| From: | Hobbes Patrol Headquarters <TYGER@****.WINONA.MSUS.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Rockerboys? HERE?!? |
| Date: | Wed, 23 Jun 1993 18:46:03 -0500 |
>they've got several big problems:
The list is edited, but the content isn't...
>1. They're supposed to be cyberware, but they act magically. It isn't clear
>what how they could really work. Is the emotion carried by the words or
>the music? Do they work by telephone? CD? Why not?
The whole reason a rocker can persuade people to act is the music. If you
want to see something frightening, watch the Bruce Sprinsteen video for
"Born to Run". There's a part where Bruce casually swings his finger, and
a stadium full of fans waves their collective arms in time. The raw power
of this is frightening.
On the s-Run side of it all, look at Shadowbeat, the rockers can already DO
this, dependant on skills and musical standing. (You have to buy levels
with starting nuYen...) It works out to be even.
>2. Something that can control people's minds to the point of personal
>harm (level 2) has _got_ to be illegal. This matters. A shadowrunner
>can fill his body with all sorts of semi-legal and even flagrantly
>illegal junk, because s/he's SIN-less or at least keeps his/her head
>down. A rocker has a _public_ persona, and so can be found by the
>FBI, the IRS, and their friends.
Of corse, a runner would NEVER consider putting illegal cyber into their
systems! (ha!) But, on another note, what if a street-wise decker got
this installed? "These are not the droids you're looking for..."
>4. I think it would make for better role-playing to permit the rocker
>to purchase fame (from tech, I guess). Fame is useful, and because
>this is fame as a media star, not as a 'runner, it can help the rocker
>get away with things other people can't. It can help you avoid
>explaining why you're in the Renraku archology without a pass. But
>fame can't give you the ability to get the guards to kill each other
>instead of you.
Shadowbeat HAS a recognition chart. If the person rolls over a number,
they recognise you. Just something to think about...
Oh yeah, on the Australian posts. I know it's moderately unrelated, but I
was wondering what 'Truganini' means? It comes from a song by 'Midnight
Oil', and I know they've done songs about the aboriginal mythos. Anyone?
-Tyger
(PS : Watch Mtv for a video by Sting. The title escapes me offhand, but it
has him walking through a deserted town, and in his shillouette, you see
the town as if it were alive. It's kinda like how I see the astral. Just
a thought...)
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!Nikki was a loser. A street kid, left to fend for himself at a young age.
!He was independent, and unpredictable, but harmless. Except now !
!he had a philosophy, and that made him dangerous. !
! -From "Operation LIVEcrime" !
! Queensryche
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