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Message no. 1
From: Erik_Jameson@*****.com
Subject: RE> Re: Japan in 2058 (and
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 96 18:32:44 -0800
RE> Re: Japan in 2058 (and other it
9/30/96
To nerps@********.itribe.net


ARGH!! That's right! We really should have something about
Big D's assassination. Maybe as an intro, kind of like
"Okay, this is a wake up call. If you didn't realize it
before, the shadows affect The Big Picture. Just look at
what happened to The Big D. That single event will have
reprecussions for decades to come, not only on a personal
level, but on a national, global scale. So to prepare you
ungrateful slags, at least a little, is what we playfully
refer to as the Neo-Anarchists Guide to the Globe (or
whatever we call it). Enjoy, and remember to conserve
ammo."

I think it works...

Erik
The Great Big Giant Sharp Cheddar (and STILL
list.member.grumpy!)
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Date: 9/30/96 6:16 PM
To: Jameson, Erik
From: nerps@********.itribe.net


Erik_Jameson@*****.com wrote:
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> Japan in 2058 (and other items)
> To nerps@********.itribe.net
>
> AFAIK, Japan, as FASA has positioned it, is primarily an
> economic power. After all, you have Fuchi, Mitsuhama,
> Renraku, Shiawase, and Yamatetsu all based there. That's
5
> of the Big 8!
>
> However, it has also been made clear that Japan now is
also
> a military force to be reckoned with. I believe most of
> their troops are corporate, but clearly not all of them.
>
> In my world of 2057, I had Japan go on major military
> conquests, taking over a fair portion of the South
Pacific,
> including the Phillipines. They've avoided the China
> quagmire, simply because they've seen Taiwan get involved
> with the mainland and get dragged in, and down. So Japan
> will pound any Chinese warlord getting too powerful too
> close to Japan (kind of maintaining a buffer zone), but
> won't get directly involved.
Nothing to major. Also, we *should* do a section on what
runners think
about Dunkelzahn's assianation.
>
> You know, like I said before, I have write-ups of much of
> the world, done. With matching maps. But I would like to
> wait until people decide what nations they are going to
> write about. That avoids me saying that Madagascar is a
> world power now, or something stupid, when the person
> writing about Madagascar says otherwise.
>
> So, who volunteers to do what? Gurth obviously is doing
the
> Netherlands. Paolo M. had better do _something_ about
Italy
> (damn it! ;-)). I'll do the "briefs" for countries we
don't
> cover (since I've already done it) with the matching maps.
> I can also expand the information I have on the Middle
East.
> What a fun area. That'll mean Israel (still around),
> Palestine (in even worse shape), Egypt (no pharoahs damn
> it!) , the Saud Caliphate (a modern Islamic nation), the
> Libya-Syria Axis (currently using the borrowed name of the
> Damascus League and home of the reborn Hashisheen), the
> reborn Persian Empire (which isn't fine and dandy) and the
> problem nation of Afghanistan (rebels, religion and
nothing
> but trouble for the Persian Empire). Of course, given all
> this material, don't expect the kind of detail that Gurth
> will likely have with the Netherlands...
I'm doing anything Qubec related. I'm Canadian.
> Erik
> The Great Big Giant Sharp Chedder (arch-nemesis of the Big
> Giant Head)
Daniel Sauve
The Big Ass The Big Head Kissed to Get his Job.
Message no. 2
From: "Loki" <loki@*******.com>
Subject: Re: RE> Re: Japan in 2058 (and
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 22:27:35 -0700
> ARGH!! That's right! We really should have something about
> Big D's assassination. Maybe as an intro, kind of like
> "Okay, this is a wake up call. If you didn't realize it
> before, the shadows affect The Big Picture. Just look at
> what happened to The Big D. That single event will have
> reprecussions for decades to come, not only on a personal
> level, but on a national, global scale. So to prepare you
> ungrateful slags, at least a little, is what we playfully
> refer to as the Neo-Anarchists Guide to the Globe (or
> whatever we call it). Enjoy, and remember to conserve
> ammo."

How about calling it the Neo-Anarchist's Guide to Globe-trotting? :o)

You can also add some sections on passports, customs, currency exchange,
how different countries handle cred-sticks, what areas may still use paper
and coins instead, travel by air-sea-rail and what ports are involved, and
so on...

@>-,--'--- Loki

CLARKE'S THIRD LAW:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

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Poisoned Elves
http://www.netzone.com/~loki/
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Message no. 3
From: "Sascha Pabst" <Sascha.Pabst@**********.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>
Subject: Re: RE> Re: Japan in 2058 (and
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 13:57:40 +0000
On 1 Oct 96 at 22:27, Loki wrote:
> You can also add some sections on passports, customs, currency exchange,
> how different countries handle cred-sticks, what areas may still use paper
> and coins instead, travel by air-sea-rail and what ports are involved, and
> so on...
See NAGRL pp 103-104,
Harlequin pp.144-145
Leaves us with the money, see (all country sourcebooks somewhere)

Sascha
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