| From: | TopCat <topcat@******.net> |
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| Subject: | Re: Killing in Shadowrun... |
| Date: | Sun, 19 May 1996 01:15:03 -0500 |
>>is attacking the corp) with every resource he has should be fired
>>immediately, if not shot for aiding the terrorist. SecGuards could care
>>less if it's a fluffy terrorist with stunballs and overstim, to them the
>>guy's a terrorist. And who's to say that fluffy guy doesn't have a manabolt
>>waiting for the first guard to underestimate him?
>Runners aren't terrorists, though... they are part of the corporate
>system, and a corp that always eliminates runners with extreme force
>won't be able to hire runners, either.
One man's terrorist is another man's holy warrior. What it boils down to
though is that they perform terorrist acts against corps. Would it be smart
to take a job with a corp that you just nailed a month ago? No. This is
why successful runners end up working for one faction mainly with maybe a
side job or two for others. You don't kill off a perfectly good cash cow
unless there's a bigger one waiting for you.
A corp that always eliminates attackers will have the highest number of
investors as well as a healthy stock of shadow assets of their own. Just
because they kill those who attack them doesn't mean that shadowrunners
won't work for them. It's a dog eat dog world out there and you take your
money where you can find it. I find it ludicrous that a corp that kills
runners wouldn't hire runners. Corps do both on a daily basis.
This is what I'm talking about when I describe unrealistic gaming. Morals
are a non-factor and the bottom line is top nuyen. Welcome to cyberpunk.
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