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Message no. 1
From: "Greetings Highlander!" <MKNABUSCH@******.BITNET>
Subject: Bounty
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 93 17:31:00 EDT
>>>>>[We have all the right to advertise our bounty if you
think you can take us down. Just leave a "Next of Kin" card
in your pocket so we can send the body back. For 14 mill.
all you have to do is frag off some mafia goons. Really easy.
Maybe someday I'll tell about it. But not now. Besides, 14 mil.
ain't enough of a bounty for Bodycount. Maybe double that.

Anyhow, we must annoy the good Brandon a little more.]<<<<<
-Masque <Courtesy of Harlequin>
Message no. 2
From: Christina Johnson <johnson1@**.UWP.EDU>
Subject: bounty
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 00:27:40 CET
>>>>>[20K does seem a little low for someone of your talents,
Harlequin...But then, I guess it means no one's going to bother trying to
collect, eh?]<<<<<
-Brandywine- <17:14:18/24.3.54>

>>>>>[Not necessarily, little elf. Where is the skinny little
guy?]<<<<<
-AfterDark- <17:16:11 / 3/24/54>

>>>>>[Do you really expect a serious response?]<<<<<
-Brandywine- <17:16:53/24.3.54>
Message no. 3
From: Tirandor <VESPOSIT@****.SUNYSB.EDU>
Subject: Bounty
Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 14:50:23 EDT
>>>>>[ I am prepared to offer a sizable reward for any information leading
to
the return of a certain piece of DDI property that was stolen by pirates
recently. I am of course referring to the Intrepid. It is my home as well as
my headquarters and I want it back. The reward is negotiable and dependant on
the usefulness of the information and the verdict of the Zurich Orbital Court.
Thank you. ]<<<<<
-- Tirandor <From the Dragon's Desk>

>>>>>[ What makes you think that ZOC will leave you with anything to spend
lizard! ]<<<<<
-- Dark Elf <14:57:04/05-04-54>

>>>>>[ Ah the chronic thorn in the side has deemed to speak. I have
nothing
to say to you. Nothing whatsoever! Interfere with DDI activities again and
you will be hunted down to the fullest extent of the law. ]<<<<<
-- Tirandor <From the Dragon's Desk>

>>>>>[ It's been tried before. Tell Joseph I said hello.
]<<<<<
-- Dark Elf <14:59:57/05-04-54>
Message no. 4
From: Alexander Shearer <alex@******.NOSC.MIL>
Subject: Bounty
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 1994 15:13:29 -0800
>>>>>[400 Y? That's too low for me and others like me (my
ammunition costs are much higher than that) and high enough to
attract a myriad of gutter-punks...who'll all be geeked, of course.
I'd suggest making it a larger amount of finding some other method.
I personally prefer not to lead others to their deaths...]<<<<<
-- Mortis (15:12:56/06-04-55)
Message no. 5
From: Sean Marshall <methos@****.NET>
Subject: Bounty
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 20:53:46 -0500
*****PRIVATE:Jett
>>>>>[The price to discover your whereabouts just went up Jett. In fact
the price has doubled. They really want you bad. What did you do to piss
these people off. They want results soon.

Give me a place where you are not going to be a week from now, and I will
try and fake them out. Might even be able to get the fee if I am
convincing. But in order to pull this off I will need your exact body
dimensions. Distinguishing marks, and if you can swing it, a copy of your
dental records.

I assume you would not mind being, temporarily, dead? This heat is huge.
Get back to me soon, or talk to me at the meet tonight.]<<<<<
--Methos<20:52:43/07-15-59>
Message no. 6
From: Jett <zmjett@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: Bounty
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 23:10:04 -0400
*****PRIVATE:Jett
>>>>>[This is getting ugly, indeed. What did I do? I had a sudden attack of
morality and turned over some info on the chemical truck hijacking a while back. You know,
the one that was full of the stuff they used to make nerve gas? Right now, I have a list
of people who might want to be looking for me. I didn't realize that it was quite this bad
yet, though.

+++++Enclosed: Jett's Stats

Hair color: Black
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 265 (due to cyber)
Tattoo, purple triangle, point down over left eye
Ring in right eyebrow
((List of scars))

+++++Photo: Jett w/crossbow, in running gear (black leather)
+++++Enclosed: Copy of dental records

See what you can do with that. I'll be leaving town the 17th, after this
hit. And I think, more likely than not, I won't be coming back to my
apartment in Redmond. In fact, I'll probably be out of Seattle for a
bit, at least until the heat dies down. Stage my death in my apartment,
if you like. I'll set you up with the keys and info. Just try not to get
too much blood on the sofa.
Bah, that sounded bitchy. I'm sorry. I'm still out of action, and I'm
being hunted by god knows who for trying to do a good deed. I appreciate
your help a LOT. Any way I can repay you, just let me know.]<<<<<
-- Jett <20:52:43/07-15-59>
Message no. 7
From: Jeffrey Mach <mach@****.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Bounty
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 20:09:57 -0700
On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Jett wrote:

> *****PRIVATE:Jett

Uh...I think you meant to send this to Methos.

> >>>>>[This is getting ugly, indeed. What did I do? I had a sudden
attack
> of morality and turned over some info on the chemical truck hijacking a

<<snip>>

> bit, at least until the heat dies down. Stage my death in my apartment,
> if you like. I'll set you up with the keys and info. Just try not to get
> too much blood on the sofa.

Hmph. For someone who just had an attack of morality, she doesn't seem
too perturbed about the fact that most likely Methos will be making some
poor soul into a body-double for her and slaughtering them in her
apartment.

It's your character, of course....

> Bah, that sounded bitchy. I'm sorry. I'm still out of action, and I'm
> being hunted by god knows who for trying to do a good deed. I appreciate
> your help a LOT. Any way I can repay you, just let me know.]<<<<<
> -- Jett <20:52:43/07-15-59>

Watch your <t/d> stamp formatting here. Methos made the same mistake of
not indenting.

--My two yen

Jeff
Message no. 8
From: Sean Marshall <methos@****.NET>
Subject: Re: Bounty
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 22:15:40 -0500
*****PRIVATE:Jett
>>>>>>[Tell you what. It is your life that is about to change. If I
stage
your death, and collect the bounty for it, I will give it all to you minus
my expenses. This really sucks what they are doing to you.

More importantly though, your death doesn't have to be permanent. Maybe
with your "death" I can learn something more. Find out some info that you
can us to turn back at them. If you can neutralize the people that want
you dead, you could have your life, and your rep, back. It might take
months, but you can always move to another city or go to a really gifted
doctor and when the doc is through shuffling your face, and whatever else,
you can set up business here again with a new name, minus the rep you have
now.
--Methos<22:15:08/07-15-59>
Message no. 9
From: Sean Marshall <methos@****.NET>
Subject: Re: Bounty
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 22:23:40 -0500
I just got a notice from the list server saying that my posting had been
rejected because it appeared to be a duplicate of one already sent.

I only sent it once and it does show up I think. I got it anyway. did
anyone else?

Subject: Re: Bounty

*****PRIVATE:Jett
>>>>>>[Tell you what. It is your life that is about to change. If I
stage
your death, and collect the bounty for it, I will give it all to you minus
my expenses. This really sucks what they are doing to you.

>>snip<<

--Methos<22:15:08/07-15-59>
Message no. 10
From: Jett <zmjett@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: Bounty
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 23:47:34 -0400
*****PRIVATE: Methos
>>>>>>[This really sucks, but thank you for your assistance. I don't
want to lose my rep, but perhaps it's necessary. Also, there's the possibility of getting
my life as Jett back once I find out who wants me and why. But in the meantime...call me
Ironthorne.

+++++Image: A tall, slender young woman with a white crew cut and
glossy, solid-black cybereyes.
]<<<<<
-- Jett <22:28:11/07-15-59>
Message no. 11
From: Jett <zmjett@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: Bounty
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 16:49:14 -0400
*****PRIVATE:BlackFire
>>>>>[Uh, what the HELL is going on? I gave you info, and now I'm being
hunted, man. Not sayin' the leak definitely came from you, hell, I know these lines are
never 100% secure, but I'd like to know if and what you let slip, if anything, and to who.
I'm gonna ask nicely on the possibility that this was beyond your control, and because of
the fact that I need all the help I can get.]<<<<<
-- Jett <20:52:43/07-15-59>
Message no. 12
From: Wraith <wraith@************.COM>
Subject: Re: Bounty
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 19:39:52 -0500
*****PRIVATE: Jett
>>>>>[The leak didn't come from me I'm sure. I didn't even give your name
to the person who was paying me, I just gave them Static's name. If you
need help, just let me know. Any identity to your pursuers, or would you
like me to look?]<<<<<
-- Black Fire <01:37:21/07-17-59>


*****PRIVATE: Mitchell
>>>>>[You might have a leak. My source of information on Static is now
being hunted. Or are you doing the hunting? If so, you're way off
track.]<<<<<
-- Black Fire <01:40:10/07-17-59>
Message no. 13
From: Jett <zmjett@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: Bounty
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 20:56:42 -0400
*****PRIVATE: Black Fire
>>>>>[Right now, I have no idea who is after me. I apologize for my
earlier temper, but understand that I'm under quite a bit of stress, and
it's not doing much to help my disposition. Sure...find out what you
can. If you discover anything that might be of help, let me know ASAP.
Thanks...]<<<<<
-- Jett <20:45:21/07-16-59>
Message no. 14
From: Jett <zmjett@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: Bounty
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 00:15:39 -0400
PRIVATE: Methos
>>>>>[My car is at the Tacoma docks now. Go ahead with the plan and blow
the fragger up. I guess the official word will be a meet gone bad. I'm on my way out the
door for the hit, so I won't be here long. My bags are all packed, and in the morning, I'm
leaving Seattle for a while and laying low. You can still reach me, in my Ironthorne
persona, at >>LTG<<. I'll send you the record of the hit as soon as I'm
settled, and you can transfer my pay into Jett's account, which I'll be able to redirect
later.
By the way, Blackfire is checking on who might be hunting me down. He
claims that he didn't rat me out, and god help me I believe him.
Hopefully, we'll get to the bottom of this and I can have my life
back.]<<<<<
-- Jett <00:14:43/07-17-59>
Message no. 15
From: "Paul J. Adam" <Shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Bounty
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 10:17:48 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Black Fire
>>>>>[Just for once I'm sure it's not us leaking.

That's almost a first, things are falling apart so fast...

But I kept my info on this hit to myself. Not something a desk jockey in
DC could help much with. And no, I'm not hunting. I spoke to Static,
left it at that.

I don't want the runners, I want their employer, and most of all I want
to find that VX before it gets used.]<<<<<
-- Mitchell <10:16:43/07-18-59>
Message no. 16
From: Wraith <wraith@************.COM>
Subject: Re: Bounty
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 20:14:31 -0500
*****PRIVATE: Mitchell
>>>>>[Great. I'm sure it wasn't me, and you're sure it wasn't you.
Perhaps
this is something totally unrelated to what we're working on. It might be
something from the past, that finally caught up with my informant.]<<<<<
-- Mitchell <02:11:43/07-19-59>

*****PRIVATE: Ironthorne
>>>>>[The only other person who might have slipped up has assured me that
the leak wasn't from his side. Could there have been something in Jett's
past that could've caught up with her? Why did she come to Seattle in the
first place? Its entirely possible that the death of your sister was
totally unrelated to what we're working on.]<<<<<
-- Black Fire <02:14:56/07-19-59>
Message no. 17
From: Jett <zmjett@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: Bounty
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 22:32:59 -0400
*****PRIVATE: Black Fire
>>>>>[Ironthorne forwarded the message to me, seeing as she wasn't around
for the events that led to Jett's quitting the team and going to Seattle.
Jett was leading us on a run on a large corporation's research
facility, but something went bad. As far as we know, it turned out to be
a set-up. When we got to the compound, there were Black Dogs (heavily
armored and cybered guards: they're paramil and real pros) waiting for
us. They opened fire.
Jett risked her own butt to get into one of the armored vans, kill the
rigger, and pick us up. We managed the escape because of her: if she
hadn't thought quickly we all would have been slaughtered and not just
wounded. She saved all our lives. But one of our team, in battle, was
thrown off a ravine and nearly killed. We had to leave him behind until
we could regroup. He survived, but Jett blamed herself for that, and
after that run left the team.
Jett has had dealings with a LOT of groups in the past, including the
Yakuza. She seldom talked about any of it. I don't know if her past
finally caught up with her, or she made some powerful NEW enemies. I
don't know who killed her. I would just like to know WHY she had to
die.]<<<<<
-- Snookums <03:00:03/07-19-59>
Message no. 18
From: Wraith <wraith@************.COM>
Subject: Re: Bounty
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 17:08:57 -0500
*****PRIVATE: Snookums
>>>>>[Thank you for the information. I will check and see if perhaps any
Black Dogs took and interest in Seattle, as well as the yakuza. I do not
know how to ask this, so I will just say it. Is it possible that it was a
person from her old team? You say Jett blamed herself, is it possible that
the man left behind also blamed her?]<<<<<
-- Black Fire <23:08:45/07-20-59>
Message no. 19
From: Jett <zmjett@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: Bounty
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 21:23:31 -0400
*****PRIVATE: Black Fire, Ironthorne
>>>>>[Blockhead never blamed Jett for what happened. In fact, he thinks
she's a hero as much as the rest of us do. That was part of what was so upsetting about
Jett's decision to leave: all Jett ever seemed to see was her own faults. Some day, when
she got more sure of herself, she would have made a hell of a good leader. Hell, as far as
we're concerned, she already was.
In this biz, you come to understand sacrifice to save the majority, and
we respect that Jett made a very difficult decision, both in leaving
Block and in risking her life AGAIN once the rest of us were safe, to
retrieve him.
Jett didn't accept it, but Blockhead admitted that it was his own damn
fault, what had gone on: he wound up in the ravine because of his own
screw-ups. First, he overloaded his rifle and it blew up in his face.
Then, instead of running while he was unarmed and everything was going
to hell, he took a Black Dog on alone, hand-to-hand. Troll or not, the
Dog did a job on him, and wound up tossing Block down the side of the
cliff. Blockhead pulled through, though nearly every bone in his body,
literally, was broken. He's still in the hospital, as a matter of fact,
although a couple of weeks ago they removed the body cast.
I'll quote Block, from his hospital bed: "The girl did the right t'ing
leavin' my stoopid trog ass behind. I jus' wish she'd stop blamin'
herself for my frag-ups."
As for the Yaks, well, as far as I know, she was on good working terms
with them. That was less than a year ago, that she had her last dealings
with them. But she had enemies, whether she knew about them or not.
To answer your question, no, I don't think it was anyone she knew that
did her in. It wouldn't surprise me if her killers were someone she
never would have expected. ]<<<<<
-- Snookums <00:08:34/07-21-59>


*****PRIVATE: Ironthorne
>>>>>[I meant every word I said, Julie. So does Block. You never saw it in
yourself, but you're a hero. What happened with the Black Dogs wasn't your fault: you did
what you had to. Seeing you in action on that South Africa run only confirmed that you're
a leader. We're all pulling for you. Anytime you want back on the team, just say the
word.]<<<<<
-- Snookums <00:21:16/07-21-59>

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