Due to the immeasurable loss suffered during the Blackout, society has turned to more analog means of data recording and storage. Most are widely accessible for Blade Runners to use during their investigations. With a simple RIT requisition order or a quick visit to a Shopping District or DNA Row, you can get all you need. To learn more about them and their uses during investigation, see Chapter 08.
SATCRYSTAL : Cloud storage failed, so most permanent records and physical prints are etched onto satcrystal – thin sheets of plastic with data permanently laser-etched onto their surface.
ESPER PHOTO : Photographs created by proprietary Esper technology. Esper terminals can use Omniview to enhance and explore the three-dimensional space of a recorded Esper image in high resolution. You can also print one selected angle as a physical photo. Though not enhanceable, prints can store up to five seconds of one angle, which you can play by pressing down on the touch-activated satcrystal print.
DATA DISC : A thin, circular disc that reads and records binary data. As you need disc writers and readers to use them, data discs are considered outdated, though still quite common among the poor and with criminals using such tech as a means of encryption.
MEMORY CUBE : The standard solid-state memory drive containing a massive amount of data. Easily readable using a variety of wired and wireless data ports. Destructible, though relatively sturdy.
MEMORY BEARING : Surviving the Blackout itself, this nearly indestructible data sphere is the pricey but preferred data storage solution for high-security data storage among the rich and megacorps. Read exclusively by spherical drives, which are hard to find outside the megacorps and the RDU crime lab.
DRONE : Drones are a detective’s best friend, allowing for fully remote data capturing on the go. You can even rent one out from the LAPD armory. Just don’t lose it or else kiss an entire year’s salary sayonara.