[X] My Assistant

[DocTaotsu]

That may be true but why on Earth would you be buying a Scoot brand new? Bet you can find a decent beater for under a grand and use it for all your basic transportation needs.

I'm sorry if I made it sound like a car you bring on the run with you, it's hardly good for running the hell away. But if things go south it's nice to be able to step out of your 5k car, burn your fake SIN and step into a dark alley without hearing your rigger cry "But I loved that car..."

[imperialus]

IMO public transportation can be an easy way to disappear. There is something very reminiscent of a 50's spy flick when your character pulls a job, walks out with the paydata, dumps his gun in a dumpster and disappears into the rush hour crowd jostling for space on the subway. Not good for all situations but even the richest runner will sometimes get use out of a bus pass.

That said my runners favorite ride is usually an armoured mercedes. Think a much faster more robust mercury comet.

[Cantankerous]

Some of us are a bit on the large size for a Scoot. Even the supposedly reinforced ones make a big guy feel like he's a clown riding one of those tiny tricycles in the old circus flat vids. Now, in extremis...as long as I don't run faster than the bloody thing, looks be damned. I'm watchin' out for my hoop, not my style when things are grim.

Especially now that I'm no longer living on the ragged edge I want to live to be a very old troll. Nowadays when I have to use a car for some reason I've got an old 2049 Americar that we yoinked the front seat out of and installed a datajack lead in. (Yessss, I am that old.) It ain't rigging but I ain't a rigger... and after all those years as an anonymous detainee of the state (Richard Roe #S/U-14BHL-MH-T-3419762, or Ricky 762 for all my old chummers inside) I'm never likely to be anywhere near cutting edge again, but street smarts, experience and common sense can be bigger edges than the most cutting edge tech out there in the hands of a flamboyant jackass anyway, so, hey, the old troll is back in business again. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


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[Fuchs]

Our Gunbunny has an old (2030s) Corvette, modded with an old racing engine made by a tuning legend (The original engine was the cause for that year's corvette's "lemon" rep, hence she got it cheaply. Funny enough, not many of the other runners want to bum a ride, since her favorite style of driving is called "I got wired reflexes, I can do this!". The mage of the group usually calls a cab, the rest was conned into buying expensive heavy racing motorbikes, which put them into debt with the mafia.

On runs though other vehicles are used - often yachts or helicopters. The runners are afraid to use "Becky" though, a beaten-up Floating Plane flown by a alcoholic rigger. Something about the parts falling off an inopportune times.

[IQ Zero]

IMO public transportation can be an easy way to disappear. There is something very reminiscent of a 50's spy flick when your character pulls a job, walks out with the paydata, dumps his gun in a dumpster and disappears into the rush hour crowd jostling for space on the subway. Not good for all situations but even the richest runner will sometimes get use out of a bus pass.

Depends on the time of day I suppose. During "rush hour" when everyone is trying to get to work or when everyone is trying to get home and the transports are full, I suppose it'd be okay. On the other hand, at 0400 hours, it might just be a little too obvious.

Some of us are a bit on the large size for a Scoot. Even the supposedly reinforced ones make a big guy feel like he's a clown riding one of those tiny tricycles in the old circus flat vids. Now, in extremis...as long as I don't run faster than the bloody thing, looks be damned. I'm watchin' out for my hoop, not my style when things are grim.

Especially now that I'm no longer living on the ragged edge I want to live to be a very old troll. Nowadays when I have to use a car for some reason I've got an old 2049 Americar that we yoinked the front seat out of and installed a datajack lead in. (Yessss, I am that old.) It ain't rigging but I ain't a rigger... and after all those years as an anonymous detainee of the state (Richard Roe #S/U-14BHL-MH-T-3419762, or Ricky 762 for all my old chummers inside) I'm never likely to be anywhere near cutting edge again, but street smarts, experience and common sense can be bigger edges than the most cutting edge tech out there in the hands of a flamboyant jackass anyway, so, hey, the old troll is back in business again. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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If you think a scoot is bad, imagine a human sized bicycle. We once had a run where all the runners ended up using bicycles (the 2 person stretch models) going from Edinburgh, all over Scotland. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rotfl.gif)

[Cantankerous]

If you think a scoot is bad, imagine a human sized bicycle. We once had a run where all the runners ended up using bicycles (the 2 person stretch models) going from Edinburgh, all over Scotland. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rotfl.gif)

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Ahh Great Galloping C on a Crutch. That had to be a sight to see. I can just me me on the back seat of one of them tandems and our old daisy eating face man on the front, him pedaling his bum off as I try to keep my knees from crackin' my chin and thus doing almost none of the pedaling. Gha! The only thing I can't figure out is where you found extra heavily reinforced bikes to handle the load. If I sit on the back of a regular tandem with my 600+ pounds of gym enhanced muscle headed meat and old tech heavy cyberware in me, that poor bike ain't going to last long, if it doesn't die right off the bat. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)


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[Critias]

I did have one character that was fond of using the Seattle railway system. Tyler Widle, my mobility Adept, used to jump on top when they were sitting still and hitch rides around the 'plex for when he had to do stuff outside the Barrens. He was good enough with Athletics he could manage to just hop off and tumble pretty well when it reached the destination.

Other than that, of course, he just ran around the city on the rooftops. Sometimes fighting ninja.

[IQ Zero]

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Ahh Great Galloping C on a Crutch. That had to be a sight to see. I can just me me on the back seat of one of them tandems and our old daisy eating face man on the front, him pedaling his bum off as I try to keep my knees from crackin' my chin and thus doing almost none of the pedaling. Gha! The only thing I can't figure out is where you found extra heavily reinforced bikes to handle the load. If I sit on the back of a regular tandem with my 600+ pounds of gym enhanced muscle headed meat and old tech heavy cyberware in me, that poor bike ain't going to last long, if it doesn't die right off the bat. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

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Hehehe, the team at the time was composed purely of humans, all 12 of them. Still, the sight of 6 tandem bicycles going along the Scottish heath, pretty much all loaded for bear (toxic zone) was probably a sight to see.

[Ryu]

I did have one character that was fond of using the Seattle railway system. Tyler Widle, my mobility Adept, used to jump on top when they were sitting still and hitch rides around the 'plex for when he had to do stuff outside the Barrens. He was good enough with Athletics he could manage to just hop off and tumble pretty well when it reached the destination.

Other than that, of course, he just ran around the city on the rooftops. Sometimes fighting ninja.

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How useable public transport is depends on the gear you need to bring. The Awakened and Hackers have little problems. Then come samurai, and last come riggers. Riggers should be able to handle private transports, so only the samurai will have to ask if PT is worth the effort.