From: | K. Suderman suderman@*****.ocean.fsu.edu |
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Subject: | wages of sinning... |
Date: | Wed, 21 Jul 1999 14:46:30 -0400 |
I misread the information about pay scales and concluded that shadowrunners
performed about one run a month and spent the rest of their time
vacationing (or in the hospital, shop, or computer lab).
My players disabused me of this idea (which surprised me- I would have
thought longer vacations were better...). They want more frequent runs. I
am happy to oblige. But it brings up some questions:
How often do runners run?
How long does a run take? Legwork? Execution?
How much do they get paid? Base pay, expenses?
How many runners are there in Seattle?
How many corps? (How often do they get hit? How high are their black-ops
budgets?)
Note that I don't expect any of these answers to be concrete, but the
magnitude of the answers says a lot about the shadow community. If runs
happen every week and pay around 1500Y (each), that's a very different feel
than if runs happen only once a month and pay 5kY. [Assuming 5kY/month
lifestyle] I seem to recall that published modules pay pretty well (i.e.
~15kY+) which suggests that shadowrunners are either living awfully well or
are spending a lot of time on vacation (hmmm... or are spending a lot on
medical/mechanical expenses).
Does anyone have any advice, rules of thumb, estimates, etc.?
Thanks,
Keith
Keith Suderman suderman@*****.fsu.edu
Florida State University 850-980-3218
Department of Oceanography