Re: [BNW] Teleporters

["Steve Crow" <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

>Steve Crow wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Just out of curiosity, is there any power package that tends to be more
> > common than others?  Goliath and Teleportation strike me as two that 
>would
> > be relatively uncommon:  the former because it would be rather 
>noticeable
> > (that, and there are presumably other strength-related packages), and 
>the
> > latter because it strikes me that without a whole lot of 
>"anti-teleportation
> > shielding" or some such, a few determined Teleporters could seriously
> > destabilize a country or two.
>
>If a teleporter doesn't know exactly where he's going, and cant be sure 
>there is
>nothing occupying the space he will, he risks taking a lot of damage trying 
>to
>get into a bank vault.  (Or similar location)  I'd assume in BNW great 
>lengths
>are taken to conceal the plans for secure installations, not allow people 
>to see
>the layout inside, and regular changing of the location of objects within. 
>(So
>even if a Teleporter does try to get in he's likely to end up inside 
>something)
>

I tend to look at it this way.  Look at the Mission Impossible series.  
Their opponents pretty much _knew_ what the technology available to the team 
was (what - like the Soviets didn't have the same kind of tech?), but still 
couldn't stop a well-planned operation based on that technology and ability.

I would tend to assume that if you had, say, a modern-day BNW equivalent of 
the IM Taskforce, with a Teleporter on board, and opponents who were 
well-enough informed in general of the capability, such a team could 
probably pull off the equivalent of what they did in the series.  Overthrow 
nations, kill or or set up dictators, you know...that kind of thing.

>Other tricks could be used to stop teleporters:
>
>Don't leave enough space for them to get into:  Pack the vault full of 
>empty
>boxes so he is forced out when he tries to get in
>
>If the atmosphere in the vault was pressurized high enough it should also 
>stop
>the teporter getting in... or crush him instantly if he does
>
>Hmmm... Would a teleporter be able to teleport into water?  Or would it be 
>too
>dense for him?
>

Most of which are kinda...expensive.  The BNW economy is presented as 
roughly equivalent to "our" economy (i.e., we're told to just assume 
modern-day prices for modern-day items).  With not ony that, but all the 
precautions one might have to take against other Delta powers (imagine 
Phasers, for instance!), you'd think insurance premiums and other stuff 
would be at an all-time high...  :)

>
>--
>
>  - doug -


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