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Message no. 1
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject: JayCee Back?
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 19:10:28 +0100
*****PRIVATE: JayCee
>>>>>[+++++engage encryption: Codesmith v3.71d
It is you, then. Welcome back, JayCee, it's been too long.

If I can help you, I can. I'm in DC at the moment (gone official, even
got an office now (bleah) but this mod of Codesmith's secure for weeks:
we can talk.

What's your problem, what do you need, what can we do to help?
+++++disengage encryption: Codesmith v3.71d]<<<<<
-- Lynch <19:07:42/07-17-57>
Message no. 2
From: Dave Gladding <D.T.M.Gladding@*****.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: JayCee Back?
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 96 09:48:10 BST
*****PRIVATE: Lynch
>>>>>[+++++engage encryption: Codesmith v3.71d
Yes, it really is me.

Good to hear you're getting more civilised in your old age - even down to an
office. Well - the story kinda goes like this. I tried retiring - and had
a major accident. Why doesn't this kind of thing happen when you're young ?

Basically the upshot of it is I underwent UGE. I'm sitting here, feeling
very sick and painful, and I keep seeing 'things' out of the corners of my
eyes. I've run full diagnostics on the filter lenses - and you know I mean
full, and they're working fine. Which brings me back to that little incident
when I was a kid, and the potential they all thought I had but never arose...

I'm sitting out in the sticks, and I've not the foggiest what to do next. This
is something way beyond anything I've seen or heard before, and at the moment
it's got me stumped. If you've got a bucket of Tylenol, it'd help, but the
main thing I need is advice - I've not the slightest idea of what to try and
do next.
+++++disengage encryption: Codesmith v3.71d]<<<<<
-- JayCee <09:48:18/07-18-57>
Message no. 3
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: JayCee Back?
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 19:55:06 +0100
*****PRIVATE: JayCee
>>>>>[+++++engage encryption: Codesmith v3.71d
Late UGE? Ouch. Something must be in the water. Since you last met her,
Lilith now has a second shape she wears when she feels like it. She's a
beautiful leopard. We're getting married, by the way, and you're invited
once we set a date.

The first person you need to talk to is a Dr June Rains-At-Sunset at
Seattle General. She's a specialist in Awakened medicine - like
magicians, shapeshifters, and other weirdness.

The other good doc I can recommend in Seattle is Alexander Jackson, but
call him AJ. You can reach him by Matrix (let him know I sent you) for
now.

We'll be back in a week or three, got some holes to drill in the sky
first. Oh, watch out for Quinn. She's around if you want to see her.

She'll probably want to see you.
+++++disengage encryption: Codesmith v3.71d]<<<<<
-- Lynch <19:50:02/07-18-57>


--
"There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable and
praiseworthy."
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk
Message no. 4
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: JayCee Back?
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 23:43:01 +0100
>>>>>[Once again, a vigilant and alert watcher can detect a carefully-
laid conspiracy while it is still taking root.

Disappointed by the failure of the "Aztlan mind control" project to
assist them in their goal of increasing their power (a project that this
Foundation exposed, requiring the elaborate staging of a faked 'attack'
to 'destroy the evil project' at its 'secret island base') the Agency is
now once again seeking to subvert Shadowland to its own ends.

Consider the facts. The notorious agent Lynch is currently involved in
baiting "Jenna" and "Gabriel". Who exactly are these two? A colleague
undertook a psychiatric analysis which I am glad to include.

+++++begin profile: JENNA AND GABRIEL
A careful analysis of all their recorded postings suggests that the "Jen
and Gabe" account is operated by a group of university undergraduates.

I deduce the following. At least one of the group is at least a student
of computing science and has a degree of Matrix skill, this combined
with University computing facilities being sufficient to allow the pair
to reach and traffic with Shadowland. They lay claim to knowledge of
magic and physical combat, but (wisely) avoid any information to
substantiate these claims. Neither has been seen in action, either on
Shadowland or by anyone reporting to Shadowland: for individuals of such
alleged skill, who are so vocal in promoting their own abilities, this
indicates that they do not carry out any actual operations of any sort.

The group is small, two or three at most. Two appears most likely. The
posters are both male, probably physically unimpressive and
unattractive, and lack self-confidence. Neither has any real knowledge
of the opposite sex. Their comments in response to Lynch's quip
regarding Playboy - and an earlier remark they made concerning a runner
named 'Mako' - suggests a familiarity with, and extensive collection of,
pornography, fuelling strong internal fantasy lives likely to involve a
beautiful and assertive woman who will approach and seduce them, making
their inexperience and lack of social skills appear - within the fantasy
- to be desirable assets. Both masturbate on an extremely frequent
basis, this being their only sexual experience.

Jenna represents their "fantasy woman" while Gabriel personifies their
idealised self-images of what they wish to be: handsome, competent,
socially adept (by their distorted standards), respected (again, by
their ideals) and adored by a woman of extreme sexuality and beauty.
Profiling suggests (with only fair accuracy) that the two are human,
Caucasian, and relatively unattractive.

Both are intelligent and educated, but social inadequates: withdrawn
from "real life" and obtaining their stimuli from the media, rather than
other people. This explains many of their statements, such as "exploding
heads", bragging about ammunition expenditures, and their evident lack
of any tactical understanding. Note, for instance, that in graphic
novellas such as "Carnage in the Shadows" military forces are portrayed
as incompetent buffoons, and 'Jen and Gabe' have latched onto this image
and assimilated it as truth.

+++++include file: comics_examples

Similarly, typically only in fiction do individuals exist with the range
of talents claimed by this pair. We may assume with some safety, for
instance, that neither of the pair has any substantive experience of
firearms, nor of offensive use of magic.

They obviously lack any useful social skills. Their total lack of self-
confidence is illustrated by their obsessive one-upmanship, the pair
being completely unable to resist any challenge and being driven to
continually assert their supposed superiority. It may be considered
self-evident that these two do not actually carry out any form of
shadowrun, since their apparent egotism would require them to publicise
their exploits at least within the community of Shadowland.

Their postings, similarly, are frequently contradictory, proving that
the two students often post seperately and have difficultly co-
ordinating their story. This confusion has misled several gullible
runners into the belief that Jenna and Gabriel are in fact mysterious
figures of great ability. The truth, sadly, is less interesting and more
mundane.
Doctress Marcia Lowenstein MSci PhD
International Psychological Forum
+++++end profile

One must wonder why the all-powerful SIGA wastes time baiting a pair of
posing social inadequates. With study, it becomes obvious. SIGA are
using Jenna and Gabriel as stalking horses. By generating traffic routed
via the University computers (Federally funded machines, remember!) they
are able to locate Shadowland accurately. With that task achieved, they
then monitor and edit all traffic, reading and altering messages at
whim.

SIGA will then be able to directly control the shadowrunners of Seattle,
warping the information you receive and altering your perceptions so
that, while you believe you are acting of your own free will, you are in
fact pawns of one of the most repressive and evil regimes on the planet.

I call upon the denizens of Shadowland to resist this fate, while you
still can.]<<<<<
-- Professor Vincent Brannigan <23:30:32/07-18-57>
Oliver Stone Memorial Foundation


>>>>>[Oh, boy, Professor, you never give up, do you?

Okay, scramble the black helicopters, mobilise the Creepy Guys In
Trenchcoats, make all the traffic cameras follow the Professor wherever
he goes, start beaming alpha waves into his 'nads through his microwave
oven, hide the alien warships from Planet Zort, seal off Area 51, and
make sure Elvis keeps his head down this time.

Sheesh. Control the shadowrunners of Seattle? Be like trying to herd
cats.

Well, there's an upside. "Notorious agent Lynch" sounds nearly as good
as "the dread pirate Roberts". The best movies were all made last
century <g>

And I hate to say it, but 'manipulating Shadowland'? In our dreams,
Professor. I can't even get the deckers who run my account to mess with
my timestamp, let alone make sneaky and subtle edits to other people's
postings. Shadowland stands up to corporate attack all the time, you
think the UCAS can just casually wander in and rewrite some postings
without anyone noticing?]<<<<<
-- Jason R W Lynch <23:45:42/07-17-57>

*****PRIVATE: Lynch
>>>>>[Careful, Jason, let's not get too close to "But we can inject
fake
ones, so long as the supposed host is hard enough to trace that even
SLand can't backtrack it to source and verify..." or we'll spoil the
game.

Karlsbruhn says no more playing J&G for a while, but he'll snoop their
new route and see what he can do if we want it again, as long as we keep
signing for time-and-a-half for Saturday overtime.

Anyway, if anyone deserves it, those two do. Jonathan's profile might
even be correct, which would be *really* funny.]<<<<<
-- Lilith <23:50:42/07-17-57>
Message no. 5
From: "Glen Sauve" <tsgint@******.net>
Subject: Re: JayCee Back?
Date: Sat, 18 May 1996 16:17:49 -0400
*****PRIVATE JayCee
> >>>>>[+++++engage encryption: Codesmith v3.71d
What did you express as? I know how it feels. Mom was a human, Dad, a
dwarf. At age 12, I express as.... an ELF!

+++++Program RANDOMTAG excuting
Dexter ponders: What if there where no hypothetical situations?
+++++excution complete
+++++disengage encryption: Codesmith v3.71d]<<<<<
-- Dexter <16:17:18/07-18-57>
Message no. 6
From: Dave Gladding <D.T.M.Gladding@*****.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: JayCee Back?
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 96 10:36:40 BST
*****PRIVATE: Lynch
>>>>>[+++++engage encryption Codesmith v3.71d
Sorry about the delay. The solar generator went on the blink and I had to take
it down for a few days to fix it. Didn't want to overly drain the batteries
unless I had to.

Thanks for the names - AJ will be the easier to reach, from this position I
think. And congratulations on the wedding news - let me know where and when
you hold it and I'll try and gatecrash.

Oh, and Dexter. If you've hacked this post and read it like the last one,
congratulations. I put a Trace and Report bug into it for when people
downloaded it. I *don't* like people prying into private mail. Next time
it'll be nastier.

I'll contact AJ when I can. Thanks and congratulations once again.

PS: Lilith a Cat ? Sheesh. Wonders will never cease. Now I know why we
subconciously disliked each other...

+++++disengage encryption: Codesmith v3.71d]<<<<<
-- JayCee <10:35:48/07-24-57>
Message no. 7
From: "Glen Sauve" <tsgint@******.net>
Subject: Re: JayCee Back?
Date: Sat, 25 May 1996 01:33:37 -0400
*****PRIVATE: JayCee
>>>>>[+++++engage encryption Codesmith v3.71d
Sorry, JayCee, But the people employing us want us to read this junk. We
have to track you. And I like to get to know I guy before I warn him
someone might geek him.
And since when is replacing my decks constuct with a naked woman a bug?
+++++disengage encryption: Codesmith v3.71d]<<<<<
-- JayCee <10:35:48/07-24-57>
Message no. 8
From: Dave Gladding <D.T.M.Gladding@*****.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: JayCee Back?
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 13:44:07 BST
*****PRIVATE: JayCee
>>>>>[+++++engage encryption Codesmith v3.72d
Okay, so you can read material and fake my own posting name. Nice one. Sooner
or later I'll track you, and deal with this. As for the geeking - many people
have tried over the years. I'm still here - most of them aren't.
+++++disengage encrption: Codesmith v3.72d]<<<<<
-- JayCee <13:42:15 / 07-25-57>
Message no. 9
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: JayCee Back?
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 19:01:15 +0100
>>>>>[Whoever's messing with JayCee's account had better be careful. She
and I go back a long way. If you try to geek her, she'll make you regret
it. Then she and I together will make you *really* regret it. I suggest
you find more intelligent employers.

I also suggest you check your information more closely. JayCee is not a
guy, she's a gal.]<<<<<
-- Lynch <19:00:42/07-25-57>
Message no. 10
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: JayCee Back?
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 19:03:31 +0100
*****INTERNAL: SIGANet
>>>>>[To: Corporal J S Karlsbruhn
Make a note to Fort Meade and tell them that last version of Codesmith
is compromised. Check everything - *everything* - we sent out under it
and carry out damage control. On the NSA tab, of course.]<<<<<
-- D J H Coppinger <19:06:53/07-25-57>
Director
Strategic Intelligence Gathering Agency
Message no. 11
From: "Glen Sauve" <tsgint@******.net>
Subject: Re: JayCee Back?
Date: Sun, 26 May 1996 13:37:50 -0400
>>>>>[This is an open apology to anyone I have affended. I'm truly sorry.
JayCee gains special kudos for setting me straight without geeking
me.]<<<<<
-- Dexter <13:42:15 / 07-26-57>
Message no. 12
From: "Mark A. Imbriaco" <mark@******.net>
Subject: Re: JayCee Back?
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 14:01:46 -0400 (EDT)
>>>>>[ They can be taught. <chuckle> Good work, JayCee.
]<<<<<
-- Neuron Basher <14:01:19/07-26-57>
Message no. 13
From: Dave Gladding <D.T.M.Gladding@*****.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: JayCee Back?
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 96 10:12:14 BST
>>>>>[Interesting thought. Did anyone rember that posting about 'the Entity

which you knew as Dexter is now dead, by 'Yak'. Still - de nada problem. Time
to get to work]<<<<<
-- JayCee <10:11:28 / 07-29-57>

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