| From: | Gurth gurth@******.nl |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Present day tech on guns |
| Date: | Mon, 5 Jul 1999 11:49:33 +0200 |
the street was...
> > You mean one of "our own" Steve Kenson's early efforts in Ka*Ge issue
9,
> > page 35? :)
>
> hmm, I guess I should read some of the names, sometimes? :-)
The thing about Ka*Ge is that this information is hidden in the table of
contents instead of being displayed with the article, so it's easy to
miss.
> > Still, it has the same drawback as IBS, from a game point of view: it's
> > ratingless. That means it won't be possible (without some house rules) to
> > allow characters to try and bypass the system as they could with a
> > maglock.
> I doubt a system like this could be by-passed manually, truthfuy. Perhaps a
> rating for a software program-style attack, like the rigger decryption
> system,but for smart-links?
Or by using one of the rubber glove type things -- SR3 page 235 tells us
how to defeat print scanners, but these rules can't apply to the weapon
locks simpy because for those rules to work, the print scanner has to have
a rating...
> The reason I doubt for manual jury-rigging= the size of the item, as well
> as teh integral nature (with the gun) of the electronics.
That's true, but I would give a penalty to the TN for characters who want
to electronically override the system, rather than forbid it.
> It would be like trying to set a digital watches time by opening up the
> back and getting out your pliers :-)
Easy enough, really. The buttons on a digital watch usually operate small
switches inside the watch. Press those switches with your pliers, and you
can set the time :)
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