Re: Cyberpunk v3 - analysis

Arf!!!

Tetsubo wrote:

>That sounds familiar... I think I read that in an SF novel set in
>Japan post-quake. It dealt with a female detective that had had
>extensive body modification done. It had a lot of nanotech in
>the book. I just can't remember the title...

I'm not sure if you're thinking of the same book I am, but in William
Gibson's IDORU, Tokyo is recovering from a big quake -- its rebuilding
itself using nanotechnology.

I'm fairly sure this is where CPv3 gets its inspiration, except it
takes the idea a step too far by having the nanotech maulfunction -- it
doesn't know when to stop building. Night City has spread across the
entire west coast, rendering it a megalopolis much like Judge Dredd's
Mega-City One. (Well, technically, Mega-City Three.) This I am OK with.
A huge-ass megacity is a good thing. In fact, I'd always felt that
Night City was never very Cyberpunk. Structurally, it's just a regular
modern city. So huge-ass megatown is good. But...

Thing is, since the nanotech builders have gone bonkers, sometimes the
nanites in one building will start disassembling nearby buildings for
raw materials. So yeah, the building you're in could, rather
unexpetedly, start turning mushy and then come apart. This is called
"moving day" in the CPv3 vernacular.

Like I said, why the hell would anyone want to live in such a place?
Yargh.

There is a throwaway mention of some kind of protective counter-nano
buildings can use to keep from being disassembled like this... But it
is only a throwaway mention. How much does it cost? How common is it?
Is it a one-time treatment or does a building need to be regularly
retreated? How many buildings in Night City have it? Why don't ALL of
them have it? There are details which really should have been included!

Grebo