QUOTE (Vegas @ Mar 26 2008, 07:19 AM)

IkimThis is all MY interpretation of the rules, WR1's may vary and he of course has the "only opinion that matters"

As far as duplicated credsticks go, my interpretation of the rules would be once the sticks are in play after the original has been copied and they're being used they'll instantly be flagged
And I'm wondering why. I thought of credsticks are like "gift card," where once it is purchased with the money, it contains the cred or "money" in it. Which mean, credsticks only have to beat the reader's detection.
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if you use one stick with the ID in Touristville and say someone uses the original 10 minutes later in Tacoma, it's gonna raise flags regardless of if it "fools" the detection of the reader.
This, with the same reason as above, I disagree. Because, again, credsticks don't transfers the cred from the bank to the seller, but it goes from the cred in the credsticks to the seller.
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create money out of nothing by "forging" a credstick with nuyen on it, you're forging a COPY of an existing stick. If you're trying to create money out of nothing, I'd say that's a much more "complicated" process of hacking involved with trying to hack a bank and insert an account and make it look legit enough to not be caught or detected.
I agree.
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As far as TN's for forgery of any type they're going to vary all the time depending on just what you're trying to forge and with how much detail.
Counterfeiting credsticks are probably, and most likely, very time consuming. I was wondering the threshold and the period. Credsticks are pretty complex or even intricate device, so I would think that the threshold would be somewhere between 8-12? And, I'm guessing here, about 1 week period? Of course, like you said, it's WR1's final decision.
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For the contact rating question, are you talking connection (because a 1 wouldn't be too connected) or loyalty? A loyalty 1 character would be pretty hit or miss as to whether you can count on the person coming through for you or heck, even accepting your call

Would depend if they need/want the cash or the IOU in the future. Doesn't mean that you can't get something out of them, but it's not a guaranteed transaction by any means (IMHO).
I was thinking of like contact 1/loyalty 2 contacts. I was thinking of around 5-6 ganger contacts from the various gangs whom I have somewhat regular interaction by me selling BTL/credsticks. They are lowest or lower rank in the gang, but they too know where someone higher ups are at or what are their motives or plans of their gang. Not extensively to every detail, but they might have heard the rumors within the gang.
Reason for asking this is that since I have been around the Redmond for least 10 years or so, moving here to there, by my background, I was wondering if I could work in the gang as reconnaissance personal, acting as if I still don't have any gang affiliation? (Which in that case, I'll have to drop some skills or stat to make BP for Social skills, but that's ok, I guess).
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To create BTL's your going to need at LEAST a simrig (which would be your ONE up to Avail 12 item) if you wish to purchase it. Beyond that I'm not 100% certain all that's involved with production based off existing gear in the books so I can't be so much help there.
Yeah, I was reading books, but couldn't find any rules for it either.
Well, thanks for the answer, if you get the final words from WR1, you'll post it right?

OH! by the way, it's LKIM in lower case, not ikim.