From:	Jessica Grota <grota@*********.COM>
Subject:	Re: A question of Grand Scale (up front answers)
Date:	Mon, 11 May 1998 00:23:22 -0400

Phil Levis wrote:
>
> On Sun, 10 May 1998, Jessica Grota wrote:
>
> > Ereskanti wrote:
> > > For example. Did you and your friends realize that this critter is
sentient,
> > > and in SR's Universe, Sentient beings, especially those that have a SIN (as
> > > long as it defeats the attempts to determine it's legality, it works) have
> > > rights and killing such is considered an act of Murder???
> >
> > Whew. Okay. Well the dragon attacked the PCs first, so I think this
> > would be self defense. Plus, at the time that the PCs came upon the
> > dragon, it was eating people. I think that justifies killing it with no
> > problems. The dragon saw it coming, we just had a damn good (and
> > extremely crazy) rigger. No one expected him to try ramming the dragon,
> > least of all those of us in the plane.
> >
> > > Back to your question though ... what exactly did they use to remove the
hide
> > > also? dikote circular saws? IF the armor value of the hide does not
> > > deteriorate, that's stuff HARDENED, and simply hacking at it with a sword
or
> > > an axe in the hands of a troll is NOT going to work.
> >
> > The standard way to remove dragon scales! Slip a dikote knife under the
> > scales and pry until the flesh underneath gives. I agree, once the
> > dragon is dead, the magical armor goes away, much to my dismay.
>
> All right... let's have another reality check here; in the case described,
> it certainly sounds as if the group of runners can assume a degree of
> legal protection due to the dragon's actions. However, the fact that the
> dragon was in the midst of a killing spree does not mean that mutilating
> and stealing parts of the body would be legal, in any way, shape, or form.
>
> If this dragon was killing people, one can assume that there were a lot of
> witnesses, especially if a vehicle crashed into the bugger's head. I would
> think that a good deal of them might notice blood and scales being
> collected.


The witnesses were pretty happy that the dragon was killed, actually. It
had been eating them for several weeks now. The dragon was also a rival
of the local Yakuza Oyabun. Still, I think I'm just gonna let the
subject lie...anyway, the chances of losing the loot in a plane wreck
are looking better and better.

--Jett