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From: "Sascha Pabst" <Sascha.Pabst@**********.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>
Subject: Re: Killing in Shadowrun...
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 20:03:50 +0200
At 0:38 Uhr 22.05.96, Paul J. Adam wrote:
>TopCat <topcat@******.net> writes
>>All your corps and their operatives must be totally incompetent, then. To
>>me a corporate strike team would be at least at the level of a Desert Wars
>>fire team. I think they could handle a runner team pretty easily and very
>>quietly.
[snip]
>Very different skill sets. Also, you're exposing your elite troops to a
>real high-risk environment. In this setting, isn't any runner or
>wannabee with a shot at their backs going to take it? They could be
>after *you*... if not today, then tomorrow. Kill them now, not later.

>Can the British Army expect to send the SAS into corporate turf at whim?
>Somehow I doubt it. Would we let them do that here? Not on your life.

Best example may be the British Army in North Ireland/Eire. Heck, I suppose
they ARE well trained, so there should be no problem at all to take out those
IRA 'terrorists', right? Following TopCat's argumentaion, at least.
Go, tell 'em.

Sascha

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