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From: "Paul J. Adam" <paul@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Corp Revenge
Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 20:14:16 +0100
>>It doesn't matter... the trail builds up over time. "Well, three years
>>ago, this team hit us, stealing our plans for DataChip X. This turned up
>>at Fuchi. They hit Renraku 18 months ago. Again the stuff ended up at
>>Fuchi. There are six other incidents where they've got stuff that ended
>>up at Fuchi. Odds are, the stuff they took this time too ended up at
>>Fuchi. Let's start the search there, shall we?"
>
>So they call up Fuchi and they get a whole lot of "what are you talking
>about?". And then Fuchi refuses to call the runners for work anymore. Or
>maybe they start huntring for threads connecting a group of runners to
>Fuchi. Probbaly aren't going to find any solid info unless you really get
>digging. By that time Fuchi will know something is up and they will have
>cut off the runner team from further employ.

In short, the runners get screwed for doing their job. A good reason to
avoid working for the same corporation over and over again, if you ask a
runner's opinion.

"There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable and
praiseworthy."
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk

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