Re: [HOE] Cyborgs/Scrapers vs Power Armor

["Fuzyn9feet" <Fuzyn9feet@email.msn.com>]

> >>I think that the costs aren't meant to represent real world costs, but
> >>just as a marker (hey, I could sell my car and afford an infiltraitor
> >>package!). So comparing the cost of a cyborg vs. the cost of a pistol
> >>isn't that straight forward. I would say multiply all the costs in the
> >>cyborgs book by 100 to 1000 times to get a more "real-world" cost.
> >
> >Good point. The same is probably true for power armor--a Wolverine suit
goes for
> >about $15,000 in the wastes because nobody has pre-War resources anymore
and
> >that's all the market will bear these days--but the prices are much lower
> >anyway. I imagine a combat cyborg probably cost millions to make while a
power
> >armor suit ran in the high five to low six-digit range.
> >
> >--Robert Holland
>
> To expand on this, you might want to say the original cost of a PA suit
was 5 to
> 20 times the book cost in U.S. dollars, by comparison to Theo's 100 to
1000
> times book cost for a cyborg.

If a pre-War Tank cost $50,000,000 I can see Cyborgs costing between
$20,000,000 to $30,000,000. But if a Hummer cost $5,000,000 a suit of Power
Armor must be near $20,000,000. Then factor the cost of training of an
operator (remember you have to learn Drivin': Battlesuit) and his living
expenses and wages for the length of a military career. The cost of the
Cyborg is "Organic" upkeep is a pound of meat if damaged (no need for
lodging, food, wages or amenities because the dead have no rights in almost
every country). As for the Can going rouge, it's already been stated that
the AI stops that but what about a Battlesuit Operator, nothing's stopping
him so who is the greater security risk?

Christopher Merrill
A W.H.A.T.T. Member