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Message no. 1
From: Glenn.Robertson@***.EDU
Subject: Re: Meat Drones -- Cybertechnology
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 08:42:28 -0700
Hiya!
I was just curious, but doesn't Cybertechnology cover a fly-by-wire
system that can be implanted into a human, thereby allowing his body to
be run via remote rigging?

Glenn
Message no. 2
From: Mike Elkins <MikeE@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: Meat Drones -- Cybertechnology -Reply
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 13:21:02 -0500
> I was just curious, but doesn't Cybertechnology cover a fly-by-wire system
>that can be implanted into a human, thereby allowing his body to be run via
>remote rigging?
>
>Glenn

No, that fly-by-wire is just a new methodology for boosting reflexes. The name
comes from a rather poor analogy to modern jet fighters.

Double-Domed Mike
Message no. 3
From: Timothy P Cooper <tpcooper@***.CSUPOMONA.EDU>
Subject: Re: Meat Drones -- Cybertechnology -Reply
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 10:58:13 -0800
> > I was just curious, but doesn't Cybertechnology cover a fly-by-wire system
> >that can be implanted into a human, thereby allowing his body to be run via
> >remote rigging?
> >
> >Glenn
>
> No, that fly-by-wire is just a new methodology for boosting reflexes. The name
> comes from a rather poor analogy to modern jet fighters.
>
> Double-Domed Mike

Even though Glenn is misinformed, it does pose an interesting question. Since M-B-W
controls the whole body's locomotion system and uses a processor to maintian the
balance, how hard would it be to tap into that processor and thereby override the
brain's control?

Just a thought.

-Tim
Message no. 4
From: Midn Daniel O Fredrikson <m992148@****.NAVY.MIL>
Subject: Re: Meat Drones -- Cybertechnology
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:57:59 -0500
Cybertech does have a fly-by-wire system, but I think that it is designed
as an "improved" wired reflexes, not a remote control system.

On Thu, 14 Nov 1996 Glenn.Robertson@***.EDU wrote:

> Hiya!
> I was just curious, but doesn't Cybertechnology cover a fly-by-wire
> system that can be implanted into a human, thereby allowing his body to
> be run via remote rigging?
>
> Glenn
>
Message no. 5
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Meat Drones -- Cybertechnology
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 11:53:42 +0100
Glenn.Robertson@***.EDU said on 8:42/14 Nov 96...

> I was just curious, but doesn't Cybertechnology cover a fly-by-wire
> system that can be implanted into a human, thereby allowing his body to
> be run via remote rigging?

Are you referring to the Move By Wire system? No, it's not remote control
-- it's basically a better version of wired reflexes (better in that it
gives higher bonuses, but it can, no _will_ also induce epilepsy and
seizures).

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Message no. 6
From: Elfman & Danita <elf-dani@******.COM>
Subject: Re: Meat Drones -- Cybertechnology
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 13:27:58 -0700
> Cybertech does have a fly-by-wire system, but I think that it is designed
> as an "improved" wired reflexes, not a remote control system.
>
> On Thu, 14 Nov 1996 Glenn.Robertson@***.EDU wrote:
>
> > Hiya!
> > I was just curious, but doesn't Cybertechnology cover a
fly-by-wire
> > system that can be implanted into a human, thereby allowing his body to
> > be run via remote rigging?
> >
> > Glenn

Didn't the FBW system require you to go for the cybermancy also, all the
components you need to use total up to over 6 essence, if i remember
correctly. Don't remember exactly what the original post was about, so this
may not be relevant, but since I dont have my books handy, I would like to
know if Im remembering this right.

Sgt Pepper

Visit Elfman's World at http://www.spots.ab.ca/~elf-dani
Message no. 7
From: "Robert Pendergrast (Tom)" <3011_3@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: Meat Drones -- Cybertechnology
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 19:11:13 -0700
>>> I was just curious, but doesn't Cybertechnology cover a fly-by-wire
>>> system that can be implanted into a human, thereby allowing his body to
>>> be run via remote rigging?

>> Cybertech does have a fly-by-wire system, but I think that it is designed
>> as an "improved" wired reflexes, not a remote control system.

> Didn't the FBW system require you to go for the cybermancy also, all the
> components you need to use total up to over 6 essence, if i remember
> correctly. Don't remember exactly what the original post was about, so this
> may not be relevant, but since I dont have my books handy, I would like to
> know if Im remembering this right.
> Sgt Pepper

Um... no, yes, and no. In Cybertechnology, there is a piece of
cyberware, called the Move-by-Wire. In his post, "Hatchetman" describes
it as being like a fly-by-wire, in which the aircraft, or body, wants to
move in every direction at once, and a computer controls the movement, as
dictated by the brain. Mechanics wise, the MBW adds to reaction,
initiative, quickness (not counting towards reaction of course),
athletics, and stealth. The MBW-4 DOES cost 3M ny, and have an essence
cost of 6.45, so cybermancy would be required, unless you get it
alpha/beta/delta.

-Tom-
Message no. 8
From: Benjamin <benjamin@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Meat Drones -- Cybertechnology
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 20:30:26 PST
>> Cybertech does have a fly-by-wire system, but I think that it is designed
>> as an "improved" wired reflexes, not a remote control system.
>>
>> On Thu, 14 Nov 1996 Glenn.Robertson@***.EDU wrote:
>>
>> > Hiya!
>> > I was just curious, but doesn't Cybertechnology cover a
>fly-by-wire
>> > system that can be implanted into a human, thereby allowing his body to
>> > be run via remote rigging?
>> >
>> > Glenn
>
>Didn't the FBW system require you to go for the cybermancy also, all the
>components you need to use total up to over 6 essence, if i remember
>correctly. Don't remember exactly what the original post was about, so this
>may not be relevant, but since I dont have my books handy, I would like to
>know if Im remembering this right.

OK, the Original Message was included in the above. AS to requiring
Cybermancy, only level 4, and possibly 3, require cybermancy. Or, of
coures, Alpha, Beta, or Delta Move By Wire. I'm not sure of that, as I
can't locate my copy of CTech, but I'm reasonably sure of that.
Message no. 9
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Meat Drones -- Cybertechnology
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 13:19:22 +0100
Elfman & Danita said on 13:27/16 Nov 96...

> Didn't the FBW system require you to go for the cybermancy also, all the
> components you need to use total up to over 6 essence, if i remember
> correctly. Don't remember exactly what the original post was about, so this
> may not be relevant, but since I dont have my books handy, I would like to
> know if Im remembering this right.

Not all of them; rating 4 costs more than 6 Essence (I think that's the
only one, I'm too lazy to look it up :) and you could get it at alpha or
beta grade so the cost gets reduced far enough to jhave it installed
without cybermancy.

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