>>>>>[A big howdy to y'all stateside. Here I am, not of the boat from Hong Kong more than a week, and I'm already up to my armpits in drek. I grant you that I'm not overly familiar with some of the customs here in your part of the world, but jumpin' jiminy, if this is how people operate over here, I may be forced to put my elvish fanny on a boat back to Hong Kong. A quick bit of introduction before I go any further. Call me Bedlam. I guess if you want to be anal retentive about it, I am a "physical adept," though I gotta tell you I hate that term. What happened to the good ol' days when people like me were refered to as martial artists, or maybe by the more definitive term, Kung Fu stylist? Pardon, I digress. As far as profession goes, I prefer to think of myself as an expert on . . . let's just call it closure, shall we? Understand though, I don't do what I do just for laughs or 'cause I get some cheap primal thrill out of it. It is a job, nothing more, nothing less. Most of my professional career has been spent in Hong Kong and through most of Japan. I did do a job over here once before, though. About a year or so ago. Did you hear about some German dignitary in Denver that got blown up in his hotel room? That was me. At any rate, here I am, trying to set up some business for myself, but for the most part being a good little elf and minding my own business. I come back to my little cubicle apartment and on the floor is a note that reads: "Thanks. Nice work." Along with this note is a clean credstick with 250,000 on it. Not knowing what else to do, I go down to the Howling Guttersnipe for a drink and take the credstick and note with me (what do you think I am, stupid?). I'm sitting at the bar, drinking a cold one, when these three Lone Star guys come in and tell me I am under arrest for murder, possession of an illegal weapon, and illegal discharge of said weapon. I tell 'em they got the wrong guy, but they're real persistent-like. None of them had weapons drawn (dumb, very dumb) and one grabs me from behind in a choke and yanks me backward off the bar stool. It was about this time that I got the distinct impression that my Lone Star friends weren't going to take no for an answer. I grabbed the hand that was around my throat and twisted and bent the wrist down until the guy's palm lay flat against his forearm. I've never heard such a squeal in my life. He let go and I caught Lone Star #2 in the throat with a hammer fist and sent #3 on the express train to jammy land with a hook kick to the temple. I dash through the door and get jumped by four more Lone Star boys. I'm good, but I'm not that good. They took me down and stuffed me in the back of one of their prisoner transports and we were off. Long about this time I was thinking that I should have stayed in Hong Kong. We'd been on the road three, maybe four minutes when I hear what sounded like an explosion and the transport bucked and jerked to the right. A second later it happened again and then the transport stopped. I heard the guys in the transport's cab yelling something and then I heard the stacatto report of automatic weapon fire. A minute later the back of the transport opens and the re are these six guys (at least one was a troll, judging from the size), clad entirely in black and wearing masks. I thought I was dead for sure. Then the first guy lowers his gun and says we need to talk. Who was I to argue? He said that I had been set up (big surprise, BIG surprise). "By whom?" "Last night, Dr. Yuri Taktarov of MedTechnica International was murdered in his lab. He was working on an adrenaline analogue called Red 6. Among others, the military wants Red 6 real bad. I work for BioMed Industries. You may call me Maurice. What has happened Mr. Bedlam is that one of MedTechnica's own people popped Dr. Taktarov and made off with the doctor's notes. What MedTechnica has done, in an effort to save face, is claimed that it wasn't one of their people, but a paid assassin. Are you beginning to see where you fit into all of this? MedTechnica is claiming that the assassin was probably hired by BioMed or the other major player in the field of biochemical engineering, Avalon Systems. Essentially, all the boys at MedTechnica had to do was find a scapegoat. That scapegoat, is you. I'm offering you a deal. Get the Dr. Taktarov's notes and bring them to us and we'll have some of our covert computer boys clear up this little mess you are in with Lone Star and we will pay you handsomely. Something along the lines of 200,000. My boss, Mr. Carter Manheim, would like to meet with you tomorrow night to discuss the details. We would very much like to have our hands on the Red 6 data. Tomorrow night, 21:00 at the BioMed HQ. Good evening, Mr. Bedlam." And then these guys just buggered off and left me standing next to a smoldering prisoner transport and two Lone Star guys with high caliber holes in the respective heads. Here's the deal. I'm gonna need an assist on this one. I'll split whatever the take is evenly with everybody that helps out. Any takers?]<<<<< -- Bedlam <23:20:18/03-31-56> *****Private: Johnny M >>>>>[Yep, it was an ork who walked up on me and the ganger. And one of the ugliest, too Seems that our old acquaintance Jolly Roger decided to do a little Van Helsing act on the chummer who was supposed to buy our chips. And I wasn't in a trance or anything, just had my poker face on. Still dunno quite why Roger freaked like he did. I mean, sure the guy took a few shots from my Vipers and shrugged 'em off. Modern body armor is some amazing shit. And yeah, he moved like nuyen through my fingers, but hell it didn't seem much faster than the average sammy. Roger just started swinging his sword around and whacked the guy's head off. As to how much nuyen we _will_ be getting now that alyx is cashed, well...it ain't pretty. Alistair "out of the kindness of his heart" (read "due to our extreme desperation") has graciously decided to pay for all 6 cases for *drum roll* 240,000 nuyen. It's the best I can do, man. The sim hits the market in two days and they'd be worth less than the slime off of week-old drek by then. So here it is... +++++TRANSFER 80,000 NUYEN FROM ACCT >>encrypted<< TO ACCT >>encrypted<< Sorry it's so teensy, but the market was definitely not in our favor. Talk at ya later, chief!]<<<<< -- TopCat <19:50:21/3-31-56> *****Private: Tanp >>>>>[Ack, well...I managed to sell of the chips to Alister. But I got robbed in the process. The sim comes out in two days and he knew he could steal those from us. Steal he did. Two hundred fourty thousand nuyen was the final haul. Here's your share... +++++TRANSFER 80,000 NUYEN FROM ACCT >>encrytped<< TO ACCT >>encrypted<< Once again, sorry the payoff wasn't anywhere near what we had planned, but it was a fixer's market. Talk at ya later!]<<<<< -- TopCat <19:53:33/3-31-56> >>>>>[Pop off all you want about "the dandelion eater" Roger, you filthy trog. Ya cost me MEGA nuyen! Freaking out and killing my deal like that...what the hell were you thinking?! Don't know why I didn't aim at you instead of the ganger. All that talk about him being a vamp, sheesh. You related to Van Helsing by chance? That ganger was nothing more than a hyped-up sammy or maybe an adept. Sure he took some rounds from me and shrugged 'em off, but I've handled shots like that before too. Modern body armor is a wonderful thing. But you just had to come in in the middle of the deal and whack his head off. You're owing me HUGE for that mess. And you're owing me more for broadcasting a deal over the line. It's it's alright if you want to play Neil the Ork Barbarian but don't broadcast a deal in the process!! You're lucky I'm busy with other biz now. Hell, _I'm_ lucky I'm busy with other biz now after that. All I wanna know is... WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO COMPENSATE ME FOR THAT...THAT...TRAVESTY?!]<<<<< -- TopCat <20:06:54/3-31-56> *****Private: Genocide >>>>>[Heyas, chief. I picked up all my gear the other day and man is it sweet! And I began surveillance as requested on those who would watch one Ms. Chrysianna Ta'nirinne. Here's how it went for 3-30-56... 00:00:01 - 06:00:00 : Chrysianna is asleep. No one comes anywhere near her apartment except her neighbors who were on their way to their own. The security guard checks the hallway approximately every 10 minutes, but does not enter the room. No signs of surveillance from either of the buildings flanking hers, nor from the ones across the street. I made full files of the neighbors and of my scans on the building. See file#1.033056 if you wish to look in on anything more. 06:00:01 - 12:00:00 : Chrysianna awakens and goes to work. No signs of surveillance from the surrounding buildings. On her way to work she draws many a glance, but nobody follows her. Hell, who could blame a guy for looking at her, huh? The systems installed in her office cover anything that went on there. While she was away, I checked out the apartment and installed a few toys to monitor things a little better there. Also installed similar devices in her neighbors' apartments to get a better picture of them. With this equipment in place, the only thing I'll need to watch is the nearby buildings. See file#2.033056 for the full morning's info. 12:00:01 - 18:00:00 : Chrysianna finishes up the day at work. I spend that time asleep, letting the toys do their jobs. Aside from a handful of meetings at work, there is no sign of surveillance in the workplace as of now. See file#3.033056 for the full afternoon's info. 18:00:01 - 00:00:00 : Chrysianna heads home from work. No signs of surveillance in that time. At home she receives several phone calls and makes a few of her own... +++++TRANSFER PHONE RECORDS There they are for your viewing pleasure. I watch the surrounding buildings very carefully, not picking up any signs of what I am looking for. She calls it a night at 23:43:21. I start up the smartframes that handle the sensors I installed so that all information will be downloaded every 15 minutes to location >>encrypted<<. Everything that those sensors pick up will be indexed by time and date and will be accessible whenever you so please to view it. See file#4.033056 if you wish to view the night's happenings. I guess, now that that's all prepared, it's time for me to get down to the fun stuff. I'll be running watch as often as possible. Which means I'll run in 3 4-hour shifts. The rest of the time I'll need for rest, eating, etc. Though I'll try to eat on the job. Any chance of getting an advance? This equipment cost me major nuyen and this operation may well end up keeping me right above even. I've set up a class operation and I feel that I should be reimburssed at least in part for my equipment costs. Plus, it'll help keep a fixer friend of mine of my back. The smartframes are downloading every 15 minutes now. If anything exciting happens, I'll post ASAP. Talk to you later, chief.]<<<<< -- TopCat <20:44:20/3-31-56> *****PRIVATE: Bedlam >>>>>[Hey, dude. Could you use a banshee on this run? If so, count me in!]<<<<< -- Tanp < 22:05:21/3-31-61 > *****Private: Bedlam >>>>>[Hey I know ya could use a rad decker like me, chummer. Count me in, since I'm kinda bored right now, plus I've gotta keep up my expensive habit...read my deck. Talk later]<<<<< --Johnny M<22:50:27/03-31-56> >>>>>[Sure. Go ahead. Copy away. But for the vids, maybe he better be TopRat. Heh. Hehheh.]<<<<< -- Jolly Roger < 23:47:30 / 03-31-56 > ***** Private: TopCat >>>>>[Good work, Chummer. I only had time to glance through your report quickly, I'll be sitting down with Dashira to study those files later on tonight. However, I did notice you needed an advance. Fortunately, that is one of the few things I can easiliy help you with right now +++++ TRANSFER 25,000 NUYEN FROM ACCT >>encrypted<< TO ACCT >>encrypted<< How is the Concrete Crew holding up? Are they following your directions to your satisfaction?]<<<<< -- Genocide <11:12:23/01-APR-56> >>>>>[Har Har Har! Kid, your's is gotta be the funniest story I've heard in a long, long time. Best of all is that it seems to be true! Your story checks out as far as tha incident wit' lone star yesserday. I love it. I don' give you much chances o' survival tho']<<<<< -- Brocken Bone (06:57:14/4-1-56) >>>>>[TopCat, rest assured that if I use Jolly Roger's clip your appearance will be modified]<<<<< -- Marksanspensah (07:05:21/4-1-56) >>>>>[TopCat; What the frag are you getting yourself into? You have a job to do, and you are comprimising your cover by shooting takes for Hollywood? Get with the program. Oh, and be damn glad Gen isn't in town to catch that drek. He hates it when his employees endanger his runs by not having the rest of their business under control. Believe me, I am speaking from experience!]<<<<< -- Chrome <06:13:23/04-01-56> ***** Private: TopCat >>>>>[Keep an eye open for the african-american suit who lives in apartment 43C. He's got a good overview of your mark's crib, and something tells me I've seen him around before sometime. I would also advise caution about getting to close to the 33rd floor. I have reason to belive it is a safehouse for the Yaks. They might think you are scoping them out, instead of your mark. I'll get back to you if I *stumble* across anything else.]<<<<< -- Genocide <20:23:54/01-APR-56> *****PRIVATE: Bedlam >>>>>[Bedlam, I am Ninja, and would like to assist you...I to am what they call Physically Adept...If you need a full team I might be able to ask several of my friends including one ex-CIA decker.]<<<<< --Dragon (14:35:30PST/04:01:56) >>>>>[Hey Freddy m'man, It's official. They're using that patch in 'Fraggin with the best' an' here's yer cash_ +++++CRED TRANSFER: 5000 Nuyen an you better be happy 'bout it. It's not bad going fer less that 5 minutes work. I managed to get a bigger slice by hiping a lot about 'genuine footage of a spirit' an' that drek. Brimstone ain't gonna get his cut for being such a prima donna What he _is_ getting is this, compliments of my techie pal Bubba_ +++++INCLUDE: VIDEO You see a computer animation of two figures. They look like cartoon 'super deformed' versions of Freddy Fripp and Brimstone. The Freddy 'toon has a huge hammer and is chasing the Brimstone 'toon around in circles, hitting him repeatedly on the head with the hammer. Every time he gets hit he says 'doik!' The clip is looped. Does that make you angry, flare head? well come and get me you overgrown matchstick, you an' your crazy da! I'm in the Renraku Imperial hotel in the Renraku arcology,suite 32, waiting for you with a bloody big fire extinguisher,come and get me you hoop head!!! Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!]<<<<< -- Marksanspensah (05:31:09/4-2-56) *****PRIVATE: Freddy Fripp >>>>>['Course, I'm nowhere near the fraggin Renraku arcology, but if flamehead is as hotheaded (heh) as he seems to be he might just tear into the arcology and get fragged big time by the Red Samurai's astral security..... That would be nice, very, very nice....He He He.... BTW, do ya like the animation? I sure do. MMMMmmm....maybe I should be investing in some magical security of my own.......]<<<<< -- Marksanspensah (05:34:23/4-2-56) ***** PRIVATE: Irish >>>>>[A friend suggested that I contact you about acquiring a few dual pets for your children. I believe that hell hounds are a good choice for this. They are loyal and gentle much like the Rhodesian Ridgeback (used in afrika to hunt lion) and fierce killers when trained properly. Hell hounds, in captivity, need a sizeable amount of care and attention curing their early stages. It is because of this that I would suggest that you contact a breeder who has new puppies in. I am not breeding right now and the few puppies that I do have are not good stock for being near children. If cost is not prohibitive, I would suggest that you contact Cynthia Brown at >>ENCRYPTED<< and explain to her your needs and your wishes. She will quiz you on your knowlege, patience, and ability to care for "one of her babies" but the torture you will go through is worth it. She has the best stock in the area and her training sessions are fairly inexpensive for the amount of time that she spends teaching YOU how to understand THEM. Being magically active will help but is not a requirement. If she has not changed her style, which I sincerely doubt, she will have you come out to her farm with your family, spend some time with her while she sizes you up, play with your kids, and then have one of her pups choose or not choose your family. Ultimately it up to the pups. If they like you and feel comfortable with you, then she will consider you as a prospective adoptive family. Dont get me wrong, she understands fully the usefullness of having a hell hound as a home protector. Once you have enrolled in the classes she will promote you and your pups to the attack training classes. They will still be the lovable pups you remember but only until someone threatens your family, then they turn into death incarnate (or incinerate, depending on your bend). If you need references, I will be happy to furnish one for you, assuming I get a warm fuzzy feeling from you as well. Let me know if you would like to set up a meeting.]<<<<< -- Jason Stormwind <16:08:51 / 04-02-56> *****PRIVATE:Freddy Frypp >>>>>[Mr. Frypp, please don't bullshit. You said you hadn't seen Sneakthief, but I think you've heard from him.]<<<<< -- Flute (Child / Goddess) *****PRIVATE: Freddy Frypp >>>>>[Ok, how much I owe you? BTW, has any of the Covello team started looking for me? Anyways you got a place I can get the equipment. Finaly, here's your downpayment... +++++TRANSFER: 15,000 nY ]<<<<< -- Sneakthief (12:00:13 PST / 4-2-56) *****PRIVATE: Freddy Frypp >>>>>[Hey boss, I saw the films of your special effects difficulties and since there is nothing to do in Covello, I'm voluntering as a bodyguard. Treebear also voluntered to help with the astral difficulties if you want...]<<<<< -- Tunnel-Rat (12:08:13 PST / 4-02-56) ***** PRIVATE: GoD >>>>>[I havent done much in the way of ritual summonings in quite some time. From what I remember about metamagics and the like tho, I would be willing to bet that one of a couple of things could have happened. a) Your target was in the process of being magically shielded from magical searches. b) You ran into mechanical shielding or inadvertant magical shielding Is it possible your target could have been travelling underground or something like that? Other natural elements could do the same. Water, Earth, even fire can put up a shield dense enough that you could get a pull but then lose it intermittenly. Have you done any Astral tracings? I would suggest that you have one person do the ritutual while the other one follows it along to its target. Once you get a better location, you will be able to move in on it and get a stronger link on your target. If you are expecting hostiles I would take some time to bring up some elementals or spirits to run interference while you get your hoops outta danger. I would offer my help but I dont know if I have the time right now. I have a ton of stuff up in the air right now. Shit -- I can run a search on my magical database back at home and have that information mailed to you if you like. That might be of a lot more assistance than me right now. I will probably be at FryppSec tomorrow trying to get accounting to fraggin' pay up on my last contract with Freddy. If you catch me at the office we can talk this out over lunch or something. You wouldn't happen to speak Ojibwa, do you?]<<<<< -- Kor <19:26:29 / 04-02-56> >>>>>[Hey, I know all about finding this stuff out yourself, but it's nice to have a little help sometimes too. It's also a good way to learn about the folks around...there are few better ways to getting to know a person than watching where they hang out, and how. Figured I'd just ask for a little help and see how folks reacted. Besides, I've always been the impatient sort. Thanks for all your help chummer, and sorry for having wasted your time. Oh, and when you're new in town, it's not that easy to just jump into the Shadows...after all, if everyone could find them, they wouldn't be shadows. Oh, and we're still looking for work.]<<<<< -- Joshua's Arm <16:01:35/04-02-56> ***** Privte: Tunnel-Rat >>>>>[Nah. But, thanks for the offer. I gotta pair of Kor's hellhounds hangin' around me now. If anybody can get past them, I'd be more than honored to have them lop off an important appendage or three.]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (18:30:23 / 04-02-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) ***** Private: Flute >>>>>[OK, OK, I have heard from him, but I know very little.]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (18:32:22 / 04-02-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) ***** Private: Sneakthief >>>>>[I dunno, we'll work out the accounting later, but the fifteen takes a good chunk out. I've managed to find the rest of what you wanted. And, yeah, they are out looking for you. They've started grilling me like I know where you are.]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (18:34:33 / 04-02-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) >>>>>[Hey, it pays for the door and my nose. The pride's still hurt, but hell, stuff like this reminds you your elven. As much as I like the idea of doik-ing Brimstone I'm not too wild on the animation. Looks like the boys - and I do mean boys, as in children - down in Matrix support have gotten ahold of it. That damn cartoon Freddy is already popping up all over around here. I'm pretty sure they've even started cooking up a new chip for my deck complete with a new icon.... But, hey, when it comes to home security, who better to call than us? +++++ FRYPPSEC SALES BROCHURE (196 Mp) If any of that looks interesting, just drop me a line. Most of our work is in SF but we can arrange an astral intrusion specialist in your area!]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (19:00:09 / 04-02-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) *****Private: Genocide >>>>>[You were right about the Yaks, I think. Got painted in red polka-dots when I started looking in on them. As for the guy in 43C, I didn't notice anything about him. And what I mean by that is ANYTHING. For some reason, my equip gets null info from that room. The guy doesn't do much except talk on the phone and punch deck all day. I'm going to see what I can do to get more info on him. Hopefully the Crew can pick up what my sensors can't. How're the downloads coming out? Find anything interesting? (BTW...thanks for the cash, it'll shut Al up for a while )]<<<<< -- TopCat <21:55:54/4-2-56> *****Private: Chrome >>>>>[The situation's frosted, chummer. I was more of a liability carrying those chips than I was dumping them. And I know Geno won't be pleased, but it's biz that needed to be taken care of. It didn't interfere with my work for him, because it happened before I even got my toys for his work. So all's cool. Thanks for your concern thouhg]<<<<< -- TopCat <21:58:46/4-2-56> >>>>>[Laddie, donna worry...I try to help the best that I can...The things I've done over my lifespan to date were all to help people...although for most of my career I was naive...]<<<<< --Buzz (The one the only...Human Bee in the Matrix) >>>>>[You Naive???!!! I find that hard to believe...Dad.]<<<<< --Shadow (22:00:30 PDT/04:02:56) >>>>>[Shadow...stop calling me dad!!!!! I am not old enough to be your father!!!!]<<<<< --Buzz (The one the only...Human Bee in the Matrix) >>>>>[I just like getting you torqued.]<<<<< --Shadow (22:02:56 PDT/04:02:56) >>>>>[Figures...you and everyone else...]<<<<< --Buzz (The one the only...Human Bee in the Matrix) >>>>>[ Buzz, Your not that old yet sugar. Gettin there, but not yet :)]<<<<< -- Circuit Breaker ***** Private: Irish >>>>>[ Hey dad, whats this about you asking for puppies!!! Are you going to get me a dog!!! Can I call it Rover? And no. I am not going to tell you which one of my friends can actually deck good enough to get here.]<<<<< -- Erika <22:17:40/04-02-56> ***** Private: Ripley >>>>>[ Hey Ripley, I think Dad is going to get me a puppie. Should I be worried, he never really wants to spend money. I think it may be the dud grenade that came through the window a few weeks back that has him worried.]<<<<< -- Erika <22:20:43/04-02-56> ***** Private: TopCat >>>>>[I've made it in. Pulled some old strings and got myself imported as a bodyguard for an old friend of mine who had a whole drekload more juice than I thought he had. However, I am still setting myself up, desperately hoping that my delay hasn't made things impossible to check into. I'll be in touch.]<<<<< -- Genocide <07:12:23/03-APR-56> *****Private: Ratspeak >>>>>[ Well she snapped and killed herself by smashing a van full of nerve gas into a U.B. chapterhouse just after they killed Powerhouse... While it's true that we never saw the body, I checked all the reports, and I found out exactly what the gas was. One sniff of it and she was dead. (Camera log from the building opposite showed that she wasn't wearing a gas filter of any sort.) ]<<<<< -- Courier <08:31:19/04-03-55> >>>>[Bed-lam! Now that sounds like some fraggin' fun! Only thing'd make me happier's if ya promised me I'd get ta kill a dead man. I just do a little death-magic, myself. And I'd be willin' ta see whatcha got against ya fer a modest retainer, or maybe a whoppin' big favor. Every taught anybody that monkey-dancin' ninja drek? I'd kinda be interested, maybe. Drop me a private message at >>ENCRYPTED<< or on this board if ya might be agreeable. And maybe I come drop the axe fer ya. But speak quick. Ya never know when I might be called away for an emergency ShadowSittin' !]<<<<< -- Jolly Roger <03:22:02 / 04-03-56> *****PRIVATE:Freddy Frypp >>>>>[Thanx for the offer pal, but the only way I could figure yer man TwoTon Blue finding me is through you, so I'd rather keep my distance. Ya know what I mean? Sorry if the 'toon is givin' ya grief man. It was meant to tick off the other guy. Speaking of witch, he hasn't posted any rants...maybe I should be worried 'bout that. My mam always said my temper'd get me inta trouble...heh. I wish I'd seen his face though. Maybe he hasn't logged in yet? Anyway, I am taking some precautions of my own]<<<<< -- Marksanspensah (09:23:32/4-3-56) >>>>>[Mr. Frypp, I would be more than glad to give you any benefits you desire...after your little tangle with that spirit called Brimstone. Teutone, watch what you and yours do...it may end up "annoying" some beings far greater than you.]<<<<< --Ryuga (22:06:30 PDT /04:02:56) CEO Ryaka Science and Tech >>>>>[Hey, Kor, the bean counters in accounting would like to know if you'll please turn them back into human beings. Granted, I've always thought of them as a pack of baboons, too... it's just that the people downstairs keep complaining about the noise. And that one that sorta lost sentience keeps riding the elevators, scaring the hell outta the geeks in the other offices. Hey... do you think you could do that to Spark sometime?]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (09:10:23 / 04-03-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) >>>>>[ Hey GoD, check it out. We're not 'those fraggin mages' anymore ... Freddy's elevated us to Astral Intrusion Specialists. Cool, huh? +++++ SoundFile: |chuckle| ]<<<<< -- Griffyn < 5:05:03/4-03-56 > Astral Intrusion Specialist Frypp Security, Inc. >>>>>[Morons. All of them morons. Out of all the deckers in all of the world why do I get the ones that never got past fifteen? I logged in this morning to see a little routine the kiddies worked up just for me. +++++ BEGIN VID You see the 'toon Freddy from Marksanspensah's vid superimposed over Brimstone from the FryppSec camera log, tossing the real Freddy into a wall and taking over as president of FryppSec. +++++ END VID Morons.]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (09:15:34 / 04-03-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) >>>>>[I, for one, am significantly older than 15. Moron.]<<<<< -- Christopher Tarleton >>>>>[Well, yeah, sorry 'bout that Chris. You know I didn't mean to include you. Let me rephrase myself (oooooo, kinky): "Morons. All of them morons. Out of all the deckers in all of the world why did the ones that I've got, officially, permanently on the payroll, hanging around the office never get past fifteen?" Doofus. ]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (10:47:34 / 04-03-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) >>>>>[No chance. Deep down inside you two will always be "fraggin' mages" to me. Sometimes even "gaddam no-fraggin'-good charlatans" - if I'm on an unusually fluid rant. ]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (10:50:55 / 04-03-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) >>>>>[Thanks for the offer, but we've done some re-working down here and I feel safer than I did in the womb. Sure, it's a bit colder and not quite as humid, but hell, I'll get to like it.]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (10:55:23 / 04-03-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) ***** Private: Griffyn, GoD >>>>>[I have arranged tranport for us. My employeers will lift us by sub-orbital to the Home Islands. From there we will journey by one of their icebreakers as far north as possible before transferring to dirigible for the final leg. The ship will be ready to leave harbor in three days time.]<<<<< -- Teutone Bleu (04:35:33 / 04-03-56) >>>>>[Hey, Basilisk. I'm gonna hop the noon mag-lev for Seattle. Any chance you can pick me up for my appointment?]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (11:00:00 / 04-03-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) >>>>>[I hate flaunting that I am magically active. It usually only brings me grief but this particular time I was just fraggin' fed up with the entire situation. I have a contract, I have the paperwork, I completed the contract, and I want my money. Is there anything at all wrong with that? What happened to the days when your word could be your bond? I guess its mostly my fault, really. I prefer lump sum payments as they are easier to keep track of AND I know that my employer has the ability to be unhappy with my services and dock me pay (hasnt happened yet) if he or she so chooses. That usually makes the mundanes happy and gives them some sense that they have some control over the situation. Your accounting department, the entire lot of them, decided it was time to play ring-aroung-the-red-man and started shovelling paperwork and electronic fill-out forms and crap at me. There is an old saying -- Given enough time, 100 baboons could write the complete works of shakespear. I figured that now would be a good time to test that out. If they could figure out how to fill out the forms they needed me to fill out, AND DO IT, I would turn them back. By the way, they have complete control over their facilities. I believe that a number of them are acting out because they believe they will have a good excuse to and wont get canned. Its all psychological. The transfers have been completed. You would think that you were paying me a billion nY the way your accounting department tightened up their hoops and started whining about needing reciepts and paperwork. I'd be willing to bet that they waste more paper that way. All this for a couple hundred nY. Next time we are going to have to deal on the barter system. Speaking of which... *****PRIVATE: Freddy Frypp I had the time to take a look around your office. Other offices in your complex have magical security of some sort up and in place. Some of it is flashy and showy and meant only to deter the casual astral traveller and annoy anyone who is really trying to get in. That is fine and dandy, and legal in this state but my thoughts and suggestions are more for subtle traps. Stop me if this gets to be too much detail for you but -- I have done some work with polarized wards. You can think of them as one way mirrors or doors with no handles on the inside. The entire premise behind these are, I cannot leave behind enough magical baggage to give me a 100onfirmed elimination of an intruder. Because of this, I would rather be there personally to deal with it. Around the warehouse I have some pretty tiny wards up that are basically there to keep whoever or whatever in long enough for Castor and Pollux to tear them a new hoop. For the most part, this works pretty well for the casual astral peeper. When you get down to bigger and badder thangs, then you need to think more about having elementals bonded to your place. That, however, leaves a beacon saying two things: "Hey, come in here and Ill rip your head off" and "Hey, I got something in here I dont want you looking at". Again, this is like having cameras and alarms on your building. Most of your normal drek thieves are NOT going to want to deal with getting in when they know you have that around. Its the people like me who get paid to go in no matter what they have up, that you wont really be able to defend against. As far as TwoFaces goes -- I did some checking and he is off his rocker, man. He's been kicked out of some of the best AND worst magical groups around. This freak even got himself kicked out of the SCA's magical group. Thats like being told you are even too stupid to be an I-Marine (smile). He is way unstable and too much of a wildcard to really be allowed to continue practicing. But thats not my job -- His Ally, a visualization from a comic book from the early to mid 1970's called Ghost Rider, is NOT under his control. They are likely to be tense friends at best. Its likely a couple of steps from being free as is.]<<<<< -- Kor <16:06:25 / 04-03-56> >>>>>[Ryuga, have we met before?]<<<<< -- Kor <16:33:02 / 04-03-56> >>>>>[Freddy, you ok? My car is STILL at the 'port in Seattle. I could drop you off if you like. Or are you telling me that my driving is THAT bad?]<<<<< -- Kor <16:35:52 / 04-03-56> >>>>>[Yes, well, best safe than sorry, eh? By the way, we need to go find some new bars.]<<<<< -- Christopher Tarleton >>>>>[You'd think he actually apreciates us. Me, myself I like being a fraggin' mage, it has a little more character to it.]<<<<< -- GoD <11:21:23/04-03-56> "Fraggin' Mage!" Frypp Security, Inc. ***** Private: Kabuki Man >>>>>[ hey, I've got to clear This with freddy first, but you think you might be able to get some artic gear ready for me by this afternoon, you know Parka, packs, cold and warm rations for about a week, this little thing with teutone is gonna take us up north, way up north. let me know what?]<<<<< -- GoD <11:25:23/04-03-56> Astral Intrusion Specialist Frypp Security, Inc. ***** Private: freddy fripp >>>>>[ say boss, we've made a link with this character teutone is lookin' for it's rather weak, but so far it's the only one we've got. it's some where out in the artic circle, I was also wondering if you could authorize the release of some of our cold weather gear, you know parkas, packs, cold weather tents and the like. I infoed Kabuki, so I guess all he has to hear is "yes" from you and we'll be set. let me know what?]<<<<< -- GoD<11:31:25/04-03-56> Astral Intrusion Specialist Frypp Security, Inc. ***** Private: Kor >>>>>[Ojibwa, sure but the little I know is a little criptic, I wont say how I came about it, it's a little too personal if you know what I mean. Anyways, if you could send me that info, it would be a great help. Hey, Nice work over there at accounting, Why Baboons??? I always thought of them as New- Sloths myself By the way, I hear you got a litter of hounds, still have any left?? I'll be by the offices later on today, I've got a acouple of things to pickup from storage and supply. catch ya laters]<<<<< -- GoD (12:12:09 / 04-03-56) >>>>>[Hoi TopCat, have you heard from Darkfire lately? I was anxious to hear how his meet went.]<<<<< -- Genocide <19:15:23/03-APR-56> ***** PRIVATE: Teutone Bleu, GoD >>>>>[ Teutone, are you going to be providing cold-weather gear, or should I make arrangements during the 3 days that we have before departure? ]<<<<< -- Griffyn < 18:42:03/4-03-56 > ***** PRIVATE: GoD >>>>>[For a second I couldnt for the life of me remember why I wanted to know if you spoke Ojibwa. My two pups take attack orders in Ojibwa only. Its my native language and I like they way it flows. Lets see, more hounds, no. The payment I took from Freddy on the job was contingent on my getting breeding stock from a first generation wild hell hounds. The others went to Freddy. I dont really like to sell and trade lives. Its too much like slavery to me. Sorry about the mess they made of the office. Like I told Freddy, they were fully human in the mind. They did that on their own, knowing completely what they were doing the entire time.]<<<<< -- Kor <17:56:47 / 04-03-56> *****Private: Erika >>>>>[That's an interesting observation, lassie. You might be right. That greedy little guy pinches every nuyen he can. But he's just worried because he cares... I'll make sure to stop by sometime to see it, if you do get one.]<<<<< -- Ripley <10:54:45/04-03-56> ***** Private: Courier >>>>>[ You mind if I fill in Scourge? He is more of an expert looking into deaths than I am . . . Otherwise . . . I might have a lead on some of the people interested in DragonEyes. I'll keep you posted, when I get something more tangible. ]<<<<< -- Ratspeak <12:00:00/4-3-56> ***** PRIVATE: Jason Stormwind >>>>>[I've handled onry trolls with arms as big around as I am, I don't think an onry hell puppy will be all that difficult. As for the kid, my daughter is quite capable of handling herself (hell, she'd proabaly clean the hounds clock). As for the meet, sure, why not? Howsabout Lou's Bar and Grill around 7ish? Today or tomorow, whichever is better.]<<<<< -- Irish <11:55:03/03-04-56> >>>>>[Gett'n old has its advantages Buzz. For one thing, alot of the young whipper snapper's forget you have a _lot_ more experience and tricks then they do, plus the tend to assume that your automaticaly slower then they are (well at least the ones I've meet did).]<<<<< -- Irish <11:59:05/03-04-56> ***** PRIVATE: Erika >>>>>[Yes I'm getting you a dog, and yes you can call him Rover, but only if it _is_ a him. What did you expect? You've been pestering me for a dog ever since we came back from Wales! As for finding your decker . . . I'll let Shiv handle that. The boy needs some exercise anyway.]<<<<< -- Irish <12:03:03/03-04-56> ***** Not To: Maxim operatives, Lone Star operatives, Knight Errant operatives >>>>>[Hey, is anybody interested in a level 3 autopilot from an Ares Dragon? I can tell you where to find whats left of the chopper as well. It _was_ assault modified.]<<<<< -- Irish <12:03:03/03-04-56> ***** Private: Ms Brown >>>>>[Greatings Ms. Brown. I am interested in obtaining a Hell Hound pup, and was advised to contact you. I have been informed (to a degree) on how you screen potential "adopters", and am willing to compliy with your requests (inasfar as I know them). PLease contact me at your earliest conveiance.]<<<<< -- Irish <12:10:24/03-04-56> >>>>>[Maybe...]<<<<< --Ryuga (12:30:30 PDT/04:03:56) CEO Ryaka Science and Tech *****PRIVATE: Irish >>>>>[I know it has advantages, why do you think I complain when they call me dad? Besides the reason they do it is because I treat them like the kids they are anyways. :)]<<<<< --Buzz (The one the only...Human Bee in the Matrix) ***** PRIVATE: Neuron Basher >>>>>[Let me get this right. I left you in London to seek information about the salamander and you found one and STOLE IT? Sigh. There goes my Thesis work down the tubes. I've been working on a paper for the last 3 months (off and on) on the existance and physiological differences between the salamander and normal salamanders and now I will not be able to publish it due to likelyhood that SOMEONE is going to figure out that I have had closer contact to the beastie than I have. Ok. Now that that is said and done -- Where is it? I have GOT to see it! What does it it? I'm finishing up some business down in SF but I should be home in a couple of hours. Lets get together for dinner, my treat, at my place. Bring the leezard with you! No, better yet, meet me at ... Oh, shit, you cant go there. Umm...HOLY... You really got it? REALLY??]<<<<< -- Jason Stormwind <20:00:52 / 04-03-56> Executive Officer Industrial Sound and Magic ***** Private: Scourge >>>>>[ Just thought I would share with you a little tip . . . Irish got his hands on a wrecked Ares Dragon. He is offering up salvage from it. Hope you find that useful. ]<<<<< -- Ratspeak <13:49:11/4-3-56> ***** Private: Ratspeak >>>>>[ *chuckle* Great a shadowrunner got his hands on a Dragon (tm). Wish him luck on avoiding the authorities. I'll think I'll send a tip downstairs. Probably won't net too much since he is well entrenched. At any rate, it is useful info to have on hand if we ever cross paths and he . . . Well, yes. Most interesting. Hmm. The guys downstairs might try and bid for it through a shell. Of course if he is smart he will not bite at it. ]<<<<< -- Scourge <13:52:26/4-3-56> ***** PRIVATE: Jason Stormwind >>>>>[ Well, you seemed pretty interested in the little critter, and since I didn't hear from you, I figured you might like to have it. Besides, Trixie was pressuring me to come back and take the Head of Software Development job. Hell, if you want to complain, I'll keep him for myself. Heck, I'm starting to get attached to Dweezil ... errr ... the critter. Dinner, huh? No problem. I'll be by about 7 or so.. As for what Dweezil eats, well, I grabbed this sack of stuff that the other guy was feeding him, but he really seems to like cold pizza and hot dogs. Smart little lizard, huh? ]<<<<< -- Neuron Basher < 22:21:03/4-03-56 > ***** PRIVATE: Genocide >>>>>[ How are things going over there. I'm just taking a little break from trying to crack that encryption on those files. My lovely frames are doing the grunt-level work. Wait a second . . . +++++DELAY: 5.0 SECONDS Crap, I just got thought the encryption. Guess what, there are two more encrypted files beneath that one. Hmmm . . . on boy. We might have some trouble here. Gotta go . . .]<<<<< -- Dashira <14:30:04/4-03-56> ***** PRIVATE TO: Marksanspensah >>>>>[ Sorry, but I just checked into your last posting, and I happen to know you are _not_ the current resident of that suite. In the future, please refrain from causing more work for our security mages. They're overpaid enough as it is, and you shouldn't give them another excuse to ask for a raise. Thank you.]<<<<< --Gryphon <15:47:29/04-03-61> Director, Special Projects Arcology Security *****PRIVATE TO: SysOp >>>>>[Is this Goku character correct? Is your system monitored by various corporate security agencies? I thought this was ShadowLand. If we can't get some privacy here, how do you expect to do business?]<<<<< --Gryphon <13:53:14/04-03-61> *****PRIVATE TO: Gryphon >>>>>[We cannot guarantee the integrity of ShadowLand. As you yourself have demonstrated, Corporate-affiliated personnel are quite able to log on and access as much of the system as freelance operatives do. If you have a problem with our open-door policy, feel free to use encryptions on your postings. otherwise, you can go dip yourself in the bog of eternal stench for all I care. Consider this: If we didn't allow corporate access to ShadowLand, how long d'you think it would take before they found us and shut us down? ]<<<<< --Sysop <14:00:00/04-03-61> ***** Private: Freddy Frypp >>>>>[Dear Mr. Frypp Hi Freddy it's the guys from Heads will Roll, well not any more the team had somewhat changed. Matchsticks was killed in Hong Kong and Loudo left us to go back to Tacoma. So the rest of us, Rolling Thunder, Death Jestor and me Red Ronin are wondering if you are looking for any extra help (we can all provide SIN's) ie: we are looking for work. If so contact us a node>ENCRYTED< any time I think you might have our resumes somewhere.]<<<<< --Red Ronin(4-3-56/6:27:17pm) >>>>>[I'm currently hiring runners for a quick snatch and grab. Am willing to pay travel expenses, medical, and resonable expenses. Pay is negotiable. Need this soon, as speed and quiet is of the essence.]<<<<< -- David Etherial <22:39:10/04-03-56> >>>>>[I'm currently in need of several peoples services in a job that success is a MUST! Speed and success is what matters, anything else is, shall we say, extranious. Great pay, but must provide transport yourself, unless extremely desperate (this will be deducted from the fee). Medical benefits and ammunition expenditures covered. Soonest if possible.]<<<<< -- Sable Blackguard <23:58:34/04-03-56> *****PRIVATE: Executive committes and/or personnel of all Corporations except Ares, Knight Errant, and Ryaka Science and Tech >>>>>[Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen, I am Baron Weder, President of Vathor Technologies, Central European Division. I am sending this message to invite all of you to a demonstration of a new laser design and the accompanying Security/Military Technology show which shall be taking place on April 15th of this year. There will be a separate show for various governments in the world at a later date. I hope to see your representatives there on the 15th. Thank you and may you achieve prosperity in the intervening time.]<<<<< --Baron Weder (05:00:30 GMT/ 04:04:56) President, Central European Division Vathor Technologies >>>>>[Well, Irish, yes and no. After all, there's only so many times you can upgrade the cyber, you know. Essence gets to be real valuable as time goes on, and old tech usually eaquals dead samurai, all other things being equal. Not that you old goats can't take out a fresh vat job, but if skills are equal and tech is faster, well, I know who I'm betting on. Of course, if you're a decker or a spellweaver, most of those bets are off. Time is money after all, and money is power. And all that nice bioware that came out a couple of years back leveled the field for the samurai too, at least a bit. Then again, I can always run away and hide old man, then come back and spit on your grave. Heh heh heh.]<<<<< -- Josuha's Arm <01:10:32/04-04-56> *****Private: Genocide >>>>>[Man, I haven't hear word one from him since he got the cash from Concrete Crew. I'll see what I can do to find out what's up.]<<<<< -- TopCat <01:14:11/4-4-56> *****Private: Darkfire >>>>>[You out there, man??]<<<<< -- TopCat <01:15:03/4-4-56> *****Private: Concrete Crew >>>>>[Any word as to what happened with Darkfire after you gave him the cash??]<<<<< -- TopCat <01:16:54/4-4-56> *****PRIVATE: Irish >>>>>[I might be interested. I could always use the spare parts.]<<<<< -- Moe Shrevnitz <09:11:35/04-03-56> ***** Private: Dashira >>>>>[You got through the encryption? That's great! As for the *two* new files; That's not so great. As time isn't ignorable I might have to get ahold of another decker to handle this. Now offence, but encytion is more his style. Banshee's probably got other, more stimulating things for ya . As for me; The scam worked. I trailed Patric all the way through, and got a finer treatment than I had ever hoped for. Now the hard part starts, though. Give Banshee my regards.]<<<<< -- Genocide <10:42:23/04-APR-56> ***** PRIVATE: Gryphon >>>>>[Damn right I wasn't in that suite. I aint givin' ole bone head a go at me if I can avoid it. Good hotel though. E-specially the magical security . Anyway, I take it Brimstone did not fall for my little ploy, so no harm was done, right? Oh, and on the offchance that he hasn't read the post yet and _does_ charge in guns blazing, I would appreciate if you would consider it a good 'training exercise' for those overpaid sec mages of yours...Something like shooting ducks inna barrel, neh? I would count it as a personal favour owed, so ka?]<<<<< -- Marksanspensah (08:31:21/4-4-56) >>>>>[Um..... I know it's the fifteenth and all, but where is it?]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (08:00:00: / 04-04-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) >>>>>[Frypp, I'm 7 and I can run your system into the ground.]<<<<< -- Flute (Child / Goddess) ***** Private: Chris Tarleton >>>>>[Jeezus, Bas sure likes to get an early start.... He wouldn't even let me out last night (and my first night back in my favoritest city in the whole damn world, too) and now he's got me up to start working on the arm. Hey, I was plowing through our insurance the other night and itlooks like they're gonna cover most of this. They're even putting me up at the Hilton downtown and covering meals and other "expenses". So.... you know what that means - drinks are on me! 'Course I'll probably need a receipt and it mightbe difficult to explain why I needed that much "all-natural anesthetic".....]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (08:05:55 / 04-04-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) ***** Private: GoD, Griffyn >>>>>[Yes, they will be providing appropriate equipment as well as an armed escort.]<<<<< -- Teutone Bleu (06:22:22 / 04-04-56) ***** Private: GoD >>>>>[Bossman's right, you are beaucoupe crazy. What you think we gonna need parkas for 'round here? It gets down to what... fifteen, tops ten degrees? Some jammers I used ta mech for in Denver might be able to cover ya. Where you be an' when you need 'em?]<<<<< -- Kabuki Man (09:22:39 / 04-04-56) Vice President in Charge of Vehicular Affairs Frypp Security, Inc. *****PRIVATE: Freddy Frypp >>>>>[Ok, but has he bought any supplies from you. If so, what city were they sent to?]<<<<< -- Flute (Child / Goddess) *****PRIVATE: Freddy Frypp >>>>>[Glad the money helped. Let me know who and where to get the equipment.]<<<<< -- Sneakthief (06:48:56 PST / 4-04-56) *****PRIVATE: Freddy Frypp >>>>>[OK, boss]<<<<< -- Tunnel-Rat (06:53:12 PST / 4-04-56) >>>>>[Ahhh...I knew I was forgetting something...It happens to be located near Sassnitz. I am sorry for the inconvienence.]<<<<< --Baron Weder (15:00:30 GMT/04:04:56) President, Central European Division Vathor Technologies >>>>>[Another fraggin' corper. They must reproduce like bacteria or something.... Wass a Corp CEO doing posting in Shadowland anyway? Ryaka Science and Tech... heh, must be at least as big as FryppSec. ]<<<<< -- Goku (11:13:10/4-4-56) >>>>>[I'm glad Bas is lettin' me borrow is matrix link. I don't think I can stand watchin' this for the next nine hours or so. There's just something a little disconcerting about watching someone take apart one of you appendages. Even if it is the best shadowclinic I think I've ever seen..... Bas as certainly done well for himself, I'm impressed. Anyway, can you decker-types out there recommend anything for me to do in here that'll keep me occupied for a while? And remember to keep it simple, I'm lucky if I can find my datajack nine tries outta ten. 'Course I guess I could just watch some tube or plug myself into one of the simchannels.....]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (09:33:32 / 04-04-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) ***** Private: Flute >>>>>[OK, why should I tell you? He's a big boy. He can take care of himself. Besides, the cred cleared the bank so it's outta my hands.]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (09:40:22 / 04-04-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) ***** Private: Sneakthief >>>>>[It should be here in Seattle tonight. If Bas has got me put back together by then, I can meet you at.... okay, there's this little bar on the edge of the Barrens. It's my personal hang-out whenever I'm in town. It's called Disco Inferno Bar and Grill. Yeah, yeah, I know it sounds like a gay bar, it used to be Dante's Inferno Bar and Grill until they lost that messy lawsuit with the other one. It was cheaper just to change the one word in the sign than the whole thing. Hey, they're gettin' pretty damn insistent on knowing where you are. What do I tell 'em?]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (09:45:34 / 04-04-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) >>>>>[Flute, I understand you believe that you can bring down Mr. Frypp's s system? Interesting challenge. Freddy, I'd like a raise now.]<<<<< -- Christopher Tarleton >>>>>[Children these days. Bah.]<<<<< -- Kor <15:07:50 / 04-04-56> >>>>>[Goku -- You may be somewhat surpised at what some people who post here do during the day-light. Not every shadowrunner is SINless scum (which is NOT to say that being SINless immediately makes you scum. I have known my share of SIN'd scum as well as the most delightful people with the misfortune of having no SIN. A pity) out to topple all corporations and over throw the government. Quite a bit of my work comes from with-in the big eight (Well, and Maxim if you count them in with the big eight...I took a serious beating when they pulled thier little two-step shuffle. Excellently planned and executed, I just wished that I had had a little more warning and could have made a bit more money on the stocks). You will always find a Jr. VEEP who wants to be a SR. VEEP and doesnt want to take the time to move up the ladder. Thats where people like you come in. They target, you trigger.]<<<<< -- Kor <15:13:59 / 04-04-56> >>>>>[Get it? Head of OPERATIONS? Oh, I crack myself up sometimes. Hey, Freddy, you could come on over to this node and watch some old movies. I racked up a couple of things that you might wanna take a look at. Actually if anyone else is interested in coming over, feel free >>LTG<<. No charge, 27 viewing ports available.]<<<<< -- Trixie <15:27:20 / 04-04-56> Head of Operations Industrial Sound and Magic >>>>>[these young wipper shnappers now a days... I understand that the Matrix isn't my forte', but kid you got a lot to learn about the deadly simplicity of some systems... Chris, she's young, Don't maim her or anything....{heheheheeheheehehe}]<<<<< -- GoD ***** PRIVATE: Christopher Tarleton >>>>>[Disclose your current salary to me and I will match or beat it while increasing your benifits to meet your needs. No need to relocate from SF. Matrix Supports and coding only. What you do on your own time is up to you. I'll even pick up 1/2 your bartab a month (provided YOU are the only one drinking on it). +++++ Include: IS&M Contract +++++ Include: IS&M Benefits Package (blank) +++++ Include: IS&M 5-star Chart Plan Think it over. Get back to me ASAP. Im always looking for people with your type of talent.]<<<<< -- Jason Stormwind <15:30:50 / 04-04-56> Executive Officer Industrial Sound and Magic ***** PRIVATE: Freddy Frypp >>>>>[Ok -- This is the deal. If he bites, you pay tonight. If he doesnt, I pay. No fair cheating by telling him... +++++ Include: Mail to Chris Just from my last job I should be able to cover his salary, assuming your accountants are as tight with him as they were with me!]<<<<< -- Kor <15:35:40 / 04-04-56> *****PRIVATE: Freddy Frypp >>>>>[Mr. Frypp, I need to up the armor to a full suit with helmet and camera. I also need an extra 10 kilos of C16. +++++TRANSFER: 15,000 nY ]<<<<< -- Sneakthief (09:06:08 PST / 4-04-56) ***** Private to: Jason Stormwind >>>>>[Well, now, I wasn't exactly trolling for a new position, but since you asked...oh, and by the way, my wife drinks on my bartab too. In any case, I don't think that I'll really be able to take you up on the employment, but I would consider acting as a consultant. Perhaps this is more appropriate?]<<<<< -- Christopher Tarleton *****Private David Etherial >>>>>[Dear Sir, I repesent a small team of runners, we are: Death Jestor +++INCLUDE.PIC.FILE+++ Sinper/Physical entry Rolling Thunder +++INCLUDE.PIC.FILE+++ Rigger Red Ronin +++INCLUDE.PIC.FILE+++ Decker Strikes-Like-Lighting +++INCLUDE.PIC.FILE+++ Wolf Shaman/Phyical entry +++INCLUDE.RES.TXT.STRIKES-LIKE-LIGHTING+++ +++INCLUDE.RES.TXT.DEATH-JESTOR+++ +++INCLUDE.RES.TXT.ROLLING-THUNDER+++ +++INCLUDE.RES.TXT.RED-RONIN+++ We just got back to CSA from Hong Kong and we are looking for empolyment we can suplly are own air support, and tacitcal and Magical support. any questions cantact us @ .]<<<<< --Red Ronin (4-4-56/12:43:34) >>>>>["Children these days..." Didn't Sokrates make the same complaint in his day?]<<<<< -- Harrier <15:39:15/04-APR-2056> ***** PRIVATE: Freddy Frypp >>>>>[If you get done with you meeting before midnight or so, meet me at Dante's (in the barrens) for your payment. Damn, and I thought I could buy him out from under you. ]<<<<< -- Kor <20:51:26 / 04-04-56> ***** PRIVATE: Genocide >>>>>[More good news has come to light. The encryption scheme on the "political" document wasn't too hard to break. It was based on the same scheme as the origional encryption. However, the other one is a real bugger. As you said though, we should probably bring in another decker. If you don't have one in mind, I've got a friend that could probably use the biz. Let me know. Also, I've also been lurking around at reading personal email, memos, and that sort. I've got a bad feeling that they might have found me again, somehow. So, your previous comment about time being of essence is starting to look very true. I've got a frame gathering data right now. I'll let you know as soon as I find anything out for sure. Take care of yourself.]<<<<< -- Dashira <13:31:25/04-04-56> >>>>>[Sonny, I have more eneimeis then I can count. I'm still around and most of them aren't. I sincerly doubt you'll be spittin on my grave anytime soon.]<<<<< -- Irish <17:12:05/04-04-56> *****PRIVATE: Tanp, Johnny M, Dragon, Jolly Roger >>>>>[If you guys are up for it, let's do it. Here's the scoop. I met with Mr. Carter Manheim re: this Red 6 business. He tells me that his employer, BioMed Industries, is eager to get their hands on the notes of the late Dr. Taktarov and thus have control over the aforementioned Red 6. "How eager," I asked. "How does 250,000 nuyen sound?" Now, I don't know about you guys, but it sounds pretty good to me. He said that when we find the notes and deliver them to him, he will pay up. No advance cash, only on delivery. So now what? At this point, all we know is that some guy named Dr. Yuri Taktarov, who had been employed by MedTechnica International and was working on some crazy adrenaline analogue named Red 6, got in the way of a few bullets. According to Carter Manheim, I have been set up as the scapegoat. In addition, Manheim says that it was one of MedTechnica's own people who popped the good doctor. I did a little research and found out that the only players in the biochemical engineering market are: 1.) Medtechnica International; 2.) BioMed Industries; 3.) Avalon Systems. Avalon is the newest of the three and since they first entered the market about four years ago, they seem to have been taking the bulk of the market shares away from MedTechnica. BioMed hasn't seemed to suffer much harm with the addition of a third major player in the field; there have been minor fluctuations in BioMed's percentage of the market, but nothing big. I gotta tell you, I'm at a loss. This type of work really isn't my specialty, though I'm always willing to learn something new . What do y'all think?]<<<<< -- Bedlam <22:41:33/04-01-56> >>>>>[Well I sure as frag ain't no fraggin' bean counter, but it looks pretty straight to me. Avalon popped the doc. If the BioMed folks were behind it, they'd have targeted Avalon. Right? Anybody got a deck? Drop a few frames around MedTechnica, a couple out by Avalon. Bettin' we get enough ta go inside a day or two.]<<<<< -- Jolly Roger < 08:02:02 / 04-04-56 > >>>>>[Well, you're not my enemy yet, and I really don't think we need to be, Irish. Just a figure of speech, old man. ]<<<<< -- Joshua's Arm <23:15:06/04-04-56> >>>>>[Hey look, _two_ job offers. Cool. And back to back to boot. We're in the money, we're in the money....]<<<<< -- Joshua's Arm <23:1607/04-04-56> >>>>>[I'm glad you like the clinic, Herr Frypp, you paid for parts of it. I put a sensor package in the arm for checking balance and aim. Try it out for a couple days, and then i can making final adjustments.]<<<<< -- Basilisk <10:24:46 GMT/05.Apr.56> *****PRIVATE: Freddy Frypp >>>>>[I'll meet you there tonight. Tell Flute and them, that I went to make an assualt on hell.]<<<<< -- Sneakthief (05:36:36 PST / 4-05-56) *****PRIVATE: Christopher Tarleton >>>>>[Wanna bet that I can't. You don't have any black IC in that system and if you did, I don't think Freddy would be a party to child murder.]<<<<< -- Flute (Child / Goddess) *****PRIVATE: Freddy Frypp >>>>>[First, he is a big boy, but Sneakthief is that bright and when he gets mad, he gets stupid. Jonesy is fairly upset that he disappered. Second, lets set some rules between you, me, and Mr. Tarleton. No black IC. If there is Black IC, lets set it on stun. Any other IC is exceptable. Finaly a wager is in order after we decide some objectives in your system.]<<<<<< -- Flute (Child / Goddess) >>>>>[Kor, I fully agree with you on all points. Sure the corps employ me. The corps employ everybody when it comes down to it.... But we don't have to welcome the motherfraggers with our arms open, especially in Shadowland. At least that's what I think, and you can be fraggin' sure that I'll let 'em know]<<<<< -- Goku (09:54:32/04-05-56) >>>>>[Hmmmm... do I smell a dogfight brewin'? Chris, will 10be enough? Besides, I hear there's been some intercorporate raiding attempts. Ya know how unwilling extractions start. Hey, Kor, think maybe we should put together Desert Wars teams and slug it out in the Mojave over DA? ]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (09:10:12 / 04-05-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) ***** Private: Kor >>>>>[I told ya he wouldn't bite. Hell, I can't even get him to sign a contract. He just does stuff for me as a consultant. Works out pretty well, I guess. Remind me the next time you do something for us for me to just pay you myself.... sorry 'bout the morons downstairs.]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (09:13:33 / 04-05-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) ***** Private: Chris Tarleton >>>>>[I have had it with that little - that - she's a -. Well this sucks, I can't bring myself to calling a seven year old a bitch. Jesus. Anyway, its open season. Whata ya say to putting a coupla copies of Spark IC in the system, maybe even baiting it with something....]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (09:15:34 / 04-05-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) ***** Private to: Flute >>>>>[What Freddy knows he has in there is not the same as what he does have in there. I wouldn't consider killing you, just perhaps making you feel rather unpleasant.]<<<<< -- Christopher Tarleton >>>>>[I dont think that there is 100 meters of Desert left to fight on at this point. Well, not privately. If we start a skirmish there you can BET that the competing big 8 guns will come over, squash us, and take DA. That wouldnt be much fun. Lets say we do something a little safer -- We'll let Chris pick the initial bar. No magic (on my part) and no bio/cyber (on your part) and the first one to pass out gets him until next week. If you cannot make it to the bar chosen, you automatically forfeit your claim to him for a week. From then out, the loser chooses the next bar. We could call it something like -- LIVER WARS. I kinda like the ring of that. See how it flows over the tongue.]<<<<< -- Kor <14:51:17 / 04-05-56> >>>>>[Lessee, Flute, I'm suppossed to tell you Sneakthief's assaulting hell, whatever that means. So, why don't you want the lethal stuff floating around? Afraid you aren't invincible after all?]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (10:30:33 / 04-04-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) >>>>>[We're getting other people drunk to see who gets me? Sorry, guys, Patricia's already reserved me.]<<<<< -- Christopher Tarleton >>>>>[Trixie, was this flute person the one you wanted me to take a look at as a candidate for our scholarship / training program? Your choice in applicants is beginging to dwindle.]<<<<< -- Jason Stormwind <16:09:45 / 04-05-56> Executive Officer Industrial Sound and Magic >>>>>[Jas, like, its not my fault at all. NB was one of mine, he worked out well, right?] -- Trixie <16:25:02 / 04-05-56> Head of Operations Industrial Sound and Magic >>>>>[I didnt say you were totally off base, just that you were starting to lower your sights. Ability and raw talent, in my eyes, can make up for a lot of attitude. But only for a short while. Yes, I still remember some of the problems you and I had when you first started working here. YOU are one of the main reasons that the production floor is called "THE PIT". We should have called it the half-pipe with all of the skateboarding you did there.]<<<<< -- Jason Stormwind <16:28:04 / 04-05-56> Executive Officer Industrial Sound and Magic >>>>>[You are just miff'd cause I can still take you in a half-pipe match. Do you want ME to tell everyone about how you broke your leg trying to do a hand plant on the the left side wall? Huh? I didnt think so, now leave me alone, Jas. Hey, we miss you around here. When are you coming back into the office?]<<<<< -- Trixie >>>>>[I thought you said you wouldnt get into the habit of changing your time stamp. I'm not planning on coming back into the office for quite some time, actually. I think that I will take some time to tour the various sites and make sure that the management / franchise owners are operating the simulators as I would want them to. And dont get any bright ideas about warning them this time, either. It is better if the home office knows for sure when they dont have the ducks all in a row so that we can assist them in doing so on a permenent basis rather than having to dig through the closets to find the piles of paperwork that has not yet been done. I think that this would be good for me. I've been feeling a little out of touch with whats going on lately...]<<<<< -- Jason Stormwind <17:02:41 / 04-05-56> >>>>>[Ok, it will be a three-way competition. I hope she can hold her alcohol...]<<<<< -- Kor <17:43:46 / 04-05-56> >>>>>[ Mr. Jason Stormwind, Trixie, ISM: Stay away from Flute. She is ours, and you do not want to fight us for her. Mr. Frypp -- we would be ... sorrowful if something were to happen to Flute. Take appropriate precautions. Flute -- dink and flatline, green. Slipglide's down; fingertappers Teflon slicker. FryppSec's windy, your skates need sharpening. TeeDee's shivery, too bigbang. Denverways, skinny. ]<<<<< -- OS^2 (12:45:18/4-5-56) >>>>>[Mr. Stormwind would you like someone to burst Flute's ego? I'd be glad to do so...and teach her some of the tricks of the trade, while I'm at it...]<<<<< --Buzz (The one the only...Human Bee in the Matrix) *****Private: Freddy Frypp, Christopher Tarleton >>>>>[ If you inform us of the approximate time/date of Flute's intrusion into your systems, we will occupy them for you. She needs to be nudged, but in the right places. We can Show her better than any of you -- that's not exactly precise, but it's close -- and it is best for her. If all goes well, she will even want to come to us. ]<<<<< -- OS^2 (13:18:53/4-5-56) >>>>>[ Mr. Frypp, Yoshini-Wa and Joachim thank you and your crew for the polite, prompt service. We have been made to comprehend the difficulties involved in introducing such technologies into Singapore undetected, but it would appear that your people were exemplary. They requested that this be distributed to those particularly responsible. +++++Transfer: 5,000 nY +++++Transfer: 300 shares Renraku stock Again, a task well-completed. Your pride in your work confers great honor to us, and, in return, to you. ]<<<<< -- OS^2 (13:18:53/4-5-56) >>>>>[Go away boy, ya bother me ]<<<<< -- Irish <13:36:28/05-04-56> >>>>>[Hey Kor, how come its always the deckers who are the biggest pains in the ass? Not that my fraggin' mages don't get on their fair share of nerve endings....]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (15:00:23 / 04-05-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) >>>>>[Hey, no way! I'm backin' out. You can slug it out with Patricia over him, Kor.]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (15:30:23 / 04-05-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) >>>>>[Well, well. Looks like we might need to establish some groundrules. Howzabout we make this a full-up datasnatch? A neutral third party selects a file or information they'd like to know on FryppSec. Flute, naturally, you'll know the file, but we won't. The whole system is fair game. Anything that gets destroyed, gets lost, tough. We'll be taking some things totally off-line, like the Rover hook-ups, but other than that the system will be running at regular capacity. We won't add anything until a penetration has been confirmed. Of course a normal load of dormant response IC will be present. Now, we need to agree on terms as well as a start time. I'll leave that up to you two. Hey, Marksanspensah, you wanna buy the rights to this?]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (15:52:25 / 04-05-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) >>>>>[ Goku, that is not going to happen. And I would like to think that just maybe some of the corporate presence here has at least prolonged some lives of the various denizens that occasionally decide to visit this node. ]<<<<< -- Scourge <14:04:09/4-5-56> >>>>>[And who will be the neutral third party? A corp, another decker, a governmental official. etc.? Just asking.]<<<<< --Ryuga (14:15:30 PDT/ 04:05:56) CEO Ryaka Science and Tech >>>>>[ Oh, so it's "fraggin' mages" again, huh ... figures. Old fart. ]<<<<< -- Griffyn < 22:12:05/4-05-56 > ***** Private: Dashira >>>>>[Hey Dash; I need you to get in touch with some runners over in TNO and hire them for an extraction, namely mine. Could you handle that?]<<<<< -- Genocide <23:43:12/05-APR-56> ***** Private: Razor >>>>>[Please contact me, it is of crucial importance.]<<<<< -- Genocide <23:55:34/04-APR-56> ***** Private: Genocide >>>>>[Yes, I hear you. Contact me at LTG >>encrypted<<]<<<<< -- Razor <16:59:23/04-04-56> ***** Private: TopCat >>>>>[Forward all reports to Sinead until further notice. Also, please get Chrome to pull >>encrypted's<< file through CyberPrince. TNX.]<<<<< -- Genocide <00:01:12/05-APR-56> >>>>>[See? My point exactly. If it ain't the deckers gettin' lippy with the man that signs the checks, it's the fraggin' mages. ]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (17:00:23 / 04-05-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) *****PRIVATE: Mr. Purple >>>>>[Mr. Purple, I think I've found something in regards to Macross th Black. I think I've personally spotted him outside the Air Force Academy grounds in the Pueblo Sector (the Nexus). He was speaking with an official from Aztechnology (at least that was what the logos on his tie and the pin on his collar indicated). He's been there a couple of times. I think I've also spotted him in the Aztlan Sector several times. I humbly request your company tomorrow afternoon at a lovely wooded location with a great view of the mountains and the Academy grounds. Please RSVP ASAP. And make sure to bring some good binoculars so that we might engage in some bird watching while there...]<<<<< --the Whistler<3:44:23/4-5-56> *****Private: Genocide >>>>>[Taken care of. I posted a few messages in some local chat nodes. I'll let you know what comes up. Anyway, why? What's up? Are you in trouble?]<<<<< -- Dashira <14:02:57/04-05-56> >>>>>[We dont want her. Like, totally what is your damage? She came to US asking about our scholarship programs. Her code isnt bad but it ain't what we are looking for.]<<<<< -- Trixie <23:16:02 / 04-05-56> ***** PRIVATE: Ryuga >>>>>[Are you sure I have never met you before? There is something about your name that strikes me as...curious. I think that maybe I have heard it in casual conversation with friends of mine. Im going to drop a couple of names and you can tell me if you know them or feel any kindred for them. +++++ Encryption: On +++++ Beta Encryption: On R.J. Stormwind, Lung, Cleo Whitefeather, Lofwyr. +++++ Encryption: Of +++++ Beta Encryption: Off.]<<<<< -- Kor <23:30:58 / 04-05-56> >>>>>[I dont usually have a lot of trouble out of Trixie. She gets a little uppity every now and again but its usually over what food is left in the vending machines. I am not totally sure what the deal with with Flute and Trixie and OS^2 and I dont think I want to know. That's their fight. They can duke it out for all I care just as long as I dont get drug into the middle of it. I too have seen what decker's can do when they are pissed at you. I can only turn you into a newt, they can bankrupt you and everyone here knows that that is FAR WORSE than being turned directly into an animal. At least my way is quick.]<<<<< -- Kor <23:36:05 / 04-05-56> *****Private: Bedlam >>>>>[The people of this land are very strange and not overly friendly to ones such as we, but I would well wager that you have figured that out already. Before I continue, let me introduce myself. I am Xiao Peng. And I am here to help you fo rthe duration of your time here, or if the case is that you will be staying, to facilitate your needs in this strange place. I am very well connected and can furnish nearly anything you may require. I, and the group which I represent, are also always in need of people with your particular "talents" shall we say? I have rambled far too long. Please contact me at >>encrypted<< and I will fill you in on further details. Life here can be very rough, let's make sure that it's only that way on those who would wrong you.]<<<<< -- Xiao Peng (438) <20:16:50/4-5-56> >>>>>[ You know OS^2, you are begining to sound very much like a corp claiming that a girl is yours. As far as I know, you can not own someone, and Flute is not old enough to be under contract. I think Flute can decide things for herself.]<<<<< -- Spirit >>>>>[I'll be your neutral party. I want a picture of Freddy, naked, preferably doing something embarassing.]<<<<< -- Shekhinah < 04:29:49 GMT / 06-AP-56 > >>>>>[ Matrix Spirit, flatfile: Flute's a minder, Formdancer. She be, she bop, she pindance; we'll flap, windy. Stars sing private. ]<<<<< -- OS^2 (18:41:50/4-5-56) >>>>>[Flute, my dear child, you really must respect your elders. They have the benefit of experience and knowledge that you do not yet have. And it comes only with time and effort. Systems are made to be cracked, but there are always ways to shut down any decker. I'm sure that even OS^2 has problems from time to time. I do, but I have the knowledge, experience, and contacts within the corporations that enable me to bypass many of the worst snags. So please, realize that not all old folks are fuddy-duddies who are too set in thier ways to understand the modern world and the modern Matrix and too slow to be a impediment to you. Some of us actually do know what we're doing.]<<<<< -- Mercury <23:42:21/04-05-56> *****PRIVATE: Kor >>>>>[I never stated that we don't know each other, I stated "Maybe...". +++++Encryption: ON +++++Encryption Delta: ON You ask me about names...only ONE is familiar...and that is because HE is one of my kind, and we know each other well. HE still has much to learn about people, especially the fact HE uses them on a regular basis for his own gain...Each being has its place in the world and our kind should not interfere with their development to promote OUR own interests. 'Twas long ago that we parted ways, HE went on his path; while I wandered the world teaching tolerance to others and knowledge of the past. As you can see I avoid stating HIS name, but I am distictive out of all our kind. +++++Encryption Delta: OFF +++++Encryption: OFF]<<<<< --Ryuga (21:00:30 PDT/ 04:05:56) CEO Ryaka Science and Tech *****Private Bedlam >>>>>[Hey Bedlam, I'll try to do some sniffin' around and steal, I mean see waht I can from all of the biotech players. This may take me a couple of days so if ya don't hear from me...well let's not talk about that right now chummer. Talk to ya later, got some major snoopin' ta do]<<<<< --Johnny M <23:50:24/04-05-56> *****Private: Sinead >>>>>[Gen told me to bounce all info off of you so here it goes... +++++CHANGE FILE DESTINATION TO >ENCRYPTED< (Y/N)? Y +++++ONE MOMENT PLEASE... +++++FILE DESTINATION CHANGED TO >ENCRYPTED< All in all it's pretty boring stuff. I still haven't been able to get anything on that guy in 43C, though. Will try to stealth his apartment soon with a little help from my friends. The smartframes'll send packets every 15 minutes to you. I'll send a packet every night of highlights, though for now I gotta say that the only thing that seems worth watching is Chrysianna. Too bad I don't consider myself fully single...]<<<<< -- TopCat <23:50:47/4-5-56> *****Private: Johnny M >>>>>[Heyas, bud! Could you see fit to disarm the security for room 43C of that apartment I've been scanning? The guy there seems to leave around 9am-ish and come back around 3pm-ish. If you could give me a window from say...10am to 11am I should be able to find out all I need to. Just send the bill to me and pay for it (I know you've been in my account before, I know you can get into it again, just don't get TOO comfy in there, chummer!). Talk at ya later!]<<<<< -- TopCat <23:57:12/4-5-56> >>>>>[I understand that many of you out there are leary. Lets say that I sweeten the deal. I'm offering 50k for this run. Lets say, speed is of the essence. *GRIN* I might even be persuaded to arm and supply you, but transport is still the question. Contact me at >Encrypted< for further details.]<<<<< - Sable Blackscale <01:19:00/04-06-56> >>>>>[You realise that by broadcasting this *ahem* challenge out right over the Matrix, you could get a couple of extra hostiles penetrating at the same time? Perhaps you should get a couple of extra non-coms to guard against it. From what you said, any decker with an ego wants to try your system. Heh. Gladly, I don't suffer those delusions any longer.]<<<<< - Harlequin >>>>>[And please don't take offense at my tone, none was intended. This 'fragging' decker has other things to worry about.]<<<<< - Harlequin ***** Private: Dashira >>>>>[Nope; No trouble. thankx for asking. However, Tools and I are trapped with the family and we got to vanish before we can conduct any business. I don't think Tools and the rest of them are getting along to well - damn racist... what the hall do you call them... Irish? Anyway, keep your ears to the ground, and make sure you pick someone capable - I am too busy to get caught and slammed in a death march. I take it you have informed McDonald about you suspicions concearning the corporate's increased attention? If not, do so. So lung, chummer.]<<<<< -- Genocide <08:06:07/06-APR-56> >>>>>[I do not wish to cause any problems but -- I have seen speech patterns like those exibited by OS^2. Are you a manic-depressive in manic phase? You are using lucid speech... Do you need assistance? I can recommend a doctor for you.]<<<<< -- Jason Stormwind <06:57:19 / 04-06-56> *****PRIVATE: Freddy Frypp >>>>>[Herr Frypp, will you need any extra decker for this 'contest' in your system? I could come down to SF to help out for defense. I can also be do the final adjustments in your arm anytime after today. The sensors should be have enough data.]<<<<< -- Basilisk <09:55:58 GMT/06.Apr.56> >>>>>[Hey, Can anyone get into these "Liver Wars"? You guys are too much even for me.]<<<<< -- GoD <06:36:23/04-06-56> >>>>>[Oh! Yeah. Like Right Now, Cuz... YEah!, What Da Fragg Was that...Big Bang, Mighty windy....Oh forget it...]<<<<< -- GoD >>>>>[Alright Freddy you got a deal. How about Monday or Tuesday. I have no fear of black IC, it's just that Jonesy follows me and her deck is not up to snuff. 0S^2- What in the 666 hells did you mean that I'm yours? Freddy- I'll leave off the Sneakthief disscusion until I've kicked the shit out of you in this contest.]<<<<< -- Flute (Child / Goddess) >>>>>[There he Goes again Gryff, it never fails, it never fails.... Some snot-nosed, Punk, kid Rattles his chain, and what's he do... Pick on us poor mages, that's it, I've had it... Kor, turned the entire 3rd floor into Baboons, and he got a little respect. I want to see what happens when I turn the 4th floor into Armadillos... +++++ insert >>>>] -- GoD >>>>>[Shekhinah, name your price so those shots won't get out. Please?]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (09:12:22 / 04-06-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) *****PRIVATE: Bedlam >>>>>[Bedlam, if you need somewhere to stay or to cache gear contact me at the *encrypted* bar. I can also lend you muscle and magical backup if you so need. The Clan can always do with the odd bit of extra training .]<<<<< -- Campbell (15:00:19/06-04-56) *****Private: UO Opera Committee >>>>>[Hey, where's the next posting guys? Is anyone out there?]<<<<< -- Campbell (15:02:55/06-04-56) >>>>>[Newsflash! Today a terrorist attack upon an Aztechnology security training post claimed ten lives and injured scores. The attack consisted of a 500lb car bomb strapped to a petrol tanker that was driven through the base gates. Missiles were also used to destroy a training panzer. We, the Clan, freedom fighters for Mexico and warriors of the 6/66th Division (Merc) claim responsibility. The Clan reaches maturity.]<<<<< -- Major Campbell 6/66th (15:05:12/06-04-56) ***** Private: Basilisk >>>>>[Damn straight I will. I've got this crazy feeling the Matrix outside our construct is going to get very busy and I'd like to have somebody along to keep it clean. I haven't had a chance to play with the new 'gun, but once I get back in town, I'm gonna head up to the roof and burn off a coupla hundred rounds.]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (09:15:34 / 04-06-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) >>>>>[What, ya gotta have a fraggin' wetnurse along?]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (09:30:23 / 04-06-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) >>>>>[Aren't you suppossed to be freezin' your ass off or something? By the way, for those of you who weren't aware, my office happens to be on the fourth of the floors we lease.]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (09:40:34 / 04-06-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) >>>>>[OS^2, if Flute hurts herself getting into Freddy's system, that's her problem. It is my responsibility to defend that system, and my honor is reliant upon it. Thus, it may well become her against myself. I will, I must say, do my best not to severely injure her, but accidents do happen.]<<<<< -- Christopher Tarleton >>>>>[OS^2, she will have a series of objectives. I'm enabling the security routines this afternoon.]<<<<< -- Christopher Tarleton ***** Private to: Freddy Frypp >>>>>[Oh, so I'm a pain in the ass now, right? One of these days, I'm gonna leave you hanging.]<<<<< -- Christopher Tarleton >>>>>[For a small fee, I'm sure Karen could provide tha -- +++++Link terminated at source >>>>>[Ignore him. He's not going to do anything of the sort.]<<<<< -- Patricia Tarleton *****PRIVATE: Freddy Frypp >>>>>[I'll coming down tomorrow (Friday) evening with a kit for the arm and my deck. It will being best if i can help from the inside. Besides, i want to look what Spark did with those programs i gave him. Will there be having any problems getting in with a deck and micro-elec. kit, and can someone pick me from the train?]<<<<< -- Basilisk <16:01:38 GMT/06.Apr.56> ***** Private: Chris Tarleton >>>>>[After the last time, you know damn well you aren't included in decker generalizations. Besides, we both know how much drek I'd be in if I did piss you off.]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (10:05:34 / 04-05-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) ***** PRIVATE: Ryuga >>>>>[He and I do not see eye to eye on any topic. We have had our run ins in the past and I believe we currently sit at mutual dislike. I too dislike the way he thinks and acts towards others. But thats not truely important. I honestly believe it was Lung (also one of yours) from China who mentioned you when I was curious about your kind. At that time he gave me a small list of names of others to whom I should speak with to learn more. Unfortunately I do not have time right now, but I would so wish to speak with you at a later date. Would you terribly mind it?]<<<<< -- Kor <15:41:32 / 04-06-56> *****PRIVATE: Freddy Frypp >>>>>[My name is John Riglia of Farleton Machinery in San Fran. I have heard that you have dealings with a young woman called Flute. I would like for you to hire her to test my employer's system security., The pay is 10k nY for you to hire her and the pay for her is 3k.]<<<<< -- John Riglia (09:45:13 PST / 4-06-56) Farleton Machinery *****PRIVATE: Freddy Frypp >>>>>[Mr. Frypp, I still control Covello. If you want me and Flute can sit down and discuss her attitude and I'll take her deck away from her.]<<<<< -- Treebear (09:35:26 PST / 4-06-56) >>>>>[FLUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]<<<<< -- Zactof (09:36:24 PST / 4-06-56) ***** Private: John Riglia >>>>>[Bah. You want a GOOD shake-down of your system, hire Dark Angel. He's one of the best deckers that's ever laughed in my face when I tried to sign him for a contract.]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (15:34:34 / 04-05-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) ***** Private: Treebear >>>>>[Thanks for the offer, but sittin' kids down and talkin' to 'em doesn't work. Look at me. My old man thought it would work for him. Nope. Her ego just bounced it's last check.]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (15:55:51 / 04-05-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) ***** Private: Basilisk >>>>>[Hey, Bas, after I got off the mag-lev I ran back to the office and pulled a coupla hundred rounds through the new gun. Works like a dream. You might have some troubles getting your deck in without the right trace chips. Tell ya what. Don't leave the station. Someone will meet you and you'll take the subway to Oakland. It should be easier to get through there.]<<<<< -- Freddy Frypp (15:30:23 / 04-05-56) President Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150) ***** Private: Genocide >>>>>[I've informed McDonald of my suspicions. He said he'll respond accordingly. As for keeping my ear to the ground, hey, isn't that what I'm being paid for?]>>>>> -- Dashira <11:21:52/04-06-56> >>>>>[Besides, there's always someone more interested in getting you than in protecting the system.]<<<<< -- Irish <12:49:54/06-04-56> >>>>>[Humanis, bigots, pains in the ass, meat . . . take your pick.]<<<<< -- Irish <12:53:22/06-04-56> >>>>>[Bravo, 6/66th! The more dead Azzies, the better!]<<<<< -- Irish <13:01:23/06-04-56> >>>>>[ Anyone mind if I send in a frame to watch the festivities over at FryppSec? Looks to be pretty interesting.. ]<<<<< -- Neuron Basher < 21:06:06/4-06-56 > Head of Software Development Industrial Sound & Magic *****PRIVATE: Kor >>>>>[Lung...hmmm...I sort of brushed that name off...I should have realized whom you were asking about, before...I haven't seen him for a LONG time...Alas, I do believe I am starting to get old...A later date can be arranged...The time should be set up in advance, since I am rather busy...]<<<<< --Ryuga (14:00:30 PDT/ 04:06:56) ***** PRIVATE: Tunnel-Rat >>>>>[+++++ Begin Transfer: 3,000 nY]<<<<< -- Kor <20:57:29 / 04-06-56>