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 Evo Corp... the dirt |
 Apr 2 2011, 11:20 PM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 80 Joined: 26-September 10 From: USA Member No.: 19,075  |
So I picked up Corporate Guide a couple days ago and have been reading through the various information it provides. So far I've read on Ares and Aztechnology and am 90% of the way through the chapter on Evo. As the responses in the chapter state, it's written by a fan-boy for the company and as a result, it is all very clean. Being new to the Shadowrun world, I can't see this as a possibility (you don't get to AAA without doing some underhanded things...) so I'm asking, where's the dirt on Evo?
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Apr 2 2011, 11:25 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Well, for one thing, CrashCart, their medical service that runs as competition to DocWagon in the UCAS (And elsewhere) was founded by Insect Spirits. Will that be a good start?
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Apr 2 2011, 11:34 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 80 Joined: 26-September 10 From: USA Member No.: 19,075 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Apr 2 2011, 06:25 PM)  Well, for one thing, CrashCart, their medical service that runs as competition to DocWagon in the UCAS (And elsewhere) was founded by Insect Spirits. Will that be a good start? Wait, what? Where'd that tidbit of info come from? And whats the full story? |
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Apr 2 2011, 11:44 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Oh man, back in the day...
Nigel Findley's novel, 2XS has the full details. Available in ebook form right now, so you don't even need to hunt through the used book stores to find it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Second book I read about Shadowrun, and what sold me on the universe. |
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Apr 3 2011, 12:31 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,451 Joined: 21-April 03 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 4,488 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Apr 2 2011, 05:44 PM) Oh man, back in the day... Nigel Findley's novel, 2XS has the full details. Available in ebook form right now, so you don't even need to hunt through the used book stores to find it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Second book I read about Shadowrun, and what sold me on the universe. Coincidence, I came here immediately after posting that entire thing on the "official" forums. Yeah, there's some dirt on Evo, but it's back when they were Yamatetsu. They have a free spirit on the board that no one knows a whole lot about, they jumped from Japan to Russia, and there's the whole CrashCart thing which is just a really great story you should REALLY get from the novel 2XS. One of my favorite books of all time. |
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Apr 3 2011, 07:54 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,899 Joined: 29-October 09 From: Leiden, the Netherlands Member No.: 17,814 |
They're really into transhumanism. Which some people find appealing, others find scary.
They'll be doing a lot of scary bio-research. And are you sure all test subjects are willing? |
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Apr 3 2011, 08:05 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,290 Joined: 23-January 07 From: Seattle, USA Member No.: 10,749 |
There are pretty high on the list of corps I'd suspect for human bio-drone research.
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Apr 3 2011, 08:24 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 368 Joined: 18-April 10 From: Boulder, PCC Sector, Denver Member No.: 18,468 |
QUOTE (Malbur @ Apr 2 2011, 04:20 PM) So I picked up Corporate Guide a couple days ago and have been reading through the various information it provides. So far I've read on Ares and Aztechnology and am 90% of the way through the chapter on Evo. As the responses in the chapter state, it's written by a fan-boy for the company and as a result, it is all very clean. Being new to the Shadowrun world, I can't see this as a possibility (you don't get to AAA without doing some underhanded things...) so I'm asking, where's the dirt on Evo? Evo and Horizon are actually notorious in-universe for having squeaky clean images, leading people to suspect they must be up to something really bad. |
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Apr 3 2011, 08:42 AM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 963 Joined: 15-February 11 From: Tir Tairngire Member No.: 21,972 |
My campaign has Horizon as Google reborn, because you know those guys are up to something.
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Apr 3 2011, 11:07 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,899 Joined: 29-October 09 From: Leiden, the Netherlands Member No.: 17,814 |
QUOTE (ggodo @ Apr 3 2011, 09:42 AM) My campaign has Horizon as Google reborn, because you know those guys are up to something. Something like this? |
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Apr 3 2011, 11:16 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,051 Joined: 3-October 09 From: Kohle, Stahl und Bier Member No.: 17,709 |
Their Mars terraforming project (mentioned in Agumentation IIRC) could be the start of something sinister. Creating a biosphere will also establish a manasphere, which could cause those mysterious pyramids and dragon skeleton on Mars to "awaken" in some way...
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Apr 3 2011, 11:35 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,747 Joined: 11-December 02 From: France Member No.: 3,723 |
Yamatetsu/Evo hasn't been always playing nice, but most of it happened before 2049, or in the gap between 2064 and 2070.
Yamatetsu originally was the merger of Japanese and Filipino companies in 2032. During the 2040ies, the Japanese conspired against their Filipino partners to take full control of the company. That was probably not nice. The free spirit Buttercup, a shareholder of Yamatetsu, had Yamatetsu endorcing a policy toward metahumans slightly nicer than other Japanese corporations. In 2059, Buttercup and Yuri Shibanojuki seized control of the company from the Japanese traditionalists. It is more or less suggested Buttercup may have hasted the death of Yuri's father, chairman of the board Tadamako Shibanojuki, after he suffered a stroke. After the second crash, between 2064 and 2066, a number of Japanese executives acted on their own behalf. In Turkestan, they tried to overthrow the government (Corporate Guide talks about an "open war", ignoring the three golden rules of the Corporate Court as defined in Corporate Download). In Poland, they helped members of the Rybinski regime to loot the country before leaving power. But Yuri Shibanojuki quickly cleaned up the house. However, it seems Yamatetsu/Evo Naval Technologies, which was created by Yuri with Yamatetsu naval forces and Russian former military, is under control from the Japanese traditionalist faction. |
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Apr 3 2011, 03:46 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 80 Joined: 26-September 10 From: USA Member No.: 19,075 |
That's bizarre. I'd figure that CGL would give some tidbits or something to just keep people guessing, but by saying "nope, they're cool. completely cool. don't worry about it!" without any reason *to* worry about it seems strange to me.
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Apr 3 2011, 03:53 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
It makes us jump to our own conclusions... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/devil.gif)
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Apr 3 2011, 05:30 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 687 Joined: 22-October 09 Member No.: 17,783 |
Exactly, they know their public and know that fans of shadowrun will just assume some big nasty on the event horizon. Then they get to plunder our ideas for metaplot hooks.
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Apr 3 2011, 05:48 PM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 963 Joined: 15-February 11 From: Tir Tairngire Member No.: 21,972 |
QUOTE (Ascalaphus @ Apr 3 2011, 03:07 AM) Something like this? Yeah, but with more mind control. I'm scared shitless of The Consensus. I betcha t's brains in jars or something akin to The Attic from Dollhouse. |
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Apr 3 2011, 07:56 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (Sixgun_Sage @ Apr 3 2011, 12:30 PM) Exactly, they know their public and know that fans of shadowrun will just assume some big nasty on the event horizon. Then they get to plunder our ideas for metaplot hooks. It's what I'd do. You get the best of options from a variety of sources from some rather imaginative people, and get to smile when someone gets to crow, "I WAS RIGHT!" Or, if you don't like any of the other ideas, you just go with your own, and make like Jim Butcher. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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Apr 4 2011, 12:07 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,768 Joined: 31-October 08 From: Redmond (Yes, really) Member No.: 16,558 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Apr 3 2011, 11:56 AM) It's what I'd do. You get the best of options from a variety of sources from some rather imaginative people, and get to smile when someone gets to crow, "I WAS RIGHT!" Or, if you don't like any of the other ideas, you just go with your own, and make like Jim Butcher. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Jim Butcher is AWESOME |
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Apr 4 2011, 01:15 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
He's also a complete and total bastard.
I made the mistake of reading the first chapter of "Ghost Story" online yesterday... |
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Apr 4 2011, 02:36 AM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Apr 3 2011, 07:15 PM) He's also a complete and total bastard. I made the mistake of reading the first chapter of "Ghost Story" online yesterday... What is wrong with that one? Book 3 of the Dresden Files, right? Just finished it, and I actually liked it. |
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Apr 4 2011, 02:46 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Book 13 of The Dresden Files. The one that's coming out later this year.
Changes left it at a cliffhanger, and I really, really, REALLY wanted to know what the light at the end of the tunnel really was. |
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Apr 4 2011, 02:50 AM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Apr 3 2011, 08:46 PM) Book 13 of The Dresden Files. The one that's coming out later this year. Changes left it at a cliffhanger, and I really, really, REALLY wanted to know what the light at the end of the tunnel really was. Sorry... Saw "Ghost" and thought Grave Peril. My apologies. |
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Apr 4 2011, 03:14 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,451 Joined: 21-April 03 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 4,488 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Apr 3 2011, 08:46 PM) Book 13 of The Dresden Files. The one that's coming out later this year. Changes left it at a cliffhanger, and I really, really, REALLY wanted to know what the light at the end of the tunnel really was. First chapter of Ghost Story is online on his website. Tells you precisely what that the light is right off the bat. |
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Apr 4 2011, 02:13 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 687 Joined: 22-October 09 Member No.: 17,783 |
Honestly... gonna read it, but that first chapter teaser has me worried.
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Apr 4 2011, 09:00 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,179 Joined: 10-June 10 From: St. Louis, UCAS/CAS Border Member No.: 18,688 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Apr 4 2011, 02:46 AM) Book 13 of The Dresden Files. The one that's coming out later this year. Changes left it at a cliffhanger, and I really, really, REALLY wanted to know what the light at the end of the tunnel really was. Just a freight train comin' your way? Hey hey, yeah? ... I'll have to go read that tonight. Side Jobs was decent,but I'm finding it to really only be worthy of a single read. Changes is worth multiple. |
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