| From: | IronRaven cyberraven@********.net |
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| Subject: | Characters looting corpses. |
| Date: | Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:53:08 -0400 |
> 4) Looting bodies takes time. Have a friend put on a jacket, lay
>down on the floor and go slack. Now kick him ('cause he shouldn't be that
Look for his wallet, and anything else on him. Grab his PPilot, beeper or
cell phone (if he has one). Fast pat for weapons Only takes a few
seconds. Gettng clothes, now that is a pain.
BTW, use your knife at this point IN THE GAME (Nothing like finiding out
that the troll you thought had a stove in skull was just out of it for a
minute), but NOT in real life, unless you already have one hell of an alibi
and you owe him a lot of money. :)
>and try to get his jacket off. It's not easy. And every minute that's
>spent looting bodies is another minute that a potential witness, random
Not everyone is on body detail- most are on lookout.
> 5) Looting bodies is messy. Unless you've simply knocked someone
>out or poisoned them, there's probably blood. Most baddies in SR will
Among other things.
>at a crime scene. You can leave discernible fingerprints on the
>damnedest things (especially if you have blood on your hands), and
Or, wear gloves, even cheap cotton work ones, so long as they have fingers.
>it's something like a gun, that has a distinct serial number and may be
It never finishes the run with you. If it does, it goes in the nearest
river or (better yet) smelter, car crusher or arc fernice. But NEVER,
EVER, EVER under any circumstances should you actually touch it with your
bare skin.
>in today's day and age I rarely carry any cash. Credit cards and
Point of order, if someone drops dead, it is going to be at least an hour
before thier cards are canceled.
>Selling off looted goods may net you a little cash, but it makes you look
Like I said, don't be dumb about it. Only take things like jewlery if you
are trying to make it look like a street thing AND you have time. Stealing
things like a wedding ring is really low anyways.
You want to look for, in order: pulse (if detected, use knife or sound
suppressed pistol), passkeys, communications and IFF settings, and maybe
weapons if you have time.
CyberRaven Kevin Dole
http://members.xoom.com/iron_raven/
"Once again, we have spat int he face of Death and his second cousin,
Dismemberment."
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