![]() |
![]() |
![]() ![]()
Post
#1
|
|
Target ![]() Group: Members Posts: 34 Joined: 3-May 06 Member No.: 8,522 ![]() |
Browsing through Augmentation I started to wonder: would it be possible to rig my own body?
I could get funky rigger bonuses for controlling my "drone-body" in hot-sim. I could go hacking/rigging remotely while a Pilot/Agent moves me around as needed. The rules for 'Borgs describe them as essentially a rigged humanoid drone. But that's too problematic. A full-cybered body is damn expansive. Counting the need of 2 arms, 2 legs and 1 torso to be able to rig-drive my body... ...at standard-grade I'll have money to buy the rigger stuff, but not enough Essence left. ...at Alpha-grade I'll have the Essence, but not the money. So I was thinking: why not going Bio-Drone? It only costs 25k (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) and 0.5 Essence for a nice CAST to be implanted into my body! Too bad for the availability of 25 that prevents me from doing it at Char-Gen (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleepy.gif) I suppose I'll have to stick to the old turbo-wheelchair (IMG:style_emoticons/default/spin.gif) Anyway...is any of my ideas viable? Or maybe I overlooked some fundamental detail that won't let them work even if, in actual play, I get money and opportunity? Or is there some other way to work around (with vanilla canon rules) this limits? Maybe some different oprion or way to rig? ... I also have a question about Agents and Pilots. Are they interchangable? A Pilot is really a specialized agent that controls a kind of device. An Agent is a "piloted" software that can perform 'trix actions. So, can a Pilot be instructed to do 'trix stuff? Can an Agent be instructed to "jump in" into a device? And if not in this way...can an Agent command-control a Pilot's device, just like any hacker could do? ... [EDIT] A friend pointed out some calculation errors ( (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) ) and it turns out that a full-cyber body (no skull) is possible at Alphaware, burning 180k (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) and 4.8 Essence. I counted in: - 2 arms - 2 legs - 1 torso - 1 Control Rig I suppose there's no need to apply a vehicle Rigger Adaptation to the 'wared body, right? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
|
|
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 29th July 2025 - 01:19 PM |
Topps, Inc has sole ownership of the names, logo, artwork, marks, photographs, sounds, audio, video and/or any proprietary material used in connection with the game Shadowrun. Topps, Inc has granted permission to the Dumpshock Forums to use such names, logos, artwork, marks and/or any proprietary materials for promotional and informational purposes on its website but does not endorse, and is not affiliated with the Dumpshock Forums in any official capacity whatsoever.