From:	John E Pederson <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject:	Spirit Threat Ratings (was :Re: CZ Attack Questions)
Date:	Sat, 28 Dec 1996 12:47:50 EST

Before you get too confused the "Threat/Professional Rating: Force/4"
does NOT mean force divided by 4. What it means is that the spirits have
a threat rating of Force and a Professional rating of 4. This isn't the
same for all spirits either. The Ant Worker has a Threat of 1 and a
Professional of 2, for instance, no matter the force. AFAIK, this may or
may not apply to spirits other than bugs. Threat Ratings aren't even
discussed in Awakenings and only TR's for Toxics and Bugs are discussed
in GR2. So, what Bug City is saying is to give Bugs a threat rating equal
to their force (in most but not all cases) and a Professional Rating
equal to 4 (in most but not all cases). For other spirits I can give no
input, but can only assume that the information is provided in the SRII
main rule manual for this game. And, of course, if you don't like the way
FASA has it set up, no-one's going to force you to do it that way. It is
your game and you're certainly allowed to play any way that makes you
happy.

Canthros-the-shapeshifter-mage