From: | Yiannakos yiannako@*******.edu |
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Subject: | Decker Mage |
Date: | Mon, 05 Jun 2000 15:17:08 -0400 |
> It's more likely to happen in a situation where you're
> not going to go through compulsory magical testing,
> but even if you do (corper, or military joe, or
> whatever) that doesn't necessarily mean you'll know
> you're active before you get a bunch of cyber put in.
> People slip through the cracks sometimes, or sometimes
> they only manifest late. There's nothing in SR that
> says "all potential mages manifest at puberty" or the
> like.
>
> I believe that's what the lady was alluding to.
Or like in "Never Deal with a Dragon", where Sam Verner got cyberware
(just a datajack, but still...) as part of his job, and then later got a
visit from Dog. He did experience trouble decking, IIRC, but he could do
both.
---Dave ('s not here man)