From:	"Jeremy \"Bolthy\" Zimmerman" <jeremy@***********.COM>
Subject:	Bioweapons (was Re: A dissertation on the Flesh Chukker (LONG))
Date:	Tue, 12 May 1998 11:44:15 -0700

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> From: Matthew Waddilove <m_waddilove@*******.COM>
> To: SHADOWRN@********.ITRIBE.NET
> Subject: Re: A dissertation on the Flesh Chukker (LONG)
> Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 10:22 AM
>
> Ohh this whole tread has just made me think of something... Does anyone
> out there play Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 wargame if so does the
> tread bring to mind Tyranid bioweapons and what a nasty peice of
> bioengineering that would be. A bit to advanced for SR but who know's
> sometime in the future.
>

I play in theory... one of my 15+ mailing lists is the Warhammer list.
High bandwidth, and pretty strict admins. But I digress.

The thought of bio-engineered weapons like fleshborers and the like would
be a pretty cool idea, though a bit advanced. Although, you could possibly
even cast the insect spirits in the role of the Tyrannids (not hard to
imagine), and make the bio weapons magical artifacts of their own devising.
Still a bit beyond the level of SR, but an idea none-the-less.

Another thing that might warrant checking out is White Wolf's "Trinity"
(formerly known as Aeon). Not only are most of the weapons bio-engineered,
but the whole psychic ability thing, if I understand the propaganda
correctly, is a bit engineered as well. It involves infusion with
nanotechnological devices that allow you to use one of the 6 or so psionic
powers. For SR purposes, this could be a genetically engineered
meta-bacteria that forms a symbiotic relationship with its host and confers
magical-type powers. Perhaps count it as bioware of a sort, and assign a
body index for it.

SR 2100: Where magic and technology go through the roof.