[Torg] The GodNet

[Chris]

I was under the impression from the Cyberpapacy source book, that there were
people who would effectively be living inside the God Net. If for no other
reason than the miracle Mana (pasted below for ease of reference). Given the
duration is until removed (by the character affected), I get the idea that
there are a bunch of people in a church in France somewhere, or in other CP
churches, locked in a room, just trolling the net, trying to preach to the
faithful who are logged in, and deal with any sinners in the net inquisition
style. Thus ends my 2 cents.
Chris

Mana
Spiritual Rating: 14
Community Rating: 13
Difficulty: 16
Range: touch
Duration: until removed
Effect: sustains character while in GodNet

A character who jacks in to the
GodNet leaves his body behind while
his mind and spirit roam the net. This
miracle sustains the body so a character
can stay in the net for day, weeks,
even years at a time. The body does
not need sleep, eat or drink while
being sustained by mana. Its as if the
GodNet gives them nourishment and
refreshes them. However the body
does age while under this miracle.
The miracle may be removed by
the focus character, or by the character
when he exits the GodNet. If the character
wishes to use his body in any
way, he must remove the miracle.

On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Kansas Jim <ksjim at sdc.org> wrote:

> Steve Crow wrote:
>
>  Also, it's not entirely clear, IMO, what GodNet Monitors and VX personas
>> do within constructs, or how they check for security breaches. So a
>> construct has 5 Jackpriests and a VX angel: what do they do if an alarm
>> hasn't gone out yet? How does their presence affect a GodNet Runner's
>> stealth checks?
>>
>
> The GodNet book seems a bit confused on the presence of personas in
> constructs, in most of the examples they appear to be bereft of all life
> except for sentinel programs. The jackpriests are all sitting out in
> the real world at workstations operating things from there rather than
> from within the GodNet and they only jack in when an alarm has gone
> off. The only example which has someone already in the construct that
> hackers can encounter isn't even a Papal one, it's the Sun King
> construct on p76.
>
> This never made any sense to me, given the religious nature of the
> GodNet why would Cyberpapists manipulate it from the outside and only
> enter it when required to? Especially given other sections which talk
> about pleasant gardens in Babel Central where priests go to relax and
> all the talk about public areas where presumably people are expected to
> congregate - if the unwashed masses are expected to conduct business
> and interact with each other within the GodNet why does the Church
> monitor and operate everything from outside?
>
> Anyway, if there is a jackpriest, angel or whatever in a cell and
> there's no active alarm then the hacker's stealth checks follow the
> rules on p45. "Guardian" appears to be used to refer to any hostile
> within a construct, not just Sentinel programs.
>
>
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