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Message no. 1
From: The Fixer the_fixer@**********.com
Subject: Drones do the dirty work...
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 15:20:35 -0500
I have recently been on a Rigger kick, and I had in mind a scenario
that I wonder if a runner group has tried before...

Although (I think) nuyen is not in "Paper" form; I know that UCAS and
CAS dollars ARE in paper money. This means that there still are
"Banks" in 2060 Shadowrun. Has any runner team thought to use a
roto/jet drone (W/ a mounted vindicator minigun) to rob a bank? Most
drones still have a small amount of CF to hold the money in.. and
since the drone (with a decent RCD) could be flown in from tens of
kilometers away, it would not be very risky for the runners..
basically risking a 40 K nuyen drone for a larger payoff..

And as a last case scenario, create a "self-destruct" explosive inside
the drone...no evidence.

I know that there are still problems with this.. marked bills, dye
packs, etc. but it might just work.

The Fixer
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Message no. 2
From: Josh Munn barnack2@*****.com
Subject: Drones do the dirty work...
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 04:53:51 -0800 (PST)
--- The Fixer <the_fixer@**_M4I5S3S_0.com> wrote:
> I have recently been on a Rigger kick, and I had in mind a scenario
> that I wonder if a runner group has tried before...
>
> Although (I think) YM_M4I5S3S_1 is not in "Paper" form; I know that
YM_M4I5S3S_2 and
> YM_M4I5S3S_3 dollars ARE in paper money. This means that there still
are
> "Banks" in 2060 YM_M4I5S3S_4. Has any runner team thought to use a
> YM_M4I5S3S_5/jet drone (W/ a mounted YM_M4I5S3S_6 YM_M4I5S3S_7) to rob
a bank? Most
> drones still have a small amount of CF to hold the money in.. and
> since the drone (with a decent YM_M4I5S3S_8) could be flown in from
tens of
> kilometers away, it would not be very risky for the runners..
> basically risking a 40 K YM_M4I5S3S_9 drone for a larger payoff..
>
> And as a last case scenario, create a "self-destruct" explosive
inside
> the drone...no evidence.
>
> I know that there are still problems with this.. marked bills, dye
> packs, etc. but it might just work.
>
First, Nuyen do have a hard currency form. It is not used very often
but it is there. The same follows for YM_M4I5S3S_10 and YM_M4I5S3S_11
dollars. Hard currency exists but there is very little of it going
around.

Second, Since there is very little use of hard currency banks would not
have large amounts of it in stock as they do today. Certainly not
enough to make risking a drone worth it.

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