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How have different corporations handled the psychological problems that crop up when people are confined in a small space for too long?
Very high sums and turning a blind eye towards vices they engage in so long as these do not disrupt the work environment. (T:WL)
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How does the Evo Orbital resort work? Is it a breeding ground for corporate dealings, or do visitors isolate themselves from each other in a bid for calm?
I presume it's supposed to be like Freefall station from Neuromancer, just without the Spindle and not run by (n)Janes. Not sure about space cryo ninja being stored there though. The place for quiet and isolation is Zurich Orbital.
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How does being sentenced to a lunar mage prison effect the sanity of the inmates?
It's Azkhaban in space. Guess.
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Does the Transhuman movement exist, and if so, who is part of it?
Yes, there are a couple policlubs pushing the Transhuman agenda (Transhumanist League, Techno Republic). It's pretty much a finge thing though. Aside from cosmetic surgery and useful cyber, few denizens of the 6th world feel like they have to transcend their (meta)humanity. I a world where technology is but one important factor, and the presence of metahumans is a daily reminder of the presence of magic, technology conceivably takes a bit of a backseat when it comes to the human conscience, in favor of the supernaural. (Loose Alliances, Just Compensation)
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Are there secret cabals of the rich and powerful who are supporting AI emancipation?
Unless you count that Wesley of corps, Horizon, no. Well, Evo seems more open to them than most. Many Technomancers seem to like them. Everyone else grudgingly accepts them, and quite a few are actively working on hunting them down, some being more exotic than others - in the German Emergence, the German Catholic Church built an order of Technomancers to hunt down and kill AI. (Unwired, RC, RW, SR4A, Emergence D, et al)
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AI eradication?
NEOnet, Renraku, most govenrments and anyone else hurt bad by AI previously, which is a lot of people. Anyone living in geneva. The GCC, and presumably GOD. Interpol. Long, long list. (Unwired, RC, RW, SR4A, Emergence D, et al)
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Supporting the ascendancy of metahumanity in a region where magic is vastly weaker?
None known.
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Are there magical groups working on powerful metamagical techniques to bring bubbles of mana into space so they too can travel amongst the planets?
Unknown. Since Netherwalking - opening portals via the planes to other places, a forgotten metamagic - at least theoretically works on other planets, a stargate solution would be more appealing to mages, should anyone at least formulate the theory of it again. (Earthdawn, speculation)
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How do Technomancers fair in space?
Unknown. Being in essence mages with all the fun and none of the drag, I'd suspect they'd thrive and get some wacko bonus, at least if they follow TM rules design philosophy in SR4.
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Who is paying for Shadowrunners to come up the well, and what kind of runners do they hire?
Few.
Fringe groups looking to infiltrate space stations are a possibility, as are corps for a space borne rount in the old sabotage game. A wealthy individual might hire runners for bodyguards and/or datasteals onto Shibanokuji holiday space station. A government agency might hire a runner to infiltrate a corp station. That kind of stuff. Bounty hunters might be sent up to retrieve refugees from orbit, or runners are to bust someone from an orbital max sec prison.
All of it would be seriously high profile and long term. All of it would be very extraordinary jobs. None of it would even remotely cater to 'street' types. Trolls and varaiants thereof need not apply. (TW)