In the Cyberpunk RED Easy Mode - Free Basic Rules, just the basic rules and lore to get started have been included. For the full Dark Future lore and all the advanced rules, check out the Cyberpunk RED Core Book!

The following terms can help you better understand the feel and style of the world of Cyberpunk RED.

Time of the Red: A slang term for the period from 2023 to the late 2040s, taken from the red skies common throughout the world as an aftereffect of the 4th Corporate War.

Booster: Any member of a gang that affects cyberware, leather clothing, and random violence.

Chippin' In: To buy cyberware for the first time. To cast your lot with a group. To connect with a machine.

Chombatta (Choomba): Neo-Afro American slang for friend, family member.

CHOOH2: Pronounced "Choo-Two". Streetslang for alcohol, as used in vehicle power plants. The vast majority of vehicles in the Time of the Red are fueled by an advanced form of alcohol with a higher burning temperature than normal methanol.

Cybered-Up: To get as much cyberware implanted as possible before going over the Edge.

Exotic: A human biosculpted with non-human elements; fur, long ears, fangs, etc.

The Face: The representative of a Megacorporation for legal purposes.

Flatline: To kill. A dead person or thing.

Handle: A nickname you are known by on The Street.

Input/Output: A mechanistic term for a casual lover.

Mainline: A term for your partner in a serious, long-term relationship.

Netrun: To interface with a NET Architecture and hack into its programs and controls. Also used to refer to running the Old NET until the advent of the 4th Corp War.

Night Market: Off-the-grid, temporary marketplaces set up by groups of Fixers with solid connections. In the Time of the Red, a Night Market is the best place to find new cyberware and gear.

Posergang: Any group whose members all affect a specific look, style, or bodysculpt job.

Ripperdoc: A surgeon specializing in implanting illegal cyberware.

Ronin: A freelance assassin or mercenary. Usually considered to be untrustworthy.

Samurai: A Corporate assassin or mercenary, hired to protect Corporation property or make strikes against other Corporate holdings.

Slammit On: To get violent; to attack someone without reason.

Stuffit: To have sex. Also, to forget about something.