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  Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 4:25 PM
  Subject: [HOE] New edge--android
  
  Android             
  5
Your waster's one of those andriods that had an "awakening".  In 
  truth, what usually happened was that a tech spirit wandered into the AI 
  programming for an early andriod and it now has all the benefits of 
  personality and free will.  yipee!  What this means in game terms is 
  that you suffer wounds like harrowed, only a shot to the head will destroy 
  you.  then, your tech spirit self is blown all to hell. unless you have 
  the smarts to evacuate the body(it takes about 5 minutes), that means you're 
  gone forever, no hunting grounds for you.
one disadvantage of this is that 
  the AI still has a small but noticable grasp on you, lowering your spirit die 
  type to a maximum of d6. plus, you can't buy any other arcane background. 
  ow.  but, being part tech spirit and all, you can use ANY of the powers 
  that your browser spirit type has at level 6(still costs chips, look at the 
  junkman cometh).  in addition, you still have a link with the hunting 
  grounds and may help direct tech spirits to a junker, giving said junker a +3 
  to his science:occult engineering roll for building a 
device.