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Message no. 1
From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: Snake-Eyes system (was Re: GMing 101)
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 13:18:37 +0100
According to Mongoose, at 14:16 on 6 Mar 99, the word on
the street was...

> Actually, I can't imagine most mundanes are real exited about blowing
> a point of essence on what (usually) helps them about as much some good
> communications equipment. Most samurai, at least, have a lot of other
> things they would like to use that essence for.

Having just re-read the description of the system, I have to agree. It
sounds like a good thing to have, but the fact that it's an implanted
system, rather than a normal simsense-type thing with electrodes, makes it
of very limited use. Unless you build a character, or an entire shadowrun
group, around it, I doubt it'll see much use.

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Message no. 2
From: dghost@****.com dghost@****.com
Subject: Snake-Eyes system (was Re: GMing 101)
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 14:13:04 -0600
On Sun, 7 Mar 1999 13:18:37 +0100 "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl> writes:
<SNIP>
>Having just re-read the description of the system, I have to agree. It
>sounds like a good thing to have, but the fact that it's an implanted
>system, rather than a normal simsense-type thing with electrodes, makes
it
>of very limited use. Unless you build a character, or an entire
shadowrun
>group, around it, I doubt it'll see much use.

What about instead of implanting it (the Snake Eyes), imbedding in a
helmet or something? That should, IMO, make it cheaper too. :)

Or is the Snake Eyes system just a broadcasting system? (ie, is it
useless without independent sensory input?)

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Message no. 3
From: Mongoose m0ng005e@*********.com
Subject: Snake-Eyes system (was Re: GMing 101)
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 19:47:59 -0600
:What about instead of implanting it (the Snake Eyes), imbedding in a
:helmet or something? That should, IMO, make it cheaper too. :)
:
:Or is the Snake Eyes system just a broadcasting system? (ie, is it
:useless without independent sensory input?)

It lacks sensory input (you need cybereyes and ears, and a rating 2
comlink to route the info). It seems mostly a simsense / rigger protocal
coversion system; it takes the sensory output, and makes it viewable to a
rigger as drone senor info.
It also lets the rigger send drone sensor info to the snakeyes user.
Normally, this would (if done as normal simsense) be pretty distracting,
but theres no penalty to the snakeyes user. Just how it works seems a
little beyond most external com gear, excepting possibally BattleTack type
equipment. It seems like most times it would be WAY more function than
is needed.


Mongoose

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