[Michael Chandra]

Horizon brainwashing plant. It's the only plausible explanation.

[Aryeonos]

Prodigy, this isn't interpretation, it's taking direct quotes (not even snippets mind you, the whole of the text) and putting them side by side to show direct correlation.

page 61 of Augmentation (quote above) clearly says that the Type O bioware is "the most common off-the-shelf bioware". It goes on to describe two more kinds of bioware that need to be custom tailored to their recipients, Cultured and higher quality bioware (alpha, beta).

There are also several charts and headings that label certain kinds of bioware as "basic bioware", page 171-172 being the complete listing of all bioware between augmentation and the core rules.

The quality lets you treat "off the shelf, basic bioware" as delta grade for the purpose of essence loss. Show me a single statement that says either a) cultured bioware is basic bioware, or b) cultured bioware can be bought "off the shelf".

Note, that non-alpha, beta, delta ware is referred to as "standard" grade ware (also quoted above), so no, it isn't referring to the grade of the ware. Not to mention it would be completely pointless to buy alpha- or beta-ware grade bioware to use with the Positive Quality anyway...

You make WAY too much sense.

How did you get in here?

 


-Jn-
Ifriti Sophist

Did we outlaw deductive reasoning? I probably should have figured that out by the katana thread.

[KarmaInferno]

To add more confusion into the mix, one of the early printings of SR4 had "standard" bioware labeled "basic".


-k

[Aryeonos]

Well aren't we glad they cleared all that up.

[JoeNapalm]

I didn't realize wallabies were so sarcastic?

Is it because they're short?


-Jn-
Ifriti Sophist

[Mirikon]

Its because everyone calls them 'wallabies', which is the slave name given to them by the humans, instead of their proper name of Weadfeayhl;d.

[mtfeeney = Baron]

Now I have to figure out how you pronounce a semi-colon. 

[JoeNapalm]

Its because everyone calls them 'wallabies', which is the slave name given to them by the humans, instead of their proper name of Weadfeayhl;d.

Ooh. My bad. We Ifrit abhor slavery.

(Well...okay...not to put too fine a point on it, we can't abide being enslaved, but still...we can sort of empathize, in our own ambivalent way.)

So giving them noogies while crooning "Wook at da wittle kangawoos!" is right out, then?


-Jn-
Ifrit Sophist

[JoeNapalm]

Now I have to figure out how you pronounce a semi-colon. 

"/ˈeɪ/ ˈsemiˌkōlən/"

You're welcome.

 


-Jn-
Everyone's Favorite Vile Fiend

[Aryeonos]

Where are we getting Wallabies from all the sudden?

[mtfeeney = Baron]

Australia.

[Mirikon]

Your avatar, most likely.

[Aryeonos]

I'm a cat... hyena... thing...
cheetah+hyena, I have the full pic lying around somewhere...

I never did finish the arm or toes.

[DamienHollow]

  This entire time I thought you were a quadruped...

[Aryeonos]

Nope, I am digitigrade though.

I like swinging swords and shooting guns too much