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From: mneideng@****.caltech.edu (Mark L. Neidengard)
Subject: Re: New plot
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 13:44:12 -0800 (PST)
According to Evan Hughes:
> Mark L. Neidengard writes:
> > I don't see any reason to insist on this, since the canon doesn't say and
> > everyone's metaphysical views (both in game and out) are probably different.
>
> True. But I think including _something_ about it would make the game
> more interesting. I wouldn't insist, but it's an extra layer of depth that
> would just be cool... =)

Well, if you have a living, fertilized ovum being grown in the artificial
wombtanks, I don't know why it wouldn't qualify as "alive" =) I suspect we'll
get to see interactions with enough of the sucsessful births to judge whether
they seem like real people or not...
--
/!\/!ark /!\!eidengard, CS Major, VLSI. http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/~mneideng
"Fairy of sleep, controller of illusions" Operator/Jack-of-all-Trades, CACR
"Control the person for my own purpose." "Don't mess with the Dark
Elves!"
-Pirotess, _Record_of_Lodoss_War_ Shadowrunner and Anime Addict

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