[Prodigy]

Well, here is one right here. Former analyst in a Brigade level S2 and S3. (In reference to the now edited statement of how many military operations officers are there on these forums.)

Back to Biomonitors and synergy with Pain Editors. It is a great idea and works almost to perfection in game. A combo every Sammie should look into.

[Mirikon]

If your plan to not get shot and killed is only a single sentence, I never wanna go through a door with you.

I kill them first.  Complicated plans are just asking for failure or fiat.

*facepalm* Seriously? Then you, sir, are a moron. Yes, the ability to adapt to changing conditions on the ground is important, but planning and preparation is essential for controlling variables and doing your utmost to keep things from spiraling out of control. Actually, there's a guy in Street Legends Supplemental that is a lot like you. His name is Street Rage. Straight suicide missions all the way, and gets his whole team killed on a couple occasions. That kind of attitude sums up the quintessential "idiot muscle".

Obviously, you have never planned a real operation then. "A plan never survives first contact" is true. That being said, if you went in front of any military officer with a one sentence plan, they would ask for Mirikon's phone book.

It gives me warm fuzzies to have started my own meme.

[RHat]

What makes you say that?  Haven't seen anything to suggest that...  It's not like PANs are incompatible with grids...

All that pussyfooting? Needs to go. If your plan to not get shot and killed requires more then a single sentence, it's a shitty plan. If your plan to not get hacked requires more then a single sentence, you're just jerking off.  I don't think Karma is being an asshole here, I think the rules are just fucking stupid, and since the Matrix itself and wireless nonsense seems to be going, it's a good assumption that PANs are out too.

There's absolutely no indication of any of that.

And as to the rest, well, I must at this point acknowledge your signature.

[Wildcard]

There's absolutely no indication of any of that.

You're of course allowed to ignore clues, and can refuse to make assumptions. That's fine. Just don't get pissy when you're wrong.

[RHat]

There's absolutely no indication of any of that.

You're of course allowed to ignore clues, and can refuse to make assumptions. That's fine. Just don't get pissy when you're wrong.

Uh-huh.  You could, of course, answer the question I asked: what makes you think that.

But you won't, because you have no basis.

[Wildcard]

There's absolutely no indication of any of that.

You're of course allowed to ignore clues, and can refuse to make assumptions. That's fine. Just don't get pissy when you're wrong.

Uh-huh.  You could, of course, answer the question I asked: what makes you think that.

But you won't, because you have no basis.

Your last post contained no questions, and I've already responded to your earlier one.

You could be less of a condescending asshole during a conversation, but you won't, because you're under the delusion that attitude equals substance.

[RHat]

There's absolutely no indication of any of that.

You're of course allowed to ignore clues, and can refuse to make assumptions. That's fine. Just don't get pissy when you're wrong.

Uh-huh.  You could, of course, answer the question I asked: what makes you think that.

But you won't, because you have no basis.

Your last post contained no questions, and I've already responded to your earlier one.

You could be less of a condescending asshole during a conversation, but you won't, because you're under the delusion that attitude equals substance.

You did not, in fact, answer my earlier question, because you did not state specifically what led you to your conclusions.  By refusing to do so, well, you leave the field of possible conclusions I can draw rather narrow.

[The_Gun_Nut]

'nuff said.

[Prodigy]

Ok, let's not lock this thread by trying to debate a non-debatable issue.

Pain Editors?

[EternalZiggurat]

If your plan to not get shot and killed is only a single sentence, I never wanna go through a door with you.

I kill them first.  Complicated plans are just asking for failure or fiat.

Not familiar with the 7 Ps, then,  I take

offtopic, what are those? On topics, should pain editors be allowed to be compatible with trauma dampeners? Seems like they would summerhouse well, maybe. Maybe broken.

[Prodigy]

Prior Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance. There are other variations but this is the one I know.

[RHat]

They are explicitly not compatible.  If your pain editor is activated, your trauma damper ceases working.

There's a certain synergy in the fact that you can start ignoring the stun if it builds too high, though.

[KarmaInferno]

I started my post out with "channelling Old Man Jones" because he's a hyper paranoid character of mine who has plans in place for every damn contingency you might imagine, and quite a few you can't imagine. He's been that way since I created him for 1st Edition, and 4th edition has only made him more so.

I have, in fact, used the line in game, "I dislike the term 'Plan B'. It implies I only have 26 of them."*

That said, my other characters aren't so extreme in that regard, but yes, the wireless rules are a little silly. Enough that the best way to deal with wireless security is to not use wireless.

As for Pain Editors, I rarely use them. I just don't like the idea of shutting off the body's damage monitor.


-k

* - Also spoken in game, "Yes, I do have a plan in case a dragon randomly shows up. Why?"

[Mirikon]

Prior Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance. There are other variations but this is the one I know.

Indeed. No plan survives first contact with the enemy wholly intact, but proper planning (which includes contingency plans for everything from a guard being out of position to things going completely FUBAR) is the difference between being a professional criminal, and a guy who charges headlong into machine gun fire with the unreasonable belief that everything will work out somehow. In other words, life and death.

* - Also spoken in game, "Yes, I do have a plan in case a dragon randomly shows up. Why?"

My plan for these situations is as follows: "De-ass the area with a quickness." If the Johnson expresses displeasure that the run was scrubbed, send him pictures of the dragon.

[Wildcard]

If your pain editor is activated, your trauma damper ceases working.

[citation needed]