 Cyberdeck construction question, Active Memory, Page 56 |
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 Jan 11 2005, 07:08 AM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 80 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 850  |
"Wow, good thing someone just tossed out this here MCPC-8." Gadzooks! "Huh. Some poor mook left his Black Hammer-8 just laying there on the table. Finders keepers!" ... I have small problems with this. :) |
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Jan 11 2005, 07:20 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,144 Joined: 22-September 04 Member No.: 6,690 |
What's the problem? In that case, they lifted the deck,or the data files on a physical run, or it fell off a truck, or aftering pulling off hundreds of datasteals using nothing more than a modded TI-81 graphing calculator and a roll of ducktape, they FINALLY saved up enough to buy it (semi)legitimately. They followed the smell of burning meat and found some guy cooking at a jackpoint. Not like he needs his deck anymore, and although it was a little cooked, I was able to pull some whiz data off of it.
*nitpick* I don't have my books, but I don't think you can have either of those at chargen anyways. |
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Jan 11 2005, 08:11 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,032 Joined: 6-August 04 Member No.: 6,543 |
The cost of items are purely game balance tricks. You have to make things work so that a deck,and it's software witch is a big of deal for a decker as cyber is for a street sam,as toys for a rigger... All cost the same amount of money.
Seeing as they wanted to keep cars and such very costly,the other items cost a lot of cash as well. It is the cycle of games. |
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Jan 11 2005, 08:58 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
lest see, you have a bout 1-5 paydata points in a blue host, each with a size of 40-240mp. you can get a allegiance sigma for about 14000, add some basic apps (with a focus on stealth most likley) and then go to town. each paydata point is on avarage worth 5000...
or if you feel lucky, try a cyberterminal, its cost is 1/10 of the equivalent cyberdeck. no evasion (mostly), no masking and only cold asist... |
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Jan 11 2005, 11:40 PM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
Corporations trash thousands of cyberterminals every year to keep up with SotA. A competent decker could scavenge the dumps and collect hundreds of pieces that added together equaled a single MPCP. They programmed their Black Hammer from bits of code found here and there, like those Black IC design notes they managed to steal and the odd bits found scattered across the Matrix. They took their mommies cyberterminal which cost 12,000¥ and spent five years trading code and favors to trix it out to the max. Maybe the Mafia traded a few months system design for a brand new deck (that they just happened to find lying around :dead:). How doesn't that make sense? You can't compare today's computer prices to anything in SR. Half the population found it necessary to install a 5,000¥ Datajack plus surgery costs. Why? Because cyberterminals are the car of the future and the datajack is the key. Cyberdecks are trixed out cars with hydraulics and headers. Hell, many people in SR never leave their tiny one-bedroom closets, so I don't find it surprising that a decker would have a computer with the equivalent value of a Indy racer. |
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Jan 11 2005, 11:42 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,754 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Modesto, CA Member No.: 6,465 |
Just doesn't sound like a shadowrunner...going dumpster diving for deck parts IMO, but whatever, roleplay it and make it happen.
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Jan 11 2005, 11:49 PM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
Just hire on the the Divers to do it for you. [ Spoiler ]
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Jan 12 2005, 04:40 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,405 Joined: 23-February 04 From: Honolulu, HI Member No.: 6,099 |
For a decker, their initial resources rating could reflect hacker type larceny. You might have a piece of crap before you 'go pro' but you use that to change shipping orders, mislabel and reroute gear, etc.
So you end up with a nice MPCP 5-8 labeled as "Candy Suxx volume 4 box set" sent to your house. :P |
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