From:	Wordman wordman@*******.com
Subject:	SR Future Products and Such
Date:	Wed, 11 Aug 1999 18:31:19 -0400

Tamino wrote:
> At 10:05 11/08/99 -0400, wordman wrote:
> >> Also in the new book will be Nanites.
> >
> >Let's hope this is actually written intelligently. I know it won't be,
> >though. Nanites becoming feasible will have _major_ world-shaking
> >consequences for the planet and its inhabitants. Nanites change
> >_everything_. Warfare is never the same. Medicine is never the same. With
> >the ability to edit anything at a molecular level, the will become very
> >different, very quickly. I've written to DLOH about this, but I'm almost
> >positive that FASA's take on nanites will be "oh yeah, there's also some
> >nanites".
>
> I cannot disagree with your more strongly, I think you'll find the
> new rules and writeups for nanites to be ok...don't judge all nanite
> tech by RA:S...

The point I was trying to get across is that the introduction of nanites
into a game should be a _major_ event in that game world. Nanite rules might
just take up a couple pages, but the social fallout of nanites should fill a
sourcebook.

Wordman