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Message no. 1
From: dbuehrer@****.org (David Buehrer)
Subject: Re: Gangers and Ware
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 06:50:47 -0600 (MDT)
Sebastien Andrivet wrote:
|
|Thomas Holmes wrote :
|[snip]
|>protecting the people on it. Gangers (In my world anyway) often have cheap
|>cyberware, including maybe Boosted I. Rifles and shotguns (who cares if
|>their not automatic) and lots of pistols.
|
|?????!
|
|Of course, you realize that boosted I and other "cheap cyberware" makes
|gangers better equiped than 80% of the corp security forces, 90% of the
|cops and about 75% of the military.
|
|Also, your definition of "cheap" is a bit strange. Boosted reflexes are
|55K. Since one nuyen = one dollar, that's $55K. Add surgery costs, and
|we're talking $60K. Would you consider that a paltry sum ? If all gangers
|have about $70K in cyberware and offensive gear, it's high time for a full
|military dictatorship !
|
|Please keep in mind than most peoples in Shadowrun have a low lifestyle.
|That means than most peoples will only earn 1000Y a month. If you had a sum
|that allowed you to live for 70 months (almost 6 years) without working,
|would you really invest it in bang-bang cyberware ?

There is a way that gangers could get ware without paying for it. Offer to
"protect" the local ripper-doc. Or, the local ripper-doc might offer to
boost the local gang as a means of cheap and loyal security.

-David

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