From:	Marc A Renouf <jormung@*****.umich.edu>
Subject:	Re: PC's Morality
Date:	Thu, 26 Sep 1996 14:39:09 -0400 (EDT)

On Thu, 26 Sep 1996, The Jestyr wrote:

> Let's face it, if a corp puts an autodestruct on a building which houses
> 150 children, it's not ENTIRELY the runners' fault, is it?

Yeah, but they don't have to tell the press that. And since the
building was fronted as a private school, it basically looks like a
terrorist attack on a group of innocent civilians. If the corp wants
payback, that's how they'll handle it.
Now granted, the corp may have actually not minded the children
getting blown up along with the facility (fewer loose ends), and had they
been rescued, the children may have been quietly disposed of at some
later date. However, it is most likely that the company will resent the
destruction of their multi-gajillion nuyen institution. If so, the
"baby-killing terorists" is the tack they'll use to get at the PC's,
simply because it's effective.
And once the police catch the players and turn them over to the
corp (providing its a megacorp and an extradition treaty is in place),
the corp will probably ask the party some very pointed questions about
where the one surviving child was taken. Remember, the Johnson wanted
the kid for a reason, so Genetech probably does too.

Marc