Shadowrun Computers, Experimenting with some cohesive rules.. Options

[Orient]

After poking through this thread I thought it might not be a bad idea to crank out some rules that put all SR computers onto the MPCP-B/E/M/S system. Here's some of it - sorry about the way the tables look.

Personal Secretaries
Does not have an ASSIST converter – counts as a tortoise deck. Contains built in utility programs: Read/Write 1, Browse 1, and Comlink 1. Other basic options include a video camera, Holographic display/keyboard, speaker, scanner, printer, and impact resistant case. The MCT Satellite is analogous to the Pocket Secretary listed in SR3 p.287. All Pocket Secretaries listed have an Availability of Always and a Street Index of 1.

Model ........................ MPCP ... Bod/Sensor ... Active Memory ... Storage ... I/O ... Cost
Renraku Advantek-II ...... 1 .......... 1/1 ................. 10 ................. 30 .......... 10 ..... 1,000
MCT Satellite ................. 1 .......... 2/1 ................. 50 ................. 100 .......... 10 ..... 2,000
CMT Bodycomp ............... 2 .......... 3/2 ................. 100 .............. 200 .......... 15 ..... 3,400
Novatech Walkabout .... 3 .......... 5/4 ................. 150 ................. 250 .......... 20 .... 9,000

Upgrades
Active Memory ………. Mp x ¥15
Storage Memory ………. Mp x¥8
I/O Speed ………. I/O x ¥35
Utilities ………. (Per SR3)
Options ………. (Per Matrix p.63)


Portable Computers
Standard size for a personal computer – weighing about 1.5 kilograms and about as big as a large keyboard. These have become more common than their tortoise equivalents, the Pocket Computer listed in SR3 p.287. All Computers listed have an Availability of Always and a Street Index of 0.5.

Use the Cyberterminals listed on Matrix p.167. Prices range from ¥1,300 to ¥7,500.

Upgrades
Active Memory ………. Mp x ¥7.5
Storage Memory ………. Mp x¥6
I/O Speed ………. I/O x ¥35
Utilities ………. (Per SR3)
Options ………. (Per Matrix p.63)

Desktop Computers
Basically Personal Computers that have been Breadboarded using the rules from VR2.0. They are about the same size as one of today’s desktop computers, and are not portable. Desktop computer hardware is not compatible with the hardware of smaller computers. All Computers listed have an Availability of Always and a Street Index of 0.5.

Model ........................ MPCP ... Bod/Sensor ... Active Memory ... Storage ... I/O ... Cost
MSI mConnect ............. 1 .......... 2/2 ................. 50 ................. 150 .......... 50 ..... 1,000
Microdeck BT-100 ......... 1 .......... 2/3 ................. 100 ................. 200 .......... 50 ..... 1,400
CMT Assembler ............. 2 .......... 3/3 ................. 100 ................. 300 .......... 50 ..... 1,700
Novatech R-Term .......... 2 .......... 4/2 ................. 150 ................. 400 .......... 50 ..... 2,200
Sony CTD-150 ............... 3 .......... 5/4 ................. 200 ................. 500 .......... 50 ..... 4,000
Transys Waveform ....... 3 .......... 5/4 ................. 300 ................. 700 .......... 100 ..... 5,000

Upgrades
Active Memory ………. Mp x ¥4
Storage Memory ………. Mp x¥3
I/O Speed ………. I/O x ¥35
Utilities ………. (Per SR3)
Options ………. (Per Matrix p.63)


I built these using the rules on Matrix p.66, increasing memory cost slightly for Personal Secretaries and decreasing memory cost slightly for desktop computers. Afterwards I apply a discount to the cost of 25-50% (P-Secs), 50-60% (portable computers), or 60-75% (desktop computers).

My basis for this was the Low End Cyberterminals listed on Matrix p. 167. It looks like they could be built using similar rules and applying a discount to the cost of 65% (for the lower end ones) to 50% (for the higher end ones). The portable computers listed on SR3 p.287 could be the tortoise versions of these.

I haven’t scoured any of this for game-breakers, yet. I think that having ASSIST-capable Pocket Secretaries would be pretty neat, but it’d have to be prohibitively expensive to make capable, Evasion/Masking-equipped decks that small. Maybe based off of Cranial Decks, or something. Let me know if you want to see any of the other little bits I created to go along with this.

Any feedback would be appreciated…

[mfb]

pretty cool.

[Cray74]

Overall, the rules look fine. I used those cyberterminal rules as a starting place for a "super pocket secretary" too.