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Message no. 1
From: CEvans9159@***.com CEvans9159@***.com
Subject: [RS:A] initial outline of my story
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 04:23:08 EDT
My story is about a troll Ganger who goes to the 'Raku mall to buy a
Pocket Secretary for his sister and gets more than he bargained for. I
haven't created the Troll yet, but he's basically a ganger. Some
cyber..razors and maybe a smartlink.
My initial plan for the style of the story was when he realizes he's
trapped, he uses the voice recorder on the Pocket Secretary to keep a diary.
If Demonic doesn't use the diary idea, then I will. otherwise I can easily
do it in a first person format.

Outline of story
Troll goes to Renraku mall to buy his sister a Pocket
Secretary...top of the line model. saved up for it. Wanted to buy it legit
instead of stealing it. Troll has a SIN (possibly fake) so he could actually
enter the arc.
He buys the PS.
As he is about to leave...shutdown occurs.
Next 12 hrs are spend dodging constructs of Deus.
Finally finds a place to hole up in a store to sleep.
Next day he ventures out to find total carnage.
Finds that the doors are barricaded. Maybe attacked at this point by
a gengineered paranormal and barely survives.
After 1 week, realization sets in that he is trapped and alone.
Starts a diary on the PS. (This is the point where the story actually
starts. First entry is a flashback)
Spends the next 2 months surviving. Sees and learns how to avoid
constructs. Starts to encounter Banded and hears about Deus (not that he
knows who/what Deus is).
Troll finds and follows Shadow team. Shadow team captures him.
Sullen and paranoid of the team until he realizes they are the "good guys".
He eventually helps the Shadow team navigate through...perhaps the
Labyrinth??? Gets the team from one entrance to another entrance. Perhaps
during the Troll's initial wandering, he found and explored most of the
labyrinth?? (he just got lucky and never found the construct in the middle
perhaps)

so...my part of the story arc will be to get the Shadow team from
floor 133 to floor 148...safely through the Labyrinth. The troll just
happened to have found to unknown (to the Resistance) exits.

Comments are welcome

I do need some info:
1) Pocket Secretaries. since I don't have SR3...has the price
changed? Any new perks and capabilities?
2) When is the anothology taking place. When is the Shadowteam and
others breaking into the Arc? How long will it have been since the shutdown?
3) I need a write up of the Shadowteam along with their
personalities and such from whomever is writing primarily about them.
4) Is anyone else writing about the labrynth? Should we collaborate
on the construct in the maze? If no one is writing about the Labrynth...I
will happily take suggestions...or perhaps I'll keep the construct just as
mysterious as in the RA:S book.

Tay-Dor
"Trolls rule...cos they can see Bumblebee drones."
Message no. 2
From: Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com
Subject: [RS:A] initial outline of my story
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 20:25:27 -0700 (PDT)
> My story is about a troll Ganger who goes to the 'Raku mall to buy a
Pocket Secretary for his sister and gets more than he bargained for. I
haven't created the Troll yet, but he's basically a ganger. Some
cyber..razors and maybe a smartlink.
> My initial plan for the style of the story was when he realizes he's
trapped, he uses the voice recorder on the Pocket Secretary to keep a
diary. If Demonic doesn't use the diary idea, then I will. otherwise I
can easily do it in a first person format.

I like this. The only thing is that Strago is going to be doing a
diary, too - well, just give it a go to start out with. Before you get
too far, let us have a look and we can decide what to do.

Oh, something to think about - you're going to have to write like a
troll ganger would. Hmmm...

> Outline of story
> Troll goes to Renraku mall to buy his sister a Pocket
Secretary...top of the line model. saved up for it. Wanted to buy it
legit instead of stealing it. Troll has a SIN (possibly fake) so he
could actually enter the arc.
> He buys the PS.
> As he is about to leave...shutdown occurs.
> Next 12 hrs are spend dodging constructs of Deus.
> Finally finds a place to hole up in a store to sleep.
> Next day he ventures out to find total carnage.
> Finds that the doors are barricaded. Maybe attacked at this point
by a gengineered paranormal and barely survives.
> After 1 week, realization sets in that he is trapped and alone.
Starts a diary on the PS. (This is the point where the story actually
starts. First entry is a flashback)
> Spends the next 2 months surviving. Sees and learns how to avoid
constructs. Starts to encounter Banded and hears about Deus (not that
he knows who/what Deus is).
> Troll finds and follows Shadow team. Shadow team captures him.
Sullen and paranoid of the team until he realizes they are the "good
guys".
> He eventually helps the Shadow team navigate through...perhaps the
Labyrinth??? Gets the team from one entrance to another entrance.
Perhaps during the Troll's initial wandering, he found and explored
most of the labyrinth?? (he just got lucky and never found the
construct in the middle perhaps)
>
> so...my part of the story arc will be to get the Shadow team from
floor 133 to floor 148...safely through the Labyrinth. The troll just
happened to have found to unknown (to the Resistance) exits.
>
> Comments are welcome

Heyyyyyyyyyy...just had what could be an interesting idea and what
could make this different enough to Strago's. You were considering
having the troll buy it, right? What about this, then - the story is
described in the diary format and cuts out at the last entry - as the
troll is about to lead the shadow team through a very dangerous place
or something like that. Then it cuts to one of the shadowrunners
putting down the Pocket Secretary or something like that - IOW, the
troll died and one of the runners has been reading his diary while
they've been having a rest.

> I do need some info:
> 1) Pocket Secretaries. since I don't have SR3...has the price
changed? Any new perks and capabilities?

Not that I noticed.

> 2) When is the anothology taking place. When is the Shadowteam and
others breaking into the Arc? How long will it have been since the
shutdown?

Who has Corp Download? Can someone give us the date of the Renraku part
of it? The book's set shortly after that.

> 3) I need a write up of the Shadowteam along with their
personalities and such from whomever is writing primarily about them.

I've got those and am checking them atm. Once GW and I have sorted out
any problems, he'll post them to the list for your comments and for you
and anyone else who needs them to check out.

> 4) Is anyone else writing about the labrynth? Should we collaborate
on the construct in the maze? If no one is writing about the
Labrynth...I will happily take suggestions...or perhaps I'll keep the
construct just as mysterious as in the RA:S book.

Not that I know of. I think mysterious is the way to go.
==Doc'
(aka Mr. Freaky Big, Super-Dynamic Troll of Tomorrow)

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Message no. 3
From: CEvans9159@***.com CEvans9159@***.com
Subject: [RS:A] initial outline of my story
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 03:48:00 EDT
In a message dated 7/6/99 8:22:28 PM, docwagon101@*****.com writes:

>I like this. The only thing is that Strago is going to be doing a
>diary, too - well, just give it a go to start out with. Before you get
>too far, let us have a look and we can decide what to do.

>Oh, something to think about - you're going to have to write like a
>troll ganger would. Hmmm...

"Whut? Yoo say me stoopid an dunno how rite lik reel troll? Trollz
smart. Troll tipe gud." Actually, I've made up my troll and he's got an
intelligence of 3, so he won't be that bad off. He'll probably be mostly
illiterate and use the voice recorder to write his diary entries. I may
attach a print reader to the PS that is detachable and can be waved over text
like a wand...then the PS reads the text outloud.

>Heyyyyyyyyyy...just had what could be an interesting idea and what
>could make this different enough to Strago's. You were considering
>having the troll buy it, right? What about this, then - the story is
>described in the diary format and cuts out at the last entry - as the
>troll is about to lead the shadow team through a very dangerous place
>or something like that. Then it cuts to one of the shadowrunners
>putting down the Pocket Secretary or something like that - IOW, the
>troll died and one of the runners has been reading his diary while
>they've been having a rest.

I dunno if he will die in the end or not. I'll see how the story
goes as I write it.

The troll has a lot of combat skills, Edged Weapons, unarmed, and
Cyber-implant combat, Throwing weapons. Good level of skill with pistols and
a low skill with shotguns...bout the only firearms he's come in contact with
as a gang member. To round it out he has electronics (for B&E jobs),
stealth, and low skill in Biotech, negotiation, intimidation and ettiquette.
His knowledge skills are Gang Identification, Police/Security Procedures
(helps him spot cameras), and 20th Century TV.
He'll have a newly implanted smartlink. His first cyber was some
Spurs. His gang thought razors were sissy (also a bias of myself), so
initiation into the gang was the implantation of the Spurs...then the new
inductee *owed* the money for the spurs to the gang and therefore had to work
it off. That's about it.
When he goes into the Arc, he won't have any weapons, cos he was
going in legit. He may have been wearing an armored trenchcoat.

Tay-Dor
Message no. 4
From: Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com
Subject: [RS:A] initial outline of my story
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 01:05:55 -0700 (PDT)
> >Oh, something to think about - you're going to have to write like a
troll ganger would. Hmmm...
>
> "Whut? Yoo say me stoopid an dunno how rite lik reel troll? Trollz
smart. Troll tipe gud." Actually, I've made up my troll and he's got
an intelligence of 3, so he won't be that bad off. He'll probably be
mostly illiterate and use the voice recorder to write his diary
entries. I may attach a print reader to the PS that is detachable and
can be waved over text like a wand...then the PS reads the text
outloud.

Well, he certainly isn't stupid. All I meant to imply is that street
slang isn't always easy to write...or read...:)

> >Heyyyyyyyyyy...just had what could be an interesting idea and what
could make this different enough to Strago's. You were considering
having the troll buy it, right? What about this, then - the story is
described in the diary format and cuts out at the last entry - as the
troll is about to lead the shadow team through a very dangerous place
or something like that. Then it cuts to one of the shadowrunners
putting down the Pocket Secretary or something like that - IOW, the
troll died and one of the runners has been reading his diary while
they've been having a rest.
>
> I dunno if he will die in the end or not. I'll see how the story
goes as I write it.

That's cool. Try to do something unusual with the format, though. I
mean, a story written as diary entries is kinda unique. TWO stories
written as diary entries in the same book? Well, it might look overdone
if we're not careful.

> The troll has a lot of combat skills, Edged Weapons, unarmed, and
Cyber-implant combat, Throwing weapons. Good level of skill with
pistols and a low skill with shotguns...bout the only firearms he's
come in contact with as a gang member. To round it out he has
electronics (for B&E jobs), stealth, and low skill in Biotech,
negotiation, intimidation and ettiquette. His knowledge skills are
Gang Identification, Police/Security Procedures (helps him spot
cameras), and 20th Century TV.

'Kay. What gang's he from?

> He'll have a newly implanted smartlink. His first cyber was some
Spurs. His gang thought razors were sissy (also a bias of myself), so
initiation into the gang was the implantation of the Spurs...then the
new inductee *owed* the money for the spurs to the gang and therefore
had to work it off. That's about it.

This would tend to imply a gang of your own creation...?

> When he goes into the Arc, he won't have any weapons, cos he was
going in legit. He may have been wearing an armored trenchcoat.
>
> Tay-Dor

All right, then. Looks like you're pretty much good to go.
==Doc'
(aka Mr. Freaky Big, Super-Dynamic Troll of Tomorrow)

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Message no. 5
From: CEvans9159@***.com CEvans9159@***.com
Subject: [RS:A] initial outline of my story
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 04:07:27 EDT
In a message dated 7/7/99 1:03:58 AM, docwagon101@*****.com writes:

>> He'll have a newly implanted smartlink. His first cyber was some
>
>Spurs. His gang thought razors were sissy (also a bias of myself), so
>
>initiation into the gang was the implantation of the Spurs...then the
>
>new inductee *owed* the money for the spurs to the gang and therefore
>
>had to work it off. That's about it.
>
>
>
>This would tend to imply a gang of your own creation...?

most likely. probably not a truely important detail, but I'll come up with a
name. it's definitely a third tier gang.
Message no. 6
From: CEvans9159@***.com CEvans9159@***.com
Subject: [RS:A] initial outline of my story
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 04:23:08 EDT
My story is about a troll Ganger who goes to the 'Raku mall to buy a
Pocket Secretary for his sister and gets more than he bargained for. I
haven't created the Troll yet, but he's basically a ganger. Some
cyber..razors and maybe a smartlink.
My initial plan for the style of the story was when he realizes he's
trapped, he uses the voice recorder on the Pocket Secretary to keep a diary.
If Demonic doesn't use the diary idea, then I will. otherwise I can easily
do it in a first person format.

Outline of story
Troll goes to Renraku mall to buy his sister a Pocket
Secretary...top of the line model. saved up for it. Wanted to buy it legit
instead of stealing it. Troll has a SIN (possibly fake) so he could actually
enter the arc.
He buys the PS.
As he is about to leave...shutdown occurs.
Next 12 hrs are spend dodging constructs of Deus.
Finally finds a place to hole up in a store to sleep.
Next day he ventures out to find total carnage.
Finds that the doors are barricaded. Maybe attacked at this point by
a gengineered paranormal and barely survives.
After 1 week, realization sets in that he is trapped and alone.
Starts a diary on the PS. (This is the point where the story actually
starts. First entry is a flashback)
Spends the next 2 months surviving. Sees and learns how to avoid
constructs. Starts to encounter Banded and hears about Deus (not that he
knows who/what Deus is).
Troll finds and follows Shadow team. Shadow team captures him.
Sullen and paranoid of the team until he realizes they are the "good guys".
He eventually helps the Shadow team navigate through...perhaps the
Labyrinth??? Gets the team from one entrance to another entrance. Perhaps
during the Troll's initial wandering, he found and explored most of the
labyrinth?? (he just got lucky and never found the construct in the middle
perhaps)

so...my part of the story arc will be to get the Shadow team from
floor 133 to floor 148...safely through the Labyrinth. The troll just
happened to have found to unknown (to the Resistance) exits.

Comments are welcome

I do need some info:
1) Pocket Secretaries. since I don't have SR3...has the price
changed? Any new perks and capabilities?
2) When is the anothology taking place. When is the Shadowteam and
others breaking into the Arc? How long will it have been since the shutdown?
3) I need a write up of the Shadowteam along with their
personalities and such from whomever is writing primarily about them.
4) Is anyone else writing about the labrynth? Should we collaborate
on the construct in the maze? If no one is writing about the Labrynth...I
will happily take suggestions...or perhaps I'll keep the construct just as
mysterious as in the RA:S book.

Tay-Dor
"Trolls rule...cos they can see Bumblebee drones."
Message no. 7
From: Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com
Subject: [RS:A] initial outline of my story
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 20:25:27 -0700 (PDT)
> My story is about a troll Ganger who goes to the 'Raku mall to buy a
Pocket Secretary for his sister and gets more than he bargained for. I
haven't created the Troll yet, but he's basically a ganger. Some
cyber..razors and maybe a smartlink.
> My initial plan for the style of the story was when he realizes he's
trapped, he uses the voice recorder on the Pocket Secretary to keep a
diary. If Demonic doesn't use the diary idea, then I will. otherwise I
can easily do it in a first person format.

I like this. The only thing is that Strago is going to be doing a
diary, too - well, just give it a go to start out with. Before you get
too far, let us have a look and we can decide what to do.

Oh, something to think about - you're going to have to write like a
troll ganger would. Hmmm...

> Outline of story
> Troll goes to Renraku mall to buy his sister a Pocket
Secretary...top of the line model. saved up for it. Wanted to buy it
legit instead of stealing it. Troll has a SIN (possibly fake) so he
could actually enter the arc.
> He buys the PS.
> As he is about to leave...shutdown occurs.
> Next 12 hrs are spend dodging constructs of Deus.
> Finally finds a place to hole up in a store to sleep.
> Next day he ventures out to find total carnage.
> Finds that the doors are barricaded. Maybe attacked at this point
by a gengineered paranormal and barely survives.
> After 1 week, realization sets in that he is trapped and alone.
Starts a diary on the PS. (This is the point where the story actually
starts. First entry is a flashback)
> Spends the next 2 months surviving. Sees and learns how to avoid
constructs. Starts to encounter Banded and hears about Deus (not that
he knows who/what Deus is).
> Troll finds and follows Shadow team. Shadow team captures him.
Sullen and paranoid of the team until he realizes they are the "good
guys".
> He eventually helps the Shadow team navigate through...perhaps the
Labyrinth??? Gets the team from one entrance to another entrance.
Perhaps during the Troll's initial wandering, he found and explored
most of the labyrinth?? (he just got lucky and never found the
construct in the middle perhaps)
>
> so...my part of the story arc will be to get the Shadow team from
floor 133 to floor 148...safely through the Labyrinth. The troll just
happened to have found to unknown (to the Resistance) exits.
>
> Comments are welcome

Heyyyyyyyyyy...just had what could be an interesting idea and what
could make this different enough to Strago's. You were considering
having the troll buy it, right? What about this, then - the story is
described in the diary format and cuts out at the last entry - as the
troll is about to lead the shadow team through a very dangerous place
or something like that. Then it cuts to one of the shadowrunners
putting down the Pocket Secretary or something like that - IOW, the
troll died and one of the runners has been reading his diary while
they've been having a rest.

> I do need some info:
> 1) Pocket Secretaries. since I don't have SR3...has the price
changed? Any new perks and capabilities?

Not that I noticed.

> 2) When is the anothology taking place. When is the Shadowteam and
others breaking into the Arc? How long will it have been since the
shutdown?

Who has Corp Download? Can someone give us the date of the Renraku part
of it? The book's set shortly after that.

> 3) I need a write up of the Shadowteam along with their
personalities and such from whomever is writing primarily about them.

I've got those and am checking them atm. Once GW and I have sorted out
any problems, he'll post them to the list for your comments and for you
and anyone else who needs them to check out.

> 4) Is anyone else writing about the labrynth? Should we collaborate
on the construct in the maze? If no one is writing about the
Labrynth...I will happily take suggestions...or perhaps I'll keep the
construct just as mysterious as in the RA:S book.

Not that I know of. I think mysterious is the way to go.
==Doc'
(aka Mr. Freaky Big, Super-Dynamic Troll of Tomorrow)

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Message no. 8
From: CEvans9159@***.com CEvans9159@***.com
Subject: [RS:A] initial outline of my story
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 03:48:00 EDT
In a message dated 7/6/99 8:22:28 PM, docwagon101@*****.com writes:

>I like this. The only thing is that Strago is going to be doing a
>diary, too - well, just give it a go to start out with. Before you get
>too far, let us have a look and we can decide what to do.

>Oh, something to think about - you're going to have to write like a
>troll ganger would. Hmmm...

"Whut? Yoo say me stoopid an dunno how rite lik reel troll? Trollz
smart. Troll tipe gud." Actually, I've made up my troll and he's got an
intelligence of 3, so he won't be that bad off. He'll probably be mostly
illiterate and use the voice recorder to write his diary entries. I may
attach a print reader to the PS that is detachable and can be waved over text
like a wand...then the PS reads the text outloud.

>Heyyyyyyyyyy...just had what could be an interesting idea and what
>could make this different enough to Strago's. You were considering
>having the troll buy it, right? What about this, then - the story is
>described in the diary format and cuts out at the last entry - as the
>troll is about to lead the shadow team through a very dangerous place
>or something like that. Then it cuts to one of the shadowrunners
>putting down the Pocket Secretary or something like that - IOW, the
>troll died and one of the runners has been reading his diary while
>they've been having a rest.

I dunno if he will die in the end or not. I'll see how the story
goes as I write it.

The troll has a lot of combat skills, Edged Weapons, unarmed, and
Cyber-implant combat, Throwing weapons. Good level of skill with pistols and
a low skill with shotguns...bout the only firearms he's come in contact with
as a gang member. To round it out he has electronics (for B&E jobs),
stealth, and low skill in Biotech, negotiation, intimidation and ettiquette.
His knowledge skills are Gang Identification, Police/Security Procedures
(helps him spot cameras), and 20th Century TV.
He'll have a newly implanted smartlink. His first cyber was some
Spurs. His gang thought razors were sissy (also a bias of myself), so
initiation into the gang was the implantation of the Spurs...then the new
inductee *owed* the money for the spurs to the gang and therefore had to work
it off. That's about it.
When he goes into the Arc, he won't have any weapons, cos he was
going in legit. He may have been wearing an armored trenchcoat.

Tay-Dor
Message no. 9
From: Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com
Subject: [RS:A] initial outline of my story
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 01:05:55 -0700 (PDT)
> >Oh, something to think about - you're going to have to write like a
troll ganger would. Hmmm...
>
> "Whut? Yoo say me stoopid an dunno how rite lik reel troll? Trollz
smart. Troll tipe gud." Actually, I've made up my troll and he's got
an intelligence of 3, so he won't be that bad off. He'll probably be
mostly illiterate and use the voice recorder to write his diary
entries. I may attach a print reader to the PS that is detachable and
can be waved over text like a wand...then the PS reads the text
outloud.

Well, he certainly isn't stupid. All I meant to imply is that street
slang isn't always easy to write...or read...:)

> >Heyyyyyyyyyy...just had what could be an interesting idea and what
could make this different enough to Strago's. You were considering
having the troll buy it, right? What about this, then - the story is
described in the diary format and cuts out at the last entry - as the
troll is about to lead the shadow team through a very dangerous place
or something like that. Then it cuts to one of the shadowrunners
putting down the Pocket Secretary or something like that - IOW, the
troll died and one of the runners has been reading his diary while
they've been having a rest.
>
> I dunno if he will die in the end or not. I'll see how the story
goes as I write it.

That's cool. Try to do something unusual with the format, though. I
mean, a story written as diary entries is kinda unique. TWO stories
written as diary entries in the same book? Well, it might look overdone
if we're not careful.

> The troll has a lot of combat skills, Edged Weapons, unarmed, and
Cyber-implant combat, Throwing weapons. Good level of skill with
pistols and a low skill with shotguns...bout the only firearms he's
come in contact with as a gang member. To round it out he has
electronics (for B&E jobs), stealth, and low skill in Biotech,
negotiation, intimidation and ettiquette. His knowledge skills are
Gang Identification, Police/Security Procedures (helps him spot
cameras), and 20th Century TV.

'Kay. What gang's he from?

> He'll have a newly implanted smartlink. His first cyber was some
Spurs. His gang thought razors were sissy (also a bias of myself), so
initiation into the gang was the implantation of the Spurs...then the
new inductee *owed* the money for the spurs to the gang and therefore
had to work it off. That's about it.

This would tend to imply a gang of your own creation...?

> When he goes into the Arc, he won't have any weapons, cos he was
going in legit. He may have been wearing an armored trenchcoat.
>
> Tay-Dor

All right, then. Looks like you're pretty much good to go.
==Doc'
(aka Mr. Freaky Big, Super-Dynamic Troll of Tomorrow)

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Message no. 10
From: CEvans9159@***.com CEvans9159@***.com
Subject: [RS:A] initial outline of my story
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 04:07:27 EDT
In a message dated 7/7/99 1:03:58 AM, docwagon101@*****.com writes:

>> He'll have a newly implanted smartlink. His first cyber was some
>
>Spurs. His gang thought razors were sissy (also a bias of myself), so
>
>initiation into the gang was the implantation of the Spurs...then the
>
>new inductee *owed* the money for the spurs to the gang and therefore
>
>had to work it off. That's about it.
>
>
>
>This would tend to imply a gang of your own creation...?

most likely. probably not a truely important detail, but I'll come up with a
name. it's definitely a third tier gang.

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