| From: | Alfredo B Alves <dghost@****.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Riderless Blitzen |
| Date: | Sat, 2 May 1998 19:28:06 -0500 |
writes:
>Question for the list:
>I have a player who wants to get a bike rigger controled, and use a
remote
>control deck to control it. His thinking is that he can "call for his
bike"
>and use the remote control deck to pilot it to where ever he is. I as
the
>GM am having serious problems grokking a Blitzen winging around by
itself
>and obeying traffic laws. What keeps bikes from tipping over are the
>gyroscopic effects of the wheels. When the bike stops, gyroscopic
effects
>are gone, bike tips over unless rider holds it up (or if the rider is
>unskilled and is trying to stop a big asss Honda Goldwing for the first
>time - but that's RL. Back to shadowrun.)
>
>So I wanted to put this on the list and get some feedback, because it's
>possible that there may be something in the books about this that I
haven't >seen.
>
>The question is: Riderless Blitzen - thumbs up or thumbs down?
I would go with thumbs up. :)
>Something I thought of was from a mechanical point of view, there
>could be a 'cyber-kickstand' Basically, when the bike comes to rest,
>two wheeled braces shoot out from the sides to the road and brace the
>bike. As the bike picks up speed, they retract. Seems reasonable in
>a world with cyberware. But at that point, the bike is begging to
>be stolen. If people actually did this, I'd drive around with a
>big flatbed truck that has a big winch/arm on it, and snag the bikes.
>
>-Rob
Wasn't there an RC motorcycle that had a gyroscope or something in the
middle to keep it balanced?
The cyber kickstand works for me :) To prevent it from being stolen
install Anti-theft systems with Electoshock. <eg> As for how unussual it
would look, you have to remeber in SR, you have people driving their cars
in rigger tanks instead of the front driver's seat (look in the RBB in
the shadowtalk about the Conestoga Trailblazer Prime Mover) or even if
they are in the driver seat, they may be zoned out rigged into the system
or not paying attention letting autonav do the driving (not advisable but
prolly okay in most circumstances with high autonav ratings). I would
say it'd be disturbing but not all that shocking ...
But this gives me a few ideas ...
What's the CF / cost for a full rigger tank? I think the "rigger
adaptation" in R2 just represents the computer systems needed to
interface with a VCR.
Second, what effect does the semi-AI nature of RPAP have on anti-theft
systems?
D.Ghost
(aka Pixel, Tantrum)
"The secret of the universe is ^^^&*NO CARRIER"
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