 Has anyone ever made an Otaku..., With a remote/cellular Datajack? |
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 Jun 23 2004, 10:09 AM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 33 Joined: 16-March 04 From: BC Canada Member No.: 6,165  |
And if so, what benefits and drawbacks did doing so have?
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Jun 23 2004, 12:21 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
You have to buy the correct utility to use a Cellular link.
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Jun 23 2004, 01:04 PM
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Canon Companion Group: Members Posts: 8,021 Joined: 2-March 03 From: The Morgue, Singapore LTG Member No.: 4,187 |
The correct Complex Form, you mean. |
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Jun 23 2004, 07:04 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 33 Joined: 16-March 04 From: BC Canada Member No.: 6,165 |
So then there aren't really any cons then?
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Jun 23 2004, 07:07 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Significantly decreased I/O speed.
~J |
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Jun 26 2004, 12:23 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 37 Joined: 27-January 04 Member No.: 6,028 |
No memory is a pretty big thing. You have to either buy headware memory or offline storage to save paydata you find.
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Jun 26 2004, 04:17 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Pocket secretary.
~J |
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Jun 27 2004, 05:35 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
you have to buy headware memory or offline storage for otaku anyway. problems with cellular uplinks:
1. as it stands, there's no cyberware version. i suppose you could just tack on the cost of a cellular link device to the cost of a cyberphone, but that's up to your GM. 2. it's very, very, very easy to triangulate the physical location of a cellphone. |
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Jun 27 2004, 01:35 PM
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Canon Companion Group: Members Posts: 8,021 Joined: 2-March 03 From: The Morgue, Singapore LTG Member No.: 4,187 |
Not if you keep moving. |
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Jun 27 2004, 03:41 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 577 Joined: 12-June 04 Member No.: 6,398 |
Like Kagentenshi basically suggested, why bother with a cybernetic phone? Those things suck. A pocket secretary nets you everything you need; a cellphone, a pocket computer, and a whole lot more. Just tack on the cellular link device to it and you're set.
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Jun 27 2004, 06:08 PM
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I am not here... Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 80 Joined: 21-May 04 From: Deepest Darkest Wales Member No.: 6,349 |
It's only easy to triangulate a cell phone if you're looking for one, you could use it to dial another number, and then use that as the link into the matrix... Any followup would go straight to the physical location.
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Jun 28 2004, 12:38 AM
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UMS O.G. Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 444 Joined: 18-May 04 Member No.: 6,335 |
Primary problem with Otaku is that they top out far lower than a decker would and it takes 10 times as long. With your "deck" based on your stats you can't ever get the really high numbers that you can with money. Not to mention the horrendous Karma cost. They are cool and neat and stealthy and weird but seriously capped.
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Jun 28 2004, 01:17 AM
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Decker on the Threshold Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,922 Joined: 14-March 04 Member No.: 6,156 |
Er, that's just a Reroute X operation, isn't it? At least, that's how I'd handle it. I mean, otherwise you could easily do the same thing with any kind of Matrix connection, couldn't you? |
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Jun 28 2004, 01:33 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
They can start off at about 10 MPCP, and the most a Decker can hit is 12. Capped? ~J |
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