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Message no. 1
From: "The Illustrious Mr. Frypp" <JAMES-CUENO@*********.EDU>
Subject: Bog 'bots
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 12:52:46 CST
>>>>>[Yeah, tough, pack a bunch of explosives an' dumb as bricks. To
be really effective and flexible, a rigger hasta be hardwired to the
drone and follow it into the hive. Just put a big-assed bomb on the
back of a snooper, cue some chemo sensors to the pheremones the queen
releases and send it in.

I know it might be crazy, why do spirits need pheremones? Hell
if I know, but hives stink inside. Maybe it's just me, but I
swear I've seen people do goofy things in hives, gotta be the
pheremones.]<<<<<
-- Snake <12:35:22 / 10-16-57>
Message no. 2
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Bog 'bots
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 19:59:23 +0100
>>>>>[Big bomb? How big? A sub-kiloton nuke didn't work too well on
Cermak, did it?

The deeper you get into the hive, the more you're dealing with beings
that are mostly astral and treat their meat bodies as merely convenient
tools to rip you up with. You want a dead queen, take a powerful shaman
and make sure she gets there alive. Plain high explosive doesn't work.

Flamers are good, but manpack ones don't carry enough fuel. Green Ring
works, too, but you need to be damn careful where you use it, and again
you can't get enough or carry enough... plus, one tear in your suit and
you're in trouble, and fighting hand-to-hand in full NBC is a losing
proposition against bugs.

I really hate the insect spirits. Not like me to do that, but I
do.]<<<<<
-- Lynch <20:00:16/10-16-57>

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