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Old 07-08-2016, 03:13 PM   #9
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Default Re: Differences between GURPS 3 & 4 cybernetics

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So cyberlinb serial number 1001 going into a HT 10 person has a HT 10, but the same cyberlinb model with serial 1002 placed on a man with a HT 15, will have a HT of 15 despite the two limbs be manufactured to be the same from an assembly line?
Precisely so, yes. The language of the rules describing cybernetics is in terms of traits accruing to the character who uses them, much as a metatrait would. Those traits do not include any mention of HT. Therefore, the natural conclusion to be drawn from the rules is that the character's HT applies.

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Check the actual description for the various cybernetic devices.
OK, checking specific devices, I'm seeing a few with different maintenance intervals. In your initial discussion, you appeared to be discussing cybernetics in general with one of those few items used as an example. On that handful of specific items, then, yes, frequent maintenance is vital.
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