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> Possessing a lock, How much control does a spirit have?
raphabonelli
post Aug 22 2007, 08:59 PM
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Part of that same example also included text saying a spirit possessing a gun could make it fire yet could NOT make it move since the gun itself is not self-motive.

Since the text say's nothing about the gun being a smartgun, i guess that, at least, proves that the spirit can move mechanical parts, since it will need to pull the trigger to fire. On this one, i´m with hizmarca: the gun can't aim itself because it would need to "float" in the air to do so... but could do, for exemple, if mounted.
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post Aug 22 2007, 09:05 PM
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I can definitely see how a possessing spirit can open a mechanical lock because of all the references to moving mechanical homunculi and firing guns. However, I can't really find any more references to spirits being able to activate/control electronic devices they possess other than the reference of starting a car. I wonder if the game designers forgot that cars are not started with a mechanical switch in 2070?
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post Aug 22 2007, 09:12 PM
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A spirit possessing a car can bypass the starter switch altogether and manually force fuel into the Carburetor and manually fire the spark plugs. A spirit possessing a car is the car, and the engine is the car's heart and lungs. A spirit possessing a car can internally combust just as easily as we can breath.

Electric cars are more problematic, but there are still physical switches.
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post Aug 22 2007, 09:32 PM
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QUOTE (Adarael @ Aug 23 2007, 06:16 AM)
The section on 86 says toasters can still make toast, and a car can drive and play the radio. That's electronics, not an electronic interface. Tripping a magnet is every bit as simple as making toast or a radio.

Does that section actually state that the Spirit can in fact do those things, or merely that the toaster will still pop while Possessed, and the car is still capable of being driven?
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post Aug 22 2007, 09:34 PM
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I believe it's said somewhere (might have been here) that a possessed car can drive itself, it just can't use things like Gridlink.
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