From:	Dvixen <dvixen@********.COM>
Subject:	Re: Runner's Attitudes
Date:	Wed, 2 Jul 1997 18:14:35 -0700

> >Um, if this is what this thread is turning into, perhaps it
> >belongs in private email rather than this list.

This thread hasn't even come close to a flame fest. It's been a
thoughtful discussion. <g> Albeit one full of cinders...

> Far from, Paul's just a tad bit aggravated. He'll get over it. I'm
> still
> quite in control, thank you...

Ah TopCat, how I did miss your debating. Always did point out something
new for me to ponder during your ranting.

So if we have a group/team of runners who run against a Corp, (not
Megacorp) and by some miracle, they plan well, and get away, (*gasp*)
we're gonna have a few things happen, neh?

The runners have no idea that Mr Hurtubise got fired because someone
found a hole in his nightly patrol... stock drops a bit because of the
lost data... (well, maybe a runner might notice, if he plays the stock
game) uzw... (I just got home from work, intrigue is a bit hard for me
at the moment.)

Maybe the corp type pays an amount to LoneStar and has a few extra
charges brought against them. (Runners aren't the only ones with friends
either. A favour owed here and there can be very useful... All of a
sudden, the unexplained deaths of two LoneStar officers a few months
back during a riot are being pinned on the runners...

And the MegaCorps are a whole different story. A MegaCorp has access to
divisions and personnel that most corps don't, they have the nuyen and
often, the time. A MegaCorp might not think twice about sending twenty
man assault team after the five who broke into (or tried) their R&D
department, or assigning a few of their deckers to compile a dossier on
the runners, but a smaller corp, with maybe 100 employees? (and I'd bet
the MegaCorps would be able to twist the LoneStar/Media into doing
precisely what they want. (Being as LoneStar and the Media are different
types of corps, who want to stay alive in the world of corporation
politics...)

For all the runners know, the drek that's been dogging them now is due
to something that they did a year ago to some tiny corp, the result of
which drove the corp under. People who want revenge will find some way
of it, either legally, illegally, or otherwise... A good villain in the
making... (kinda like the ex wife. She gets nastier the more time she's
had away from you. ;) )

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