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Voran
post Jul 30 2010, 12:37 AM
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I was just flipping through my Seattle sourcebook, and was reading the short-story that leads into the first chapters "Kaboom Ka-bye". Now, don't get me wrong, its an excellently crafted story, and I enjoyed it in that sense, but after finishing it my first thought was this.

I would track Marie down and disable her, then feed her to ghouls, alive.

The casual nature by which she decides, "Hey the best way to deal with this courier is to slap a bomb on him", while entirely efficient, is entirely on the terrorist side of things. She rationalizes "Oh the blood is on the hands of the corp that used this unwitting wageslave to transport a datafile he didn't even know he had", then proceeds to blow him up, presumably the 7+ escorts in hidden array around him, and who knows how many innocent civilians.

She's not a runner. She's a fucking terrorist.


Anyway, we've had some excellent stories across the various new source material, just wondering if anyone else had any stories that for some reason or another inspired such a reaction. Whether homicidal, like mine, or whatever (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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- Voran   What stories rub you the wrong way?   Jul 30 2010, 12:37 AM
- - eidolon   I think maybe your definition of "runner...   Jul 30 2010, 02:20 AM
|- - CanRay   QUOTE (eidolon @ Jul 29 2010, 09:20 PM) I...   Jul 30 2010, 05:00 PM
- - eidolon   Yeah, I know. I don't know if it was the fluff...   Jul 30 2010, 05:50 PM
|- - binarywraith   QUOTE (eidolon @ Jul 30 2010, 11:50 AM) Y...   Aug 11 2010, 03:29 PM
|- - Kruger   QUOTE (binarywraith @ Aug 11 2010, 08:29 ...   Aug 11 2010, 04:03 PM
- - suoq   I blame/credit William Gibson for using Mark Brand...   Jul 30 2010, 06:14 PM
- - tete   Well she certainly isnt getting Good Karma *snicke...   Jul 30 2010, 06:19 PM
- - LurkerOutThere   I think morality has somewhat softened on Shadowru...   Jul 30 2010, 06:42 PM
|- - Brazilian_Shinobi   QUOTE (LurkerOutThere @ Jul 30 2010, 03:4...   Jul 30 2010, 09:50 PM
|- - tete   QUOTE (Brazilian_Shinobi @ Jul 30 2010, 10...   Jul 30 2010, 09:52 PM
|- - CanRay   QUOTE (Brazilian_Shinobi @ Jul 30 2010, 04...   Jul 30 2010, 09:54 PM
- - eidolon   Meh. "Professional." Humph.   Jul 30 2010, 07:14 PM
- - CanRay   Yeah, but then people know who the target was with...   Jul 30 2010, 08:04 PM
- - Catadmin   The main character of the story was a single ...   Jul 30 2010, 09:01 PM
- - Smokeskin   QUOTE (Voran @ Jul 30 2010, 02:37 AM) I w...   Jul 30 2010, 10:33 PM
- - CanRay   The fact is that, in 2070, a lot of Security Compa...   Jul 30 2010, 10:53 PM
- - Whipstitch   QUOTE (Voran @ Jul 29 2010, 07:37 PM) She...   Jul 31 2010, 12:16 AM
- - MortVent   to paraphrase another story: some runners are out...   Jul 31 2010, 12:28 AM
- - CanRay   The problem with "Professional" runs, wh...   Jul 31 2010, 05:20 AM
- - Voran   oooh activity I'm not opposed to wet-work ru...   Jul 31 2010, 05:50 AM
|- - CanRay   QUOTE (Voran @ Jul 31 2010, 12:50 AM) Gue...   Jul 31 2010, 08:18 AM
- - Jaid   ah. well, i guess if your GM is going to arbitrari...   Jul 31 2010, 06:49 AM
|- - Voran   QUOTE (Jaid @ Jul 31 2010, 01:49 AM) ah. ...   Jul 31 2010, 05:30 PM
|- - tete   QUOTE (Voran @ Jul 31 2010, 05:30 PM) Why...   Jul 31 2010, 06:29 PM
|- - Mäx   QUOTE (Voran @ Jul 31 2010, 07:30 PM) Why...   Aug 10 2010, 12:13 PM
- - Whipstitch   See, I consider the form of "sticking it to t...   Jul 31 2010, 04:28 PM
- - Eimi   There have always been runners that didn't giv...   Jul 31 2010, 06:45 PM
|- - CanRay   QUOTE (Eimi @ Jul 31 2010, 01:45 PM) Ther...   Jul 31 2010, 10:12 PM
- - Jaid   QUOTE (Voran @ Jul 31 2010, 12:30 PM) Why...   Jul 31 2010, 06:48 PM
- - Rand   Voran, you took the words right out of my mouth...   Jul 31 2010, 10:07 PM
|- - Smokeskin   QUOTE (Rand @ Aug 1 2010, 12:07 AM) Voran...   Jul 31 2010, 10:17 PM
- - eidolon   Bahahaha. Twist. Kills me. (Or rather, doesn...   Jul 31 2010, 10:16 PM
- - CanRay   It is the exceptionally rare individual that can l...   Jul 31 2010, 10:23 PM
- - MortVent   remember even the bad guys love their children too...   Jul 31 2010, 10:23 PM
- - Tiralee   Every body left behind, every crippled career, eve...   Aug 9 2010, 11:49 AM
|- - KCKitsune   QUOTE (Tiralee @ Aug 9 2010, 06:49 AM) Bu...   Aug 10 2010, 10:37 AM
- - Hagga   QUOTE (Voran @ Jul 30 2010, 12:37 AM) I w...   Aug 9 2010, 01:01 PM
|- - Brazilian_Shinobi   QUOTE (Hagga @ Aug 9 2010, 10:01 AM) Keep...   Aug 9 2010, 04:42 PM
- - Redcrow   Different players enjoy various different styles o...   Aug 10 2010, 07:58 AM
|- - Critias   QUOTE (Redcrow @ Aug 10 2010, 03:58 AM) D...   Aug 10 2010, 08:38 AM
- - Redjack   This thread just gave me several ideas for runs, t...   Aug 10 2010, 11:07 AM
|- - LurkerOutThere   QUOTE (Redjack @ Aug 10 2010, 05:07 AM) T...   Aug 11 2010, 03:51 PM
- - Voran   Aren't all strippers assassins?   Aug 10 2010, 11:30 PM
|- - CanRay   QUOTE (Voran @ Aug 10 2010, 06:30 PM) Are...   Aug 11 2010, 12:19 AM
|- - sabs   QUOTE (CanRay @ Aug 11 2010, 12:19 AM) Le...   Aug 11 2010, 03:43 AM
|- - Halinn   QUOTE (sabs @ Aug 11 2010, 05:43 AM) Hero...   Aug 11 2010, 02:51 PM
- - Martin_DeVries_Institute   Y'know, that fits into the TMNT theme song exa...   Aug 11 2010, 12:24 AM
- - DamienKnight   If a runner in one of my games detonated a courier...   Aug 11 2010, 03:01 PM
|- - Kruger   QUOTE (DamienKnight @ Aug 11 2010, 08:01 ...   Aug 11 2010, 03:47 PM
- - sabs   Have they gotten that bonus karma yet?   Aug 11 2010, 03:19 PM
- - Bira   I'm not a fan of arbitrary punishment, even fo...   Aug 11 2010, 04:16 PM
- - sabs   Lofwyr's best bud, or your contact's grand...   Aug 11 2010, 04:24 PM
- - Bira   That's more similar to using law enforcement, ...   Aug 11 2010, 04:47 PM


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