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Message no. 1
From: Fade <runefo@***.UIO.NO>
Subject: Chicago Containment Zone - Strain III
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 16:29:35 +0000
There was recently a discussion about how the bugs had been removed
from Chicago. Now, I recently purchased R2, and found an interesting
little sentence on one of the drones...

Pratt & Whitney Sundowner Aerial Sprayer, P.105:

"The design gained nototiety recently when Ares Macrotechnology used
several Sundowners to disperse the Strain III virus over the Chicago
Containment Zone."

It sounds like part of the solution to that question, and there's no
longer need for speculation wether Strain III had been used.
--
Fade

And the Prince of Lies said:
"To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell:
Better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven."
-John Milton, Paradise Lost
Message no. 2
From: John E Pederson <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Chicago Containment Zone - Strain III
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 11:30:06 -0500
On Wed, 29 Oct 1997 16:29:35 +0000 Fade <runefo@***.UIO.NO> writes:
>There was recently a discussion about how the bugs had been removed
>from Chicago. Now, I recently purchased R2, and found an interesting
>little sentence on one of the drones...
>
>Pratt & Whitney Sundowner Aerial Sprayer, P.105:
>
>"The design gained nototiety recently when Ares Macrotechnology used
>several Sundowners to disperse the Strain III virus over the Chicago
>Containment Zone."
>
>It sounds like part of the solution to that question, and there's no
>longer need for speculation wether Strain III had been used.


I'm a bit confused; how do you go about spreading an astral entity with a
physical device?



--
John Pederson "Oh my God! They killed Kenny!"
aka Canthros, shapeshifter-mage --South Park
lobo1@****.com canthros1@***.com john.e.pederson@***********.edu
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Message no. 3
From: Drekhead <drekhead@***.NET>
Subject: Re: Chicago Containment Zone - Strain III
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 12:07:41 +0500
On 29 Oct 97 at 11:30, John E Pederson wrote:

> I'm a bit confused; how do you go about spreading an astral entity
> with a physical device?

I thought Strain III was a type of FAB, so they are spreading the
bacteria.

--
drekhead@***.net
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Message no. 4
From: John E Pederson <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Chicago Containment Zone - Strain III
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 12:26:55 -0500
On Wed, 29 Oct 1997 12:07:41 +0500 Drekhead <drekhead@***.NET> writes:
>On 29 Oct 97 at 11:30, John E Pederson wrote:
>
>> I'm a bit confused; how do you go about spreading an astral entity
>> with a physical device?
>
>I thought Strain III was a type of FAB, so they are spreading the
>bacteria.


I suppose spoilers are in order for the people who don't need/want to
know more:

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The name "FAB Strain III" is a misnomer, Strain III is not FAB, it's not
even a bacteria. Strain III is more like an astral virus of sorts, it has
no physical components and can only affect dual-natured critters and
objects (and astral perceiving magicians don't, going by the book, but
astrally projecting mage-boys and -girls are fair game). If you can,
you'll want to check the last chapter in "Threats" for this info.

1566:)
--
John Pederson "Oh my God! They killed Kenny!"
aka Canthros, shapeshifter-mage --South Park
lobo1@****.com canthros1@***.com john.e.pederson@***********.edu
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/4864 ICQ UIN 3190186
Message no. 5
From: "Ojaste,James [NCR]" <James.Ojaste@**.GC.CA>
Subject: Re: Chicago Containment Zone - Strain III
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 13:36:32 -0500
John E Pederson[SMTP:lobo1@****.COM] wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Oct 1997 12:07:41 +0500 Drekhead <drekhead@***.NET> writes:
> >On 29 Oct 97 at 11:30, John E Pederson wrote:
> >> I'm a bit confused; how do you go about spreading an astral entity
> >> with a physical device?
> >I thought Strain III was a type of FAB, so they are spreading the
> >bacteria.
> I suppose spoilers are in order for the people who don't need/want to
> know more:
>
> S
> P
> O
> I
> L
> E
> R
> S
>
> F
> O
> R
>
> T
> H
> R
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> A
> T
> S
> |
> |
> |
> V
>
> The name "FAB Strain III" is a misnomer, Strain III is not FAB, it's not
> even a bacteria. Strain III is more like an astral virus of sorts, it has
> no physical components and can only affect dual-natured critters and
> objects (and astral perceiving magicians don't, going by the book, but
> astrally projecting mage-boys and -girls are fair game). If you can,
> you'll want to check the last chapter in "Threats" for this info.

So why not suspend Strain III in a regular FAB-lined container?
It'll contain the Strain III for a while (until the Strain III
can eat through the stuff), and you just have to make sure that
the drone is over Chicago when that happens.

On second thought, why not just cast a Mana Barrier on the
drone? Won't affect the drone's operation any...

James Ojaste
(only ~6100 more posts until I can take over the title of
"Most Frequent Poster"!) :-)
Message no. 6
From: MC23 <mc23@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: Chicago Containment Zone - Strain III
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 17:09:53 -0500
John E Pederson once dared to write,

>>I thought Strain III was a type of FAB, so they are spreading the
>>bacteria.

>If you can,
>you'll want to check the last chapter in "Threats" for this info.

But don't read the story because it is so unbelievable. I've been
meaning to do a debunking treatment on the story. Since I liked the idea
of Strain III, I was going to have a more sinister origin for it. FASA
using it in Target: UCAS makes Strain III a reality so I won't write the
story off as a hoax.

Campaign plot -> Find out who posted the bogus story about Strain
III since it really does exist.

<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

Ancient cultures believed that names held great power, personal names
more so and they were guarded very closely. To protect themselves, they
answered to another name, because if another discovered their real name,
it could be used against them.
History repeats itself.
Welcome to the Digital Age.
I am MC23
Message no. 7
From: NightRain <nightrain@***.BRISNET.ORG.AU>
Subject: Re: Chicago Containment Zone - Strain III
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 10:18:59 +1000
Canthros wrote:
>I'm a bit confused; how do you go about spreading an astral entity with a
>physical device?

They make sure that the water that is coming from the fire hose is full of
all sorts of live bacteria and stuff, so that the bacteria moving in the
water sort of pushes the astral entity in the general direction they want
it to go.

NightRain.

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Message no. 8
From: Mon goose <landsquid@*******.COM>
Subject: Re: Chicago Containment Zone - Strain III
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 01:33:30 PST
>I'm a bit confused; how do you go about spreading an astral entity with
a
>physical device?

The same way you catch a projecting mage with FAB. It says they used
really sludgeywater, with enough life to stopp the Strain # from getting
away. And i think a amage said the water looked funny. I think they
"lured" the strain 3 to some tanks with a magical treat (like a water
elemental) and the tanks were full of water that had a bit of a
background count, or maybe just a lot of normal FAB and other life in
it. The Strain III won't have reason to leave, so if you act fast, you
can move the stuff and spray it like normal water.

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of a psychotic - Einstein

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