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Message no. 1
From: Iridios iridios@*********.com
Subject: SR History
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 22:10:34 -0500
Greetings All,

Simple question for you (One hopes).

What would you say are the top 5 events in Shadowrun history. This
is, of course, not including the Awakening.

I'll start off.

1. Year of Chaos, 2011
2. Goblinization, 4/30/2021
3. Night of Rage 2/7/2039
4. Crash of '29
5. Death of Dunkelzahn 11/?/2057



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Message no. 2
From: GMPax@***.com GMPax@***.com
Subject: SR History
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 00:29:33 EST
In a message dated 3/12/99 10:08:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
iridios@*********.com writes:

> 1. Year of Chaos, 2011
> 2. Goblinization, 4/30/2021
> 3. Night of Rage 2/7/2039
> 4. Crash of '29
> 5. Death of Dunkelzahn 11/?/2057

Well, the only other major events I might add would be, Bug City and the
bloody TacNuke Ares shoved into the Hive, and/or perhaps the Lone Eagle/NAN
events, such as the Ghost Dance. Limiting it to 5 might be making things TOO
tight. :-) Mainly because, it depends on the POV of s/he who answers the Q.

Sean
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Message no. 3
From: Lady Jestyr jestyr@*******.com.au
Subject: SR History
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 16:03:28 +1000
>> 1. Year of Chaos, 2011
>> 2. Goblinization, 4/30/2021
>> 3. Night of Rage 2/7/2039
>> 4. Crash of '29
>> 5. Death of Dunkelzahn 11/?/2057
>
>Well, the only other major events I might add would be, Bug City and the
>bloody TacNuke Ares shoved into the Hive, and/or perhaps the Lone Eagle/NAN
>events, such as the Ghost Dance. Limiting it to 5 might be making things TOO
>tight. :-) Mainly because, it depends on the POV of s/he who answers the Q.

Don't forget the first, and arguably most important.

0. Shiawase Decision, 2001 - whereby corporations were granted
extraterritoriality.

Lady Jestyr

Quantum physics is God's way of saying "Ha! Solve THAT!"
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Message no. 4
From: Penta cpenta@*****.com
Subject: SR History
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 23:03:13 -0800
Iridios wrote:

> Greetings All,
>
> Simple question for you (One hopes).
>
> What would you say are the top 5 events in Shadowrun history. This
> is, of course, not including the Awakening.
>
> I'll start off.
>
> 1. Year of Chaos, 2011
> 2. Goblinization, 4/30/2021
> 3. Night of Rage 2/7/2039
> 4. Crash of '29
> 5. Death of Dunkelzahn 11/?/2057

Ok, my top 5:
1.Nuke/chem exchange of 2005
2.Crash of '29
3.Lone Eagle incident
4.Corp War
5.Founding of the UCAS
Message no. 5
From: GMPax@***.com GMPax@***.com
Subject: SR History
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 12:40:10 EST
In a message dated 3/13/99 1:15:12 AM Eastern Standard Time,
jestyr@*******.com.au writes:

> 0. Shiawase Decision, 2001 - whereby corporations were granted
> extraterritoriality.
>
> Lady Jestyr

D'OH !!! ... I dinnae believe I missed THAT one!

:: smacks self on forehead!!! ::

<g>

Sean
GM Pax
Message no. 6
From: Wordman wordman@*******.com
Subject: SR History
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 01:38:08 -0500
> Greetings All,
>
> Simple question for you (One hopes).
>
> What would you say are the top 5 events in Shadowrun history. This
> is, of course, not including the Awakening.

Actually, I'd think most of the "top 5 events" in history would have
occurred before 2011. It also makes a difference what you mean by "top 5".
If you mean "most influential", that is, events that caused the greatest
impact on the history that followed, I'd say it was something like this, in
no particular order:

The Reformation.
The invention of the process of creating ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen.
The Awakening
The discovery of a method of confirming the purity of gold.
The invention of the plow.

And so on. The point is, most of "Shadowrun history" is our present history.

Wordman
Message no. 7
From: Tamino tamino@**********.wow.aust.com
Subject: SR History
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 01:21:43 +1000
At 01:38 15/03/99 -0500, you wrote:
>> Simple question for you (One hopes).
>>
>> What would you say are the top 5 events in Shadowrun history. This
>> is, of course, not including the Awakening.
>
>Actually, I'd think most of the "top 5 events" in history would have
>occurred before 2011. It also makes a difference what you mean by "top 5".
>If you mean "most influential", that is, events that caused the greatest
>impact on the history that followed, I'd say it was something like this, in
>no particular order:
>
>The Reformation.
>The invention of the process of creating ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen.
>The Awakening
>The discovery of a method of confirming the purity of gold.
>The invention of the plow.
>
>And so on. The point is, most of "Shadowrun history" is our present history.

Let us not forget the first Cold fusion power plant going online in
2027, giving all those technological wonders in the 205X's power
to run... :)



-Tamino ...All too easy

"ISTI STELLA MIRANT" - Bayeux Tapestry
tamino@**********.wow.aust.com
Message no. 8
From: Iridios iridios@*********.com
Subject: SR History
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 19:08:18 -0500
Wordman wrote:

<snip>
> And so on. The point is, most of "Shadowrun history" is our present
history.

O.K. Let me see if I can clarify what I meant. ;)

The top 5 most influential events that, while they are history in
2060, are still in the possible (if not probable) future for us today.

>
> Wordman

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