| From: | Snake Eyes snake.eyes@********.att.net |
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| Subject: | Rigger 2 - Human Signature |
| Date: | Mon, 19 Jul 1999 23:00:48 -0700 |
>:On a similar note, I've been advised by a couple of guys (who are in a
>:position to know) that the infrared rangefinder on a US M1A1 "Abrams" Main
>:Battle tank is sensitive enough to determine the state of arousal or
>:present phase in the menstrual cycle of a human female target at a fair
>:distance.
>:
>:I wonder what kind of SR equipment rating *that* translates to.
>
> Probably 3 or 4. I'm not saying the Abrams doesn't have better (god
>knows for the cost, size, and mass of it sensors, it could), but rating 2
>includes magnification and thermo (iirc). That alone should be sufficient
>for the job, if you roll those 2 dice well. This sort of thing would also
>be quite noticeable to perceptive (meta)humans with thermovision (natural,
>cyber, or adept). Note that certain bioware implants might lead you to make
>the wrong impression on some people...
DOH! And for some reason, in the almost ten years that I've been playing
and running SR, it never even occurred to me that the exact same effect
could be achieved with (meta)human thermal vision or cybereyes. It just
never came up.
I guess you can lead a horse to water ...
~ Snake Eyes
