From:	steven mancini <mancinis@******.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Subject:	really BIZARRE idea!!!
Date:	Wed, 16 Mar 1994 23:26:46 EST

Well, now that I have had 4 hours of sleep and hopefully cycled all
the caffeine from my system, a new thought has crossed my mind.

This is *way* out there, and as usual based upon my knowledge of SR I
so if this conflicts with SR II you have been warned in advance.

When a rigger "jacks in" to his remote deck, he gets his added dice to
initiative.

We have in the past discussed various alternatives for drone forms-
cyber armor, my helmet idea (which has been on the back burner for me
since I first brought it up), and I think robots have even been
bounced around.

Okay now for the bizarre part. Realizing the *severe* essence cost, I was
thinking- how about integrating the basic drone components into some
cyberlimbs for the rigger- could this then enhance their basic speed- ie
using their rigging pool they move their limbs, fire weaponry that is
held/mounted/concealed within the limbs, use their control pool as a dodge
pool?

I know this is way out there, but it struck me and I figured it might prove
interesting to discuss on an abstract/mechanics level...

Okay let the criticisms fly!

Da Minotaur