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DocWagon etc. - how severe must an injury be before they respond?

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« Reply #15 on: <01-05-15/1653:37> »
wel if thy dont get to you in under 10 minutes its free  ;D

It's easy to give away free service to a dead client.  They guarantee arrival of the medics in 10 minutes - but they don't guarantee they'll get to you in 10 minutes.  If they land an HTR team in the middle of a multi-gang war, it might take them another 10 minutes to get to you.  They've lived up to their contractual obligation though - they got a team to your location in 10 minutes.  And now your next of kin owes them 5,000¥ for the HTR response, plus 20,000¥ for any dead DocWagon personnel.

I still think that DocWagon and it's ilk are a great option for a runner though, assuming you're not on extraterritorial property.  Page 7 of Augmentation has a great picture of runners on two sides of an Aztechnology fence.  One side is being treated by DocWagon.  The other side is being slaughtered.
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« Reply #16 on: <01-05-15/1914:27> »
wel if thy dont get to you in under 10 minutes its free  ;D

Upon receiving a call from a contract-holder, DocWagon franchises guarantee arrival of an armed
trauma team in less than ten minutes, or else the emergency medical care is free.


*while bleeding out on the pavement after escaping corpsec via Super Window Jump from the fifth floor*
Yay?
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« Reply #17 on: <01-05-15/2303:09> »
Only five?  Pshaw.

And just remember, if a corporation knows DocWagon has you, they'll submit extradition paperwork on your ass right fraggin' away.
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« Reply #18 on: <01-05-15/2331:15> »

*while bleeding out on the pavement after escaping corpsec via Super Window Jump from the fifth floor*
Yay?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8mcDmXqo3w
Guess you should have invested in Wyrm's Window Jumping Workout Trid
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« Reply #19 on: <01-06-15/0604:46> »
Maybe I'll just anchor a Catfall.

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« Reply #20 on: <01-06-15/0710:44> »
Only five?  Pshaw.

And just remember, if a corporation knows DocWagon has you, they'll submit extradition paperwork on your ass right fraggin' away.
not wen i am the GM .
once your in docwagons care you are safe ( until you leave the clinic ) .
if word got out that thy deliver clients to corp nobadie woud use thyr services anymore .
thy became that big by not playing the corp game and promesing/delevering 100% discretion every singel time .
thy have in thyr possesion bio data/blood samples and other stuff to Id most shadowrunners and corp bigwigs / crimelord that nobadie wants to piss them off .
yes you might be insignificent but thy just can not take the chance that delivering you will hurt thyr rep.

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« Reply #21 on: <01-06-15/0825:04> »
Only five?  Pshaw.

And just remember, if a corporation knows DocWagon has you, they'll submit extradition paperwork on your ass right fraggin' away.
not wen i am the GM .
once your in docwagons care you are safe ( until you leave the clinic ) .
if word got out that thy deliver clients to corp nobadie woud use thyr services anymore .
thy became that big by not playing the corp game and promesing/delevering 100% discretion every singel time .
thy have in thyr possesion bio data/blood samples and other stuff to Id most shadowrunners and corp bigwigs / crimelord that nobadie wants to piss them off .
yes you might be insignificent but thy just can not take the chance that delivering you will hurt thyr rep.

Ow.  That's almost painful to read.

Getting past that, though, I just have to remind you, shreck, that while that 'our patients are sacrosant' thing is fine at your table, in general SR world terms while discretion may be a large portion of their game - they aren't going to be selling that blood/etc. to anyone, for example - they ARE a AA-rated corporation, granted that status by the Corporate Court, and as a result, they have to play by the rules of the Corporate Court.  That includes, but is not limited to, turning over individuals wanted for criminal activity in another jurisdiction once they are given sufficient proof before the Court of that individual's wrongdoing.  Now, if DocWagon likes the individual enough, they may do their best to delay that hearing, but it's still going to happen, and they'll still have to agree to turn a criminal over.  NOT doing so is going to hurt their rep a hell of a lot more.
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« Reply #22 on: <01-06-15/0948:28> »
To Wyrm's point, officially DocWagon only works with SINners.  Therefore if you're a criminal on the run, they are obligated to turn you in.  Or at least to turn in you SIN identity.  For an example of what I mean, consider this:

DocWagon has a contract for SINner David Evans.  David Evans is the pseudonym of a runner named Edge, who is actually SINless.  In the eyes of DocWagon, Paul Hewson is hurt and brought in to a DocWagon hospital.  While Mr. Evans is unconscious, DocWagon gets a call from Aztechnology saying that Paul Hewson is a wanted fugitive.  DocWagon begins to go through the motions with Aztechnology, getting all the paperwork in order for extradition.  Meanwhile, Edge realizes he's going to be in deep shit, so he changes his SIN over to Adam Clayton.  DocWagon comes into David Evans' room and finds Adam Clayton there instead.  Adam Clayton gets kicked out of the DocWagon hospital for not being David Evans.  Aztechnology comes to claim David Evans from DocWagon, but DocWagon has no idea where he's gone.  David Evans has disappeared.

In game terms, this would mean that the character didn't get fully healed and only healed as much as DocWagon would let him heal before they kicked his ass out of the hospital.  I should also point out that this sort of trick should only work if the character regains consciousness, the player thinks of this situation, and the character has multiple top-quality SINs to prove his identity.  Assume that the hospital staff has no idea who this guy is, because after treating dozens of patients and changing shifts a couple times, the nurses and doctors have only the paperwork to go on to know the patient in question.

Also, if there's ever a question of what to do with DocWagon, just assume it's like American hospitals.  The doctors there are obligated to heal you, but they aren't obligated to keep you out of the hands of the cops.  If they even suspect you of a crime, they'll just handcuff you to the bed and continue to heal you.  The big difference is that DocWagon doesn't care how you got hurt.  In American hospitals, if you show signs of being shot, they have to report it to the authorities.  Not so with DocWagon - they assume you're going to be wounded by any of the thousands of things out there that can kill you (read: SINless folks with guns).
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