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VagabondStar
post Jun 27 2008, 10:18 PM
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All right. "Getting there is half the fun" is the old saying. Any grunt who's spent some time in a line unit will know otherwise.

Shadowrunners typically are not exposed to the same kind of prolonged environmental hazards that soldiers (or Marines) are - but for the sake of more crunch, I think an investigation of the toll that mother nature can take on mission accomplishment is warranted based on previous entries in other topics.


So: The cold, the heat, the exposure to the sun (without an ozone layer!), dehydration, and anything else you can think of is fair game.
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post Jun 27 2008, 10:20 PM
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Bad food, unknown safety of water supply, pissed off local fathers with looted rifles...

That's the ones I remember hearing about from some WWII Grunts.
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post Jun 27 2008, 10:37 PM
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rain . . imagine a cat-shaman having to go through that . . allways an instant +1 to his target number in SR3 *g*
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post Jun 27 2008, 11:24 PM
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QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Jun 27 2008, 05:37 PM) *
rain . . imagine a cat-shaman having to go through that . . allways an instant +1 to his target number in SR3 *g*

It's Cyberpunk, it's always raining.

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It's Seattle, it's raining even more! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/vegm.gif)
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post Jun 27 2008, 11:37 PM
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A variety of environmental hazards are detailed in Arsenal starting on page 163. They cover hazards in deserts, at the poles, in space, underwater, and in radioactive territory.
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post Jun 27 2008, 11:40 PM
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Here's an enviromental hazard for Western Soldiers!

LACK OF BEER!!!

'Course, that could just be my Canadian nature coming through.
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post Jun 28 2008, 12:47 AM
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QUOTE (CanRay @ Jun 28 2008, 12:40 AM) *
Here's an enviromental hazard for Western Soldiers!

LACK OF BEER!!!

'Course, that could just be my Canadian nature coming through.

Alcohol is a positive morale factor generally, so it is a hazard.
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post Jun 28 2008, 01:34 AM
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It's also a great way to cause Canadians to assault a position.

"Beer rations are off until that bunker is taken."

*Eight hours later*

"OK, I said the Bunker, not the Bunker, the Town, the Fuel Depot, and the Brewery. Wait... The Town had a Brewery?"

"Yeah, it was behind the Fuel Depot."
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post Jun 28 2008, 01:50 AM
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The first French building liberated during WW2 was a Pub. D company, what a bunch.

See, I heard that it was root beer that the Canadians were obsessed with. Either way, it explains why the most successful attack on a defensive position in WW1 was Canadian; "The Germans have the only beer/root beer/[Insert drink of choice here] for miles, let's get those bastards!"
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post Jun 28 2008, 01:59 AM
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QUOTE (Heath Robinson @ Jun 27 2008, 08:50 PM) *
See, I heard that it was root beer that the Canadians were obsessed with. Either way, it explains why the most successful attack on a defensive position in WW1 was Canadian; "The Germans have the only beer/root beer/[Insert drink of choice here] for miles, let's get those bastards!"

You're probably thinking Vimy Ridge. That's the battle in which "Canada Grew Up".
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post Jun 28 2008, 02:12 AM
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QUOTE (CanRay @ Jun 28 2008, 02:59 AM) *
You're probably thinking Vimy Ridge. That's the battle in which "Canada Grew Up".

Name sounds familiar. It was a number of years ago that I heard it, though.
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post Jun 28 2008, 04:04 AM
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QUOTE (Dashifen @ Jun 28 2008, 12:37 AM) *
A variety of environmental hazards are detailed in Arsenal starting on page 163. They cover hazards in deserts, at the poles, in space, underwater, and in radioactive territory.


I really should upgrade to 4ed.
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post Jun 28 2008, 10:35 AM
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QUOTE (VagabondStar @ Jun 27 2008, 11:04 PM) *
I really should upgrade to 4ed.

But then there'd be prying of Cyberdecks out of Cold, Dead Hands.

I'm sorry, I just REALLY love that line!
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post Jun 28 2008, 11:12 AM
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QUOTE (VagabondStar @ Jun 27 2008, 11:04 PM) *
I really should upgrade to 4ed.


SR3 has them in Target: Wastelands if you prefer (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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