From:	walker of shadows <wkr_shadows@*******.COM>
Subject:	Re: Weird Campaigns -Reply
Date:	Tue, 19 May 1998 10:57:11 PDT

>> From: Mike Elkins <MikeE@*********.COM> Tuesday, May 19, 1998 9:25 AM
>>
>> Wafflemeisters wrote:
>> > Alert status can be worked around; the alert is sounded
>> > universally, but security tallies for each decker are SEPERATE
>> > (otherwise, IC would jump EVERYBODY, even legit users).
>>
>> No, legit users have valid passcodes and attempt "suspicious" actions
>> infrequently. Tallies are global, which is why the first few entries
on
>a
>> security sheath are things like probe or white ice--otherwise the
first
>> dweeb who forgets his passcode and asks for the wrong file gets
>> phychotropically altered.
>>
>But what happens when there is a decker in the system who has upped the
>tally to a dangerous level (say one or two points short of black ICE),
>and the VP of Engineering tries to log on, and types his password
wrong?
>
>I know it is unlikely, but it only has to happen once before the
security
>system is changed corp-wide.
>
>MCP
>

That would allow an interesting twist on a decking run, and would serve
as a great campaign twist. Of course, the GM has the say to do that
just as the character is starting the download of the crucial file...

Walker Of Shadows


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