How many cybereyes in a starting character?, Because we were bored Options Track this topic Email this topic Print this topic Download this topic Subscribe to this forum Display Modes Outline Switch to: Standard Switch to: Linear+

[hahnsoo]

One of my players this past month was getting independent cybereyes installed in his gun-hand (so that he can shoot around corners without exposing himself, or simply look around). Somehow, this lead to a discussion of how many independent cybereyes you can fit in a character. The quick answer was:

Each independent pair costs 0.5 essence. If it is alpha grade, then it is 0.4 essence per pair, so you would end up with 14 pairs and a single cybereye, or a total of 31 eyes (including the 2 natural eyes).

This lead to some chuckles in the group. Then I mentioned that independent cybereyes in a cyberlimb cost only 0.2 essence. Potentially, you could end up saving essence if you installed them all in the cyberlimb.

So imagine you had a pair of alpha grade cyberlegs. Each contains 18 ECU, and can take up to 9 pairs of cybereyes. So that would be:

1.6 essence for the alpha grade cyberlegs (at the cost of 300k :nuyen: )
2.88 essence for 18 pairs of alpha grade independent cyberleg eyes (at the cost of 540k :nuyen: )
1.2 essence for 3 pairs of alpha grade independent cybereyes (at the cost of 90k :nuyen: )
0.3 essence for a single cybereye (at the cost of 10k :nuyen: ).
for a total of 45 eyes (including the 2 natural eyes) at the total cost of 940k :nuyen:

Note that you would get similar results with:

2.0 essence for cyberlegs (at the cost of 150k :nuyen: )
3.2 essence for 20 pairs of alpha grade independent cyberleg eyes (at the cost of 600k :nuyen: )
0.4 essence for 1 pair of alpha grade independent cybereyes (at the cost of 30k :nuyen: )
0.3 essence for a single cybereye (at the cost of 10k :nuyen: ).
for a total of 45 eyes (including the 2 natural eyes) at the total cost of 790k :nuyen: Much cheaper!

There's nothing in the rules that prevent people from doing this at character creation (because it is under the million nuyen resource maximum), other than the sheer stupidity of it all. *grin*