Deus' minions, Some questions about them |
Deus' minions, Some questions about them |
Feb 10 2004, 02:49 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
1) Would Deus use deckers, in addition to his pet Otaku? What about their cybereyes' colour? :cyber:
2) If a true Otaku (that is, those who weren't created by Deus) receives its enhancement process (transfiguration?), would he lose the advantages once Deus is gone? Could he still use them outside the SCIRE? |
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Feb 10 2004, 02:54 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,512 Joined: 16-August 03 From: Northampton Member No.: 5,499 |
To the second one, NO. if you were a real Otaku and underwent the transfiguration you got to keep the advancements.
Alla Pax. Threats 2. |
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Feb 10 2004, 03:13 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
I don't have Threats 2... (looks at his wish list)
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Feb 10 2004, 03:59 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 745 Joined: 26-July 03 From: Montréal, QC, Canada Member No.: 5,029 |
Good little book, I'd recommend it. A fun read.
re: using deckers... sure, why not? |
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Feb 10 2004, 04:59 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
But what woudl be their rank, compared with the Otaku? Whites? Blues? How would the Otaku view them?
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Feb 10 2004, 05:02 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
They'd probably be Blues, and the Otaku would view them with either scorn or pity. They might be Greens depending on their assigned tasks.
~J |
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Feb 10 2004, 05:43 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 611 Joined: 21-October 03 From: Yorkshire Toxic Zone Member No.: 5,752 |
I'd say they'd be Greens, not Blues, even if assigned to security detail. In fact, I'd probably say they were Whites in training, waiting for their turn in the chamber...
in other words, I'd say that if he did use deckers with cyberdecks - inside the arc at least - it would be only as a temporary or training measure prior to full otaku conversion. |
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Feb 10 2004, 05:52 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Then of course there's the fact to remember that not all members of Otaku tribes can deck naked. It's entirely possible that some of the White Otaku use decks, though none of the important ones.
~J |
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Feb 10 2004, 06:09 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 518 Joined: 24-February 03 From: Tucson Member No.: 4,153 |
Deus is dead. Long live Renraku. ;)
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Feb 10 2004, 06:48 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,035 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Anahiem, CA Member No.: 100 |
I thought the whole thing that made Otaku what they are is that they can deck naked.
I'd say that if someone ended up having to use a deck, they would be Greens. |
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Feb 10 2004, 06:55 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,049 Joined: 24-March 03 Member No.: 4,323 |
I guess you dont have threats 2 either, then. |
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Feb 10 2004, 07:24 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
I asked because I have a decker and an otaku in my groups. If the decker is ever captured in the Arcology, I'd suppose Deus would follow the "Reuse, Recycle" motto. ;)
As for the Otaku, I suspect she might be willing to follow Deus. :eek: |
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Feb 10 2004, 07:39 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 288 Joined: 3-December 03 From: Boston, Mass Member No.: 5,874 |
Deus rocks I need to pick up Threats 2. Has Renraku Archology fallen or is still under control of Deus? If so where is old Deusy? Has he created a human host for his "consciousness". I figure with the amount of biotech available to Deus pretty soon he could start growing children specially engineered for their hacking abilities. With Biotech and genemanipulation he may beable to create custom designed geniuses? Any thoughts?
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Feb 10 2004, 07:41 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 518 Joined: 24-February 03 From: Tucson Member No.: 4,153 |
I do have Threats 2, and that's no longer Deus. It's something different entirely. |
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Feb 10 2004, 07:46 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,035 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Anahiem, CA Member No.: 100 |
Well... he kinda made a human host for him, but it spans over the minds of thousands of people. For more info, check out Brainscan and Threats 2. |
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Feb 10 2004, 07:48 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Nope. If you read the Denver sourcebook (it's also alluded to in Technobabel, IIRC) the Otaku are really street tribes of creepy techno-fetishist kids. It's just that amongst these tribes a fair number don't need the hardware, something that the people in the Denver Data Haven were trying to conceal before someone (was it Fastjack? Been too long since I read the book) blew their cover. ~J |
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Feb 10 2004, 07:59 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,035 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Anahiem, CA Member No.: 100 |
I never had Denver, so everything I know of Otaku is from VR2, Renraku Shutdown, Brainscan, and Matrix.
Good to know though. Thanks. |
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