| From: | Mongoose m0ng005e@*********.com |
|---|---|
| Subject: | skillsoft chips |
| Date: | Tue, 23 Feb 1999 13:29:30 -0600 |
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Wheelock <iscottw@*****.nb.ca>
To: shadowrn@*********.org <shadowrn@*********.org>
Date: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 6:28 AM
Subject: Re: skillsoft chips
:"And now, a Channel 6 editorial reply to Keldon Mor."
:]While everyone is talking about Skillsofts, I have a question about
:]Skillwires. It's probably been discussed and decided upon but if I may
:]indulge...
:]
:]1. I have Skillwires plus (lvl 3) and a Softlink (lvl 4). Can I use a
Active
:]Skillsoft Rating 6 or a rating 4 & 2? Or does can the Skillwires only
handle
:]up to a total of 6 rating points with a max of 3 for each chip?
:
: Checking out Shadowtech, p.47, I've come to no conclusions.
:It says that "The total ratings of all the skillsofts in use at any
:one time may not exceed the Total Ratings capability of the
:system." Well, that's fine, we all knew that. You can't have
:more than 6 total ratings in a level 3 skillwire system.
: But it just doesn't say anything about the max rating of one
:soft. I'd love to think that it could be six, and that's how I
:play(ed before 3rd Ed. came along, where there's only one
:type of skillwires so far).
:
We also played that you indead, could run up to a total rating of
twice the Skillwire plus rating, even if individual activesofts exceeded
the Skillwire Plus rating.
:]2. What exactly do I use the SSLD for? If I switch skills, is the the
time I
:]have to wait to use it? If I swap a chip with a skill I'm not using,
does it
:]affect any of the skill I'm using?
:
: Avoid the thing like the plague. Who wants to sit there
:and figure that crap out? If you feel badly about it, buy
:an SPU/IO, and say that it takes care of it. Or say that it
:takes a certain amount of time to upload the soft you're
:switching to (ie one phase, one turn, etc).
: Or go ahead and use it...yes, by the book, it determines
:how quickly skillsofts in a softlink are accessed.
It seems that SR3 makes the acsessing of skillsofts just another "use
cyber" type free action, and ignores load delay. Good riddance, I say.
:]3. Does the Active skill actually transfer to the Skillwires or does the
:]chip have to remain plugged into the Softlink? In other words, can I
:]download 2 skills to the Skillwires, unplug them, and then plug in 4
more
:]skills to the Softlink incase I may need them later?
:
: Gotta have headware memory, chummer. Or, in SR3,
:it lists the skillwires as having memory (it's part of
:what determines the cost). So, perhaps in 3rd Ed., the
:wires come with the necessary memory to put in the
:chip, load it on up, and forget about it.
You are correct- the Skillwires need the code suplied to them by an
outside source (headware memory or a jacked in 'soft), and can not "store"
the Skillsoft. This is true in SR3 as well- the "skillwire memory" is
better considered "skillwire space" and only affects how big a Skillsoft
the Skillwires can process.
[Skillwire "memory" does not in itself cost any essence, so allowing it as
storage for Activesofts would mean those, unlike any other type of data,
could be stored without costing the user essence.]
: These are all opinions, so take the safety off your salt
:shaker.
:
:Scott
:
:
Mongoose
