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    swordtart replied to the thread The Virus.
    HG 2022 p30 gives: "Hardened Systems: If a system is listed as being hardened (as with /fib computers, for example), the crew may choose...
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    swordtart replied to the thread The Virus.
    I suspect that a ships computer is also less vulnerable to that sort of damage because it is likely distributed (and a Virus infested...
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    swordtart replied to the thread The Virus.
    It is also worth remembering that Virus is a plot device to create the setting for New Era, it is not the plot of New Era (Survival...
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    swordtart replied to the thread The Virus.
    And some people (I am not accusing you here) seem to throw in a "You're wrong" and then don't bother to provide any sensible argument as...
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    swordtart replied to the thread The Virus.
    The biggest hurdle with Virus is the ability of the Cymbeline chips to write circuitry. Of course if we accept nanobots this becomes...
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    swordtart replied to the thread The Virus.
    A read only brain would be incapable of learning or even remembering (including any instructions you gave it). The vast majority of...
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    swordtart replied to the thread The Virus.
    I was always interested if people would take the same message from the strip if you replace the word Sea Lion with say Nazi or Negro...
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    swordtart replied to the thread The Virus.
    My reading is that the infection was more conventional and the broadcast radiation was not propagating the virus but merely triggering...
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    swordtart replied to the thread The Virus.
    We are our own worst enemy. We are so convinced of our own autonomy but completely fail to recognise what that word actually means and...
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    swordtart reacted to rinku's post in the thread The Virus with Like Like.
    Hypnosis is a great example, especially in an adventure game. You don't need it to modify memories, though... that can be done through...
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    swordtart reacted to rinku's post in the thread The Virus with Like Like.
    A further thought regarding robots; they are just as vulnerable to sensory manipulation as organics. Possibly moreso, since their...
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    swordtart replied to the thread The Virus.
    Since most traveller robots are expected to accept human voice command and many are WiFi enabled there is already a very simple attack...
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    swordtart replied to the thread The Virus.
    Flashing lights can induce epileptic seizure so it is not just theoretical. Ditto the sound generators installed to induce...
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    swordtart replied to the thread Playing out a tug-of-war?.
    Leadership is a good addition, but it wouldn't be in the task chain, it would just be a check and the normal DM+1's distributed through...
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    swordtart replied to the thread Playing out a tug-of-war?.
    Wouldn't the tactics be bundled up in an Athletics check? I would view a STR check as raw STR, and Athletics(STR) check is using that...
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