From:	GRANITE <granite@**.net>
Subject:	Re: Re[3]: Fat-bac -Reply
Date:	Wed, 04 Sep 1996 10:51:10 -0700

Gurth wrote:
> 1) Shamans trying this should get in trouble with their totem. Mages have
> no such worries, since elementals are expendable.
>

I agree..Waste is a bad thing no matter what form it takes..

> 2) If you do have a spirit or elemental with you, why not order it to
> manifest and open the door? Or break through the wall, so the FAB is
> released?
>

But that would be too easy.. :)Of course I like the idea of contaminating the
corp by releasing the FAB into the surrounding area..

> No, but not for any "access to those planes of existance" reasons. You
> just can't summon spirits of any kind unless you are inside your own body.
> Period. (This, BTW, is from Awakenings.)
>

Hmmmm...I was wondering where this argument was coming from..I haven't picked
this one up yet...I guess I am overdue...

> The only real trouble with these solutions is that you can't use any of
> them from astral space. Not unless the FAB is dual-natured, which it is
> not --

Well..Now that all depends now doesn't it...As this point is purposly not
adressed in the CS book...

> if it were, it'd pose a really big health hazard to anyone on the
> physical plane if there are any roaming, astral magicians about.
>

especially if I was running the mage...I would ground spell after spell
through the stuff..until it was all completely destroyed..out of principle if
for no other reason...Hmmmm, could an astral form become ill from a dual
natured bacteria???

> Now if you can go in through the physical plane, your solution works. But
> unless the bacteria are under pressure, they wouldn't come streaming out
> of a hole you drill in a wall...
>

Actually, the bacteria would come streaming out due to the pressure of
gravity..kinda like putting a hole in a full coffee cup..all the coffee come
streaming out down to the level of the hole...besides doesn't the CS book say
the system is pressurised??? so the FB can be placed put in the walls at a
moments notice...I would assume the inverse would also be true..so the walls
could be evacuated of the FB whenever needed...
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-------------------------------GRANITE