From:	Sebastian Wiers <seb@***.RIPCO.COM>
Subject:	Re: Cybertechnology res.
Date:	Mon, 11 Sep 1995 14:10:58 -0500

>
> On the topic of lasers (quotes):
>
> >Eye lasers. Why all the different types? once you have a laze, can't you use
> >it as a designator or a tracker (if it is bright enough)?
>
> The tracker is a limb-control device, not a laser built into the eye. I
> believe you need a laser designator in your eye, and if you then also get a
> tracker, your arm will point where you look.
>
Actually, the laser tracker is a seperate piece of cyber- a low powered lazer
designator, with lower essence cost. It is for use with either the articulate
mount or a tracking mount. The laser designator could also be used, but is
more ideal for things like guiding artilary or vehicle mounted weapons, whose
position may be completely different from the implantee's.


(my stupid laser tricks anecdote aboute shades and blinding)
Thanks for the comment about the very thin glare/blinding line. Sounds like
I came closer than I thought do doing ssomething I'd regret the rest of my
life.
>
> And now my thoughts on this:
>
> It seems that the laser tracking mount needs the laser tracker eye system
> for some reason. Why, go figure.
> My question is how the hell I can incorperate this into the rules.
> What is it's game effect ? What skills do you use to aim it ? What
> modifiers do you use ?

I think they said the effect was as if you were firing the weapon, with a
laser targeting scope. Ie, -1 tn. The advatage to a mount is, if you cyber
control the weapon ( maybe via the cool new cybercontroler or a smartlink- you
would think such control was built ino the articulate arm and tracking mount,
but interperate as you will ) then firing is now a free action, like
activating any other cyber. You look, the weapon picks up the lazer, it fires
on command, then you fire from hand guns as well, or whatever.
>
>
> You can't use the same rules as you do for the eye laser tool cause the
> TN's would get astronomically high. And you can't use the same rules as
> with normal laser designators. But then again those rules were also
> incredibly sloppy.
Actually, I think you do use the rules for lazer designators- I'll dig up our
groups fof (damn sammie borrowed it again).

As for eye light systems, I decided they make the situation one catagory
beter- no light is minimal now, patrial is as dy light, light smoke becomes
mist, whatever, look at the chart and figure it out.

Any information/ ideas on lazer microphoes would still be vastly apraciated.
Guess maybe the engeneering section of the library- but miniturization and
essence consumptionb are hard to predict.
>
> **** The Cornflake Killer Strikes again ****
>
Sebastina
aka
Mongose
elf with no essence