Re: [HOE] Headbanger Chips

[PEGTeller@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/7/01 11:17:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time, tsm@jlab.org 
writes:

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 > It is the presence of this code that allows the use of Combine weapons. A 
 > Combine weapon taken out of storage and issued to a trooper becomes 
active, 
 > and begins a constant scan for the presence of headbanger chips. If unable 
to 
 > detect a live chip within two yards of itself for two minutes, the weapon 
 > self-destructs. **Weapons won't fire for non-chipped individuals. A new 
 > version of the weapon chip, the Mark II, only detonates the weapon if an 
 > unauthorized person attempts to use it. These chips are usually installed 
in 
 > weapons used in close quarters combat where the explosion of dead 
trooper's 
 > weapons might injure or kill other squad members. Unfortunately for 
 > Resistance members, there is no way to tell which chip is in a weapon 
until 
 > an unattended weapon either explodes or doesn't.** 
 
 So does this mean that Mark I chipped guns won't explode until two minutes
 after they are out of range of live black hats?
>>Mark Is explode in two ways: if left unattended or used by an unauthorized 
person. Mark IIs only explode if used by an unauthorized person, not if left 
unattended.
 
 Does it also mean that Mark I guns won't explode if a non-Black Hat picks
 it up and pulls the trigger (if there is a leaving Black Hat in range or
 the 2 minutes hasn't passed)? They just won't fire. >>
>>See above