From:	Doctor Doom <JCH8169@*****.TAMU.EDU>
Subject:	Peculiarities noticed in the news lately...
Date:	Wed, 3 Feb 93 08:39:02 CET

>>>>>[ Hey, have any of you guys noticed a real weird pattern in the news
lately? Universal Brotherhood chapter houses are being blown up and burned to
the ground all across Seattle. It started about a week ago, near as I can
They're up to five so far. And tho' there isn't a pattern, I can't shake the
feeling they're connected somehow. ]<<<<<
-- Hangtime <00:40:49/02-03-54>

>>>>>[ Hangtime's right... Someone real wiz pulled these jobs. They got
in,
out, and away before the UB knew what hit 'em. The only thing that alerted the
authorities were the fire alarms and the huge smoke cloud--kinda hard to miss,
you know. Well, anyway, Lone Star said the arsonists left no trace. Like I
said, *real* wiz. What I can't figure is why they're doing this. ]<<<<<
-- Shadows, NN Reporter <00:41:47/02-03-54>

>>>>>[ Of course there was no trace left! In all five cases the fraggers
blew
the chapter house sky high! ]<<<<<
-- Jack Hack <00:42:01/02-03-54>

>>>>>[ Still, there was enough left to tell HOW they did it, even if not
who:
C-12 with military grade detonators. ]<<<<<
-- Shadows, NN Reporter <00:42:30/02-03-54>

>>>>>[ Five nuyen says Lone Star told him that...ol' Shadows here wouldn't
know
military grade even if it walked up and shook his hand! ]<<<<<
-- Jack Hack <00:42:45/02-03-54>

>>>>>[ What about witnesses? ]<<<<<
-- Hangtime <00:42:54/02-03-54>

>>>>>[ I interviewed a few, but nothing good enough for the newsfax. A few
of
them said they saw a bunch of what they called 'tall, dark shapes' running away
from one of the crimescenes. And one said he heard someone shouting in a
language he didn't know. Like I said, nothing good enough for a soundbyte, much
less a story. ]<<<<<
-- Shadows, NN Reporter <00:43:10/02-03-54>

>>>>>[ And why the Hell not? It sounds to me like it could be pretty
bleedin'
important! ]<<<<<
-- Jack Hack <00:43:17/02-03-54>

>>>>>[ Because people don't want mystery, they want someone to BLAME.
]<<<<<
-- Shadows, NN Reporter <00:43:29/02-03-54>

>>>>>[ Incorrect. Reporters want someone to blame, Shadows. I would wager
a
considerable amount that you have not the faintest idea what the public
actually wants. ]<<<<<
-- Darkwatch <00:43:42/02-03-54>