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Message no. 1
From: "Darrin M. Conant" <dconant@****.spectra.net>
Subject: New project idea
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 21:31:49 -500
NERPS Echo Mirage

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Message no. 2
From: "Darrin M. Conant" <dconant@****.spectra.net>
Subject: New project idea
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 21:58:42 -0400
NERPS Echo Mirage
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Message no. 3
From: "Mr. Style" <emelton@*****.uvm.edu>
Subject: Re: New project idea
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 10:43:50 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 18 Apr 1996, Darrin M. Conant wrote:

> NERPS Echo Mirage
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What's impressive?

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Message no. 4
From: PDL@****.dacom.co.kr
Subject: RE: New project idea
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 96 09:07:02 PDT
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NERPS Echo Mirage


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I think this would definitely be in the category of something FASA might be treading in
FASA territory.

Patrick
Message no. 5
From: Fro <fro@***.ab.ca>
Subject: RE: New project idea
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 18:19:50 -0600
At 09:07 19/04/96 PDT, you wrote:
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>---------------Original Message---------------
>NERPS Echo Mirage
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>I think this would definitely be in the category of something FASA might be
treading in FASA territory.
>
>Patrick

Depends...FASA has said some, but not alot like echo mirage, and if we
compiled all the available info, and decided what was needed to be added,
then talked to Mike at FASA, I think he would agree, unless they have
something planned for it...

Adam
Message no. 6
From: "Darrin M. Conant" <dconant@****.spectra.net>
Subject: RE: New project idea
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 21:54:57 -0400
At 06:19 PM 4/18/96 -0600, Adam wrote:
>>---------------Original Message---------------
>>NERPS Echo Mirage
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>Depends...FASA has said some, but not alot like echo mirage, and if we
>compiled all the available info, and decided what was needed to be added,
>then talked to Mike at FASA, I think he would agree, unless they have
>something planned for it...

I left it openended to see what people would read into it. My thoughts were
to write a supplement regarding roleplaying from 1996-2040 or so. There
would be a significant reduction in the technology, the power of the
megacorps and magic. The range of roleplaying could go from working for the
government trying to slow the growth of these upstart corps or Native
Americans, to trying to expand the influence of your corp while sabotaging
the others (and the government). In addition, you have a lack of organized
practices of magic, and some major areas of "history" like the food riots,
the night of rage, and the Great Ghost Dance.

Something to think about while we work on our current projects.

Gurth, has anyone written up rules about players getting into the underworld
activities?

also Erik said
>There has got to be more to underworld crime other than the Mafia, the Yaks,
>the Seoulpas, and all the other racial mobsters. Smaller arms
>smuggling/trading groups, drug runners, all sorts of organizations that would
>be common in the shadows, but just don't get much "press." Detail a couple
>of these (I have an idea for one involving a free spirit), write another
>piece of fiction maybe. Sound like a plan?

I've got a couple of ideas about the matrix that might work well for the
underworld, but I'm not sure yet. If anyone has any ideas please post them.
I'm considereing writing up a group of geeks that hack into systems to get
them to do the work, but have no real power themselves.

Also, has magic been included in this supplement? I don't have any specific
ideas, but it would be a shame if magic were left out of the underworld.
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Message no. 7
From: "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl>
Subject: RE: New project idea
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 13:15:57 +0100
Darrin M. Conant said on 19 Apr 96...

> Gurth, has anyone written up rules about players getting into the underworld
> activities?

You mean players as fixers, gang members, mob enforcers, and all that? No.

> Also, has magic been included in this supplement? I don't have any specific
> ideas, but it would be a shame if magic were left out of the underworld.

But we (or maybe: I) don't want high-power magic like FASA was so fond of
the past few years. Magic would, IMHO, not be all that common in
street-level biz, because magicians can make big nuyen in the corps,
shadows army, or wherever else they want to. If you feel like doing
something about magic, keep it low-powered and sensible. No Elven
Illuminati, please :)

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Message no. 8
From: TopCat <topcat@******.net>
Subject: New project idea
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 18:47:07 -0500
Shadowrun 2030.

Some ideas on how this would go include:
1) Very little magic
2) Severe racism... opinions have come a long way in that 27 year span and
its still pretty bad in 2057.
3) The crash of '29 still has a cast-iron grip on the world (the virus
wasn't fully purged until late 2031)
4) Euro-Wars are just beginning
5) Cyberdecks are all but nonexistant
6) Aztlan forms
7) NAN nations have just recently formed
8) No cyberware (or at least very experimental)

Think of all the chaos! It'd be a darker, less powerful sort of game: no
cybermonsters running around destroying everything in sight, no mages with
ungodly spellcasting abilities. So what's the concensus? I know there's a
few other projects out there now, but I think this could be a big one.

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Message no. 9
From: "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl>
Subject: Re: New project idea
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 11:52:26 +0100
TopCat said on 20 Apr 96...

> Shadowrun 2030.
>
> Think of all the chaos! It'd be a darker, less powerful sort of game: no
> cybermonsters running around destroying everything in sight, no mages with
> ungodly spellcasting abilities. So what's the concensus? I know there's a
> few other projects out there now, but I think this could be a big one.

I appreciate the fact that many of you are coming up with ideas for future
NERPS projects, but now is not the time, sorry. Once we finish a project,
it will be a good idea to take another look at all the ideas that are
flying around now, but not just yet.

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Message no. 10
From: "Darrin M. Conant" <dconant@****.spectra.net>
Subject: Re: New project idea
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 23:32:57 -0400
At 06:47 PM 4/20/96 -0500, Bob Ooton wrote:
>Shadowrun 2030.
>
>Some ideas on how this would go include:

Sounds like my thoughts when I mentioned Echo Mirage.
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