From:	Kama kama@*******.net
Subject:	ShadowRN digest, Vol 1 #49 - 58 msgs
Date:	Thu, 25 Feb 1999 14:49:32 -0500 (EST)

On Thu, 25 Feb 1999 Twist0059@***.com wrote:

> In a message dated 99-02-25 14:25:31 EST, you write:
>
> << >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).
>
> From FASA? Easy- SR is a different story than BT.
> From me? Magic users are worthless in space, but one they get
> into a manasphere, they are ready to roll. (With some penalties
> until they aclimate- spacelag.) I can see mechwarriors who are
> mages, but spacecraft crewers being mages, not at all. Maybe if
> they need cash really, really bad, but they would probably have an
> "empty" feeling in thier brain. >>
>
>
> According to the Fasa official story, isn't magic supposed to only return
> every five thousand years? Maybe in a thousand years, the magic has dropped
> out of sight again. Of course, I believe Harlequin's Back stated that the
> Horrors weren't coming for another 2,500 years or something, so this might not
> be a perfect answer. Still, it'd be easier than trying to merge magicians
> into the BattleTech game.
>

Or, maybe we found a way to stop the horrors from coming back - by
sacrificing magic and elimating the cycle. If the "waves" of the cycle
were eliminated (perhaps by a large antimagical event that worked
"opposite" the natural spikes cancelling them) the mana level would settle
to a nice even "average" which might be enough magic to prevent the loss
of some of the additional races, but not enough to allow any significant
major magic.

Just an idea.

Kama
Keeper of the Dicebag from Hell (tm)