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 May 26 2006, 10:41 PM
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Beetle Eater  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826  |
That really depends on how you portray the world. By canon, gangs rule the highways at night - the police retreat to safe areas. Between syndicate wars, gang wars, beetle loons, and the unavailability of food, security is a real issue. Remember that SR began in the 80s, when it looked like every school would need metal detectors. Also consider that the canon McHughs was basically an armored bunker! |
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May 27 2006, 03:33 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 96 Joined: 13-April 06 Member No.: 8,459 |
Only in certain areas. Of course, depending on where you go, the world varies wildly, as it does even with a single city. How bad is the shortage, though? I haven't really seen much on this, besides "real" food being more expensive. Soy certainly seems plentiful. I haven't seen the canon McHughs, so I can't comment on them. My biggest qualm was the original statement of, "I would expect any club or resteraunt to have a cyberscanner." I'm not saying none would, I'm just saying that this is an unrealistic view. |
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May 27 2006, 04:44 AM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
I think mycoprotien and soy are avaliable enough, but they talked about even factory trucks being heavily guarded because mobs would try to hijack them "even if it was only food". But this was back in 2050 when a lot of the crap was hitting the fan.
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May 27 2006, 05:46 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,479 Joined: 6-May 05 From: Idaho Member No.: 7,377 |
I would imagine cyberscanners would be a requirement for Insurance companys insuring any decent establishment as well. In a world where your comlink can be scanned on the streets, I would really think a cyber scan would be no big deal.
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May 27 2006, 10:41 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 314 Joined: 25-February 06 Member No.: 8,307 |
'Nuff said. You go into a club, past the passive scan, it beeps indicating you're armed. You turn over your clip, show them the empty chamber, they sweep you for extra mags, probably pat you down physically too, and if you're clean you're on your way. For melee weapons, they either pass you, shut them down somehow, or refuse admittance, depending on the club. No more than a minute or 2 with a pro doing the scan/search. ...and it wouldn't be a cyberscanner per se, but probably a chemsniffer and/or a MAD. |
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May 29 2006, 05:59 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 27-May 06 Member No.: 8,608 |
Some of you are forgetting many of these so called "Clubs" are owned and operated by retired runners. This could be a good or bad thing depending on reputation. Good rep: the owner has his security look the other way. Bad re: the owner has security go the "No addmitance" route.
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May 29 2006, 10:57 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,556 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 98 |
I'm not sure I understand why so many people think that "runner clubs" would be so hot on allowing their customers to carry serious firepower. A club cannot survive on runners alone (there aren't enough of them), and given how often runner meets can turn into firefights, you'd think it'd be in their interests to have some form of restriction on the weapons they allow inside, or at least have a fairly developed security presence in the form of cyberscanners linked into the building's network, tracking where all the armed people are going and what they're doing, and marking on the security PAN things like "this guy over here has a submachinegun" if everything goes to hell.
Adopting a policy of "we don't look at you, you don't shoot up the bar" works up until you get someone in there who's a little unbalanced or pissed off, or who thinks they can pop somebody and make a clean getaway. Sadly, that's about 50% of runners... |
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