 SR4 Smartlinks. Abuh? |
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 Sep 3 2005, 04:16 AM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 48 Joined: 30-August 05 Member No.: 7,647  |
Okay. I don't get it. Smartlinks became an eye mod in SR4. I mean, I understand partly why that is -- they've gone from the paradigm of internal simrig to gun camera. Keen. I get it. But why don't we have the option of subdermal induction pads?
It seems to me that /most/ of the 'suggestions' that even hardened street samurai should be walking around with an easily hacked gateway to all their cyberware can be ignored -- after all, most cyberware either ionterfaces with other cyberware or is a closed system. Smartlinks, though, are required to interface with an external piece of gear. Why are we now forced to use a wireless link? Are we forced to? Can we assume palm induction pads can be used rather than wireless? |
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Sep 3 2005, 04:40 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Banned Posts: 3,732 Joined: 1-September 05 From: Prague, Czech Republic Member No.: 7,665 |
You can actually skin-link it if you want, or run it through a data-jack. The old school plug-and-play system is gone, but any way you have of getting your gun into your PAN will connect it to your eye system, which in turn will get the smartlink activated.
Yes, you can just let your guns be part of your wireless system, and yes this will make you get haxxored from time to time or eavesdropped, or both. But it will also let you fire your gun remotely, or shut it off with your mind, or do all that other fancy stuff. There's a definate trade-off: security vs. utility. what's important to you will depend upon what you're doing. -Frank |
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Sep 3 2005, 04:46 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 48 Joined: 30-August 05 Member No.: 7,647 |
I dig that. I understand that it can sometimes be useful. I suppose my problem with it is this: suddenly all those paranoid folks who don't trust commlinks have just blithely turned in their induction pads?
I suppose it's something I can HR in my own game. It just bugs me a little. The entire feel I am getting from the new matrix rules is that hackers are 'supposed' to be able to hack a street sam's gear. I just don't buy it. Anyone spending that much money on augmenting their body is going to make is secure. Ah, well. Maybe I'm in the minority. I suppose I can also simply add in an 'induction pad' as a piece of gear, too. |
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Sep 3 2005, 04:58 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
i find it odd that a piece of technology that's been around for two decades--especially one that is permanently implanted in the user's body-- would suddenly fall off the market in five years or less.
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Sep 3 2005, 05:19 AM
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Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,587 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 7,014 |
8-track tapes? :) |
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Sep 3 2005, 05:27 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 458 Joined: 12-April 04 From: Lacey, Washington Member No.: 6,237 |
Just what we need: an eight track tape implanted in the body. And please, for the love of God don't tell me where! :eek:
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Sep 3 2005, 05:29 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Banned Posts: 3,732 Joined: 1-September 05 From: Prague, Czech Republic Member No.: 7,665 |
With the invention of Skinlink, there's no need for an induction pad.
Essentially everyone has an induction pad all over their entire body whether they like it or not. Isn't technology wonderful? -Frank |
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Sep 3 2005, 05:33 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 807 Joined: 9-October 04 Member No.: 6,741 |
God stiffed me out of money he lost in a card game last week. Where? Bend over. |
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Sep 3 2005, 05:39 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 48 Joined: 30-August 05 Member No.: 7,647 |
That's kind of creepy, actually. :) |
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Sep 3 2005, 05:48 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
I wonder if sex between two people with skinlinks is better. Talk about augmented reality! :D |
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Sep 3 2005, 06:13 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,598 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Hong Kong Member No.: 4,253 |
Naughty elf, you know sex has no place in the main rulebook. :rotfl:
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Sep 3 2005, 07:59 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
I guess I'll have to wait for a future 'release' then, eh? |
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Sep 3 2005, 09:07 AM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
A version for people over 21 - or "european only": no violence, but sex.
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Sep 3 2005, 09:29 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,598 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Hong Kong Member No.: 4,253 |
Heh, a hentai adventure version of SR where you have to hawt elf sexxor your way past the security guards... I can see it now.
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Sep 3 2005, 09:34 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 807 Joined: 9-October 04 Member No.: 6,741 |
Oh my... And just imagine what the boss battle against the dragon is going to be like...
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Sep 3 2005, 09:42 AM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
:rotfl:
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Sep 3 2005, 10:14 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 124 Joined: 7-February 05 Member No.: 7,063 |
Hey, they were discussing strategies for that boss fight over in the Drop Bear thread a while back. It involved Lofwyr, tactical computers, and latex.
*shudder* |
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Sep 3 2005, 11:25 AM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
I know, i had been there. It was an experience that keeps me awake at night, in horror and pain....
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Sep 3 2005, 03:46 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,086 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 364 |
Some of this stuff makes me wonder whatever happened to the good old days of having sex with your ally spirit.
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Sep 3 2005, 04:42 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
why bother with the ally spirit, now you can do it with your comlink/agent ;)
ok, so you could do so earlyer to. but hmm, having said agent uploaded to some lady you shake hands with and then have it take over her body :P |
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 Sep 3 2005, 05:26 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,718 Joined: 14-September 02 Member No.: 3,263 |
Three way! |
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Sep 3 2005, 06:52 PM
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Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,587 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 7,014 |
Heck, you can have your own "Virtual Person". To hell with Dikoted Ally Spirits... AR is so much more convenient.
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Sep 3 2005, 07:05 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
hmm, that reminds me. in blue planet there is a similar system, and people there use it to wear a kind of digital mask. so that if you have the right setup the person you pass will look diffrent under AR. hell, there are even special clubs and bars set up for people that have a interest in this.
is there any talk about this kind of social use in SR4? |
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Sep 3 2005, 07:23 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 26-July 05 Member No.: 7,517 |
Yes.
OSUMacbeth |
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Sep 3 2005, 08:14 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
nice
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