A flexible weapon that combines a conductive polymer whip with a neural-disruption pulse generator, allowing the operator to deliver targeted cognitive interference through physical contact at range. The Puppeteer is 1.8 meters of polymer cord that, on contact with bare skin or conductive cyberware surfaces, delivers a precisely calibrated electromagnetic pulse that temporarily overrides voluntary motor control — causing the target's muscles to obey the pulse's frequency rather than the target's own neural commands.

The effect is not paralysis — it is involuntary movement. Targets struck by the Puppeteer do not freeze; they move in ways they did not intend, their limbs responding to electromagnetic commands rather than conscious will. At low settings, this manifests as loss of coordination and involuntary jerking. At high settings, the operator can induce specific gross motor patterns — causing a target to drop a held weapon, take a step in a specific direction, or raise their arms. The control is imprecise and cannot produce fine motor manipulation, but the ability to make an opponent's body betray them is tactically devastating.

Tessera developed the NL-2 under a contract from their corrections division for a restraint tool that could control prisoners without physical contact. The weapon's capability has since expanded far beyond its original scope, and the ethical implications of a weapon that puppets another person's body have generated ongoing controversy that Tessera has largely ignored.