| From: | "Leszek Karlik, aka Mike" <trrkt@*****.ONET.PL> |
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| Subject: | Computers article for NERPS (long) |
| Date: | Fri, 9 Jan 1998 21:59:49 +0000 |
in Word 6.0 format, too (with decker comments in Decker etc.), but
since I bet there'll be a lof of, well... errr... let's call it
constructive criticism, I won't send it to NERPS Master (i.e.
Gurth ;>) yet.
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MEGAPULSES FOR THE AVERAGE RUNNER
Computers in the world of Shadowrun
» Welcome, folks. I thought this article may interest some of us, as
most deckers I know use their laptops only for programming purposes.
Well, no longer! Read and see what you can do with your "simple
computer".
» Deep Blue <I liked time/date stamps>
Personal Computers: In 2053, personal computers are ubiquitous. Large,
desktop computers are a thing of the past. Standard computer is the
size of keyboard, with roll-out liquid crystals flat touch-screen.
Input device is either a "traditional" keyboard, full touch-screen
(that became so cheap they have obliterated the old mouse and
trackball input devices) with displayed, "fake" keyboard (that can be
removed for graphic programs and such), datajacks or voice recognition
systems. Peripherals are connected to the computer by either internal
SRDR (short-range digital radio) link, or, for users that require
top-end performance with no interference, SRDL (short-range digital
laser) link. Program and data is available in credstick-sized
cartridges, or on mini-CDs and OMCs, that are slotted into built-in
sockets. There's no practical difference between internal operating
memory and storage memory, as optoelectronics used result in very
fast, non-volatile memory, with the end result of storing all data in
the operating memory. The internal memory is more than sufficient for
common programs, usually integrated office packages with
communication, word-processing, database and spreadsheet capability in
one program, more specialized packages like sound and image
processing, and games. Computers are even available in cyberware
version, using direct cybernetic control feature of your datajack.
» "No practical difference". What drek! Most corps buy "all active
memory" computers 'cause they're fast, easy to use, and the 100 Mp
ones are still pretty cheap. But there's a big difference between an
active memory and storage-only memory - speed and price. Storage
memory is ten times cheaper, but it is also slower, which makes it
useful only for storing data and programs you're not using currently.
Most people don't bother putting it in their computers, they just use
the OMC socket.
» Deep Blue
Printers are dirt-cheap, and disposable one-color printers come
attached to containers of paper. Smaller computers are also
available, from datajack-only versions of laptop computers (usually
coming in brick-shaped package the size of last century VHS video
cassette) to pocket and wrist computers that use voice recognition
systems and voice synthesis (though they may be also linked to a
monitor, telecom unit or even a vidphone). Their internal memory is
limited, and they are incapable of accepting data on mini-CDs (and
usually also on standard data cartridges, which leaves them with
OMCs). Some models have miniature touch screens used with stylus and
recognice hand-writing, or accept links to standard keyboards.
» Some deckers still use desktop computers. You can either buy one or
build it yourself, using the so-called "breadboarding" technique, and
use if for only programming. A waste of good processing power, if you
ask me.
» Decker-in-a-bus
» Actually, if the decker never goes out with his buddies, it's
cheaper to have a breadboarded computer sitting on your desk. True,
laptops are much more flexible, especially with some of the wizzer
black-market proggies, but a breadboarded desktop has lots of place
for various expansions and is easier to modify than a laptop,
especially one that is crammed in a small box connected to A4-sized
piece of folded touch-screen.
» Deep Blue
Computer Memory:
HS/DS Mini-CD (maximum storage capacity of 500 Mp) cost 10¥ per CD.
This is a WORM (Write Once, Read Many) memory.
» They're much cheaper than optical chips, but they're bigger, and
bulkier and slightly less resistant to damage. Of course, the plastic,
impact-resistant transparent casing protects the disks themselves, so
they're much more resistant than the big, old, last century CD-ROM
disks.. The problem is that it's hard to stuff them in your headware
chipslot or your wristcomp. In other words: it's the perfect storage
for lots of info, as it is pretty cheap. But most deckers use OMC.
» Deep Blue
Optical Memory Chips - all commercial chips are 1x2x3 cm, and are
available in capacities per unit of 10 to 100 Mp in increments of 10
Mp, and from 100 Mp to 1000 Mp in increments of 100 Mp. The cost is
5¥ per 10 Mp capacity. They provide a non-violatile data storage
capability in a very small and rugged frame. Smaller chips cost five
times more, for 1x5x10 mm OMC, and twenty times more for
cyberware-scale chips, 0.1x1x2 mm.
Fast Memory Chips (FMC), used in computers as active memory, cost ten
times more than standard "storage" OMC, that is 5¥ per 1 Mp. There is
also one more variety of OMC, that is Optical Code Chips - a Read Only
method of storing information with very fast access time. This
technology is used exclusively in cyberdecks and mainframes, and is
even more expensive (20¥ per Mp).
» A note for the jack-of-all-skillsofts types among us: skillsofts
come on optical chips, right? Well, those are the "storage" OMC.
Here's a neat trick: copy them on a fast OMC chip and put it the old
casing. That annoying SSLD should go down to more manageable levels,
the same as headware memory (MpU/250). This way, you can still use
your headware memory for other stuff.
» Deep Blue
Name Conc. Weight Avail. Cost SI
Pocket Secretary 3 .5 Always 1,500¥ .8
Personal Computers
Table Top (breadboarded), max. 10 Tp NA 10 Always 50¥ + Active
Memory Cost / 2 .5
Laptop, max. 1 Tp (1,000,000 Mp) 2 2 Always 100¥ + Active Memory
Cost .75
Pocket, max. 100 Gp (100,000 Mp) 4 .4 Always 500¥ + Active Memory
Cost x 5 1
Wrist, max. 10 Gp (10,000 Mp) 6 - Always 2,000¥ + Active Memory
Cost x 20 1.5
Data Display Unit (read-only device) 6 - Always 250¥ + I/O device
(e.g. HUD display) 1
Memory and storage:
Active Computer Memory (FMC) - - Always 5¥ x Mp * (or 20¥ x Mp,
as
per SRII rulebook) .75
Storage memory (built-in OMC) - - Always 50¥ per 100 Mp .5
HS/DS Mini-CD (500Mp) 10 0.1 Always 10¥ .5
OMC - Optical Memory Chip (1000 Mp) 30 - Always 0.5¥ per Mp .5
Accessories:
Electronics kit, shop and facility
SPU: I/O** and Data Management *** - - as cyber half of the
cyberware version's price 1
Touch-sensitive screensheet, A4/A3/A2/A1 NA 0.5/1/2/4 Always
250/500/1,000/1,500¥ .75
Headset swing-down faceplate screen NA 1 2/12 hrs 500¥ 3
HUD Data Display Reticule 3/NA 1 4/24 hrs 2,000¥ 3
Datajack link - +0.1 4/12 hrs 2,500¥ 1
Color printer NA 5 Always 100¥ 1
Video link card - 0.1 Always 100¥ 0.8
High-quality vidlink card - 0.1 2/24 hrs 1,000¥ 1
Built-in videocamera (for vidphone) - 0.5 2/24 hrs 500¥ 1
Sound card + built in mic. & speakers - 0.1 Always 100¥ 0.8
High-quality sound card - 0.1 2/24 hrs 1,000¥ 1
High-quality sound hardware - 2 3/24 hrs 2,000¥ 1
Built-in modem card (10 to 100 MePs) - - Always 5¥ per MePs 0.9
Built-in radio (Rating 1) & phone module - 0.5 2/24 hrs
2,500¥ 1
Note: Most cards (also videocamera and radio/phone modules) are
available in pocket computer versions for roughly ten times the price.
Computer/Deck/Electronics casings Barrier rating Weight Avail. Cost SI
Standard - average "shock-resistant" plastic 4 - Always Free
(5¥
for an empty one) 1
Impact-resistant laminates 6 +0.5 Always 500¥ 1
Reinforced laminates 10 +1 2/12 hrs 2,000¥ 1.5
Structurally enhanced reinforced laminates 14 +2 2/24 hrs
5,000¥ 2
Space-tech (titanium reinforced laminates etc.) 18 +1 10/7
days 25,000¥ 3
Notes: Standard optoelectronic systems have a Body of 2, 1 for
inferior, second-hand materials, and 3 to 4 for high quality,
shock-proof materials (price times 2 or 4). Note: a decker may use his
Karma Pool for his deck's resistance test.
Headware ****
Internal memory (Essence 0.3 + 0.1 for each Gp beyond first) 2/24
hrs 3,000¥ + Active Memory Cost x 20 1
Optical Memory Chipjack Level 1-4 (Essence 0.15+0.5 per level) 2/24
hrs 3,000¥ + 1,000¥ per level 1
Computer CPU - requires separate memory and I/O (Essence 0.2) 4/24
hrs 4,000¥ 1
* The price of 20 ¥ per Mp, given in the Shadowrun 2nd edition
rulebook makes no sense to me. After all, in VR2.0 cyberdeck active
memory costs 7.5¥ per Mp, and it has to be much better than the memory
used in "normal" computers. As for processor prices, they are now
included separately.
** A normal computer's System Load Delay is calculated in the same way
as for headware memory (Mp Used/250), but desktop and laptop computers
have an innate SLD reduction of 4, Pocket computers have SLD reduction
of 2 and wrist ones have SLD reduction of 1. A computer affected by
SLD is a bit sluggish, and computation-heavy programs deliver their
results after (SLDx3) seconds. While this is not a real problem for a
normal user, it can be very inconvenient for a shadowrunner,
especially if he's running his communications through encryption
software. SLD for FMC is (MpU/250), and for OMC is (MpU/xx)
*** Data Management chip (or program) for computers can increase both
the active memory and storage memory, as well as compress the data on
CDs and chips. However, to read a compressed set of data an equal or
higher level Data Management is required.
**** Since all optical chips, from 10 Mp one to a 1 Gp chip, have the
same size, the (Mp/300) Essence cost makes no sense (IMVAO). Now
headware memory is a bit more useful: 1 Gp costs 0.3 Essence, like the
headware memory from ShadowTech, but 2 Gp costs 0.4 instead of 0.6
Essence, and 3 Gp costs 0.5 instead of 0.9...
Headware computer still requires memory and some kind of I/O device,
most common being a datajack, or an encephalon.
Mainframes: those big, immensely powerful computers are out of scope
of this article. BTW: Personally, I use the Mainframe creation rules
from the Twilight Brigade WWW page
(http://www.amurgsval.org/shadowrun/mainframes.html).
SOFTWARE DATABASE:
Unless mentioned otherwise, Availability is Always and Street Index is
1. Also, all software can be easily bought on the Matrix, in various
BBSes. When looking for software, a decker uses his Matrix Etiquette
skill instead of Street Etiquette, and divides needed time by two.
Note that all programs here are affected by so-called "software
bloat". Most black-market programs (that is, the illegitimate ones)
may be bought in smaller versions: half the size for triple price, or
one-third of the size for five times the price. Always round the size
up.
Utility programs:
Fuchi Office '62 package - Word processing, database, spreadsheet etc.
with full integration. Size: 50 Mp, Price: 250¥
Matrixmail package - sending and receiving e-mail from a Matrix
account. Size: 5 Mp, Price: 10¥
Computer Phone software - requires a sound card and a modem. Size: 5
Mp, Price: 50¥
Videophone software - requires a video camera connected to a vidlink
card, sound card and a modem. Size: 20 Mp, Price: 100¥
Data Management program - works as Data Management chip, that is
increases the amount of available memory. However, hardware version is
faster, and using the software version means that SLD from compression
is doubled. Size: Rating x 10 Mp, price: as cyberware version x 0.25.
Games: various games use from 100 to 1000 (and more) Mp, and cost
from 5¥ to 100¥ for the newest, best games with simsense output
option for datajack-equipped computers.
» EarthShudder 9 RULZ! Duke Great-Ghost-Dancem VIII is DEAD!
» Quakeman
» HA! You obviously haven't played Dogenstein's Tomb 4D, you lamer!
Why, you sniveling <1 Mp deleted by sysop>
» Lara Blaskovitz
» The Games World BBS is next node to the right, guys.
» Sysop
Cryptography: Crypto software works exactly like normal encryption.
Using software encryption for communications requires plugging a
special pass-through I/O chip into your commnet (Price: 100¥). Please
note that encryption system allows for decryption of messages that use
the same encryption system and encryption code. Decryption system is
for breaking codes only, and it's possession by a legitimate SINner is
hard to explain.
Rating 1 encryption package included for free in all computer systems
Note: The prices and size assume a real-time software. For half the
price and size, a slower programs may be bought (Time to encrypt is 10
seconds, time to decrypt is 1 hour).
Encryption Size (Mp) Availability Price SI
Level 1 5 Always Free -
Level 2-6 Rating x 5 2/12 hrs Rating x 1,000¥ 1
Level 7-8 Rating x 10 4/24 hrs Rating x 2,000¥ 2
Level 9-10 Rating x 15 6/48 hrs Rating x 4,000¥ 3
Decryption Size (Mp) Availability Price SI
Level 1-4 Rating x 10 2/12 hrs Rating x 10,000¥ 1
Level 5-7 Rating x 15 4/24 hrs Rating x 20,000¥ 2
Level 8-10 Rating x 20 6/48 hrs Rating x 30,000¥ 3
» You can just upload it into your home telecom's computer, BTW.
» Deep Blue
Basic sound processing software (replay, record and edit); Size: 25
Mp, Price: 50¥; requires a sound card.
Music analysis package (useful for rockers and for receiving messages
in music; Size: 20 Mp, Price: 50¥
All of the following require a high-quality sound hardware:
Sound amplification software (works as hearing amplification
cyberware); Size: 20 Mp, Price: 100¥.
Wide-band analysis program (shows what's happening in high- and
low-frequency audio bands); Size: 30 Mp, Price: 200¥.
Select Sound Filter package (as cyberware, available in Levels 1 to
5); Size: Rating x 20 Mp, Price: Rating x 5,000¥, Availability: 2/24
hrs
Sound level compensation program (as damper cyberware); Size: 10 Mp,
Price: 200¥
Random sound generation software (white noise generator); Size:
Rating x 10 Mp, Price: Rating x 1,000¥
Voice Mask (distorting) package (as per SRII rulebook, p. xx); Size:
Rating x 10 Mp, Price: Rating x 1,000¥
Voice Distortion Identification package (as per SRII rulebook, p.
xx); Size: Rating x 10 Mp, Price: Rating x 500¥
Voice Pattern Duplication Software Created by: Digger
This software will attempt to make your voice sound like someone
else's voice. It accepts the audio input, then compares the voice
modulation pattern with any pattern recorded in it's database, and
attempts to make the input source sound as if the words or phrases
were spoken by the person on the recording. The better the level of
the software, the better the forgery will be. The size of this
software is 20 MP x Rating.
Voice Duplication Software Availability Price Street Index
Level 1-4 4/72 Hrs 2,000 x Rating 1.5
Level 5-7 6/72 Hrs 4,000 x Rating 2
Level 8-9 8/72 Hrs 8,000 x Rating 2.5
Level 10 12/72 Hrs 100,000 3
GM Notes: If the person who hears the duplicated voice has reason to
suspect that it is a forgery, he can roll an Intelligence check
against a target number of 6 plus the rating of the Voice Pattern
Duplication Software. Any hearing modifications such as hi/lo
frequency, hearing amplification and others reduce this target number
by one for each enhancement to the listeners hearing. This is an
opposed test against the level of the Voice Pattern Duplication
software. The person must get at least one net success to determine
that it is indeed a forgery. If they are using Voice Pattern
Identification Software then it is a simple opposed test of the Voice
Pattern Duplication software and the Voice Pattern Identification
Software.
Voice Pattern Identification Software Created by: Digger
This software runs on any standard computer, and when affixed with an
audio feed it will attempt to determine if the voice it hears is truly
the person it sounds like or if it is a computer generated forgery.
The higher the level of the software, the more complex and subtle the
coding and the more effective it is at spotting forgery. Please note
that this program can be loaded and executed in headware memory as
well. This size of this program is 10 MP x rating.
Voice Identification Software Availability Price Street Index
Level 1-4 4/48 Hrs 1,000 x Rating 1
Level 5-7 5/48 Hrs 5,000 x Rating 1.5
Level 8-9 8/48 Hrs 10,000 x Rating 1.75
Level 10 10/5 Days 200,000 2
Ultrasound detection software - simple program that scans the input
data for signs of an operating ultrasound sight or ultrasound motion
detector; Size: 5 Mp, Price: 20¥
Ultrasound spoofer package - this program listens to ultrasound fields
and transmits a series of ultrasound pulses designed to fool the
sensor. For fooling motion scanners, use rules from page 101 of
Corporate Security Handbook. Also, when it detects an ultrasound
sight, the emitter interferes with it. Add the program's rating to TN
of the shooter using ultrasound sight; Size: Rating x 10 Mp, Price:
Rating x 200¥, Availability: 4/24 hrs.
3D-sound mapping software - this program is a very sophisticated one.
It requires a special interface (100¥), and at least two microphones
(laser ones or contact ones) picking up vibrations from two or more
distant points. Calibrating the system takes one minute, divided by
the number of successes on an Electronics (5) test. System's effective
rating is limited by the number of input sources minus one, that is,
your Rating 5 mapping program will work as a Rating 1 if using only
two microphones.
Software level Size Availability Price Street Index
Level 1 10 Mp 4/48 hrs 10,000¥ 1
Capable of estimating number of walking people behind the wall.
Approximate location of running people.
Level 2 20 Mp 5/48 hrs 20,000¥ 1.5
Number of walking and talking people behind the wall. Approximate
location of walking people.
Level 3 40 Mp 6/48 hrs 40,000¥ 2
Number of heavily breathing (exertion) people behind the wall.
Approximate location of talking ones and precise of walking ones.
Level 4 80 Mp 8/5 days 80,000¥ 3
Number of breathing people behind the wall. Approximate location of
heavily breathing ones and precise of talking ones.
Level 5 160 Mp 10/7 days 160,000¥ 4
Number of living people behind the wall (heartbeats). Precise
location of heavily breathing and approximate of breathing ones.
Note: the capabilities given reflect the performance in ideal
conditions. GM should roll a number of dice equal to the program's
level against a pre-determined TN to see if it succeeds in a given
task. Add one dice if wide-band analysis and sound amplification
programs are also running, and half the level of running select sound
filter software. Add level of any working white noise generator behind
the wall to the TN, and add other appropriate penalties for heavy
background noise, like a radio on full volume.
Basic image processing software (replay, record and edit); Size: 30
Mp, Price: 100¥, requires a vidlink card.
All of the following software requires high-quality video link card.
Image magnification package (allows for an up to x100 magnification);
Size: 20 Mp, Price: 5,000¥
Passive range-finder package - Not terribly accurate, but better than
nothing; Size: 25 Mp, Price: 1,000¥.
Contrast enhancing (i.e. low-light) program; Size: 10 Mp, Price:
1,000¥
Image intensity change compensation (flare compensation) program;
Size: 5 Mp, Price: 1,000¥
Databases, encyclopedias etc. - use Datasoft prices and sizes.
Expert software (Knowledge skills) - use Knowsoft prices and sizes.
Replace rule of Ones with Rule of Ones and Twos.
Translation software - use Linguasoft prices and sizes. This works
rather good, but is much slower than a standard Linguasoft. Best used
for translating written texts, though it has problems with technical,
economical and legal stuff. (As do the normal linguasofts.)
Diagnostic software (B/R skills) - available in Rating of 1 to 4. Use
prices and size of an Activesoft with a rating higher by five.
Requires a specialized set of sensors (5,000¥ per Rating point,
effective rating of diagnostic software is limited by the sensor's
rating). Adds its rating to the B/R skill in question.
Also available in Ratings of 1 to 3 for Electronics and
Cybertechnology skills. (Use prices and size of an Activesoft+6).
MINAB (Medic-in-a-box) software. This is an expert system specializing
in first aid (MINAB has Biotech/First Aid skill based on level). With
special software, MINAB may be plugged into a Medkit, replacing the
built-in expert system. Note: Level 3 and higher programs require
input from specialized medical sensors. If such an input is not
available, they work as level 2 MINAB.
» This stuff may be very useful and save your hoop someday, but I'd
recommend Biotech or First Aid skillsofts instead. Relying on expert
systems alone can be disastrous... Why do you think every medical
system, including the one from standard medkits, comes with a
responsibility waiver?
» Deep Blue
Game note: When using MINAB, replace the Rule of Ones with Rule of
Ones and Twos.
MINAB Size (Mp) Availability Price SI
Level 1 (1/3) 20 Always 500 ¥ 1
Level 2 (2/4) 45 2/12 hrs 1,125¥ 1
Level 3 (3/5) (requires Medsensors) 80 4/24 hrs 2,000¥ 1
Level 4 (4/6) (requires Medsensors) 125 6/48 hrs 3,125¥ 1
Level 5 (5/7) (requires Medsensors) 180 8/48 hrs 4,500¥ 1
Medkit Linkup software +5 Always 50¥ 1
Medsensors hardware and software +10 Always 500¥ 1
Demolitions expert software: known on the streets as BINAB,
Bomber-in-a-Box. This is an expert system that shows how to handle
bombs.
» This one is even more dangerous than the medical system, believe
me... When it frags up, it frags up. And I mean it.
» Paraplegic Joe.
» I won't even ask.
» Deep Blue
Game note: When using BINAB, replace the Rule of Ones with Rule of
Ones, Twos and Threes. <evil grin>
BINAB Size (Mp) Availability Price SI
Level 1 (Demolitions 2) 15 Always 500 ¥ 1
Level 2 (Demolitions 3) 40 2/12 hrs 1,100¥ 1
Level 3 (Demolitions 4) 70 4/24 hrs 1,800¥ 1
Level 4 (Demolitions 5) 110 6/48 hrs 3,000¥ 1
TURTLE_ Cyberdeck Emulator (MPCP 1, Bod 1, Evasion 0, Masking 0,
Sensors 1; no Hacking pool, max. program rating 3, no Response
Increase or other fancy stuff); Size: 50 Mp (+ programs used, if any),
Price 1,000 ¥
» This is very useful for non-deckers like me, as I can access
Shadowland and other BBSes without a datajack or a tortoise deck...
» Snake
U-DRIVER VCR Emulator (Allows driving of a VCR-only vehicle through
a computer. Raise Handling by one (three if going above Cruising
speed), Initiative is 2+1D6 and there's no Control Pool. Still, it's
better than nothing.); Size: 100 Mp, Price: 5,000¥
Radio frequency scanning software - requires either a built-in radio
module or a special chip in the radio (25¥). The program automatically
scans a wide number of frequencies and locks onto any transmission of
sufficient strength. Please note that to detect a transmission in the
local area, the user simply rolls an opposed test of the scanners
rating against a target number equal to 8 minus the rating of the
radio, with a minimum target number of 2. Please note that if the
radio is a microwave transmitter, then the receiving radio must be
microwave-capable (the radio card is right out), and 4 is added to
this target number. Thus to detect a radio of rating 2 (assuming the
scanner is within the radio's transmission range), the target number
would be 8 minus 2, for a target number of 6. If this radio were a
microwave transmitter rating 2, that target number would increase to
10 (8-2+4). Size is Rating x 15 Mp.
Scanning Software Availability Price Street Index
Rating 1-4 2/2 Hrs 100¥ x Rating 1
Rating 5-7 4/12 Hrs 250¥ x Rating 1.5
Rating 8-9 5/24 Hrs 500¥ x Rating 2
Rating 10 6/36 Hrs 7,500¥ 2.5
Phone software
» This one is particularly useful. The software may be used by the
integral computer of your telecom, by your phone or vidphone program
of your computer or by connecting the computer to a normal
phone/vidphone using a simple, 10¥ chip in your phone's guts. The
software itself works just like the hardware versions from a "NERPS:
Shadows of the Underworld" post somewhere on this BBS. Oh, yes, and
did I mention all this software is totally illegal?
» Deep Blue
» Boy, we're in trouble now.
» The Kid
Vidphone sidebander program -works just like a sidebander box, by
taking over fax and modem channels to send voice and image data.
Size is (Rating x Rating) x 10 Mp, Availability is Rating/20 days,
Price is Rating x 3,000¥ and Street Index is 3.
Pong program - as Pong box, reduces the chance of tracing your
connection and determining your location. May be combined with
Encryption software, of course. Size is (Rating x Rating) x 10 Mp,
Availability is Rating/24 hrs, Price is Rating x 4,000¥ and Street
Index is 1.5.
Satpong program - as Pong, but bounces the signal off a few satelites,
too. (See Satpong box in NERPS: Underworld) May be combined with
Encryption software. Size is (Rating x Rating) x 10 Mp, Availability
is Rating+1/48 hrs, Price is Rating x 7,000¥ and Street Index is 2.
Tracking software and hardware - as cyberdeck modification & software
+ 1,000¥.
False phone ID - this program replaces your phone's ID with a false
one. It's only available for software phone programs. To modify a
telecom's or a normal phone's ID, a passcard circuit modification is
still needed (See NERPS: Underworld).
Size Availability Price SI
Unchangeable false ID 5 Mp 6/48 hrs 2,000¥ 2
Reprogrammable false ID 15 Mp 8/48 hrs 4,000¥ 2
B&E
» Ahhh... Here we come to the best in the illegal programs. These
babies will sleaze you past any security (or at least will allow you
to try). Remember though, that besides having an electronics kit,
those programs require a set of special probes (that costs 3,000¥) and
have to be attached to the electronic guts of the system in question,
meaning that you have to be able to remove the cover without setting
the anti-tampering alerts off. Maglock passcard is still your friend,
that is, if you can afford it.
» Deep Blue
Keypad sequencing software - just like keypad sequencer. Size is
(Rating x Rating) x 10 Mp, Price is (Rating x Rating) x 450¥,
Availability (Rating/2)/7 days.
Passcard sequencing software - just like passcard sequencer. Size is
(Rating x Rating) x 15 Mp, Price is (Rating x Rating) x 8,000¥,
Availability (Rating)/7 days.
TimeLock SpeedUp - when properly connected, speeds up the clock of a
timelock. Size is 20 Mp, Price 4,000¥, Availability 8/7 days.
TimeLock Reprogram - when connected, resets the internal clock of a
timelock. Size is 30 Mp, Price 5,000¥, Availability 8/14 days.
Credits: The inspiration for creating various nifty programs for my
laptop came from the "Communications" article from the Graveyard
(http://www.interware.com/shadowrun/graveyard). The description and
prices for Voice Pattern Duplication and Identification software are
just straight copy-paste from this article.
Leszek Karlik, aka Mike - trrkt@*****.onet.pl; http://www.wlkp.top.pl/~bea=
r/mike
Amber fan and Star Wars junkie; ICQ UIN 6947998; WTF TKD; FIAWOL; YMMV; =
IMAO; RTFM
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