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[FrostyNSO]

Ok, I have a not-so-fleshed out idea rolling around in my head and was wondering how far the rules would support it.

IIRC, when a decker ends up in a UV system, they are in a whole 'nother reality basically, but instead of using their deck stats and what-not, when they want to accomplish something, they have to use their "real" skills. Am I right about this?

Now if a UV system has a medieval motif, attacking IC may be something like using your edged weapons skill to attack and damage some black knight.

What if the UV system was modeled to "support" magic?

1. Could a character (we'll just say attack an IC for an example) by rolling sorcery?

2. If so, would he have access to his own manabolt/powerbolt/whatever spell? Or a spell "provided" by the system (basically, you're attacking somebody, you use this spell)? Seeing as the deckers in these systems get to use their own "meat" skills, is it plausible that since a mage "knows" a spell he can use it?

3. Does the mage take drain afterwards? And does it go stun or physical based upon his magic rating?

4. If one mage-decker attacks another, does stun/physical get determined by what spell they use (assuming they get access to their own spells), or is it set? Does IC inflict stun or Damage by spell, or by IC type?

5. How much would a UV system cost to buy and also maintain? How much power do they draw? No, no, no, I don't want to make one for my character, I am just curious.