| From: | TopCat <topcat@******.net> |
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| Subject: | Re: Killing in Shadowrun... |
| Date: | Sun, 19 May 1996 18:06:03 -0500 |
>>are a non-factor and the bottom line is top nuyen. Welcome to cyberpunk.
>Which is exactly why a corp doesn't go out of it's way to fry runners...
>Unpenetrable security is impossible. Even extremely hard-to-penetrate
>costs a fortune, and what's the point of spending more money to protect
>something than the thing is worth? And there's no beans in revenge.
Impressive security measures are much cheaper than you think. Especially to
a megacorp which can throw off a few million without any real care. Plus,
you can never have enough security in the eyes of the shareholders.
Skimping there could cost you without the defenses ever having been tried.
>Why wouldn't a corp hire a team that fragged them over the month before?
>Hey, they know the team is competent, right.
If I ran a corp and I knew of a team that nailed my corp, I'd hire them, set
them up, and kill them. Since it is 2057 and not 1057, I couldn't put their
heads on poles outside the office complex, but I could get some nice
pictures taken and set up a story for the papers. The more of those stories
that show up, the less likely subsequent attacks will be on the corp.
Ruling through fear is much easier than ruling through trust and far less
likely to hurt you in the end.
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"I was thinking of the immortal words
of Socrates, who said: I drank what?"
-- Real Genius
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TopCat at the bottom...
