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== Tabletop Games ==
== Tabletop Games ==
* Fairly common in Cyberpunk and Space Opera genres.
* Fairly common in Cyberpunk and Space Opera genres.
* ''[[Dark Heresy]]'' also has a system of Contacts. Those can help with things like information (as informants, inquiry via their own acquaintances, Lore skills, divinations from a psyker...), items (discount, improved Availability) or favours. XP cost of an individual Contact who's both reliable and has very useful capabilities may be greater than a Talent significantly improving relationship with a whole Imperial organization or other widespread group. Unreliable ones cost less.
* ''[[Dark Heresy]]'' has a system of Contacts, which includes this. They can help with things like information (serve as simple informants, perform inquiry via their own acquaintances, Lore skills, divinations from a psyker...), items (discount, improved Availability) or various favours. XP cost of an individual Contact who's both reliable and has very useful capabilities may be significantly greater than that of a Talent significantly improving relationship with a whole Imperial organization or other widespread group. Unreliable ones cost less, but this can earn the Acolytes additional troubles.


== Video Games ==
== Video Games ==