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 Jul 28 2006, 09:01 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 134 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 1,525  |
I'm not even being technical. You have to remember he started off his life as a ganger, long before he was running up against first-world militaries. He was probably over a dozen before he managed to get under 3 essence. Certainly over 100 before he even had a VCR.
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Jul 28 2006, 09:03 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 |
Of course. I remember.
Luckily for him, if Armageddon kicks off again, Banded don't count as "people." |
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Jul 28 2006, 09:05 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 134 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 1,525 |
When you shoot someone with a 25mm aircraft cannon, you don't really kill them, they just kind of stop existing.
Edit: Anyway, over 15 years of in-game mercenary and shadow work, you tend to end up with a lot of blood on your hands. There's a reason Telnet is kind of a PTS paranoid. All said, I think I've played him 10 real years at this point. |
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Jul 28 2006, 09:28 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 |
Indeed. It makes me wonder how much blood some of my characters would have just based on their backstories.
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Jul 28 2006, 02:25 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Wait, how? You've played 15 IC years in 10 RL years? What's your secret? ~J, having played ~3 IC months in ~3 RL years |
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Jul 28 2006, 03:58 PM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
Ten years IRL time (IE, started in 1996), but fifteen years have passed in-game in that time (due to the recent timeline bump, I guess).
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Jul 28 2006, 04:05 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Oh, I certainly understand the theory behind it, it's just the practice of in-game time moving at almost real-time rates that boggles the mind :)
~J |
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Jul 28 2006, 07:34 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 34 Joined: 26-January 06 From: Free city of Berlin Member No.: 8,197 |
I killed a preist in cold blood, so that should count for something extra, right? I also killed a man with a head-butt. Mostly I just shot people though.
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Jul 29 2006, 07:45 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 134 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 1,525 |
Generally, some time passes between runs. I never had my character trying to make a run per night. That seems kind of strange. You need some time to lay low after a major operation, to see who's on your tail and deal with that. Additionally, there's always travel time, especially for mercenaries that operate across a wide portion of the globe.
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Jul 30 2006, 11:11 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 588 Joined: 27-February 06 Member No.: 8,316 |
We blew up the main intelligence/ govenrment building of a repressive regime to overthrow the government. Killed lots of torturers :) and probably a few prisoners too :( .
That's when the nukes started going off around the country. It was pretty narley. |
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