Neural Interface w/Data Storage
The benefits of this cyberware apply when you research using internally or externally stored data. Isn’t that all data that is digital? I understand that the bonus won’t apply to a book made of actual paper. My question is more about how it interacts with the other moves, such as 24/7 Live Feeds.
24/7 Live Feeds provides its bonus when you scan the feeds to research a topic. Is a feed externally stored data or is there a difference between a feed/stream and stored data? Might this also be an issue that relates to the tech level of the setting? I could see in a very retro type game needing a disk or chip if you didn’t have the data stored in your internal storage. I can also see in a more advanced game using cloud based storage, or even the net as a whole (it’s stored on the net, external from you).
Was this intended as a specific restriction, or just as a way to exempt non-digital sources Hamish Cameron?
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I was imagining a distinction between archived and live data there. So the Neural Interface helps with slower, big data searches and 24/7 live feeds is for scanning the emphemeral now. Of course in terms of storage, there’s not really a difference, so some games might allow overlap depending on tech levels and conception of tech.
Hamish Cameron
So broadly speaking, it’s the difference between doing a Google search, vs monitoring Twitter feeds?
Basically, yes.
It’s definitely one of those cases where individual groups might play it differently if they have a strong CS/IT background! Be true to the shared fictional space of your own table!