 Gunsel Karcist, Can someone explain it to me ? |
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 Jun 16 2010, 06:07 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 303 Joined: 26-May 10 Member No.: 18,622  |
Hello,
I found this reference in PACKS but have a hard time figuring exactly how to play it. I understand it seems to have high control on his guns and probably still when he is in RV ? Is that something more behind it ? Am I lacking a book ? |
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Jun 16 2010, 06:19 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,782 Joined: 28-August 09 Member No.: 17,566 |
As far as I can tell, the basic idea is that the Guardians, with its upgrades, have a Machine Sprite inside each one that which links with the cyberarms, to shoot people.
For controlling it, the TM would issue commands to his registered sprites.(which have their own seperate initiative), who would then take the shot. Or, he could always shoot manually, using the two-gun rules - and benefit from machine sprite Diagnostics instead. |
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Jun 16 2010, 08:04 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 298 Joined: 15-March 09 Member No.: 16,974 |
QUOTE (Ancient History @ Jun 2 2010, 06:28 PM)  The Gunsel Karcist concept is basically a technomancer gunslinger - the root words (Adam Jury gave me the hairy eyeball on these at one point) are gunsel as in "hired gun" or "shootist" and karcist which is a world for a ritual practitioner in some obscure magical works, and also sometimes used by early UNIX programmers. It's pretty much the weirdest concept out there. Strait from the authors lips (I imagine Adam's hairy eyeball came from the fact that another translation for gunsel is 'male sex slave' and karcist also means 'internet'). |
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Jun 16 2010, 12:35 PM
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Advocatus Diaboli Group: Members Posts: 13,994 Joined: 20-November 07 From: USA Member No.: 14,282 |
Actually, that's the only real definition of 'gunsel'. It was sort of snuck into the 'hired gun' (or 'hired gun's assistant/apprentice/young boy') as a trick past the censors. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Ain't English fun?
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Jun 16 2010, 01:18 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Yeah, well. It seemed "punk" enough for me. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)
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Jun 16 2010, 06:36 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 298 Joined: 15-March 09 Member No.: 16,974 |
QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Jun 16 2010, 05:35 AM) Actually, that's the only real definition of 'gunsel'. It was sort of snuck into the 'hired gun' (or 'hired gun's assistant/apprentice/young boy') as a trick past the censors. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Ain't English fun? Gunsel can also mean 'gun-toting thug'. |
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Jun 16 2010, 06:48 PM
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Advocatus Diaboli Group: Members Posts: 13,994 Joined: 20-November 07 From: USA Member No.: 14,282 |
Yes, *now*. But it never *did* before the word was snuck into texts—specifically, The Maltese Falcon, I think—under the noses of censors who assumed it meant 'hired gun'/etc. That's exactly my point. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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