From:	Dark Elf <VESPOSIT@****.SUNYSB.EDU>
Subject:	RUFUS gets around
Date:	Thu, 11 Feb 93 18:59:51 EST

>>>>>[ I was just over in the UCAS northeast records database taking
another
crack at a background check on Quention when the fastest cyber-persona I've
ever seen whipped through, looked at some records and got the drek out of there
before I could lock a sensor program on it. From the descriptions I've seen
it must have been RUFUS. What really convinced me was the drekhead who was
trying to follow him. He must have been one of Lincoln's people, but I guess
I'll never know for shure...well, lets just say I got in his way and he tried
to run an attack program, tried. ]<<<<<
---Dark Elf <19:08:47/02-11-54>

>>>>>[ Dammit! Jake's been out of communication for the past 24 hours.
I'm
really worried! We agreed to contact each other every four hours since we
made the run on Magna, and he's never been out this long! I know he can take
care of himself but he may be in over his head. Aren't you worried elf? Have
you suddenly stopped caring about your friends? ]<<<<<
---OddBall <19:12:26/02-11-54>

>>>>>[ Of course I am, but I've got a bad feeling that there's not much we
can
do this time. You can bet one of our new enemies has grabbed him. The best
way we can help him is to work on the case, I hope. ]<<<<<
---Dark Elf <19:15:11/02-11-54>

>>>>>[ Wasn't Core Wars some kind of computer game from the 20th century?
]<<<<
---Napalm <19:15:57/02-11-54>

>>>>>[ Yeah, it was a multi player game where players wrote machine
language
programs that vie for control of a system's memory core. It was one of the
precursors for cyberdeck persona programs. Back when MITM only had one M, they
used to have Core Wars competitions, hell they took it really seriously! Half
of the undergrads had developed their own viruses in Core Wars and unleashed
them on each other! It was rudimentary decker dogfighting! Eventually a large
number of those viruses made their way through the networks and infected dozens
of machines. It was the biggest wave of viruses before the crash of '29. DOA,
I'd love to play Core Wars in several computer systems around here, the modern
version that is! I think you can guess which systems I'm thinking of!
]<<<<<
---Dark Elf <19:21:57/02-11-54>

>>>>>[ Hell, if anyone out there spots a chipped dwarf with a mohawk
wearing
UCAS army dogtags that answers to the name Big Jake, let me know! ]<<<<<
---OddBall <19:24:33/02-11-54>

>>>>>[ I can't say I'm sad to hear that your friend is in trouble elf! May
you
get all the agony you deserve. ]<<<<<
---Tirandor <From the Dragon's Desk>

>>>>>[ Tirandor, FRAG YOU! and the same goes for Lincoln Howe too! FRAG ALL
YOU
CORP SCUM. If i didn't need an easy way to get into your system I'd wipe the
comm software in all your satellites right now! Fraggin dragon! ]<<<<<
---Dark Elf <TOO PISSED TO CARE WHAT TIME IT IS>