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From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: Decker Mage was Re: A Van...
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 19:29:41 +0200
According to Alfredo B Alves, at 10:47 on 1 Jun 00, the word on the street
was...

> > It seems much handier to let otaku port data to an offline storage device
> > through a second datajack or something. That way, the 2850 nuyen left over
> > after buying another datajack can pay for 5600 Mp...
>
> Isn't that a "meatworld" action? Even though it's a cybernetic command
> and is related to the decking, shouldn't that technically incur the +8
> target number for attempting an action while decking? (I'm not asking
> logically, should it, I'm asking by the rules, technically, does it?)

To tell the truth, I have no idea... I would simply go with the logical
conclusion here, which is (to me, anyway) that the storage device is
accessible to the otaku "from the Matrix," as it were.

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