From:	"Dark Thought Publications." <JEK5313@*****.TAMU.EDU>
Subject:	Waisley earns a *bonk*.
Date:	Mon, 10 May 1993 13:12:35 -0500

Only a *BONK*, mind you, not a thwap.
You only misread the message, albeit terribly.

] Woaahhh
] Electro-mag willnot let you cast at longer ranges??!?!?!?
] I very much disagree.
] You paid the essence to get the cyber
] therefore you get.
] Pg 130 " a mage must be able to see their targets with their own eyes or
] an extension of their own eyes."
] now it goes on to say that optical binoculars
] would work but electronic ones won't because your not getting
] the original image. Well you say - that would prove your
] thought that elec-mag won't work because -
] "cyber eyes will work because the mage paid the essence
] for them."
] So - Elec-mag works because you paid the essence


Assuming I remember correctly (which is altogether questionable
considering the end of the semester. . . ) the issue was that a person could
not recognise someone at extended range with electro-mags, be they cyber or
non. If you will look at your SSC, you will see that even FASA says that
extended range at electronic gets increasingly fuzzy.
Electro is rather like installing a graphics card in your computer,
with a specialized set of roms for graphics image processing and enhancement.
However, you cannot get out of the image more than that which was put in
originally (which is why digital cams will, very eventually, replace analog).
This is why optical beats electro hands-down.
So, you can surely see the person at extended ranges, W., but I
wouldn't go for any called shots at that range, as you might not be able to see
the target area well enough to count.


-Ethan Court.