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Message no. 1
From: Mark Steedman <RSMS@******.EEE.RGU.AC.UK>
Subject: NERPS : Dragons
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 12:45:50 GMT
There have been comments about the lack of major Female dragons
A few other things come to mind
Patterson in his guide to paranormals (main rulebook bit) comments
on a theory that the lesser dragons are the young of the greater
dragons.
This looks like a good topic for shadow rumor, lots of folks must
think they know something about dragon breeding habits, are they
dying out, increasing or what.
Folks do kill them (occasionally the planet earth gets a go as well)
I have heard of a comment in Earthdawn about the second age being
the age of dragons ??? any more rumors out there after all there are
plenty on elves from the fourth (eg Tir Taingire -open session e.t.c)

as to female dragons they might be quiet about themselves in order to
protect their young after all what wouldn't a corporation give to
have a private dragon hatchery (Q? - has Aztechnology already got one
considering the comments in Denver on thier featered serpents (yes
plural and 'thiers!!!') leaving feathers on the carpets.)
try hiding from em if you say too much though.

i assume dragons have to lay eggs to breed - but of course who said
they have to in reality? - and don't throw this lot at Dunklezahn -
if you're lucky you'll get to run away fast enough.


-- obviosly the best people to answer this lot are Harlequin and
friends(?) but i don't think you'll get far on that one either - he
has this annoying habit of not answering questions.


Mark
Message no. 2
From: The Wyrm Ouroboros <oroboros@******.COM>
Subject: NERPS Dragons
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 20:33:03 -0800
>>>>>[ So here we are, ready (in our private (Ha!) little ICed up node) to
take on the one topic that's really burning in all of our beady little
minds -- What Makes A Dragon? Well, that's not the only one, although I'm
sure that that's probably one of the top three Headliners. We've got experts
from all around the world, some of them self-proclaimed, some of them
recognized by the scientific community, and some of them are just like you
and me -- they learned it through the School of Hard Knocks. Take what
you can out of this convo, but as always (out of Shadowland) take it with
a grain of salt. ]<<<<<
-- SYStemic OPinions (20:10:24/03-23-56)

>>>>>[ Oo aah. Somebody shoot me now. ]<<<<<
-- Plethora (20:11:21/03-23-56)

>>>>>[ We can arrainge that, Pleth. You don't want to listen, go join the
Maria Mercurial chatnode. Me, I'm wondering how all of these dracoforms
are connected. Hell, I'd settle for knowing the names of them, and how
to recognize them individually. ]<<<<<
-- Synthaman (20:13:13/03-23-56)

>>>>>[ Difficult, but not impossible. Can anybody give us a list of known
dragons, Greater or Lesser? Maybe afterwards we can take each one and say
how you can recognize them. ]<<<<<
-- Doc Holiday (20:14:35/03-23-56)
Message no. 3
From: NIGHTFOX <DJWA@******.UCC.NAU.EDU>
Subject: Re: NERPS Dragons
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 22:47:35 -0700
>>>>>[ Hmmmm, how to recognize a dragon. They tend to be very large, with
serpentine features and big sharp teeth. They are also exceedingly handsome,
well except for Lofwyr, I've always thought that he was sort of plain and had
absolutely no fashion sense. All he does is try to use the tired old, "i'm
large and magnificent" routine, it gets rather boring after a while.

How are the dragons all connected. In what way do you mean? Dragons are
basically of the same species like the homo sapiens derivatives are of the same
species. As for a list of Lesser Dragons, why bother, they really don't matter
all that much and many have not yet been documented. As for Greater Dragons,
well, some of them can be down right anti-social and don't lke the lime light.
As to a description of all of them. Well, would you like to have your
description bandied about the Matrix?]<<<<<
-- Seraphy <22:36:17/03-23-56>
Message no. 4
From: The Wyrm Ouroboros <oroboros@******.COM>
Subject: NERPS Dragons
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 11:56:04 -0800
>>>>>[ That 'very large, serpentine, big sharp teeth' doesn't always fit,
Seraphy. Usually, but not always. I'd imagine, thought, that I wouldn't
want my description bandied about the Matrix, no, but then, that's why I
don't associate with people -- like your downright anti-socialists. But
that's not the question. Some of us do interact with dragons, and some-
times I'd imagine that it'd be nice to recognize which is which.

And when we -- well, _me_, anyhow -- are talking about how dragons are
connected, I, at least, mean genetically. (Unfortunately, I haven't had
many draconic tissue samples to work with. Some of my colleagues have
had significantly better luck.) ]<<<<<
-- Doc Holiday (11:17:30/03-24-56)

>>>>>[ A list? Well, okay... here: here's a file I gleaned last night
from a news-browsing program. Great dragons and pertinent data.

+++++Include: Dragons.dat

Aden: 'Draco sapiens orientalis sirrush'. Demolished Tehran (2020).
Arleesh: 'Draco sapiens quetzalcoatlus'. Amazonia dragon, dead?
Celedyr: 'Draco sapiens occidentalis celti'. Corporate player, Dragon lands.
Dunkelzahn: 'Draco sapiens occidentalis'. Media hound we all know.
Haesslich: 'Draco sapiens occidentalis'. Security head, dead?
Hualpa: 'Draco sapiens quetzalcoatlus'. Leader, spokescreature: Amazonia.
Lofwyr: 'Draco sapiens occidentalis'. Corporate giant, Tir Tairngire Prince.
Lung: 'Draco sapiens orientalis'. Involved in Tong wars (2015-2045).
Rhonabwy: 'Draco sapiens occidentalis celti'. Welsh dragon, Dragon lands.
Ryumyo: 'Draco sapiens orientalis'. First sighted great dragon (2011).
Sea Dragon: 'Draco sapiens occidentalis celti'. Welsh dragon; unknown.
Sirrug: 'Draco sapiens occidentalis'. Destroyed EuroAir 329 (2041).
Participated in European corporate/government attacks (2030-2050).
Tirandor: 'Draco sapiens occidentalis'. Corporate player, New York City.

+++++End.

There are a number of lesser dragons, some of them truly unique -- others,
though, that people _should_ be warned about, Seraphy. A lesser dragon's
teeth can chop a troll into shredded flesh almost as quickly as one of
his or her 'greater' brethren. ]<<<<<
-- Drake Watcher (11:35:05/03-24-56)
Message no. 5
From: The Wyrm Ouroboros <oroboros@******.COM>
Subject: Re: NERPS Dragons
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 13:33:20 -0800
>>>>>[ There are two lesser feathered serpents who have taken up residence
in the Denver Front Range Free Zone -- Henequen, over in the Sioux Sector,
and Zacualtipan, who makes her home in, if my memory serves me correctly,
the Aztlan Sector. I am fortunate enough never to encounter either one,
but they are certainly players in Free Zone politics. ]<<<<<
-- Hightower One (13:10:55/03-24-56)

>>>>>[ Zacualtipan is 'at war' with her brother, Dzitbalchen, who still
lives down in the mountains about Tenochtitlan. ]<<<<<
-- Cynthia Cyber (13:15:26/03-24-56)

>>>>>[ Yeah, and they're not lesser forms, they're greater.
]<<<<<
-- Xipopetic (13:17:52/03-24-56)

>>>>>[ That's just a rumor. I think it's spread by Zacualtipan herself,
in order to get more respect from her street contacts. ]<<<<<
-- Cynthia Cyber (13:20:32/03-24-56)

>>>>>[ Rumor or not, if Zac gets wind of either of you playing nasty with
her name, I wouldn't want to be you. ]<<<<<
-- Hightower One (13:24:37/03-24-56)
Message no. 6
From: Thaine Lyman <CantSurf@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: NERPS Dragons
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 09:23:09 -0800
>>>>>>[ A list? Well, okay... here: here's a file I gleaned last night
>from a news-browsing program. Great dragons and pertinent data.
>
>+++++Include: Dragons.dat
>
>Aden: 'Draco sapiens orientalis sirrush'. Demolished Tehran (2020).
>Arleesh: 'Draco sapiens quetzalcoatlus'. Amazonia dragon, dead?
>Celedyr: 'Draco sapiens occidentalis celti'. Corporate player, Dragon
lands.
>Dunkelzahn: 'Draco sapiens occidentalis'. Media hound we all know.
>Haesslich: 'Draco sapiens occidentalis'. Security head, dead?
>Hualpa: 'Draco sapiens quetzalcoatlus'. Leader, spokescreature:
Amazonia.
>Lofwyr: 'Draco sapiens occidentalis'. Corporate giant, Tir Tairngire
Prince.
>Lung: 'Draco sapiens orientalis'. Involved in Tong wars (2015-2045).
>Rhonabwy: 'Draco sapiens occidentalis celti'. Welsh dragon, Dragon
lands.
>Ryumyo: 'Draco sapiens orientalis'. First sighted great dragon (2011).
>Sea Dragon: 'Draco sapiens occidentalis celti'. Welsh dragon; unknown.
>Sirrug: 'Draco sapiens occidentalis'. Destroyed EuroAir 329 (2041).
> Participated in European corporate/government attacks (2030-2050).
>Tirandor: 'Draco sapiens occidentalis'. Corporate player, New York
City.
>
>+++++End.
>
>There are a number of lesser dragons, some of them truly unique --
others,
>though, that people _should_ be warned about, Seraphy. A lesser
dragon's
>teeth can chop a troll into shredded flesh almost as quickly as one of
>his or her 'greater' brethren. ]<<<<<
> -- Drake Watcher (11:35:05/03-24-56)
>
>

>>>>>[ Hey, Drake - did your newsnet scan miss Perianwyr, the Western
drag? Awakened 2022, out of a Welsh cavern. Seems as some kid with a
shotgun held off a bunch of farmers who wanted to kill Per off, still
groggy after his long sleep. Kyle... Kyle something? Anyways, Per is
reputed to be living in Seattle somewhere, though other reports have him
as killed around 2050. You make the call. ]<<<<<
-- Gabbie (11:37:01/03-24-56)

>>>>>[ A newsnet scan to find info on Dragons? Not all of them are
quite so... social as Dunk, you know; several of them are successful at
what they do primarily because their names _don't_ appear in the
news. ]<<<<<
-- Max Power (11:38:23/03-24-56)

>>>>>[ Oh yeah, Max? Name one. ]<<<<<
-- Jelly Donut (11:39:00/03-24-56)

>>>>>[ Go frag yourself, Jelly. ]<<<<<
-- Max Power (11:39:15/03-24-56)

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