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From: Robert Watkins robert.watkins@******.com
Subject: Headware Memory
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 09:48:57 +1000
D. Ghost write:
> In the interest of not screwing over decker-types and adding a hint of
> consistancy to the above, I present this revision of Headware memory for
> SR3:
> Essence Cost: .1 per 100 Mp or fraction thereof.
> Cost: Mp times 150 nuyen
> Availability: Always (ever hear of a computer store that didn't have
> memory SIMMs and/or hard drives in stock?)
> Street Index: .8
> Legality: Legal

Nope, that's not consistent. If all the hardware you're implanting is is a
chip, then the Essence cost should be fixed. Only if the hardware includes
the infrastructure required to read it would there be an increasing Essence
cost. Even then, I'm having difficulty figuring out why it would need to
increase (the only scenario which comes to mind is that SR uses holographic
storage, and you increase the storage potential of the chip by adding lasers
at different angles)


And in true SR terms, you should have staggered levels of cost, not just a
simple linear expansion.

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.sig deleted to conserve electrons. robert.watkins@******.com

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