From:	John Dukes <dukes@*******.NET>
Subject:	Re: A question of Grand Scale (up front answers)
Date:	Mon, 11 May 1998 03:51:15 -0500

>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???

We where coming in for a landing at the plantation of a Yak oyuban in
Hawaii. When we arrived at the airstrip the dragon was busily munching the
Yak guards. The big bugger started attacking the plane. After dodging 3
attacks or so, we got to the point where we had to get the thing off the
airstrip or we where out of fuel and dead. Didnt have any guns mounted on
the plane, so our only option was to ram it. The plane was big, heavy, and
armored. The dragons skull was less big, heavy, and armored. We got lucky.
The dice roll to ram the thing was VERY much above average. IIRC one of the
dice rolled came up a 25.

As for murdering the dragon, it was busy eating people in the middle of our
airstrip, then attacked without provocation. We didnt have the fuel to run,
so we did the only thing we could. And it worked.

>Any other dragon that sees material made from this is going to be a VERY bad
>thing. Oh sure, Metahumans may think it's cool. But what about dragons and
>their allies? Let's see, we no longer have the Big D, but that means didly.
>Lofwyr, Arleesh, Hestaby, and Masaru are all major players in the Shadow
>Markets. And their list of contacts are IMMENSE to say the least.

Thats exactly what we are worried about. Fortunately the base was secluded
so the only witnesses are the Yakuza guards (who will keep their mouths
shut by order of the oyuban). The body was burned after we where given dibs
on anything we wanted from it. I think we figured that the thing did so
much damage to the plane the least we could do was take enough of it to
sell for repairs. FWIW, I dont think it was a greater dragon. "Only" a
lesser. ;)

I guess the rigger can paint a dragon silhouette on the side of his plane
now.

Take care...

-Teeg