From:	Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com
Subject:	BT/SR conversion
Date:	Wed, 24 Feb 1999 18:04:35 EST

In a message dated 2/24/1999 2:48:44 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
kdole@***.vsc.edu writes:

>
> Oh, Gurth, I would never send runners w/o mechs against
> mechs. They might see them, but only as "herding" device, kind of
> like tanks and cybergrunts in heavy military armour. Still, I can see
> REALLY, REALLY succesfull merc/runner units having a small
> jumpship, a dropship or two (say a small civy cargo-dropper and
> battered Leopard), and some mechs available. Once you know the
> op, it is your choice to use or not use the mechs.
>
What an interesting though all of this has just sparked to me.

Battletech could be looked at as a futuristic translation of "Cyberpirates"
IMO for the terms of Shadowrun, especially when viewed from the POV of
corporations and/or governments starting the "Mech Combines".

I'm going to have think a tad about this. I personally still don't see Mechs
making any advances into the current (even 2060) timelines for SR, but
something that would be a few decades, or even a century into the
future...well hey, anything is possible.

Now the only thing that would make me wonder would be the consideration of why
no magicians (aside from the Magic and Space arguments in general).

-K