From:	bluewizard@*****.com (Steven A. Tinner)
Subject:	Re: Who's Who of SRII?
Date:	Sat, 21 Sep 1996 01:56:56 -0500 (EST)

>>> Also, a note on Smiling Bandit... He's a good decker. Watch out for him.
>>>
>>Who is the Smiling Bandit? Is there more information out other than what
>>is in Shadowtech?
>>
>He's been in quite a few source books in those wonderful sidebars, and as
>has been noted before, he usually seems to get a hold of info that's tightly
>sealed on the matrix. That inplies he's really goo, or just the luckiest
>SOB you'll ever meet.
>
>Unfortunately, though, no other infrmation exists about the char. I would
>be interested in seeing FASA do a book that had some background infor on
>some of these background players. Wouldn't even have to have stats... It
>would be cool:)

Another fact supporting the Smiling Bandit's skill as a decker would be his
being the first to radically alter his time/date stamp on the shadowland BBS
AFAIK.
I can't recall anyone else doing it before him. Other than perhaps Dunk, as
he did in the PAoNA book.


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