From:	Twist0059@***.com Twist0059@***.com
Subject:	SOTA
Date:	Tue, 13 Jul 1999 15:05:38 EDT

In a message dated 7/13/99 11:03:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
renouf@********.com writes:

> Actually, it's not that people are getting faster, it's that your
> wires are degrading. That's right, cyberware isn't a "you buy it, you
> have it, and it works perfectly forever" kind of thing. It requires
> routine maintenance, parts, and service. If this routine maintenance is
> not kept up with, the system degrades, and not only doesn't keep up with
> newer systems, but actually loses a little ground. Think of it as Stress
> Points for your wired reflexes.


That would actually be a better way of thinking of it than the SRComp puts
forth. Yet they are SOTA rules, supposedly representing the march of
technology not the breakdown of current systems (even cyberdeck programs in
SR don't degrade, they are just outmatched and their effective rating drops).
So while your above explanation is the only thing that makes sense for
Reaction SOTA, the SRComp system doesn't use it.

Ohhh, wouldn't that be cool for Man & Machine? Rules for cyberware slowly
failing in the body. (Maybe Chase from Night's Pawn would be usable as a
player character then.)




-Twist