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Message no. 1
From: Mongoose <evamarie@**********.NET>
Subject: Cybergadget limits [was Re: Headware Memory]
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 14:20:17 -0700
: There should be a weight limit on the amount of equipment that
can
:be inserted in any cyberlimb. I realize equipment will be minaturized
but
:a weight limit should be established. I'm going to put forth the
:following, take pot-shots at will until we get it ironed out:
:
: Skull: 5kg
: Torso: 30kg
: Arms: 10kg (individually)
: Legs: 15kg (individually)
:
: Note: All weights assumed before miniaturization. i.e. if a
:Pocket Secretary weighs a half a kilo before miniaturization, and you
want
:to put it in a cyberskull, you have 4.5kg of "mass" you can put in your
:head, even though the pocket secretary will be miniaturized down to, oh,
:.05kg instead (guesstimate).

I've been thinking along those same lines. Those look a bit high for
a normal person, and low for trolls. How about basing them off
(unaugmented) body?

Skull: Body Kg
Torso: Body X 4 kg (you still need your organs)
Arms: Body x 2 kg
Legas: Body X3 kg

Volume and "ditribitabilty" (you can't brak a gun up much, but a phone
can be "distributed") would be a better guide, but thats just to
complicated.
Certain normal cyber would also take up space (spurs, guns, airtanks),
as might strength enhancements and thier ilk.

Mongoose
Message no. 2
From: David Foster <fixer@*******.TLH.FL.US>
Subject: Re: Cybergadget limits [was Re: Headware Memory]
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 10:11:24 -0400
On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Mongoose wrote:

<snip my idea>
-> I've been thinking along those same lines. Those look a bit high for
->a normal person, and low for trolls. How about basing them off
->(unaugmented) body?
->
->Skull: Body Kg
->Torso: Body X 4 kg (you still need your organs)
->Arms: Body x 2 kg
->Legas: Body X3 kg

Looks good. Only problem I see with it is that humans are
generally the same size and wouldn't have such a large variance. How
about something like different classifications for human/ork/elf, Dwarf
and Troll, for three tables....... ick...... we're starting to put more
math and less fun in it. For your hard-core cyber-people, you might have
to use this, for the rest just let them fly.... ]:-)

-> Volume and "ditribitabilty" (you can't brak a gun up much, but a phone
->can be "distributed") would be a better guide, but thats just to
->complicated.
-> Certain normal cyber would also take up space (spurs, guns, airtanks),
->as might strength enhancements and thier ilk.

Guns have a mass you can use to subtract from the overall, items
with ratings can be classified as being 1kg per rating point (strength &
dexterity enhancements), and spurs I'd just mark up to 1kg.

Fixer --------------} The easy I do before breakfast,
the difficult I do all day long,
the impossible only during the week,
and miracles performed on an as-needed basis....

Now tell me, what was your problem?

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