Cancelling a job on the jobs screen.

[grävling]

The popup says:

'canceling the job at the Connector can be less damaging (-3)'

'can be?' isn't it 'is' or 'would be'? -- are there any cases where it is not less damaging to cancel at the Connector?

[fallen]

grävling - yes, there are cases where it is -3 in either case.

[grävling]

Aha. Why would this happen?

[fallen]

grävling - the concept that I was following is that the high Rep penalties apply to jobs that you are really "ditching more than the job" if you do it on the road. You leave a mark behind, you steal a package, you delete a secure data file. These all come with extra penalties to cancel away from the Connector. If you take the mark back to the Connector and nix the job, it is less damaging. However, if you have no collateral (Assassin, Negotiate, Capture, Threaten, first half of a Pickup job) then its the same as if you returned to the Connector and canceled.

The solution is likely to make the text prompt clear ... if it is the same Reputation, it should say something a little different than if there is a real reason to not ditch from your computer.

[Jamozk Ekhiss]

Talking of deleting secure data files, is there any way to do that for ones from failed contracts? I've currently got 8 secure files just sitting in my head, and I don't see any way to get rid of them.

[grävling]

Apr 17, 2014 12:45:22 GMT -5 Jamozk Ekhiss said:

Talking of deleting secure data files, is there any way to do that for ones from failed contracts? I've currently got 8 secure files just sitting in my head, and I don't see any way to get rid of them.

Go to any doctor. He will scrub your brain for a fee -- looks like you will need multiple scrubs. Bring plenty of stims because you will
exit the doctor's with only 1 MP. (Picking a doctor that operates out of a hotel and then having a nap is the cheapest way to get back to
7MP, of course.)

[Jamozk Ekhiss]

Thanks!