| From: | Blaze <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Golden opportunities - or not. |
| Date: | Sat, 24 May 1997 16:04:57 +0100 |
<lobo1@****.COM> rambled on endlessly about Golden opportunities - or
not.
>>he couldn't move the thing - too heavy :) he decided to dismantle it
>>from the inside. :) Needless to say one thing led to another, leaving
>>us with a huge pile of gold, and a character, whom I believe still
>>stinks of rotting food after having fingered all of it. :)
>
>
>I'm guessing...Paul's character?
Paul's character played with the rotten food, but it was another player
who was playing with the fridge :)
>All the gold being stuffed into the
>freezer walls would explain why the thing didn't work, however. Gold
>being a rather poor insulator and all:)
Yes, so I'm told. I'm still trying to understand why the player was so
fascinated with the fridge in the first place, but then he does like
food :)
>>>Is the person who owns the gold alive?
>>
>>We don't know. The person who owns the apartment is missing, and
>>evidence so far indicates he's snuffed it. However...
>
>Hmmm...Perhaps he's faked his own death, is hiding out on a metaplane
>and...nah, that's someone else:)
That was a possibility, but the evidence we've accumulated seems to
strongly indicate he's dead.
>>>Um, are they the government?
>>
>>Not exactly. They are however a powerful mover in the Computer/matrix
>>industry.
>
>Another wild guess, but does he work for Transys Neuronet?
Erm, Yes, why?
>>Then the cash register started ringing, and we all realised how much
>>this was, and thought.. Hmmm. We could buy the entire Sears catalogue
>>with this. :)
>
>Which makes me wonder...was there a Horror by the name of Avarice? (just
>checking:)
No horror, not as such, but Avarice is a strong influence. :)
>>Doing too much in one city might draw attention, and Brit cities are
>>smaller than American ones, even if they do have the title megaplex.
>>:)
>
>What kind of stuff can you ship out of the UK legally?
No idea really, engineering, vehicles, clothing stuff like that. not
having an export/import licence limits the amount of goods we can move,
but a variation on a theme might be feasible. I have a feeling we'll
probably go with Pauls idea of the Rolls Royce, and Mark's idea about
the King George.
>maybe use it to buy something big and legal (like a very large civilian
>vehicle) which you could then sell once you get back? You probably
>wouldn't get anywhere close to the original amount of money out of it
>(30-35% maybe, 50% if you're real lucky), but that's still between 4.8
>million and 7.25 million nY:) Still a nice tidy chunk a change.
We've all got somelished and trusted contacts in the UCAS, so we're
hoping for a decent return on the gold. 50% would be almost acceptable,
even though it hurts to lose so much :)
>>the Scottish highlands might be difficult, and the RAF are likely to
>>use
>>it for live fire practice (I think that's what Paul calls it).
>
>Yeah, that would be about right <envisioning C-130 trying to outmaneuver
>a group of EFA variants> <envisioning large ball of fire plunging to the
>earth....EFA variants swarming around it>
LOL - thankyou. :)
>>We don't have a mage in the party. So magic is totally out of the
>>question.
>
>Could you hire one? Have him quicken the spell and then either pay him
>off, or, well, eliminate him.
We had considered it, but most Mages in the UK seem to be registered,
which makes life a bit difficult, and eliminating a Shadowrunner Mage
might be extremely dangerous, especially where we don't really have the
contacts to check him out. That's why we haven't hired any "natives" so
far.
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