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From: Stuart M. Willis hbiki@****.geocities.com
Subject: Androids
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 20:41:29 +1100
>If it were an AI, not an SK, then it'd die. VR2.0 hints that AIs require
>massive amounts of computing power. Fit that much in anything less than a
>large room? I think not... As it is, they are supposed to run off several
>servers at once, at least - more if it's trying to hide it's processor
>usage. If it's an SK, then it's an SK in a robotic shell, not an android.
>Androids are supposed to be fully intelligent, learning from and reacting to
>all aspects of their environment. SKs don't.


Quantum Processing - afaik doesn't require that much room (in theory).
Anyway, I've been working on rules for 'Androids', and I'll post them up
when I've finished them.

And no, you can't play them as PCs... it'd be no fun.

:-)

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