Message no. 1

From:	Dave The Shade <IZZYUX2@*******.BITNET>
Subject:	A Reply
Date:	Thu, 3 Jun 1993 17:01:00 PDT

>>>>>|It seems I've raised some furor. Well let me respond to my various
crit-
ics. First, my analysis of the Tir's economic situation is soundly generated -
look for yourself and tell me where I went wrong. Second, I DO have a VERY
good idea of the power, wealth, influence, and (to put it delicately) martial
operating effectiveness of the Tir. As for any bias I might have of elves -
that is pure nonsense. NightShade, an Ex-Paladin (the sinister kind I mean) is
my very best friend, and I have quite a few associates that are Tirian elves.
I do not threaten Tir Tairngire. I am one person, with no possibility of bring-
ing down a wealthy country. I merely state that I do have assets, in orbital,
of my own. As no shadowrunner absolutely knows the history of another (we do
deliberately hide it) I think it would be wise not to speculate about who, what
or how someone like myself might be related to the Orbitals - and what they
would do for me. Lastly, Like most 'runners I am wanted by several entities for
illicit activities . . . They have not been able do Vanish me, and I dare say
that the Tir is not the most powerful of these. As I said before the Tir has
5,610,000 people and GDP of Y308,500,000,000. The Imperial Japanese Empire has
over 100,000,000 people and a GDP of approx. 4.1 trillion nuyen - a consistent
martial assets. The Tir is a wealthy, powerful nation - but remember in the
great scheme of things it is the smallest of the Big Players.

UCAS: 170 million population GDP 5.2 trillion nuyen
Los Angeles MegaSprawl: approx. 7,100,000 people GDP Y400,000,000,00
and remember Britain, etc... that I have not even brought up.

Am I intimidated by the Tir - yes.
Am I deathly paranoidly fearful - NO!|<<<<<
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