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« on: <12-21-11/0848:30> »
So in the introductory story in Conspiracy theories, Fastjack is talking to someone he calls Sam, and though it is unclear whether the meet is in the meat or the virtual, the person he's meeting is described as a blond woman. She obviously has connections to a lot of information, but is clearly not aligned with Horizon. The only Jackpointer i know named Sam would be Sunshine, but this certainly doesn't sound like him.

So who is it? Personally, with the writeup of Colonel Samantha Roth in SOTA, that's leading me to believe that she is the one Fastjack is talking to. Which leads to the question, "What's her angle?"
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« Reply #1 on: <12-21-11/0943:03> »
Two products I haven't bought yet.

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Curse you, desire for print-product instead of PDF!

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« Reply #2 on: <12-21-11/1122:21> »
I do not have, nor read Conspiracy Theories, but it could be Samantha Villers, FJ was involved in a run with getting Caroline Tara Villiers to Samantha Villers in the book Night's Pawn.
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« Reply #3 on: <12-22-11/0539:46> »
Sam is not a JackPointer, and the meeting was in the flesh.

That's all I'm going to say.

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« Reply #4 on: <12-24-11/1746:34> »
okay then. Are we Going to get to know then? In a future product? Or is that NDA territory.

P.S. If it is. Cata has my NDA in their office, on file..........Just sayin....... ;)
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« Reply #5 on: <12-24-11/1813:40> »
*Shrugs*

Who knows?

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« Reply #6 on: <12-25-11/1451:01> »
My nuyen's on Villers...either that or Verner learned a gender-change spell and is back in the game.
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« Reply #7 on: <12-25-11/1502:16> »
My nuyen's on Villers...either that or Verner learned a gender-change spell and is back in the game.
Heh. I just got my hands on kindle copies of some of the old books. Young Twist has some solid brass ones. Pisses off three dragons (at once), including mouthing off at Lofwyr to his face, and lives.
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« Reply #8 on: <12-25-11/1507:38> »
Older Twist hasn't let up.

I wonder if he's around Post Crash 2.0.  Not like he did much decking...  More of an Ops Organizer and Burned Out Shaman.
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« Reply #9 on: <12-25-11/1616:19> »
Older Twist hasn't let up.

I wonder if he's around Post Crash 2.0.  Not like he did much decking...  More of an Ops Organizer and Burned Out Shaman.
I don't think we've heard anything about him at or after the "Year of thr Comet", much like other people, he could've been "renewed" by the rise in magic. So who knows.

I really doubt any of the current crew will be using him tho. It seems the genearl undercurrent is to not like content from the other editions.
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« Reply #10 on: <12-25-11/1622:47> »
I dunno if it is a case of them not liking things from older editions, but perhaps wanting to focus on moving plots forward.
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« Reply #11 on: <12-25-11/1644:18> »
I really doubt any of the current crew will be using him tho. It seems the genearl undercurrent is to not like content from the other editions.

That's certainly not the case with me.  I love older material.  hell, I managed to sneak a Captain Chaos post into Artifacts Undbound, and Maria Mercurial into Mission SRM 04-00: back in Business. 

The key is to find places where it makes sense to use these older characters.  It's been 20+ years for most of them as well, so many of them aren't in their prime anymore, if they're still alive at all.  And in the meantime, we have to keep moving the plots and teh stories forward, and develop the current stuff as well as new stuff.  So it's a fine line to walk.

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« Reply #12 on: <12-25-11/1659:59> »
Which is one reason I'd love to see a Street Legends style supplement (possibly a pdf only version?) covering the runners and major players of yesteryear. People like Dodger, Twist, Captain Chaos, Roxy, Hatchetman, Deus, Pax, and so on. Perhaps Fastjack, Bull, and some of the runners who've been around a while decide to share their tales. Can anyone here say the wouldn't want to see what Puck would write about Deus and Pax?
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« Reply #13 on: <12-25-11/1717:48> »
Dodger's an Elf, 20+ years, he's still in his prime.  :P
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« Reply #14 on: <12-25-11/1951:47> »
Dodger, yes.  but Sally, Ghost, and Sam?  Not so much.  And Kham is ancient, if he's still alive.  (I think we'll learn his current whereabouts in an upcoming product I'm working on though).

And trust me, I want to do a Street Legends: Classic (As well as a Street Legends: Book of the Dead).  But that's dependent on sales.  the print version of SL didn't sell fantastic, but I think the price point on it was the culprit.  It's full color and hardback, which is nice and the reason it was expensive, but...

Hopefully the eBook supplement coming out does well enough to warrant more.

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