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From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: wages of sinning...
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 11:50:17 +0200
According to K. Suderman, at 8:49 on 23 Jul 99, the word on
the street was...

> I see your point. I was thinking of runs as being strictly _covert_ ops,
> in which case, the best publicity is no publicity.

Certainly. The problem then becomes, though, that nobody will know you did
it. It's a bit like a discussion our group had last night about deckers
and very secure hosts -- if you break into one and get out in one piece,
you can't really tell anyone about it because someone will probably come
after you. But you want to break into them to prove you're a hot decker...

> 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? :)

Perhaps it would, sure. The way I figure it happens is that Johnsons who
aren't satisfied with the way a team performs the run will let the fixer
know, and perhaps other people they know deal with shadowrunners. A runner
group's reputation can be made or destroyed that way.

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