Rules Stuff for Eclipse Phase, mostly clarifications, QaA
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Mesh
Question: Does everyone need an Anonymizer (pg. 315) subscription to use it, or can a crew buy one and route the crew's hacking/communications meant to be anonymous through that crew member's Mesh Inserts (at least if in VPN with them)? Ruling: Every user needs their own.
Nanofabbing
Scavaging for Raw Materials: Mining (Disassambly Tools), Scavaging (Disassambly Tools), and breaking items down with Nanofabbers all create Raw Materials. These come in three categories: Min/1, Mod/2, Maj/3 (which also means they can be acquired as gear). A successful two hour task action can produce one Min/1Raw Materials; eight hours can produce one Mod/2Raw Materials; 24 hours can produce one Maj/3Raw Materials. If breaking down an item with a Nanofabber, when breaking down the item, a Complexity value can be broken up in matching pools. For example, breaking one Maj/3 item would allow you to choose to produce either 3 Raw Materials (Min/1), 1 Raw Materials (Min/1) and 1 Raw Materials (Mod/2), or 1 Raw Materials (Maj/3).
Ruling: Regarding fabber watermarks: Nanofabricated items are physically watermarked on an atomic scale. To read a watermark, you must have access to a fabrication unit large enough disassemble the material being read. You must then feed some quantity of the fabricated material to the fabber unit and succeed on a Program (Nanofabrication) Test (Task Action) with a timeframe of 24 hours. This action must be taken on the proceeds of an item after it has been broken down with a fabrication unit. The amount of real time it takes to disassemble the material and read a watermark is dependent on the complexity of the item, regardless of how much of the item is fed to the fabrication unit.
Cleaner Swarm (pg. 345) destroys the signature/deletes the watermark, making it impossible to check the watermark.
Resleeving
Infomorphs
Question: As an Infomorph, if not changing the kind of Infomorph, after Egocasting, do you have to do any of the Resleeving Tests: Integration Test (288) or Resleeving Stress Test (289)? Ruling: The book clearly says no. That means no.
Question: Does Rebooting (pg. 261, 264) cause any Resleeving Tests (pg. 288) for Infomorphs? Ruling: Rebooting does not require any form of resleeving test.
Question: When Resleeving (pg. 288) from Backup (pg. 286), which if any Resleeving Tests (pg. 288) do Infomorphs (pg. 252) do? Ruling: You must perform a resleeving test, both parts.