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[Edward]

Skill wires and wireless matrix
Give me a pilot program


Last night being quite bored at work I ran a rather silty matrix/SR crossover threw my head. It occurred to me that in SR4 using matrix to the on demand downloading of skill softs was well within the grasp of the technology. Even more so than it is in SR3.

A provider of this servus would on receiving a matrix transfer and order for a skill soft immediately send the skill soft to your COM link headwear then to be stored in your headwear memory, given listed data transfer speeds and program sizes in SR3 it would take a matter of minutes to access a high rating skill soft.

Provider’s would be able to ether sell skill softs over the matrix or provide access to skill softs up to a maximum rating (or program size if there are still to be programming options) for a monthly fee. These skill softs would be protected from piracy in a similar way to OCCs you can copy it into your headwear (when you get it) but any future copies would be useless forcing a user to think carefully about witch are available to him at any given time.

What I would like to see in eth SR4 rules (BBB or M&M) is defiant rules for this type of system. The technology will support it and it is a real way for a business to make money but without access times, prises and probability of finding an esoteric skill (specific martial art, knowledge skills and similar) on a server there will be arguments about what you can get and what it should cost.

Edward