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Message no. 1
From: Sebastian Wiers <seb@***.RIPCO.COM>
Subject: Re: Magic Deckers/ Q:utilities
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 11:46:58 -0500
> You can use headware memory space for downloading data, and you have
> an I/O rating equal to your Intelligence. Utilities? No, you can't carry
> those. You have to write all your programs on the fly, using your Hacking
> Pool.
> On the upside, if you have wired reflexes or a vehicle control rig,
> you do get the dice bonus to your Initiative Roll, but if you run into
> anything nasty, that may only mean you get to die faster."
Message no. 2
From: Sebastian Wiers <seb@***.RIPCO.COM>
Subject: Re: Magic Deckers/ Q:utilities
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 12:36:41 -0500
>
> > You can use headware memory space for downloading data, and you have
> > an I/O rating equal to your Intelligence. Utilities? No, you can't carry
> > those. You have to write all your programs on the fly, using your Hacking
> > Pool.
> > On the upside, if you have wired reflexes or a vehicle control rig,
> > you do get the dice bonus to your Initiative Roll, but if you run into
> > anything nasty, that may only mean you get to die faster."
>
Sorry, that got totally mangaled by my editor before I could ad my question.

Just how do you use Hacking pool to make utilities on the fly? Are thy like
Flygrams, from VR? But presumably, you can do it more than once a matrix
run. Also, would you need an execution test?
Is there some way to use the hacking pool more eficiently with a program
carier? Utilitey rating squared chews up lots of dice!

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