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Message no. 1
From: Nexx Many-Scars <Nexx3@***.COM>
Subject: Stylish Sec Armor (was Re: The Samurai
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 01:27:30 EDT
In a message dated 23/07/98 00:17:35 Central Daylight Time, granite@**.NET
writes:

> Hmm..now if all he wants is sec armour with a sammy motif..I would
> say sure..make it cost about 1.5 times standard cost...but all you
> really get is a different look..I don't see a prob with that at
> all..as a matter of fact if there weren't different styles in this
> fashion I would be -very- surprised..I can see whole lines of
> different styles..Knight style..Sammy style..Borg style [not
> ST]..Stone style..ect.....

Am I the only person who did this already? I always kinda assumed (the plates
in the back of Seattle notwithstanding) that Knight-Errant sec armor would be
stylized to look like full plate armor, and Red Samurai would wear something
that looked a bit like a romanticized samurai armor... not enough to interfere
with movement, but enough to let everyone know what its supposed to be.

Nexx
Message no. 2
From: GRANITE <granite@**.NET>
Subject: Re: Stylish Sec Armor (was Re: The Samurai
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 23:36:24 +0000
> Am I the only person who did this already? I always kinda assumed (the plates
> in the back of Seattle notwithstanding) that Knight-Errant sec armor would be
> stylized to look like full plate armor, and Red Samurai would wear something
> that looked a bit like a romanticized samurai armor... not enough to interfere
> with movement, but enough to let everyone know what its supposed to be.

I assumed the same..I suppose it just needed stating.. :)
Although I must admit I never really thought about KE..But it makes
sense..perhaps something more akin to a Spanish knight in the vein of
Don Quixote' [sp]
--------------------------------GRANITE
"Rock Steady"
===============================================
Lord, Grant Me The Serenity To Accept The Things I Cannot Change,
The Courage To Change The Things I Can,
And The Wisdom To Hide The Bodies Of Those People I Had To Kill
Because They Pissed Me Off.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ShadowRunner's Serenity Prayer
===============================================
Understanding is a three edged sword. - Kosh
What is best in life?
To Crush Your Enemies,
To See Them Driven Before You,
To Hear The Lamentation Of Their Women. -Conan
I Am The LAW! -JD
Message no. 3
From: Nexx Many-Scars <Nexx3@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Stylish Sec Armor (was Re: The Samurai
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 01:38:27 EDT
In a message dated 23/07/98 00:36:38 Central Daylight Time, granite@**.NET
writes:

> I assumed the same..I suppose it just needed stating.. :)
> Although I must admit I never really thought about KE..But it makes
> sense..perhaps something more akin to a Spanish knight in the vein of
> Don Quixote' [sp]

Definitely not in the vein of Don Quixote... I was thinking more akin to
Maximillian, the tough-ass German armor...

Nexx
Message no. 4
From: GRANITE <granite@**.NET>
Subject: Re: Stylish Sec Armor (was Re: The Samurai
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 00:21:05 +0000
> Definitely not in the vein of Don Quixote... I was thinking more akin to
> Maximillian, the tough-ass German armor...

I was thinking more in the wearability of the armour...I like the
germanand english armours too..
--------------------------------GRANITE
"Rock Steady"
===============================================
Lord, Grant Me The Serenity To Accept The Things I Cannot Change,
The Courage To Change The Things I Can,
And The Wisdom To Hide The Bodies Of Those People I Had To Kill
Because They Pissed Me Off.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ShadowRunner's Serenity Prayer
===============================================
Understanding is a three edged sword. - Kosh
What is best in life?
To Crush Your Enemies,
To See Them Driven Before You,
To Hear The Lamentation Of Their Women. -Conan
I Am The LAW! -JD
Message no. 5
From: Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Stylish Sec Armor (was Re: The Samurai
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 13:14:25 -0400
At 01:27 AM 7/23/98 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 23/07/98 00:17:35 Central Daylight Time, granite@**.NET
>writes:
>
>> Hmm..now if all he wants is sec armour with a sammy motif..I would
>> say sure..make it cost about 1.5 times standard cost...but all you
>> really get is a different look..I don't see a prob with that at
>> all..as a matter of fact if there weren't different styles in this
>> fashion I would be -very- surprised..I can see whole lines of
>> different styles..Knight style..Sammy style..Borg style [not
>> ST]..Stone style..ect.....
>
>Am I the only person who did this already?

Surely not Shirley. Been doing this sort of thing, either as a player or
allowing it as a GM (or having NPCs with it) for a few years now. Making
SR armor look like old knight or samurai armor seems to be a common thing
to do. So is the robotic/Battlemech style if you've got heavier armor and
sensor arrays and stuff.

I've personally "scultped" heavy armor to look like humanoid dragons; folks
also on TK will see that soon enough.

Erik J.


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Message no. 6
From: Robert Nesius <nesius@******.COM>
Subject: Re: Stylish Sec Armor (was Re: The Samurai
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 20:20:01 -0800
At 9:14 AM -0800 7/23/98, Erik Jameson wrote:
>Surely not Shirley. Been doing this sort of thing, either as a player or
>allowing it as a GM (or having NPCs with it) for a few years now. Making
>SR armor look like old knight or samurai armor seems to be a common thing
>to do. So is the robotic/Battlemech style if you've got heavier armor and
>sensor arrays and stuff.
>

In some games I played in years ago, some of the elite "shadowrun" teams
had stylized armor, or at least a common color scheme. Basically, once
their rep got to a certain level, they were able to inspire an "intimidation
factor" based on their armor. ("Oh shit! The Dark Legacy!") etc...
Of course, that also ID'd the runners, but they were pretty good about
keeping identities secret, or fighting on the challangers.

The idea died down after awhile, and then flared up again after
Star Gate. :)

-Rob

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