From:	Nexx nexx@********.net
Subject:	Vehicle Spirits? (was Nature Spirits)
Date:	Fri, 13 Oct 2000 13:54:36 -0500

----- Original Message -----
From: "Darryl Baker" <dpb@**.com>

> If I was to allow vehicle spirits I would limit the force to a calculation
based on the level of hand crafting, the age, the quality of upkeep, and of
course the emotions evoked by the driver. A late model, mass produced,
heavily automated (rigged), machine would have no spirit. While a museum
quality 95 year old Pantera DeTomaso would have a powerful quick to react
difficult to control spirit. On the other side would be the 40 year old one
owner car owned by a little old lady. A calm easily controlled, but easily
confused and not very worldly wise spirit.
>

I disagree. I think rigging a vehicle makes it more likely to develop its
own spirit, as the pilot is likely to have much more invested, emotionally,
in the vehicle than someone who just drives a truck. This, in turn, would
increase the likelihood and power of any spirit attached to the object.

For example, we can take the Behemoth (my truck). Now, I don't personally
do the work on him, but the Behemoth is kept well-maintained and I've bonded
heavily with him (trips that have you talking to no one but your vehicle and
the people behind the counter for 3-6 days will do that). If he and I were
to suddenly be in the world of Shadowrun, I think that a magician could see
the connection between the Behemoth and I. Now think about a rigger, who
likely does all his own repair work and even goes so far as to link his mind
to the vehicle. That vehicle, even if it was a late-model mass produced
vehicle, is going to be so closely linked to him that it would be more
likely to develop its own pattern, based on what he sees in it.

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