Burner CommLinks..., From the "Less Shadows" thread Options

[CanRay]

Had to explain want a "Burner" is to someone (I watch a lot of "Law and Order" and "CSI", so I get the basic concept behind the idea.), and came up with this. It's a bit too adult for dA, where I usually post my writing, so figured I'd put it up here:

Drug Dealin' Dickie, the Barrens Brat, decides it's time to go upscale with his NovaCoke business, and wants to sell to the Corporate Stooges at the Mall. But he was born SINless, which is why he's a Drug Dealer in the first place. Gotta feed the fablies somehow.

So, he talks to our good friend, Felix the Fixer, and buys a Fake SIN, then heads over to a Stuffer Shack, and buys the cheapest CommLink he can get.
Fake SIN: 1000¥.
CommLink with OS: 300¥.
Ability to sell at a Mall: We'll find out how priceless that is now.

With this, he can head to the mall, with his "Real SIN", and not get hasselled by the Mall Cops: "Oh, the ratty threads? Latest style, my man! Paid more just for the realistic lookin' rips!"

Now, NovaCoke normally goes for 10¥ a pop, but that's low-level street price, and Dickie doesn't cut his stuff. He sells quality. Dickie figures that Corpers have money, and can pay twice that. He sells baggies of NovaCoke, holding ten doses, for 200¥ to rich Corpers.

He sells 25 of these on the first day, making 5000¥, for a day's work, and spent 1300¥ in expenses (He got the NovaCoke by beating up a rival ganger. So no cost there). And that's day one.

He still has more NovaCoke at his place. He can do this two, three days more maybe.

Let's say he does this for three days before the Mall Cops *FINALLY* catch on (Remember, they don't pay these guys too well.). That's 15000¥. Drug Dealin' Dickie Syphons off that money into a Mafia-Run bank that doesn't ask questions, but does ask for 15%. So, for 3550¥ he has semi-clean cash he can spend in the Barrens, and for a total expense of 4850¥ he has just made a total profit of 10150¥. Time to hit the Crime Mall, and see what's on "sale".

On the way there Dickie drops the 'Link on a Bum with, maybe, 150¥ on it, just to give Dickie an even number, and to get the bum so wasted he can't remember who gave him the 'Link if the Star comes after the SIN for peddling drugs.

Those are the upsides. Now, for the downsides, I'll let you guys figure out.