| From: | Airwasp <Airwasp@***.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: Surgeons as Riggers? |
| Date: | Tue, 5 May 1998 08:00:46 EDT |
geoff.skellams@*********.COM.AU writes:
> This brought me back to an idea I had the other day on the bus
> on the way to work. In 205X, could some surgeons be very specialised
> forms of riggers? Given that at the moment, there is a lot of surgery
> being done with laproscopes (I had my gall bladder out by laproscope in
> '93) and the story relayed above, could a surgeon benefit from a VCR
> which is hooked to the miniature tools used in surgery?
I do not see why not ... this would add additional control to the surgeon
performing either standard surgery for wounds or cyber/bioware implantation.
Perhaps you could lower the target number for the surgery by an amount equal
to the VCR (considering the surgery something along the lines of vehicular
combat).
This same modifier, using the VCR, would also benefit the person being
performed upon in the case of implant work, as the lower target number means
potentially more success, which can lead to less essence loss.
Mike
P.S. Could you imagine an entire run by a group of riggers from two different
sides, one trying to kill the patient and the other trying to stop the other
riggers from killing the patient.
Personally, I see this as being a Winternight favorite for getting rid of some
of their enemies, wait until they need some form of surgery and then sic a
rigger on the surgical nanites and kill the patient that way.
> just another thought for a wet afternoon in Canberra
