| From: | Evan Hughes <ehughes@****.carleton.ca> |
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| Subject: | Re: Trace Back |
| Date: | Tue, 12 Mar 96 18:01:57 EST |
*bursts into tears*
=)
GKoth2258@***.com writes:
> Let me try this again. The fact that J&G are in New Orleans does not
> predicate the usage of a possibly munchkinous and unjustifiable plot device.
> Why? It's simple.
1. It's not munchkin.
2. It's not unjustifiable.
[Keep reading to find out more!]
> Shadowland is virtual.
Not all of it. Notice that things are being posted in a bulliten board
format. ie, all text, and no MOO-style interactions [THANK GOD!].
> People post in SLand from all over, NOT just Seattle.
Yes, but I understand that, for the purposes of ShadowTk, Shadowland
has been split into a number of nodes. That is the only way to justify the
absence of messages from other parts of the world.
> It doesn't matter, geographically, where you are. Because you can still
> access SLand. There is no inherent need to corrupt signal origins, which I
> still believe should be difficult to do anyway.
> You say this is all part of what Shepperd-Intrepid does. Just how big is
> this corp? Using the rules and framework of Corporate Shadowfiles, how big
> is this company? They sound awful big, as they have a navy, do heavy duty
> genetic and bioware work (the Linked Pairs), do some Matrix research, do
> weapons manufacturing, and do heavy duty security work. Sounds like a corp
> in the tops of the second tier to me. Which is too damn big for this list
> (witness Maxim).
It's almost as if they had some huge source of outside funding isn't it?
Or at least a very willing local workforce...
> I think it's about time you answered your critics and laid it out for us Mr.
> Hughes.
Mister. Why thankyou. Although I do expect an "esq" to be added onto the
end of my name next time. =)
In a word: No. I refuse to do this. I will not "lay it all out", but I
will give an idea of what is going on (I agree that doing anything less
than this would be unfair, verging on anal. =).
[Lot of vaguely useless information follows]
Intrepid was formed about fifty years ago (2000 or so) in the Croation
city of Dubrovnik. It was originally an arms reseller responsible for
moving around antique military goods (ie the ones left over from the
'Slavian civil war, exUSSR, and Isreal). As time went on, it slowly came
eased it's way into the light -- becoming a full-fledged legal company
that not only resold arms, but built their own.
Time passes. Another piddly Yugoslavian war. The world again ignores it.
After all, VITAS and the Awakening are occuring.
More time passes. The Croations have been forced into the south eastern
portions of the ex-yugoslav. With the awakening, it seems that there is a
high awakened population in that part of the world.
(ex)Yugoslavia is also the gateway to europe: it is through here that
many of the awakened try to pass to escape the purges happening in their
home countries.
Then the purges start occuring in Yugoslavia. Under the guise of
another cleansing, the croations are again hammered into the Med. Lots of
people die. Badly.
I would rather not give out too much more information.
At the same time, I would also like to ask Gkoth to chill it. If you don't
appreciate my style, or the manner in which my characters act: fine. Say
so. There's no need to go ultra-anal. As said in a previous posting, this
is a friendly list. The characters do bad shit, not the players. Keep
friendly.
*grin* Maybe it's just spring, but there seems to be a sudden jump in
everyone's respective territoriality... =)
Evan Hughes | Webmaster
Honours Computer Science | Carleton Computer Science Society
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