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Message no. 1
From: lewis@**.edu.au (Gavin Lewis)
Subject: Tonight
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 16:34:58 +0800
Greetings Sven,

Will pick you up at about 6.45pm.
Cheers,
Gav.

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Message no. 2
From: Shane Courtrille <hardware@*******.DATANET.AB.CA>
Subject: Tonight
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 01:34:57 +0000
tonight proved to be a very interesting night... half of my group
(new characters mostly) ended up working DIRECTLY against the other
half. It was a very interesting night with both sides in the end
getting cranial bombs installed and being ordered to work together
(for a corp of course) anyway.. my question is could the bomb be
setup to 1) explode on contact with air 2) be always in contact with
a certain signal, if it loses that signal it explodes ?
Shane Courtrille - hardware@*******.ab.ca
HTTP://www.datanet.ab.ca/users/hardware
Message no. 3
From: "Faux Pas (Thomas)" <thomas@*******.COM>
Subject: Re: Tonight
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 09:46:20 -0600
On 01:34 AM 1/22/01 +0000, Shane Courtrille screamed at the world:
>(for a corp of course) anyway.. my question is could the bomb be
>setup to 1) explode on contact with air 2) be always in contact with
>a certain signal, if it loses that signal it explodes ?

For [1], it would be simpler to have the cranial bomb exert a slight
pressure on the inside of the skull when armed. When a doc cuts through
the skullcap, there is not resisted pressure and the bomb blows. Or have a
light sensor on the bomb - skullcap is cut open to remove the bomb,
operating lights hit the sensor, boom.

I don't see any reason why [2] shouldn't work, although the bomb planting
agency might not want thier operatives to suddenly explode due to a sudden
power loss.


Thomas Deeny
Infobahn Austin
512 320 0556
Message no. 4
From: Brett Barksdale <brett@***.ORST.EDU>
Subject: Re: Tonight
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 09:20:11 -0800
>tonight proved to be a very interesting night... half of my group
>(new characters mostly) ended up working DIRECTLY against the other
>half. It was a very interesting night with both sides in the end
>getting cranial bombs installed and being ordered to work together
>(for a corp of course) anyway.. my question is could the bomb be
>setup to 1) explode on contact with air 2) be always in contact with
>a certain signal, if it loses that signal it explodes ?

The answers to both questions are obviously yes. The /real/ question
is: what is the stability of such set-ups and would they be good ideas?
The air one is probably ok since the subject would probably be dead with
a big air-bubble in their head, anyway. :-)

The signal one is tricky. Drive under the wrong bridge or if someone turns
on some high-powered electrical device nearby and maybe.... BOOM!

- Brett
Message no. 5
From: "Arno R. Lehmann" <arlehma@***.NET>
Subject: Re: Tonight
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 00:20:46 +0100
On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 01:34:57 +0000, Shane Courtrille wrote:

>tonight proved to be a very interesting night... half of my group
>(new characters mostly) ended up working DIRECTLY against the other
>half. It was a very interesting night with both sides in the end
>getting cranial bombs installed and being ordered to work together
>(for a corp of course) anyway.. my question is could the bomb be
>setup to 1) explode on contact with air 2) be always in contact with
>a certain signal, if it loses that signal it explodes ?

Yes to both, IMO, but (2) would be not so nice, imagine they must
go to a very distant area or city, or even get into a room that
is protected by white-noise generators (assuming that you think
of a radio signal).
Number one is an idea that has already arised to me. Bad for the
poor surgeon who is paid to remove it.

--
Arno
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Message no. 6
From: Brett Borger <bxb121@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: Tonight
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 21:30:35 -0500
>(for a corp of course) anyway.. my question is could the bomb be
>setup to 1) explode on contact with air 2) be always in contact with
>a certain signal, if it loses that signal it explodes ?

1) Plausibly...but...???? Why? IF you are worried about tampering, there
are other methods of booby-trapping cranial bombs...

2) Most definitely. :)

-=SwiftOne=-
Message no. 7
From: Tim P Cooper <z-i-m@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Tonight
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 19:37:02 EST
On Mon, 24 Feb 1997 09:46:20 -0600 "Faux Pas (Thomas)"
<thomas@*******.COM> writes:
>On 01:34 AM 1/22/01 +0000, Shane Courtrille screamed at the world:
>>(for a corp of course) anyway.. my question is could the bomb be
>>setup to 1) explode on contact with air 2) be always in contact with
>>a certain signal, if it loses that signal it explodes ?
>

[snip 1]

>I don't see any reason why [2] shouldn't work, although the bomb
>planting agency might not want thier operatives to suddenly explode due
to a
>sudden power loss.
>
Anyone remember reading the little blurb about cranial bombs in
Cybertech? It had a comment about somone one who witnessed a signal
controlled cranial bomb detonate due to random signal resonance when the
train that the victim was on entered a tunnel. A mite risky, but it
works OK if the corp doesn't really care whether the implantee lives or
dies.

~Tim
Message no. 8
From: Droopy <droopy@*******.NB.NET>
Subject: Re: Tonight
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 02:17:00 +0000
> From: Shane Courtrille <hardware@*******.DATANET.AB.CA>
> Subject: Tonight

> tonight proved to be a very interesting night... half of my group
> (new characters mostly) ended up working DIRECTLY against the other
> half. It was a very interesting night with both sides in the end

I tend to enjoy (and promote) such feelings of goodwill from time to
time. In my first game as a player, I was the sucker with the Rodney
Bean in DNA/DOA. Made for a lot of fun, especially when I honestly
accidently blurted out something about "my" mission. <G> That is
still my favorite game as a player, ever.....

> getting cranial bombs installed and being ordered to work together
> (for a corp of course) anyway.. my question is could the bomb be

Why go through the trouble? You could just tell them that and let
them sweat it out. Or better yet, tell them they got a bomb and make
it a bug or location transponder. "How the heck did the Azzies know
we were hiding out here?"


--Droopy
droopy@**.net
Message no. 9
From: Droopy <droopy@*******.NB.NET>
Subject: Re: Tonight
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 02:17:00 +0000
> From: Shane Courtrille <hardware@*******.DATANET.AB.CA>
> Subject: Tonight
> getting cranial bombs installed and being ordered to work together
> (for a corp of course) anyway.. my question is could the bomb be
> setup to 1) explode on contact with air 2) be always in contact with

ROFLMAO!!!!! If your cranial bomb reaches air, I doubt that you
would even notice it going off. <G>


--Droopy
droopy@**.net
Message no. 10
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Tonight
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 12:33:40 +0100
Tim P Cooper said on 19:37/24 Feb 97...

> Anyone remember reading the little blurb about cranial bombs in
> Cybertech? It had a comment about somone one who witnessed a signal
> controlled cranial bomb detonate due to random signal resonance when the
> train that the victim was on entered a tunnel. A mite risky, but it
> works OK if the corp doesn't really care whether the implantee lives or
> dies.

Why wouldn't the corp care about the person living or dying? If they don't
care at all, they wouldn't have implanted a bomb; if they want him dead,
they would kill him outright. The only reasons I see for putting a
cranial bomb into a person is to persuade him/her to do something for the
corp ("If you don't cooperate, we blow it up. No matter where you are,
our satellites broadcast the signal across the entire planet." Hmm,
there's an adventure in there :) or if the person cannot be allowed to
be captured and interrogated.

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Message no. 11
From: Brett Borger <bxb121@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: Tonight
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 13:15:47 -0500
> Anyone remember reading the little blurb about cranial bombs in
>Cybertech? It had a comment about somone one who witnessed a signal
>controlled cranial bomb detonate due to random signal resonance when the
>train that the victim was on entered a tunnel. A mite risky, but it
>works OK if the corp doesn't really care whether the implantee lives or
>dies.

I have trouble believing this. As I understand it....signal detonated
things actually get the signal THREE times, in succession. Otherwise
sunspots would blow everybody up...

-=SwiftOne=-
Message no. 12
From: Mike Hartmann <hartmann@***********.M.EUNET.DE>
Subject: Re: Tonight
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 09:04:04 +0000
On 22 Jan 01 at 1:34, Shane Courtrille wrote:

> tonight proved to be a very interesting night... half of my group
> (new characters mostly) ended up working DIRECTLY against the other
> half. It was a very interesting night with both sides in the end
> getting cranial bombs installed and being ordered to work together
> (for a corp of course) anyway.. my question is could the bomb be
> setup to 1) explode on contact with air 2) be always in contact with
> a certain signal, if it loses that signal it explodes ?

Both are possible. But instead of air use light (if you want to
prevent them from getting it out of their head). But after all, give
them at least a little chance. It is really bad and not very much fun
to have no choice. Make it a really small chance, but give it to
them. Let them search for a very good street doc and still have
a high risk. Let the doc demand a whole bunch of NuYen (it is a risky
job at all) and make them sweat..:-)

Bye Mike

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