Helix - Cyberware Augmentation

Your body is baseline. It doesn't have to be.

This mod adds a full suite of cyberware augmentations: ten implants, each rewiring a different system in your body to push you past what flesh and bone were built for. Move quieter. Hit harder. Burn less oxygen in a vacuum. Read a room before you've said a word.

None of it is free. Every implant you install strips away a piece of what makes you human; your Starpower drops with each one, by an amount you control. How far you're willing to go is up to you.

What's installed

Ten implant types, each targeting a different part of the body:

Implant	Effect
Respiratory	Reduces oxygen use
Muscular	Boosts melee damage and carry weight
Neural	Cuts XP, crafting, and research costs; speeds ship recharge
Kinetic	Improves movement speed and sneak
Cardiac	Boosts health and oxygen regen
Empathic	Improves prices, persuade, and scanner duration
Dermal	Reduces incoming damage
Adrenal	Slows time when your health drops low
Immune	Resists environmental hazards
Metabolic	Extends chem and healing duration

Getting them

Implants are found in boss containers or can be bought outright from Ryujin Industries. Once you've got one in hand, any doctor will install it for a fee; no black-market surgeon required, just cash and a chair. They can be removed by the same doctors.

Upgrading

Each implant can be upgraded twice at a Pharmaceutical Lab, using Chemistry Skill and researching Performance Enhancement, with X-Tech and Alien Genetic Material as ingredients. Push far enough and even a single augmentation becomes a serious force multiplier.

The cost

Every implant, once installed, reduces your Starpower by an amount you set yourself, configurable to match how punishing you want the trade-off to be. Go all in on ten augmentations, and you'll be a walking weapon system. You'll also be a lot less human.

Implants persist through NG+, once you've paid the price, it stays paid across the Unity.