Back to the main page

Mailing List Logs for ShadowRN

Message no. 1
From: Justin Fang <justinf@****.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject: Mitchell
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 14:52:17 -0700
>>>>>[What *is* it about SIGA operatives that makes so many people obsessed
with them? Mitchell's just one guy; he's not really that important in the
big picture. (Neither was Lynch). You don't like what he says? Just
killfile him. Sooner or later he'll find something better to do than
insulting shadowrunners and stop posting here.]<<<<<
-- Sam-I-Am <14:47:11/06-07-59>
Message no. 2
From: Team ODIN <jhary-a-conel@***.NET>
Subject: Re: Mitchell
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 10:15:54 +0200
>>>>>[ Ah, Sam, you miss the point. SIGAs are reacted to just because
everybody _knows_ they are onlone, and reading this board. SIGA isn't like the
other men-in-black anonymous-back-stabber government-top-secret killer-
organisations out there. They are actually _here_, and you might even have a
chat with their top-rank leg breaker, sorry, field officer. Oh, wow, I don't have to
face hm? 'Great, what ay always want'd ta says ta yas law enf'ers...'

Wrong guess, kids: No free forum to insult people. This is intended to share
information, and maybe even to set up jobs. Mitchell is doing overtime (although
probably ordered to do so) by scanning this board. Oh yeah, well, we all do our
best to convince him _how_ pro we all are. Just _how_ clever.

Not at all, I'd guess.

Oh, on a sidenote: Mitchell was right, all the data where he comes from is right
there. But let me advise you _not_ to look into the SIGA network for that info - I
had a look at it, and ran. Good work, if any datapushers from SIGA are here, I
wouldn't want to have to get into /that/one/. But the data's out there. (No, I will
not sell what I found). ]<<<<<
-- Orion <00:34:34/06-08-59>

***** PRIVATE: Mitchell
>>>>>[ The I-will-not-sell-data-attitude is no general role, but what I've
processed
from the data/image enhanced pictures of a team breaking Aztlan borders
reminds us of own experience, and I guess some things are just not be shared
with decent people like Doofus, Twitch, or the rest.

Plus, our military expert says some of your medals of honor mean just "Work
well done we can't speak about and here, have this, totally un-related, and thankl
you till the next assignment."

You don't help anybody out there with your approach to the shadows, and I can't
say I like it, but I guess you earned yourself the right to talk about about shadow
work. ]<<<<<
-- Orion <00:42:42/06-08-59>
Message no. 3
From: "Mark A. Imbriaco" <mark.imbriaco@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Mitchell
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 07:56:57 -0400
>>>>>[ Thanks, Orion. We try. ]<<<<<
-- Alexander Monroe <07:56:13/06-08-59>
Matrix Scrounger
Strategic Intelligence Gathering Agency
Message no. 4
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Mitchell
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 22:09:15 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Orion
>>>>>[You caught my fuckup in Denver? Shit.

Got out of the ambush on the beach with eight walking. Lost four moving
overland north to Denver. Then I lose every single survivor going
through the wire. I make it alive, they don't. That's nothing for me to
be proud of.

Those were my people. My responsibility. They followed me and they're
dead. Maybe that's why I got shitcanned into SIGA.


You guys... I read Lynch's reports. I never liked the man but I
respected him, he did what he did well. He rated you. Liked you, even.

You got something to say to me, I'll listen. You want my help, well,
we'll just see what we can do. No promises, but you and yours earned
respect for what you did for us. Especially because you had no reason to
trust us.]<<<<<
-- Mitchell <22:09:54/06-08-59>
Message no. 5
From: Team ODIN <jhary-a-conel@***.NET>
Subject: Re: Mitchell
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 01:39:01 +0200
***** PRIVATE: Mitchell
>>>>>[ Damn. Didn't know the scale of the operation, we just got footage
of the
border incident. A newsnoop got most of it, but obviously someone took
influence - the data was labeled 'do not use before 2065`. I mean - '65? It's not
even old news then - it's fragging history! As far as we heared, Newsies and
secret services run deals down there a lot - "you don't publich this senstive data,
and we'll have you have live, exclusive footage of that"-kind of stuff. Damn, the
material in there was good enough we could've read your nametag. From there
on, it was easy, and most of your medals and recommendations we already knew
of, complete with pcture, from official governmental LTGs... "Governeur Johnson
did..." kind of stuff. As I said, it was not too hard, just took some time. And
right
now, we have time.

Man, I have seen such loyality before. You'd rather stayed yourself, dead or alive,
and brought your team out, right? See their faces each night, and every now and
then, break a party by suddenly drinking to the death? I am sure I'm right. Canis
behaves the same. Do you happen to follow a native American totem, like, wolf?

In this biz - and yeah, shadowrunners are a lot like you in this biz - people die.
We de. You, me, Canis, Lynch, we are all walking the edge, an edge so narrow,
every now and then, somebody falls down. Did you do wrong? Did you booze,
and tell secrets to curious ears, blew the mission that way? Or did you rather
sleep less then your men, walked double the way - from point to rearguard, forth
and back? I guess it will not change things, but, man, for all _I_ know, YOU ARE
NOT RESPONSIBLE.

*sigh* Now I am yelling again, this happens often when I talk to that stubborn,
loyal-beyond-death shaman alot. Yeah, I really think you have something in
common...

Well... you said you'd listen... So, there. There's not much I could tell you
beyond that, nothing you have not been told before, by seeing your change of
style on ShadowLand. They don't have to like you, and you will gain nothing
when they fear you, but this elf thinks you are getting respect now. By some, at
least. And that is a resource - believe it or not. And you have been trained to
use resources, I think... ]<<<<<
-- Orion <16:37:53/06-08-59>
Message no. 6
From: Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Mitchell
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 23:08:02 +0100
>>>>>[Ah ya big puss Orion. I been there, through and out the other
side, it weren't no damn trouble at all.


Simple site search revealed the majority of what I wanted to know, and
gave me everything I needed to get paid.


Don't believe me? Here's the proof.


+++++Include: SIGA core CPU coding
+++++Include: SIGA site map
+++++Include: SIGA node data


+++++Begin file: Seattle Indian Girls Agency

(138.75 mp)

+++++End file


See. No fraggin' problem at all. And these people think they're the
best. Hah! None can withstand the attention of the great and almighty
Doofus.]<<<<<
-- Doofus <23:01:33/06-09-59>

Further Reading

If you enjoyed reading about Mitchell, you may also be interested in:

Disclaimer

These messages were posted a long time ago on a mailing list far, far away. The copyright to their contents probably lies with the original authors of the individual messages, but since they were published in an electronic forum that anyone could subscribe to, and the logs were available to subscribers and most likely non-subscribers as well, it's felt that re-publishing them here is a kind of public service.