From:	"Lindblom Fredrik, Training" <fredrik.lindblom@*******.TELIA.SE>
Subject:	Re: Character Knowledge
Date:	Mon, 7 Aug 1995 14:59:00 PDT

>did the tech fix the
>smart-link so it registered the doc-wagon as a 'friendly', so the gun
>won't go off,

In my campaign, smartlinks used to work like that (sort of like a streak SRM
in Battletech, for those of you who know what I mean). Unless you got a
lock-on-foe condition the gun didn't go off. I think it works like that in
some novels.

Anyway, I dropped that function when I saw how much precious APDS ammo my
players saved on it, and how ultimately un-cool it is... It's better when
showers of lead fly everywhere, don't you think? More action-movie-like.

Also, a graphic-based (as opposed to radio-signal based) IFF system
incorporated in the smartlink would require a hughe (?) expert-system that
impossibly fits within 0.5 essence, IMHO. It would also cost a LOT more than
2,500Y.


MxM