[X] My Assistant

[Tymeaus Jalynsfe...]

Let's look, actually: are there any augmentations marketed specifically at Awakened? I can't think of any, though there are some that *suit* them pretty well. Souped-up runner mages, anyway.

We can speculate a little, of course: now that it's a (relatively) mature market, I'm sure some companies in-game falsely advertise their gear as 'more magic friendly'. But a significant selection of specific augmentations designed for them? I'm not aware of this.

Let's pretend there were, though, and pretend that awakened and emergent were in the same boat as far as population and stigma (I think they never were). That still doesn't mean they'd be selling prototypes to (the early awakened) and making money on it, as Scyldemort and tagz suggest. They'd do their secret research on their test subjects, and be there selling release-grade items when the tide turned.

I agree that they would not "Market" it at the current time. Sorry for the confusion. My point was that when Magic came on the scene, I am sure the response was exactly the same as it was for Technmancers. Extract and Experiment, oftentimes violently (and in secret). SOME of those experiements, I am sure, were likely to determine if there was a way to take advantage of the new Awakening Community. Just as it will be so for the Emergent Community now.

Anyways... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wobble.gif)

[tagz]

Let's look, actually: are there any augmentations marketed specifically at Awakened? I can't think of any, though there are some that *suit* them pretty well. Souped-up runner mages, anyway.

We can speculate a little, of course: now that it's a (relatively) mature market, I'm sure some companies in-game falsely advertise their gear as 'more magic friendly'. But a significant selection of specific augmentations designed for them? I'm not aware of this.

Let's pretend there were, though, and pretend that awakened and emergent were in the same boat as far as population and stigma (I think they never were). That still doesn't mean they'd be selling prototypes to (the early awakened) and making money on it, as Scyldemort and tagz suggest. They'd do their secret research on their test subjects, and be there selling release-grade items when the tide turned.

I may have missed something in the conversation. I assumed that these were typical wares, just in deltagrade. I didn't think they were for NEW types that behaved drastically different.

I figured we were just talking a delta-clinic for TMs. That seems somewhat reasonable. To me, the whole reason deltaware is even available in the first place is because it's close to experimentation and the corp offering it can gleem a little more data while offsetting their costs.

In the case of ware that interacts differently with the mind, then yeah, they're not going to be doing things nice-nice until they've had a good number of test subjects.

And personally, I don't see why TMs would need things specially tailored. Their Bio-node should be able to access anything DNI linked just like an implanted commlink. That thought is probably why I missed it.

[Irion]

I figured we were just talking a delta-clinic for TMs. That seems somewhat reasonable. To me, the whole reason deltaware is even available in the first place is because it's close to experimentation and the corp offering it can gleem a little more data while offsetting their costs.

No, it does not. Why would it?

You have the highest grade of a clinik put you are only targeting a minimal percentage of the population.
This is only usefull if you are practicing in an area where this "spezialisation" would give you more customers due to a specific background parameters. (There life a lot of those people in the area and the other clinics can't tread them very well)

[Yerameyahu]

The OP suggested a number of specifically technomancer, game-changing, prototype augmentations, not marketing existing products to technomancers. That's what we're talking about.

It's safe to assume that they're secretly developing the former, and also that they're (quietly) marketing the *latter*, but nothing else. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I'm sure they market existing products 'individually' to everyone: athletes, mercs, wageslaves, CEOs, everyone.

[Irion]

It's safe to assume that they're secretly developing the former, and also that they're (quietly) marketing the *latter*, but nothing else. smile.gif I'm sure they market existing products 'individually' to everyone: athletes, mercs, wageslaves, CEOs, everyone.

Yes, this sounds plausible.

Put than the "Prototypes" are the new marketing lables.