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Title: Cyberdeck aesthetic.
Post by: VajraSupremus on <07-27-13/1537:11>: How are cyberdecks outer shells designed now? I don't have the book so I know nothing if there are images included. I know decks used to be essentially keyboard sized with an additional screen tacked on, but what of now?
Title: Re: Cyberdeck aesthetic.
Post by: Basic on <07-27-13/1544:13>: Quote from: VajraSupremus on <07-27-13/1537:11>
How are cyberdecks outer shells designed now? I don't have the book so I know nothing if there are images included. I know decks used to be essentially keyboard sized with an additional screen tacked on, but what of now?

They kind of look like tablets.
(http://www.concept-phones.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Futuristic_tablet_design_3.jpg)
Title: Re: Cyberdeck aesthetic.
Post by: Xenon on <07-27-13/1634:59>: This is the Hermes Chariot Cyberdeck (a mid range deck that cost 123,000¥ and have an availability of 6R)
(http://i.imgur.com/7lus00g.png)
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The most common
form of a deck is a smooth, flat, elongated rectangle,
slim with plenty of display space for touch controls, although
they can take many forms.

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A cyberdeck usually has a small
screen for displaying status messages. It is most often
a flat rectangle, but it can be just about any shape that
has the same volume as a small book; the “hackpack”
model, a cyberdeck in a belt pack, is popular for deckers
on the go.

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is like a commlink with some
extra features. It is a bit bigger than a commlink, about
the size of a small tablet or a spiral-bound notebook, or
a pair of playing card decks.
Title: Re: Cyberdeck aesthetic.
Post by: Elizara Dane on <07-28-13/1614:44>: Xenon hit the nail on the head. I think its more important, thematically, if you choose its design to fit your character and setting. For example the Decker that I made for my stable of SR5 characters is a nouveau riche kid that idolizes the deckers of old and had his deck modeled after a 1980's keytar, neon lighting and synth music included.
Title: Re: Cyberdeck aesthetic.
Post by: CanRay on <07-29-13/1209:09>: Bull still has his old Keyboard-style Cyberdeck strapped to his arm. ;D
Title: Re: Cyberdeck aesthetic.
Post by: Ricochet on <07-29-13/2328:02>: Quote from: CanRay on <07-29-13/1209:09>
Bull still has his old Keyboard-style Cyberdeck strapped to his arm. ;D

well, he used to. Didn't you read my Sprawl Wilds review?
Title: Re: Cyberdeck aesthetic.
Post by: CanRay on <07-30-13/1229:32>: Quote from: Ricochet on <07-29-13/2328:02>
well, he used to. Didn't you read my Sprawl Wilds review?
I haven't been able to read much of anything.

Even most posts are too long. :'(