| From: | "Ojaste,James [NCR]" <James.Ojaste@**.GC.CA> |
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| Subject: | Re: Why hire a shadowrunner? |
| Date: | Fri, 3 Apr 1998 15:47:08 -0500 |
>From: THADEUSv20[SMTP:THADEUSv20@***.COM]
>Sent: Friday, April 03, 1998 3:18 PM
>To: SHADOWRN@********.ITRIBE.NET
>
>In a message dated 98-04-03 07:09:58 EST, you write:
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> >I have a minor rant on FASA module design and editing from "A Killing
> >Glare" which includes some spoilers... Spoiler space provided. Nigel,
> >you probably shouldn't read this, even though I'm going to have to
> >majorly change the scene.
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> Snip>><< And as a player, I hate it when the
>>GM breaks the rules to do things that I can't.>>
>
>If the fixer is that paranoid why is he even attending the meet? Why not
>send
>a middleman/elemental/whatever?
Because he wants to do the negotiating? He's probably a very good
negotiator. Elementals tend not to be... Besides, he's not being
very paranoid - he *is* coming there in astral form. If he were
truly paranoid, he'd be doing the whole thing over the phone, or
using go-betweens or something.
>Heck, why doesn't he do the run himself(I
>have never seen this so there might be a reason but on the other hand if the
>runners are unable to damage/kill/maim/tickle/whatever him and he isn't
>powerful enough to perform the run himself why is he hiring runners?)
Because most Johnsons work for corps. If a corp is seen in a bad
light, the public will turn against them. If a corp gets caught
doing something semi-legal, it will put them in a bad light. If
a shadowrunning team gets caught, the corp has clean hands. This
is one of the main reasons why shadowrunners get hired - face it,
a corp has plenty of resources. If they just wanted expertise,
why not hire the runners permanently?
>I understand that defeat is necesary for realistic campaign growth but that
>is
>just disgusting.
Ah, he's just covering his butt - he really isn't doing anything
very gross. High-powered, sure. That should only intrigue the
runners - besides, it's bad publicity to geek your Johnson before
he screws you. :-)
James Ojaste
