From:	Alfredo B Alves dghost@****.com
Subject:	Some matrix queries
Date:	Tue, 24 Oct 2000 22:13:23 -0500

On Tue, 24 Oct 2000 18:15:07 GMT "Phil Smith"
<phil_urbanhell@*******.com> writes:
> I've never actually played a decker but - having GMed for one - I
> thought I
> was pretty sure of the rules, until today, I came across the
> following
> problems that I would really like help with.
>
> 1) When designing a frame, is the memory size of the programmes it
> packs
> included in its memory size? eg. my rating 8 smart frame takes up
> 384MP
> (what with having a multiplier of 6). It includes an Armor 3
> programme,
> Medic 3 and Attack-S 5 which take up 27MP, 36MP and 100MP
> respectively. Is
> the size of the programme 384MP or 547MP?

No, the total size of the frame is the size of the frame core plus the
loaded utilities. In the above example, the size 384 MP + 27 MP + 36 MP +
100 MP, or 547 MP.

> and
> 2) The price of programmes is listed in SR3 as being Size x (cost
> based on
> rating), does this refer to memory size? Because if it does in
> rating 7-9
> programmes you are paying 500¥ per MP!

I would say as of Matrix, it's Design Size. Yes, that would mean the
really spiffy programs cost a bundle... 121,500¥ is cheap for an Armor 9
program, IMO.

--
D. Ghost
Profanity is the one language all programmers know best
- Troutman's 6th programming postulate.
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