| From: | TopCat <topcat@******.net> |
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| Subject: | Re: Spending money |
| Date: | Thu, 16 May 1996 00:22:32 -0500 |
>> 6) armor
>You're right about these, but this stuff doesn't cost all that much. Not
>if you've got, say, 150K around.
150,000 will buy you a suit of medium military armor and a helmet. Dikoting
soft armors also sucks up a lot of cash and helps more than you might think.
A Fuchi RealSense Kosmos XXV costs 750,000 (the equivalent to one hellacious
home AV system in 2057). With all the toys that could run WAY up there.
Then there's security measures and countermeasures, surveillance toys, and
all that other fun stuff. Your credstick's the limit when you're after
those goodies. I include street index in these, so before people get
uppity, do the math.
>> 7) initiatory groups
>> 8) family
>> 9) retirement
>> 10) investments
>> 11) fake id's
>> 12) bribes
>> 13) information
>> 14) bodyguards
>
>All the above are things you can spend cash on, but again, not all that
>much. Except maybe bodyguards and fake ID, we never bothered with the
>former. If your family thinks you're a private investigator, would you
>send them a few thousand bucks every other month?
One of the detectives in the ongoing camapign gives his sister and her kid
like 75% of his income. I toss a couple extra karma his way now and then to
represent that warm fuzzy feeling.
Initiatory groups can cost tons. Retirement can cost even more tons
(permanent high lifestyle = 1,000,000 nuyen). Bribes can be really nasty on
teh credstick depending on who the bribe-ee is. Information is the most
valuable commodity of all in 2057, if piles of money can't be spent there,
then I don't know where else they could be.
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