Let's assume someone is running a Commlink with Response 5 and System 5.

If he now runs 10 Programs - 2 times its System, this would drop his Response by 2, to 3.

So far covered by the book.


But now, an ugly problem raises it's head: System is capped by Response, Programs are capped by System.

So this poor fellow now runs Response 3, System 3 and any of his 10 Programs max at 3... but wait, doesn't he now run a Program Count 3 times its System?

So response drops by 3... to 0.

Which, sadly, wouldn't allow him to run anything... Commlink down.


Is it really supposed to be this way?

I'm reading it as for every "system"'s worth of programs you run, response is lowered by one. All programs run at a maximum efffective rating of Rating/System/Response, whichever's lower. the system rating remains the same, as does the response. it's just "lagged by a point"


So, on the "top'o't'line" unit, (system 4, response 4) you can run a maximum of 15 programs, at rating 1 (each)

program # response
1-4 4
5-8 3
9-12 2
12-15 1

(this also means that the cheap as chips solution, (system 1, response 1) can effectivly only run one program at once, at a rating of 1. lets hope there are a lot of "rating 0" applications out there.

running the 16th aplication will reduce the responce to 0, effectivly locking up the comlink. I'd assume that there's some form of safty system to prevent this.... so when you fire up that 16th copy of "doom 2070: thy Cash consumed", either you get a nice freindly "the system is running low on resources" message, or copy #1 gets booted off the system.

So I just need to make a horde of commlink crashing agents? Each one has nothing but exploit, and they mass-login to some dude's comlink?

sounds kinda realistic. give the system to much to work with and presto, nothing gets done. sounds like a contemporary computer to me