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Message no. 1
From: Thomas Berman <gametheory@***********.COM>
Subject: Technobabel Teaser Q
Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 02:38:59 +0000
At the end of Beyond the Pale... There's the usual teaser for the
next novel in the series. This one happens to be Steve Kenson's
Technobabel. The teaser starts off with a quote from Fastjack talking
about the Ghost in the Machine... Does anyone have any idea what the
hell he's talking about? It seems like the "Awakening" of the 'Trix
has been foreshadowed since for years... but coming from Fastjack it
just seems legit. Anyway, a clarification would be appreciated, if
anyone can oblige...


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Thomas "Nylar" Berman
gametheory@***********.com
http://www.pipeline.com/~nylar
Message no. 2
From: Jeff Loye <largo@****.KINGSTON.NET>
Subject: Re: Technobabel Teaser Q
Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 21:43:02 -0500
Thomas Berman wrote:

> At the end of Beyond the Pale... There's the usual teaser for the
> next novel in the series. This one happens to be Steve Kenson's
> Technobabel. The teaser starts off with a quote from Fastjack talking
> about the Ghost in the Machine... Does anyone have any idea what the
> hell he's talking about? It seems like the "Awakening" of the 'Trix
> has been foreshadowed since for years... but coming from Fastjack it
> just seems legit. Anyway, a clarification would be appreciated, if
> anyone can oblige...
>

I believe you'll find Fastjacks encounter with the "Ghost" in one of
the earlier SR novels. Can't remember which one off hand, might be the
3rd book in the Secrets of Power series.
Hope that helps.

Largo
Message no. 3
From: 'K' is the Symbol <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Technobabel Teaser Q
Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 23:13:08 EDT
In a message dated 5/27/98 8:40:25 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
largo@****.KINGSTON.NET writes:

> I believe you'll find Fastjacks encounter with the "Ghost" in one of
> the earlier SR novels. Can't remember which one off hand, might be the
> 3rd book in the Secrets of Power series.
> Hope that helps.
>
> Largo
>
Not necessarily. IF you are talking about the Secrets of Power Trilogy, then
it was Dodger's encounters with Morgan. I do not recall Fastjack even ever
being in one of the actual novels, at least not as a main character.

=K
Message no. 4
From: NightLife <habenir@*****.UC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Technobabel Teaser Q
Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 23:38:38 -0400
> I believe you'll find Fastjacks encounter with the "Ghost" in one of
>the earlier SR novels. Can't remember which one off hand, might be the
>3rd book in the Secrets of Power series.
>Hope that helps.
>
>Largo

That was Dodger and it was a AI.
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Message no. 5
From: Robert Watkins <robert.watkins@******.COM>
Subject: Re: Technobabel Teaser Q
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 13:51:47 +1000
Ereskanti writes:
>
> Not necessarily. IF you are talking about the Secrets of Power
> Trilogy, then
> it was Dodger's encounters with Morgan. I do not recall Fastjack
> even ever
> being in one of the actual novels, at least not as a main character.

One of the later novels (not a Robert Charrette novel) has Fastjack as a
minor player. The main character has ties to the Denver Data Haven, and has
a Matrix meet with FJ. Can't remember which one, though. (Nosferatu?)

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.sig deleted to conserve electrons. robert.watkins@******.com
Message no. 6
From: 'K' is the Symbol <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Technobabel Teaser Q
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 00:49:20 EDT
In a message dated 5/27/98 11:07:10 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
robert.watkins@******.COM writes:

> One of the later novels (not a Robert Charrette novel) has Fastjack as a
> minor player. The main character has ties to the Denver Data Haven, and has
> a Matrix meet with FJ. Can't remember which one, though. (Nosferatu?)
>
Uhm, NO, that wasn't Fastjack, no wait, he was an "arranger". The meeting was
actually between Shiva and Bash of the Denver Data Haven that I think you are
talking about (where two guys face off and comments about "who is the best"
are made). If that was it, then those are the guys in question. FJ is a
-major- guy, but a -minor- controller.

=K
Message no. 7
From: Robert Watkins <robert.watkins@******.COM>
Subject: Re: Technobabel Teaser Q
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 14:59:25 +1000
Ereskanti writes:
> Uhm, NO, that wasn't Fastjack, no wait, he was an "arranger".
> The meeting was
> actually between Shiva and Bash of the Denver Data Haven that I
> think you are
> talking about (where two guys face off and comments about "who is
> the best"
> are made). If that was it, then those are the guys in question. FJ is a
> -major- guy, but a -minor- controller.

No, that's not the one I'm thinking of. The one I'm thinking of has the main
character meet FJ in the Matrix. FJ uses a persona that is dressed in army
fatigues, and the resolution is particularly high.

Damn, why can't I remember which book it is?

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.sig deleted to conserve electrons. robert.watkins@******.com
Message no. 8
From: Brett Borger <bxb121@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: Technobabel Teaser Q
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 12:01:24 +0000
> No, that's not the one I'm thinking of. The one I'm thinking of has the main
> character meet FJ in the Matrix. FJ uses a persona that is dressed in army
> fatigues, and the resolution is particularly high.
>
> Damn, why can't I remember which book it is?

Arg. I know what you're talking about....the main character's chic
had died in a bug hunt. Fastjack was a buddy of his trying to snap
him out of it. It had to be Out of the Shadows.

-=SwiftOne=-
Brett Borger
SwiftOne@***.edu
AAP Techie
Message no. 9
From: Wraith <wraith@************.COM>
Subject: Re: Technobabel Teaser Q
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 12:22:38 -0500
-----Original Message-----


> No, that's not the one I'm thinking of. The one I'm thinking of has the
main
> character meet FJ in the Matrix. FJ uses a persona that is dressed in army
> fatigues, and the resolution is particularly high.
>
> Damn, why can't I remember which book it is?

Arg. I know what you're talking about....the main character's chic
had died in a bug hunt. Fastjack was a buddy of his trying to snap
him out of it. It had to be Out of the Shadows.

Hmm, I know this one too :) I believe it might have been one of the Short
Stories with Brandon Cross. Ahh, here it is "Into the Shadows" edited by
Jordan K. Weisman. The short story is "Plague of Demons" by Tom Dowd.

The other one that's been kicked around is from "Night's Pawn" where Chase
meets goes to the Nexus and meets Bash and Shiva. FJ later appears as
matrix oversight.

Wraith
Message no. 10
From: 'K' is the Symbol <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Technobabel Teaser Q
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 18:37:23 EDT
In a message dated 5/28/98 12:02:59 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
robert.watkins@******.COM writes:

> No, that's not the one I'm thinking of. The one I'm thinking of has the main
> character meet FJ in the Matrix. FJ uses a persona that is dressed in army
> fatigues, and the resolution is particularly high.
>
> Damn, why can't I remember which book it is?
>
For some reason, I don't even remember this. Is it in Technobabel, as I
haven't actually read my copy yet?
=K
Message no. 11
From: 'K' is the Symbol <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Technobabel Teaser Q
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 18:53:09 EDT
In a message dated 5/28/98 11:20:45 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
bxb121@***.EDU writes:

> Arg. I know what you're talking about....the main character's chic
> had died in a bug hunt. Fastjack was a buddy of his trying to snap
> him out of it. It had to be Out of the Shadows.
>
OH WAIT!!!! I know the one now. In the remake of "Into the Shadows", which
is the compendium, there is a "newer" story that involves the Mantids in
Seattle and the guy who'se girlfriend had changed into one (been
engulfed/transformed/whatever). FJ was the one who rigged the deck the guy
was using so as to cut out BTL activity for the upper torso (a sort of induced
paraplegia). The guy had wrapped the cord around his legs however, just so he
could make certain of such things.

-K
Message no. 12
From: NightRain <nightrain@***.BRISNET.ORG.AU>
Subject: Re: Technobabel Teaser Q
Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 19:12:27 +1000
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shadowrun Discussion [mailto:SHADOWRN@********.ITRIBE.NET]On
> Behalf Of Robert Watkins
> Sent: Thursday, 28 May 1998 14:59
> To: SHADOWRN@********.ITRIBE.NET
> Subject: Re: Technobabel Teaser Q


> No, that's not the one I'm thinking of. The one I'm
> thinking of has the main
> character meet FJ in the Matrix. FJ uses a persona that is
> dressed in army
> fatigues, and the resolution is particularly high.

It was the first short story in 'Into the Shadows'. Goes by the name
of 'A plague of demons'.

That help?

NightRain.

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