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From: Andre' Selmer <031SEA@******.WITS.AC.ZA>
Subject: Re: Domesticating Animals (was Re: New totem for all to eva
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 11:29:21 +0200
:->[some informative stuff on taming wild animals, which is deleted]
:->Also, what about cybered animals? I think I saw something about this in
:->the Corp. Sec. book, but I didn't read to much into it. I imagine a
:->normally controllable domestic dog would be impossible to control once
:->cyber mods were introduced, especially if the senses were replaced. I
:->just made a NPC Johnson who has a pair of cybered German Shepards, so
:->I've been thinking about this lately. When I made her dogs, I assumed
:->essence of 6 and went from there. They're both pretty hard core, they'd
:->give an average sammie a run for his money. If anyone wants me to post
:->the cyber-doggy stats, just tell me and I'll type them in. I also gave
:->the Johnson a new skill ( Animal Handling (Cyber)) to represent the
:->difficulty in controlling them.

Point of fact, yes the dogs would go pretty well mad I think.
First of all most cyberware is 'anti-natural' and you have to learn
how to use it. For instant a radio, you don't think 'turn to 72Mhz',
it is a process like lifting your arm, so how do you teach an animal
how to control his own brain...

Andre'
Man is a teller of stories, he lives by and is surrounded by his
own stories and those of other people, he sees everythings that
happens to him in terms of these stories and thus has to live
enacting them
-Sarte

GARFIELD !
-Jon

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