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Message no. 1
From: Kismet kismet-sr@****.com
Subject: Cyberpirates Updates (was Re: Pirates)
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 18:01:28 -0800
----- Original Message -----
From: Oliver McDonald <oliver@*********.com>
To: <shadowrn@*********.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: Pirates


> On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 07:13:18 +1100, Raije wrote:
>
> Well worth getting, has good rules for ship combat, plus other cool
goodies. (My rigger WANTS the underwater exosuit!). But
> most of all it has background on the various areas of the world that
piracy abounds in, and has a good rule set and examples
> for the type of campaign you are looking at running.

Do the new editions of Cyberpirates solve any of the puzzles, or do you have
to wait for the 'History' book that comes out next year? For instance, did
Masaru win the Philippine election of 2057? Corp Download makes it sound
like he did, but I could have misread. Or who won the Kahuna war- the best
magician in the carib got a chunk of orichalcum(sp?)? Both of these were to
have occurred before 2060, but I have yet to discover any source that tells
what exactly happened. Anyone know?

Thanks,
Kismet
Message no. 2
From: Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com
Subject: Cyberpirates Updates (was Re: Pirates)
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 16:37:05 -0800 (PST)
> Do the new editions of Cyberpirates solve any of the
puzzles, or do you have to wait for the 'History' book
that comes out next year? For instance, did Masaru win
the Philippine election of 2057? Corp Download makes
it sound like he did, but I could have misread. Or who
won the Kahuna war- the best magician in the carib got
a chunk of orichalcum(sp?)? Both of these were to have
occurred before 2060, but I have yet to discover any
source that tells what exactly happened. Anyone know?
> Kismet

There aren't "new editions" of Cyberpirates that I'm
aware of. For the updated info, you have to check the
newer books. If it doesn't say it somewhere in Corp
Download, then there's no official answer yet. As far
as Masaru, I don't know and currently don't care. As
far as the Voudoun (Voodoo) Wars (btw, Kismet, Kahuna
is Hawaiian (or Pacific Islander or something like
that), Houngan is a practitioner of voodoo), well, I
do care.

If you read Cyberpirates, though, it says that the
Draco Foundation was going to award the clippings on
the Head Houngan on 31st December, 2060. If there
wasn't a clear winner by then, the "competition" would
keep going. I think FASA did that for the convenience
of people like me. My new campaign is set in 2061, so
I've just said that there wasn't a winner and the wars
are just starting to heat up again. So my players get
to have all the fun of becoming embroiled in the wars
(if they want). Isn't that good news, guys? :)

*Doc' is starting to get more practise with his
EGMG...and is LIKING it...*

====Doc'
(aka Mr. Freaky Big, Super-Dynamic Troll of Tomorrow)

S.S. f. P.S.C. & D.J.

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