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From:	Mike Goldberg <M_GOLDBERG@******.COLORADO.EDU>
Subject:	FRAG!!!
Date:	Mon, 16 Aug 1993 15:38:58 -0600

Message no. 1 >>>>>[I can't even go on vacation without everybody shooting at me. . .
*SIGH*
WHY? *grumble* Well anyway, I get to my hotel room, to find it throughly
searched and shoot up. And I didn't even offend anyone yet. CAn't a troll
get some peace and quiet. So much for rest and relaxation. . . Anyone know,
a fixer in the Hawaii islands?]<<<<<
-- Doomsday <15:33:18:54/8-16-54>

>>>>>[Nope, but Doomsday, you sure like to attract trouble don't you.

Nightstalker, I have an official account, but there would be no reason for it
to receive money from a detective agency. . . I might be able to open a temp
one soon, but I'm not sure. . . ]<<<<<
-- Blitzkrieg <17:35:40EDT/8-16-54>

>>>>>[Shut your trap Blitzkrieg.]<<<<<
-- Doomsday <15:36:40/8-16-54>

>>>>>[Sheeesh, some trolls. . . ]<<<<<
-- Blitzkrieg <17:37:20EDT/8-16-54>

From:	ANGLISS@***.PSU.EDU
Subject:	FRAG!!!!!
Date:	Sat, 19 Feb 1994 12:00:59 -0500

Message no. 2 >>>>>[Thanks for the info, Shadowfox*****Warning, Trace initiaited, 30
seconds
to location*****. I knew something was wrong.... I gotta go and bring him
back....]<<<<<
-- Foxey Roxey(12:02:46/02-19-55)

From:	ANGLISS@***.PSU.EDU
Subject:	FRAG!!!!!
Date:	Tue, 22 Feb 1994 21:06:00 -0500

Message no. 3 >>>>>[So we were right. Hammer IS still alive. And all those people...
It
appears that Nightmare is good at disguise as well. Solitaire*****Warning,
Trace ingaged, 22 seconds to location************Trace destroyed*****
What? I didn't do that...

*****system notice, Solitary Virus activated, sensory data uploaded, AJ*****

Whoah. Nice system. You recognize a Shadowland hub, located in Germany
somewhere you suspect, with Solitaire and another persona in the node, as well
as the rapidly fading vestiges of a BIS trace program.

Solitaire looks a LOT different. The basic persona is still the same, but the
processing power you suspect is at her control with the Hyperdeck appears to
have Mp to spare on just the graphics. Where she looked like a child before,
all ratty and tired, dressed in the outfit of a Gypsy and carrying Tarot cards,
now you can almost smell the sweat on her, see the individual pores and eyelashes.
Impressive.

*****Discorporation, Solitaire sensory data******

AJ looks like, well, AJ. No real changes besides the fact he's really slow.
By the awkwardness of his movements, you know he isn't running a very good deck
and would guess, correctly, that he has never been a decker, and very likely
never will be. But where he stands, and where his Persona is is a suit of
high tech armor filled with a mist. No really big surprise, given what you
know of AJ, but you do recognize that not only is his Icon the same designer
as Solitaire's(she did sign them both), but that the armor suit looks exactly
like the suit he suited up in at the now destroyed Denver not-so-safehouse.

*****Discorporation, AJ Sensory data*****

"Hey, boss, how's it going? See you were having a small problem there...

Yeah, but I see you've taken care of it. Much appreciated. So, what's going
on in the look-see?

Weel, you did call, and M. is getting a little annoyed that you haven't turned
up anything. Diana is doing ok, she'll pull through. Roxey's been off in
never-never land for a while, and I've been dumping fraggin deckers out of
the Matrix around here every node I pass through. Berlin says that you are
still making life difficult for them, but that you haven't requested any of
your standard goodies. Nor have any of your partners in crime, as it were.
Why?

Not sure, really. Solitaire, I do want something though. I want anything you
can get me along the lines of Blood replacement. It'll give me an edge that I
may need here very shortly.

Boss, you know that's not a good idea. You remember what happens to you when
you take the artificial route. Besides, right now you hardly have a need for
the extra energy.

Not the point, Solitaire. Get it. And get me some replacement spurs too. And
finally a full spectrum toxin treatment. I may need it too.

Sure*****WARNING: Persona entering node*****

Oops. You see another persona entering the node, but this one is not a friendlyface.
Definately a BIS decker. Fast, dangerous, and scanning the entier node
for the others. AJ's suit seems to melt away perfectly, better than any
Ruthenium in the physical world, and he goes unseen. Unfortunately for the BIS
decker, he spots Solitaire(who isn't likely to hide even if she really should).

******Discorporation, Solitaire Sensory data******

You stepped in it this time, chummer.

*****Upload DEATH, time: 23ms*****
*****Warning, illegal attempt, Foreign code blocked by Armor, Armor degraded***

Sucessfully blocking out the actual system messages, you realize that Solitaire
now has another new hole in her skirt. A very small hole. She reaches down,
passes a finger through the fabric, and looks up as he begins to attack again.
This time she just steps aside as the cannon's bolt misses her totally(but
amost strikes the place where AJ's persona was last seen). You see her pull
out a beautiful rectangular package. A red ceder box, with golden hinges and
a platinum clasp and an onyx an ivory inlaid design on the lid. She patiently
opens it, exposing a much smaller inside lined with black silk. And she
very quietly removes her cards, replacing the box in her pocket. Time seems to
have stood still, and you can see her begin to shuffle while the BIS guy seems
caught in mud.

She couldn't possibly be that much faster than he is. You don't know for sure,
but he's probably running at least a Cyber-7 equivalant. But still you see her,taking her
time, almost slowly shuffling her cards, and turning the top one
over. Through her eyes, you see a Major Arcana: Death. It is beautiful, in
all it's horror. A specially designed deck of cards, based on the works of
Geiger and terrible in the extreme, sits before you, and you realize he is
backing away, a vision of fear on his face, as you realize Solitaire has a
somewhat crazed smile on her face as she shakes her head, almost apologizing
for the card she drew. He turns to run, and disappears out of the node at full
speed. Yet Solitaire seems to be walking, almost crawling, yet she is gaining
on him easily. He gets outside the Shadowland hub and runs forward into the
general Matrix.

Until a black arrow manifests in his throat. Black as a cave at night, with
two black fletchings and a single red one, so red that it almost seems to be
dripping in fresh blood, much like the head of the arrow is now. He grasps at
the shaft, amazed that he missed AJ's presence completely, but before his
deck dumps his persona from the Matrix, he literally falls into a simsense
uplink. As his meat brain gets fed a fatal dose of overload from the uplink,
you hear a scream; one that you doubt you'll ever forget.

"Fraggin Drek, Boss! I almost had the guy!"

You were playing and he was about a second from jacking out and getting the
big boys with the real programs down here to find us. Just kill him next time.
That's the main reason you're running the Hyper, not so you can play around.

Awwwwwww.... But did you catch that scream? NICE! I'll have to incorporate
it into one of my new utilities... It'd do wonders for the Tower, dont you
think?

Just get the stuff. And I'll see what's going on with the others.

AJ's still barely visible(even to Solitaire's eyes) form fades away completely
and*****Discorporation, Sensory feeds ended*****

So, does anyone need anything from Berlin? Like weaponry maybe?]<<<<<
-- Action Jackson(21:07:50/02-22-55)

From:	Menno Broos <cspas166@***.EUR.NL>
Subject:	Frag!!
Date:	Wed, 18 May 1994 10:57:49 +0200

Message no. 4 >>>>>[(As usual) I was too late, and Jac was nowhere to be found.
After searching thw whole area, I became rather frustrated and went
home.]<<<<<
-- Aardvark (11:13:13/18-5-55)

From:	"Brian E. Angliss" <ANGLISS@******.BITNET>
Subject:	Frag...
Date:	Mon, 5 Sep 1994 00:19:13 -0400

Message no. 5 *****Private: Foxey Roxey
>>>>>[These are your first instructions, but you will get more. An
associate
of mine just offered up a job. You will accept her offer and become one of
the magical runners on her team. And it would be unwise to mention this, of
course.]<<<<<
-- Dante(Abandon:All:Hope/Ye-Who-Enter-Here)

*****PRIVATE: Moriarity/Nightstalker
>>>>>[I got a minor fix on Dante. His persona, at least, is back in
Seattle, although I can't be sure where he is physically yet. My traces
keep getting chomped by some virus he's cooked up, and it'll take me some
time to counter it.]<<<<<
-- Solitaire(00:18:06/09-05-55)

>>>>>[Frag. Whoever it was that ran off with my Double-D's deck will catch
drek when I find his deck or meat. Have you ever seen what a Black Datajack
looper will do to a man?]<<<<<
-- Dante(Abandon:All:Hope/Ye-Who-Enter-Here)

From:	"Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Frag...
Date:	Mon, 5 Sep 1994 00:38:38 -0700

Message no. 6 ***** Private to: Solitaire
>>>>>[ I can confirm that Dante is in Seattle, or at least was until he
discovered that D-Cubed's deck had been snatched. I really wish that I could
have returned it before they knew it was gone, but their security level is
just too high. ]<<<<<
-- Nightstalker <00:49:32/09-05-55>

***** Private to: Solitaire, Circuit Breaker, Spirit
>>>>>[ Ladies, I have been able to deduce many things about Dante's deck
from
D-Cubed's deck. How about we get together and make a plan to get Dante a
small plot of land. In a cemetery of course. ]<<<<<
-- Nightstalker <00{51:42/09-05-55>

From:	"Brian E. Angliss" <ANGLISS@******.BITNET>
Subject:	Re: Frag...
Date:	Mon, 5 Sep 1994 12:23:36 -0400

Message no. 7 *****PRIVATE: Nightstalker
>>>>>[Of course. Unfortunately, I will have to attend virtually. My boss
doesn't want me out of town physically while the drek is hitting the fan
here at Central. Hope that's not a problem. I can guarantee that no-one
will overhear my end, if that's a problem.]<<<<<
-- Solitaire(12:25:31/09-05-55)

From:	"Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Frag...
Date:	Mon, 5 Sep 1994 22:40:05 -0700

Message no. 8 ***** Private to: Solitaire
>>>>>[ That will be fine Solitaire. I will inform you when the rest of us
have gathered. ]<<<<<
-- Nightstalker <22:53:06/09-05-55>

From:	"Brian E. Angliss" <ANGLISS@******.BITNET>
Subject:	FRAG!!!!!!
Date:	Thu, 8 Sep 1994 19:44:30 -0400

Message no. 9 >>>>>[You fragger, Dante! How fraggin DARE you use my Icon as your
drek-eating
MEDIC Program!!!!!!!!? As if I would actually KISS you! Drek, just the thought
of that is making me want to PUKE!!!!!!]<<<<<
-- Solitaire(19:41:18/09-08-55)

*****PRIVATE: Nightstalker, Spirit, Circuit Breaker, IBA
>>>>>[That fragger.....drek-eatin medic......fraggin kiss, no less......in
his
fraggin, hoop-humpin WET dreams.....OOPS...sorry about my mumbling.

Something about his re-routing of his signature traces seems familiar. I can't
figure out what the frag the familiarity is, but it's definately there. I'll
get back to you when I have more figured out.]<<<<<
-- Solitaire(19:43:23/09-08-55)

From:	"Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU>
Subject:	Frag!!!!!
Date:	Sat, 24 Sep 1994 03:49:22 -0700

Message no. 10 >>>>>[ Frag! Frag! Frag! Frag! Frag!!!!!! Everybody is getting geeked
around here. What is this? Open season on shadowrunners. Oh, we are going
to miss you Powerhouse. ]<<<<<
-- Nightstalker <04:02:29/09-24-55>

From:	Brian Rogers <rogers@****.UIUC.EDU>
Subject:	Frag!
Date:	Thu, 10 Nov 1994 00:43:51 -0600

Message no. 11 ***** PRIVATE: Trixie
>>>>>[Trixie, what the frag is going on? I wake up to find that YOU put
a stop on my incoming mail and that you have been tinkering with
my deck. You know I dont have a clue how to fix whatever it was you
did to it. Luckly one of my doctors brought someone with him who know a
bit about interfaces and got it fixed. What gives? And where is my helmet?
And what were you doing here? I didnt send for you nor did I want you involved
in anything like this.

If you have it, I dont think you know what you have on your hands. If you
value you life and your job, do NOT down load that data OR run it through the
simulator. That is information for my eyes only. Put it away in a safe place
and say WELL away from it. Its not safe in a magical way.

I do not really appreciate your fiddling with my deck. Its taken me this
long to find my mail and Winston guesses that it will take him another
2 or three hours to find the mail you deleted.

Im going to let this one slide because I feel it in my heart that YOU felt
you were doing this for my own good.

Did YOU call my father? I can take care of myself you know! ]<<<<<

-- Kor <06:26:00 / 11-10-55>

***** PRIVATE: Kor
>>>>>[ I did it for you, boss. You were really fragged up when that Dances
with Bears woman got you. I THOUGHT that you would have appreciated seeing a
kind face when you woke up, I guess I was wrong. Frag me!

As for your father, I didnt call him. I asked Waltzes with Bear about it
and she said she didnt do it either. I dont know who did.

I 'fiddled' with your deck to speed it up a bit so you werent hobbled as much
when you jack in and I hoped that I fragged it up enough so you wouldnt go
jacking in before you were well enough. AND I didnt delete no mail of yours.
I only read it, saved it, and responded to the important stuff because you
were still sleeping. Someone asked me if what you wanted them to do with
your payment and I had them move it to an account down in the CL for you.

I told the people in your little encrypted file (I uploaded a new encryption
routine for you, yours was months old) that you got out safe.

Some guy named the Whistler was looking for you to help him on a job but
I told him that you were too sick to work just yet. Thats it, I swear
it]<<<<<

-- Trixie <07:05:00 / 11-10-55>

From:	Mark Imbriaco <mark@******.NET>
Subject:	Frag.
Date:	Thu, 12 Oct 1995 14:42:06 -0400

Message no. 12 ***** PRIVATE: Kor
>>>>>[ Someone beat us out on a bit of the security gear. Here's the
message
I just got from Spark.

+++++ Include: Spark.msg

Sorry. I tried.

Incidentally, the rest of my team has agreed to stay put for the time being.
Imp and I will be ready to go when the transport arrives, and we should be
back in Seattle at >>encrypted<<. Let's get that fragger.
]<<<<<
-- Griffyn <15:37:12/10-12-56>

>>>>>[ Spark, myself and one of my team members will be going back to
Seattle.
The rest of the team will remain on standby in SanFran. If you need them,
call me on my cell phone, and I'll get them moving. I've got some things to
take care of. (Wanderer)

Ever feel like you've got too much shit to do, and not nearly enough time to
do it? ]<<<<<
-- Griffyn <15:42:43/10-12-56>

From:	Brian Rogers <rogers@****.UIUC.EDU>
Subject:	FRAG
Date:	Wed, 18 Oct 1995 10:25:30 -0500

Message no. 13 >>>>>[What the frag is going on with shadowland. Hey, sysopus, you ok out
there? You on line?]<<<<<
-- Skuff <15:25:03 / 10-18-56>

From:	"Mr. Me" <jlr6@****.ucc.nau.edu>
Subject:	FRAG!!
Date:	Mon, 25 Mar 1996 09:20:14 -0700 (MST)

Message no. 14 >>>>>[Drek, drek, drek. This is bad. I and some comptriates were
transporting Wilhem Von Dartmorn, aka Sword of God to the airport for
extradition when we were hit by some unknown team. I had hired my friend
David's group, Kneehigh Demolitions Inc., to run backup and David, their
mage Thornn and their sam Kneecaps were in the prison van with me, while
their rigger Butterfly flew overwatch in a souped up Yellowjacket.

The first sign we had of trouble was when my and Thornn's elementals got
banished. And the next thing we know someone's sent a pair of ground to
air missiles into the Yellowjacket. Butterfly didn't survive that.

As we waited for the next attack, the van hit some fragging mines laid
out on the road ahead of us at the same time as a sniper takes out the
Lone Star driver. The van went skidding around before crashing into a
lamppost. And the whole time we're trying to call for backup but somethings
jamming our com-gear. Even David's internal radio.

So the van's stopped and we spot a large group of heavily armed humans
advancing on us. So we pile out and hit them first. Thornn takes one down
with a power bolt, but then he's distracted by an earth elemental. I'd
already used my lion form spell and had bowled into the goons, while
Kneecaps and David opened up on them from cover.

We're starting to make some headway as Thornn takes out the enemy elemental
when a second group hits us from behind. Kneecaps and David get taken out
by a concussion grenade. Thornn manages to scatter the first group with a
powerball, but the drain takes him out. And those that were still up in the
first group manage to keep me occupied while the second group frees Sword of
God.

Then as I here sirens coming closer the sniper nails me in the leg and I
black out. David was conscious enough to tell me that the rescue party
grabbed it's dead and wounded and booked out.

Kneecaps is still in the hospital but he should be fine. Thornn and
David are up and pissed off about Butterfly's death. But I think we got
lucky. I'm an ork and everyone in Kneehigh Demolotions Inc is a dwarf.
If the Star hadn't shown up I doubt if the Sword of God's rescue party
would have let us live. Not that he's going to stay free. That racist
fragger is going to go down and he will pay for his crimes. I will bring
him to justice no matter what.]<<<<<
-- Aristo <9:20:03/3-26-57>

From:	Brian Rogers <rogers@****.uiuc.edu>
Subject:	Frag!
Date:	Wed, 10 Apr 1996 20:26:01 -0500

Message no. 15 >>>>>[Good lord, and I thought I was stupid in my
youth.]<<<<<
-- Jason R. Stormwind <01:20:26 / 04-11-57>

***** PRIVATE: Cybil
>>>>>[ If you are on line, get to your scanner and start trying to find out
what happened tonight. I just got word of an attempt to penitrate Lone Star's
evidence chamber. It wasnt much of an attempt but one of the perps killed
had a map on him that lead them pretty damned close to where my evidence is
currently being stored. None of the intruders survived]<<<<<
-- Kor <1:20:28 / 04-11-57>

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