| From: | Kristling the Weird <kristling@*********.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: Desert Wars article draft, decker comments added, |
| Date: | Thu, 5 Jun 1997 22:33:55 -0400 |
(>) "Speculation and educated guesswork" I'll say! Half of this thing
contradicts what I read in other places. Do your homework, Mr. ASDF.
(>) Elektra
(>) I did do my homework. What most people know about Desert Wars is
what
they're told by the corps' PR divisions, and that doesn't quite match
reality. Double-check and cross-check your sources if you want to find
the
truth (as far as it exists, of course).
(>) ASDF
(>)Truth is too God damn subjective these days! Mind you, I was born in
1997. (Being an elf does wonders for the aging process).
(>)Dexter
<A LITTLE HISTORY, paragraph one>
(>) Those were good times for lots of runners. Of course they weren't so
good for those of us who got caught in the middle, but in general,
business was booming.
(>) Luke
(>)Yeah, booming. I lost three chummers to some fraggin' wage mages
spell. Blew them sky high. Bizz was really booming.
(>)BossNova
(>)I think I might have designed that spell.
(>)Kristling the Weird
<A LITTLE HISTORY, paragraph two>
(>) Since when has that ever stopped a megacorp from producing
something?
(>) Diesel Beans
(>) It didn't. Oh, on paper, Fuchi stopped manufacture alright, but in
reality they just shifted it to some hard to track subsidiary somewhere
in
the Middle East. Looks like Saeder-Krupp didn't mind that, for some
weird
reason.
(>) Panther
(>) I can think of two reasons for that: one, if it has the name Fuchi
on
it, it's much more likely to sell big-time than the same product with a
Made In Palestine label on the box. Two, S-K's CEO is a dragon, and who
knows how they think anyway?
(>) Alive
(>)Don't even guess.
(>) Lofwyr
<A LOCATION>
(>) They even postponed the start of operations by a few days to allow
more reporting teams to travel to the warzone. It must have been one BIG
wad of nuyen that NN paid...
(>) Freddy
(>) 100, 000, 000 +, I've been told.... and that's a conservitive
estimate.
(>) Kristling the Weird
<THE CURRENT SITUATION>
(>) The Moroccan army is the best-trained and best-equipped in the
region,
though it isn't as large as those of the most likely enemies. What those
enemies lack in skill, though, many of them make up for with fanaticism,
religious or otherwise. So far it's been the corps' help that has kept
Morocco on the map, but if they decide to pull out for some reason, it
could spell the end of the country as we know it.
(>) Edger
(>) With Desert Wars(TM) spreading to new parts of the globe, Morocco
stands a good chance of losing its importance. When that happens, expect
a
conflict to break out in the region.
(>) Shawn
(>) Hmmm... Maybe making it the "World Championship" city would help.
(>) Dexter
