>>>>>[Hey Ratspeak, I want to be on a team too! I don't know this Hammer
guy personnally but he sure has pissed off some people.]<<<<<
        -- Sacre Bleu <1:46/5-27-56>

>>>>>[Hey chains, you asked me what the fifth element is (sorry for not
answering earlier but I was out in the forest doing some magic).
I am just trying some modification in the watcher summoning, to make
them more durable and more intelligent. I call them the fifth element,
cause they are fractions of the mind, and the mind is in my eyes the fifth
element. Oh yea, to every magician out there, never, NEVER, EVER try to
do some delicate conjuring in a forrest, if you do not know exactly,
that it isn't awakende, or polluted. Thigs can get quite hairy, if
it is both !!!!! (no stupud comments, please !!)]<<<<<
        --  Dr Snooze <16:15:16/05-28-56>

>>>>>[Basilisk, I saw the posts here.  If they are friends of yours,
I will do what I can.  I'm already helping someone else hide from
Lone Star, two more won't change things much.

Shields, on behalf of Basilisk, I offer my assistance in any way I
can.  I think we might have met briefly with Basilisk, but I'm not
sure.  Let me know if and how I can help.]<<<<<
        -- Jeweler <04:24:57/05-26-56>

*****PRIVATE: Jasmine
>>>>>[Shields, it seems you're deck is not functioning, so I am sending
this to your wife.  If you need a safe house, and can be SURE you won't
be followed, you can stay at >>>locaation<<<.  There is already someone
by the name of Stampede there, who is also not on the best of terms with
Lone Star.  He will be notified of your possible arrival.  If there is
any chance that you are being followed, however, I ask you to please
not use this house, both for its future utility and the safety of the
current occupant.  If there is anything else I can do, let me know.]<<<<<
        -- Jeweler <04:26:44/05-26-56>

*****PRIVATE: Jasmine
>>>>>[Hallo Frau Jasmine!!  It is good to hearing from you again, but
it sounds like you didn't have fun while you were gone.  I'm in San
Francisco right now, but if you need any help in Matrix, i can be do
it any time.  Also, if you are come to SF, i can help with build a
new deck for Shields.  If you need help in Seattle, i have friend
there, i think you call it Fixer, called Jeweler.  I think maybe you
meet him sometime before.  You can call him for help.]<<<<<
        -- Basilisk <17:36:09 GMT/25.Mai.56>

>>>>>[Herr Jeweler, i have a request.  Some friends of mine are in
some troubles.  They are called Jasmine and Shields.  If you could
helping them, i can pay for it.  They have troubles with Fuchi and
Lone Star right now.  Maybe you see the messages here about it.  I
send this public so they see i ask you to help.]<<<<<
        -- Basilisk <12:21:48 GMT/26.Mai.56>

>>>>>[ Ummm. . . *ponder*  I'm not sure, but I don't think
anyone truly needs to chase HAMMER anymore.  You would have to ask the
Count.  He saw the whole thing personally.  I was busy fighting off deckers
at the time. ]<<<<<
        -- Ratspeak <14:00:00/5-28-56>

>>>>>[Ratspeak  --  I thought I request that, if you were going to upload
drone footage that you edited me out.  I cant afford to have been there if
you know what I mean.  Luckily we are all friends here...right?

I dont usually upload cam footage to ShadowLand because it seems like nothing
more than braggin' rights and I don't need them anymore.

It might be best if I didnt upload the information due to someone being a
little more than unprofessional during the middle of a very imporant job.
You know who you are and _I_ know WHY you did what you did but that's not
the issue here.  You left MY back exposed and for that I should have beaten
you into a pulp.  Let it suffice to say that I wont be working with you
again and you likely wont be working with anyone worth their weight in
the near future.

Thats it, Im too old for this shit.]<<<<<
        -- Kor <21:34:43 / 05-28-56>

>>>>>[Wha--Where? huh? I...]<<<<<
        --patient #107, VM Intensive Care (11:04:52/05-29-56)

>>>>>[Relax, grasshopper. You're going to be okay. You had some
extensive surgery but the docs say you should make a full recovery.
In the meantime, they've installed some damage compensators that
should take care of the pain, so you can't feel anything.]<<<<<
        --Nightstalker (11:08:13/05-29-56)

>>>>>[You did give us quite a scare, Michael. You--We are indeed
fortunate the shadowclinic had space available for you.]<<<<<
        --Raven TM (11:12:41/05-29-56)

>>>>>[Where am I? I...what's happening?]<<<<<
        --patient #107, VM Intensive Care (11:14:02/05-29-56)

>>>>>[I had them jack you into the matrix. Since your nervous system
is still recovering, I thought it best to reacclimatize yourself
to the matrix before you try to move again. Not that you can, right
now.]<<<<<
        --Nightstalker (11:16:42/05-29-56)

>>>>>[I remember...snakes. Snakes coming out of the floor, the walls,
the cieling, and then my head was full of...*shudder*

Is it safe? are they gone?]<<<<<
        --patiet #107 (11:19:54/05-29-56)

>>>>>[Yes, relax now, little one.
*****NOT TO: patient #107
I'm still worried about this. He's so fragile; the trauma he must've
experienced in here...and then to be thrust back into it.]<<<<<
        --Raven TM (11:22:01/05-29-56)

*****NOT TO: Patient #107
>>>>>[Don't be so nervous. He's on all the monitors, and it's better
for him to get back up and try again than be afraid for the rest of
his life. Besides, it's either here or floating in sensory deprivation,
and I _know_ that'd drive me nuts.]<<<<<
        --Nightstalker (11:24:59/05-29-56)

>>>>>[Hey, Sacre Bleu, you might want to review that footage again.  HAMMER
is no longer with us at this time.

After a little thought, I have decided NOT to upload my helmet's log to
ShadowLand.  I spent some time the other night going over it with Scourge
and he somewhat agreed that some of the footage is very damaging to a
few runners.

We 'won', so to speak.  We extracted the two in need of extraction and shut
down HAMMER's operation.]<<<<<
        -- Kor <23:35:38 / 05-29-56>

>>>>>[ Hate to say this, but did we truly win?  I have heard from Scourge
what Rebecca's last few months of being alive were like.  I don't think
I would call this winning.

I would also like to say, that with Doomsday letting the irish elf go, there
are still loose ends.  I remember Nightmare once saying that HAMMER always
makes contingency plans for failure.  Including failures that involve his
death.  I can only wonder, if any of us have truly one.  We haven't
stopped the Yakuza from hating us for rescuing Shadowfox, and hell, Shadowfox
isn't telling why they wanted him dead in the first place.

I don't know Kor.  Doesn't seem to me to be clear white and black here.
I think a better statement would be, we outlived HAMMER.  We have yet
to see if the Yakuza will try a punitive strike on any of us. ]<<<<<
        -- Ratspeak <17:38:19/5-29-56>

>>>>>[ Wouldn't that depend on how badly they want to pursue Shadowfox
for whatever he did? ]<<<<<
        -- Sprinkler <17:39:20/5-29-56>

>>>>>[ Yeah, I suppose so.  It will be interesting to see if they can find
him again, or if they even bother.  Still it isn't as cozy a "win" as I
would like.  Sort of reminds me of the stuff I saw in Pittsburgh a while
back.  *shudder* ]<<<<<
        -- Ratspeak <17:40:47/5-29-56>

>>>>>[Rat, you need to stop mentioning that.

There are people and agencies that would love to silence everyone who saw
what they saw.

Do you remember the chicago incident?  You saw what they did there.  They just
shut the entire fraggin' city down.  I had friends there that I had to just
forget about.  I cant get in astrally, none of the elementals that I
have sent in there (forgive me.  I didnt know I was sending them to their
deaths) ever returned.  There was a serious nastiness that happened.

Sigh -- I lost nearly everything during the weeks the followed that incident.
Its like Fate herself turning her back on me for the mistakes we made that
night.

We are mortals fighting a battle not meant for us.]<<<<<
        -- Kor <01:37:51 / 05-30-56>

***** PRIVATE: Scourge
>>>>>[Thanks for the tips.  I believe that they will pay off.  I've spread
things pretty thin so if they dont I will be hurting for fundage.

I really miss her.  I really do.  She used to take care of the money for me so
I didnt have to bother.  She kept everything in line.  I...I loved her with
all my heart.

Usually right about now I would be knee deep in synth but thats behind me now
and I owe it all to someone I cant even find now.  If you see my friend, let
him know I need to find him.  My elementals had to leave his side and couldnt
tell me where it was they last saw him.]<<<<<
        -- Jason Stormwind <01:37:51 / 05-30-56>

***** Private: Stampede
>>>>>[ Aztec went off without too much difficulty, though Ah did have help from
a friend.  Sorry thats its a day late, some unexpected trouble came up
yesterday (it had nothing to do with the Aztec mission) that needed my attention
Anyway here's what I found out sugar.

First off the Expert system is there for data collection, correlation and  cross
referencing.  It is a pretty nifty system that analyzes trends (sort of  like
the stock market programs) and looks for things out of the ordinary. It could be
used ta find small glitches that people like mahself sometimes create ta make
money, ya know, siphoning off the rounded decimal places into our own paycheck
type of thing.  From the data Ah was able ta copy it looks like he  mostly
tracks memos and money, looking for suspicious trends.  Now, Aztec likes ta do
this normally so that they can keep tabs on their employees, that is the duty of
the InterSec and Moral Division.  Hewbanger is not part of that division.  By
the looks of it he is using certain bits of the information ta black-mail select
people in the organization.

As it is InterSec has started ta look inta him a few times, but  always stopped
after a cursory glance, so he must have someone high up in InterSec helping him
or being blackmailed.  Most likely this person Fredrico Martez assistant
director of Inter Sec and Moral division of Aztecnology - Seattle.

Now the system itself is rather hard ta find even if ya know its there.  The
data from  it is not very accessible but is not guarded by any heavy IC, that
would attract too much attention.  As best as Ah can guess, Hewbank knows better
than InterSec about what is going on the Aztec Seattle, mostly because there
have been erased files in InterSec  that inhibit its operation, most likely
removed by Fredrico.  Also, from the looks  of some of the data, Hewbanger has
gotten some dirt on a captain in the Star by the name of  Johnathan Daniels.  I
believe that he had been on the payroll of a MaSec decker by name  Christine
Diez who was black mailed by Hewbanger.  He took over the control of Daniels and
then got Diez out the way, permanently.

Hewbanger does have one very worrying enemy, a Julio Gental captain in the Fifth
Leopard Guards.  Hewbanger has NOTHING on him, and suspects that he is a plant
by someone high up in Seattle or even the Aztlan prime complex. Julio is looking
for an excuse ta remove Hewbanger permanently, and Ah have no idea why.

Thats all Ah have at the moment.  If Ah find out anything interesting Ah'll get
word ta ya.  Keep ta the shadows, try the Underground, its the best place for a
troll ta get lost.  They don't like Aztec much down there so only a few of the
people will sell out, and they still would have ta find ya.  Not an easy task,
trust me.]<<<<<
        -- Circuit Breaker <Southrn Belle>

>>>>>[Hey folks out there, I need some magical advice, so I would
be grateful, if some magicians of a magical group contacts me.
I did some research in conjuring and came up with something,
and now I dont know what to do with. It has to do something
with the fifth elemental stuff I came up with yesterday, and I
need some moralic and scientific advice]<<<<<
        --  Dr Snooze <09:41:56/05-30-56>

***** PRIVATE :circuit breaker
>>>>>[Thanx, friend, Me'll try to contact this Mr hewbangersenemy
Me think if we push the right info to him he might be just the guy to
save my butt, and the sweet one of susi too, course.
Me feels lots of better now]<<<<<
        --  Stampede <16:07:43/05-30-56>

>>>>>[This Unquenchable Thirst for knowledge is going to be the Death of ME.
Say Doc What are the fruit's of your research? ]<<<<<
        --  GoD < 12:18:57 / 05-30-56 >

***** Private: Gryffin, Kor
>>>>>[  +++++ Set A^2 Encryption: On
Look I Took a couple of days to think things over, You are right there are
some things "Not-Right" about the images in the vid-pics, and about some of
the post... speaking of, I have Josh lookin' into a couple of those
individuals you mentioned from what Josh has dug up... The azzies have no
Idea that this team is out here.  And If I deduce correctly They wouldn't be
too happy To find out that they are. Apparently some one has muscled them
selves a strike team to Make ol' Teutone's life miserable.  Question is what
can we do? Cross-REF this with what ever information you have....
+++++ Include: Azz.fil
+++++ Set A^2 Encryption: Off
Let me know what?]<<<<<
        -- GoD <12:23:33 / 05-30-56 >

***** PRIVATE: GoD, Griffyn
>>>>>[Wouldnt be the first time someone at 'tech decided to appropriate
funds to create their own little strike team.

Believe it or not, thats how I started.  Fresh out of college and recruited
into an Aztech research team.  6 months into we turned into a strike team
and asset liquidation team.  At the time we all thought we were full Aztech
employees.  Right up until the point where our boss tried to cut his losses
by sending both of his strike teams against one another.

That little fiasco screwed my career to hell.  Do you have any idea how hard
it is to submit a resume to a corp with 3 years of your life blank?  Aztech
wouldnt even acknowlege that I worked there until I threaten law suits.  Luckily
that worked.

As to your needs  --  I still have some friends in Aztech which may or may not
be of use.  Ill take a look into that file in a couple of minutes.

Hey, if you want, you can bring that vid down to my place and we can run
it through the editing software I have.  If anything would show tampering,
that will.  I have a friend who is pretty good with video work who could
take a look at it with us.  Ill give him a call and be ready for
you in about an hour.  Griff, why dont you come on down too.  Ill order Gracies
and plenty of napkins.  Speaking of which...]<<<<<
        -- Kor <16:36:19 / 05-30-56>

***** PRIVATE: Neuron Basher, Trixie, Granpa
>>>>>[Hey, guys, I have a friend coming over that has some video clips he
needs someone to verify.  Im going to make a party of it, Gracies...on me.
Be here in an hour.]<<<<<
        -- Jason Stormwind <16:40:22 / 05-30-56>

***** PRIVATE: Kor, GoD, Freddy Frypp
>>>>>[  It's about fraggin' time, man.  Now that we have you back in the
land of the reasonable, we can get on to more important things.

As far as that Azzie squad is concerned, I don't know much about them.  All I
know is that someone with some pretty fraggin' good connections brought them
in to handle Teutone and Brimmy.  So far, they've not been too successful.
I'd rather not make enemies of them, unless I have to, knowing how ruthless
they can be, so I think we need to find Teutone and get him into some decent
hiding.  Freddy, do you have anyone who can find out who got the Azzies out
here, and how they pulled it off?  I'd like to try and get someone higher
up to pull them out.

One other thing we need to worry about it the fact that it seems that
Marksanpensah is either (a) still alive, or has (b) been turned into a
zombie by someone.  I find (a) rather more preferable, but (b) could
provide for some interesting research, eh Kor?  Freddy, has he contacted
you or do you know anything about what's going on where he's concerned?
Can you get someone to trace down his last known habitation?  I'd like to
try and get some components for a ritual sending to figure out if he's
still alive, and if so, where, but that's going to require something close
to him.  Let me know.

Overall, it looks like this if what we need to do:

1.  Find Teutone and get him under wraps.
2.  Find out more about Marksanpensah, and whether or now he's still alive.
    If he's still alive, we may be able to end this really quickly by getting
    M. Executor to back the frag off.
3.  Find out about the Azzies and deal with them if necessary.

Let me know what you guys think.  Kor, I mainly included you for advice, I know
you're trying to stay out of the Shadows, and I respect that, but I'd really
appreciate any opinion you might have.  ]<<<<<
        -- Griffyn < 17:55:30/5-30-56 >
           Fraggin' Mage
           Frypp Security, Inc.

>>>>>[  Marksanpensah, if you are indeed still alive, and not a mindless
zombie, please get in contact with me.  I'd like to help if I can.  I
don't like being used, and it appears as if someone has been manipulating
me.  I'd like to return the favor.  ]<<<<<
        -- Griffyn < 18:01:05/5-30-56 >
           Fraggin' Mage
           Frypp Security, Inc.

***** PRIVATE: Kor
>>>>>[  Okay .. I'll be there.  See ya in about an hour or so.  ]<<<<<
        -- Griffyn < 18:50:30/5-30-56 >

***** PRIVATE:  Kor, Trixie, Granpa
>>>>>[  Okay, Boss.  I'll be there in a few.  Trix and Gramps, you guys wanna
ride with me?  I know Granpa doesn't like to ride on the back of Trix's rocke..
errr .. bike.  *chuckle* ]<<<<<
        -- Neuron Basher < 18:50:30/5-30-56 >

***** Private: Kor, Griffyn
>>>>>[Gracies & vid-clips reminds me of Saturdays over at the
tech (Georgia T & M) I'll be right over. I'll bring both the
raw stuff right out of the posting and the stuff I've Ran
through my stuff here at the "bat-cave".
Kor you still over at >>Encripted<<?]<<<<<
        -- Michael McKnight < 13:53:12 / 05-30-56 >
           As!@#FRAGGIN MAGE@#$list
           Fripp Security Inc.

***** Private: Riddler
>>>>>[I like the sound of that.  Hey that info you got for me
hit the spot...  I'm going to treat you like the 'pro' you're
turning out to be.  In real life Deckers get paid....

+++++ Transfer 500 nY to >>Encripted<<

I opened this for you the other day this is your School Fund.
Every time you do a Job for me or something This account will
get bigger and bigger.  It's one of the things I promised
your mom I'd do.

You did good kid...]<<<<<
        -- Michael McKnight < 14:02:11 / 05-30-56 >
           As!@#FRAGGIN MAGE@#$list
           Fripp Security Inc.