From:	dbuehrer@****.org (David Buehrer)
Subject:	Re: Re[2]: Security Tally
Date:	Fri, 27 Sep 1996 19:20:47 -0600 (MDT)

The Digital Mage wrote:
|
|On Thu, 26 Sep 1996, David Buehrer wrote:
|
|> Also, in VR2.0 under security tally the first sentance says
|> that the tally does not carry over. Then in the following
|> example the tally does carry over. So I can see where
|> confusion could occur on that point. I'm not an easy GM so
|> I'm going with the rules as stated in the example and carry
|> the tally over to any host within the same RTG.
|>
|Well, they way I remember it was that any Tally in an LTG would carry over
|to any LTG in teh same RTG and teh RTG itself as this is all public domain
|and the phone company control it all. Private hosts don't care what
|happened in the LTG as thats someone elses turf, besides they probably
|couldn't get teh sec tally info anyway. However connected hosts owned by
|teh same private comapny CAN have teh tally follow on if they wish which
|makes theose kind very deadly.

I can't believe I'm going to do this but...

VR2.0, pg 19, "The gamemaster tallies all the successess a
host/grid achieves while opposing a decker in System Tests.
This tally runs as long as the decker is logged on to that
particular host/grid."

pg 29, "For example, if a decker logs on to UCAS-SEA-2206
and incurs a tally of 2, then logs on to the UCAS-SEA RTG
central system and picks up another point to his tally,
then finally accesses UCAS-SEA-4206 and picks up another 2
points, his Security Tally stands at 5 and stays at 5 for
as long as he is logged on to the UCAS-SEA grids. However,
the tally does not follow the decker if he logs on to
another RTG."

pg 29, "Because PLTGs maintain very active security
routines, a security tally built up under a given RTG does
remain in force if the decker logs on to a PLTG from the
RTG." (Which I interpret as also refering to logging on to
a PLTG from an LTG within the RTG.)

DM, this is not meant as a slam. I just wanted to clear
this one up with you and Ferri.

As long as your on an RTG you keep adding to your security
tally. When you enter a PLTG your tally goes with you.
And, your tally stays with you as you travel from host to
host while on that PLTG.

The only times that I see a security tally dropping is when
it goes away all together when you switch RTGs, and maybe
you lose any additions you've incurred while on a PLTG when
switching from the PLTG to the LTG (or RTG).

-David

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