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'sown 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 opponenton 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.
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Mental Feedback inflicts normal damage based on theMind Sphere; that damage appears as brain-blowing headaches,
shattered reflexes, sensory overload, and occasional
stroke or death from ruptured blood vessels in the brain.
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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.]