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Message no. 1
From: Tomus Cone <brother_1@*******.COM>
Subject: Shutdown?
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 20:18:19 PDT
Has anyone seen/bought the "Renraku Shutdown" book, or has that yet to
be released?


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Message no. 2
From: Matt T Ork <steelclaw@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Shutdown?
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 23:35:59 -0400
On Thu, 3 Sep 1998 20:18:19 PDT Tomus Cone <brother_1@*******.COM>
writes:
>Has anyone seen/bought the "Renraku Shutdown" book, or has that yet to
>be released?

T'ain't out yet. September, I think it'll be. Me, I'm looking forward
to it. One of those deals along the lines of MB! or BitB, where the
module takes you through events and general goings-on.

-Matt, Homo Sapiens Robustus
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Message no. 3
From: Paul Gettle <RunnerPaul@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Shutdown?
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 00:38:12 -0400
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At 11:35 PM 9/3/98 -0400, Matt wrote:
>>Has anyone seen/bought the "Renraku Shutdown" book, or has that yet
to
>>be released?
>
>T'ain't out yet. September, I think it'll be. Me, I'm looking
forward
>to it. One of those deals along the lines of MB! or BitB, where the
>module takes you through events and general goings-on.
>
>-Matt, Homo Sapiens Robustus
>***********************************
>"When they say 'Shutdown,' do they mean plumbing, too? Uh-oh."

Personally, one of my characters is going to look at the fact that the
whole place is shut down, and all the doors are locked tight, and see
it as one big oportunity to take her street louge board, and
hellicopter up to the top of the pyramid, and louge down the south
face of the arcology. She's gonna have some trideo recording drones
set up from various camera angles, and then sell off the rights to the
footage to either one of the local pirate stations, or a legitimate
"Extreme Sports" Media Outlet, whichever one makes the more
interesting offer.

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Message no. 4
From: Geoff Skellams <geoff.skellams@*********.COM.AU>
Subject: Re: Shutdown?
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:47:34 +1000
On Shadowrun Discussion, Paul Gettle[SMTP:RunnerPaul@*****.COM] wrote:
> Personally, one of my characters is going to look at the fact that the
> whole place is shut down, and all the doors are locked tight, and see
> it as one big oportunity to take her street louge board, and
> hellicopter up to the top of the pyramid, and louge down the south
> face of the arcology. She's gonna have some trideo recording drones
> set up from various camera angles, and then sell off the rights to the
> footage to either one of the local pirate stations, or a legitimate
> "Extreme Sports" Media Outlet, whichever one makes the more
> interesting offer.

You're going to have to pray that there is a decent run off zone at the
bottom of the thing, otherwise the sudden stop at the bottom could be a
bit more than she was expecting.

One thing though, I thought the Renraku arcology looked more like Sears
Tower in Chicago, rather than a pyramid. I thought the pyramid would
belong to Aztechnology.

If it is like Sear Tower, then you'd be better off doing either a base
jump with a parachute, or a front run with rapelling gear.

cheers
G
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Message no. 5
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Shutdown?
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 09:45:23 +0200
Tomus Cone said on 20:18/3 Sep 98,...

> Has anyone seen/bought the "Renraku Shutdown" book, or has that yet to
> be released?

I don't think it's been released yet, but from what I've heard of it, it
will introduce a BIG dungeon bash into SR. Whether that's good or bad
remains to be seen -- I'd say it depends on how the book's done.

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Message no. 6
From: Paul Gettle <RunnerPaul@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Shutdown?
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 12:19:21 -0400
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At 02:47 PM 9/4/98 +1000, Geoff wrote:
>> Personally, one of my characters is going to look at the fact that
the
>> whole place is shut down, and all the doors are locked tight, and
see
>> it as one big oportunity to take her street louge board, and
>> hellicopter up to the top of the pyramid, and louge down the south
>> face of the arcology.

>You're going to have to pray that there is a decent run off zone at
the
>bottom of the thing, otherwise the sudden stop at the bottom could be
a
>bit more than she was expecting.

Actually, IIRC (it's been a while since I've borrowed my Co-GM's
Seattle Sourcebook), the first 10 floors of the Renraku Arcology are
straight up and down, and the floors from 11 up to the top form a
pyramid. BTW, there is a picture of the outside of the Arcology on the
corner of p. 5 of Blood in the Boardroom.

>One thing though, I thought the Renraku arcology looked more like
Sears
>Tower in Chicago, rather than a pyramid. I thought the pyramid would
>belong to Aztechnology.

Aztechnology has a step-pyramid design for many of their larger
buildings, including the one in Seattle, but the upper floors of the
Renraku Arcology are also a pyramid, a smooth one, not stepped either.
It's still debateable whether the side of the pyramid is smooth enough
to louge down, but hopefully, there will be a decent description of
the building's exterior in either "Shutdown" or the extra material
that didn't make it into "Shutdown" that FASA is going to post on
their website.

>If it is like Sear Tower, then you'd be better off doing either a
base
>jump with a parachute, or a front run with rapelling gear.

Actually, since the building is a pyramid except for the bottom 10
floors, which drop straight off, she's going to ride her street louge
board all the way off the edge of the pyramid, at which point the
team's mage is going to catch her with a levitate spell. The louge
board is going to be a sacrifice, but it's worth it for a stunt like
this.

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Message no. 7
From: Kaptiv Audienz <G8TWAY@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Shutdown?
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:34:09 EDT
In a message dated 9/4/1998 12:06:03 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
RunnerPaul@*****.COM writes:

> Aztechnology has a step-pyramid design for many of their larger
> buildings, including the one in Seattle, but the upper floors of the
> Renraku Arcology are also a pyramid, a smooth one, not stepped either.
> It's still debateable whether the side of the pyramid is smooth enough
> to louge down, but hopefully, there will be a decent description of
> the building's exterior in either "Shutdown" or the extra material
> that didn't make it into "Shutdown" that FASA is going to post on
> their website.

Architecturally speaking, Central American pyramids were of step design, with
central risings of smaller steps for the ascent of priests, nobles and
sacrificees. These central risings were usually found on one side of the
pyramid design.
Message no. 8
From: Tomus Cone <brother_1@*******.COM>
Subject: Re: Shutdown?
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 11:37:41 PDT
>> Has anyone seen/bought the "Renraku Shutdown" book, or has that yet
to
>> be released?
>
>I don't think it's been released yet, but from what I've heard of it,
it
>will introduce a BIG dungeon bash into SR. Whether that's good or bad
>remains to be seen -- I'd say it depends on how the book's done.

I've heard a fair deal about the innards, but sworn to secrecy. Just
worried that I missed it. Probably shoulda e-mailed David.

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Message no. 9
From: Michael vanHulst <Schizi@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Shutdown?
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 19:45:03 EDT
In a message dated 9/3/98 9:38:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
RunnerPaul@*****.COM writes:

> Personally, one of my characters is going to look at the fact that the
> whole place is shut down, and all the doors are locked tight, and see
> it as one big oportunity to take her street louge board, and
> hellicopter up to the top of the pyramid, and louge down the south
> face of the arcology. She's gonna have some trideo recording drones
> set up from various camera angles, and then sell off the rights to the
> footage to either one of the local pirate stations, or a legitimate
> "Extreme Sports" Media Outlet, whichever one makes the more
> interesting offer.
Our Mountain Dew, they might pay good money for a new commercial spot :-)
Message no. 10
From: Paul Gettle <RunnerPaul@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Shutdown?
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 22:25:22 -0400
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At 07:45 PM 9/4/98 -0400, Michael wrote:
>In a message dated 9/3/98 9:38:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>RunnerPaul@*****.COM writes:
>
>> Personally, one of my characters is going to look at the fact that
the
>> whole place is shut down, and all the doors are locked tight, and
see
>> it as one big oportunity to take her street louge board, and
>> hellicopter up to the top of the pyramid, and louge down the south
>> face of the arcology. She's gonna have some trideo recording
drones
>> set up from various camera angles, and then sell off the rights to
the
>> footage to either one of the local pirate stations, or a
legitimate
>> "Extreme Sports" Media Outlet, whichever one makes the more
>> interesting offer.
>Our Mountain Dew, they might pay good money for a new commercial spot
:-)

Mountain Dew falls _DIRECTLY_ in the category: "Extreme Sports" Media
Outlet.
Sheesh.

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