Subject: Seattle Dfax 11134#6
From: The Passenger <Passenger@tpass.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 1996 11:28:37 +0100
11134#6
_SeattleDatafax_
_Yakuza Take UCAS Retaliation As *Act Of War*_
In a decisive strike at 2am this morning the UCAS EFA Variants and
Nightwing bombers retaliated in drastic proportions to the extraction
attempt made by the Japanese government (Probably under orders from the
Yakuza) of the UCAS citizen Yasinaro Kato. The Japanese planes were
shot down by an unnamed biker gang before they even reached their
target. The intrusion by the Japs in UCAS airspace was reported and a
LoneStar fighter squadron was sent to issue a *warning* to our Japanese
friends. An hour or so later the Japanese Ambassador went into a fit at
the UCAS's apparent atrocious breach of a 3 year standing peace treaty.
>>>>>[The Yakuza are pushing the UCAS to the limits now, first they
issue demands that they must have known we would not even think about
complying to and then they call our simple return of fire an act of
war!. We do not intend to initiate any more military procedures but if
the Japanese government does so we will retaliate once more. ]<<<<<UCAS
Official
-Grant Elmore
_Saeder Krupp New 'Smart' Weapons Range Launch Cancelled_
The official launch of Saeder Krupps new weapon range has been cancelled
because the presentation was to be centred around the unveiling of the
new weapons which unfortunately for Saeder have been unofficially
unveiled to those of us involved in darker side of commerce. Renraku's
involvement in the *leak* has been mentioned and their responsibility
for other such incidents will be questioned. A certain former Renraku
agent (Whom we all know and love ie. Yesac Sehguh, for those in the
know. Hmmmmm wasnt she involved with another certain corp boss by the
name of Jitaro Mitzuini?).
None of the weapons have at this time been traced. For a full rundown
of the weapons capabilities see issue 11133#3
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Subject: Seattle Dfax 11135#9
From: The Passenger <Passenger@tpass.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 1996 11:29:12 +0100
11135#9
_SeattleDatafax_
_Explosive Free For All Engulfs UCAS Economy_
A sudden drop in UCAS share prices has dropped prices to an all time
low. With MP lasers selling at a mere NuY:9000 and luxury appartements
renting at even less we can all afford to live like playboy Jitaro
Mitzuini and playgirl Tally Isham for a while. Will it last ?
Sadly the answer is no because the drop in share prices was nothing than
a cheap ploy by the Yakuza to force the UCAS into selling out to Ares,
yes ..... the Yakuza and Ares. It gets stranger because the junk bonds
the UCAS has been insuing actually caused prices to fall when suddenly
they had no money.
_Mall Destroyed In Kal’s Shopping Spree_
The aptly named Renraku 4 Acres Mall (Utopia) was devastated when a
series of fights erupted from within.
At roughly 4am a group of anti nuclear protesters clashed with Lone Star
Security troops (for no particular reason) and the mall was cleared,
then as if on cue the normal complement of insane 'CyberCops'
(Originally there to aid LoneStarSecurity) started to throw each other
through windows and generally make a mess. Then some mystery shopper
decided to walk straight into this mall/urban battle-ground to pick up
somthing for his breakfast. The police opened fire, there was a
dramatic flash of light and a KAL fully autonomous defense unit armed
with twin multi-frequency pulse lasers turned up wanting to return
unwanted X-Mass presents. But he had forgot the all important hard copy
receipt and LS opened fire,
again.
The KAL then opened fire on the mystery breakfast shopper and devastated
first LS troops then the mall. Then the KAL left, the 'CyberCops' were
gone and the breakfast shopper decided to try the Minimart down the
street.
And 24 hour shopping is meant to make our lives easier?
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Subject: Seattle Dfax 11132#1
From: The Passenger <Passenger@tpass.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 1996 11:30:47 +0100
11132#1
_SeattleDatafax_
_Yaks Threaten UCAS In Bid For International Control_
The Yakuza have repeated their threat that if a certain former Japanese,
now registered UCAS citizen is not handed over to them within the next 4
weeks then it will *recommend* that the Japanese government introduce
official sanctions. This could mean a grave blow for the UCAS as the
pressure being applied by the NAN and other governments for the UCAS to
sell out has been wreaking havoc with the current economy. But still
the good old 'Stars and Stripes' remains adamant refusing to turn over
this citizen claiming it as an infringement of personal
rights. We say give them the bugger, were over crowded already!
>>>>>[We feel that this citizen has come to us for sanctuary and we
mean to give him it . We understand the threat the Zakuza have made and
we have considered it and have came to the decision that we can be fully
operative without support from the so called Japanese Government and we
will hand over no prisoners today.]<<<<<-Grant Elmore
--UCAS Official
_Four Killed In Mystery Virus Attack-Connection To Attempted Suicide Of
Chiba Playgirl Kylie Gates_
In an FBI investigation conducted by star investigator Simon Jurez has
revealed that the death of four in a matrix accident is linked to the
death of pornographic model Kylie Gates who is best known for her work
in "You only ride once" and "For you lips only" and also for her short
romance with corporate boss Jitaro Mitzuini (Who'd have guessed). The
four who were killed remain as of yet unnamed, one of them found lying
beside his own decapitated head (Virus? We don't think so). By linking
traces of foreign DNA and RNA sequences with the program's signature
coding they have traced it back to an unknown AI based somewhere in the
Detroit-BAWA Metroplex. Isn't that where Jitaro corp was originally
based?
I wonder?
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Subject: Seattle Dfax 11130#9 -- Explanation
From: The Passenger <Passenger@tpass.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 1996 11:32:08 +0100
These thingees that I am posting are from way back in the days when I used to
play sr <the origional>. I figure somebody might be interested and I got
millions, so here they are,
you can figure out the order they go in by first the edition no.= ??????#
then further by the relase no.= #?
oh yeah and they vary dramaticaly in content and quality but here is a few
from the time line,
11130#9
_SeattleDatafax_
_1872 STOREYS OF STEEL AND CONCRETE TOPPLE IN CORPORATE DISASTER_
The Renraku Verati building was destroyed last night in an accident possibly
involving the so called 'runners' Cash boy and his reputed girlfriend Rachel
Costelo. The explosion was seen even before the building started to fall.
The building most famed for being the first of many to break the cloud line
is said to have been worth NuY:42,800,950,126 the loss has been absorbed by
the mega-corp and business is as usual, but corporate revenge is expected ,
so if you know where Cash Boy or his girl friend are there could be some sort
of reward payable.
But the U.C.A.S governmernt wasn't quite as indifferent:
>>>>>[Many other buildings have been damaged and the U.C.A.S. government is
having to hand out an estimated 400,000,000 to unhappy building owners in
compensation. It was these corps that demanded extraterentiality in the
first place so Shadowrunners should be there responsibility not ours.]<<<<<-
Jeremy Housen
-- City Official
_Ares Macrotech brances out :)_
_Again :(_
Yet another branch of Ares has come into existance, how many more things can
they do? they are already the only corp to make everything form cyberarms to
toilet roll!
But wait, this could be a good thing because they have expanded there matrix
resources to 80,000 MPs this is still not comparable to Fuchi's 6,473,291 MP
network but hey , who cares about a little bit of graphic resolution. This
new area contains a new psuedo-amusement park called Zyclone publicised as
only for real thrill seekers, DarkCity 2020 is also publicised as the most
exiting game in the business. But aren't they all?
Also and most interesting the Cyber Creation Dome (CCD). In this monolithic
dome you can buy a bit of cyberspace on The Grid and with the help of
Cybernaut , Ares's Super-computer you can create and mould it into anything
you can imagine. Its rumoured to cost about NuY:1500 for about 80 MPs which
to us seems reasonable. This may seem just like any other
cyberspaceconstructor(CsC) but they say its a CsC with a difference , but
unfortunately we don't know what that difference is. Check it out at
Na/ucas-sea-3354.
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