 USS Missouri, Where is it in 2072? |
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  Sep 2 2012, 01:43 PM
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Shooting Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,647 Joined: 22-April 12 From: somewhere far beyond sanity Member No.: 51,886  |
After re-reading Paradise Lost lately, I've noticed (of course, the book is way older than the Missouri lying in Pearl Harbour) that the USS Missouri isn't mentioned.
As I really like the idea of doing an adventure related to this venerable battleship, I've thought about what might have happened to it. Basically, I have two possible scenarios: 1.) It's still lying in Pearl Harbour, a prize of the conflict where the Kingdom of Hawai'i gained 'independence' from the UCAS. 2.) It was towed back to the Puget Sound, where it lay earlier, given back after diplomatic negotiations. What do you think? Any other possible scenarios where it wasn't destroyed? Stolen by Japan, maybe? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Also, does anyone know if canon material exists anywhere? |
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Sep 2 2012, 01:58 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
I'd say there are numerous Shadowruns dealing with the USS Missouri and either trying to get it back to the UCAS or keeping it in Pearl Harbor. With some groups attempting to get it for other nefarious deeds.
EDIT: I could also see it as a really strange place to work magic... Which opens up even more interesting ideas. |
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Sep 2 2012, 03:30 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,840 Joined: 24-July 02 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 3,024 |
Be one heck of a background count on it, that's for sure.
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Sep 2 2012, 03:31 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,647 Joined: 22-April 12 From: somewhere far beyond sanity Member No.: 51,886 |
Why do you think that, Bigity?
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Sep 2 2012, 03:57 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,086 Joined: 3-October 09 From: Kohle, Stahl und Bier Member No.: 17,709 |
Does "Resource Rush" ring any bells? The government signed over any available resource to the corps, with little thought given to conversation or sentimental value (or human rights). A huge lump of pre-nuclear age steel surely was a choice target during those days...
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Sep 2 2012, 05:17 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 138 Joined: 14-July 09 Member No.: 17,394 |
QUOTE (Sengir @ Sep 2 2012, 11:57 AM)  Does "Resource Rush" ring any bells? The government signed over any available resource to the corps, with little thought given to conversation or sentimental value (or human rights). A huge lump of pre-nuclear age steel surely was a choice target during those days... You just gave me an idea for a 'run: A bunch of Old Sailors catch wind of a corp getting around to 'harvesting' the USS Missouri, and scrape together enough to pay for a team of Shadowrunners to put a stop to it. |
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Sep 2 2012, 06:25 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (TeknoDragon @ Sep 2 2012, 12:17 PM) You just gave me an idea for a 'run: A bunch of Old Sailors catch wind of a corp getting around to 'harvesting' the USS Missouri, and scrape together enough to pay for a team of Shadowrunners to put a stop to it. Stop it hell!Steal enough fuel, and get that baby back out to sea and hidden away! |
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Sep 2 2012, 06:28 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,236 Joined: 27-July 10 Member No.: 18,860 |
@TeknoDragon
You can't really steal a battleship... Thats one of those scenarios where you stop the bad guy, go home the bad guy shakes his head and does it anyway.... |
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Sep 2 2012, 06:49 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 (Irion @ Sep 2 2012, 01:28 PM) You can't really steal a battleship... Don't start giving me ideas... I have a big toy chest now, you folks know...
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Sep 2 2012, 06:55 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 138 Joined: 14-July 09 Member No.: 17,394 |
QUOTE (Irion @ Sep 2 2012, 02:28 PM) @TeknoDragon You can't really steal a battleship... Thats one of those scenarios where you stop the bad guy, go home the bad guy shakes his head and does it anyway.... Unless stopping involves holding off the corp long enough for a media campaign to do its job. "The bill for preserving the ship goes up for vote on the 30th. Today is the 23rd. Don't let 'em take the ship, and don't look bad doing it." In addition to cred, with a chunk up front, the Old Sailors will gladly donate ammo and a few weapons to the cause. Mission success: ship intact at (time) on the 30th, no atrocities (as determined by GM) performed by the PCs in the process. That anyone else knows about, anyway. Partial success: Ship damaged, or is in the process of being towed back to harbor. Running battle at time of passage of the bill. Mission failure: Ship sunk, PCs get caught doing something that ruins the reputation of the ship in its defense, ship taken over by the corp. |
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Sep 2 2012, 07:28 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,086 Joined: 3-October 09 From: Kohle, Stahl und Bier Member No.: 17,709 |
QUOTE (TeknoDragon @ Sep 2 2012, 06:55 PM) Unless stopping involves holding off the corp long enough for a media campaign to do its job. "The bill for preserving the ship goes up for vote on the 30th. Today is the 23rd. Don't let 'em take the ship, and don't look bad doing it." In addition to cred, with a chunk up front, the Old Sailors will gladly donate ammo and a few weapons to the cause. Free press? Independent legislators? Bwahaha, good one |
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Sep 2 2012, 07:50 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 243 Joined: 15-July 12 From: Everywhere that's in the middle of nowhere. Member No.: 53,043 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Sep 2 2012, 11:25 AM) Stop it hell! Steal enough fuel, and get that baby back out to sea and hidden away! So... Steal an oil tanker and refuel the Missouri? Get 50+ shadowrunners to get the ship underway? I'm going really low on number of ppl needed to get underway. IRL would probably be closer 350 ppl needed not counting the Tugs. |
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Sep 2 2012, 08:03 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 138 Joined: 14-July 09 Member No.: 17,394 |
QUOTE (Sengir @ Sep 2 2012, 03:28 PM) Free press? Independent legislators? Bwahaha, good one Who said anything about free or independent? People are buying votes and stories on both sides of the issue. The 'runners are to prevent an end-run around the politics. The pro-historical-preservation media is bought and paid for too. Perhaps there's something deeper in there, too-- the price of the ship not being carved up, is somebody with deep pockets wanting to have it for their collection of Expensive Things. Or a corp bigwig read Snow Crash and decided to have a warship for a 'yacht', restored with historical accuracy. Or perhaps not. Could be Corp B wants to keep it out of Corp A's hands-- and a bean-counter ran the numbers and figured that it would be cheaper to pay some Shadowrunners, than the fuel required to tow it over a deep trench and scuttle. |
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Sep 2 2012, 09:00 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 44 Joined: 8-February 06 Member No.: 8,245 |
Time to watch Battleship again. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/twirl.gif)
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Sep 2 2012, 09:01 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,647 Joined: 22-April 12 From: somewhere far beyond sanity Member No.: 51,886 |
Ugh no. Not this abomination.
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Sep 2 2012, 10:24 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,840 Joined: 24-July 02 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 3,024 |
QUOTE (bannockburn @ Sep 2 2012, 09:31 AM) Why do you think that, Bigity? Big battle, lots of sudden death, rage, hate, sadness, pain, etc. People drowning with the ship going down beating on the hull while people tried to cut the hull so they could get out, lots of visitors of survivors, non-survivors family members, prayers, ceremonies, etc. |
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Sep 2 2012, 10:27 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,647 Joined: 22-April 12 From: somewhere far beyond sanity Member No.: 51,886 |
Hu? The Missouri was never sunk or even damaged a lot. Do you mean one of the battleships sunk at Pearl Harbor? The Arizona perhaps?
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Sep 3 2012, 12:30 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,598 Joined: 24-May 03 Member No.: 4,629 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Sep 2 2012, 12:49 PM) Don't start giving me ideas... I have a big toy chest now, you folks know... Paging Kane to a white courtesy phone. Kane, white courtesy phone. |
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Sep 3 2012, 04:40 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (Wakshaani @ Sep 2 2012, 07:30 PM) Paging Kane to a white courtesy phone. "Sorry Senator, I have to get that, it might be my Mr. Johnson from, well, you know..." "Oh, go ahead you scamp! Just remember our deal about Aztlan!"
Kane, white courtesy phone. |
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Sep 3 2012, 01:39 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,840 Joined: 24-July 02 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 3,024 |
QUOTE (bannockburn @ Sep 2 2012, 04:27 PM) Hu? The Missouri was never sunk or even damaged a lot. Do you mean one of the battleships sunk at Pearl Harbor? The Arizona perhaps? Hahahaha yes, I'm dumb. I looked at 'Missouri' every time I looked at the thread, and still kept right on thinking about Pearl Harbor. |
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Sep 3 2012, 01:40 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,647 Joined: 22-April 12 From: somewhere far beyond sanity Member No.: 51,886 |
Well, she's anchored there, so the association is natural (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Sep 3 2012, 04:35 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,018 Joined: 3-July 10 Member No.: 18,786 |
QUOTE (Irion @ Sep 2 2012, 08:28 PM) @TeknoDragon You can't really steal a battleship... Sounds like a challenge to me. |
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Sep 3 2012, 05:40 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,840 Joined: 24-July 02 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 3,024 |
The real question is, why would you want too. They are obsolete in our time, much less 2072.
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Sep 3 2012, 05:52 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,018 Joined: 3-July 10 Member No.: 18,786 |
QUOTE (Bigity @ Sep 3 2012, 07:40 PM) The real question is, why would you want too. They are obsolete in our time, much less 2072. I wouldn't, but I was given a challenge. |
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Sep 3 2012, 08:31 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,086 Joined: 3-October 09 From: Kohle, Stahl und Bier Member No.: 17,709 |
QUOTE (TeknoDragon @ Sep 2 2012, 08:03 PM) Could be Corp B wants to keep it out of Corp A's hands-- and a bean-counter ran the numbers and figured that it would be cheaper to pay some Shadowrunners, than the fuel required to tow it over a deep trench and scuttle. OK, that would work...I just don't think the idea of some patriotic letter-writing campaign swaying the lawmakers' opinion fits well into a cyberpunk universe. |
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