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Message no. 1
From: Joshua James Harrison <harrij4@***.EDU>
Subject: What next?
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 18:26:34 -0500
>>>>>[What the hell is wrong with the world these days? First this
psychopathic
toaster takes over the grid, and now we have a <<bleech>> big purple singing
dinosaur threatening the sanity of the civilized world? I guess they were
right... the end is near...

Anyhow, dealing with this toaster... I had a breakthrough... I've cracked
enough of the code that we can try and shut it off... the thing is, I'm too
busy hunting down Dante to make the run myself... so I'm including my work to
date, and whoever wants to clean it up is welcome to. Yes, even you Ramirez.
At this point, its just important that we clean this puppy out. I'm willing to
bury the hatchet for now.

*****File Transfer : 100 Mp*****

All my notes are in there as well. Good luck guys! Now to the chase!]<<<<<
-- Coyote (Let loose the pack!)
Message no. 2
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: What Next?
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 23:13:51 +0000
*****PRIVATE: Easy Eight staff, Serenity Security
>>>>>[What are we missing?

+++++begin video
Easy sits in her office, looking troubled. Vincenzo and Dwayne are the
other side of the desk: Mani and Sherak are a brooding presence in the
corners.

"Okay. Over a week now, and nada news. This isn't what I like to hear,
Dwayne."

The Elf shrugs apologetically. "What can I say, Boss? Everyone's
puckered up tight. Okay, I could tell you that someone took the
opportunity to stiff the Chun Paks real good and wipe out most of the
Zinger Boys and the Wilfrids, by throwing them into our meatgrinder.
Fairly cheap distraction, if you hire morons who think this place is a
pushover and want that shiny new HK. Which, by the way, we have a stack
of now. Good guns."

"What about the Georgian and Bartolo?"

"Mice. Quiet as church mice. Not a peep out of either, apart from
stiffening up their own defences. Maybe they hired Chun Pak... the only
action is that someone blew up some more Chuns -"

"Ein Schuss. It seems to be his hobby." Easy suggests. "Cash flow's
improved some, so pass him ten kays as thank-you money next time he
comes in for a B-52. No moves by Bartolo on any of the Korean's turf?"

"Some probes. He snatched a BTL house - the one Mani dusted, actually -
and whacked two street dealers. Nothing dramatic, not like you'd expect.
Buzz is Chun Pak's still a tough target, he isn't falling the way he
should be."

"Great." Easy leans back, hoists her long legs onto the desk. "Chun Pak
should have collapsed but hasn't. Bartolo should be tearing the
Seoulpa's empire apart but isn't. The Georgian... Christ knows. And what
about Heihachi?"

"Some of the runners are putting together a hit on Hoechner
Construction. See whether they planted the thallium bombs, or if they
were penetrated. Got to be the penetration, though, no way would
Heihachi roll on us-"

"He's Yakuza, we're Elf scum. Or Ork scum in my case. If there's more
money in selling us out, we're sold." Vincenzo says with conviction.

"I'm not starting a war with him unless I have to, though, or his boss
will wipe us out. Heihachi's a _big_ problem in a fight, though..."
Dwayne says cautiously. "Make a move without really clear cause and the
whole _rengo_ could be down on us."

Easy snorts. "No kidding. We might end up nose-to-nose with the whole
group anyway. Still doesn't answer why."

"Someone wants the land. And knows what you'd do to any emissary who
says 'sell it to me please'." Vincenzo suggests. Easy chuckles, Mani
throws back his head and booms with laughter, and even Sherak smiles
coldly. "What are we missing?"

"You tell me, Vinny. Someone wanted us out of business, spent serious
money to do it, either subverted or torqued off some powerful folks."

Vincenzo shakes his head. "Want my guess? Someone's going to make you an
offer you can't refuse."

"Then I'll refuse it." Easy's tone is icy: when she flexes her gloved
hands, the razors glitter at her fingertips. "Win or lose, we find out
who. You know what to do then. All of you."
+++++end video

The Boss means it. She's _pissed_.]<<<<<
-- Vincenzo <23:13:27/11-19-58>
Message no. 3
From: Mark Imbriaco <mark@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: What Next?
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 19:41:12 -0800
***** PRIVATE: Easy Eight Staff, Serenity Security
>>>>>[ Hoechner is a hard target, no doubt about it. It is _not_ going to
be
easy getting in and out of there without a ruckus. I think I've resigned
myself
to going in noisy, but being extremely careful to leave nothing to trace it
back
to us. I don't want to piss Heihachi off on the chance that he really
doesn't
have anything to do with all this drek. Nomad's team has been reconning
the
target and getting gear together for about a week or so .. we're scheduled
to
move on them Friday night. We should know Saturday if they are dirty or
not. ]<<<<<
-- Griffyn <19:40:14/11-19-58>

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