Back to the main page

Mailing List Logs for ShadowRN

Message no. 1
From: Erik_Jameson@*****.COM
Subject: Pirate Radio/TV
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 08:24:22 -0800
Pirate Radio/TV
To nerps@********.itribe.net


I think the gist of the matter is that without major support
from somebody BIG, there can't be a "pirate" station.
Somebody has to fund the major tech and defensive systems.
And if someone BIG (read: top tier corp or gov) is funding
the "pirate" station, it really isn't "pirate" then, is it?

I would suggest a couple of things, take your pick. 1)
Power the pirate down so that they aren't a major force,
just small enough to escape the attention of most. A small
AM transmitter that just barely covers Cleveland (or
wherever). 2) Legitimize it. That TV station in Threats is
legitimate legal station. Of course, they don't cater to
the runner community like you want your radio station to.
3) Make it pseudo-pirate. By that I mean, it has to have
some mysterious benefactor feeding it huge amounts of cred
to pay for the tech and weapons. Who? That could be the
focus of a whole campaign.

Erik
Message no. 2
From: Hairy Smurf <ab130f92@*******.ADELPHI.EDU>
Subject: Re: Pirate Radio/TV
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 12:47:09 -0400
>3) Make it pseudo-pirate. By that I mean, it has to have
>some mysterious benefactor feeding it huge amounts of cred
>to pay for the tech and weapons. Who?


Dunkelzahn!




Sasquatch

---------------------------------------------------------------------
| |
| The word "spine" is, of course, an anagram of "penis". This is |
| true in almost fifty percent of the languages of the Galaxy, |
| and many people have attempted to explain why. Usually these |
| explanations get bogged down in silly puns about "standing erect".|
| -- Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" |
| |
| ab130f92@*******.adelphi.edu |
| tech@*******.adelphi.edu blair@*****.adelphi.edu |
| No Website (No time to make one) |
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Message no. 3
From: Jens Hage <jhage@**.COM>
Subject: Re: Pirate Radio/TV
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 14:47:34 -0500
Personally I think it'd be easier to make it a TV station instead of a
radio one. Cabble lines are easier and safer to patch into, and being
found out doesn't eat you a missle, just the loss of the patch.

Jens "Still writing" Hage
Message no. 4
From: "MARTIN E. GOTTHARD" <s457033@*******.GU.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Pirate Radio/TV
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 11:15:02 +1000
> >3) Make it pseudo-pirate. By that I mean, it has to have
> >some mysterious benefactor feeding it huge amounts of cred
> >to pay for the tech and weapons. Who?
>
> Dunkelzahn!
>

Who is currently dead.... though he may not stay that way.

Other 'service providers' include Shadowland; It could be in their
benefit to run a pirate radio station.

Bleach
Message no. 5
From: Hairy Smurf <ab130f92@*******.ADELPHI.EDU>
Subject: Re: Pirate Radio/TV
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 22:37:44 -0400
At 11:15 4/10/97 +1000, you wrote:
>> >3) Make it pseudo-pirate. By that I mean, it has to have
>> >some mysterious benefactor feeding it huge amounts of cred
>> >to pay for the tech and weapons. Who?
>>
>> Dunkelzahn!
>>
>
>Who is currently dead.... though he may not stay that way.

He's not dead! He's with Elvis and the martians! :)



Sasquatch

---------------------------------------------------------------------
| |
| The word "spine" is, of course, an anagram of "penis". This is |
| true in almost fifty percent of the languages of the Galaxy, |
| and many people have attempted to explain why. Usually these |
| explanations get bogged down in silly puns about "standing erect".|
| -- Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" |
| |
| ab130f92@*******.adelphi.edu |
| tech@*******.adelphi.edu blair@*****.adelphi.edu |
| No Website (No time to make one) |
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Message no. 6
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Pirate Radio/TV
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 22:20:49 -0400
At 08:24 AM 4/9/97 -0800, Erik_Jameson@*****.COM wrote these timeless words:

>3) Make it pseudo-pirate. By that I mean, it has to have
>some mysterious benefactor feeding it huge amounts of cred
>to pay for the tech and weapons. Who? That could be the
>focus of a whole campaign.
>
Ok, this is where it's heading, I believe...

I responded to a lot of this same comments on Shadowrn, and made the
mistake of not sending it to NERPS...

<sigh>

Ok, basically, here's the deal as I see it...

Cleveland's City Government is semi-autonomous of the State and UCAS
governments... And is run more or less completely by the Mafia.

Until a few years ago, the Corps had very little influence in Cleveland,
but foloowing the Bug problem in Chicago, the Corps moved in, and this has
caused MAJOR conflicts between the two powers...

The radio station is backed by the Mafia, and in essence the Government,
and is fairly anti-corp... this of course, cheeses the Corps off and
causes major conflict...

The only known employee of the Radio Station is Kid Leo, though no one
knows just what or who he is... he's the main DJ for the station...

I think Tinner and I decided to format Cleveland similar to Denver, with
having a few choices and "mysteries" left up to GM's discretion... Rumours
of who Kid Leo is run with the usual type of rumours... Dragons, Free
Spirits, Immortal Elves... taht sort of thing...:]

Oh well, more on that when i get a chance to ctach up with my mail...
(I've been off line all week, and all my mail's just caught up to me...:(
600 messages is rough...)

Steve
--
Now the Offical Shadowrn mailing List Welcome Ork!
Fearless Leader of the Star Wars Mailing List
NEW HOME PAGE!: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/3604/home.html
As well as a sort of new .sig! ;]

Bull, aka Steven Ratkovich (chaos@*****.com)

"BTW - It's time for a new quote at the end of your .sig,
I'm tired of the Mighty One."
-Steven Tinner
Message no. 7
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Pirate Radio/TV
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 22:22:25 -0400
At 02:47 PM 4/9/97 -0500, Jens Hage wrote these timeless words:
>Personally I think it'd be easier to make it a TV station instead of a
>radio one. Cabble lines are easier and safer to patch into, and being
>found out doesn't eat you a missle, just the loss of the patch.
>
>Jens "Still writing" Hage
>
yeah, but there's two reason we're using a radio station...

For one, it's based off a large radio station that more or less a Cleveland
Landmark... We're keeping a lot of things in the sourcebook that are
familiar to Clevelanders...:]

And secondly, TV station has been done, and radio is a more "archaic" form
of communication, making it's use more unique... And more memorable...

Besides, a bunch of factory shlubs can't turn on the trid while they work
(at least not often), but can listen to the radio...

Bull
--
Now the Offical Shadowrn mailing List Welcome Ork!
Fearless Leader of the Star Wars Mailing List
NEW HOME PAGE!: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/3604/home.html
As well as a sort of new .sig! ;]

Bull, aka Steven Ratkovich (chaos@*****.com)

"BTW - It's time for a new quote at the end of your .sig,
I'm tired of the Mighty One."
-Steven Tinner
Message no. 8
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Pirate Radio/TV
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 12:25:53 +0100
Bull said on 22:20/11 Apr 97...

> I think Tinner and I decided to format Cleveland similar to Denver, with
> having a few choices and "mysteries" left up to GM's discretion... Rumours
> of who Kid Leo is run with the usual type of rumours... Dragons, Free
> Spirits, Immortal Elves... taht sort of thing...:]

As a general reminder to all who are writing stuff for the NAGTTW, the
plan is to do two books -- one for the players, and one for the GM. So if
you want to include a GM's section (like you see in many FASA
sourcebooks), be sure to mark it clearly, and separate it clearly from the
"normal" section, and it will be put into the NAGTTW GM's book.

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
Creativiteit in de handen van ambtenaren is zoiets
als een staaf dynamiet in een kinderknuistje.
-> NERPS Project Leader & Unofficial Shadowrun Guru <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/plastic.html <-

-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version 3.1:
GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+(++)@ U P L E? W(++) N o? K- w+ O V? PS+ PE
Y PGP- t(+) 5++ X++ R+++>$ tv+(++) b++@ DI? D+ G(++) e h! !r(---) y?
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

Disclaimer

These messages were posted a long time ago on a mailing list far, far away. The copyright to their contents probably lies with the original authors of the individual messages, but since they were published in an electronic forum that anyone could subscribe to, and the logs were available to subscribers and most likely non-subscribers as well, it's felt that re-publishing them here is a kind of public service.

Thwap!