From:	John Banagan <jvbanagan@*******.BITNET>
Subject:	Animal Augmentation
Date:	Tue, 13 Oct 92 11:27:32 PDT

Does anyone have any information on how to augment critters? I'm new to
Shadowrun and haven't had much experience save for playing a few times.
And as such, I was wondering if augmentation of animals was feasible.

I've heard about dragons being able to deck, but what about more 'mundane'
animals such as dogs, cats, or even dolphins and chimpanzees? My question
therefor is, how much would it cost the critter in price and in essence
to become modified? Can any type of cyber item/augmentation or bioware
be 'installed' in the critter? Do animals suffer greatly from cyber-
psykosis?

A friend was telling me that the price could be a percentage of what it in
humans, for example:

Wired Reflexes takes 3 essence away from humans (50% essence loss) from
a start value of 6. (BTW, Wired Reflexes II). For a dog who has 4 essence,
the loss would be 2 essence (50% from original value).
The price would be a different matter. If the dog is smaller in size, then
wouldn't it need less nano-circuitry running through it than a human for
instance. And if this was the case, then it would cost less (an assumption
of course).

Think then of the possibilities of cybernetic creatures...

... Guard dogs with wired reflexes and increased strength for their jaws
... Attack dogs with built-in weapons and internal bombs
... Spy-cats with cam-corders and recorders

... etc...

And if this was the case, who would be leading this type of technology?
Who would be the proponents (Ares and their war industry) and the
opponents (Elven nations against the abomination man has created on
the animals by force)? Any type of comments would be of interest to me.
Thanks in advance.


>>>> Tex <<<<