Part 115

Detailed breakdown of Deus Ex augmentations including Energy Shield, Synthetic Heart, Power Recirculator, Aggressive Defense System, Spy Drone, and Targeting.

Augmentations:

ENERGY SHIELD

Energy Rate: 40 UNITS / MINUTE

Reduces damage from flame, electrical, and plasma attacks. Flame, electrical, and plasma attacks are rare and often avoidable. Spider bots are a primary source of electrical attacks, while flamethrowers and plasma rifles are sources of flame and plasma attacks. Energy Shield is helpful but less so than Regeneration. It is a good alternative if Regeneration feels overpowered.

• Level 1: Take 80% damage from flame, electrical, and plasma attacks.
• Level 2: Take 60% damage from flame, electrical, and plasma attacks.
• Level 3: Take 40% damage from flame, electrical, and plasma attacks.
• Level 4: Take 20% damage from flame, electrical, and plasma attacks.

Notes: Polyanilene is a conducting polymer. This Augmentation would be less useful if it only reduced electricity damage.

SYNTHETIC HEART

Increases Augmentation performance at the cost of additional bioelectrical energy consumption. It has no effect on Augmentations already upgraded to Level 4. It is generally preferred to upgrade other Augmentations before finding this Canister, as upgrading an Augmentation to Level 4 before finding the Synthetic Heart can feel like a waste. With 19 Augmentation Canisters in the game, Upgrade Canisters are spread more evenly.

Notes: Phagocytes are cells that ingest harmful particles. Liposomes are artificial organelles for delivering supplements.

POWER RECIRCULATOR

Energy Rate: 10 UNITS / MINUTE (technically)

Reduces power consumption for all augmentations. It reduces the power drain of all installed augmentations, including its own. Due to its minute power drain, it actually increases energy drain when used with Light, EMP Shield, Aqualung, or Aggressive Defense System, unless upgraded to Level 4.

AGGRESSIVE DEFENSE SYSTEM

Energy Rate: 10 UNITS / MINUTE

Releases aerosol nanoparticles that prematurely detonate incoming missiles and grenades. It protects against missiles, armed grenades, flamethrower streams, plasma pellets, and throwing knives. It detects all armed grenades from across the map. When upgraded, it explodes missiles and plasma pellets at their origin, dealing lethal damage to MJ12 Commandoes and Plasma Rifle wielders. It is more defendable to keep on as a precaution than Ballistic Protection due to its low energy rate.

Notes: This Augmentation creates an invisible cloud of nanoparticles when a threat is detected.

SPY DRONE

Energy Rate: 150 UNITS / MINUTE

Advanced nanofactories assemble a spy drone on demand, which can be remotely controlled until released or destroyed, at which point a new drone is assembled. Further upgrades equip the spy drone with better armor and a one-shot EMP attack. The Spy Drone is the best way to deal with bots. The spying aspect becomes less useful with game familiarity, and Vision Enhancement is better for spotting enemies. At Level 3, the Drone can disable any bot. Level 4 is an upgrade for a faster Drone, reducing detonation time and bioelectricity spent. At low upgrade levels, the Drone may not fly far enough to reach its target before energy runs out.

TARGETING

Energy Rate: 40 UNITS / MINUTE

Provides image-scaling and recognition through multiplexing the optic nerve with doped polyacetylene 'quantum wires'. It increases accuracy with ranged weapons and delivers limited situational info about a target.