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From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Plot Idea.
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 13:43:03 -0500
On Sat, 8 Oct 1994, Mark Imbriaco wrote:

> Basically, the main part of it is that a Corp has been
> using clone bodies, force grown and stuffed with skillsofts
> as soldiers. Somehow, runners find out about it, and ...
> I dunno. Just the beginnings like I mentioned. Maybe the
> Corp is taking bods off the street, lobotomizing 'em and
> stuffing 'em with skills.. <shrug> I dunno yet.

The question is: why is this more cost effective than getting properly
trained soldiers? Not just in terms of cast, but also PR? It would have
to be a really underhanded corp (ie, somebody that doesn't even HAVE a
public image) in order to even THINK about trying to get away with these
kinds of shinanigans.

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