(IW) Cyberpunk Worlds

[arcanus]

Originally Posted by cptbutton

And as with all high tech worlds there is a danger they will invent parachronic travel themselves. So Infinity needs to monitor them to be ready to misdirect or intervene if necessary to keep the Secret.

Ah so this creates a great additional element where Infinity’s paranoia means they have to monitor a TL10 cyberworld just in case of parachronic research.

Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl

Of course, penetrating the research facilities of TL10+ megacorporations in order to do that might be quite difficult. These are installations hidden well enough and/or secure enough to avoid being compromised by their competitors, so Infinity might have difficulty a) finding out that they exist and b) successfully penetrating them.

So enlisting homegrown shadow talent would be the best route, I’m wondering if Net Runners would be a high priority group, use the VR/AR net or grid to gather intel, weak spots, rumours of mysterious visitors, black research.

One of the concepts of dystopian cyberpunk is the value of information and that even top secret Corp R&D finds its way out, the net is the most likely place.

There could be large areas of accessible data on the net, possibly recruit university net students or programmers.

[Mark Skarr]

Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl

Of course, penetrating the research facilities of TL10+ megacorporations in order to do that might be quite difficult. These are installations hidden well enough and/or secure enough to avoid being compromised by their competitors, so Infinity might have difficulty a) finding out that they exist and b) successfully penetrating them. In the case of cyber/magic or cyber/psi, they also have to deal with megacorporations with divination and/or precognition that has been honed to a razor's edge through competition (while they might not know why the people arriving are interesting, they know that they are visitors with novel technology).

You're looking at it the wrong way. Homeliners don't try to penetrate the research facilities . . . they hire local teams to do it for them. After all, where do you think all those jobs you're getting in Cyberpunk come from?

[ajardoor]

Originally Posted by cptbutton

And as with all high tech worlds there is a danger they will invent parachronic travel themselves. So Infinity needs to monitor them to be ready to misdirect or intervene if necessary to keep the Secret.

Yeah, the Arasaka in the Cyberpunk world is already committing crimes against humanity routinely with their Soulkiller stuff. Add a potential parachronic to that, and Homeline may decide another nuke is in order.

[Rupert]

Originally Posted by ajardoor

Yeah, the Arasaka in the Cyberpunk world is already committing crimes against humanity routinely with their Soulkiller stuff. Add a potential parachronic to that, and Homeline may decide another nuke is in order.

Staged to look like the act of some local competitor that absolutely deserves getting one back in return, of course.