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[Skulkraken]

Quoting: macksting

What's this "basic" and "advanced training?" I'm used to these being applied to military personnel, but I can't seem to reconcile graphic design with military service at the same time.
National Guard?

"Basic" training, from my understanding, refers to the standard combat training that everyone in the Army has to go through.  The "advanced" training is essentially the training in whatever specialty the recruit has chosen.  For most soldiers, this would be further combat training.  In the case of my sister, she's signed on in a noncombat role (as a graphics artist), so her training is based around that instead.  Think of it as a full college art program condensed down into the span of several weeks.

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The additions to cyberware sound awesome.  Will any include combat options, like say, laser eyes or arm cannons?

[macksting]

Sorta like my mother's electronics training in the Coast Guard. I just didn't think there'd be enough demand for graphic design in the military to get training in it. So she'll be a Specialist soon, or something?
Is this US military?

[Varil]

Anticheese : So....if you met a guy who had cybernetically enhanced his muscles, would you think 'formerly disabled' or 'can kill me with his bare hands'?

I'm not arguing, really. Most cyberware is probably mostly harmless. I agree that only the really dangerous stuff should have serious problems getting around, but once you've replaced 70% of your body with machine, people start looking at you funny. Or nervously. Even if the first body-mod is pretty mild, what if you have a dozen similarly mild mods?

Maybe if each piece of cyberware has a danger rating? A new toe has a rating of 1, but laser eyes have a rating of 50. After a rating of 40 or so, you probably start having to walk through the metal detector two or three times.

[Keiseth]

I think a tracking system would be a good idea. With a remote shutdown for the seriously cybered individuals. You fire at a citizen and somebody in the government flicks a switch. Your muscles stop working and you go blind; or worse! Maybe you could even find some less savory individuals to disable that, in the city. They disable the remote shutdown so you fire at a citizen, they flick the switch; Nothing happened. Ooooh crap, they think... It'd be pretty cool.

Also, what's with the lack of cyberbreath? C'mon! Electronically hideous or refreshing breath. You can belch at somebody with skunk-like potential to knock them out and win people over to your side with breath like fresh cut flowers.

Cyberbreath. For a nice, clean feeling! Warning: Patients should not consume tacos, as it may cause the equipment to go haywire...

[Anticheese]

That's pretty much what happened in the game Deus Ex. The main character J C Denton turned rogue after an assassination assignment at an airport. The government activated a killswitch (24 hours before his nanites eat his brain) and he eventually managed to save his life through a black market machine owned by the Chinese Triads.

Soon after that the main character found a device that could give him the ability to either A: Have his own internal respirator or B: Protect his lungs and indeed the rest of his body from toxins and radiation.

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As for the lack of cyberbreath? I think the only place where you can suffocate is in a few missions in GH2.

It would be a nice addition...

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Quoting: Varil

Anticheese : So....if you met a guy who had cybernetically enhanced his muscles, would you think 'formerly disabled' or 'can kill me with his bare hands'?

True point. I only ment to say that disabling most cyberware components would be fatal to the person involved. Imagine if your heart or muscles stopped working?

Come to think of it there is no reason why the game can't just say: "We don't want you in this base. Your security pass will expire in 60 seconds." to characters that are just visiting or post an armed guard to the character and put movement on railroads.

Sorry for the late reply.