From:	"Mark Steedman" <M.J.Steedman@***.rgu.ac.uk>
Subject:	Re: UB Alert!
Date:	Fri, 19 Apr 1996 16:25:24 GMT

> From: "Darrin M. Conant" <dconant@****.spectra.net>

Note Adventures spoiler - as if it matters here!


> So far there have been three major products written focusing on the
> Universal Brotherhood, The Universal Brotherhood module, Burning Bright, a
> novel by Tom Dowd, and Bug City (which I haven't read).
Ok you missed one, the module Double exposure also has UB in it. When
products say 'and when the charity in question is owned by the
Universal Brotherhood bad gets a whole lot worse' on the back cover
they seriously mean it :)

> While I understand
> that it is possible to take a good idea too far, the two items I've read
> both seem to point out that the government has a very different idea (from
> megacorps) regarding the dangers that magical threats really pose. In
> addition, it seems likely that after what has happened, that the UB is going
> to have to change strategy. Remember that there were (as of 2051) 100
> chapters of the UB outside of North America. While the megacorps that know
> about the UB are going to after them, not everyone will. Maybe a section of
> the UB worldwide is more appropriate within the worldbook project.
> --
Ah thats because in 'The Universal Brotherhood' only the azzies know
the truth by Burning Bright the government knows but does not want
worldwide panic and the corps are in to do some quiet extermination
(bug spirits don't buy things - bad for business). The link being the
Adventure DE in which other things happen.

On DE any sign that FASA ar doing more with the blackmail the UCAS
now has on Renraku ?

> insert Darrin's signature here
> (Impressive, eh?)
>
Mark