| From: | "Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Long Cyberstuff |
| Date: | Fri, 4 Dec 92 02:12:05 CET |
>> What I hopefully plan to do over the next weeks is to bring forward
>> so new ideas and stats
>> and with the help of you ( my fellow gamers) maybe
>> add on a few more ideas and clear up some rough points
>> the two ideas i have right now are
>> 2 the creation of cybernectically controlled enhanced armor
>> (iron man watch out)
Not Iron Man, more like the exosuit in Aliens with armor and mounted weapons.
>> lets face it making a mechanical arm that looks real and
>> interfaces with the human body has got to be a lot harder
>> than just letting a suuit of armor augment everything
>> ( riggers will have lots of fun with this, rig into the armor
>> while wearing it)
Ouch.
>> 3 off the main subject - we haven't seen any jet pacts yet
>> but we have trucks and tanks(harriers) that fly
Because unless it uses anti-gravity it would burn up the pilot with the
high temperature exhaust.
>> 4 why does a cyberdeck have to look like a keyboard
>> while you can have a c2 in your head
They don't (or at least shouldn't).
>> why not have a cyber helmet
>> put every thing you need right on your head and they won't ask
>> as many questions
Also being a Cyberpunk 2020 fan, I asked the same question. When Virtual
Realities came out I noticed it said a decker could run under "Full Cyber-
Interface". This means your mind is totally locked in the matrix, but your
faster (+1d6 init). If your willing to always run that way then you could
remove the keyboard from the deck, and make it look like almost anything.
My personal deck is about half the size of a 1990's portable computer with
jacks for linking it to my desktop.
>> lets face it maost of the room on a cyberdeck has got to
>> be the keys and not the optical chips (other wise you couldn't
>> fit a c2 deck in your head even if it was twice as compact
>> as a keyboard deck)
Cyberdecks are to big for the size to be just a keyboard. They should be the
same size as a laptop. Push it into a bag and your good to go. Lady deckers
have an advantage, they just carry large purses.
>> 5 what are smart gun links really
As detailed in the SR rulebook, it is a subdermal sensor mounted in the hand
that runs wires (if I remember correctly) to the nervous system and optic
nerve. This allow the user to see where the sensors mounted on the weapon say
it is pointed (if in line of normal vision). It also gives ROF setting, ammo
load, and mental clip ejection. All this while the only connection between
you and the gun is the same as a normal person.
>> why does the guy on the front of the SS catalog
>> have a data cord?
He was too cheap (or essence conscious) to buy a smartgun link. Using the
datajack is a little better than smart goggles because you can still mentally
command functions like rate of fire and clip ejection. You only get -1 T#, but
it beats smart goggles.
>> 6 we can make eyes with tons of accesories
>> what about sunglasses (ie smart mirrored shades)
Look in the rulebook under goggles as one of our number said earlier.
>> Nightfox
>> (Yes i know this signature is from
>> my character who knows nothing bout
>> tech and has an allergy to cyberware
>> because he is a drow (no flame please)
>> so sue me)
If you don't want people to flame you because your a drow don't advertise,
besides if we hated drow we would flame Dark Elf on a regular basis. Coming
from one who knows, if you don't worry about you race most people won't either.
See Ya in Shadows,
Jason J Carter
The Nightstalker
