 JackPoint: The Novel, To the rescue of Hackbaby! |
 Mar 18 2011, 01:28 AM
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Immortal Elf  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465  |
OK, basic premise of the novel is Slamm-0! and Netcat's baby (Currently nicknamed "Hackbaby") has been kidnapped to blackmail the members of the JackPoint to perform some very dirty deal.
A large, complex, intricate job that requires a wide variety of skillsets and a complete lack of morals. The JackPoint is perfect so just such a thing. Fair enough, a Johnson is just someone that screws you after all, and this one just started off with the screwing rather than waiting 'til the 'Run was over. (We have to flesh out the job as well.). Problem is, the person in charge gets greedy having his own group of Prime Runners at beck and call while having the kid as leverage. Big. Mistake. Due to the diverse nature of the characters, I'd suggest this be written as an Anthology, and possibly as a Trilogy of Anthologies. Short stories from a variety of authors, with cannon characters galore. Book One: The Kidnapping and The Job. Book Two: Legwork on an epic scale. "The Search for Hackbaby". Book Three: Roaring Rampage of Revenge (Or, you know, "Rescue and Revenge".). Pepsi Jedi has pretty much written the ending for us already, with FastJack finishing off the Big Bad with a classic Ares Predator-I and a cheesy '80s Action Movie One-Liner. But a lot of folks have come up with good ideas as well. Firstus: What do you folks think? Would CGL go for something like this? Would fans buy it? Does it have the legs required to be worth the effort? Secondus: Let's flesh this out so we can give a very concise proposal to CGL, and let their team of authors go nuts with their favorite JackPointers and Cannon Characters. Pull the Chrome Accountant out of retirement to follow the money. Bull hacking systems left, right, and centre. The Big D... Still being dead. The E-Ghost of Captain Chaos rising from the dead. Let's have the only stop be the final heartbeat of the people responsible. The Nuyen Stops There, and boy, can we stretch a (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) ! |
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CanRay JackPoint: The Novel Mar 18 2011, 01:28 AM
Belvidere This idea is the definition of awesome. And I both... Mar 18 2011, 01:39 AM CanRay OK, showed this to one of the guys in my group, an... Mar 18 2011, 03:33 AM Doc Chase QUOTE (CanRay @ Mar 18 2011, 01:28 AM) OK... Mar 18 2011, 03:06 PM
Abstruse QUOTE (Doc Chase @ Mar 18 2011, 10:06 AM)... Mar 21 2011, 10:34 PM ggodo QUOTE (Abstruse @ Mar 21 2011, 03:34 PM) ... Mar 22 2011, 12:54 AM warrior_allanon i'm sold, i'm in and blast it, i'm gon... Mar 18 2011, 05:12 PM CanRay The Exchange predates Captain Chaos being an E-Gho... Mar 22 2011, 01:59 AM Doc Chase QUOTE (CanRay @ Mar 22 2011, 02:59 AM) Th... Mar 22 2011, 03:30 PM Abstruse QUOTE (Doc Chase @ Mar 22 2011, 10:30 AM)... Mar 22 2011, 09:38 PM ggodo QUOTE (Abstruse @ Mar 22 2011, 02:38 PM) ... Mar 22 2011, 11:59 PM scarius i would be keen to do some writing for this,
als... Mar 22 2011, 09:18 AM CanRay I was suggesting a Trilogy of Anthologies (A serie... Mar 22 2011, 01:23 PM CanRay I remember a version of it being in 3rd Edition. ... Mar 22 2011, 04:46 PM Doc Chase QUOTE (CanRay @ Mar 22 2011, 05:46 PM) I ... Mar 22 2011, 05:16 PM Belvidere I swear CanRay, are you trying to get me fired fro... Mar 22 2011, 04:57 PM Belvidere That's along the idea I had. The Exchange is s... Mar 22 2011, 05:47 PM CanRay Actually, something else just triggered my mind:
... Mar 22 2011, 07:42 PM warrior_allanon QUOTE (CanRay @ Mar 22 2011, 02:42 PM) Ac... Mar 23 2011, 12:13 PM CanRay He gets out a bit more, apparently. He took his N... Mar 22 2011, 11:58 PM CanRay That was a statement that FastJack found on Shadow... Mar 23 2011, 02:34 PM Belvidere We should probably lay down who the hell wants to ... Mar 23 2011, 03:28 PM ggodo MCT is gathering Roses, they'd be good antagon... Mar 23 2011, 04:33 PM Sixgun_Sage Mostly because they've not made enemies more t... Mar 23 2011, 04:49 PM Doc Chase Something that targeted only makes sense if Hackba... Mar 23 2011, 04:52 PM ggodo QUOTE (Doc Chase @ Mar 23 2011, 08:52 AM)... Mar 24 2011, 05:42 AM CanRay A physical body needs to be holding Hackbaby. Som... Mar 24 2011, 01:45 PM Doc Chase QUOTE (CanRay @ Mar 24 2011, 01:45 PM) A ... Mar 24 2011, 03:39 PM Belvidere QUOTE (Doc Chase @ Mar 24 2011, 11:39 AM)... Mar 24 2011, 04:12 PM Xahn Borealis Quick question, what's Slamm-O!'s and ... Mar 24 2011, 05:36 PM Doc Chase QUOTE (Xahn Borealis @ Mar 24 2011, 05:36... Mar 24 2011, 06:48 PM ggodo QUOTE (Doc Chase @ Mar 24 2011, 11:48 AM)... Mar 24 2011, 07:06 PM Xahn Borealis So, do they actually like each other? Mar 24 2011, 07:13 PM ggodo QUOTE (Xahn Borealis @ Mar 24 2011, 12:13... Mar 24 2011, 07:42 PM CanRay I'd probably liken it to the Osbournes. Ozzy ... Mar 24 2011, 07:58 PM Doc Chase QUOTE (CanRay @ Mar 24 2011, 07:58 PM) An... Mar 24 2011, 08:20 PM AStarshipforAnts QUOTE (Doc Chase @ Mar 24 2011, 05:20 PM)... Mar 25 2011, 01:01 AM AStarshipforAnts Double post. Please disregard. Mar 25 2011, 01:01 AM CanRay Well, it's always an election year in the UCAS... Mar 24 2011, 08:54 PM Doc Chase Ugh. And now I'm sitting there wondering what... Mar 24 2011, 08:59 PM CanRay There we go, a nice enemy everyone can hate, and w... Mar 25 2011, 03:19 AM ggodo So, the outline so far seems to be:
Act 1
Burnin... Mar 25 2011, 09:57 AM Doc Chase Busted for smuggling Tempo out in Cascade Ork terr... Mar 25 2011, 01:56 PM CanRay And hanging out in general with CrimeTime and the ... Mar 25 2011, 02:34 PM Belvidere I'm going to try and write from Netcat's E... Mar 25 2011, 04:16 PM CanRay Well, the morning sickness post. Mar 25 2011, 04:21 PM Belvidere QUOTE (CanRay @ Mar 25 2011, 12:21 PM) We... Mar 25 2011, 05:04 PM ggodo Yeah, hopefully the main plot of SR5 is Deus Rebor... Mar 25 2011, 07:48 PM Belvidere QUOTE (ggodo @ Mar 25 2011, 03:48 PM) Yea... Mar 25 2011, 08:31 PM CanRay Great, a former Wageslave is going to save the wor... Mar 25 2011, 09:27 PM ggodo I'm not sure The Suit could take Baby Deus. Mar 26 2011, 02:16 AM CanRay I doubt it as well. They think too much alike. Y... Mar 26 2011, 03:29 AM ggodo QUOTE (CanRay @ Mar 25 2011, 08:29 PM) I ... Mar 26 2011, 03:44 AM CanRay Anyhow, back at the ranch...
"Hey, where the... Mar 26 2011, 04:12 AM ggodo Well, I want to know how The Exchange could arrang... Mar 26 2011, 05:28 AM CanRay Maybe not Hackbaby stolen from home, but Hackbaby ... Mar 26 2011, 02:11 PM Xahn Borealis I'd love to contribute something here, but I... Mar 26 2011, 11:44 PM ggodo QUOTE (Xahn Borealis @ Mar 26 2011, 04:44... Mar 27 2011, 05:46 AM CanRay Throw out any ideas you have, Xahn! We've... Mar 27 2011, 04:56 AM Xahn Borealis I'm thinking the metaplanes should be involved... Mar 27 2011, 06:20 PM CanRay That would probably be jamming too much into one s... Mar 27 2011, 06:25 PM Xahn Borealis Money's Granddad, right? Mar 27 2011, 07:21 PM ggodo QUOTE (Xahn Borealis @ Mar 27 2011, 12:21... Mar 27 2011, 09:36 PM CanRay *Chuckles* Yes, Money's Grandfather. No, his... Mar 27 2011, 11:34 PM ggodo Ok, so we should try to get a better out line of w... Mar 28 2011, 12:06 PM Doc Chase QUOTE (ggodo @ Mar 28 2011, 01:06 PM) Ok,... Mar 28 2011, 01:42 PM ggodo Well, I was looking more as an outline for the lat... Mar 28 2011, 02:33 PM Doc Chase QUOTE (ggodo @ Mar 28 2011, 03:33 PM) Wel... Mar 28 2011, 03:15 PM CanRay Well, I'd see the "Rose Garden" set ... Mar 28 2011, 02:38 PM ggodo QUOTE (CanRay @ Mar 28 2011, 07:38 AM) To... Mar 28 2011, 02:44 PM Belvidere QUOTE (CanRay @ Mar 28 2011, 10:38 AM) To... Mar 28 2011, 02:59 PM CanRay Actually, I was picturing something like this... ... Mar 28 2011, 03:22 PM Doc Chase QUOTE (CanRay @ Mar 28 2011, 03:22 PM) Ac... Mar 28 2011, 03:44 PM CanRay No, but that's damn fine!
"Presentat... Mar 28 2011, 04:03 PM Doc Chase I liked the idea of Kane's blimp descending fr... Mar 28 2011, 05:45 PM CanRay I was actually thinking "Paranoid" by Bl... Mar 28 2011, 06:11 PM Doc Chase Pure image awesome aside, let's stat the Event... Mar 28 2011, 06:14 PM CanRay Sounds like a good start. Old design with a simpl... Mar 28 2011, 06:22 PM Doc Chase Transport and resupply. If we're putting this... Mar 28 2011, 06:29 PM CanRay "Low Tech" means using 1980s-style techn... Mar 28 2011, 06:45 PM Doc Chase Sure, but the books state that technology is prett... Mar 28 2011, 06:58 PM CanRay That works perfectly. And, yes, old skool equipme... Mar 28 2011, 07:38 PM ggodo QUOTE (CanRay @ Mar 28 2011, 11:38 AM) I ... Mar 28 2011, 08:09 PM Doc Chase Yes and no. This is a supertanker we're chang... Mar 28 2011, 07:48 PM CanRay Ah, right. I'm thinking different type of shi... Mar 28 2011, 08:02 PM Belvidere So, aside from attmepting to stop something like E... Mar 28 2011, 08:55 PM Doc Chase QUOTE (Belvidere @ Mar 28 2011, 08:55 PM)... Mar 28 2011, 09:53 PM CanRay The Rose Garden we're envisioning is more than... Mar 28 2011, 09:28 PM scarius what other jack pointers was everyone thinking of ... Mar 29 2011, 07:58 AM CanRay QUOTE (scarius @ Mar 29 2011, 02:58 AM) 2... Mar 29 2011, 08:04 AM scarius QUOTE (CanRay @ Mar 29 2011, 06:04 PM) Th... Mar 29 2011, 08:43 AM CanRay Yeah. Brackhaven is too big a tool for the univer... Mar 29 2011, 08:03 AM CanRay Or a lot of MCT Zero Zones that don't have Ros... Mar 29 2011, 02:46 PM Doc Chase QUOTE (CanRay @ Mar 29 2011, 03:46 PM) Or... Mar 29 2011, 07:46 PM sabs I've been thinking about what a Zero-Zero zone... Mar 29 2011, 03:24 PM CanRay That's what my ideas were for research if I ge... Mar 29 2011, 08:35 PM Belvidere QUOTE (CanRay @ Mar 29 2011, 05:35 PM) Oh... Mar 29 2011, 10:47 PM CanRay Nah, Kane delivers. I mean, he found one woman in... Mar 29 2011, 11:46 PM Doc Chase QUOTE (CanRay @ Mar 29 2011, 11:46 PM) Na... Mar 30 2011, 03:06 PM ggodo With regards to who does what I'm thinking Har... Mar 30 2011, 01:10 AM  |
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