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Message no. 1
From: Kristling the Weird <kristling@*********.COM>
Subject: Airports
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 21:26:22 -0400
Okay, here's something that may or may not have been disscussed, I just
joined:

AIRPORT SECURITY
Namely, in the era of chrome and magic, what new meassures have been
added? Are magicians required to drop any spell locks? Are matal
detectors any use when every third person going through 'em is chromed?
I bet there's a whole slew of new concerns. Have they been dealt with?
Do we need an article on this for the NAGTTW? We are dealing with the
international scence here. I volunteer, if an article is warrented!
Message no. 2
From: Matb <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: Airports
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 07:54:21 -0700
Kristling the Weird wrote:

> Okay, here's something that may or may not have been disscussed, I just
> joined:

> AIRPORT SECURITY
> Namely, in the era of chrome and magic, what new meassures have been
> added? Are magicians required to drop any spell locks? Are matal
> detectors any use when every third person going through 'em is chromed?
> I bet there's a whole slew of new concerns. Have they been dealt with?
> Do we need an article on this for the NAGTTW? We are dealing with the
> international scence here. I volunteer, if an article is warrented!

Well, in terms of everyone being chromed: remember there's a big
difference (in terms of legality as well as 'chromeness' - er, Essence
loss) between datajacks and wired reflexes. I really don't see much
people having more than datajacks (cybereyes for most people are
unnecessary; if you're born with astigmatism, have your eyes cloned with
corrected genes).

As far as metal detectors (and, in SR, chemsniffers, MRI,
millimeter-wave
radar <guffaw> and Detect Gun spells) go, I presume everything gets
caught. Wageslaves, however, are probably travelling at their
megacorp's
whim, however, and so their credstick is probably tagged with a waiver.
Non-corps probably have an opportunity to declare their cyber, and might
very well be taken at their word (given that it's been seen on X-ray
anyway.)

Magic is a bit more of a problem; likely low-level mages get stuck
watching the chokepoints to the gates all day while higher-level guys
whip up a few watchers now and then and patrol the tarmac.
There's a lot of open space at a terminal, astrally speaking.
Perhaps you offer mages special discounts on riding semiballs to
encourage them that way...

The biggest problem is bioware: it's invisible, as far as scanners go,
and probably magic as well (no Essence loss is a good thing..) There's
no equivalent to a cyberarm shotgun, of course, but a toxin exhaler in
closed quarters can do evil things.

The real secret to security, though, is intelligence; have anyone you
think might be affilliated with a terrorist cell sit quietly in a cell
for ten or fifteen minutes while you scan them from afar. (Is there a
Detect Bioware spell?) You don't need to scan /everyone/, just the
folks
that you think are blaggers. It'll work at least ninety percent of the
time... you hope.


-Matt
Message no. 3
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Airports
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 12:48:11 +0100
Kristling the Weird said on 21:26/ 4 Jun 97...

> AIRPORT SECURITY
> Namely, in the era of chrome and magic, what new meassures have been
> added? Are magicians required to drop any spell locks? Are matal
> detectors any use when every third person going through 'em is chromed?
> I bet there's a whole slew of new concerns. Have they been dealt with?
> Do we need an article on this for the NAGTTW? We are dealing with the
> international scence here. I volunteer, if an article is warrented!

This is a good idea, since GMs wanting to make use of the NAGTTW will need
to know about these things. If I may make a suggestion, don't limit it to
airport security, but discuss border security in general (airports count
as borders in most countries, AFAIK). No need to focus on a specific
country, but general guidelines for GMs would be very handy.

BTW, try and make it compatible with existing Shadowrun material in, for
example, the Denver GM book and the Harlequin adventure.

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Well that's allright now, you don't listen to me anyway.
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Message no. 4
From: Kristling the Weird <kristling@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: Airports
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 21:15:43 -0400
Gurth wrote, via what I said on 21:26/ 4 Jun 97...
> > AIRPORT SECURITY
> > Namely, in the era of chrome and magic, what new meassures have been
> > added? Are magicians required to drop any spell locks? Are matal
> > detectors any use when every third person going through 'em is chromed?
> > I bet there's a whole slew of new concerns. Have they been dealt with?
> > Do we need an article on this for the NAGTTW? We are dealing with the
> > international scence here. I volunteer, if an article is warrented!
>
> This is a good idea, since GMs wanting to make use of the NAGTTW will need
> to know about these things. If I may make a suggestion, don't limit it to
> airport security, but discuss border security in general (airports count
> as borders in most countries, AFAIK). No need to focus on a specific
> country, but general guidelines for GMs would be very handy.
>
> BTW, try and make it compatible with existing Shadowrun material in, for
> example, the Denver GM book and the Harlequin adventure.
Okay gang, help me out: I HAVE NEITHER OF THOSE PRODUCTS! I'm on a
budget. Anyone who can help, pls do.
--Kristling The Weird.

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