From:	Thomas Frost <frost@******.UMD.EDU>
Subject:	PLOT: Is it live or is it Memorex?
Date:	Mon, 13 Dec 1993 10:44:41 -0500

PLOT
Is it live or is it Memorex?
F-02
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Anonymous, androgynous smarmy media geek: "OK, this is all
non-disclosure, of course, and I think we're all adults here, hmm?
First off, yes, FeelGood *is* being bought out by Idee-8. Yes, that
includes the *entire* simsense division. YES, that includes the
fabulous Donna d'Aubry, performer extraordinaire, star of the
triple-iridium "Tunnel Vision" -- what do you mean, you've never
sensed it? Do you all live in a hole or something? WELL -- the idea
is, we want to let out that she's jumping ship for Idee-8 BEFORE the
buyout -- corporate extraction, cloak-and-dagger, all that fun stuff
-- AND we want you to be the extraction team, *AND* we want to -- are
you ready? -- TAPE THE WHOLE THING IN SIMSENSE. We'll let Joe and
Jane White Bread actually live the life of a Shadowrunner! Isn't it
absolutely AIR? Couldn't you DIE?"

This particular Mr. (Ms.?) Johnson wants the team to fake a corporate
extraction while wearing simsense gear. Their company wants
recordings of the team's meetings with a pseudo-Mr. Johnson and with
their contacts, and during the run itself. The characters are assured
that their faces will be replaced with other (more photogenic) ones,
so that no one will recognize them from the simsense.

The reality: The rumors of a buyout are false, planted. Idee-8 has
been working Donna d'Aubry, and FeelGood would rather eliminate the
problem rather than have their top star defect. But as long as their
moving her out, why not make a production out of it and record her
last performance?

The simsense gear is either real or fake (GM's discretion). The
meetings, the planning, and the run will be staged. The opposition
will be token, right up to the time they're about to get away with it.
After all, we can't have anyone knowing this was staged, can we?

It's up to the characters to find out this is bogus. Maybe they'll
find out the buyout rumor is planted; maybe they'll find that Idee-8
has been working Ms. d'Aubry. Maybe they'll be able to survive this
run. Maybe not.

Couldn't you DIE?