From:	woneal@*******.NET
Subject:	Re: Runner's Attitudes
Date:	Wed, 2 Jul 1997 15:25:51 -0005

On 28 Jun 97 at 3:43, Rune Fostervoll wrote:

>
> A corporation's best bet is to stop the runners during the run,
> rather than when they've gotten away. I think we can agree on that
> one easily enough...
>
Very much so. As I see it, Corps face the same problems in 205x that
retail stores here in the US face today. If said retail store can catch a
shop lifter IN the store, they've got them dead to rights. Go directly to
jail, do not pass GO, do not collect $200. On the other hand, if said
shoplifter can make it out the door without being stopped, there is very
little chance of the store being able to do anything about it. (Unless
said shoplifter is stupid enough to hang around bragging about what they
just did... something runners should think about.)
Corp Sec has no authority off Corp property and if the come after you,
guns blazing, wearing milspec armor and toting milspec weapons, then LS is
going to come down on them hard! They're breaking the law big time! Mind
you, if the runners are engaging them in a running firefight, using heavy
ordinace themselves, LS is going to come after them as well.
The way I would see this situation, is that Corp Sec would have strict
orders not to persue or fire upon "fugatives" that have made it off Corp
property. Instead, Corp Sec would notify LS themselves, go through
channels and present enough evidence to get warrants for the runners.
Then let LS worry about catching them and extraditing them back to Corp
territory. If the runners really annoyed the Corp, they might also hire
deniable assets to "locate and terminate" the runners.
--

Ashlocke
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