I don't know why, but this triggered a question for me: What is a HERF gun? I can't seem to find reference to it.

And now. . . . . . back to Hackbaby?

A HERF gun is a gun that shorts out electronics iirc. I want to say it's in Arsenal under exotic firearms.

High-energy radio frequency gun.

Actually, a HERF gun may be pretty handy at some point(s) involving a bunch of jackpointers.

Close! Right book, wrong section. It's under the electronics gear bit, not listed with the weapons.

Thanks all.

What if Hackbaby was the evil mastermind behind it all?




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I think we'd kill the franchise if we turned Hackbaby into Stewie.

I've said it before, Pop Culture references age badly.

Wait till SR5 and then we can have him as Deus Reborn.

This is pretty much what I had in mind.



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Are you saying said hackbaby has a golden snout?

We're wondering just how smart Hackbaby is going to be/currently is. We have no idea what happens with Technomancer births. I have ideas of all of Netcat's knowledge and memories downloading into Hackbaby as (s)he's gestating.

Ew.

Makes for one Hella-Smart Hackbaby!

Well, we have smart bombs, smart armor, smart guns, smart tires . . smart babies would REALLY be a step in the right direction!

I'd settle for smart people. But, then again, I worked tech support... And oh dear $Deity, the stupid, it burns!

I DO work in TechSupport . . Well, technically . . right now, i have to help out with the financial side, and believe you me, it's actually WORSE than in Tech sometimes . .
Yeah, Smart People would be pretty nice . . even if it basically means that many people are going to lose their jobs . .

That pic in Runner's Companion? I don't know, it seemed like the artist managed to make an elf NOT look hot in that one.

What? I was unaware that they had printed any pictures of jackpointers.
I think I might be oblivious.

The Life On The Run chapter in Runner's Companion. Also, 10 Jackpointers.

Definitely never got that far in the book. The only pic I knew of for Jackpointers is the art from "Game, Set, Match." and that's really just Slamm-O looking quite evil.

NetCat wasn't in 10 Jackpointers. In fact, it's a plot point. Or paranoia fuel for Clockwork, which works just as well.

What's 10 Jackpointers?

This.

I liked Netcat much more in RC than in Core AE. Fits my idea of technos better

Yeah, I had a chance to read her story and I agree. Spending a week eating through a tube while my brain wanders the supernets seems like something I would do with that power.

No, but Turbo Bunny is.

pics or they ain't real

*pic of pamela anderson* they are still not real.

Real enough for you?

Looks like Turbo Bunny to me...

The fiberoptic cable leading to her bellybutton datajack is a nice touch.

Indeed...

Can't see the picture, but if it is the same picture in 10 Jackpointers, I know how she looks like.
I was merely joking about the shadowtalk on her file about "them" knowing even the size of her cleavage.

Interesting that Kane was the one who wanted pics...

You don't know Kane then. Pink Mohawk all the way!

Since when does Pink Mohawk mean shameless perv?


(And, truth be told, I don't. Ghost, what am I missing?)

The interesting bits? ^^

Interesting if it weren't Kane. . .

Butch would have been another option, I bet.

You'd think she sees things like that all the time... then gets all scalpelly.








IT'S A FRAGGING WORD OK

Ya know, what if, just for fun, Hackbaby ends up in The! Original! Zero! Zone!?

Ooohhh...fun!

Any new thoughts on "Hackbaby"?

Plenty. See for yourself.

Current creative energy (not official, but ours) points it in a different direction.

What was the book where Netcat revealed herself? I remember reading it once but I cant seem to find it again, just reading FastJack talking about Netcat's rep having dropped in Unwired.

I hope they keep her around, I really like Netcat. Then again I love Technomancers so I'm a little biased.

appearantly, the technomancer side breeds true too . . at least, it seems like even her unborn baby is a TM of considerable power-gaming allready . .

Emergence.

We also see the true side of Clockwork.

When I read what clockwork did to Netcat in Emergence, I so wanted him to be real so I could (attempt to) beat the shit out of him.

And I'm a pacifist