From:	Fast Pass fastpass@********.com.ph
Subject:	A Little Problem
Date:	Wed, 3 Feb 1999 00:48:51 +0800

I seem to have misstated the problem, I actually
wanted to know when specific items should be
introduced into the campaign. For example, A
prototype hydraulic jack can be encounted by the
players in MM/DD/20XX and is available (at a very
high price) by MM/DD/20XX. It then becomes common
by MM/DD/20XX etc. etc.

I'd rather not let the PCs buy stuff of the rack
or even from street docs just like that.
Cyberware is something to treasure. Gurth's page
is beautiful, but it doesn't identify exactly when
each piece of gear becomes available. I don't
want to have to go through each item and date it
(I will if I have to, but I'd rather start from a
base created by somebody else.)

Also, please anyone tell me if they have created a
difference in cybertechnology for different
companies. What I had in mind goes something like
this,

Cybereyes from Company A (say Fuchi) costs 5000
nuyen and is just like a standard cybereye.

Cybereyes from Company B (say Aztechnology) costs
3500 nuyen but has a chance (1 in 6) of failing.

Cybereyes from Company C (say Ares) costs 10000
nuyen but already has Flare Compensation, I/R and
Thermographic built in.

Cybereyes from Company D (say Mitsuhama) costs
8500 nuyen and is just like a standard cybereye,
but looks like real eyes.

This is interesting, because players can then say
... "Using my Ares Cybereyes tuned to the Infrared
wavelength to detect heat patterns in the room"
rather than saying, "Going to I/R mode and
looking." Also, I think this would make people
look at their "prey" ergo salvage with a slight
difference. Standard no name generic cybereyes
all cost 5000 nuyen, but if eyes manufactured by a
specific company is better, then it could have
serial numbers or something to detect "theft" or
salvage.

I'm not so sure about this, what do you all think?

Fastpass