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Message no. 1
From: Salem thief@***.edu
Subject: How many Heroic Shadowrunners are there?
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 13:05:08 -0600
Joshua Mumme <Grimlakin@****.com> writes

>Just curious who else out their has good guy shadowrunners. :)

I think that really depends on your definition of "good guy." My current
character spends her free time trying to screw w/ Humanis because she
thinks they're generally fu*ks; however, getting their headquarters blown
up and most of them dead isn't going to be seen by everyone as a random act
of kindness, even if all she does is point others in the right direction
rather than pull the trigger herself. I think she (and most runners, for
that matter) fits more of a vigilante stereotype rather than a "good guy,"
seeing as how she knows darn well she's a criminal but chooses to
conveniently overlook that fact when she's dealing with crimes _she_ feels
are greater than hers, but others may feel she's more of a criminal than
the people she's going after. Like most things, it's all a matter of
perspective.

Salem
Message no. 2
From: lomion lomion@*********.escnd1.sdca.home.com
Subject: How many Heroic Shadowrunners are there?
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 11:08:07 -0700
At 01:05 PM 6/4/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Joshua Mumme <Grimlakin@****.com> writes
>
> >Just curious who else out their has good guy shadowrunners. :)

Any runners I've played and runner's I've gm'd usually had some sort of
personal code, you know what they would and would not do. Often they would
take jobs that paid next to nothing to help out those being screwed over by
the big boys, plus they rationalized their crimes by thinking that they
were helping the corps stay divided and fighting by taking those jobs.

Like most ppl they had their limits for what they wouldn;t do, those limits
varying.

As for my characters that I've played, they have always had their personal
limits, one of them saw himself not as a criminal but as a crusader causing
more havoc and chaos among the corps. Another, whom i played the longest,
knew he was a criminal and didn;t pretend to be anything else but he had
limits - he wouldn;t do wetwork unless it was someone he thought deserved
it and he did alot of "charity" runs for the poor. I guess he was more ofa
vigilante or anti-hero than a hero.

Again i think it comes downto each character having their own code of
conduct and what they find acceptable in a run and what they will not do.

--Larry

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