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 Mar 7 2007, 06:22 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 858 Joined: 25-August 03 From: Braunschweig, North German League, Allied German States Member No.: 5,537  |
Not much actual info about SR releases...
SOX (German version) should be available within the next days. The release will be announced at Shadowrun.de. A promotional PDF containing the first 11 pages of SOX is available for download. These 11 pages have, among other things, the SOX map and timeline. |
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Mar 7 2007, 09:28 PM
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Ain Soph Aur Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600 |
Mmm, german.
Since meine deutsh is very bad, can you please tell me: WTF is that on p.7?? Arcology?? |
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Mar 8 2007, 01:36 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 18-March 06 From: Goettingen & Brunswick (AGS) Member No.: 8,388 |
I'd say the sarcophagus containing the Cattenom-reactor... or just an arcology... :)
Greetings, Nyx |
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Mar 8 2007, 06:07 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 138 Joined: 1-September 02 From: France Member No.: 3,208 |
I would say it's an holographic or ruthenium-like cover of a ground asset (from arcology to, well, whatever) with a door or something open in it. But I can't read German as well, and yes the illos isn't very self explaining.
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Mar 8 2007, 07:37 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 858 Joined: 25-August 03 From: Braunschweig, North German League, Allied German States Member No.: 5,537 |
I've wondered about that pic myself. First i thought it might be depicting the time when the wall around the SOX was built - showing a single wall segment. But upon closer examination it seems that this "structure" is actually way more in the background and thus far larger than I originally thought. I now second the opinion that it's an arcology. |
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Mar 8 2007, 08:39 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 165 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,002 |
Now if only I spoke german.
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Mar 8 2007, 08:48 AM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...tried to view the promotional but it locked up my system with one of those lovely Windows "Not Responding" errors. I know the EU is hot to nail Bill gates for uncouth practises & I don't blame them. I bet it is a "feature" in Vista that caused it.
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Mar 8 2007, 10:27 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 81 Joined: 28-June 06 From: Sol System, Earth, Europe, Germany, Saxony Member No.: 8,796 |
hehe, sometimes it's good to be born over here! SCNR :grinbig:
for all the non-german-speakers: don't worry, the text doesn't say a single thing about the picture, as far as i have scanned though it (quite fast). i don't think it's some kind of Arco, because it may be a little in the background, but to me it seems not very far. i would guess, nothing more than a few hundred meters. thus, it's way to small for an Arco. maybe some small building? even for the sarcophagus, it would be too small in my eyes. perhaps the illustrator or someone of the devs could help. |
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Mar 8 2007, 11:36 AM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
Well, the funniest/saddest read is the side-column of the Helix-Interface.
Especially considering how... uh, secure the Matrix is in SR4. It's not surprising to find it in a german release, though. |
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Mar 8 2007, 01:47 PM
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Ain Soph Aur Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600 |
Observing the SOX map at the end of the document, it looks like it's pointing out a bunch of arcologies (or at least enclaves). This leads me to believe, based a little on what the old German sourcebook talked about, that the SOX is peppered with Arcs, and that's the drawing of one.
I may be totally wrong, but it seems like a cool idea in my head anyway. |
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Mar 8 2007, 04:48 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 858 Joined: 25-August 03 From: Braunschweig, North German League, Allied German States Member No.: 5,537 |
You're right with that thought. The corps have been building arcologies in the SOX for decades. The reason: The radiation of the meltdown and the subsequent deaths of thousands have left astral space in the zone severely distorted. Astral travel and even astral sight are extremely dangerous to anyone wishing to keep his live and/or sanity. So, while the corps have to invest quite some money to protect their assets from radiation, there is one very expensive issue they don't have to worry about in the SOX - magical security. |
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Mar 8 2007, 08:10 PM
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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 |
Does anyone know if this is going to be translated and made available in the States, as I do not know either German or French, the two languages that I have heard that it will be available in so far.
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Mar 8 2007, 08:16 PM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
IIRC, the info part will be translated and made available.
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