The Bulletin Board From: Dark Elf Address: <[v--po--t] at [ccvm.sunysb.edu]> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2052 17:38:08 EDT To: Daedalus Subject: Heeere Ducky Ducky So you want to know where I came up with the term "duck" , and why I use it to describe over-armed Sammies. OK, I'll tell you about the time I first heard it used. It was about two years ago, when a few of my college buddies decided to take a trip into New York City for a "duck hunt." Wondering what they meant, I grabbed my H&K, several clips, got in the car and went. During the hour's ride down the Long Island Expressway, they explained, it went something like this: "We were hanging down in Queens Village one day when this Sam comes running down the street, with a whole precinct of Metro- Cops on his tail. Well, he wasn't really running, he was kinda staggering side to side. We kept an eyeball on the guy as the heat started opening up on him, and it looked like he was carrying enough firepower to level the city! The dude was carrying an AK97, and had about four or five heavy pistols on his belt. He also had an ingram smartgun, a combat shotgun, and of all things an assault cannon strapped to his back. He had so much ammo on him that he's lucky he didn't blow up when he started shooting. The heat seemed to be playing with him, letting him waddle away for a while, then chasing him down and pumping shots at him, then letting him go again (they must not pay those guys too well). We kept watching for a while, and the heat finally surrounded him and reduced him to a bleeding pile of fate meat. We thought it was the funniest thing we ever saw." Anyway, my buddies got a line from a Johnson about a runner who was trying to make a fast break with some goods. The description the got was similar to the dude they saw the heat scrag. The guy was a sitting duck with all that gear, he never had a chance to use any of it. It was the easiest nuyen I ever earned. Sometimes speed and skill are a lot more useful than all the guns in the world! From: Silver Cianide Address: <[j--r--y] at [teetot.acusd.edu]> Date: Sun, 20 September 2052 13:11:55 PST To: Dark Elf Subject: RE: Heeere Ducky Ducky Well, isn't that extra special. You've got some unique hobbies there, Dark Elf. From: Diana Address: <[d--a--a] at [olympus.turkey.org]> Date: 10 Octavius 2806 13:11:55 PST To: All Subject: Advisors It's been my experience that Advisors are Minor Spirits, like Watchers.