Oh absolutely, and Bethesda is absolutely capable of that. It would be very myopic for them though. They can't possibly be ignorant of the fact that modding is what kept Skyrim selling for a decade.
Preventing modding would be a substantial exercise in hubris ("we don't need them"), or one of those intentional failure/tax writeoff things.
Yeah, but you're supposed to dislike Winn, she's the villain. Her acting was perfect for the role.
Considering how the modding community made Skyrim a long-term success, this would be a very foolish decision.
You can get a SAS USB external enclosure but they're in the $100 range, probably not worth it for 3TB.
For internal use, you can get a used PCIe SAS Host Bus Adapter fairly cheap BUT you need to do some research. Before you buy one you should confirm that there is a driver for the OS that you are using and that it is supported on your processor/socket/chipset. These cards are server hardware - many of them are not supported by Windows and/or are not compatible with consumer motherboards & CPUs.
From my extensive experience in this area (true crime podcasts lol), if your hitman is either quoting a reasonable price or offering a payment plan, they’re a cop.
And the ones asking for payment up front will enjoy the free money. What, were you going to get a receipt for that?
Perfect. Let the players run with it. The more impractical and overcomplicated it is the more opportunities for the DM to set up unintended consequences.
The NPC decides to expand the sending stone services without the players' knowledge. They outsource the switching tasks, and then the production and distribution of sending stones, eventually turning it into a full-blown telecommunications service and call center. The players call in and have to wait in a hold queue for assistance. The outsourced staff don't know the player characters and don't really understand or care about the service beyond the specific task they were hired for, so it starts to degrade and provide a worse user experience. A local bad guy hacks into the system and starts eavesdropping on calls. The original NPC sells the business off before it completely collapses, and skips town. Communications failures and chaos ensue.
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