From:	"J. Earl Williams" <IH46@****.BITNET>
Subject:	Gamma-Anthrax & Other Evil nasties
Date:	Sat, 24 Oct 92 23:16:26 MDT

> One guy (named Rob) claimed that his character was a carrier of Gamma-Anthrax,
> but the character didn't get infected by it. He said that another GM gave it
> to him, and made rolls and said that Rob's character was just a carrier.
>
> My question: Is that possible?
Sure.. anything's possible. I think something like .1% of people w/AIDS
are carriers! (chiptruth, from an article a couple yrs back). Likely?
Not unless the GM had a good reason for it. Since this is a bio-weapon,
I'd say that it was designed so that NO-ONE could be a carrier for it!
>
> Rob also claimed that if he was a carrier, he could just dip his finger in a
> bottle of DMSO, and that the DMSO would get contaminated with the Gamma-Anthra
> I told him it didn't work that way, but could someonoe else say it so I can
> capture your responses and give them to him.
Nope. P.81: "Unlike regular anthrax, the gamma strain is non-infectious
." if he wants to do that, though, LET HIM! Everything he touches has
to see if it has remnants... think about it. The guy could be classifie
d as a "lethal weapon", he could be forbidden to get within 500 feet of
anyone (with a SIN), he could have to worry about leaving g-anthrax
samples lying around for the cops to notice (gee, what a subtle shadow-
runner! Always leaves behind a sample of G-A!), etc. Treat it like a
D&D wish spell. He can have it, but does he really WANT to have it? ;)
>
Hope this helps.

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J. Earl Williams
Up the Brotherhood!