Sky's conveyors

Original licences: Kiss-the-sky, Interstate Convocation for Parachronic Research
In service: 2024-

An unchanging pattern of pink and green zigzags overspreads each of Sky's conveyors. The relentless alternation of contrasting colours exhausts the eye. Individuals immersed in such patterns for long periods may enter a state of sensory deprivation from which hallucinations arise. For patrolmen preparing to jump, these hallucinations appear to offer insight into parachronic processes. Patrolmen who've spent a day or more surrounded by such patterns may halve the time required to make jump computations.

Each conveyor carries two message drones, a searchlight, flare launcher, siren and set of flashing lights. Clocks built into the conveyors replace the hour numbers with the names of the twelve apostles of Christ.

ISC Allen Ginsberg

Appearance:	Beach bathing box painted with pink and green zigzags
Mobility:	None
Jump capacity:	2000kg
Empty mass:	1200kg
Crew:	Jump station, Medical station
Length:	2.4m
Width:	2.0m
Height:	2.0m
Interior volume:	5.8 m3
Sensors:	Parachronic detector, Radiation detector, Camera sight, Searchlight (range 1km)
Manipulators:	None
Weapons:	None
Communications:	Two message drones, Encrypted long-range radio (range 100km), Flare launcher, Siren and flashing lights
Power:	Electrochemical fuel cell, Backup electrical motor
Shielding:	Sand proofing,
Other systems:	Fire escape chute, Security system (-3 to Lockpicking, Traps, Electronics Operation, and Computer Operation rolls to circumvent; encryption strength equals complexity 8)
Projector rolls:	+1
Jump rolls:	+0 (-3 during daylight)
ST/HP:	25†
HT:	10 (7 for electrical shock)
SM:	+3
DR:	5 semi-ablative
Notes:

ISC Grace Slick

Appearance:	Railway signal cabin painted with pink and green zigzags
Mobility:	None
Jump capacity:	5000kg
Empty mass:	2400kg
Crew:	Jump station, Communications station, Medical station, Buzzbot monitor station
Length:	4.2m
Width:	3.0m
Height:	8.0m
Interior volume:	50.0 m3
Sensors:	Parachronic detector, Laser rangefinder, Radiation detector, Coquelicot searchlight (range 500m)
Manipulators:	None
Weapons:	Sticky foam launcher
Communications:	Two message drones, Encrypted long-range radio (range 100km), Infrared communicator (range 50m), Flare launcher, Siren and flashing lights
Power:	Electrochemical fuel cell, Solar power array, Backup electrical motor
Shielding:	None
Other systems:	Buzzbot, Security system (-4 to Lockpicking, Traps, Electronics Operation, and Computer Operation rolls to circumvent; encryption strength equals complexity 9), Bathtub, Fire extinguishers
Projector rolls:	+2
Jump rolls:	+2
ST/HP:	50†
HT:	10c (7 for electrical shock)
SM:	+5
DR:	10 ablative
Notes:	Twenty minutes before each jump, the crew must active a pre-jump system that floods the interior of the conveyor with seawater. They then operate their stations wearing diving helmets.

ISC Jello Biafra

Appearance:	Street dumpster painted with pink and green zigzags
Mobility:	None
Jump capacity:	5000kg
Empty mass:	4000kg
Crew:	Jump station, Medical station
Length:	5.7m
Width:	3.5m
Height:	2.5m
Interior volume:	20.0 m3
Sensors:	Parachronic detector, Global Positioning System (+3 to Navigation rolls), Quantum analyser, Searchlight (range 1km)
Manipulators:	None
Weapons:	None
Communications:	Two message drones, Flare launcher, Encrypted radio (range 10km) Siren and flashing lights
Power:	Electrochemical fuel cell, Backup electrical motor
Shielding:	Radiation shielding, Water and gas seal
Other systems:	Fire extinguishers, Climate control, Security system (-3 to Lockpicking, Traps, Electronics Operation, and Computer Operation rolls to circumvent; encryption strength equals complexity 8), Hammocks, Refrigerated compartment (0.53)
Projector rolls:	+0
Jump rolls:	+0 (-5 at night)
ST/HP:	75†
HT:	9 (6 for electrical shock)
SM:	+4
DR:	10
Notes:	A sealed box near the jump station reads, "Antimatter trap"

ISC Jack Kerouac

Appearance:	Shuttered bus shelter painted with pink and green zigzags
Mobility:	None
Jump capacity:	2000kg
Empty mass:	1000kg
Crew:	Jump station, Security station, Medical station
Length:	2.5m
Width:	1.4m
Height:	2.2m
Interior volume:	3.9 m3
Sensors:	Parachronic detector, 360° camera system, Searchlight (range 1km)
Manipulators:	None
Weapons:	Crewmembers can electrify the outer surface, like an electric fence, which will also interfere with nearby telephone and radio communication
Communications:	Two message drones, Infrared communicator (range 50m), Flare launcher, Siren and flashing lights
Power:	Electrochemical fuel cell, Backup electrical motor
Shielding:	Electrical shielding, Radiation shielding (with shutter deployed)
Other systems:	Fire extinguisher, Security system (-3 to Lockpicking, Traps, Electronics Operation, and Computer Operation rolls to circumvent; encryption strength equals complexity 8), Jacob's ladder, A dense but radiant muffin
Projector rolls:	+0
Jump rolls:	+2 (-3 at temperatures below 20 degrees Celsius)
ST/HP:	25†
HT:	9
SM:	+2
DR:	20 vs piercing, crushing and corrosion; 10 vs all other damage types
Notes:

Loadouts

Besides crewmen, the basic mission loadout for each of the conveyors comprises:

• one megaphone
• three pneumospray hypos
• three pocket calculators
• three pocketknives
• one extensible baton
• one police riot shield with the words 'riot shield' written on it
• twenty pieces of writing chalk
• two lorry batteries
• one polygraph set
• one twenty-four-hour candle
• three rolls of duct tape
• one television antenna
• three pairs of handcuffs
• three egg whisks
• one TL5 caplock pistol and seventeen bullets