*****PRIVATE: Speed
>>>>>[ Alright Speed, I've set up the other side of the extraction, move
into the area A.S.A.P., position your vehicle here, it is the most
unobtrusive spot in the area.

includefile map.gif

They will leave in a normal speedboat taking the route indicated on the
map at exactly 22:00 07-31-55, soon after that the boat will be blown up
and the subjects will, at that time, be swimming along the green path
towards the pickup spot, move to that spot as soon as you deem it is safe
for you to do so. Once you have them, take them back to Bead Island and
lie low for a couple of days. Good luck! ]<<<<<
        --  Courier <21:05:49/07-29-55>

>>>>>[ PERSONAL PROTECTION - Bothered by the urban predators? Fight fire
with fire! ]<<<<<
        --  Silence <13:28:01/01-08-55>

*****PRIVATE Courier
>>>>>[ Confirmed.  I reached Bead Island last Friday, contacts are good, there
seems to be no major trouble brewing in this part of the world just at the
moment.  PH joined up with me on Sunday so there will be two of us along for
the ride.  Don't worry about him, should there be trouble it'll be an extra
gun on our side.

I'll have a couple of high altitude drones in position by this afternoon and
hope to launch a couple of sonar detectors throughout the proposed pickup site.

Radio me on channel *encrypt*, use public key ecryption MDA, *include public
key*.  Should be reasonably secure for most transmissions. ]<<<<<
        -Speed (16:26:19/8.1.55)

>>>>>[Back in town again Terms. Have I missed anything world shattering ?
What's going on and is there any money to be made out of it *grin*

Does anyone know if Polish's is still open ?]<<<<<
        -WHAT (16:20:12/1-8-55)

>>>>>[ Nothing world shattering WHAT.  But if you pop on down to Polish's place
I'll fill you in on some of the gossip, including what happened regarding
Cerise and a pair of boxer shorts.  Then I can have a good laugh at you getting
drekfaced on that brown stuff you call beer :) ]<<<<<
        -Punisher (16:33:21/8.1.55)

>>>>>[ Punisher ! Your in town. FAB ! Is the rest of the crew 'bout ?
Gawd, I thought I was going to have to hang around the Barrens.

Is I.B.A. okay, heard he was in Critical Condition before I left.

Anyway have you got the hang of snooker yet, how 'bout loser gets the first
round in *innocent grin*]<<<<<
        -WHAT

>>>>>[ Yeah WHAT, I'm in town, so is IBA.  Don't worry about him, Akaila
stitched him up and your chummer Dragon Eyes and his associates nursed him
back to health.

Things have been kinda busy since then, let's just say we've seen alot of
action south of the border.  We've also made some interesting contacts in
Denver which may come in useful in the future.

So this, snooker thing ?  Ok, but we'll alternate, pool then snooker, and if
I win I get to go bowling.  Real men use 'big balls' :)

As to IBA, I think we'll see him in a day or two.  He's disappeared into the
barrens for awhile, probably something illegal but with IBA it usually 
is.]<<<<<
        -Punisher (16:46:19/8.1.55)

>>>>>[ I heard that, frag face !

Hey, WHAT, catch yer in a day or two.  Got some heavy research going 
down.]<<<<<
        -I.B.A. (**:**:**/**.**.**)

>>>>>[Right I'll be down at Polish's at 6:00. I got a new bike to break-in
and it's a bit of a beast on the handling side but hooooooo it don't
half shift *grin*

Pool ? you'll have to show me that *grin*]<<<<<
        -WHAT(16:58:00/1-8-55)

>>>>>[ Ohh drek I feel bad, geez am I glad that the 'extraction' went to
plan, I'd hate to think what I would feel like if it didn't. ]<<<<<
        --  SpotOn <03:12:39/08-02-55>

>>>>>[ That was your own fault Vanessa, loading some C12 on a boat we
knew would be blown up is not one of the brightest things you have done,
in fact it was pretty dumb. ]<<<<<
        --  Fenris <03:17:02/08-02-55>

>>>>>[ Well I didn't know that the blast waves would travel that well
through water, I mean we were a fair distance when the boat went up! Not
only do I have bruises all over my body, but I had to share your tank,
'cause mine was screwed by the blast. ]<<<<<
        --  SpotOn <03:18:29/08-02-55>

>>>>>[ It serves you right, anyway we are here to catch up on what's
happening back home... Welcome back to the world of the living I.B.A.,
hmm, I hope you aren't stirring up more trouble. ]<<<<<
        --  Fenris <03:19:58/08-02-55>

>>>>>[ Aha Ha, some one _has_ to clue me in on the full story regarding
Cerise and the mysterious boxer shorts ]<<<<<
        --  SpotOn <03:21:13/08-02-55>

>>>>>[ What are you guys doing!!!, I mean does the fact that your s'posed
to be dead mean anything to you... Oh by the way, who the hell is
Othello, I heard you mention something about him/her, I thought it was
just the two of you coming out. ]<<<<<
        --  Courier <03:23:37/08-02-55>

>>>>>[ Ohh, I think I'll let someone else tell you about him, although it
wouldn't be wise to bother Speed right now, he's had a hairy night, the
'search' for us was more organised than we expected. Though he managed to
slip us out quietly in the end. ]<<<<<
        --  Fenris <03:26:46/08-02-55>

>>>>>[ Nice to see that you're all in one piece SpotOn, I guess someone
forgot to tell you that the blast radius is quadrupled if you're under the
water :)

Oh Courier this Othello is, well I'm not sure, a sprite of some sort, PH
tells me that it's a spirit and it runs a mile every time it sees his
sword.  Anyway, Fenris is real friendly with the little chap who has a
certain artistic flair about itself, all dressed up like some medieval
actor or something.  Keeps coming out with quotes of Hamlet and The
Tempest, I think ? 

For everyone back in Seattle we'll be back in town within a day or two as
soon as this tropical storm has died down.  In the mean time I get to
dance with Dancer, a lady which has SpotOn going green with envy.  PH has
more than taken an interest in the local women, a certain mysterious, but
incredibly attractive Polynesian gal.  Heh, heh don't let Cerise find out
:) ]<<<<<
        -Speed (15:43:44/8.3.55)

>>>>>[ Cerise, Speed's exaggerating again.  You know you're the only one
for me ;)

I also think you'll have to explain the whole boxer short business to
SpotOn as well.  She's been plaguing me from her rest bed as to what
happened, seeing as I was out of town at the time ... well ... I told her
what you told me but she's still not convinced. ]<<<<<
        -The Powerhouse (15:46:19/3.8.55)

>>>>>[ Ahmm not making any trouble ! ]<<<<<
        -I.B.A. (**:**:**/**.**.**)

***** PRIVATE: The Shadows...
>>>>>[Hi.  Is there anything interesting that one could get in on?]<<<<<
        --  Widow 14:10:00 / 08-03-55

>>>>>[ Silent Currents - Street smart electronics tailored to
_your_ needs ]<<<<<
        -- Silence <17:43:36/04-08-55>

>>>>>[ Hey manchachos. This is a call to all you hard, big gun swinging
macho dudes out there!  I've got a nasty feeling I'm about to be fryed
alive. My team are about to go help take down a dragon in a few hours.
We've tried to get hold of some BIG guns, I've got some good contacts,
hence we now have a Minigun, LMG and a Assult Rifle.  Unfortunatly this
was at too short a notice to get hold of a Gyro-mount so the Minigun is a
bit useless (even with my strength), unless I can mount it in the next
hour. 

I've not had the pleasure of turning one of these beasts into
black'n'crunchy bits, but have been in close contact with a few LARGE
critters! Normaly I'd use a Panther Cannon, but alas I couldn't get one
for another 2 days! 

I don't want to go hand-to-hand with my old Di-Katana, so will these guns
be enough? We do have a guy with us whos' gun will usually kill anything,
but it only holds 6 bullets, if you get my drift. 

This is a need to know situation, unfortunatly we can't back out, I'd just
like to know the odds? By the way this ain't my deck so don't hassle me
about the lack of a spell-check util!]<<<<<
        - Green-Go (22:23:06/4.8.55)

>>>>>[ You males going to get your asses fried, Green-Go. You say you
can't back out, why not use all that firepower to 'back out'? 

Where you gonna meet? Might hang around just to see if there's anything to
learn from your deaths. ]<<<<<
        -- Silence <19:12:13/04-08-55>

>>>>>[ Hey Silence, like I said man, we CAN'T back out! We made a mistake
and now we have to go back and sort it out, end of the world kind of stuff
we're dealing with here!

If I live long enough I think I will have defiantly learned not to trust a
dragon again, also never get involved with magic, unless you're packing
major league mages. Big guns and armour don't do sh*t!

I would invite you along but it could get a little messy, and I can't afford
to let on where I'm at just now, too many BIG people on our tail. I'll just
say, if you're in Seattle around mid-night, watch for the fireworks. ]<<<<<
        - Green-Go (22:35:32/4.8.55)

>>>>>[Green-Go, I hope it's a SMALL dragon, for your sake.]<<<<<
        -- Jeweler <03:00:54 PDT/08-04-55>

>>>>>[ 'End of the world', eh, Green-Go? You seem to be where it's happening.
Let me hear about vacancies open after your little BBQ. ]<<<<<
        -- Silence <20:05:26/04-08-55>

>>>>>[Are you a rigger?, do you have a heavily armoured hoovercraft? does
your hoover have lots of fire power. Is you/yous hoover located quite
close to Berlin/German republic. Are your answers yes contact me.
We're starting a war but the loot will be measured in tons of gold,
but if you can't stand gettin fired at, don't answer]<<<<<
        --  Skyy <14:13:15/08-04-55>

>>>>>[ Right then Hoovercraft is what we need :)  Let's look in the cupboard
under the stairs.... Aha Mark II Century class Hoover !  Super suction, bag-
full light, autopilot so it can hoover your living room for you.

Now then, now then, let's look at it's assault capability.

One long nozzel - Use in reverse can fire ping pong balls at the enemy at speeds
of about 30 mph.

Large silly face drawn on the front - Designed to stun the enemy by making
them laugh.

Defensive capabilities - Heavy robust plastic armour, designed to resist the
most destructive of small humanoids.

Set of wheels and anti-bump feature so that it can avoid incoming objects.

Garish orange colour -  No one would want to steal this !

Available for service ?  - Yes

Mission ? - To clean up big time in Berlin.

Potential hazzards ? - Getting fathers to lift their feet while the hoover
patrols beneath them.

Time to reach launch site ? - Can catch a suborbital and be there in a few
hours, less time if a HALO drop is used.  Can use the spare bag as a chute.
Alternatively customer can visit local mall and purchase the Mark II Century
class Hoover for themselves.  Available from any electrical store.

Heh heh heh ]<<<<<
        -The Powerhouse (16:52:34/4.8.55)

>>>>>[I's pretty good wit a gun if ya need anoder body.  Can handle myself
preddy good i a fight to.  Course i'd want a cut a da money, but if you's
takin down a dragon den you's probably rollin in it all ready.]<<<<<
        -- Facesmasher <09:16:35/08/04/94>

>>>>>[Last time i checked a "hoover" was a vacuum cleaner.    Don ask me
what that is, i just saw it in an old add (hardcopy even!).]<<<<<
        -- Kineida <09:20:52/08-04-55>

>>>>>[ Some people just don't have a sense of humor anymore :) ]<<<<<
        -The Powerhouse (17:24:53/4.8.55)

>>>>>[Most people cant afford it.   (A sense of humor, i mean)]<<<<<
        -- Kineida <11:01:20/08-04-55>

>>>>>[I may not be a BIG GUN slinging GUY, but my panther cannon is for 
hire!]<<<<<
        --  Widow 12:20:07 / 08-04-55

>>>>>[I don't like big guns.  I prefer Patricia.]<<<<<
        --  Dark Angel <Fallen/Soul>

>>>>>[Naughty child, aren't we...]<<<<<
        --  Patricia O'Connor <15:05:58/08-04-55>

>>>>>[Damn straight!]<<<<<
        --  Dark Angel <Fallen/Soul>

>>>>>[Why did I somehow know that?]<<<<<
        --  Patricia O'Connor <15:06:01/08-04-55>

>>>>>[Uh...maybe you're just cool.  Or rather, quite ho- LINK TERMINATED

>>>>>[Don't kiss and tell, Angel...]<<<<<
        --   Patricia O'Connor <15:07:03/08-04-55>

>>>>>[ Green-Go, I hope you have some APDS ammo in those weapons.  If you
don't the dragon will wait for you to fire all your ammo before he kills
you. ]<<<<<
        -- Cerise <21:59:59/08-04-55>

>>>>>[ Will you guys lay off this boxer short thing, already! ]<<<<<
        -- Cerise <22:01:01/08-04-55>

>>>>>[ Cerise, they just want to know who the lucky guy was :) ]<<<<<
        -- Nightstalker <22:02:23/08-04-55>

>>>>>[ FINE!!!  Their Nightstalker's boxers. ]<<<<<
        -- Cerise <22:03:03/08-04-55>

>>>>>[ WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ]<<<<<
        -- Raven the Mage <22:03:44/08-04-55>

>>>>>[ Good try, Cerise, but I don't wear boxers. ]<<<<<
        -- Nightstalker <22:04:01/08-04-55>

>>>>>[ That was not funny. ]<<<<<
        -- Raven the Mage <22:04:55/08-04-55>

>>>>>[ Hee, hee, hee..... ]<<<<<
        -- Cerise <22:06:06/08-04-55>

>>>>>[ What exactly makes a dragon a 'small' dragon? This is the only one
I've got close to! Mondo thanks to those who want to join in the action,
but alas there's no creds in it and I don't recon much to our chances.
Facesmasher, Widow, you sound like my kind of people, if I make it I'll
look forward to possible run oppitunuties in the future. 

Only half an hour to go. So Cerise, you think APDS is a good idea, hmmmm...
You could be right there, I think I better bug out of here and make some
calls.

See you on the other side! ]<<<<<
        - Green-Go (23:27:51/4.8.55)

>>>>>[ Oh by the way Roxey gave birth while we were in Denver. ]<<<<<
        -Punisher (17:56:42/8.5.55)

>>>>>[ That happened ages ago, why are you mentioning it now ? ]<<<<<
        -The Powerhouse (17:57:22/5.8.55)

>>>>>[ Oh, no real reason, just something that happened to IBA the other day
made me remember.  You see [LINK DISCONNECTED]

>>>>>[ I told you I wanted that kept quiet ! ]<<<<<
        -I.B.A. (**:**:**/**.**.**)

>>>>>[Whoah, IBA...did we knock somebody up JUST A LITTLE BIT?]<<<<<
        --  Dark Angel <Fallen/Soul>

>>>>>[ Frag off Dark Angel before I toast your deck ! ]<<<<<
        -I.B.A. (**:**:**/**.**.**)

>>>>>[He he he he he he...don't worry IBA your secret is safe with me...not
like I haven't gotten pretty clo LINK TERMINATED

>>>>>[Ignore him, IBA.  He doesn't know what he's talking about.]<<<<<
        --  Patricia O'Connor <14:18:10/08-05-55>

>>>>>[Does anyone want to fill me in on what has been happening in the
shadows of late?  Looking for some action.  Need something done call the
me.]<<<<<
        --  Widow hh:mm:ss / MM-DD-55

>>>>>[Someone gave my bro cement poisoning.  Grr.  He will die.]<<<<<
        -- Facesmasher <17:32:56/08-05-55>

>>>>>[Not to name names, but i think ***encrypt*** might know
something.]<<<<<
        -- Kineida <18:04:33/08-05-55>

>>>>>[ I.B.A., you notty boy.  What's her name and how much is she extroting
from you? ]<<<<<
        -- Cerise <21:56:56/08-05-55>