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| [[File:Caprica - Ghosts in the Machine - Amp.jpg|thumb|[[Joseph Adama]] takes amp for the first time in ''[[New Cap City]]'' {{CAP|Ghosts in the Machine}}.]]
| | '''Amp''' is a hack used by players in [[New Cap City]] to boost their reflexes and reaction time. In the [[V-World]], it takes the form of a drug injected into the user's eye. Overuse of Amp leads to addiction. |
| '''Amp''' is a hack used by players in [[New Cap City|''New Cap City'']] to boost their reflexes and reaction time. In [[V-world]], amp takes the form of a drug injected into the user's eye via a J-shaped device akin to an asthma inhaler. | |
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| Overuse of Amp leads to addiction in the real-world, as it takes more of the drug to achieve the same effect over time, due to the increase in various chemicals and stimuli of the user's brain that translate via the wearer's [[holoband]].
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| [[File:Caprica - Ghosts in the Machine - Joseph Adama Amps Up.jpg|thumb|The eyes of [[Joseph Adama]]'s [[V-world]] [[avatar]] immediately after using amp {{CAP|Ghosts in the Machine}}.]]
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| [[Emmanuelle]] introduces [[Joseph Adama]] to Amp while helping him track down [[Tamara-A|his daughter Tamara's avatar]] in ''New Cap City'', and he uses it to eliminate the crowd at the [[Mysteries]] club after [[Cerberus]] expels him {{CAP|Ghosts in the Machine}}. Adama begins to overuse the hack, much to his guide's concern {{CAP|End of Line}}.
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| Abusers of Amp are referred to within the game as "Ampheads," with [[Amphead|one such Amphead]] inhabiting Adama's apartment in V-world {{CAP|Ghosts in the Machine}}.
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