Ok, but when is a call for a down shadowrunner NOT a HRT. Plus they charge for it. If I were CEO of DocWagon all calls would be HRT and let the insurance company fight it if they don't want to pay.
Hmm, I'm not with you on this.
Joe Average doesn't want you to show up at work with SMG's and body-armour just because he's choking on a pickle in a restaurant.
Also, the costs for fielding enough HTR's to cover every ambulance vehicle would just be ASTRONOMICAL.
Query: Is it HTR or HRT? I always thought it was High Threat Response, but enough people are using the HRT acronym I'm feeling like I've got Dyslexia here o.O
It's HTR but in a similar vein to "teh" it simply never gets typed HTR by some people.
The way I see it, DocWagon is paying those guys ANYWAY, and the cost of having HTR teams sitting on their thumbs is also astronomical. DocWagon isn't for everyone, its for people who can afford DocWagon service, I'm not sure Joe Average is on their subscription list. And if he IS on the list, he might appreciate the SWAT guys setting off a perimeter to get him in the ambulance and to the hospital before he chokes to death. The restaurant on the other hand might not.
Not all calls can be prescreened either, and its better to HAVE the HTR and not need it than need it and hot have it. Sure, not all calls are HTR, but the HTR division is profit generating. Any time there is ANY chance DocWagon could send it out, I would assume they do.