From:	Alfredo B Alves <dghost@****.COM>
Subject:	Re: Interesting idea
Date:	Sun, 31 May 1998 16:07:15 -0500

On Sun, 31 May 1998 15:40:03 -0500 John E Pederson <lobo1@****.COM>
writes:
>On Sun, 31 May 1998 10:40:59 -0500 Wolfchild
><nathan.olsen@*******.MSUS.EDU> writes:
>>I had an idea recently and was wondering if anyone had done anythign
>>similar to this. Basically there's a massive solar flare that erupts
from
>>the sun and completely disrupts all electricity and power worldwide
over
>>the course of 1 week. The matrix goes down, electricity-driven
machines
>>fail, many types of cyberware stops functioning, etc. I imagine that
the
>>effects of this would be near apocalyptic in scale considering the
extent
>>of technology in the SR world. There would be chaos; there would be
>>bloodshed; there would be fun for the whole family. Any other thoughts
on
>>this scenario?

>Other than the fact that it would have to be one hell of a solar flare?

Hey ... would this be a good time to summon Spirits of the fiery
Firmament (sp?) from Tir na Nog? If not, I wonder if there would be any
special Spirit that could only (at this point in time) be summoned during
intense solar flaring ...

<SNIP>
>MC23 brought up the fact that there will be
>various magical groups that will be performing special rituals during
>the solar flares,

What about Sun druids? ... and for that matter, would Moon Druids have
any special power / limitations during an eclipse (lunar or solar)?

<SNIP>
>It would also be a
>good idea to look into hitting the ground running as soon as the
>Matrix starts to come back online: the corporate hosts are going to be
>their most vulnerable while they're still starting up all those nifty
>IC programs.

Actually, I would think that they'd boot up all the IC and get the system
at full fuctionality before reestablishing their Matrix connection ...

<SNIP>
>John Pederson <SNIP>

Damn that /Was/ a lot of spoiler space :)

D.Ghost
(aka Pixel, Tantrum, and RuPixel)

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