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
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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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