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Negalith
post Sep 5 2007, 05:01 AM
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OK first off, I have played shadow run for a couple years now, but have read very little of the fiction.

In a place like UCAS, does the government still issue licenses to be things like doctors, lawyers, etc? If they do, do big corps care, or do they license on their own. Because of extrataratoriatality, would a big corp hire a doctor if they liked him even if he had been striped of a license by the local government?

Also, if big corps have extraterritoriality, what prohibits them from selling their products freely out of their extra jurisdictional offices? I want that Aries 24F cyberware. Aries wants to sell as much as they can. Why can’t I set up an appointment to stroll in and pick it up? Like Native American casinos, one of the great advantages of sovereignty is being able to conduct any kind of transactions there you like despite the laws of neighboring areas. Why don’t the corps sell the products they want to sell to customers who want to buy them in a way that seems perfectly legal (particularly in a world like Shadowrun where corps are known to frequently break laws for cash)?
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- Negalith   Strange question about licenses…   Sep 5 2007, 05:01 AM
- - Doctor Funkenstein   Don't try to rationalize megacorporate extrate...   Sep 5 2007, 05:09 AM
- - Alex   My 2 - 1. Corps could do that but would take a ...   Sep 5 2007, 05:17 AM
- - Cthulhudreams   QUOTE (Alex) My 2 - 1. Corps could do that but ...   Sep 5 2007, 05:22 AM
- - laughingowl   On corp territory you are right, besides some lim...   Sep 5 2007, 05:42 AM
- - Moon-Hawk   QUOTE (Doctor Funkenstein) megacorporate extraterr...   Sep 5 2007, 03:20 PM
- - Irian   QUOTE (Negalith) In a place like UCAS, does the go...   Sep 5 2007, 03:27 PM
- - darthmord   QUOTE (Irian) The agreements between UCAS and Mega...   Sep 5 2007, 06:37 PM
- - hobgoblin   QUOTE (Doctor Funkenstein) Don't try to ration...   Sep 5 2007, 08:34 PM
- - Doctor Funkenstein   Shadowrun != Cyberpunk. Shadowrun = it's ...   Sep 5 2007, 08:43 PM
- - Penta   Given that a Supreme Court decision could conceiva...   Sep 5 2007, 09:13 PM
- - Cadmus   Depends, how high is your budget?   Sep 5 2007, 09:14 PM
- - mfb   that would only overturn extraterritoriality in on...   Sep 5 2007, 09:36 PM
- - Cain   QUOTE In a place like UCAS, does the government st...   Sep 5 2007, 09:38 PM
- - Jaid   QUOTE (Doctor Funkenstein) Shadowrun != Cyberp...   Sep 5 2007, 10:12 PM
- - Doctor Funkenstein   QUOTE (Jaid) i don't really see how it's a...   Sep 5 2007, 10:24 PM
- - Fortune   QUOTE (Jaid) furthermore, i don't see why the ...   Sep 5 2007, 10:53 PM
- - FriendoftheDork   In my game corps have licenses too, with different...   Sep 5 2007, 11:05 PM
- - Negalith   "IIRC, credentials for lawyers and doctors ar...   Sep 5 2007, 11:53 PM
- - Cain   That's why I said credentials. I know that th...   Sep 6 2007, 12:22 AM
- - Nikoli   QUOTE (Cain) QUOTE In a place like UCAS, does the ...   Sep 6 2007, 04:35 AM
- - apollo124   Just because the corp could allow pretty much anyt...   Sep 6 2007, 06:26 AM
- - Riley37   If you walk from city streets, onto an Ares-owned ...   Sep 18 2007, 10:25 AM
- - Cthulhudreams   I'm thinking from a purely business standard p...   Sep 18 2007, 10:48 AM
- - FrankTrollman   Getting a medical degree does not allow you to pra...   Sep 18 2007, 02:48 PM
- - Kyrn   QUOTE (Nikoli) QUOTE (Cain @ Sep 5 2007, 04:3...   Sep 18 2007, 03:49 PM
- - Kyoto Kid   ...momentary derail. On the Dumpshock Forums page...   Sep 18 2007, 03:57 PM


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