| From: | Evan Hughes <ehughes@****.carleton.ca> |
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| Subject: | Re: WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? |
| Date: | Wed, 29 May 96 22:20:15 EDT |
> 1) Someone who is an excellent decker but has a temper that
[...]
> on the streets with the clothing on your back, and your most prized posession -
> a deck.
I don't think I'd call a hotshit decker who has a deck "powerless".
(S)He wouldn't _quite_ qualify as a squatter. At the same time: decker's
have contacts -- especially if they're good.
> 2) Someone who does damned fine work. Wants to keep it legal because
[...]
> right thing. Nothing. No money, no place to live. On the streets.
For about 25 minutes before this biiig black truck pulls up and three
really mean looking guys get out. End of story.
(Even renraku can get hurt by some weenie running to some tabloid news show)
> 3) (Ill put it in Shadowrun terms rather than getting to close to
[...]
> Everywhere he goes its the same thing. "Sorry, position filled - Sorry,
> you're over qualified - Are you sure this is YOUR resume?"
That still leaves a fiarly competent decker (some would say very
competent, but thats another story) who has the resources to find and log
onto ShadowLand. That means he's good. He wouldn't be out of work for that
long. Either above, or below board. And you're forgetting the Ork
Underground, 555-ELFS, 555-ORCS, 555-TRIB (legal hotlines for
discrimination).
> There, a couple of ways a good person can still find themselves on the streets
> with no where else to turn.
And, for the most part, they are able to find a way out (I will not say
all, but for the most part).
At the same time: Our pal the squatter has a datajack. Although
cybertheft in ShadowRun isn't quite what it is in a lot of other
cyberpunk(ish) games, it's still there. With a cheap datajack costing
1,000 =Y=, a sqautter with headwear is _not_ going to last long.
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