From:	Guido Ferraro <crs@****.UNITO.IT>
Subject:	Sasquatch Deckers (was ADMIN: GET YER AUTHOR-ID)
Date:	Fri, 21 Apr 1995 23:06:04 +0100

Once upon a time, I wrote in NERPS:
>> Wait... what about something on matrix-using critters ?
>>
>> --Gillian
>>

And in response, thus spake Guy Smartwood:
> I guess the Sasquatch (sp?) could, if they wanted to, deck... it would
> be some interesting personas. I haven't read much on paranormal animals
> to see who is sentient and who isn't. I guess vampires could...
>
>
> guy swartwood
> wildman@******.net
> gswartwo@*********.wichitaks.attgis.com
>


Yes, a sasquatch decker would be an excellent step forward from the
standard archetype.


Since they favor sound and body language to communicate, they could
do it as well in the Matrix: think of the fun when poor elven decker
Gelron Elessedil runs into the Virtua Bigfoot and nearly goes mad to
understand what the frag the furry chummer is saying. Not to mention
those few megapulses of digitized sound samples Bigfoot keeps on his
cyberdeck. Even the most humble utility is stuffed to the gills with
effects, from cartoon characters' voices to music scores, and he has
always on hand three or four different "Persona themes" matching his
current mood. He's noisy, and proud of it.

As a side note, sasquatch deckers will be more than happy to swap a
program in exchange for really cool tracks, sound editing utilities,
synthlink drivers and the like. Just remember that in most cases the
software will be inflated by unnecessary code resources and data, so
take some time to reduce its size and free precious memory.


Vamps in the matrix ? That's okay for me. Note that cyberware (like
datajacks, of course) still reduces Essence, though. A bad thing for
most vampires, to say the least.


Just my .02 nuyen, folks.

--Gillian "Trouble always seeks worthy souls. That's why it comes
knocking at my door every time, dad..."
(Gillian, elven sam, to his father Dodger, circa 2113 AD)