 Cybermantics, when did it come out |
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 Oct 26 2003, 12:07 AM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: 2-July 03 Member No.: 4,844  |
Does anyone know the earliest possible time that cybermanitcs were avalible.
not known about, but possible. |
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Oct 26 2003, 12:18 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,458 Joined: 22-March 03 From: I am a figment of my own imagination. Member No.: 4,302 |
*wracks brain* Not sure... I believe they were first introduced in the Cybertechnology book... I just don't have my books avaliable... *then again, checks PDF backups* Nope... no backup, and my physical copy is in NY, while my meat body is in B.C.
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Oct 26 2003, 12:29 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 611 Joined: 21-October 03 From: Yorkshire Toxic Zone Member No.: 5,752 |
Now this might be a red herring because I don't think the Tir elves are into it, but I beleive in the old tir tairngire book there was reference to someone encountered defending a compound who had a really weird aura, which in relation to the topic at the time they thought might have been a human clone. But it might not have been. it was described iirc as feeling ... wrong.
If an example of cybermancy (given the astral hazing), then this would be back in 2053ish. The elves did exhibit a higher level of magical aptitude (references to sean laverty having an anchored bullet barrier before it was a known ability) so I've no doubt they could've known how to do cybermancy if they'd put their minds to it. But that's the earliest thing I can think of which might have been cybermancy, if a Gm wanted to see it that way. |
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Oct 26 2003, 12:43 AM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
Remembering dates... I think Cybertechnology is 2057, and Shadowtech is the earlier one (2052, right?). TT is about '54, and the one about the aura feeling wrong pushed me towards Cybermancy a little bit.
It's really all up to your GM to decide whether or not Cybermancy was around way before Cybertechnology or just a little before. Upon reading that, I believe it came from the Elves. However, it's theorized that it requires Blood Magic, so it could've also come from any number of places, including Aztlan. Who knows, maybe it was an Elvish Aztlaner? |
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Oct 26 2003, 01:00 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 90 Joined: 26-February 02 From: In the shadows of the SK Arcology Essen, ADL Member No.: 1,934 |
If we take novels into account i would say "Never trust an elf".
There where three of them. |
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Oct 26 2003, 01:06 AM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
Novels aren't entirely canon. If they were, I'd go with it, but they usually aren't, so I still have to say TT is the "first" source, even if in theory.
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Oct 26 2003, 03:49 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,065 Joined: 16-January 03 From: Fayetteville, NC Member No.: 3,916 |
Given the inherent nastiness of cybermancy and how they tend to alienate the magically-inclined, I'd think it was corp-based.
The Tir is founded on powerful magics, which to my mind makes cybermantic soldiers counter-productive. Just a hunch though. -Siege |
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Oct 26 2003, 03:54 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Actually, the novels are considered to be canon, with very few exceptions. |
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