From:	Joshua Mumme grimlakin@**********.com
Subject:	"Desert Wars" ?
Date:	Tue, 9 Feb 1999 02:30:52 -0600

----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Clark
To: shadowrn@*********.org
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 1999 11:29 AM
Subject: "Desert Wars" ?


> last night I was fleshing out a (rare) mercenary character with one of my
>players, and I wondered.

>the "Desert Wars" are something I've heard alluded to many times, but I
don't >believe I've ever heard any actual information on it, where it was,
or who the >conflicting sides were in it.

> I happen to have a particularly staggering array of out ot print
sourcebooks, >so maybe I'm missing out on some information I don't have
access too. but >can anyone give me a general idea of what the "Desert
Wars" were?

Desert wars are ongoing conflicts staged by megacorps to show how good their
tech is as compared to someone else. Say Ares aginst Fuchi and so fourth.
That is THE BIG PLAYGROUND for weapons testing.

> thanks,

No problem

>--Neil

Grimlakin