Visible aug chip
Look for the implant itself. Security's portrait marks it with an arrow.
Counter security
Aug Guide
Augs are people taken over by a rogue AI chip, and they look like everyone else until they slip. Every faction agrees on what to do about them, and you keep the gun under the counter for it. Read the tells on Security's identification guide, confirm with an Aug Scanner, and fire only when you are certain. A wrong shot can bring a manslaughter investigation, and letting Augs go has a price of its own.
8tells on Security's identification guide
25energy for each Aug Scanner reading
200Credits: Aug Scanner base value
10Augs shot earns Aug Hunter
The eight tells
No single tell clears or convicts anyone. A familiar face, normal movement or an ordinary greeting proves nothing, so combine what you see with what you hear.
On sight
Unusual pupils
Compare the eyes with an ordinary customer's. The guide calls out the pupils by name.
Uncanny expression
A face that sits slightly wrong for the conversation is worth a second look.
In conversation and movement
Unnatural stillness
Watch for a moment. A customer who barely moves deserves a closer look.
Twitching
Jerky movement is the other motion tell, and a still screenshot will not show either one.
Outfit doesn't match the faction
Compare the identity shown on screen with what the customer is wearing.
Robotic vocabulary
Listen for talk of units, subjects, allocated funds, replication or augmentation.
Overly formal phrasing
Mechanical requests and clumsy attempts to sound human both count.
Lines that give them away
Some slips are blatant and others are ordinary. Buying medicine or materials proves nothing alone, and plenty of real customers talk stiffly.
“This unit has— I mean, I need some.”
“Budget allocated: [amount] credits.”
“A friend is preparing for the augmentation.”
“Initiating communication. I am a normal human.”
Confirming with the Aug Scanner
Buy the scanner from Dr. Jackson
The Aug Scanner comes through Jackson's workshop and promises 100% accuracy, which no amount of watching can match.
Aug Scanner record →Keep its battery charged
Each scan needs 25 energy from the battery inside the scanner, so check it before a long day.
Scan while they stand at the counter
Use it on the current customer, before you make any decision.
Read the result properly
AUG DETECTED is your answer. No Aug detected clears them. Ready to scan only means the device is waiting, and it is no negative result.
Then act
Fire only on a confirmed Aug. A frightened reaction to the gun tells you nothing, because Augs beg too.
Aug, wanted criminal or just odd?
These calls use different tools, and the wrong one lets the customer walk.
| What you have | What to do |
|---|---|
| A confirmed Aug | Use the gun under the counter. Do not call Security: Augs can reach its communications, and the officer's follow-up says the Aug escaped. |
| Someone on the wanted list | Press the alarm before they leave so Security can arrest them. Being wanted is no Aug tell. Wanted list → |
| A suspect you have not confirmed | Keep watching the tells or use the scanner. Suspicion alone is not confirmation. |
What each mistake costs
Shooting the wrong person
Shooting an ordinary customer can lead to a manslaughter investigation. The Mentor's advice is to fire only when certain.
Letting Augs go
Each miss fills a meter. On Thin Margins a full meter ends the run with the Augmented ending, and Aug Menace makes that true on every difficulty.
Missing the warnings
Your nightly reports may say an Aug visited yesterday or that Security expects one today. They name no face, so treat them as a cue to look harder.
Aiming at protected customers
Some essential recurring customers cannot be shot at all, and Lou is one of them.
The Aug Menace perk
This starting perk unlocks Augs from the first day, pays 25% more for each one you kill and means the threat never ends. Without it, Security can later announce that all Augs are gone and the gun is no longer needed.
Starting perks →