| From: | IronRaven cyberraven@********.net |
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| Subject: | Cash, Credit and Crime |
| Date: | Thu, 01 Jul 1999 14:33:39 -0400 |
>Of course they can. As long as they can back it with something else,
Of course they can- they're the yakuza/mafia/tongs/et al, and you don't
like it, they'll make you an offer you shouldn't refuse. <g>
Actually, it was more of a lightbulb moment kind of thing, since we were
talking about the underworld economy. It was an idea for flavor. Find out
what the exchange rate is, even though it will be totally unofficial, and
you can ifgure out who has the most power right now or who is really in
charge of this part of town.
Also a way to mess with players. You buy a hot dog from a street vendor,
and much to your horror, the only folding money you have is Yak, and you
are in a Russian neighborhood, and a pickpocket made off with your sterile
cred stick. You can either pay him with your registered credstick and
posibly blow your survellance, hock your gun, or pay him 10X the going rate
for a rat suasage with saurkelp (like sauerkraut, but made with seaweed)
and hope that he doesn't tell the next enforcer he sees about your
indiscretion.
CyberRaven Kevin Dole
http://members.xoom.com/iron_raven/
"Once again, we have spat int he face of Death and his second cousin,
Dismemberment."
"Briar Rabbit to Briar Fox; I was BORN in that briar patch!"
