There are 2 types of Tortoises:
Telimmersion
Telimmersion devices consist of goggles and a full-body suit that provides force-feedback, or simsense trode rigs. Telimmersion devices impose the following penalties.
Initiative:
Telimmersion icons suffer a -4 initiative penalty.
Defense: Telimmersion icons take a -5 penalty to Defense.
Hit Points: System x 4.
Programs: Reduce the effective ratings of programs on these systems by one point.
Telepresence
Telepresence devices use monitors and simple devices (joysticks, keyboards, mice, motion-sensitive gloves) for interaction. Telepresence devices are still common, being used in most wage slave cubicles. The standard computer available on the equipment list is a telepresence device.
• Initiative: Telepresence icons take a -8 initiative penalty.
• Defense: Telepresence icons take a -5 penalty to Defense.
• Hit Points: System x 3.
• Programs: Reduce the effective ratings of programs on these systems by two points.
On the Tortoise Table below, standard cyberdeck names are used. The brands are comparable, except for the modified ratings. A notation of TI indicates a telimmersion system, while a TP indicates a telepresence system.
| TI | Fire | Resp | Sys | Active | Storage Mem | Str | Dex | Con | Hourly Power | Max Charge | Price(x2 for illegal) | Rank for License |
|---|
| Radio Shack DC-100 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1x10 |
5x10 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
n/a |
500 |
1 |
| Allegiance Alpha |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1x10 |
5x10 |
5 |
7 |
7 |
1 |
n/a |
2500 |
1 |
| Sony CTY-360 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
5x10 |
10x10 |
6 |
8 |
8 |
1 |
100 |
3000 |
2 |
| Fuchi Cyber-4 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
10x10 |
50x10 |
8 |
10 |
10 |
1 |
150 |
7500 |
3 |
| Fuchi Cyber-6 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
10x10 |
50x10 |
10 |
11 |
11 |
1 |
175 |
12500 |
4 |
| Fuchi Cyber-7 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
20x10 |
100x10 |
12 |
13 |
13 |
1 |
200 |
20000 |
5 |
| Fairlight Excalibur |
10 |
8 |
5 |
50x10 |
100x10 |
14 |
15 |
15 |
1 |
275 |
30000 |
6 |
| TP | Fire | Resp | Sys | Active | Storage Mem | Str | Dex | Con | Hourly Power | Max Charge | Price(x2 for illegal) | Rank for License |
|---|
| Radio Shack DC-100 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1x10 |
5x10 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
n/a |
250 |
1 |
| Allegiance Alpha |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1x10 |
5x10 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
50 |
1250 |
1 |
| Sony CTY-360 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
5x10 |
10x10 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
100 |
1500 |
2 |
| Fuchi Cyber-4 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
10x10 |
50x10 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
150 |
4500 |
3 |
| Fuchi Cyber-6 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
10x10 |
50x10 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
1 |
175 |
7500 |
4 |
| Fuchi Cyber-7 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
40x10 |
100x10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
1 |
200 |
10000 |
5 |
| Fairlight Excalibur |
10 |
8 |
5 |
100x10 |
100x10 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
1 |
275 |
15000 |
6 |
Upgrading decks
You can upgrade the attributes of your computer systems individually. You can never increase the system over x2 the starting value. The set cost is 10% of the value of the deck original in the table above(regardless of what you for it)
Purchase the upgrade
| Old number | New number | Additional Cost |
|---|
| 1 |
3 |
none |
| 3 |
5 |
standard 100 cr or 10% of deck original whatever is lower |
| 5 |
7 |
standard 500 cr 10% of deck original whatever is lower |
| 7 |
9 |
Add 1% of the total value of the deck now |
| 9 |
10 |
Add 5% of the total value of the deck now |
| 10 |
10+ |
Add 10% of the total value of the deck now |
