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Message no. 1
From: John Stawarz aka Chaos Manager <jstawarz@******.GMU.EDU>
Subject: VCR's and Wired Reflexes
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 15:34:05 -0400
>
> I must have a weird campaign then. There isn't a stereotype in my game,
> unless my Sisters Sinister is it. My players between them have the
> darndest collection of odd-balls and misfits that I have ever seen in any
> game, including GURPS and Rune Quest. Let's see, for example: several
> decker-riggers and decker-samurai, a couple of mage-samurai-riggers,
> (Actually, trying to describe these characters by using words like
> "decker" and "rigger" doesn't work. The words form a stereotype
where
> the characters themselves are people who can do a lot of things.)
> Di'mons has VCR1, WR3 and Math4 SPU and can deck, rig, or fight. What is

I thought that a VCR was incompatible with reflex enhancements like
Wired Relexes. I can't rememeber where I saw this (description of the
VCR?). What gives (either way)?

> Ivy

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Message no. 2
From: Gian-Paolo Musumeci <musumeci@***.LIS.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: VCR's and Wired Reflexes
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 19:24:13 -0500
Uhhhhh. No. You jsut can't USE them together: ie using a VCR, you will not get
the bonuses of Wired Reflexes.

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Gian-Paolo Musumeci [solstice@****.edu]

"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the
skull and crossbones, and begin slitting throats." -- H. L. Mencken
Message no. 3
From: Ivy Ryan <ivyryan@***.ORG>
Subject: Re: VCR's and Wired Reflexes
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 20:32:59 -0700
On Fri, 10 Jun 1994, John Stawarz aka Chaos Manager wrote:

> >
> > I must have a weird campaign then. There isn't a stereotype in my game,
> > unless my Sisters Sinister is it. My players between them have the
> > darndest collection of odd-balls and misfits that I have ever seen in any
> > game, including GURPS and Rune Quest. Let's see, for example: several
> > decker-riggers and decker-samurai, a couple of mage-samurai-riggers,
> > (Actually, trying to describe these characters by using words like
> > "decker" and "rigger" doesn't work. The words form a
stereotype where
> > the characters themselves are people who can do a lot of things.)
> > Di'mons has VCR1, WR3 and Math4 SPU and can deck, rig, or fight. What is
>
> I thought that a VCR was incompatible with reflex enhancements like
> Wired Relexes. I can't rememeber where I saw this (description of the
> VCR?). What gives (either way)?
>
> > Ivy

Just checked the SRII rulebook. They sure don't have anything like that
in it. There are a lot of things that 'are' incompatable with wired
reflexes and VCRs, but they aren't incompatable with each other that I
can find. They do two different jobs, you see.

Ivy

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Message no. 4
From: Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@***.NEU.EDU>
Subject: VCRs and Wired Reflexes
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 13:04:06 -0400
I hope most of you caught my last rant on how Vehicle Control Rigs
function. In a nutshell, they hijack neural signals and translate and
transmit them into the vehicle's control gear. The closer to the source of
the neural impulses the better the response time, the more neural
connections have to be made, and the higher the resulting essence cost.

Well, Wired Reflexes function similarly.

Neural impulses are /slow/ compared to the speed of light. Wired Reflexes
literally bypass whole sections of the nervous system with metallic or
optical nano-wiring. Again, the more wiring into the nervous system the
faster the response time, and the greater essence cost.

So why don't they work together?

Simple, really. Wired Reflexes to some degree replaces the nervous system,
replacing connections between the brain and the rest of the body [I
honestly belive that the first Wired Reflexes systems were developed to
assist victims of diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis]. Control Rigs make
connections between the whole nervous system and the vehicle's control
gear. That's the fundamental difference, Wired Reflexes connect the body to
the brain, while VCRs connect the body and brain to something external.
They share many similarities at the fundamental level, but the application
is significantly different.

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