marks.
- Upgrade the installed deck at a ripperdoc with crafting components.
Biotech Σ Map Location
The map shows Viktor Vektor's clinic in Little China, one of the ripperdocs that sell it.
Biotech Σ map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Upgrades
The Biotech Σ starts at Tier 2 and climbs to Tier 5++. Each mark brings more RAM, more quickhack slots, a larger buffer and a new effect. The capacity cost stays the same at every tier. Ripperdoc stock moves up a tier at levels 20, 30 and 40. A ripperdoc can also upgrade the installed deck with crafting components, which is the only way to reach Tier 5++.
The table shows what each tier step of Biotech Σ costs at a ripperdoc.
| Upgrade | Components | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 2 to Tier 2+ | 75 Tier 2 components | - |
| Tier 2+ to Tier 3 | 37 Tier 3 components | - |
| Tier 3 to Tier 3+ | 75 Tier 3 components | - |
| Tier 3+ to Tier 4 | 37 Tier 4 components | - |
| Tier 4 to Tier 4+ | 75 Tier 4 components | - |
| Tier 4+ to Tier 5 | 37 Tier 5 components | - |
| Tier 5 to Tier 5+ | 75 Tier 5 components | - |
| Tier 5+ to Tier 5++ | 200 Tier 5 components | Phantom Liberty |
Character Builds
The Biotech Σ belongs in an Intelligence build. Overclock lets V cast quickhacks with too little RAM by paying with Health instead, and it also triggers the deck's Tier 5 reset. Hack Queue lets V stack more than one quickhack on the same enemy. System Overwhelm adds quickhack damage for each different quickhack and damage over time effect on the target. Embedded Exploit raises RAM recovery and boosts quickhack damage against enemies hit by Control or Covert quickhacks.
The Monowire is the natural weapon for this deck, because the deck boosts it against enemies already burning or poisoned. Siphon makes Monowire hits recover RAM. Finisher: Live Wire adds a Monowire finisher that restores Health and RAM. Frontal Cortex cyberware that adds RAM or quickhack damage supports the whole setup.
Select a Build
The Monowire whips several enemies at once from a short distance, and quickhacks are uploaded between attacks. Intelligence perks give the Monowire more damage and return RAM on hits. Overclock spends Health in place of RAM when a fight drags on.
Attributes: Body 15, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 11, Intelligence 20, Cool 15.
The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.
| Name | Image | Level | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comeback Kid | 
|
Body 4 | Faster Health regeneration at low Health |
| Painkiller | 
|
Body 4 | Slow Health regeneration in combat |
| Adrenaline Rush | 
|
Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Calm Mind | 
|
Body 15 | Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays |
| Juggernaut | 
|
Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Eye In The Sky | 
|
Intelligence 4 | Highlights cameras and makes camera quickhacks cheaper |
| Optimization | 
|
Intelligence 4 | Faster RAM recovery |
| Copy-Paste | 
|
Intelligence 9 | Quickhacks on an enemy netrunner spread to their allies |
| Counter-A-Hack | 
|
Intelligence 9 | Counter quickhacks on enemy netrunners through walls |
| Embedded Exploit | 
|
Intelligence 9 | Quickhacks hit harder on controlled enemies |
| Feedback Loop | 
|
Intelligence 9 | Faster RAM recovery for each queued quickhack |
| Hack Queue | 
|
Intelligence 9 | Queue two quickhacks on one enemy |
| Icepick | 
|
Intelligence 9 | Cheaper Combat quickhacks on distracted or controlled enemies |
| Siphon | 
|
Intelligence 9 | Monowire hits recover RAM |
| Finisher: Live Wire | 
|
Intelligence 15 | A Monowire Finisher that restores Health and RAM |
| Overclock | 
|
Intelligence 15 | More quickhack damage and the Overclock mode |
| Queue Acceleration | 
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Intelligence 15 | More RAM and cheaper device quickhacks |
| Queue Prioritization | 
|
Intelligence 15 | Faster upload for the first quickhack in a queue |
| Sublimation | 
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Intelligence 15 | RAM recovery heals during Overclock |
| Queue Mastery | 
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Intelligence 20 | A longer quickhack queue that can be locked |
| Spillover | 
|
Intelligence 20 | Quickhacks spread during Overclock |
| Parkour! | 
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Reflexes 4 | Faster climbing and vaulting |
| Slippery | 
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Reflexes 4 | Harder to hit while moving fast |
| Can't Touch This | 
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Reflexes 9 | Full Mitigation Chance while Dashing |
| Dash | 
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Reflexes 9 | Dash replaces the dodge |
| Data Tunneling | 
|
Relic | Monowire hits spread an uploaded quickhack to other enemies |
| Emergency Cloaking | 
|
Relic | Optical Camo can break enemy tracking in combat |
| Jailbreak | 
|
Relic | New abilities for every Arms cyberware |
| Vulnerability Analytics | 
|
Relic | Hits on enemy Vulnerabilities always crit |
| First Aid | Technical Ability 4 | Faster Health item recharge after one use | |
| Glutton For War | 
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Technical Ability 4 | Kills recharge Health items and grenades |
| Transfusion | 
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Technical Ability 4 | More Health from the last Health item charge |
| All Things Cyber | 
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Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| Health Freak | 
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Technical Ability 9 | One more Health item charge and faster recharge |
| Renaissance Punk | 
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Technical Ability 9 | More cyberware capacity for each attribute at 9 or higher |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monowire | 
|
Arms | Arm whip that hits several enemies from a distance |
| Thermal Monowire | 
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Arms | Monowire that deals Thermal damage and can burn |
| Heal-On-Kill | 
|
Circulatory System | Health on each kill |
| Kiroshi Cockatrice Optics | 
|
Face | More crit chance |
| Kiroshi Sentry Optics | 
|
Face | Scanning highlights cameras and turrets |
| Bioconductor | 
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Frontal Cortex | Quickhacks can deal critical hits |
| Optical Camo | 
|
Integumentary System | Near invisibility for a few seconds |
| Pain Editor | 
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Integumentary System | Less damage taken |
| Subdermal Armor | 
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Integumentary System | More armor |
| Reinforced Tendons | 
|
Legs | Double jump |
| Adrenaline Converter | 
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Nervous System | Faster movement when combat starts |
| Militech Paraline | 
|
Operating System | Cyberdeck with Smart weapon bonuses |
| Dense Marrow | 
|
Skeleton | More melee damage for a higher Stamina cost |
Modelled on Lucy from the anime, the build mixes quickhacks with the Monowire. Quickhacks spread through groups, then Monowire hits finish the weakened enemies. A power pistol covers enemies at range.
Attributes: Body 18, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 3, Intelligence 20, Cool 20.
The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.
| Name | Image | Level | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comeback Kid |
|
Body 4 | Faster Health regeneration at low Health |
| Painkiller |
|
Body 4 | Slow Health regeneration in combat |
| Adrenaline Rush |
|
Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Calm Mind |
|
Body 15 | Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays |
| Juggernaut |
|
Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Eye In The Sky |
|
Intelligence 4 | Highlights cameras and makes camera quickhacks cheaper |
| Optimization |
|
Intelligence 4 | Faster RAM recovery |
| Warning: Explosion Hazard | 
|
Intelligence 4 | Stronger explosions from hacked devices |
| Copy-Paste |
|
Intelligence 9 | Quickhacks on an enemy netrunner spread to their allies |
| Counter-A-Hack |
|
Intelligence 9 | Counter quickhacks on enemy netrunners through walls |
| Data Recycler | 
|
Intelligence 9 | RAM back from queued quickhacks after a kill |
| Embedded Exploit |
|
Intelligence 9 | Quickhacks hit harder on controlled enemies |
| Feedback Loop |
|
Intelligence 9 | Faster RAM recovery for each queued quickhack |
| Hack Queue |
|
Intelligence 9 | Queue two quickhacks on one enemy |
| Icepick |
|
Intelligence 9 | Cheaper Combat quickhacks on distracted or controlled enemies |
| Siphon |
|
Intelligence 9 | Monowire hits recover RAM |
| Blood Daemon | 
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Intelligence 15 | Health back for each queued quickhack on a kill during Overclock |
| Finisher: Live Wire |
|
Intelligence 15 | A Monowire Finisher that restores Health and RAM |
| Overclock |
|
Intelligence 15 | More quickhack damage and the Overclock mode |
| Queue Acceleration |
|
Intelligence 15 | More RAM and cheaper device quickhacks |
| Queue Prioritization |
|
Intelligence 15 | Faster upload for the first quickhack in a queue |
| Race Against Mind | 
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Intelligence 15 | More quickhack damage at lower Health during Overclock |
| Sublimation |
|
Intelligence 15 | RAM recovery heals during Overclock |
| Queue Mastery |
|
Intelligence 20 | A longer quickhack queue that can be locked |
| Spillover |
|
Intelligence 20 | Quickhacks spread during Overclock |
| Slippery |
|
Reflexes 4 | Harder to hit while moving fast |
| Dash |
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Reflexes 9 | Dash replaces the dodge |
| Air Dash | 
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Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Data Tunneling |
|
Relic | Monowire hits spread an uploaded quickhack to other enemies |
| Jailbreak |
|
Relic | New abilities for every Arms cyberware |
| Machine Learning | 
|
Relic | Crit damage builds on enemy Vulnerabilities |
| Vulnerability Analytics |
|
Relic | Hits on enemy Vulnerabilities always crit |
| Edgerunner | Technical Ability 20 | Cyberware past the capacity limit for a small Health cost |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monowire |
|
Arms | Arm whip that hits several enemies from a distance |
| Kiroshi Sentry Optics |
|
Face | Scanning highlights cameras and turrets |
| Camillo RAM Manager | 
|
Frontal Cortex | Restores RAM when it runs low |
| Subdermal Armor |
|
Integumentary System | More armor |
| Reinforced Tendons |
|
Legs | Double jump |
| Militech Paraline |
|
Operating System | Cyberdeck with Smart weapon bonuses |
| Dense Marrow |
|
Skeleton | More melee damage for a higher Stamina cost |
Lore
Biotech Σ is the company behind this cyberdeck line. The decks are sold by mark number, and a higher mark is a higher tier of the same deck. The in-game description says the deck is popular among netrunners whose gear depends on fast RAM recovery. It credits overclocked Biotech coprocessors for that reputation.
Notes
- The Biotech Σ fills the operating system slot, so it replaces a Sandevistan or a Berserk.
Cyberware Categories
All Operating System Cyberware
Every Operating System implant is listed below. The Iconic ones come first, then the standard ones.
Iconic Operating System Cyberware
| Name | Image | Type | Attribute | Capacity | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome Compressor | 
|
0 | Dogtown | ||
| Militech "Apogee" Sandevistan | 
|
Sandevistan | Reflexes | 44 | Northside |
| Militech "Falcon" Sandevistan | 
|
Sandevistan | Reflexes | 39 | Northside |
| Militech Berserk | 
|
Berserk | Body | 35 | Northside |
| Militech Canto Mk.6 | 
|
Cyberdeck | |||
| NetWatch Netdriver | 
|
Cyberdeck | Northside |
Standard Operating System Cyberware
| Name | Image | Type | Attribute | Capacity | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arasaka Shadow | 
|
Cyberdeck | |||
| BioDyne Berserk | 
|
Berserk | Reflexes | 20 | |
| Biotech Σ | 
|
Cyberdeck | |||
| Dynalar Sandevistan | 
|
Sandevistan | Reflexes | 18 | |
| Militech Paraline | 
|
Cyberdeck | |||
| Moore Tech Berserk | 
|
Berserk | Body | 12 | |
| QianT "Warp Dancer" Sandevistan | 
|
Sandevistan | Reflexes | 14 | |
| Raven Microcyber | 
|
Cyberdeck | |||
| Tetratronic Rippler | 
|
Cyberdeck | |||
| Zetatech Berserk | 
|
Berserk | Body | 16 | |
| Zetatech Sandevistan | 
|
Sandevistan | Reflexes | 20 |