Feedback (• • • Mind, • • Forces; or • • • Life, • • or

••• Forces, •• Mind, •• Prime)

The downside of Sensory or Astral Immersion lies in

the idea of trusting your consciousness to a machine. A

canny opponent can "heat" (overload) your iron, frying

your brain in the process.

The lesser Mental Feedback option redirects a Netizen's

own electrical current into a loop, sizzling her senses with a

blast of raw static. Another version (which requires Mind 3

only), wraps her sensory input into a storm of overload.

Neither option ejects the user, but each one causes intense

pain and scrambles the rival's senses.

The deadly Lethal Feedback option fries the opponent

on all levels, banishing her icon and scorching her body as

well! Some varieties blast the target with a wave of pure

terror (Forces 2/ Mind 2), while others simply cook the

spinner with a blast of electricity (Forces 3). A standard

weapon for HIT Marks, FREEKS, VAs, Billy Boys and most

GODZ, LF can take many forms — static bursts, missiles,

bullets, lightning bolts, claws, blades or hammers. The

results are often the same.

[Mental Feedback inflicts normal damage based on the

Mind Sphere; that damage appears as brain-blowing headaches,

shattered reflexes, sensory overload, and occasional

stroke or death from ruptured blood vessels in the brain.

[Lethal Feedback is far worse. In addition to a hard derez,

the Forces 3 version actually burns the meat back home.

The subject takes Health Level damage as if she were hit

with an aggravated Life attack, and might suffer disorientation,

hallucinations or lost Mental Traits as well if she fails

her Stamina roll after the dump. To inflict damage, the

attack must hit the target first. Lethal Feedback is vulgar.]