| From: | The Jestyr <s421539@*******.gu.edu.au> |
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| Subject: | Bike Rigging |
| Date: | Mon, 23 Sep 1996 13:00:39 +1000 (EST) |
> > Dead Air. It's my first published novel, though the second I've written for
<snip>
> cool. I liked, (as someone lese has said) the fact that it covered some
> of the more technical aspects. Bravo to you for a good effort.
>
> My one gripe (not serious) is that I had always played that rigging a bike
> took up both of the riggers hands as he was only, at best, semi-concious.
> Now I'll have to face my player's rigger's running around shooting from
> the back of their bikes.
Hmmmm... well, I don't know if it's a major concern, but I'd have thought
that a jacked rigger is not semi-conscious to the real world (like, say, a
decker in the Matrix or a mage in Astral). Instead, they have to be
HYPER-conscious, because they have to use their brains to steer a vehicle,
based on their own senses. (Excluding drones.)
I mean, a bike doesn't have a sensor package, right?
And a rigger doesn't just miraculously know where to steer, in some
semi-mystical fashion, right?
So they must be relying on their own senses to do this, right?
In which case, I can't see problems from semi-consciousness with firing,
since all their senses HAVE to be very alert.
Mind you, they might have penalties to one action or the other, depending
on what they're concentrating on - eg if they're concentrating on driving
give them a +4 to the Firearms test, if they're concentrating on firing,
make them do a handling test at +4. Or, maybe, if you're very nice, let
them spread their concentration, with a +2 to each.
Lady Jestyr
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