| From: | Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: Heh! Another round of funnies... |
| Date: | Fri, 27 Mar 1998 12:26:31 -0500 |
>4) The black ops corp from Fuchi. I want to offer up a possible
>alternative which doesn't do away with your concept, Erik, just alters
>it slightly.
>
>My idea (based on what Erik has said) is that the black ops team would
>be from a deniable asset, like a shell corporation. That way, one
>couldn't tie it all the way back to the parent company and prove it.
>Sure Samantha could still be the one ultimately ordering what is done,
>but there are enough layers involved that no one could actually pin
>their actions as a means to bring her down.
>
>I offer it up to be accepted or rejected by Erik, but I personally,
>have a little trouble believing that someone that high up would be
>sloppy with a detail like that. You don't rise to the top by being
>sloppy and careless, and you especially don't do that when you know
>that someone(s) is (are) gunning for your job and your life.
>
>(Of course that is purely my own opinion on the matter.)
Erp. Sorry, I forgot got that bit. *I* got sloppy, not Samantha. You're
right, it would be under a number of shell corporations and that sort of
thing, but the team members really only answer to Samantha.
And she won't ever actually appear as Samantha Villiers. All TK will ever
see is...nothing. Well, that would be what the PCs see. You RL folk would
see PRIVATE postings from "General Boredom." Basically to just give orders
to other posters with names like "Major Apathy" and "Private Idaho"
(as in
my own private Idaho...).
Hmmmm...I wonder if anyone else catches the two pop song references those
names represent; one should be well known, but the other...a bit OT, but
I'm always curious to see if anyone catches those sly asides and references
we all throw in.
Trust me, this is a hammer/scalpel that I want to use to drive 1) the
Corporate War storyline (provide a backdrop to keep the list current with
FASA) and 2) personal character development, forcing the Dark Stranger to
make difficult choices with painful penalties.
Unlike groups SIGA and Maxim, Black Omega will not directly interact with
other players unless you volunteer yourself. All their actions will be
well within FASA rules, both letter and spirit (well, I know some people
really don't like magicians with cyber, but that's pushing as far as I will
go).
Hmmm. Well, actually, SIGA and Maxim also require your permission, but I
hope you gather what I'm trying to get across.
If there aren't any further objections, I plan on bringing Black Omega
forward next week.
Erik J.
"Oh, the silent helicopters and the men in black fatigues? They're just my
car pool to work."
