So I was looking through the older Caprice books and noticed a trait common to many of the early designs (the ones that became the Maru, Zikru, etc.) was the Trideo Link-Up trait. I did a cursory search and couldn’t find this trait defined, it I’d assume from the references in Life on Caprice that essentially the relevant concept is that the design is equipped with full-spectrum recording.
The most popular video and trideo programs are the smuggled recordings of Terranovan Gear duels and battles that were brought over by traders and CEF survivors. Terranovan agents, having reported this, are now bringing datachips of victorious battles from the War of the Alliance when they are sent to Caprice. Public broadcast of Gear battles is illegal, but they are common, and wildly popular, in the bars and nightclubs of Gommorrah.
Life on Caprice, p69
Trideo uplinks are common equipment on all Mounts. The Corp-Serf learned long ago that they are not only useful for identifying troublemakers, but also as a valuable propaganda tool. When dissident groups produce footage that someone killed by a Mount, they often conveniently leave out the reason the person was killed. It also provides better real-time intelligence to the officers responsible for coordinating riot control.
Life on Caprice, p86
Also, there’s a rumor that “stable” as Caprice’s big schtick might not be around for long. It’s already restricted to the 4-legged walkers.
Candid Camera #
The idea is simple: give an upgrade to represent “Trideo Feeds” to represent Caprice units taking video. For CorpSec it’s propaganda used to validate their efforts. For Invasion fleets it’s propaganda and maybe just reselling footage to the home market. For Liberati it’s motivational video for their allies.
I’d argue it’s a +1 TV upgrade that gives something loosely similar to the Duelist “Lead by Example” rule:
* Once per round, for each duelist, whenever a duelist damages an enemy model, give one SP to one model in formation with the duelist.
* This SP does not convert to a CP. If not used, this SP is removed during cleanup.
For Caprice I’d probably change this slightly, possibly so even the unit using the rule gets the SP (but they don’t expire) I’d argue the price may even be too high and could be used to help moderate prices on some units (including it on some of the ‘eggs’ clearly built with police work in mind) and making it an option on the more expensive units.
Honestly it could be considered so limited utility that it might be a per combat group upgrade or similar. I could see it being more limited on the “spider walker” Caprice units.