Guys (and girls if there are any here),
I need some advice/insight on the following:
My team of acolytes will have to extract information from a cogitator used by the heretic cult they are investigating. I want to make this act more ‘interesting’ than a simple Tech-Use test but not as epic as Tron. So I have come up with the idea that the player accessing the cogitator will insert a virtual avatar of himself who will have to defeat x number of virtual guards (probably just 2) before being able to extract information. This will play out as a regular combat encounter but instead of using WS/BS to hit and Dodge to…well dodge, I’d use Intelligence to hit and Perception to dodge. While the characteristic choices are somewhat arbitrary it does depict the non-physical, mental combat the cogitator firewall puts up. Any wounds inflicted will however be actual wounds caused by electricity shooting out from the cogitator or whatnot.
So what do you all think? Would this be fun? Canon? Are the mechanics doable?
My second question is what to do with the other players while this is going on? Just throw in some cultists to keep them busy? Or should I try to involve them in the cogitator encounter as well?