From:	Jani Fikouras <feanor@**********.UNI-BREMEN.DE>
Subject:	Re: Shadow community Size
Date:	Fri, 29 Sep 1995 12:39:45 +0100

> You have a point about the statement above, but I always envisioned that the
> actual shadow community is small. Yes, there are a lot of wannabe sams and
> such, but I believe that the community is small due to a variant Darwin
> Survival theory. In my opinion, the community is made up of the
> shadowrunners who are above the wannabes, who are smarter (and better
> equiped) and who survive their first few runs. So I believe that you will
> not know a large part of the small community.

Well there are similar statistics about cybered individuals. I dont have
the article with me, but the number of cybernetically enhanced individuals
out there is also quite small (about 1% if I am not mistaken). This number
is confirmed by FASA (I think it was mentioned in Aztlan). I think I'm gona
post that article for everybody to read.

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"In my mind I see the matrix, and in the matrix is held the power. The lock
to the matrix is my will, and in the matrix my will becomes the power."