From:	Jeremy Fisher <jmf4402@***.NYU.EDU>
Subject:	Tskrang Conspiracy (A little long)
Date:	Mon, 4 May 1998 17:45:52 -0400

In the Tir Tangire book someone in the shadowtalk section puts forth the
assumption that VITAS was designed to kill of a particular species or
race. After reading the Cyberpirates book, I think we have evidence that
it may have been the Tskrang. This is because the Chupucabras seem to be
a HMHVV infected form of Tskrang. They are bipedal humanoids, iguana like
in apperance, with crested heads, opposable thumbs, give birth to live
young, and have a genetic similarity to primates. Furthermore they test
positive for some form of HMHVV and have the power Essence drain and the
weakness of Essence loss. If VITAS was designed to kill off the people
who would have become Tskrang, it would make sense that the only Tskrang
who would survive would be HMHVV infected, as HMHVV provides an immunity
to VITAS, or at least some strains, such as the Ghoul strain does
(according to the SR Companion), do. The Chupucabras breed true, unlike
other HMHVV infected creatures. This would make sense if perhaps a
population of humans, who would goblinize into Tskrang, had HMHVV survived
the VITAS epidemic, changed into Chupucabras, and then gave birth to the
next generation of Chupucabras.
This would explain why no Tskrang have been seen yet, only Chupucabras, as
well as go along with Mike Mullvihill's statement that Tskrang would not
appear in SR. Right, no Tskrang just Chupucabras. This would also help
explain the missing population of Madagascar (the point of origin of
Chupucabras), those who became Tskrang/Chupucabras went feral and left the
cities, those who didnt died of VITAS.

Well feel free to comment and/or shoot holes in this thing.