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Message no. 1
From: Jan-bart van Beek <flake@***.NL>
Subject: What bugs me 2
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 1995 18:04:02 +0100
Do deckers need their arms?
One of my players had his arm shot of in a nasty gun battle, and as you
can already guess, he was the group's decker.
Now , this decker isn't rich enough to buy himself a brand new arm, he
definetly wants one though, and as it isn't such a problem for a good
decker to get his cyberpaws on some paydata, it ussually wouldn't be so
tough.

But can he deck without the usage of his hands ?

How about riggers do they need a complete set of extremities?

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Message no. 2
From: Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@***.NEU.EDU>
Subject: What bugs me 2
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 1995 12:13:13 -0500
>>>>> "Jan-bart" == Jan-bart van Beek <flake@***.NL>
writes:

Jan-bart> Do deckers need their arms?

Only if they want to turtle.

Jan-bart> How about riggers do they need a complete set of extremities?

Yes, unless the vehicle's been refitted for the missing extremities.
Decking puts you into a virtual world; rigging does not.

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Message no. 3
From: "Thomas W. Craig" <Craigtw1@***.COM>
Subject: Re: What bugs me 2
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 1995 13:14:56 -0500
Depends, most decks are keyboards, but if this character had a C^2 deck; he
would not need to use his hands.
Tom Craig
Message no. 4
From: Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: What bugs me 2
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 1995 13:23:45 +0930
>
> Depends, most decks are keyboards, but if this character had a C^2 deck; he
> would not need to use his hands.

I play C^2 decks using the cybernetic interface rules in VR. (Only thing
that makes sense). So no, he would not need to use his hands. Remember,
however, that real-world tasks have +8 modifiers to overcome the simsense
illusion.


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