 Sprint (the company), What happened to it? |
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 Mar 19 2006, 11:09 PM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 22 Joined: 16-March 06 From: Overland Park, KS Member No.: 8,384  |
Don't suppose anybody knows what happened to Sprint in the SR world? I am starting to work up Kansas City as a location for a new campaign, and since Sprint World Headquarters is here I would like to build off of that for something. I may roll them into either Transys Neuronet (and thus NeoNET) since its a large communications company...but am unsure at this point.
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Mar 20 2006, 08:51 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
Just say to yourself the SR equivalent of "snakes on a plane" - "crash of '29."
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Mar 20 2006, 02:39 PM
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Technomancer Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,638 Joined: 2-October 02 From: Champaign, IL Member No.: 3,374 |
Or have them purchased as a subsidiary similar to your post. Remember: it's your world, even if other people have published suggestions about how that world may be represented. If you want Sprint to be a part of NeoNET, then in your games it is. Other options would be Ares, since Kansas is part of the UCAS.
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Mar 20 2006, 03:30 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67 |
As far as my notes serve me, Sprint hasn't ever been mentioned in SR. So no matter what you do with it, you won't even be conflicting with anything. It's plausible it was brought down by the Crash of '29. Or equally plausible it was bought out by a megacorp (NeoNET is a good choice).
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Mar 20 2006, 06:57 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 834 Joined: 30-June 03 Member No.: 4,832 |
In an effort to create problems in the world, I'd give sprint to ares so that it gives neoNet something to try and take from them.
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Mar 20 2006, 07:19 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 475 Joined: 13-March 06 From: dusty Mexican borderlands Member No.: 8,372 |
Not every company in the world is owned or influenced by the megas, though a large number are. Sprint could, if it works for your story, be struggling to remain independent, though it would likely no longer be a large player in the telecom industry.
Or you could use the other suggestions. Or come up with something else. |
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