>>>>>[ Could have happen to anyone, Highlander?  Than why are you
the first person I've ever heard to have that problem.  As for your
other comment, I guess I'll have to get to know you better ;)]<<<<< 
        -- Cerise <12:35:35/06-01-54>

>>>>>[ Waaal, Dancer, no offense toward y'all or your name, but my
Dancer's "official" title is Dancer of the Gold, some drek the Tir
elves gave her when she left.  She's one of the prettiest
war-dancers you ever saw and she's a fine hand with a monowhip.
Nowadays I let her cut my hair with it, while she's dancing; she's
_that_ good.  And I don't get these wierd haircuts either.

But we're still catching our breath from the last run into New York;
it seemed we all picked up some major injuries (except for Zero and
Angel), and I'm still having trouble decking with a broken arm.  Tell
y'all about it when either my arm fixes up, or Zero gets back
online.]<<<<< 
        -- Steel Stringer <Ridin' Shotgun>

>>>>>[ The latest round of Wizard Weather was watched very closely by
myself and my organization, Moonscyer.  Tampering with weather is not
something to be done by trial-and-error like they are and the reason
they lost control and created those fluxes is because my organization
was fighting them.  You may ask where we were during this, and why
you couldn't sense us?  Astral space doesn't extend to Low Earth
Orbit, a nice place to utilize gravtech  -- forget I said that --
newtech to manipulate the Earth's hydrosphere.  By the way, you'll
find one of those missing pieces of thing (sorry, our cameras were
burnt out by the storm) at <LOCATION ENCRYPTED>.  Watch it ---
weather inside the Tir is really mucky at this point --- Summer and
from what we can figure, Portland's dealing with six inches of snow.
Serves Surehand and Ehran right for messing with Mother Nature.  But
it do make going tough for the Tir Border Patrol. ]<<<<<
        -- Shadowknight

>>>>>[ Hoi, Mates, I got yer help right here.   I'll be right along
there before ya can put a few more shrimp on the barbie, hah.  Me
name's Neil, no relation to the Barbarian, and if ya see a cybered
Ork on a Blitzen 2050 it's probably me.  Just call out "Neil!" and
I'll come to ya's. ]<<<<<
        -- Neil <22:41:51/06-01-54>

>>>>>[ Oh god, here we go again. ]<<<<<
        -- Zee <22:42:30/06-01-54>

>>>>>[Live, from Nashville, It's Shadowland Davidsford!  Yes, despite
the best efforts of Mickey Metro's Wanker Squad and the CorpCops
Hounds, we've made our connections, set up the distributed virtual
server and we are online in the Davidson/Rutherford Metroplex,
Davidsford for short.  Y'all'll be hearing from us on a regular basis
henceforth, as we discuss our biz, air our dirty laundry and
generally hold forth.  The Davidsford Shadow Source isn't quiiiiite
ready for posting yet, but we'll be putting up a few bits and pieces
so's y'all can get the feel of running the biz here in the
Confederacy.  And of course, y'all are welcome to discuss things with
our folks; select the Lounge icon for the virtual conference areas,
or the News icon for the discussion lists.  We don't have secure cash
transfer just yet, but SlimeTime's been working day and night on the
code we got from Denver, adapting it to Confed protocols, so that
should be up any day now.  Y'all make yourselves at home, and once
again, welcome to Shadow Davidsford.]<<<<<
        -- The No-Bozo Zone (Sysadmin) <08:44:19/06/02/54>

>>>>>|So I'm sitting here watching the Coyotes move stuff, talk to
each other, go back and forth - standard surveillance stuff - so I
adjust the MilliCam and decide to log onto ShadowLand to see whats
burnin'. And then I scan the file on Tir Tairngire. And what strikes
me is what big fraggin drekheads some of the se deckers are. They go
off breaking into top class datastores, screwin with major IC to
figure out what Tir Tairngire's "Secret" Gross Domestic Product value
is, and what their production is . . . Chummers, we're in 2054 -
don't these drekheads know any economics. The data is sitting right
in front of them. Per Capita Income multiplied by Population equals
Gross Domestic Product -- in this case Y55,000 x 5,610,000 =
Y308,500,00 --> i.e. Tir Tairngire has a GDP of three hundred eight
and a half billion nuyen. Also, as anyone with a pinch of economics
knows in modern industrial countries 25% of GDP is Industrial Goods
Manufacture 75% is Services. Moreover, Corporations usually produce
between 70% -50% of all GDP. Since the Tir has more cottage
industries than per usual it wo uld be 50% of GDP is corporate
produced. Probably, 60 billion nuyen in exports 20 billion in
imports. So there - in a few minutes I gave you info that deckers
were risking there lives for. Just Fraggin' Unbelievable ain't it. In
any case, Spes is only given us half the truth - theres alot of stuff
she avoids altogeth er - like how a scion of one of the houses
seriously screwed with major heat - I mean Lowfyr - but thats another
story - not one I'm going to tell.  Oh, and by the way, if any of you
shadow assasins working for the Tir Tairngire are getting any ideas
about Leaking, Flatlining, Icing, (KILLING) me -- think twice. I have
family and friends working OffPlanet at Zurich Orbital and other
Orbitals in geo-orbit with there fingers over space massdriver
buttons -- I'd really hate to see it rain KTon sized comets on the
beloved "Land of Promise" - So Ka ?|<<<<<
      KHANx (MultiStage File Dump)

>>>>>[ Legion,  Ah might be able to help y'all with y'all's problem
of getting into the Underground.  As Ah've done a little work for
people there, Ah've got a pass of sorts.  Let me know and Ah'll
arrange a visit.]<<<<<
        Commander X2 <09:18:24 MST/ 6-3-54>

>>>>>[ KHANx:  I congraduate you on your vast knowledge of economics
and I laugh heartily at your weak and pathetic threat.  If a Tir
assassin decided to kill you, neither you or your friends would ever
know it was coming or who did it. I should know, I've worked for and
against the best of them.  Besides Zurich Orbital would not cause an
international incident that would result in their own downfall over a
two-bit shadowrunner like yourself.  I do believe that your human
head has become a little swelled. ]<<<<< 
        -- Deathstroke <The Terminator>

>>>>>[ Deathstroke!  What's up guy?  Why are you threatening KHANx?
He's not that bad of a guy. ]<<<<<
        -- Cerise <11:52:52/06-03-54>

>>>>>[ It wasn't a threat, Cerise.  Merely a kind warning.  It is
unhealthly to antagonize the elves of the Tir. ]<<<<<
        -- Deathstroke <The Terminator>
=========================================================================
Date:         Thu, 3 Jun 1993 14:57:33 -0600
Reply-To:     Brooks Hertzog <[b--er--o] at [OURAY.DENVER.COLORADO.EDU]>
Sender:       "BBS for ShadowRun. Interactive Fiction for Shadowrun."
              <[SHADOW T K] at [HEARN.BITNET]>
From:         Brooks Hertzog <[b--er--o] at [OURAY.DENVER.COLORADO.EDU]>
Subject:      The Tir

>>>>>[Hmmm, I figure the message about economics wasn't directed
towards me, but I do have some feelings towards the threat. Alas, I
refuse to sit here and preach the vast importance and power of the
Tir, but I will state my opinions on the reason a good chunk of our
information is left secret. The first reason, most obvious is the
little deckers who believe they can beat any security, and attempt
to play with our files, tis a wrong move but we enjoy to see it.
Second, don't make threats on the weather,pal! I have seen enough
of that drek and I am ready to teach a few people how well the
Fires of Hell feel upon their rear-ends, but tis a matter to
discuss with the humans that think they can play with Elven
weather. Well thank you KHANx for the giving the general public
more false information, I hope for thier sake they are happy with
it. If you like though I can upload you a copy of the Statistical
Economic Information to your account.]<<<<< 
        -- Moonscyer<15:18:35/06-03-54>

>>>>>|It seems I've raised some furor. Well let me respond to my
various critics. First, my analysis of the Tir's economic situation
is soundly generated - look for yourself and tell me where I went
wrong. Second, I DO have a VERY good idea of the power, wealth,
influence, and (to put it delicately) martial operating effectiveness
of the Tir. As for any bias I might have of elves - that is pure
nonsense. NightShade, an Ex-Paladin (the sinister kind I mean) is my
very best friend, and I have quite a few associates that are Tirian
elves. I do not threaten Tir Tairngire. I am one person, with no
possibility of bring- ing down a wealthy country. I merely state that
I do have assets, in orbital, of my own. As no shadowrunner
absolutely knows the history of another (we do deliberately hide it)
I think it would be wise not to speculate about who, what or how
someone like myself might be related to the Orbitals - and what they
would do for me. Lastly, Like most 'runners I am wanted by several
entities for illicit activities . . . They have not been able do
Vanish me, and I dare say that the Tir is not the most powerful of
these. As I said before the Tir has 5,610,000 people and GDP of
Y308,500,000,000.  The Imperial Japanese Empire has over 100,000,000
people and a GDP of approx. 4.1 trillion nuyen - a consistent martial
assets. The Tir is a wealthy, powerful nation - but remember in the
great scheme of things it is the smallest of the Big Players.

UCAS: 170 million population   GDP 5.2 trillion nuyen
Los Angeles MegaSprawl:  approx. 7,100,000 people    
                         GDP Y400,000,000,00
and remember Britain, etc... that I have not even brought up.

Am I intimidated by the Tir - yes.
Am I deathly paranoidly fearful - NO!|<<<<<
     -- KHANx (Fragment Multiple Upload File)

>>>>>[Sir, I see that the intent of your message was to inform
those, that are unaware of the situation. That is admirable, and I
think we agree on the matters which you speak. Alas, I too feel the
same about the fear of the Tir, my friend is an elite commander in
one of the defense regimes, do i give a care what they say, No.
Tis, true I love my home, and will defend it against any outside
force, but I too live in the fast life of the Shadows, and I have
no fear of what the council orders. But the matter still remains
that you used the threat of Orbitals against my homeland. I was
interested in your words until you made it clear that what you were
saying had to be backed by the power of your friends....My only
suggestion is to you, is to keep your friends were they belong,
alive....]<<<<< 
        --  Moonscyer<18:15:15/06-03-54>

>>>>>|As someone famous once said - "No man is an island".  As a
'runner this goes double. Contacts, partners, friends, are the lifes
blood of a shadow denizen. That is why I don't mind admitting that
while KHANx the individual is not a Lowfyr class force, KHANx plus
associates are a much more formidable factor. I understand my
limitations - but I know that I am not narrowly limited For one
such as yourself Moonscyer, a mage who in all probability is part
of an initiate group, you well know that the individual(s) are less
of a force than the group. My comments were merely pointing out
that the Tir has done an admirable job of projecting and focusing
power - but it must be realized that the Tir is not nearly the as
big a threat as looms in the minds of novice 'runn ers. Also,
Moonscyer, I was reacting to threats that had come to me from other
channels regarding posting to much Hard Data on the Tir - I did not
mean to bluster, as it is highly unprofessional - but merely
clarify my position. As far as I know, I am not currently in
conflict with Tir Tairngire - I hope they do not choose to be in
conflict with me.|<<<<< 
   -- KHANx (MultiPhase Fragmentary File Upload)

>>>>>[ Fragging dandelion eaters. ]>>>>>
        --  Glare <23:15:42 / 03.06.54>

>>>>>|Moonscyer, I was thinking about what you said about weather
control and stuff, ans it made me remember a strange episode I had
seen several years back. And just to show you what a chummer I am,
I'll recite the line for you. Several years back I was doin' the
shadowscene getting work, getting fragged, the usual.  I got really
fraggin' sick of it, decided to try something more stea dy. So me and
NightShade start scoping out merc bars, i.e. The Titan. And we fi
nally get this offer. The Johnson knows enough about our streetreps
and deals to impress, so we here the pitch.  Basicly, by the end of
the night we'd signed on for a one year tour with the Chrome Cobras -
yes, thats right, the RDSG (Rapid Deployment Strike Group) that was
being funded by Ares Macro and Mikoyan -Gureivich (the famous MiG
Aerospace). They became briefly famous after being linked with the
Carribean Neutralization Incident that forced their Disbandsure .
Well anyways, NightShade and I get teamed up with 2 other mercs and a
mage. Now this was one strange mage - initiate for sure, elven wore a
long black overjacket with silver sigils - never took it off.
Everybody was real pro, so after a month of intensive we're a
commisionned team. 
    
One of our missions was especially relevant to weather pattern
shift. Some archaeologists had brought back some very interesting
stuff from a secret dig in Aztlan. They stuck it at a special max
secure warehouse, and it was supposed to be shipped the next day.
Why MiG or Ares went into the art business I don't know - but our
mission was to retrieve this a special box from the dig that was in
the warehouse. 

Sorry, somethin is happenin with the Coyotes . .  Be back After.
OUT.|<<<<<
       -- KHANx (Multiple File Transmit Procedure)

>>>>>|Tsa'right. Nil persp. O.K., where was I? Thats right I
remember. So we had to go get this thing outta the warehouse.  Well,
we got ourselves A Chrysler Valkyrie Panzer made up in appropriate
corp colors, get the disguise suits, showed up 5 mins.  before the
real pickup panzer was supposed to. Close e nough not to arouse
suspicion. They let us in past the perimeter (we Decked the ir
passcode) and into the warehouse. But of course, a corpocrat got
suspicious. We had the place locked up and subdued in under a
minute. After breaking open the designated crate we found a 1x1x1
gold box with cut rock crystal sides. The style was all very Mayan-
stylized ornate people, dragons, etc.. Inside was a Hexagon made of
a marble like material - xcept that red, black, and gold vapors
were writhing inside. On each side of the hexagon was a carved
face, Mayan styl ized looking - but really creepy - each face
looked like a metahuman:Elven, Ork ,Troll, Dwarf. 
     
So anyways we grab the thing. A casually jam out of there.  Just as
we're at the gate The Real Pickup panzer turns the corner .  . .
Needless to say we we re dodging munitions after that. Finally got
away and went to our fallback - a deserted Reserve Army Base outside
the Sprawl. About 2 am we had guests. 3 panzers 50 groundtroops. All
in light grey, no patches or insigs. We were in a fortress - but had
no mobility and were outnumbered. 

ooops! Somethin comeup 'gain.|<<<<<
        -- KHANx (MultiDump FilSpec)

>>>>>|I'm back.

So they had us pinned/we had them pinned. Still it didn't look good
for us. They were using their panzers main guns to weaken our
structure and we couldn't do the same to them because IR told us
they had AntiArmor missiles. We take a f ew of them down, but thats
about it. So then the mage tells to get into our Panzer - he says
he's going to punch a whole in their lines. I'm thinking BullD rek.
Yah, he's an initiate, yah he'll use a fireball or hellblast - but
it ain' t nearly enough at this point. But he tells us he's got
something special. So we hop into the panzer and wait. He gets in
and tells the rigger to roll for- ward so he can see the sky. After
we do that, he starts chanting, pointing at the stars, yelling at
them - and then one of the silver sigils on his overjacke t burns
off/ actually vanishes, and a sharp flash of light of his hands.
Then he faints. And nothing . . . Nothing happens -- at first. Then
we notice a small falling star . . . Heading our way! Eventually
the thing impacts on our attackers with a tremedous explosion,
light, rocking earth, the whole bit. It annihilates one panzer,
kills 10 guys, damages everything else - huge gap in their defenses
-- which we zoom through. 

Later, he wakes up, and we go out to really drink. You know, its our
lives chummer - still alive. So after uncounted drinks we start
pressuring him about the spell. He doesn't wanna tell us, but after a
while (7 drinks later) he give s us some details.
    
Seems he was off doing meditation for an upcoming initiation in Tir
Tairngi re's wilderness when suddenly the background count gets so
high it starts physi cally burning. So he sits and checks the place
out, Asrtal ways if ya scan. Get s nothin'. He figures Mask. Takes
another 2 days to discover an outjutting crag g is really a huge
stone vault door into the ground. Goes gets supplies and com es back.
The door is incredibly warded, and locked, and other stuff, in his
own words" Like spell energy used to create a net of magic covering
the door like it was made of 1 inch thick magiwire tied with gordian
knot puzzles" -- yes he was very drunk.  So anyways he finally gets
through (5 days later) and enters a secret catacomb. Narrow and many
branched. Lots of sarcophigi, a few other artifacts. He gets into one
chamber, and behind the leaning Sarcophigi are shel ves packed with
stuff. He takes one scroll out when he hears a menacing scrathi
ng/scraping in the catacombs. He gets totally consumed by fear and
starts runni ng. He swears that as he sprinted out the shadows took
on form and substance an d eventually started looking like . . . well
better not to say. Needless to say he withdrew every offending spell
(anything that could be traced to him - he wa s that scared!) and
left - never going back. On the scroll was the hermetic spell
formula for the comet spell. He called it StarStrike, because that
was th e name of the spell in Speretheriel that was written on the
scroll. So thats it - the whole story. Hope it helps you out. Now
the Tir is really going to be aft er me . . Right Chummers|<<<<< 
  -- KHANx (Muliple Stage NonSynchronous FileSpec TransSatt Bounce
            File Dump)

>>>>>["Fragging dandelion eaters"? I would appreciate it, Glare, if
you would direct your quite racist remarks towards the individual or
group who has endeared your dislike. I am not associated with those
of the Tir nor am I in their debt, but I, along with all other elves
not in league with the Tir, don't like your racist remarks floating
around the shadows.

But enough about that -- back to work. Wanna come play in the big
leagues Glare?]<<<<<
        -- Legion <13:56:25GMT/6-4-54>

>>>>>[Folks, specifically Moonscyer and KHANx, can you drop the macho
posing and get back down to biz?  You're taking up bandwidth on the
Davidsford server that we need for more useful items.  Get a room or
something.]<<<<< 
        -- The No-Bozo Zone (SysAdmin) <08:25:46/06-04-54>

>>>>>[M'sieur Glare, you have been traced.  Of course, by now you
know this,. as I rather doubt you're reading this message ... Trace
and Kill is such a useful little program...]<<<<<
        -- Lorien <08:33:47/06-04-54>

>>>>>[Shadowland Davidsford herreby disclaims all responsibility for
the actions of Lorien and his Elven supremacist group.  They cracked
in like everybody else, and like the logon post says, we ain't
responsible for the use people make of our part of the Matrix.  We
provide a communication channel; what goes through it is not our
business.  Sorry, guys.]<<<<< 
        -- The No-Bozo Zone (SysAdmin) <08:37:27/06-04-54>

>>>>>[First KHANx, I thought I would tell you little that it matters
that, alas, I am a mage of the 6th order of the moon. I presume a few
mundanes won't know what that means but, I care little. To answer you
on the questions of my group, I believe in the power of one. I am the
only mage in my order and it plans to stay that way, but I do
understand what you say.......

Second....I am glad for your remark, Glare, I am sure the elves,
either Tir associated or not, will become easily tired of your
racist remarks. But a notice to my Elven brothers and sisters the
Tir is here for your needs, just call and assitance is
present!...... 

Third....Sirs at the DavidsFord site, I presume you linked on to
this net, of course as a mage goes my knowledge of this bloody
thing is not the greatest, but i also presume you have the power to
not read any news that you wish.]<<<<<
        --  Moonscyer<09:45:20/06-04-54>

>>>>>[CoHort,  Rising Sun,  Do either of you know of a good place to
hold up in Australia, New Zealand side?  Feral, Jester, Nagami, and
myself have been through alot and need a safe place to rest up.  I'll
post back with the details of our adventure.]<<<<<
        Moon Dancer <05:02:43 AST/ 6-4-54>

>>>>>[Chummer, you don't seem to have noticed the little () next to
my handle at the bottom of the message, by the timestamp.  I'm
=running= the fragging Davidsford hub, and you and your chummer have
been taking up bandwidth that we want to use for real biz.  Yeah, I
could filter you out, but then I'd get people screaming at me for
censorship, including my boss at Shadowland Central; we're not
supposed to censor the mail.  On the other hand, I can ask you to
take your disagreements tgo a chat lounge.  Do it or not, I really
don't care any more -- your attitude is just fixing my opinion of Tir
elves. Now, excuse me, I have real work to do.]<<<<<
        -- The No-Bozo Zone (SysAdmin) <13:09:42/06-04-54>

>>>>>[Lay off it, Bozo.  Yer lettin' your job go to yer head again.
I'm real interested in what Moonscyer's been revealing about Tir
border defenses, in among the braggin'.]<<<<<
        -- Captain Crystal <13:11:25/06-04-54>

>>>>>[ KHANx: I could careless about your figures on Tir Tairngire.
I just find it truly pathetic when some 'runner gets his head so
swelled to think the world would be shaken by his demise.  Remember
KHANx, you choose this lifestyle and people living this lifestyle get
killed regularly.  Don't believe that your friends on high don't know
this, or that they will do anything when it happens. Get real before
you get dead. ]<<<<< 
        -- Deathstroke <The Terminator>

>>>>>[ You know, KHANx, for someone who states he doesn't want to
get into trouble you sure spout off at the mouth rather quickly. 
Either your not as afraid as you let on or your a newbie.  Which is
it bad boy? ]<<<<< 
        -- Cerise <12:46:46/06-04-54>

>>>>>[ Quit posturing with KHANx and get back to work,
Cerise.]<<<<< 
        -- Raven the Mage <12:47:21/06-04-54>

>>>>>[ Hey, its not like I'm punching a clock here.  Go back to
kissing Nightstalker.  Your much better at that than you are at
nagging. ]<<<<< 
        -- Cerise <12:48:48/06-04-54>

>>>>>[ Ladies!!! ]<<<<<
        -- Nightstalker <12:49:18/06-04-54>

>>>>>[Moon Dancer: I couldn't help but see that you were in need
of some information about Australia. I used to have a lucrative
setup down there involving guns, but I'd rather not go into it too
deeply. Anyway, I used to have a bunch of detailed maps around
here... FRAG! I remember when I couldn't live without those, and
now I can't find 'em. OK, I don't remember much about the Southeast
Quadrant, but I do remember a bar/hotel called The Last Chance. It
was about 2 km outside of some little town that I can't remember
the name of. This place was pretty cheesy (in decor), but they
didn't ask questions about the large boxes that I brought through
every night.  The employees are good people for a little cash. In
the town, there was a ferry service to New Zealand. The price was
good; 10 Y per person and 50-60 Y per vehicle. The ferry service
was called "Ferries For Free"; look it up to find the town it's
in.  Hope this helped a little.]<<<<< 
        - Paladin [15:57:15|06-04-54]

>>>>>[ KHANx: I could careless about your figures on Tir Tairngire.
I just find it truly pathetic when some 'runner gets his head so
swelled to think the world would be shaken by his demise.  Remember
KHANx, you choose this lifestyle and people living this lifestyle
get killed regularly.  Don't believe that your friends on high
don't know this, or that they will do anything when it happens. Get
real before you get dead. ]<<<<< 
         -- Deathstroke <The Terminator>

>>>>>[ You know, KHANx, for someone who states he doesn't want to
get into trouble you sure spout off at the mouth rather quickly. 
Either your not as afraid as you let on or your a newbie.  Which is
it bad boy? ]<<<<< 
         -- Cerise <12:46:46/06-04-54>

>>>>>[ Quit posturing with KHANx and get back to work,
Cerise.]<<<<< 
         -- Raven the Mage <12:47:21/06-04-54>

>>>>>[ Hey, its not like I'm punching a clock here.  Go back to
kissing Nightstalker.  Your much better at that than you are at
nagging. ]<<<<< 
         -- Cerise <12:48:48/06-04-54>

>>>>>[ Ladies!!! ]<<<<<
         -- Nightstalker <12:49:18/06-04-54>

>>>>>[Listening to all this Drek is enough to make ears ache, even
the ones I have from Chiba. Lets get down to biz and spread some
info around. We can this drek for later sometime in a dark alley,
or on top of a building with a scope. Later chums .]<<<<<
          --Brebane  <17:24:14/06-04-54>

>>>>>[Forgive my intrusion into the festivities, but I believe
No-Bozo Zone is the sysop's name of the Davidsford installation. As
for the threats and machismo flying back and forth on this net, can
we just quit it? I am getting sick of reading about what everybody
CAN do to each other. I'm on this net to get info, not to read
gruesome details about killing. I've seen too much in my life already
to be impressed by those. Now, back to our regularly scheduled
program.]<<<<< 
                - Paladin [17:53:10|06-04-54]

>>>>>[ Nice try, chummer...but you're going to have to try harder
than your 10 Mp "trace and spill" to even touch my MPCP.  As for you
flower-grubbing drekheads over in the Tir...you're not scaring
anyone. I agree...it's time to get down to biz.  Anyone besides
myself wondering who's responsible for all the wetwork being done at
Tenrin Plex?  Rumor has it that the pres could be next, and that
their private LTG is moving up to Red.  Those suits deserve it, in my
opinion.  Frag, almost wish I was one of the vatjobs they suspect did
the run.  Maybe they'll move to the Tir next. HA!  Chew on that,
eaters.  ]<<<<< 
        --  Glare <19:32:07 / 04.06.54>

>>>>>[ Fragging dandelion eaters.  Fragging Dandelion Eaters!
FRAGGING DANDELION EATERS!!!!!!!  ALL ELVES ARE A BUNCH OF STUCK-UP
KNOW-IT-ALL ARROGANT DANDELION EATERS!!!!!!!!!!

Now, Lorien, if you'd care to send a Trace and Kill after my
address, go right ahead.  There's a _reason_ I turtle into the
matrix; it's nasty IC like that that I don't have to deal with. 
It's all words and pictures on a screen to me, Dandelion Eater. 
And go ahead and Trace me; I work for the UCAS Government and we
have our own Trace programs.  We'd just _LOVE_ to have a reason to
send in a black ops CIA team to neutralize your little party.  And
when I say I work for the government, I don't mean I'm a wipmy
little bureaucrat tucked away in the Capitol; my name is uplink, no
capital u, and you may have heard of me.  I'm the UCAS resident
expert on internal communications hardware and
counterintelligence.  Does the term "top man" mean anything to
you? 

To the rest of you: I meant no disrespect to any other faerie folk
on the matrix, excluding Lorien and his DANDELION EATERS of course.

Oh, Lorien, next time you're calling, bring some heavy IC-cutters;
my datafortress was rated Red-18... and I've improved since
then.]<<<<< 
        -- uplink <02:56:43/06-05-54>

>>>>>[ Moonscyer, what the drek is this 6th moon garbage?  If that
means you're a 6th grade Initiate, congratulations, but call it what
it is, man! ]<<<<<
       -- Catch-22 (The Most Powerful Mage In The World)
                    <03:02:07/06-05-54> 
 
>>>>>[ Not everybody works for a corp like you do. ]<<<<<
        -- Pariah <run-run-run>

>>>>>[ Hey, 'Raku takes care of me.  I have a pension.  I have a
cushy job. I have steady income, real food, a nice roof over my
head (and about a hundred levels above too) AND I get to 'Run every
once in a while as long as it doesn't affect 'Raku (or it's in
their interests).  And just recently I took the time to Initiate. 
Safe, easy, with plenty of others to back me up.  Can any of you
claim to have as easy a life as I do? ]<<<<< 
        -- Catch-22 (The Most Powerful Mage In The World)
                     <03:04:34/06-05-54> 

>>>>>[ All that soft living makes you slower on the streets.  We all
know that. ]<<<<<
        -- Pariah <run-run-run>

>>>>>[ Nope, I 'Run about once a month and I've kept the edge quite
nicely. Talk to Blindside and Zero about that Extreme Prejudice run
we did last month; if it hadn't been for me and my elementals, the
group would have been toast. ]<<<<<
        -- Catch-22 (The Most Powerful Mage In The World)
                     <03:05:26/06-05-54> 

>>>>>[ Anyone can use elementals for power. ]<<<<<
        -- Pariah <run-run-run>

>>>>>[ But no one else can command twelve of them.  No elf, no
human. Only me. ]<<<<<
        -- Catch-22 (The Most Powerful Mage In The World)
                     <03:07:29/06-05-54> 

>>>>>[ Give a good elf an Aura of Command spell and he can command
twelve. ]<<<<<
        -- Pariah <run-run-run>

>>>>>[ But I'm HUMAN, Pariah.  Explain it. ]<<<<<
        -- Catch-22 (The Most Powerful Mage In The World)
                     <03:09:10/06-05-54> 

>>>>>[ You know I can't. ]<<<<<
        -- Pariah <run-run-run>

>>>>>[ The defense rests. ]<<<<<
        -- Catch-22 (The Most Powerful Mage In The World)
                     <03:11:00/06-05-54>

>>>>>[Neil, Zee and Commander X2, thanks for the assist. Boy were we
ever surprised when Rojo Li showed up just when we staged the hit.
Too bad for all his gangers, though. When we noticed that the Man was
on the scene we had little choice but to geek each and everyone of
them with minimal casualties on our side.  Ragman is doing fine,
although he's a little crispy still...

Right now I've got Rojo in a secure location and we're starting to
interrogate him. Should only take about 3 to 4 days tops.

I guess now we know the difference between professionals and posers.

Millhaus, The Ragman would like to talk to you about something
having to do with the magicker he geeked. I'm not that fluent in
magic stuff yet and he needs someone who understands him.

Once we pump all the information out of Rojo Li we're gonna turn him
over to our employers and decide wether or not to complete the
'overall' mission objective and decimate the Overdrive operation,
although it looks like the flow has been dwindling on the street in
the past couple of days. 

Back to the grind...]<<<<<
        -- Legion <11:20:13GMT/6-5-54>

>>>>>[ Moon Dancer, it really depends on where you want to go.  I've
got a few contacts in the southern areas of Australia, but in terms
of hiding places, most of mine are up north, near Arnhem land, or in
the New Territories of New Guinea.

CoHort might know of a few that he would care to lend, but I can't,
I'm afraid. However, if you decide to go sight seeing, I know a
rigger in Sydney who likes to take tourists on runs into the
Outback. You can see Ayers Rock, the Olgas, Lake Eyre, and all the
wonderful sights that the Australian countryside boasts. And he's
only run into mana storms a couple of times. ]<<<<<<
        Rising Storm <12:56:10 UCT/5-JUN-54>

>>>>>[Ah, death threats in the early morning.  I love it when people
make my job easier.  Posting intent to commit murder is such a help
to getting a charge to stick.  C'mon down to Davidsford, KHANx, let
me give you a guided tour of the sort of establishment you're likely
to be familiar with.]<<<<< 
        -- Law'n'Order <09:01:55/06-05-54>

>>>>>[Yeah, Paladin, I'm in agreement with you.  Oh my spirits, am I
really agreeing with the crankiest sysop in the Confed?  I guess so.
You know much about the Tir stack?  I slipped in through an
undocumented LTG a while back and my spirits, that place was crawling
with the nastiest little IC constructs this little cracker had ever
viddied.  Rumour has it that black IC is not illegal in the Tir, but
I couldn't get past the big black knight with the vorpal snickersnee
to check out the legislative database for myself...]<<<<<
        -- Pharelyte <09:07:10/06-05-54>

>>>>>[Tenrin Plex?  Was ist das Tenrin Plex?  Fill us in, oh
inside-information holder....  sounds like there might be a nuyen
in it for an enterprising young ork with a deck...]<<<<< 
        -- Phaze Loop <09:24:05/06-05-54>

>>>>>[UCAS top man, hm?  Awful lot of macho posturing there in the
post for someone in such a position.  But what should I expect from
UCAS mucus?  If you really were who you say you are, anyway, you
wouldn't be bragging about it.  Real government agents don't brag.
Oh, and please, send in another CIA black ops team.  Lecter says the
last one was tasty, but he's still hungry...]<<<<< 
        -- Lorien <11:07:06/06-05-54>

>>>>>[Okay, I got the Trace on uplink.  He's in a nasty great
fortress all right but I think we can take him.  Knock him down a few
pegs anyway.  Hey, uplink, whatcha gonna do about this?  New tactic,
and I guess I shouldn't tell you, but you won't be in a position to
use it:  Set up a cave, you know what a cave is? It's a squat with
boosted Matrix access, untraceable since nobody owns it.  You put a
deck in the place with a smart frame in it, just the frame taking up
the whole deck.  Set a timer and leave.  Later on, you check your
mailbox and pick up the results from the frame.  No risk except for
the equipment, and that was boosted to begin with.  Half a dozen
frames should be knocking on your door about the time I post this...
Attack 10, Sleaze 10, Cloak 10, and a few other goodies.  Spirits, I
love smart frames... ... they're so useful, and they never hesitate
at dangerous situations...]<<<<< 
        -- Karbon Komposite <11:12:57/06-05-54>

>>>>>[Catch-22, I always thought Renraku's G2 was slipshod, but now I
know it for a fact.  That, or they don't consider you to have a
need-to-know on this item, which puts you low on the totem pole.
Initiate of the 6th Moon is far beyond a Grade 6; this fellow is
approaching the level required to try for Child of the Abyss in the
system I follow.  You just now Initiated, for the first time? And
you're picking at a 6th Moon Initiate?  Nice knowing you... hope
Raku has good funeral benefits...]<<<<< 
        -- Lotus Mage <11:16:37/06-05-54>

>>>>>[You "own" the Net, and you haven't heard of Shadowland?
Shadowland Davidsford is the latest server hub to open on the board,
in what used to be known as Nashville, Tennessee, in the Confed.  As
the sysadmin, I have to be worried about the use of the bandwidth --
there's only so much, and some people are trying to conduct real biz
here.  Oh, and funny how you're posting on uplink's account, which we
know is a bad fortress, but not mucus property. Pardon me, I'm
supposed to remain neutral on these things, but it was worth the
reprimand I'll get from Denver to say that...]<<<<<
        -- The No-Bozo Zone (SysAdmin) <11:21:07/06-05-54>

>>>>>[ Well at least I'm not the only one with enough chips in their
deck to put those eaters where they belong.  Frag.  So you want the
scoop on Tenrin, huh?  Well I may not know much more than the average
drekhead in the sprawl, but I do know that now is as ripe time as any
for any enterprising young deckhead to pull off a little datasteal.
Word is that their rating making Red won't happen for another few
days, maybe a week (if it isn't all just smoke to begin with.)  Hear
that they had a nice little cyberware R&D dept, too.  (But you didn't
hear that from me.)  If the president gets geeked, then it's all
over...they'll be bought out within the hour and it'll take one big
sleaze to please 'em.  Catch my drift, there guys?  Slot and run or
it's old news.  Anyone finds out who's gettin' all the blame for the
wetwork, let me know.  ]<<<<<
        --  Glare <15:43:24 / 05.06.54>

>>>>>[ Dancer of the Gold sounds like a truly impressive woman,
though I would much prefer to avoid meeting her on unfriendly terms.
At any rate, Stringer, no offense was taken, I merely wanted to avoid
confusion.  As for your arm, if you would like to contact me at
LTG#<MPCP-Recognition Encrypt>, I may be able to fashion a superior
replacement for you. 

On another topic, some of my associates have recently encountered
evidence of significant numbers of roach spirits infesting the
northern region of the Puyallup district.  Can anyone provide
information on this?  They're considering investigating this
physically, though they have a map to a location in the Underground
which I expect them to follow up on first. ]<<<<< 
          -- Dancer <21:02:49/6-5-54>

>>>>>[ Karbon, your smart frames may be effective, but you must learn
to use tools appropriate to the situation at hand.  I can assure you
that your frames (at over 1 Gp(!!!) each) never got near uplink.
Didn't even make it to his LTG. Do you know why?  Because one of
them, travelling alone, eats enough processing power to overload a
Green-5 node.  Half a dozen would freeze a Red-7 as soon as they
entered it.  I'd your frames might have made it to the RTG link, but
they didn't get any further.  Decking isn't about massive
ultra-super-death-programs from hel, it's about finesse.  ]<<<<<
          -- Dancer (22:01:44/6-5-54)

>>>>>[Ah...Sweet comrades, at least I can tell you are still awake
after the barrage of message build-ups...Hmm, going back I saw a few
Tir refferal's. I think that is a wonderful place to start...Oh by
the way, I take no claim at being a Tir expert, I dear sirs, am only
a proud elf who lives and plays in his homeland...So back to this
defense regime and the quarks of the jobs...Maybe it was two or
three weeks ago, when that storm started to brew on the mountains...I
guess I was really the only one who doesn't like changes in the
weather, but I asked for a patrol to go out and search for that damn
star like fall. On the first day of the search they found
nothing...My god in this day you hope that people could search an
area, with some skill, well everything doesn't go as planned...On the
second day, We found a crater about 2 1/2 meters big...I was happy at
1st we could find a trace of this problem, I still had doubts about
this being a mishap in a weather control experiment...We searched the
area, we even lifted the ground around the area by 15-meters,
Nothing, only tracks of a a medium-sized lizard...Not a full
Draco-form, The tracks showed a variant aura pattern, go ahead ask
how I know about the tracks!!! Well I will tell you, the creature
seemed to have lost some part of his his tail in the impact. My
impression, is whatever that was in the crater must have hit the
Draco-form in mid-air, I can only imagine how upset this creature was
if my assumption is true. But it what is odd, is where did the object
go??? Any answers???]<<<<< 
        --  Moonscyer<23:06:36/06-05-54>

>>>>>| Mr. Law'n'Order, I believe I will pass on your generous offer
to inspect your facilities -- as I have passed on similar insistences
from other security officers. But thank you for your overgenerous
offer. As for the current little spat between Lorien + group and
uplink -- although not in favor the UCAS in general, I believe I
shall firmly support uplink, as he is by far the more sane and useful
chummer. Legion, Rojo finally spilled. I got the location of the Wea
pons warehouse and OverDrive production facility. We'll talk at the
usual place . Sorry about the low cover on the southside Ragman-
didn't expect them to unlo ad with two miniguns at the west. The
"Spell" really helped Milhaus. 
     
As of now, we got a few days before the Katana comes in . .  .so we
should wrap this thing up soon.|<<<<<
            -- KHANx (22:51:55/***)

>>>>>Denizen's of the Matrix, I have a great request to make of you.
The burden of this act is on my part, for to partake of your
artificial world is anathema to me, John Tearchild, shaman of the
Cherokee nation. I ask that you keep your true eys open for an Indian
warrior, a student of mine, who recently left my abode in the
wilderness without word or warning. If you encounter him, he will
likely be aloof to your speech and manners, disliking technology as
much as the European who raped the land and forced my people to march
the Trail of Tears oh so long ago. I fear not for him, but for the
damage he may cause to those he encounters. 

He is Cherokee. He wears the tattered remains of Cherokee Sniper
Regiment (part of our army) armored clothing. He carries a sword,
which is a magic weapon, a bow, and a Ruger Super Warhawk. Colonel
Smith, his comanding officer, reports that his weapon is also
missing. His hair is tied in a pony tail.

Please report any sightings to the tribal council. Thank You.]<<<<<
     --Tearchild <17:17:32/6-6-54>

>>>>>[Tearchild, surely you can trace him astrally. If not I'm sure
that some of my fellow runners can come up with something if you can
supply some blood samples or something. Oh, by the way, what sought
of damage are we looking at here?]<<<<<
        -- Jobby <16:58:21/6-7-54>

>>>>>[Johnny, my boy. You got a problem, I know some young fellas
that can help. 'Course, they need to know just HOW badly the tribal
council wants to find this guy. You just want him found? No problem.
You want him taken out? No problem. I can find you a team to do the
job.]>>>>>
        -- Crazy Joe <22:15:43/6-7-54>

>>>>>[I was down in Gatlinburg a couple days ago to pick up a buddy
of mine at the Visitor's Center, and on the way out of town he swears
he assensed something off in the woods beside the car that he said
was like a Sasquatch, that it was intelligent and belonged in the
woods, but wasn't furry.  I asked him how the frag he could tell it
wasn't furry from its aura, and he asked me how I could tell I had a
valve rocker coming loose from the engine noise.  I dunnoi if this
was your boy, Tearchild, but you might check it out.  This was about
two days ago, on the road down toward Pigeon Forge, along the Little
River.  Hope this helps.]<<<<< 
        -- Delta-Vee <08:52:59/06-07-54>

>>>>>[I thank all of you for your advice and offers of help.  I myself
have no materials to use for a link, and the military has not yet
been brought in fully. You see, Brave is not just a warrior.  He is an
adept, and according to the spirits he has been called by the Great
Spirit to serve as his warrior and avenger. He is not like your
mechanical cyborgs of death, or a psychotic. No, he is of true
Indian blood, not tainted by the evils of the disrespectful European
and his cousins. I believe Brave has been sent a vision, and is on a
Visionquest. For now, merely being aware of his movements and
ensuring that no innocents are inadvertedly killed is all we need.
However, the tribal system will be down fo a day or two to eliminate
a virus planted by some decker in the Blackest Homeland of the
European, New York City.]<<<<< 
     --Tearchild <11:36:53/6-7-54>

>>>>>[Speaking of smart frames, I won't comment on the folly of KK's
Level 10s, but I do have a rather serious question. I fear I am not
very creative, since the only purpose I've ever used a smart frame
for was defending my deck from Trace attacks. What other uses have
people come up with for these programming masterpieces?]<<<<<
        -- Paladin [13:04:05|06-07-54]

>>>>>[I would finish the sound-bit on the weather, but I gotta answer
this.....Oh my friends, Maybe a title is something new to some. I
never decalared myself a super-mage, Tis a wise man who know his
limitations! I only said my Title which holds true 6th order of the
Moon, to those if this is an odd name, Tis a matter of a level of
initiation, nothing more...I presume that if in the line of Samurai's
deckers and other ShadowRunners you guys don't have titles, that is
your lost..If I ever stated a matter of being a Super-mage, ahem, I
will like to see your data, for evidence...To me I care little what
others view, To me I presumed I would give my account of an odd flux
in the weather and some other things that I have seen...I mean guys
if I really wanted to brag about My magic powers, I would have gone
to MagickNet...But that is a channel for purely magickal lore...I
wanted to share pure runs....Unfortunatly some with a frail ego's
have decided to turn this into a personal hour..(Yes, I admit I now
fall into this category)....Well maybe next time we can discuss the
matters of the world???]<<<<< 
        --  Moonscyer<02:05:32/06-07-54>

>>>>>[Hey, don't knock smart frames.  YEah, choke points can be a
real pain, but I wrote a header file that the frame sends ahead of
itself through the choke -- you ever hear of data segmentation? The
header file goes through, then the frame chops itself into pieces
that'll fit in the choke point without setting off alarms,  sends
the pieces through and recompiles under the header on the other
side.  You can send a paired small frame with just a mondo sleaze
along with the big jammer to get the pieces past the IC in the
choke or the node beyond without hassle.  Also, smart frames are
great for hassling people or for taking them out.  I saw an
assassin frame called the Crimson Avenger, that given a person's
icon, wil hunt them down and attack them on sight.  As well,
Wrecker here in the 'Ford put together the Deadly Attack Clown,
that hunts up all the person's accounts, and copies itself into the
system.  Then every time they try to access the Matrix, even
turtling or on the phone, they get this obnoxious clown pop up in
front of them, hurling insults and making rude noises.  I guess the
thing watches for credstick use, 'cause I saw a guy get hit with
the clown at a pay phone -- he was okay for a few seconds after he
used a bearer 'stik but then the clown popped up again.  Must have
some sort of image recognition routine.  Woz only knows what Wreck
put into it; when I tried to decompile a copy I snagged out of the
phone stack, it fried my decompile program.  Narsty.]<<<<< 
        -- Karbon Komposite <14:30:12/06-07-93>

>>>>>[ Personally, I have no use for smart frames.  They only time
they are effective is when the system is really weak and then you can
do the job yourself.  I have used the occasional dumb frame to allow
myself to be in two places at once (like in cameras and elevator/door
control). ]<<<<< 
        -- Nightstalker <12:40:47/06-07-54>

>>>>>[Hmph. OK, I can put some boys on his trail. I'm sendin' you an
LTG good for a week.  Reach me there and we can discuss financial
matters and any info you have available before I give my team the
go.]>>>>>
        -- Crazy Joe <12:34:49/6-7-54>

>>>>>[Now this is what I subscribe to this board for! About that
Crimson Avenger frame, does it find its target purely by visual icon
information? Because if it did, I would think that the program would
be boggled if the target just changed his/her/its icon, and we all
know how easy that is to do. Also, could you give us the details on
that Crim. Aven.? Like progs involved, size, time to assemble, etc.
That could come in handy some day... I have the same request for
that frame assembler/dissassembler you referenced.  OK. I think that's
all for now... Keep the suggestions for frames coming!]<<<<<
        -- Paladin [17:21:10|06-07-54]