| From: | Y T y..t@********.com |
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| Subject: | Corp adventures |
| Date: | Wed, 4 Aug 1999 11:12:39 GMT+1 |
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> Okay, this is mostly directed to the guy (whose name I
can't recall)
> who was thinking of doing a corporate campaign, but
anyone else is free
> to comment - except GreyWolf (who isn't allowed to read
this) and said
> dude's players (who aren't allowed to read this either if
they're on
> the list).
>
> Anyway, here's some spoiler space for ya.
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> That should do.
>
> Anyway, this is a (really basic) adventure idea. It's
actually based on
> something I read in Corporate Shadowfiles (so there, it
IS worth
> getting!).
>
> Anyway, in business, there's something that's called a
White Knight.
> Basically what that is is when one company intends to
take over another
> in a hostile takeover, the target corp will get a third
corp (the white
> knight) to bail them out by buying up all their
outstanding stock
> before the hostile corp can. Then the white knight sells
back the stock
> to the target corp at a decent premium. The white knight
makes a
> profit, the target corp is saved from takeover and the
hostile corp is
> screwed. More or less - some of the details could be a
bit shonky, as I
> haven't actually read the book for a while. The thing is,
quite often
> these white knights DON'T sell the stock back and take
over the target
> corp themselves.
>
> Anyway, I was wondering how one corp might screw with a
rival and I
> came up with this. Corp A and Corp B are big rivals. Corp
C is a
> floundering money pit that's going down the gurgler. C
has to be
> smaller than A or B, large enough that buying it outright
would put a
> significant drain on either corp's resources. A decides
to screw B so
> they get some of their "assets" to start playing with
things. First
> step - A starts to buy up stock in C on the sly, but lets
this info
> leak so B (amongst other corps) finds out. This makes
them start
> wondering what A knows that they don't.
>
> Next step - the assets get involved. They have to start
spreading
> rumours and leaking matrix data about some huge
breakthrough that C is
> on the verge of marketing.
>
> Next, they spread more rumours, that A is going to take
over C.
>
> Then, yet more rumours - that C would be amenable to
being saved by a
> white knight.
>
> Meanwhile, they have to put in place false data, so that
when B's
> deckers come a'calling, they find evidence of this
"breakthrough".
>
> Once they've sufficiently manipulated everybody and
gotten them on a
> knife-edge, A makes its move and starts to seriously buy
up stock. They
> then start moving the stock through subsidiaries and
shell companies,
> all done internally so that everyone still thinks A
directly controls
> all this stock.
>
> The assets then...persuade C's management to call in B to
act as a
> white knight. If they've done things right, by this stage
B is more
> than willing to help. They start buying up stock as well
- and A starts
> to sell them the stock they bought, but through
intermediaries, so that
> B doesn't realise who they're really buying from.
>
> B ends up with a huge amount of stock in C and, probably,
controlling
> interest (and a lot of money invested), A makes a profit
by selling the
> stock to B. Then, when B decides to take over C (after
more
> manipulation by A's assets, probably), they find they've
just sunk a
> drekload of cash into a black hole. A's assets also
expose the
> "breakthrough" as a fraud so no one else is interested in
buying in and
> B is screwed.
>
> There you go. Corp action that isn't directly and nastily
targeted
> against another corp, so a company wouldn't necessarily
have to use
> shadow assets - although they could if you want to use
this for a
> normal campaign.
>
> Obviously, it isn't a beginners adventure, as it would
require a fine
> touch - and you'd be telling the players what to do a lot
(unless you
> just take the basic idea and let them figure out how to
make it work).
> But still, it could be rather interesting. And if you put
the players
> in charge of the whole thing (buying the stock, selling
the stock as
> well as the decking and physical manipulation), the
players would
> probably enjoy the wheeling and dealing required.
>
> What do you think?
> ===
> Doc'
> (aka Mr. Freaky Big, Super-Dynamic Troll of Tomorrow)
Yep, cool… I think I shall use it.
thanks you
YT
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