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[Chrysalis]

Greets,

There will be a new Shadowrun sourcebook released by the end of the year this year called Vice. Now I was thinking on getting a little ahead of ourseves and see what kinds of ideas can we come up with in terms of Vices new and old for the 2070s.

Before you read on I should give you the warning that I have a very different approach from some towards what could be a dark, dystopian world. Please also be aware that I am used to playing in the realm of cyberpunk where these matters are more in your face and are dealt with a more open manner.

I would also like to reiterate a difficulty in talking about any of this with any frankness and that you who reply to this will also consider these points before posting:

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4. Discussion of politics, religion, and sex are prohibited, except as they directly pertain to Shadowrun or another game. Discussions on these subjects will be watched closely, and any innapropriate posts may result in warnings or suspensions.

As this deals with vice I will not be talking about Miami Vice, but more of the nuts and bolts of the sex, drugs, and rock'n roll. If these subjects offend you please do not click on the spoiler tag.

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Sex

Prostitution is still big business in 2070. With UCAS being turned into a mix of both first world and third world, law is mired by corporate courts and extrajudicional areas.

Brothels, striptease bars, peepshows are all quite usual. Adding into this mix are the 2070 versions of virtual simsense environments. Porn is not only the Matrix it also comes in BTL chips as well. You can have better than real sex online.

With automation and knowbot codes lurking in the matrix perhaps it is simply an AI or agent that runs the virtual brothel, where the programmer just comes in for his monthly cut.

The traditional habits of the Ukranian mafia are replaced by sleep regulators, personafix chips and bunraku parlours. Now you don't even need to kidnap candidates or have to go to Bulgaria to buy girls in lots when you can simply do it by cruising the barrens and applying some harmless brain alteration. Once they outlive their usefulness, there are many who would pay good money for prime organs.

However, all of this technology is expensive and there is still a market for flesh and blood, not only for the affluent, but also for all those hardworking corporate drones. It means that while technology gives you ease of access, corporations have long ago known the fundamental of not shitting where you eat.

What does this mean for you? Your monthly middle-class lifestyle should be able to pay for not only those wild nights on the town, but also for the maid who not only cleans your house, but also keeps your bed warm on those rainy Seattle nights.

Drugs

In addition to the wide variety of drugs already available in the local pharmacy there are also virtual drugs, BTL chips, and hallucinogenic IC. You can by your synthcoke to go with soykaf. With extrajudicional areas you should beware what you can buy in one area maybe illegal in another. After all, corps make billions off selling drugs and any kind of competition is frowned upon.

Drugs are everywhere. It is in the food, in the air. Addiction means a captive audience and once that need is fufilled the consumer comes back for more. It keeps them working, it keeps them motivated, it keeps them as a part of the corporate system.

Shadowrunners often forget that when they take their hit to keep their edge, that celibratory snort.


Rock'n'roll

Entertainment is everywhere, it climbs in through your AR, it breaks your firewall and only dead people don't know how out of style they truly are. Consume, buy, spend.