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Message no. 1
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 20:14:19 +0100
>>>>>[Haven't heard a peep from anyone on here for two days. Is it just
me or has everyone gone real quiet?]<<<<<
-- The Mighty Quinn <20:14:21/06-23-57>
Message no. 2
From: Evan Hughes <ehughes@****.carleton.ca>
Subject: Re: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 96 16:51:57 EDT
>>>>>[It's always quiet during summer Quinn, you should know that.
Besides, Gabriel and I just got a new pair of roller-blades (PoleStar
kicks ass). We're trying to encorporate them into our next run.

(If anyone has any tips on how to soak recoil whilst wearing wheels on
your feet, feel free to drop us a line. We'll even send you a picture of
Killer. FREE!)]<<<<<
-- Jen and Gabe <16:54:32/06-23-57>
Message no. 3
From: ANGLISS BRIAN EDWARD <angliss@****.Colorado.EDU>
Subject: Re: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 15:37:48 -0600 (MDT)
>>>>>[Brace yourself against a wall. But the fact that you even consider
such things for a run only reinforces my opinion of your professionalism.

But please, don't let my comments stop you from attempting it. I'll be
quite glad to visit your tombstones. Assuming you actually have
them.]<<<<<
-- Skull <15:32:22/06-23-56>

>>>>>[Of course, you could use spring fired gyrojet rounds. You know, the
ones that Ares and the others use to do combat in space? Considering that
they don't even have a 2 meter range or do any damage and won't fire in a
gravity field, they'd be right up your alley.]<<<<<
-- AEPacker <15:36:59/06-23-56>
Message no. 4
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 00:14:34 +0100
>>>>>[Roller blades? Are those, like, DiKoted? I ran across this chica
in NYC, she pulled a hit on someone at an ice rink. I was just trying to
stay on my skates, she scoots up to some suit - real slick, real fast,
all eyes on her - and as she comes up to him she does a flying
roundhouse and one skate goes right across his throat. Boy, never seen
so much blood freeze so fast. He leaked *everywhere*. She got away
clean, too, too many civvies in the way and nobody on the ice was
packing. I mean, everyone's only wearing razorblades on their feet, who
needs a gun?

I don't think roller blades do the same thing. Pretty lacking in style,
too, they were so...February.

And recoil? Sheesh, gimme a break. I only use guns because I like the
noise :) I mean, aren't you two the greatest magicians on Earth when you
aren't being the greatest samurai on Earth and have time out from being
the greatest deckers on Earth? Why do such mighty mages ever need to
pull triggers? I thought whole nations' heads detonated when you two
snapped your fingers.

Losing it already, huh? So sad, too bad. You're worried about recoil,
try downloading those Light Fire automatics. I think Ares make the
"SoftShooter" ammunition for senior citizens and the terminally limp-
wristed, you could use some of that... if you aren't already, that is
<snigger> Okay, so when you shoot someone in the head with it, they say
"Stop that, it tickles!", but at least there's no recoil to speak
of.]<<<<<
-- The Mighty Quinn <00:15:20:06-24-57>
Message no. 5
From: jaimie.nicholson@********.otago.ac.nz (Jaimie Nicholson)
Subject: Re: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 11:42:50 +1200 (NZST)
>>>>>[You could roll towards your target, fire, and then use the forwards
velocity to counter the recoil's backwards force. Of course, you have to
lean forward, or your top goes backwards wjhile your feet go forwards, and
you smash your head open. You could squat down I suppose. Or just use
Squirts and ELD-AR's, which have no kick. Sure, that's what Ronin does.

Who or what is Killer, by the way.]<<<<<
-- Ronin <17:41:43/06:23:57>
Message no. 6
From: jaimie.nicholson@********.otago.ac.nz (Jaimie Nicholson)
Subject: Re: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 11:45:55 +1200 (NZST)
*****Private: The Mighty Quinn
>>>>>[I'm still here. Have you seen my Rat? I hate it when it wanders off
like
that without telling me. Now I know how my parents must have felt.]<<<<<
-- Squatter <17:44:59/06-23-57>
Message no. 7
From: winter@******.med.harvard.edu
Subject: Re: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 21:25:12 -0400
>>>>>[Ronin, Killer is a cat, the world's most
spoiled.]<<<<<
-- Ash <21:25:23/06:23:57>
Message no. 8
From: Evan Hughes <ehughes@****.carleton.ca>
Subject: Re: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 96 0:29:35 EDT
>>>>>[Thanks AEPacker, but we've seen the quality of your work. Regardless
of how highly you rate your little toys, we'll stick with real weapons.
We're sure there are pamphlets designed specifically for mercenaries that
explain exactly what makes a good gun -- I'm sure the pictures are quite
informative. ('This is a TT Ghost before Jen and Gabe', 'This is a TT
Ghost after Jen and Gabe', 'Don't go into combat unprepared')]<<<<<
-- Jen and Gabe <00:28:43/24:06:57>


*****PRIVATE TO: Jen and Gabe
>>>>>[Don't mention them. You've been warned before. You're already
skating on thin ice...]<<<<<
-- ^%sf&{df2.V_= <CORRUPT/CORRUPT>
Message no. 9
From: ANGLISS BRIAN EDWARD <angliss@****.Colorado.EDU>
Subject: Re: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 23:13:52 -0600 (MDT)
*****PRIVATE: Skull
>>>>>[Sir, see comments, TT Ghost? Reck verify TT, TP. Run data into
comp, shrink corp list. 5 now, may drop.]<<<<<
-- AEPacker <23:06:50/06-23-57>

*****PRIVATE: AEPacker
>>>>>[Aff on Ghost. Will reck. Run data, return ASAP]<<<<<
-- Skull <23:10:59/06-23-57>

*****PRIVATE: Skull
>>>>>[click click]<<<<<
-- AEPacker <23:12:06/06-23-57>
Message no. 10
From: ANGLISS BRIAN EDWARD <angliss@****.Colorado.EDU>
Subject: Re: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 23:26:07 -0600 (MDT)
>>>>>[ +++++ Include Image: This_Is_A_TT_Ghost_Before-J&G

You see an image of Jen and Gabe firing at an elven man, bullets flying
all over the place.

+++++ Include Image: This_Is_A_TT_Ghost_After-J&G

You see the same elven man still standing, but Jen and Gabe are exploding
from the effects of a hellblast.

+++++ Include Image: Don't_Go_Into_Combat_Unprepared

You see the same elven man standing there, a huge grin on his face,
gloating over what's left of two bodies, still smouldering, blowing smoke
from his fingertips like a gunfighter from his pistol.]<<<<<
-- AEPacker <23:19:31/06-23-57>

>>>>>[ +++++ Include Insane_Laughter, v. 4.a6

Heh. Heh. Ha. Ho. He. He. He. Hee. Hah. Heah. Ha. Heh. Ho.
Snort. Hehe. Heha. Hahaha. Hohoho. Hehoha....***** 258 Mp deleted by
SysOp ***** ]<<<<<
-- Mercury <23:23:03/06-23-57>
Message no. 11
From: ANGLISS BRIAN EDWARD <angliss@****.Colorado.EDU>
Subject: Re: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 23:32:30 -0600 (MDT)
>>>>>[Real weapons? I'm curious how you define "real." I define
it as
"Whatever works most efficiently to achieve a specific goal with the
minimum of exposure, risk, collateral damage, and cost, both in personnel
and equipment." And your definition is?]<<<<<
-- Short Stuff <11:27:25/06-23-57>

>>>>>[Probably something along the lines of "Whatever looks the
wizzest
and produces the most flashy side-effects but still doesn't get us killed
while we make total fraggin fools of ourselves while only barely
succeeding in our mission."]<<<<<
-- Fat Chance <23:29:54/06-23-57>
Message no. 12
From: Evan Hughes <ehughes@****.carleton.ca>
Subject: Re: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 96 8:10:23 EDT
>>>>>[AEPacker, have you ever seen the inside of a~%Fy==?%
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+++++CONNECTION SEVERED:
+++++MESSAGE CANCELED


*****PRIVATE TO: Jen and Gabe
>>>>>[Ignore that topic. For your own good.]<<<<<
-- $dghuI^&fgn <CORRUPT/CORRUPT>
Message no. 13
From: Evan Hughes <ehughes@****.carleton.ca>
Subject: Re: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 96 8:13:46 EDT
>>>>>[Originally being from the Great White North, I can safely say it
DOESN'T take dikoted skates to sever a man's head. I've seen fingers
removed quite cleanly by poorly sharpened hockey skates... (And it was by
accident too) One hell of a sport, but if you don't know what you're
doing, you can get yourself hurt.]<<<<<
-- Tobias Dark <08:14:53/24:06:57>
Message no. 14
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 11:36:36 +0100
>>>>>[What's up, J&G? Getting a little worried by the realisation that
while we mercs are walking the walk, you two are just talking the talk?
<g> And if there's anything wrong with the work Skull's team do, I think
his employers would know better than them.

Good gun? Real weapon? Sheesh. A weapon's no better than the person
using it. Depend on fancy toys all you like. When you don't have them,
you're in trouble. Me? I can kill, maim or disable with - or without -
anything that comes to hand. That's what being good means.]<<<<<
-- Lynch <11:35:43/06-24-57>
Message no. 15
From: bschlitt@**********.net (Dr. Robert Kyle)
Subject: Re: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 17:36:57 -0500
>>>>>[Yes, it is real quite. However, this probably means most of us are
either doing real well and are on good missions, laying low from them, or
laying low from skrewing up.]<<<<<
-- Shade <22:26:05/ 6-23-57>
Message no. 16
From: NIGHTFOX <djwa@******.UCC.NAU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 08:39:53 -0700 (MST)
>>>>>[ A variation on the being on missions at the moment is that some
people may be some long summer work like programing or weapons testing.

As to guns, I would have to agree with using the gun that fits the job.
And some jobs become much harder when you are carrying a gun. Lets face
it, a short black mini that reveals all is not the best for carrying
weapons, but it does tend to make people notice you in a certain light and
overlook or aspects.

I still say the best weapon to hold is your head, keep cool and THINK, I
have seen a lot of runners with the newest tech toys do some pretty stupid
things (like running accross a mine field, they thought they were fast
enough to outrun the explosions).]<<<<<
-- Spirit <Of the Matrix>
Message no. 17
From: Rick Jones <rick@******.COM>
Subject: Re: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 13:16:48 -0500 (CDT)
>>>>>[Well, let's talk politics then. I held my nose and voted Technocrat
last year - but then, it seems I would have voted Techno even I hadn't.
The 'rents are probably going to vote for either Yeats or Vogel. Heck,
the whole family likes the idea of a halfer like us sawing the legs off
the table in the Oval Office, but I dunno. Aside from the gee-whiz
factor of having a dragon for President (that'll teach Congress to try to
tax a hoard), a lot of what he's saying makes sense. Maybe it's the
little kid in me, but I think it's a nifty idea. Thoughts?]<<<<<
--Spider <13:00:01/06-24-96>
Message no. 18
From: Brad Grantham <bradg@*********.com>
Subject: RE: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 12:39:00 -0700
>>>>>[Uh...what did that mean? ]<<<<< -- Phred
<11:40:23/06-24-57>
Message no. 19
From: Brad Grantham <bradg@*********.com>
Subject: RE: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 12:45:00 -0700
>>>>>[Umm,,, I mean this stuff.
+++++ Include Insane_Laughter, v. 4.a6

Heh. Heh. Ha. Ho. He. He. He. Hee. Hah. Heah. Ha. Heh. Ho.
Snort. Hehe. Heha. Hahaha. Hohoho. Hehoha. ]<<<<< -- Phred
<11:45:23/06-24-57>


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From: shadowtk[SMTP:shadowtk@********.itribe.net]
Sent: Sunday, June 23, 1996 10:40 PM
To: shadowtk
Subject: Re: Boy, it's quiet!


>>>>>[ +++++ Include Image: This_Is_A_TT_Ghost_Before-J&G

You see an image of Jen and Gabe firing at an elven man, bullets flying
all over the place.

+++++ Include Image: This_Is_A_TT_Ghost_After-J&G

You see the same elven man still standing, but Jen and Gabe are exploding
from the effects of a hellblast.

+++++ Include Image: Don't_Go_Into_Combat_Unprepared

You see the same elven man standing there, a huge grin on his face,
gloating over what's left of two bodies, still smouldering, blowing smoke
from his fingertips like a gunfighter from his pistol.]<<<<<
-- AEPacker <23:19:31/06-23-57>

>>>>>[ +++++ Include Insane_Laughter, v. 4.a6

Heh. Heh. Ha. Ho. He. He. He. Hee. Hah. Heah. Ha. Heh. Ho.
Snort. Hehe. Heha. Hahaha. Hohoho. Hehoha....***** 258 Mp deleted by
SysOp ***** ]<<<<<
-- Mercury <23:23:03/06-23-57>
Message no. 20
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 20:18:09 +0100
*****NOT TO: Jen and Gabe
>>>>>[Tobai, hush! You'll give them ideas! :) Not to mention you're
giving ME some ideas. Let's see, where's my copy of Ripley's Believe-It-
Or-Not...

Agree on the hockey, but you think a crowd like this worry about
occasional severed fingers while they get their fun? Me, I lose a
finger, I just pick it up and stick it back in place with Band-Aids.
Sometimes works... okay, that and enough magic.]<<<<<
-- The Mighty Quinn <20:08:27/06-24-57>

>>>>>[Well, speaking of killer skates, I saw these roller blades that
had some interesting quirks. Powered wheels with snap-out Sandvik
carbide inserts. Severe ouch factor. Only about a minute's spin time per
foot (no point trying to use them to scoot about under power) but they
give you what one eyewitness called a 'chainsaw kick' that'll chew
through damn near anything if you keep the pressure on and the batteries
last. Gimmicky, but I guess some sucker - I mean, someone with an
overdeveloped sense of style - might want a set. If I knew where one of
the prototype pairs was, that is. Which I probably don't.]<<<<<
-- The Mighty Quinn <20:14:42/06-24-57>
Message no. 21
From: bschlitt@**********.net (Dr. Robert Kyle)
Subject: Re: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 11:10:44 -0500
>>>>>[Actually, I do have a suggestion. If you have spirits watching your
back, you wont have any nasty accidents, not to mention a useful
ally.]<<<<<
-- Shade <23:33:52/06-24-57>
Message no. 22
From: justinf@****.caltech.edu (Justin Fang)
Subject: Re: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 08:45:27 -0700 (PDT)
>>>>>[While the topic is silly skates, I once designed a rigged,
rocket-powered pair of rollerblades. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't work, but
it was a fun exercise. 'Course, I make my living off of gimmicks, gewgaws,
thingamajigs, whatamacallits, whoozits, whatsthats, and sundrey other
devices.]<<<<<
-- Sam-I-Am <01:35:29/06-25-57>
Message no. 23
From: jaimie.nicholson@********.otago.ac.nz (Jaimie Nicholson)
Subject: Re: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 11:35:28 +1200 (NZST)
>>>>>[Politics indeed. I say vote for the Dragon. Lofters for
prez!]<<<<<
-- Squatter <17:35:18/06-25-96>
Message no. 24
From: NIGHTFOX <djwa@******.UCC.NAU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 08:51:41 -0700 (MST)
>>>>>[ What do ya mean by "Lofters for president"
squatter?]<<<<<
-- Circuit Breaker <South'rn Belle>
Message no. 25
From: jaimie.nicholson@********.otago.ac.nz (Jaimie Nicholson)
Subject: Re: Boy, it's quiet!
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 14:15:32 +1200 (NZST)
>>>>>[ My dear circuit breaker, I would have though that the phrase
"Lofters for
president" was self explanatory. It was in fact feeble attempt at humour
based on someones comment that a dragon was running for president. Since I
don't even know who the candidates are, accuracy was a bit too much to
expect.]<<<<<
-- Squatter <20:15:07/06:26:57>

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