From:	K. Suderman suderman@*****.ocean.fsu.edu
Subject:	wages of sinning...
Date:	Fri, 23 Jul 1999 08:49:15 -0400

>
>> Which brings me to my next question: How does a team become (or pass
>> itself off as) an elite team? Or stated another way, How does a team raise
>> its pay scale?
>> I think that street rep would be very important. A team that accomplished
>> its missions in a covert, deniable manner would command higher pay than one
>> that (for example), used ~30 kilos of plastic explosive and two dozen
>> grenades to level two buildings in its first two runs (and even got mug
>> shots on the Midnite News...). [Yes, I am trying to turn terrorists into
>> shadowrunners. Wish me luck...]
>
>I'm not sure that would be the case, exactly. I'd say that the team that
>fulfills the mission best, from the Johnson's perspective, will get a
>better reuptation than a team that does the job but in a way Mr. Johnson
>doesn't really like but can live with, and they in turn will have a better
>reputation than a team that frags up all the time.
>
I see your point. I was thinking of runs as being strictly _covert_ ops,
in which case, the best publicity is no publicity. I realized last nite
(while trying to come up with the sort of run that a Johnson would seek my
team out for) that some runs are very overt. [I think they are about to be
approached by an Italian businessman who wants to send a (rather loud)
message to a competitor...]
So, street rep would be heavily influenced by the Johnson's satisfaction
with the results. Hmmm... do fixers make follow-up calls to the Johnsons?
How corrupt are fixers? (as corrupt as they can afford to be...) Would a
well-placed bribe help the fixer decide who gets the easy jobs? :)

Keith


Keith Suderman suderman@*****.fsu.edu
Florida State University 850-980-3218
Department of Oceanography