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From: Norman McLeod <mcleodn@***********.NET>
Subject: Re: Abandoning an Objective
Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 23:28:23 -0400
>This is how I have always played it, but when Underworld came out, there
>was one objective that made me re-think it. Nosferatu Den (?) causes
>the runner team to trash a runner as the requirement. Obviously, if the
>team loses everyone except one runner, then that runner will "not
>continue on" at that point. In this case, it seems like an abuse of the
>rule. The keyword "requirement" also implies that there is no backing
>out of this. It must be done.


Right, must be done, if the running player wants to complete the run.
Remember GAQ's

>I have also seen the rule abused by a player who completed all the
>challenges on Ragnarock (Bonus: 2 nuyen for each rocker). He defeated
>all the challenges and then chose not to complete the objective so he
>could take it on the next turn with a group of Rockers. (The reason he
>did not send the rockers the first time was that the challenge would
>killl two of them -- Ambushed on Route.)


I think that to get the bonus they would have to take the objective. The
bonus is a result of earning the rep. You can't have one without the other.

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