From:	Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:	Re: State of emergency
Date:	Thu, 13 Mar 1997 11:42:37 +1300

>These _are_ two of the big 8's you want to mess with, and the big 8's
>aren't big because they're management is stupid. And you don't get to be
>the kind of exec who can move armies because your hotheaded enough to fly
>off the handle and make what you _know_ to be career ending mistakes. It
>just doesn't happen.

Good point, but... One of the commanding types (the initiator) is
emotionally unstable, his son was killed recently. The other is
comparatively inexperienced in black ops command, she got her job by
political skill. They'll have other reasons for what they do as well, such
as the initiator being unsure whether the little corp he is crushing is in
fact connected to the big one, and whether the big one'll come out to
defend it.

>Your plot, IMO, just doesn't work. It's too world changing and too
>noticeable.

Some violence would be noticed, yes, but since they are fighting through
gangers and runnners, it could easily look like run-of-the-mill unexciting
riots. I'll even throw in a reason for rioting to explain it.

>If you look at some of the other major plots that have
>happened, if they deal with something major, it's not something that the
>public notices. Brian Angliss's plot dealing with Maxim was big, but it
>happened in Phenom Phen, Cambodia (hopefully I spelled all that correctly).
> Dark Avengers plot deals with big, bad bugs and higher ups in gov't
>agencies. But it's all done in secret and hushed up. No one notices. Not
>even most Shadowrunners. You want to start a war in a major city in 2058
>North America.

Not a war, I just called it corporate war as a convenient label. It's more
like a minor fracas.

PLAYTHING OF A CRUEL GOD
JAIMIE NICHOLSON