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Message no. 1
From: "Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU>
Subject: In space, the security is great, but....
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1993 18:22:02 -0800
Victor Brueggeman,

Your right! You get really bitching security if your off planet, but it's not
worth the expense.

Wards, Elementals, Watchers, and Wage Mages will make your facuilty safe enough
from magical intrusion.

To keep too many people from getting to you instillation, but it in the
wilderness in the middle of a big field.

If you don't tell anybody what your doing with the enviroment, they won't know.
Especially if you kill interlopers.

To guard your computer system use Red Nodes, High Security Nodes, Deckers, and
ICE, ICE (Baby).

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See Ya in Shadows, "Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer."
Jason J Carter -- Deep Throat, The X-Files
The Nightstalker Carter@***.EDU
Message no. 2
From: "Brueggemann, Victor" <victorb@**.COM>
Subject: Re: In space, the security is great, but....
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1993 19:08:00 PST
>Your right! You get really bitching security if your off planet, but it's
not
>worth the expense.
...
>Wards, Elementals, Watchers, and Wage Magi will make your facility safe
>enough from magical intrusion.
...
>To keep too many people from getting to you instillation, but it in the
>wilderness in the middle of a big field.
...
>To guard your computer system use Red Nodes, High Security Nodes, Deckers,
and
>ICE, ICE (Baby).

You're right too! These methods work in the vast majority of cases,
otherwise very
few corps would bother employing them. However, if money were no object, and
I
had to be *Absolutely Sure* of the security, I'd definitely go for the
moonbase. Heck,
I might even slack off my Earthside security a bit, let a few runs through,
or even
send a few runs against myself just so folks wouldn't feel like they're
missing out.

"What do you want to be when you grow up, young man?"
"I think I wanna be an evil bastard. They have the most fun of
anybody."
Message no. 3
From: The Deb Decker <RJR96326@****.UTULSA.EDU>
Subject: Re: In space, the security is great, but....
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1993 22:44:28 -0600
>You're right too! These methods work in the vast majority of cases,
>otherwise very few corps would bother employing them. However, if money were
>no object, and I had to be *Absolutely Sure* of the security, I'd definitely
>go for the moonbase.

Unfortunately, money usually is an object. But I think a moon run would be
cool for a highly covert Illumionati type organization. Like "Moonraker".
The project could be unknown publicly (I'm sure some nations would've
noticed it) but it doesn't mean that corps and nations need moon bases.

>Heck, I might even slack off my Earthside security a bit, let a few runs

I think that would be a mistake, or a choice that an Evil Genius for a Better
Tomorrow would make. ("Who cares about my Earthly projects? I own the
MOON!")


J Roberson
Message no. 4
From: Thomas Frost <frost@******.UMD.EDU>
Subject: Re: In space, the security is great, but....
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 09:14:43 -0500
Something else that just occurred to me re: orbital facilities.

The physical and magical security is better than in most Earth-based
facilities, but the (possible) lack of magical activity has its own
drawbacks.

Consider that the hottest research in the Srun present-day IS magic.
Computers are fun, and cyber is hot, but magic is truly cutting-edge.

Would anyone spend that much money to build a factory that, no matter
what, could never be used for magical research? It'd be like building
an office building that could never be networked with ATM or SONET or
(insert bleeding-edge networking technology here).

Just a thought. Maybe they'd be more likely to build in high-mana
areas. Ireland or Haiti could be the Silicon Valley of the 21st
century.

--
Spoken: Thomas (Frost) | "The rats eat the cats,
Smart: frost@******.umd.edu | the cats eat the rats,
Not smart: umiacs!frost | and we get the skins for free!"

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