From:	Richard M Conroy <Richard_M_Conroy@***.ir.intel.com>
Subject:	Re: PC's Morality
Date:	Wed, 25 Sep 96 14:02:00 PDT

>I recently started a campaign, after being away from the game for
>about a year (not by choice mine you). And the PC's were indirectly
>involved with the death of 149 "innocent" children being held
>in a corp facility.

The way you quote "innocent" makes me think that there was something
amiss, or that the characters were somewhat justified in the
extermination (genetic engineering, corp plot). Just my suspicious side
creeping in, correct me if I'm wrong.

In any case, the Public at large will view them as innocent. This will
give the corporation considerable leeway in making decisions. Sweeping,
and often obviously illegal activities will be ignored if it was in the
name of Justice or Vengeance. The corporation has had it's prestige
tainted, it's reputation is at stake. They *HAVE* to act, otherwise they
will be seen as being soft on terrorism (leaving them open to further
strikes). Their counter strike will jump to position 1 on the corporate
security agenda, they will pull out all the stops (hiring counter teams,
deploying their own investigators etc.).
Politicians will see a political advantage to ride the counter
terrorism bandwagon, pressure will be put on police forces to do
something about it. Basically, a heatwave the like of which hasn't been
seen for years is going to hit the city, possibly other cities as well.
Point: with that much heat, even their best contacts are going
to be forced to sell them out. They won't be safe, as the street
business is going to be damaged after this heatwave - the runners are
pissed. A complete identity change is necessary for their survival,
leaving the country will only postpone the inevitable.

Also, how much money can 149 families (assuming they weren't
orphans) put together to hire their own runners ? Possibly a half meg
and up, depending on their lifestyle...

Richard.
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