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>>>>>[So has anyone heard from MacCallister lately? I've been down in Amazonia with some friends for the last few months, but got back into Seattle yesterday and was supposed to meet up with him, but he's not answering his commlink.]<<<<<
-- Chaos (20:45:13/01-06-2074)
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>>>>>[Way I heard it, some Humanis thugs hit a bar he was at in the Underground. By rights, he should be dead, as I heard they made a big enough blast to put a hole in the world. As is, all I heard is that he needs to regrow a few limbs.]<<<<<
--Iceblade (09:00:02/01-07-74)
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>>>>>[Does anyone have any idea what Humanis is up to? I hear about weapons shipments vanishing in the Barrens, a troll shaman (follows gator, go figure) told about how Humanis have run metahumans out of a neighborhood and now that area has the stench of humans. I understand some of what he said, and took no insult about the stench of humans, but it sounds like maybe Humanis planning something big. Besides blowing up an ork bar, I mean. Funny, they didn't try that at the Big Rhino. Anyways, if anyone gets wind of a job against them, drop me a line. ]<<<<<
--Ferret(18:17:56/ 01-08-74)
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>>>>>[I don't know anything about Bull's whereabouts. But if Bull blew up in a bar... there's no way this is some random Humanis bombing and it probably means he finally found something to use against them.
Tsssk! Bombs... What an unsophisticated, unreliable and sloppy way of killing someone. Amateurs these Humanis pricks.]<<<<<
-- Smiley (14:32:21/01-08-74)
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>>>>>[Also a good way to cause collateral damage, which is exactly in the Extremist Humanis Handbook. My Uncle took a copy and beat a couple of punks with it until they were unconscious. It's an interesting read, even if they do screw up how to make home-made thermite.
"If you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles..." - Sun Tzu]<<<<<
-- Murphy (14:23:42/01-08-74)
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>>>>>[Good to see someone taught you the classics, Murphy.
And we don't know whether Bull was the target. That's the fun thing about bombs. Sure there happened to be a big name fixer there. But it wouldn't be the first time some of these morons blew up a building just to see trogs die. We need more intel before we jump to conclusions.]<<<<<
--Iceblade (15:30:02/01-08-74)
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>>>>>[I have some cousins who just love to beat up Humanis for intel, I'll get them on it. Just cost me a case of beer.]<<<<<
-- Murphy (14:32:15/01-08-74)
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>>>>>[First Sun Tzu, and now showing a fine grasp of the idea of 'legwork'. We'll make a runner out of you yet, Murphy.]<<<<<
--Iceblade (15:37:22/01-08-74)
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>>>>>[Uncle Murphy preferred Carl von Clausewitz's "On War", but I found that Sun Tzu's "Art of War" worked better in the current day and age. And Footwork was the first jobs Uncle gave me, so I know how important it is. I got a lot of contacts from doing that stuff, kids like me back in the day. That's the joy of being an ork, lots of family to call upon.]<<<<<
-- Murphy (14:50:50/01-08-74)
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>>>>>[ Clausewitz is very wordy. Sun Tzu is verbose. Musashi is terse. All of them say the same thing. It is up to what depth you understand. ]<<<<<
-- Hawatari (00:31:24/01-09-2074)
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>>>>>[As commonly read as Sun Tzu and Musashi are, taking anything directly from their works unaltered would be as foolish as ignoring them entirely. There is still much to learn from both, however.]<<<<<
-- Predator (01:20:33/01-09-74)
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>>>>>[ They are like Shakespeare. ]<<<<<
-- Hawatari (01:30:00/01-09-2074)
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>>>>>[Yeah, pretty much. All four are often quoted by people who want to sound more intelligent than they are.]<<<<<
-- Predator (01:30:42/01-09-74)
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>>>>>[ And derided by those who want to sound more cultured than they are. Don't diss someone else's understanding, popgun. ]<<<<<
-- The Wyrm Ouroboros (02:29:59/01-09-2074)
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>>>>>[MacCallister is ok. At least as ok as the old man gets. He purchased The Gold Mine along the Tourists' Highway in the Underground last month after Johnny Torinni disappeared. Still trying to figure out where he went. Anyway, Humanis decided to take him out, along with the runner team he was working with. Fortunately, like all bigots, they're dumber than a bag of hammers and their explosives went off early. Still killed 14 of the Mine's employees and two innocent bystanders. Racist sons of bitches.]<<<<<
-- Tauren (02:33:01/01-09-2074)
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>>>>>[Didn't mean to come off that way. I'll admit, I've been guilty on a few occasions of such things.]<<<<<
-- Predator (02:32:05/01-09-2074)
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>>>>>[My dad taught me that the only people worth quoting were Kermit the Frog and Yoda. Everything else is just cereal box philosophy.]<<<<<
-- Tauren (02:42:33/01-09-2074)
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>>>>>[I'm putting a team together to kill Humanis Policlubbers at this news. They're getting their own medicine.]<<<<<
-- Chrona (07:41:09/01-09-2074)
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>>>>>[Why bother killing them? It's just a waste of ammo to kill someone like that. Pity them instead for their ignorance.]<<<<<
-- Predator (02:47:44/01-09-2074)
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>>>>>[Because there should be consequences. I expect those good at info, social, etc stuff to pound away at them in they're own field too.]<<<<<
-- Chrona (07:53:05/01-09-2074)
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>>>>>[Different strokes for different folks I guess. I'd just rather not waste my time on them. That's not to say that I wouldn't still geek a few if the cred was right.]<<<<<
-- Predator (02:56:00/01-09-2074)
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>>>>>[Oh there were, and are, repercussions. One of the major Humanis operations in Redmond was just taken out of play because of this. But hey, I have the addresses of a couple of the smaller chapter houses around Seattle if anyone wants them.]<<<<<
-- Tauren (03:00:00/01-09-2074)
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>>>>>[Very Interested Tauren, very. Oh, I haven't had someone's shadow strangle them to death in a long time.]<<<<<
-- Chrona (08:04:08/01-09-2074)
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>>>>>[ Violence begets violence. You give them ammunition for their campaigns. Think you not that there will be cameras ready for anything else that happens?? The metahuman scourge. ]<<<<<
-- Hawatari (3:18:22/01-090-2074)
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>>>>>[And that would be why Humanis isn't worth the trouble of killing. They may be ignorant, but they're crafty bastards.]<<<<<
-- Predator (03:25:59/01-09-2074)
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>>>>>[Tauren, glad to hear the old ork's still kicking. From what I heard, he's lucky to be alive.
Chrona, using that kind of magic to kill Humanis members does no one any good. You want to strike at Humanis, do it the same way that the 'best' of their kind strike at us. Convince them to ruin their own reps, and hurt their own people. Most people believe Humanis is a lovely charitable organization that may have some views that are a little old, but life was better back then, or so they hear. You want to strike at them, THAT is where you do it.
Play Mr. Johnson, hide your metatype if you're not human, and use a Humanis fixer to hire a group of Humanis thugs for a job. Lie to them. Whatever you tell them the job is, make sure it is something different. If they are going to delay the new soft drink line that just happens to be targeted at humans, tell them you want to put an additive in the mix that will discomfort 'certain types'. Tell them the company was targeted because of all the metahumans they employ. Convince one of them to read a prepared statement for the camera claiming credit. Make it full of the racist bulldrek they love. Have cameras up showing them on the run. Then, when the additive turns out to be a toxin that serves as a severe diuretic in humans, but wouldn't be more than a mild laxative to an ork, let alone a troll, you sell the footage of the run and the statement to KSAF, along with a tip that they should take a look at Humanis registry rolls. Then you let the media, which loves a scandal, to go wild.
THAT, my friends, is how you hit Humanis, and make them come off worse for the wear, without them being able to spin it as 'protecting themselves from metahuman aggression'. There's already an ad up about that raid in Redmond, claiming that terrorists destroyed their 'Outreach Center'. Donations are rolling in as we speak.]<<<<<
--Iceblade (05:14:09/01-09-74)
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>>>>>[I'll take your advice but no promises I won't obliterate a few policlubbers too..]<<<<<
-- Chrona (10:20:07/01-09-2074)
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>>>>>[*sigh* If you're going to do it, at least frame someone like the Yaks for it, will ya?]<<<<<
--Iceblade (06:38:09/01-09-74)
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>>>>>[Sure, they're pretty rascist too.]<<<<<
-- Chrona (11:43:57/01-09-2074)
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>>>>>[Thanks for the update Mr. Tauren. Glad to hear Mr. MacCallister is OK, he's good people and we need more of those in the world.
Sorry it took so long to get back, I'm afraid I got caught up with the cousins with a big dinner and more beer and such. They, um, "talked" to a few of the Humanis groups that they know are extremist (Leaving the regular groups alone to prevent "Th' evul Trogs what tuuk owr jorbs an' beat up owr wimmin-folk!" from going around. While they're all preaching from the same "Bible" and follow the same "Leader" in Seattle, the extreme groups are set up like terrorist cells, one doesn't know the other. So, aside from some satisfaction of introducing their faces to the pavement, my kin got nothing about the Ork Underground from the groups they know.
We did get to find out who hi-jacked that Vory shipment of Kalashnikovs and spare magazines, however. So it wasn't a total waste. Got a finder's fee from the Vory, so if anyone's in the market for some spare clips or new barrels...]<<<<<
-- Murphy (08:49:12/01-09-74)
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>>>>>[MacCallister gives out straight jobs. Need more fixers like him. I have come across some interesting info. Some group called the Shadow Riders, possible ties with old Lone Star, are making inquries. Any idea who these people are?]<<<<<
--Ferret (17:43:23/ 01-09-74)
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>>>>>[Squatters near the Group Health Central Hospital on Capitol Hill tell me that the Lady of Peace has been disturbed in her lair. None know who or why, but they said the lady came to no harm in the end.]<<<<<
--Faust (18:53:00/01-11-74)
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>>>>>[Great things start heating up, and I'm stuck in a tank after getting a bullet in the back of the head. Figures. Oh well, please keep me updated, folks, I can't even get magazines in here, and who the frag trusts the Matrix news channels anymore?]<<<<<
-- Money Johnson (18:06:43/01-11-74)
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>>>>>[the news, hahaha, the military's best source for information. Here is a weird thing. Came across a dwarf runner after a run, drinking heavily even for a dwarf. He mentioned to me about how his group took down some warforms biodrones and were trying to sell the parts. And something about having vamp sleep with a mage to keep him from casting magic. Anyone know what he may have been drinking, so I can avoid it?]<<<<<
--Ferret (20:36:45/01-17-74)
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>>>>>[Either something illegal, or Newfie Screech, which should be illegal. Never seen it on this coast, however. Last time I drank some was as an initiation thing in University. I can still feel the chemical burn at the back of my throat.]<<<<<
-- Money Johnson (20:45:55/01-17-74)
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>>>>>[From what I've heard, different Infected drain you different ways, even among the same type. If the vampire was one of the ones that needs that 'emotional connection' from getting laid to do it, then yeah, that magician might not be able to cast spells any more, and they should count themselves lucky if they aren't infected themselves, or dead.]<<<<<
--Iceblade (21:12:13/01-17-74)
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>>>>>[Really? So different Infected need different ways to feed. That brings to mind something about college kids going out and getting addicted to being feed upon. Any truth to that urban legend? Mind you, that dwarf was scottish to boot, so I may have misunderstood him. Having to get laid to feed must make it hard for some of them to survive, the Infected I mean. So some of them can be reasoned with, unlike what I was taught: Kill them all & let God sort it out. I had some tough trainers. And lets just say I have seen what I was taught and what is reality maybe two different things. I still don't trust voodoo doctors, though..]<<<<<
--Ferret (13:19:03/ 01-18-74)
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>>>>>[Read it and weep, Ferret.
Also called “Igors” or “Renfields,” depending upon local vernacular. A term used to describe a metahuman addicted to an alchemical compound derived from the blood of HMHVV I-Infected individuals. Primarily created by vampires and nosferatu, this drug (referred to on the street as “Renfield”) can be produced by any HMHVV I expression with the proper equipment and ritual knowledge. It is reportedly becoming more popular amongst wendigos.
While popular culture portrays vampiric pawns as deformed and pitiable manservants, the truth is that they are all but indistinguishable from other metahumans. They are used to perform services that the creating vampire cannot and to act as intermediaries for the vampire.
So yes, there are people who get addicted to the Infected. And with the vampire and other such types, you see all the drek on the trid. Weepy teenage girls especially love the whole 'immortal beauty' angle. Idiots.
As for the Infected themselves, if you let one feed on you, especially if you're Awakened, you're a fool. But it is true that they aren't all mindless killing machines. A lot of them are feral, though, and you're best bet is to put as many rounds as possible into them as you can, from the safety of an armored vehicle. If I had to pick any to deal with, I'd say ghouls. Bodies are easy to come by. Vamps have to feed on your essence, and that doesn't come back. Either way, it is just slightly safer than dealing with dragons.]<<<<<
--Iceblade (13:42:42/01-18-74)
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>>>>>[When dealing with Feral Infected or the hostile non-feral types, drones are your friends. Just have lots of Cleaner-Cleaner on hand to wash them down to prevent infection afterwards. No offense to the Infected folks here, but if someone's coming to eat my spleen, I'm putting that someone down.
It's one of the few things in me that's still stock.]<<<<<
-- Money Johnson (14:21:21/01-18-74)
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>>>>>[Oh, from what I see, there are many things in you that are stock. Just whose stock is the question.
On this Lady of mercy. What are the chances she is one of these Renfields? How far will they go for their fix?.]<<<<<
--Ferret (18:10:23/ 01-19-74)
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>>>>>[They say the Lady ends the suffering of those near death, either at their own hands or by the ravages of disease. She hunts the streets at night, but never takes the unwilling.]<<<<<
--Faust (18:16:14/01-19-74)
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>>>>>[Just wondering if she is someone worth knowing. Which streets has she been sighted on?]<<<<<
--Ferret (20:27:12/ 01-21-74)
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>>>>>[I know not where she makes her lair, but if one is near Capitol Hill, and looks close to taking their life, she will appear. Those who live in the gutters love the Lady, and will see to it that none harm her.]<<<<<
--Faust (22:41:34/01-21-74)
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>>>>>[Something tells me she's the type you'd only want to know if you're willing to end it all. Uncle Murphy looked up some information on her after... Well, never mind. If you want the details, PM me.]<<<<<
-- Murphy (23:18:10/01-21-74)
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>>>>>[Maybe we need to have this 'Lady of Mercy' pay a visit to a certain policlub..]<<<<<
--Ferret (18:02:12/ 01-25-74)
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>>>>>[ Kids don't pay attention.
You do that, Ferret, and you'll have one deceased 'Lady of Mercy'. Please note that according to the chatter here, she isn't a psycho vigilante, she's a gentle release. You want a psycho, go talk to Smiley. ]<<<<<
-- The Wyrm Ouroboros (20:22:44/01-25-2074)
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>>>>>[Everyone has their uses, whether as a partner or as a tool. It helps to know the lay of the land. And the people who you can turn to help with problems.]<<<<<
--Ferret (20:39:01/ 01-26-74)