From:	Matthew Waddilove <m_waddilove@*******.COM>
Subject:	Re: Petrolias on the map
Date:	Thu, 21 May 1998 04:04:20 PDT

Ereskanti wrote
>
>In a message dated 5/20/98 4:30:40 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
>aaa302@*****.ULAVAL.CA writes:
>
>> Now that we know the "how?", let's study the "why?"...
>
>Okay, Let's, this might help us here decide the course of the game..
>
>> Why would Dunkie give exploitation rights to an Island to
Federated-Boeing?
>>
>> answers:
>>
>> - Reinforce the fledgling Pacific Rim Co-prosperity group, soon to
be
>joined
>> by Federated-Boeing? (note: i don't have the BitB book nearby, so
i'm not
>> sure about the name, but I mean the group of second-rate corps that
are
>> forming a group around Wuxing to better compete with the other Big
10
>> corps);
>
>Name is "Pacific Prosperity Group" btw. Federated Boeing hasn't made a
>decision, as per the BitB text. However, it could swing either way
what
>effects this would have. Depending upon what exactly is unearthed
>(literally), this could become a very nasty place. Formerly rare
>minerals/materials might literally flow up, especially if a thermal
vein is
>disturbed beneath the strata in that vicinity.
>
>There is also something about a "vaccine" that is required to all kids
born
>after that time period, so I am loathe to consider what else is going
to be
>spewing up into the atmosphere (as if Mankind hadn't fu@*** things up
enough).
>
>Also, if particularly useful materials (say, component elements to
airplane
>alloys and/or other composities) were found, then Federated Boeing
would be
>effectively be given a massive level of resources to draw upon for a
lot of
>their toys.
>
>> - To spite Mitsuhama?
>
>Well, yeah, he could have wanted to do that too... ;)
>
>> - To help someone in Federated-Boeing, or Federated-Boeing (the
simplest
>> answer)?
>
>Oh yeah, this is definitely a thing. Big D seems to have had a very
large,
>but very personable, agenda he wanted to maintain, even after his
death.
>
>> what do you think?
>
>I think we aren't going to get any major answers of this type until the
new
>"Corporate Rundown" (or whatever the name is) comes out.
>
>-K
>


Hummm. A thought has just struck me, now before people start getting all
"this is SR not ED" I know that there is no Official connection between
SR and ED.

Was there anything in the proposed area in the 4th age? a Magical
Artifact?

Just a Thought.

-Matthew Waddilove

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