| From: | Bull <chaos@*****.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: [Fictional Cards] Rockers, Bodyguards, and Others |
| Date: | Sun, 3 May 1998 03:05:34 -0400 |
>> >DARKVINE / Prime Runner: Rocker / 4/1Y
>> >2/2. Elf; Unique. Fame-2. While Darkvine is the top card of your
>> >trash pile, any player may pay his deployment cost to put him into
>> >play under their control.
>
>> No real comment Doesn't spark any real opinions.
>
>It's actually related to some of the SR RPG shadow comments -- Darkvine
>is the Elvis of 2057, sort of maybe. Is he alive? Is he dead? Was
>that *really* him in California Free State, or just a clone? :)
>
Isn't that Jetblack you're referring to? :]
>> >SORAYAMA / Contact / 4Y
>> >When Sorayama is deployed, search your draw pile for target >Rocker.
>> >Deploy that Runner immediately at no cost.
>
>> Isn't Sorayama the name of a high-grade CyberTech corp? Anyway this
>> card needs another ability otherwise it can only be used once and is
>> taking up space in the deck.
>
>Sorayama is the name of the artist that did the Mercurial cover. Umm --
>y'know, I think they did name a lower-tier corp after him, too.
>
He's also, as an homage to the artist and his "Robot babe" pics, SR's top
Cyberdoc holed up somewhere in Japan.
>How about...
>
>SORAYAMA / Contact / 4Y
>Unique.
>When Sorayama is deployed, search your draw pile for target Rocker.
>Deploy that Runner immediately at no cost. Any Rocker deployed in this
>manner gains Fame + 1.
>
>Mmm.. maybe that's a bit overmuch.
>
It honestly doesn;t really fit what Soyama is in SR, though I like it. I'd
change the name to a "Manager" of some kind...
For more info on Soryama, check the "Maid in Japan" section of the
Mercurial Module, p. 53 :]
>> >THE COBALT MARIE / Location (Street) / 3Y
>
>> >(Sort of a lesser Genetics Lab, and it has nothing to do with >Rockers,
>> sorry.)
>
>> I still really like it.
>
>Cool!
>
This is another one I'm not sure I understand why, though I know where the
name came from. once again, like the card, but the name makes me go "Eh?"
>> >LOWBALL / Bodyguard / 5Y
>
>> This is cool.
>
>"Ares Defense Consultant" -- the Paul J. Adams of the SRTCG universe.
>(ShadowRN in-joke - sorry.)
>
Cuuuuuuute :]
>SUFFOCATION! / Stinger / 3Y
>Play on target Runner that has enough tokens to cover card text and
>picture. (Normally, this is about eight tokens.) Frag target Runners.
>"Air! Air! I can't breathe under all this stuff!"
>
LOL! :]
You know, critiauing your cards is getting to be a habit, Mat <grin> :]
Bull
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