From:	Richard Tomasso rtomasso@*******.com
Subject:	SR Narrowing of focus
Date:	Wed, 18 Aug 1999 10:39:12 -0400 (EDT)

Penta wrote:
>
> Tinner said:
>
> > The best decking atmoshpere I have ever seen in SR game material is in RA:S
> > The whole scene where Dodger, Fastjack, et. al. fight off the angels is the
> > best written example of what cyberspace combat should feel like I have ever
> > seen.
>
> YES! Agreed. HIGHLY. Another great example: The very FACT that there are
> *troops in the streets*. For those who have no CLUE how to RP this:
> 1. Those troops are COMBAT troops. Full gear. ARMED. Every so often there are
> maybe TANKS, maybe simple APCs.
> 2.To put it bluntly, it should scare ANYONE *shitless* (Gridsec, apologies for
> the language. Best way to express this.). The UCAS is supposed to be a
> democracy. This would mark maybe the FIRST time outside of WAR that a
> democracy has active combat troops in its own STREETS. It should make
> *everybody* scared.

Kinda OT, but I must admit, that was one of the better parts of the 1998
Origins tournament. For those of you that missed it, we ran the Arcology
Shutdown. Right from the start, the players were tense and uneasy about
the whole restricted area and dealing with troops. And not just on the
ground, there was plenty going on in astral space as well. Nothing like
a special-forces combat mage to ruin a little astral sight-seeing trip.

Running the streets and going up against the Mob is one thing. Taking on
the UCAS Army is quite another. I think the Aztlan book talked about this
a bit wrt the Azzie army.