From:	Eve Forward <lutra@******.COM>
Subject:	Re: Speed=everything (Was Re:Geasa and Physical Adepts)
Date:	Thu, 21 Sep 1995 17:22:52 -0700

Why doesn't my rigger get boosted reflexes? Well, at the moment it's
because my rigger has been turned into a lizard, but before that...

It's a question of roleplaying. My rigger was a specialist, and that
was how he was roleplayed. He wasn't interested in doing much to
improve his "meat", but get hiin a vehicle and no-one could touch
him. (plus at the time he only had .7 Essence, not much room)
What I did end up doing was having drones with me. Even
just little bitty "scout" drones, gives you the rigging init bonus
and pool and puts you up to speed (not -super- speed, but better
than before)
From a get-the-job-done standpoint, yes, having everyone
capable of doing everything is great. But from a roleplaying standpoint,
isn't it kind of nice to be needed? Isn't it neat to know that you're
GREAT at whatever? Look at a lot of cinematic and book examples;
specialization is just "cool". And it fits in with how a lot of people
feel; Me, for example, I can't do physics or hack computers or play
guitar, but I'm in the middle of six years of training to become a
working zoologist.

anyway, MHO.