Probably Stolen Aug Identification: Scanner & Safety

01

What is an Aug?

The official game description presents Augs as hosts whose AI chip has taken control. This makes the threat a customer-identification problem inside the shopkeeping game. A visitor's apparently ordinary appearance is not sufficient evidence that the encounter is harmless, because the premise specifically warns that these hosts can blend in with other customers.

The description also warns that overlooking signs and misreading them both carry consequences. It does not provide a complete list of which facial details, dialogue lines or visible implants conclusively establish AI control. The useful distinction is between information the game actually identifies for you and an interpretation you are adding because a customer looks unusual.

02

What should you check at the counter?

Start with the current encounter's instructions and the customer-examination interface, rather than an old screenshot or a remembered rumor. Separate the information shown about the person from the information shown about an item they brought. An expensive object, an attractive buying price or a plausible sales pitch does not answer the different question of whether the customer is an Aug.

A practical learning routine is to read the available guidance, inspect the relevant information and only then make the encounter decision. If you record what happened, keep the visible cue, your decision and the result separate in your notes. That helps you notice a repeated pattern without turning one confusing outcome into a guaranteed rule for every later visitor.

03

What is confirmed about the Aug scanner?

UPDATE 049 identifies the Aug scanner in a fix involving Doctor Jackson's shop stock. The fix says he should no longer continue offering it after Security declares the Aug threat over. This establishes a connection between the scanner's availability and the threat's status, rather than an unconditional promise that the scanner will always be sold.

The same announcement does not supply a verified scanner price, purchase day, detection threshold or complete operating procedure. Those details are 待确认 / Pending confirmation here, and the available item description should guide your use when you find it. Do not substitute a made-up reading or assume that buying a device makes every future customer decision automatic.

The update also discusses a Toolbox sold by Doctor Jackson after day 14, but that is a different item's purchase condition. A restriction attached to the Toolbox does not establish when the Aug scanner appears. This matters when planning your spending: reserve a decision for the actual offer rather than waiting for an unrelated tool's advertised day and expecting the scanner to follow the same schedule.

04

Why might Doctor Jackson's stock look different?

If you cannot find a scanner offer, first check whether Security has already declared the Aug threat over in your run. That event is relevant because the patch explicitly removed the lingering offer after the threat ended. It does not establish every condition that can cause an offer to appear or disappear earlier, so an absent item alone is not proof that your save is broken.

UPDATE 049 also fixes Doctor Jackson losing his stock when the player left the store too quickly. Another fix prevents duplicate offers of unique items already owned on the Back Counter. If an old guide describes odd stock behavior, these changes give you a concrete reason to compare its version with the build you are playing instead of treating the behavior as a secret unlocking method.

05

What changed about mislabeled goods and reputation?

The patch states that offering mislabeled items to an Aug no longer causes a reputation loss. This is a specific correction to a customer-and-item interaction. It should not be expanded into a promise that all labeling decisions are safe, that any customer is an Aug when a reputation penalty fails to appear, or that the wider consequences of counterfeit trading have disappeared.

For ordinary stock decisions, continue to distinguish the item's condition, the label you attach and the customer's expectations. A change to one reputation interaction does not tell you the item's true value or replace the need to inspect it. Use the item appraisal guide when the problem is whether you understand the merchandise, and return to the encounter's customer information when safety is the issue.

06

Keep Aug risk separate from other customer trouble

The store premise also describes visitors connected to Security, revolutionary interests and the station's wealthy residents. Those roles give customer encounters consequences beyond the price of a trade. Faction involvement, a difficult bargaining position or questionable goods should not be used as a substitute for an actual Aug identification signal.

This distinction helps when several problems appear in the same transaction. You might be deciding whether an item is genuine, whether its origin creates legal risk and whether the visitor is dangerous for a different reason. Evaluate those questions separately so that confidence in one part of the deal does not become misplaced confidence in everything else happening at the counter.

07

Customer-examination windows and interface changes

UPDATE 049 says item windows hide during customer-examination and shooting modes, then return afterward with their state preserved. If a merchandise window disappears while examining a visitor, that interface change offers an explanation before you assume the item or its information has been lost. Look at the active encounter mode and finish the relevant interaction before trying to reorganize unrelated stock.

The same update fixes inspection-interface problems and stale windows when leaving the store for after-hours activities. It also changes Escape behavior so that the most recently used item window or paper interface closes first. These notes concern working with the screen, so they can help explain confusing controls without creating a new rule about which physical features identify an Aug.

08

Which identification details still need confirmation?

A complete visual checklist, pupil-size threshold, reaction-time test and faction-based detection probability are 待确认 / Pending confirmation. The checked official material does not justify labeling a specific appearance, social group or ordinary implant as automatically hostile. If a guide offers a universal shortcut without identifying an actual current-game instruction, do not treat it as a guaranteed answer for your run.

The precise costs of false identification, every difficulty-dependent failure rule and the scanner's full set of readings also remain 待确认 / Pending confirmation here. Older Playtest accounts may describe encounter outcomes before later fixes, while the public Steam Demo is a distinct version. Use the installed build's explanation for a high-consequence decision rather than assuming that an earlier test result establishes today's behavior.

09

A manageable approach for your first shop

Keep learning customer checks alongside the beginner guide, instead of treating Aug detection as the only threat to a new business. Rent pressure, poor purchases and misunderstood stock can still undermine a run while you are concentrating on the counter. Follow the available encounter guidance, keep uncertain observations separate from confirmed information, and make your next decision using what the current game actually shows.

This guide's confirmed facts come from the store premise and UPDATE 049, checked on October 6, 2026. Read Demo information if you need to establish which version you installed, and consult release details for the upcoming full game. Those pages keep the available Demo and planned release separate while further scanner and encounter details remain unconfirmed.