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Message no. 1
From: Arcady arcady@***.net
Subject: Afganistan, India, The Middle East, Africa, Brazil, and Mongolia
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 99 16:36:02 +700
A rather disjointed list...

But what has been said about these places in Shadowrun 'canon' material? Anything?

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Message no. 2
From: Arcaist arcaist@**********.net
Subject: Afganistan, India, The Middle East, Africa, Brazil, and Mongolia
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 01:42:24 +0200
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Arcady <arcady@***.net>
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Gesendet: Donnerstag, 17. Juni 1999 11:36
Betreff: Afganistan, India, The Middle East, Africa, Brazil, and Mongolia


> A rather disjointed list...
>
> But what has been said about these places in Shadowrun 'canon'
material? Anything?

There's information about certain regions of Africa in Cyberpirates, and
think I've read something concerning the Middle Eastin another
sourcebook, but the other countries have not yet been covered AFAIK.


(><) Arcaist (><)
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing
-- Mark Twain
Message no. 3
From: Brian McCallister mccllstr@********.edu
Subject: Afganistan, India, The Middle East, Africa, Brazil, and Mongolia
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 20:38:16 -0400 (EDT)
Afgan - nuttin
India - Very Little, cannot say off the top of my head
Middle East - See India
Africa - See Cyberpirates for info on Gold and Ivory coasts. Corp
exploitation to the max sums it up.
Brazil - Amazonia - Super tree huggers lead around by a feathered
serpent.
Mongolia - mentions it in Smuggler's Havens, but nothing detailed.

-Frums
Message no. 4
From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: Afganistan, India, The Middle East, Africa, Brazil, and Mongolia
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 12:59:40 +0200
According to Scott Wheelock, at 21:47 on 17 Jun 99, the word on
the street was...

> Gnomes inhabit Central Europe (would this mean the Balkans? I guess
> that's Eastern...)

The Balkans is south-eastern Europe. Central Europe is the eastern portion
of Germany, Poland, Slovakia, and other countries in that neighborhood.

> and Asia Minor (I don't recall immediately what region this is.
> India?).

The Asian (= largest) part of Turkey, actually :)

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Message no. 5
From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: Afganistan, India, The Middle East, Africa, Brazil, and Mongo lia
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 12:59:41 +0200
According to Sven De Herdt, at 9:46 on 18 Jun 99, the word on
the street was...

> I'm a bit disappointed to see Belgium disappear. Probably they've been
> taken over either by France or the United Netherlands.

Guess how I feel about what they did to the Netherlands... (Is Avenger
still on the list? :)

But actually, FASA books contradict themselves a bit over Belgium; PAoE
says the Range of that silly-named monster, the kludde, is Belgium,
whereas other books imply that Belgium doesn't exist anymore. My own view
is that it's likely Flanders is part of the Netherlands and Walloon
belongs to France; that leaves that little German-speaking part (back to
Germany?) and perhaps Brussels (independent city, or part of Flanders but
with lots of problems between Dutch and French speakers?). I have been
working on and off on a write-up of the Netherlands in SR, and that's
mostly the direction I've taken it in.

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Message no. 6
From: AndMat3@***.com AndMat3@***.com
Subject: Afganistan, India, The Middle East, Africa, Brazil, and Mongolia
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 08:46:42 EDT
In a message dated 6/18/99 3:47:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Sven.DeHerdt@***********.be writes:

> I'm a bit disappointed to see Belgium disappear. Probably they've been
> taken over either by France or the United Netherlands.

I understand Germany likes to drive through Belgium... maybe they "ate" it.

andy
Message no. 7
From: Marc Renouf renouf@********.com
Subject: Afganistan, India, The Middle East, Africa, Brazil, and Mongolia
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 08:49:39 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Scott Wheelock wrote:

> Gnomes inhabit Central Europe (would this mean the Balkans? I guess
> that's Eastern...)

Parts of the Balkans certainly qualify as central Europe, as do
Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. Grab a map. Look at Europe. Pick the
middle.

> ...and Asia Minor (I don't recall immediately what region this is.
> India?).

Asia Minor is the old name given to the Turkish peninsula.

Marc
Message no. 8
From: Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com
Subject: Afganistan, India, The Middle East, Africa, Brazil, and Mongolia
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 23:27:33 EDT
In a message dated 6/17/1999 6:47:49 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
ljvance@*******.edu writes:

>
> You'll find some info on Brazil (Amazonia) in Harlequin.
>
> The only place I remember seeing anything on the Middle East is in the
> metahuman variants in the Companion (SR2, I haven't gone through all o' the
> SR3 Companion, yet). I think it was for the Gnome variant.

(cont...) There is also a mention of Aden (Great Sirrush Dracoform) flaming
Tehran Iraq into the ground in the earlier "And so it came to Pass..."
sections of the SR rules books...

-K
Message no. 9
From: Iridios iridios@*********.com
Subject: Afganistan, India, The Middle East, Africa, Brazil, and Mongolia
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 23:43:15 -0400
Ereskanti@***.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 6/17/1999 6:47:49 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
> ljvance@*******.edu writes:
>
> >
> > You'll find some info on Brazil (Amazonia) in Harlequin.
> >
> > The only place I remember seeing anything on the Middle East is in the
> > metahuman variants in the Companion (SR2, I haven't gone through all o' the
> > SR3 Companion, yet). I think it was for the Gnome variant.
>
> (cont...) There is also a mention of Aden (Great Sirrush Dracoform) flaming
> Tehran Iraq into the ground in the earlier "And so it came to Pass..."
> sections of the SR rules books...

Except that Tehran is in Iran. :)


--
Iridios
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Avoid what you cannot accept."
Message no. 10
From: Penta cpenta@*****.com
Subject: Afganistan, India, The Middle East, Africa, Brazil, and Mongolia
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 23:38:26 -0700
Ereskanti@***.com wrote:

> (cont...) There is also a mention of Aden (Great Sirrush Dracoform) flaming
> Tehran Iraq into the ground in the earlier "And so it came to Pass..."
> sections of the SR rules books...

Tehran IRAN! Tehran IRAN! NOT Tehran IRAQ! Look at a MAP!!!!:)

John!!!!
Message no. 11
From: Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com
Subject: Afganistan, India, The Middle East, Africa, Brazil, and Mongolia
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 23:56:44 EDT
In a message dated 6/18/1999 10:39:40 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
cpenta@*****.com writes:

> > (cont...) There is also a mention of Aden (Great Sirrush Dracoform)
flaming
> > Tehran Iraq into the ground in the earlier "And so it came to
Pass..."
> > sections of the SR rules books...
>
> Tehran IRAN! Tehran IRAN! NOT Tehran IRAQ! Look at a MAP!!!!:)
>
> John!!!!

Ya know John...you're right...but if you don't settle down just a
bit....well, we're going to have to force some hard sentencing on ya there
guy....what ya'll think??? Barney in a totally-taped-to-his-chair
environment for 24 hours?????

-K ;-P
Message no. 12
From: Starrngr@***.com Starrngr@***.com
Subject: Afganistan, India, The Middle East, Africa, Brazil, and Mongolia
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 00:01:45 EDT
In a message dated 6/18/99 8:58:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
Ereskanti@***.com writes:

> Ya know John...you're right...but if you don't settle down just a
> bit....well, we're going to have to force some hard sentencing on ya there
> guy....what ya'll think??? Barney in a totally-taped-to-his-chair
> environment for 24 hours?????
>
> -K ;-P

I think that falls under "Cruel and Unususal", K... and is like really
frowned on just about everywhere....

::SHUDDER::
Message no. 13
From: Penta cpenta@*****.com
Subject: Afganistan, India, The Middle East, Africa, Brazil, and Mongolia
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 00:15:27 -0700
Ereskanti@***.com wrote:

> <snips>

> Ya know John...you're right...but if you don't settle down just a
> bit....well, we're going to have to force some hard sentencing on ya there
> guy....what ya'll think??? Barney in a totally-taped-to-his-chair
> environment for 24 hours?????

Noooooooooo! PLEASE! ANYTHING BUT THAT! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
That's against the 8th amendment!

John the TERRIFIED!!!!
Message no. 14
From: Twist0059@***.com Twist0059@***.com
Subject: Afganistan, India, The Middle East, Africa, Brazil, and Mongolia
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 11:15:58 EDT
In a message dated 6/18/99 11:58:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Ereskanti@***.com writes:

<< > Tehran IRAN! Tehran IRAN! NOT Tehran IRAQ! Look at a MAP!!!!:)
>
> John!!!! >>


Someone has to restrain him while we take away his Tick episodes.



Twist
Message no. 15
From: Patrick Goodman remo@***.net
Subject: Afganistan, India, The Middle East, Africa, Brazil, and Mongolia
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 11:01:02 -0500
> (cont...) There is also a mention of Aden (Great Sirrush Dracoform)
flaming
> Tehran Iraq into the ground in the earlier "And so it came to Pass..."
> sections of the SR rules books...

Minor quibble: Tehran is in Iran, not Iraq.... :)

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Message no. 16
From: Penta cpenta@*****.com
Subject: Afganistan, India, The Middle East, Africa, Brazil, and Mongolia
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 12:06:15 -0700
Twist0059@***.com wrote:

> In a message dated 6/18/99 11:58:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> Ereskanti@***.com writes:
>
> << > Tehran IRAN! Tehran IRAN! NOT Tehran IRAQ! Look at a MAP!!!!:)
> >
> > John!!!! >>
>
> Someone has to restrain him while we take away his Tick episodes.
>
> Twist

<fires napalm at Twist> You'll NEVER take me alive! NEVER!
MUAHAHAHAHAHA!

John

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