re:DUX Q&A Topic

Isaac
Scavengers can collect the chips, yes. Essentially think of it as like that the chips are cash, and that just scanning the NUIP is a debit card. Any official payments and most stores will only take/add directly from/to the NUIP, but chips aren't super rare either. They're just an odd way to pay because it's not like one chip = one dollar; you have to preload each chip with a set amount of money from your NUIP. So Scavengers can trade and use chips to pay for things if they've received them from others, but unless the person they're trading with has an NUIP, they'd have to give away the entire chip with all the money on it.

kyne
That's correct, yes! It can be used for more complex medications and treatment, like the chemical therapy for after gene mods for example. Obviously if something needs to be physically changed inside your body ( like if you needed something removed ) it can't do that, but it can essentially act like a built in IV.

Ooooh, I wanna add on to that question because I've been having knock off brands of Novigel be a thing in my RPs. Like, it works the same way as the actual Novigel but it's super cheap and isn't nearly as effective. In my mind, I've been comparing it to Neosporin lol

Regarding what was said about Scavengers being able to load up magic code because their chip still works essentially, just without the tracking information active. Does that mean that they are able to still use their ports for other tech? Such as items to amplify their magic or modifications, or are they cut off from those?

Newton
It's accessible for everyone, just varying qualities and quantities depending on the class. It's pretty much the all purpose medical item that everyone could get their hands on.

and Levenin
A knockoff brand is totally cool, just like how Magix has knockoffs /o/




Memes
1) Testing into the classes pretty much guarantees you're going to be making a paycheck similar to that class. While you can be 'poorer' by upper class standards, you'd still be more well off than middle or lower class. Part of the privilege of being a higher class is also a higher paycheck to match it. However, the paycheck is only guaranteed because you are also expected to hold a job in your class. While all members of Upper Class are guaranteed a high paying job, if a member chooses to laze around and be unproductive or fails extremely at work, then it is likely they will be dropped down in rank. Upper Class members may be rich, but they are still expected to produce for society at a level equal to that of their test rank.

2) Family isn't really something that's stressed in Novus, so property transfers would only happen in the child tested into that rank and actually wanted to keep it. If they tested into a lower class the wealth / property would be forfeit.

3) They would receive a stipend, yes! Police kids gotta eat too, right? /hit


Soup
They'd still be able to use other tech, yes! Of course, that also all depends on what the specific tech would be ( such as something that could alert the SP to them being active, or something similar that could get them in deep water ), but they could use it.



CrowlinGallanus
At the moment, the Secret Police do not have an official symbol, no. This is mostly on the basis that they are a secret force and not meant to be showing off who they are anyways. As for ranking, all members of the Secret Police ( barring Executive positions which are NPC atm ) are officially considered to be of equal rank.