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Message no. 1
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Hit
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 17:30:47 +0000
*****PRIVATE: Irish, Blade, Forte
>>>>>[Do any of you three do wetwork?]<<<<<
-- RJohnson <23:30:04/03-12-58>
Message no. 2
From: Michael Broadwater <mbroadwa@*******.GLENAYRE.COM>
Subject: Re: Hit
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 09:51:53 -0600
*****PRIVATE: RJohnson
>>>>>[I do. Name the target and the pay.]<<<<<
-- Blade <07:51:51/03-13-97>
Message no. 3
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: Hit
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 12:21:09 +1300
*****PRIVATE: Blade
>>>>>[Target is Harold Stone, the head of security at Spearman's
International (a moderately successful investment corp, in case you care.
If you need more than that, check out the data on the corp advertising
service at matrix address >>number<<, I believe that they have some info
there). Pay is >>amount<<, payable on confirmation of his
death.]<<<<<
-- RJohnson <16:20:31/03-13-58>
Message no. 4
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Hit
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 10:30:12 +1200
*****PRIVATE: Blade
>>>>>[Please report on your progress.]<<<<<
-- RJohnson <15:29:08/03-16-58>
Message no. 5
From: Michael Broadwater <mbroadwa@*******.GLENAYRE.COM>
Subject: Re: Hit
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 11:30:35 -0600
*****PRIVATE: RJohnson
>>>>>[Things are going well. I am preparing to neutralize the
target.]<<<<<
-- Blade <09:29:08/03-17-58>
Message no. 6
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Hit
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 11:47:51 +1200
*****PRIVATE: Troglobyte
>>>>>[I need some more matrix work done... support to a hit. Do you do
that sort of thing?]<<<<<
-- Faerie <15:31:09/03-13-59>

*****PRIVATE: Faerie
>>>>>[It pays the bills. Yeah, I do that sort of thing. >>High
amount<<
nuyen, 25% up front.]<<<<<
-- Troglobyte <15:32:21/03-13-59>

*****PRIVATE: Troglobyte
>>>>>[Excellent.

+++++Transfer nuyen >>amount<<

Quick as always. What do you, spend all your time hooked up to the matrix?

Anyway, I've got to hit a target soon, and it'll be in his house. How I get
in there isn't your problem, but once (if) I do, I'll need you to cut off
all the security functions, get rid of all communications with the outside
world, panic-buttons, that sort of thing. I'll have to be there a little
while. In order for you to get access to the place, I've got a few toys
that'll help you... if you can arrange a dedicated phone line, I can get a
high bandwidth connection by radio to a line tapper drone, and control
files so you can operate it in "captain's chair" through your deck. Fly the
drone in (it'll be invisible and silenced - magic, don't ask), tap the
wires here, then keep everything quiet while I geek the fragger.

+++++Include file dronecon.cmp
[Being a compressed adaptor file for running drones through a deck's
simsense interface.]

And the extractor thing for that in case you don't have a copy...

+++++Include file cmp.extractor
[Being the extractor for .cmp compressed files.]

The hit will occur on friday night, my target plays darts at a downtown
bar, I'll be picking him up there.

Okay? Any questions?]<<<<<
-- Faerie <15:39:33/03-13-59>

*****PRIVATE: Faerie
>>>>>[Picking him up? Not the _femme_fatale- bit, please, say it ain't so.
And how confident are you it'll work? And is this Parker?]<<<<<
-- Troglobyte <15:40:10/03-13-59>

*****PRIVATE: Troglobyte
>>>>>[Yes, the _femme_fatale_ bit, yes this is Parker. And if it doesn't
work, then he's a better man than any I've seen. I might just geek the wife
and offer to marry him if he does keep faithful to her. But I've never yet
met the man who doesn't turn into a gibbering fool when I go to work on
him. Fucking idiot bastards the lot of them. Saving yer honour's presence
of course.]<<<<<
-- Faerie <15:43:32/03-13-59>

*****PRIUVATE: Faerie
>>>>>[Of course.]<<<<<
-- Troglobyte <15:44:42/03-13-59>
Message no. 7
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: Hit
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 12:36:31 +1200
*****PRIVATE: Troglobyte
>>>>>[What the hell am I thinking? It won't be in his house, it'll be in
some secure corp hotel room. Whatever, I'll get the drone there somehow,
and I'll still need you to cut the security systems while I make my
getaway.

BTW, how subtle was the investigation of him? If he's got compsec people,
any chance they would have picked up any of your probes?]<<<<<
-- Faerie <16:26:50/03-13-59>

*****PRIVATE: Faerie
>>>>>[You insult me. I was subtlety personified. Not a
chance.]<<<<<
-- Troglobyte <16:28:09/03-13-59>
Message no. 8
From: Chickenman <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Hit
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 15:19:53 +1300
*****PRIVATE: Faerie
>>>>>[+++++Activate pager

The target is at a coffin hotel, >>address in Renton<<, terminal 5 in the
front room. He's been on line since 12:29:05.]<<<<<
-- Savage <00:30:41/11-22-59>

*****PRIVATE: Easy, Wraith Slayer, Kid Durango
>>>>>[Another job if you're up for it, let me know if you're
free.]<<<<<
-- Entero <00:33:28/11-22-59>

*****PRIVATE: Savage
>>>>>[The asset nearest the location you gave me was an unarmed drone. It
>>>>>arrived at the location at 12:33:00 or thereabouts, and located the
>>>>>terminal you mentioned.

+++++Include file target.pic
[Being a set of pictures of an asian, male, black haired human of average
height and slim build.]

That's your target, if he was still online at 12:35. Shall I take him
out?]<<<<<
-- Faerie <00:36:48/11-22-59>

*****PRIVATE: Faerie
>>>>>[Yes, he was still online at that time. Go to it.]<<<<<
-- Savage <00:37:29/11-22-59>

*****PRIVATE: Savage
>>>>>[It's done.]<<<<<
-- Faerie <00:44:59/11-22-59>

*****PRIVATE: Faerie
>>>>>[Seven minutes? What took you so long?

+++++Transfer nuyen >>agreed amount<<

Okay if I keep you in mind for future jobs?]<<<<<
-- Savage <00:47:34/11-22-59>

*****PRIVATE: Savage
>>>>>[It certainly is.]<<<<<
-- Faerie <00:51:28/11-22-59>
Message no. 9
From: Zebulin Magby <zebulingod@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Hit
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 06:44:29 -0800
*****PRIVATE: Entero
>>>>>[I am currently without employment. What are we takin' on
now?]<<<<<
-- Wraith Slayer <06:44:16/11-22-59>

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Message no. 10
From: Pete *Iago* Palmer <peter@***********.NET.NZ>
Subject: Re: Hit
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 11:01:58 +1300
*****PRIVATE: Entero
>>>>>[Yep, I'm available for whatever you need me for.]<<<<<
-- Kid Durango <17:00:13/11-22-59>
Message no. 11
From: "Paul J. Adam" <Shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Hit
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 17:02:18 +0000
*****PRIVATE: Entero
>>>>>[I'm available, if the job's right.]<<<<<
-- Easy <17:02:46/11-23-59>

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