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<blockquote data-quote="Abstruse" data-source="post: 6159754" data-attributes="member: 6669048">Convergence is basically the point in which the security protocols of the Matrix finally pinpoint your exact location and confirm that you are, in fact, doing something illegal. It's not GOD but rather demi-GODs technically that descend upon you (they police regional hosts I believe rather than GOD which polices the entire global network). What happens during Convergence is bad enough on its own, but if you as GM want to really put the pressure on your decker, they DO have his physical location even if he's no longer in the Matrix.Yes, but like you said, you're limited to what the decker's deck can handle. I'd have to re-read the rules again to see how it works, but the team MAY be able to slave all their devices to their personal commlinks and then slave the COMMLINK to the decker's deck...but I'm not entirely sure if that sort of layered protection would work under the rules. It might also be a very bad idea because any mark given to a slaved device is also given to the master (marks are how you, as a hacker, gain access to icons, basically putting your stamp on the icon to try to gain some sort of administrator-level access to it).My best guess is end of the year if we're very, very lucky. I'm highly curious about this as well Jason!Considering the way the rules are built for this edition, it would be far easier for them to do a SHADOWRUN 2050 style book than it was for SR4A. And do NOT get me started on what a clusterfrag SR2050 was...horrible, horrible book...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Abstruse, post: 6159754, member: 6669048"] Convergence is basically the point in which the security protocols of the Matrix finally pinpoint your exact location and confirm that you are, in fact, doing something illegal. It's not GOD but rather demi-GODs technically that descend upon you (they police regional hosts I believe rather than GOD which polices the entire global network). What happens during Convergence is bad enough on its own, but if you as GM want to really put the pressure on your decker, they DO have his physical location even if he's no longer in the Matrix. Yes, but like you said, you're limited to what the decker's deck can handle. I'd have to re-read the rules again to see how it works, but the team MAY be able to slave all their devices to their personal commlinks and then slave the COMMLINK to the decker's deck...but I'm not entirely sure if that sort of layered protection would work under the rules. It might also be a very bad idea because any mark given to a slaved device is also given to the master (marks are how you, as a hacker, gain access to icons, basically putting your stamp on the icon to try to gain some sort of administrator-level access to it). My best guess is end of the year if we're very, very lucky. I'm highly curious about this as well Jason! Considering the way the rules are built for this edition, it would be far easier for them to do a SHADOWRUN 2050 style book than it was for SR4A. And do NOT get me started on what a clusterfrag SR2050 was...horrible, horrible book... [/QUOTE]

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