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 Sep 21 2006, 07:38 PM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 77 Joined: 5-December 04 Member No.: 6,869  |
So if I have an internal commlink do I need anything to view or hear the data coming off of it? If someone sends me a picture of a monkey picking his nose do I see that, or do I need goggles or cyberwear image link?
What about inputting data? Do you need an external device (gloves, keyboard) or can you just think the commands in? |
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Sep 21 2006, 08:17 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
now i understand why some versions of the rules have internal comlinks listed with sim modules allready in place :P
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Sep 21 2006, 08:18 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,706 Joined: 30-June 06 From: Fort Wayne, IN Member No.: 8,814 |
Simsense takes care of all that...granted, for most of us that is a hard concept to grasp, but if you can be completely immersed in a virtual world (matrix VR, BTLs, etc), then you can also make that same case for hearing voice, seeing images and whatnot with just DNI devices, specifically an internal commlink with sim module. The thing is, that it is likely a lot harder to figure out whether a voice is coming from two feet away or you are listening to your voicemail. People that have this sort of setup could oftentimes seem to be distracted or always asking you to repeat yourself, if they are actively engaged with their comms. Same goes for input...you think what you want to say, the DNI transfers that to your comm and then it goes out like any other communication from a commlink...it could be an email, it could be a phone call...the input device is your brain, which can mimic voice, keyboard or images... |
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Sep 21 2006, 08:27 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 56 Joined: 14-August 06 Member No.: 9,113 |
Why would you even want all of those? If I have AR contacts why would I want a holo projector, more specifically who whould ever want one. It's a huge privacy risk. |
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Sep 21 2006, 08:47 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...Wonderful implant, the Transducer. Several of my SR3 characters had one. My Reporter Lana Lane would use a Micro Transceiver/Transducer patch to do real time relays of Vid and Audio from her eye/headware recording system to the media van parked a ways away. Leela would use hers to set off radio detonators during demolitions jobs - skate past the front (after the charges were set), wave at the guards, blow them a kiss, turn around and skate away down the street. The next thing you know, the building behind them explodes. Night Angel would perform recon while being in direct communication with the rest of the team without blowing her cover (her Transceiver was disguised as a necklace - love SOTA '64). |
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Sep 21 2006, 08:54 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
Yeah, I think all of my characters had one until I had the epiphany of
"If I'm making a character that only needs commo capability while on runs, and he isn't the sneaky type (in other words, isn't going to care whether someone can see his comms gear), then I don't have to waste essence on commo implants." I have no idea when this finally occurred to me, but I remember thinking "that took too long to realize". |
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Sep 21 2006, 08:55 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,241 Joined: 10-August 02 Member No.: 3,083 |
Well, what if you needed to display something for other people? Or scan something? Take a picture? Record some video? Read an RFID Tag or a Credstick? You'll spend even more money buying all of the cyberware to get you the equivalent of what you're getting for free from a regular commliink. |
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Sep 21 2006, 09:34 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
it just hit me that the datajack is described as basicly having a transducer buildt in these days. and isnt a implant comlink described as having a datajack buildt into it?
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Sep 21 2006, 10:45 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,241 Joined: 10-August 02 Member No.: 3,083 |
No, implanted commlinks do not, as far as I know, come with a datajack. |
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Sep 21 2006, 11:36 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
apparently not.
it appears that it basicly says its a implant version of the normal comlink. and given that the description the normal is quite general (the equipment/functions list starts with the word most) one cant realy say what functions a implant comlink does have, or not... |
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