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 Feb 6 2007, 08:24 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 158 Joined: 15-December 06 From: Rugby, England Member No.: 10,374  |
I know there is some conjecture that Hans Brackhaus is Lofwyr. I was thinking of converting the mini-run from the SR3 rules to do with my group, and wondered if anyone had SR4 numbers for Hans. Also, is there any artwork for him? He may start to take a personal, if very distant, interest in my little team so artwork would be good.
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Feb 6 2007, 08:51 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,311 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Calgary, Alberta Member No.: 2,062 |
If he is, in fact, Lofwyr, there won't be stats for him, and he won't need them.
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Feb 6 2007, 08:53 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 158 Joined: 15-December 06 From: Rugby, England Member No.: 10,374 |
Do you think he's Lofwyr, Mike? Should I leave it a mystery?
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Feb 6 2007, 08:58 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
IIRC, there is direct mention that "Hans Brackhaus" is simply the common German version of "Mr. Johnson". It's just a cover name, used by lots of people. I can't remember the exact book ATM though.
(That's not to say that nobody important has ever used the name.) |
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Feb 6 2007, 09:05 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 158 Joined: 15-December 06 From: Rugby, England Member No.: 10,374 |
Brackhaus appears in two novels, I believe: Dead Air and Worlds without End. The SR3 Quick Start rules say the Brackhaus works directly for Lofwyr. His driver wears a lapel pin saying Saeder Krupp Prime. Brackhaus wears a dragon head lapel pin (the SK logo is a dragon head, so it may be that or an artistic variation).
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Feb 6 2007, 09:25 PM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
The german version of "Mr. J." is "Herr Schmidt". |
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Feb 6 2007, 09:47 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,206 Joined: 9-July 06 From: Fresno, CA Member No.: 8,856 |
I believe this was in MJLBB, I'll have to see however... I recall reading somewhere that SK used that name for many MR. J's. I guess that means that it may also be in Corp Download... But if I remember to check when I get back to my Rating 5 SR Library I'll check in MJLBB first. |
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Feb 6 2007, 10:43 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
I think you're right. I would check too, but my library is currently in stacks with stacks of stuff on them. It'd be a major project to read any of them right now. But the new bookshelves, they will be done this weekend (I hope...actually I can't remember which coat of poly we're on). And then, through sheer accessibility, the rating might climb. ;) |
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Feb 7 2007, 02:12 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,206 Joined: 9-July 06 From: Fresno, CA Member No.: 8,856 |
I guess I passed my research test:
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Feb 7 2007, 03:18 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,468 Joined: 5-December 06 From: Somewhere in the Flooding, CalFree Member No.: 10,215 |
Also in the novel Ragnarok. There he is a Johnson for SK as well. |
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Feb 7 2007, 04:53 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,512 Joined: 16-August 03 From: Northampton Member No.: 5,499 |
As an aside, Hans Brackhaus first is mention in a rulebook/ sourcebook in Corperate Shadowfiles
However as Demerzel pointed out, the name is so common in the shadows as to be meaningless. To the point infact that other Corperations have used it to make runners think (If only breifly) that they are working for Seader Krupp. Hans Brackhaus is a Johnson, with the stats given in the rules book modified by the race you have made him. They have not even given Stats to Scale, a known drake of Lofwyr. |
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Feb 7 2007, 06:21 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 325 Joined: 9-December 06 From: the Maaatlock-Expressway! Member No.: 10,326 |
Didn't they instead just say that, no matter how good the runners are, Scale simply is "better" and "unbeatable", a comon, understandable but still very obnoxious thing to to with NPCs that aren't Great Dragons, or Great Ghost Dances, or whatever...
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Feb 7 2007, 09:08 PM
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..."Doktor Nowaks" in Austria...(SoE) |
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Feb 7 2007, 11:13 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
Good find, Demerzel. I had mixed the Hans part with Germany. Forgot it was a specific corp. :oops:
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Feb 7 2007, 11:18 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,206 Joined: 9-July 06 From: Fresno, CA Member No.: 8,856 |
Good luck with those new bookshelves. :)
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