| From: | "Allen, Eric" <eric@******.MEDSCH.UCLA.EDU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Used and Abused |
| Date: | Thu, 27 Apr 1995 18:12:00 PDT |
>>>>>[If it's any consolation about the fragged-up data, it seems like they
were putting on a bit of an act to match up with the data. (I spotted that
bodyguard without his charge a couple of times.) No real way to spot that
easily. In fact, I used to pull that trick at Ares quite a bit, drawing in
hit teams to the wrong target and then geeking them. Live and learn.
As for Spring, I have had a talk with her. Then we spent a few hours at an
urban combat simulator, courtesy of some faked Ares ID's and a friend
inside. As I had suspected, most of her experience is close-range urban
combat (especially hand-to-hand/melee), and not in ambush situations like we
encountered. Getting blasted at with gel slugs (by myself and some of the
guards who volunteered) for four hours seems to have made quite a
difference.
After dinner, I jokingly tried to draw a gun on her while her back was
turned, and was pleasantly surprised to find that she had stuck the barrel
of her gun up to my left eye. (Bad flashbacks about when something like
that had happened a few years ago, though.) She's still pretty green
though, since I was moving kind of slow.
I've also sprung for a tactical skillsoft for her. Nowhere near the level
of a tactical computer implant, but it works fairly nicely anyway.
Since we both seem to have people from our pasts gunning for us, in addition
to the complications from our current job, I have no problems with skipping
the bonus.]<<<<<
-- Mr. Purple <17:43:20/04-27-56>
*****Private:OS^2
>>>>>[If possible, I could use some reimbursement for several bribes and a
skillsoft I purchased. Total is 15,500 . Here is the itemization.
Corporate usage fee for Ares Arms Urban Combat Zone (UCZ): 5000
Bribe for the UCZ administrator: 3000
Bribe for the 4 UCZ guards: 2000 total, 500 each
Beer for the UCZ staff: 200 (three of the five were trolls and could drink
like fish)
Miscellaneous bribes and dinner to contact a fixer dealing in chips: 1300
Tactical/Military Science Skillsoft, Level 3: 4000 (including tax and
handling)
Whatever you can make available will be fine. If not, I will live.]<<<<<
-- Mr. Purple <17:56:27/04-27-56>
*****Private:Wild Thing, Cowboy
>>>>>[Anything else from the trace on Vincent?]<<<<<
-- Mr. Purple <18:10:17/04-27-56>
