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Dumpshock Forums _ Shadowrun _ Implanted commlinks: Location and accessories?

Posted by: Hagga Nov 1 2009, 01:00 AM

Something that came up in our last session - can you implant 'links with accessories, such as a simrig? Or is that something that has to go in separately for the extra essence? And where's it located? (So when a technomancer blows it up, we know which part of the body catches fire.)

Posted by: Chrysalis Nov 1 2009, 01:05 AM

usually a commlink is located in the head, but for all I know it lies on the outer part of the skull. I didn't know commlinks were explosive. What causes the explosion?

Posted by: Tymeaus Jalynsfein Nov 1 2009, 01:09 AM

QUOTE (Chrysalis @ Oct 31 2009, 07:05 PM)

usually a commlink is located in the head, but for all I know it lies on the outer part of the skull. I didn't know commlinks were explosive. What causes the explosion?

He was being Metaphorical I think... as Comlinks do not explode...

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Posted by: Hagga Nov 1 2009, 03:31 AM

Technomancer Echo, "Sparky".

Posted by: Traul Nov 1 2009, 03:45 AM

As any headware with Capacity, you can also have it stored in a cyberlimb.

Posted by: kanislatrans Nov 1 2009, 04:00 AM

darn, and here I wanted one implanted somewhere else so I could tell the cute elvish razorgrrl that she had " A call from Mr. Johnson"

Posted by: KCKitsune Nov 1 2009, 05:02 AM

QUOTE (kanislatrans @ Oct 31 2009, 11:00 PM)

darn, and here I wanted one implanted somewhere else so I could tell the cute elvish razorgrrl that she had " A call from Mr. Johnson"

:rimshot:

That was bad kanislatrans... just awful.

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Posted by: Ed_209a Nov 1 2009, 12:32 PM

QUOTE (Chrysalis @ Oct 31 2009, 09:05 PM)

usually a commlink is located in the head

The neural interface would be in the head of course, and any external interfaces might be on your head for convenience. I know of no logical reason why a commlink would have to be implanted in the head, rather than in a much less critical area, and then connected by a short length of fiber. Brain tissue is so slow that we could not notice the difference between a few cm of fiber (.5 nanosecond round trip) and a meter of fiber(6.6 nanoseconds round trip).

Posted by: Tymeaus Jalynsfein Nov 1 2009, 05:25 PM

QUOTE (Hagga @ Oct 31 2009, 08:31 PM)

Technomancer Echo, "Sparky".

Please note that your description of exploding and burning is a very edge case, applicable only when the GM says so... so obviously it is not the norm... The norm is that it (the device) sufferes degradation to its response rating (if it actually loses the opposed test that is, and a Technomancers Response vs. Willpower is generally less than a Professional Shadowrunners System + Firewall (as an example. the comlink that I use for my Hacker would give me 15 Dice, which I know is also an edge case, teh average would be 11-12))... once the node reaches a rating of Response 0, then the node crashes, and reboots...

Also, I don't know about you, but I always apply Hardening to my Internal Comlink (Hell, to all my electronics actually) to avoid just such a circumstance...

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