Re: [HOE] emp chips

[Dirk <darklord@dark-sky.net>]

Nick Zachariasen wrote:

> > Why would Throckmorton shield the headbanger chips of heavily armed thigs
> > with guns?  Shielding is expensive, thugs with guns are cheap.
>
> It'd also be impractical for Throckmorton to overhaul the machines that
> probably just produce thesethings automatically.  Also, remember, EMP
> shielding things NOW is very expensive, but this is the future- they always
> do things better in the future :) .  I'd imagine it's actually more
> practical for Throckmorton to just leave the factories as is, particularly
> because they work just fine they way they are and if they were changed, that
> would probably destabilize them, and that means they could stop being able
> to produce chips at all.  Besides, I'd imagine they can dig the chips out of
> dead ones who didn't go boom (they don't automatically detonate on the BH's
> death, do they?), so they're recyclable!
>
> Nick Zachariasen
> Editor Emeritus
> Trojan Times

Actually, I think they do detonate upon death, at least that's the way we've
always played it.  I do know that if a black hat is captured and tortured, the
chip will blow to protect any secrets from being shared.  If memory serves that
info came from the adventure that came with the Rad Screen.

--Dirk