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Message no. 1
From: "Brian E. Angliss" <ANGLISS@******.BITNET>
Subject: Diary entry...........
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 16:13:52 -0400
>>>>>[This......is.....quite....a...shock.........

+++++Include Download, Collussus Security Log+++++

***** Private To: Maxim Arms Security VP Diary
>>>>>[ Sometimes I really hate this job. All the attacks by the
megacorps and now this. Getting Solitaire's body away from
Interpol was incredibly tough. And we still have no idea who
did it. The hit just wasn't Dante's style. And this couldn't
have had worse timing. People are actually getting into our
datafort 9pfnyuq3489p What the hell!

+++++ Activate sensory upload

+++++ Ahead of you is a wide city street. The time is twilight,
+++++ but the street is empty. Rubble is strewn about, signs of
+++++ an all too recent explosion. The camera view is tilted down
+++++ to the left. The view swings left past a string of buildings
+++++ to look in the opposite direction. The street is empty.

+++++ Diagnosic Report: Left Leg damaged, 72% Efficiency

+++++ The view shakes and then turns back right. Across the
+++++ street in a doorway stands a woman in a long coat. She
+++++ holds a Ingram Smartgun from which streams a hail of
+++++ bullets. A dot appears on her and an left arm moves into
+++++ view. Bullets fire from a small port on the arm as the
+++++ view lifts and evens out. The woman dives behind the wall
+++++ but she catches several rounds in her torso.

+++++ A quick look down reviels that your chest armor is torn to
+++++ shreds. Visible beneath it is a matt-black metal chest.

Frag! Three layers of armor. She must be packing HEAP
rounds.

"Twang!"

+++++ Your view twist going upside down and coming out looking
+++++ the street. Two Ares Predator 2's spring out. A figure
+++++ is falling from a building on the right side of the street.
+++++ As he falls he pulls back an arrow in a bow. Two dots
+++++ appear on him and the Predators begin to track in.

"Boom!"

+++++ An arrow hits the ground in front of you and explodes.
+++++ You rock as exploded pavement buffets you and dust
+++++ disrupts your view. You swing the weapons down towards
+++++ where the figure should hit the ground, but then you are
+++++ thrown to the ground as your left leg is thrown from
+++++ under you by yet another explosion.

+++++ Diagnosic Report: Left Leg damaged, 44% Efficiency

+++++ Your view goes over and over as your body rolls and
+++++ finally comes to stop right next to a wall. You spot
+++++ the figure, an elf in a body suit sprinting across the
+++++ the street. You fire several rounds from each Predator
+++++ tracking in on the quickly moving elf, finally hit him
+++++ with the last rounds fired before he disappears into a
+++++ doorway on your side of the street.

Drek! He's almost a fast as me.

+++++ You look take a quick look down at your left leg to see
+++++ what appears to be a clean hole in your leg armor made
+++++ jagged by an explosion. Your view widens as it comes back
+++++ revealing an almost 180% view of the street. Before
+++++ your able to take note of anything, three elementals
+++++ manifest in a semicircle just outside of melee range.

"Fhoosh!"

+++++ Directly in front of you is an earth elemental while
+++++ fire elementals flank it. You fire your Predators at
+++++ the earth elemental and bullets bury themselves into it's
+++++ huge mass. The fire elementals fire twin blast of flame
+++++ at you, but you spring, flying over the top of the earth
+++++ elemental, and are missed.

Arrrgghh!

There's a mage somewhere. Fraggin spell nearly hurt me, too.

+++++ Your jolted and then hit the ground clusmily. You quickily
+++++ recover your balance and begin to sprint across the street
+++++ to the door where the female had appeared. You jerk to
+++++ the left and go into a forward roll.

+++++ Diagnosic Report: Left Leg damaged, 37% Efficiency

Frag! A sniper!

+++++ Ballistics Trace Analysis: Impact and Calibre consistant with
+++++ Barrett Sniper Rifle

Great. Just fraggin wonderful

+++++ You come back onto your feet and continue to run when you
+++++ are engulfed in flames. You drop the Predator's and pull
+++++ off your jacket and shirt. Dozen's of small explosions
+++++ go off behind you. Your spurs pop our and slash around
+++++ you. Seconds later the fires disappear, but you are slammed
+++++ sidesways. You come out of a roll to find the earth
+++++ elemental infront of you. You lunge towards it, leading
+++++ with a downward slash of your spurs and following up
+++++ with a hard punch from your left arm. The elemental falls
+++++ back, and you continue to wade in. Seconds later the
+++++ elemental crumbles and then dissapates.

+++++ You spin around looking for the third elemental, but its
+++++ nowhere to be seen. You begin to backup quickly and your
+++++ left hand come up holding a Remington Super Warhawk, which
+++++ is quickily shifted to your right hand. Across the way the
+++++ elf burst out of a doorway. He carries a staff which he
+++++ points at you even as your two hands move up towards him.
+++++ A stobe light blast out from the end of the staff and
+++++ your flare comps work overtime to negate the effect.
+++++ You begin to fire the first of the round stiking the elf,
+++++ but then your Warhawk disintergrates and your left arm
+++++ is pushed offline by a powerful bullet.

+++++ The elf continues to advance, faster than your damaged
+++++ left leg can carry you. However, before he reaches you
+++++ he dives to your left. The staff swings around and impacts
+++++ behind your left knee.

"Sssszzzzzzz."

+++++ Diagnosic Report: Left Leg Critical, 02% Efficiency

+++++ You fall backwards, but let the momentum carry you into
+++++ roll. You spin around in the air and come down on your
+++++ right leg. The elf is backtracking and now has out a
+++++ very large pistol. He fires of rounds, pounding them
+++++ into your left leg. You fire back, the SMG in your left
+++++ arm slamming into his torso. He goes down falling into
+++++ a doorway, as your SMG begins to click loudly.

+++++ Diagnosic Report: Left Leg Inoperative
+++++ Emergency Measure: Left Knee Locked--Safety Locks Disabled

+++++ You begin to back away towards the door where the elf
+++++ came out of.

"Fhoosh!"

+++++ You spin around to see the second fire elemental manifesting
+++++ It shurges toward you, attempting to engulf you.

+++++ Security Override: Right Arm Strength to Maximum Tolerance

+++++ Your hand lunges forward forward the spur pentrating deep
+++++ into the spirit. It disappates almost immediately. Then
+++++ out of the corner of your left eye you see a fireball.

+++++ Security Override: Right Leg Jack to Maximum Tolerance

+++++ You leap, your view moving from ground level at an incredible
+++++ rate. You turn to get a better view of the fireball to
+++++ see it turn ever so slightly as it nears you.

Oh Frag! A missi.....190-8hdf vn q9pn8

jop[9 <link terminated> ]<<<<<
-- Collussus <>

+++++ End Download--Log+++++

Bloody hell!]<<<<<
-- Moriarity(16:15:27/09-20-55)
Message no. 2
From: "Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: Diary entry...........
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 22:59:47 -0700
***** Private To: Deathstroke, Wintergreen, Addie
>>>>>[ Frag it you three. How could you dust Collussus like that. He was
one of the good guys. ]<<<<<
-- Cerise <23:07:07/09-20-55>

***** Private To: Cerise
>>>>>[ Get real, Cerise. He was a former Souix Wildcat, a cyborg, former
shadowrunner and head of security for fragging Maxim Arms. He was a corper
in the employ of what could quite possible be the next AAA megacorp. Tell
me anybody with that resume is one of the good guys? You don't know drek
about the Orginazation he was part of, so keep you mouth shut. ]<<<<<
-- Deathstroke <the Terminator>

***** Private To: Cerise
>>>>>[ Cerise, you know better than to question Deathstroke on his choice
of missions. This one fit within the parameters, so he took it. ]<<<<<
-- Wintergreen <23:12:54/09-20-55>
Message no. 3
From: Nightfox <DJWA@******.UCC.NAU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Diary entry...........
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 19:42:33 -0700
>>>>>[ First Solitare and now Collussus, things are not going very well.
The next question of course is just how connected was the Maxim Arms VP killing
to the deaths of Solitare and Collussus. Also, who is Ms Villa, she was he
first VIP to get to the sight, and was named to the VP when the dust settled.
Things are starting to get very interesting.]<<<<<
-- Spirit <Of the Matrix>
Message no. 4
From: Sebastian Hamann <5hamann@**********.UNI-HAMBURG.DE>
Subject: diary_entry
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 21:30:11 +0200
***** Internal: diary_entry 06/04/59
>>>>>[Oh, it was wonderful, it was fantastic. I really like this Tai Chi
Chuan. And I like Kyle. He's so cheerful, perhaps not in his voice or his
movements, but his eyes. Well, at least I think it's in his eyes. I wonder
what he thinks about me, did he notice the looks, I throw at him?? I hope
not, I don't know if I would be ready to tell him, what must be told...

Perhaps I should ask him for a private lesson. There could come a
situation, which makes it easy, for both of us.]<<<<<
-- Cassiopeia <21:29:27/04-06-59>

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