| From: | Paolo Falco <Falco@****.it> |
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| Subject: | None |
| Date: | Tue, 14 May 96 00:22:26 +0200 |
another useless item galore from that nasty elf Paolo "WiRe" Falco in Turin,
Italy! This one's about EXTREME... And will come in as many parts as I like=
:)
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PUWA'S TOTALLY AWESOME GUIDE TO AMAZING PSYCHO FUN!!!
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PART, LIKE, TOTALLY ONE!
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SKIING AND SNO'BOARDING
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Hi I'm, like, PuWa, from Squaw Valley III exploring like the totally awesome
rad trends in sno' sports... Screamin' follies from Colorado, and from
Switzerland! Always a classic, Extreme Skiing takes up to new dimensions
when the sno' tribes hit the mastoid amplifier wagon, try to fly, go down
rocky boulder fields, and skeet the skeets, taking freestyle to new heights!
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Snøtek Clothing
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Always a classic for the speed freeks and acrobatically inclined, winter
sports have recently benefitted from the introduction of the new Snøtek
line of dressing. Lighter than most fabrics, Snøtek is an expensive but
outrageously colored and warm to wear line of waterproof garments. Wearing
Snøtek clothing you will be warm at up to -40° celsius with minimal=
weight
(4Kgs), and a minimum of protection over your most delicate parts, ie the
knees, the chest and the groin. PuWa sez buy Snøtek when ya go olling=
those
half-loops or rocking those rocks!
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Snotek Clothing Full suit
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Conceal 0/10*
Ballistic 2
Impact 4
Weight 5
Availability 4/12hrs
Cost 1000 Y
Street index 1.4444 :)
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Notes: Conceilability is 0 because it has SNOTEK written all around in
bright fluo orange. If the colors are changed (costs 500 Y), or if trying to
notice the armor when not knowing it's there, conc goes up to 10.
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>>>>>[Sounds useful in case one of us Shadow types had to go over to Alaska
or someplace cold in winter on foot.. even the armor potential is almost
serious, if only they did it in colors a little more sober. Just pay
something more, though, and recolor it. It's wonderful!]<<<<<
- Snow Shaman (23:12:23/13-06-57)
>>>>>[Olling those half loops? Rocking those rocks? How do these freaks
speak?]<<<<<
- Nimrod (23:51:23/13-06-57)
>>>>>[Olling the half loops is Sno'boarder for jumping in those
half-tunnels
in the snow. Quite usual... On the other hand, Rocking rocks is putting on
an old pair of skis or a ruined 'board and skiing down stone fields.
Dangerous but great fun. That's why the impact armor is there in snotek
clothing!]<<<<<
- TriBeSmAn (00:32:23/14-06-57)
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Gazongas ExtAmps
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But then on, the mastoid amplifier tech goes krazy with the new Ext-Amps
from Gazongas. ExtAmps are the standard mastoid speakers with a kick. Ya
turn 'em on, tune 'em, and they are LOUD! No longer frustrating antisocial
behavor coz your friends cannot hear the music you are snowboarding to.
Gazongas now provides with a heckuva fun for a minimal price and almost no
invasive surgery! Also good fer all you mage-types with dancing centering
skills tired of the ole walkman, neh?
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Gazongas ExtAmps
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Essence .1
Availabiltiy 4/48hrs
Cost 570 Y
Street Index 1
Note: Gazongas ExtAmps play as loud as any ghetto-blaster and can be
connected to any chip player or musical instrument via an OMNI interface
(200 Y). The ExtAmps are placed at the base of the skull, and are VERY
noticeable, especially when turned on.
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>>>>>[Useless if you ask me. Maybe for rich buskers in subways... But then
again, some serius fraghead might even be interested in going to battle with
"the walkirie's ride" blaring from his neck... You never
know.]<<<<<
- FreeStyle! (23:15:23/13-06-57)
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Low temperature oil
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And while some serious freeks have started skeeting while on skis, one thing
has been discovered. Goofy or regular, you simply cannot shoot while on a
sno'board. But this is not the only problem. The higher you go, the more it
is probable that your weapons will suffer from cold and oil freezing,
lessening your performance. Treating your weapons with dikote is a good
enough option, but if you cannot afford it, remmber to use low
temperature-oil when you go places high and cold!
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Low temperature oil
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Cost: 25 Y per application.
Note: application lasts for 2 full days when the weapon is kept dry. If
ceramic-part, plastic-part weapons or weapons with any ammo that is not
"regular" risk being damaged when exposed to temperatures of less than -40=
°
Celsius. Roll once per day using as a guideline the Availability of the
weapon (No Complexity rating is present), against a target number of
(Temerature)/10. If no successes are rolled, the weapon might misfire...
GM's discretion.
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>>>>>[DON'T forget this!!! Especially precision weapons suffer. You see,
they're made of different materials, so when the metal or plastic or
ceramite contract, they do so at different rates, leaving tiny dangerous
gaps in the mechanism... Sniper rifles suffer the most, then fully automatic
long-barrelled weapons, since when you go to full barrel the chamber heats
up the bullet which travels down a barrel which could be narrower than
itself... BOOM! I advise you to be very careful with modern multi-material
weapons when under -40° celsius!]<<<<<
- Cold Merc (21:34:23/13-06-57)
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MICRO PARASAILS
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Not inclined for mountain autofire? Maybe you would prefer the new Micro
Parasails... Not enough for a full flight, yet, not all parasails can be
kept in a smallish backpack and open at your command to lift you up to 20
metres when given a minimum of starting speed! Just slide down that steep
slope, without too much weight, pull that cord, and up you go!!! Just watch
out, the thing's not so stable... Be a good flier, or down you come!
Adrenalizing, isn't it?
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MICRO PARASAILS
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Handling: 6
Speed: 3/6
B/A: NA
Sig: 18
Apilot: Kidding, are we?
Cost: 1750 Y
Seating: One with Body less than 6
Economy: They glide with a ration of 6 metres horiz = -1 vertical =
Cargo: No more than 10 Kgs...
Sensors: Still kidding?
Takeoff: *SNAP!*
Landing: Crash
Access: THEY access YOU!
Fuel: MPs climb upwards a number of metres equal to (horizontal
speed)/5. SO, when going 50 Kph, you would climb 10 metres,
(and then go to a max of 60 metres far). No starting speed
above 150 Kph is advisable...
Accessories: MPs come in a backpack that weighs 15 Kgs.
Notes: Enforce control tests whenever taking off, landing,
encountering small gusts of wind, trying to shoot (?), picking your nose,
and generally almost AT ANY TIME!
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>>>>>[ Adrenalizing it is. Those suckers handle like bricks, and you need
more than a decent speed to get up... And then, f course, you get down very
fast! Still, once we used them to glide on top of a low corp building
starting from the roof of a friend's truck speeding down at 150Kph down the
Highway. The stunt was necessary coz the corp immediately went investigating
upon anyone that stopped on that hiway, and it was impossible to arrive from
different directions, too many movement sensors... Of course, we had to
leave our Troll friend home, and the Ork's run ended very shortly as he
crashed into a Westwind's windshield... Gee... Not useless, but you
would live better without them!]<<<<<
- Rigger happy (20:01:11/13-06-57)
END OF PART LIKE TOTALLY AWESOME ONE!
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SEE YA FOLKS! Your amazingly, PuWa!
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Again, feedback would be appreciated about this 20-minute exercise in
uselessness :) I copyright all I write even if I don't believe anybody can
be interested in PuWa's guide... :)
Paolo Falco
Ironbound Section (Near Avenue L)
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