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Message no. 1
From: Les Ward <lward@*******.COM>
Subject: Siberia
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 11:24:42 -0400
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I had intended to post the history part of my Siberia write up by now.
I'm almost finished with it, but it is about 15,000 words, which is
just way to long (it's like 20 pages in the font I'm using). I need
to cut the detail down a notch, I think, before I post it. Shouldn't
be long.

Having done these things before (Vegas, Pueblo), the history is always
the hardest. Question: many of the events in my history come straight
out of official SR material. A few come from other sources, like the
web site about Imperial Japan. Do you all want to see references to
any of this stuff, either for your own use for the final product?

Wordman
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Message no. 2
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Siberia
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 21:06:10 +0100
Les Ward said on 11:24/24 Sep 97...

> I had intended to post the history part of my Siberia write up by now.
> I'm almost finished with it, but it is about 15,000 words, which is
> just way to long (it's like 20 pages in the font I'm using). I need
> to cut the detail down a notch, I think, before I post it. Shouldn't
> be long.

20 pages is a little long, yes, but still acceptable. (Unless it's 20
pages in a 6-point font, that is :)

> Having done these things before (Vegas, Pueblo), the history is always
> the hardest. Question: many of the events in my history come straight
> out of official SR material. A few come from other sources, like the
> web site about Imperial Japan. Do you all want to see references to
> any of this stuff, either for your own use for the final product?

Not sure about web site references; after all they have a disturbing
tendency to disappear just before you start looking for them... References
to things like the NAGEEs or other NERPS books are fine by me, though.

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Message no. 3
From: Wordman <wordman@*******.COM>
Subject: Siberia
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 00:16:44 -0500
Arg! I've just been reading Cyberpirates a bit more. Page 179 contains a
single sentence that pretty much undermines a lot of the Siberian history
that I wrote: "Produced in the Russian shipyards of Komsomolsk..."
Komsomolsk in on the Amur river in the southeast of modern Russia. This
means that FASA still considers this area to be under Russian control, not
metahuman. Since this area is sort of pivotal for the latter portion of the
Siberian history I wrote, as well as in the politics of the confederation,
it looks like I'm going to have to rewrite a good deal of the stuff I
posted.

I have mail in to FASA requesting some clarification on the issue. I'll
keep you all posted if I hear anything.

Wordman
Message no. 4
From: Kagehira <Kagehira@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Siberia
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 17:03:46 EST
In a message dated 2/28/98 9:05:54 PM Pacific Standard Time,
LISTSERV@********.ITRIBE.NET writes:

[[ The new FASA catalog makes mention of Vladivostok becoming important.
Again, it looks like Vladivostok is considered Russian, not
metahuman/Siberian. What else? ]] Vladivostok, Russia. Not only a center for
smuggling.......And just
what is going on in nearby Siberia...?
Jon Szeto's doing the write-up.

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