Hi,
OK, so I can describe tech as “color” and it has no effect. Cool. That’s useful and I can buy actual in-game features on an as-needed basis.
But let’s say I’m poor. I have few or no resource points to spend on cool gadgets.
I really need a SCrEW gun. It can be a standard from-the-book gun but it has to be “real”. It needs to blow big fat holes through other people in a Firefight. Not Color in any way.
I can’t afford to buy it, but I certainly know where I could find such a gun. Maybe I know a guy or maybe there’s a gun store or something.
Can I forgo a Resources test in favor of some other sort of test(s) that allows me to get the gun for “free”? I’m thinking of stealing the gun, but maybe I just sweet-talk my friend into letting me borrow his (using Circles or DoW or something).
It’s kinda petty for these low-end items, but perhaps someday I need to steal an assault shuttle. I come up with a good plan and take off in it. Then I get into a fight with the shuttle. Assuming that dice are hitting the table can I use the ordnance on the shuttle without paying resource points?
I feel like the answer in all these cases is: yes, if you’ve made some sort of appropriate test then you should be able to get the item you’re looking for even if you didn’t build/buy it.
Here’s the flip-side to my question: I’ve spent a lot of time customizing my personal sidearm. It can do lots of neat things the average gun can’t. It’s not color, it’s not hard tech, it’s very personalized stuff. Can the gun just “be stolen” from me? Is one roll sufficient? Here what I’m asking is that if I’ve put lots of resources into some tech, how easy/hard is it to take that away from me?
later
Tom