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Message no. 1
From: Rune Fostervoll <runefo@***.UIO.NO>
Subject: Archologies (Re: Re: Space)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 20:04:15 +0100
With the talk about Archologies..

Larry Niven wrote a book on an Archology. (Don't remember its name).

Some of the point of that was that those living in the Archology was vastly
better off than the city livers - they had better paid jobs, cleaner air,
more luxury, well protected. And 'regular people' - non citizens - were
prevented from entering most of the archology. (Gotta keep the riff raff out,
dont'cha know?). Unless visiting or spending money, of course.

This led to a lot of emnity towards those in the Archology, and possibly a
sense of superiority by those in it... some cases of terrorism.

Is this material for use in some campaign or other?

BTW, Japan is currently (1998) designing several Archology projects. They're
in the design phase, nothing but idle speculation so far, but they're
considering it.. fairly seriously, as far as I can tell. One of the
options considered is subsurface.

As for the Renraku Archology in Seattle.. I had the impression it was
currently not the biggest Archology, but would be when (if ever) it was
complete. That's just an impression, of course, but wether it's the
largest or not isn't important. That it, and others, exist, is. If I
understand correctly, Renraku has made some, perhaps most, of the others, but
not all... in other words, there's a lot of room for GM's to improvise.

--
Fade, runefo@***.uio.no
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Message no. 2
From: Matb <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: Archologies (Re: Re: Space)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 16:35:33 -0800
Rune Fostervoll wrote:
>
> With the talk about Archologies..
>
> Larry Niven wrote a book on an Archology. (Don't remember its name).

Oath of Fealty (in case it hasn't been mentioned already). Good book, a
bit light.

> Some of the point of that was that those living in the Archology was vastly
> better off than the city livers - they had better paid jobs, cleaner air,
> more luxury, well protected. And 'regular people' - non citizens - were
> prevented from entering most of the archology. (Gotta keep the riff raff out,
> dont'cha know?). Unless visiting or spending money, of course.

Sounds just like the Renraku Mall/Arcology. More on that after BitB
comes out (both in SR sourcebooks and Steve Kenson's novel,
Technobabel).


-Matt

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