Do you really think, that we who are opposed to war are against it, because we belive Saddam does not have WMD's? If so, you should really learn to actually listen to what people say and not come up with convenient things you want them to have said... Camouflage, you are some kind of complete fucki...

Welcome to the world of political realism, where what you would like to do and what would be best done are not always the same thing... My personal opinion of war in general is, that it always makes people, who don't deserve it, pay the price to give more power to people who shouldn't have it. War i...

What would be the best outcome of this? Actually, a swift and brutal defeat of the US troops (if it weren't for the personal tragedies linked to that outcome) to beat some sense into those braindead warmongers you call your government. So...it's fine if hundreds of thousands of soldiers die so our ...

Cain wrote:Particularily one with as much to gain?

And even more to lose.

A swift and brutal defeat eh? And you think we're not listening to your message.... I have to make something clear here: The point it, that the only way, you could get something good out of this situation is by making it clear to the US gov that they're wrong. The obnly thing left at this point wou...

@3278 Do you really think, that we who are opposed to war are against it, because we belive Saddam does not have WMD's? If so, you should really learn to actually listen to what people say and not come up with convenient things you want them to have said... Does Saddam have WMD's? I actually think s...

(and no, there is no difference between a war for power and a war for money, because in this world money is power and vice versa) This is not about money. George W. Bush truly believes that this is a matter of stopping evil, and the monetary consequences (not to mention political, international, cu...

if I were Jewish, I'd be VERY offended by drawing a common line between Bush and Hitler. Hitler murdered millions of Jews and I can't seem to recall the last time Bush decreed that being Jewish was persecutable. Well, I'll risk making myself look like a cynical asshole (but some people call me that...

The error has been repaired, I suppose you don't make errors do you? Oh, I simply wanted to point out that you mixed up the names. My comment was actually targetted at the thread title. The point is that they have actively opposed the defense of a member nation. Regardless of the semantics you try ...

Well, looking at the title of the thread, I guess that someone here has litle to no clue of what he's talking about. Belgium (not Bulgaria), France and German did NOT veto military aid for Turkey, neither do they plan to deny them help should they be attacked (actually, Germany is ATM shipping Patri...

I guess I should aks my sister's neighbour if he would let me take his car for a test drive. You know, he has that kind of job at VW that grants you a Phaeton as your official car...

At least Camo is being somewhat helpful in this. I have thought about using a bot-pilot on a drone, but it just seems like a lot more trouble for the 'runners to go through to customize/retrofit a drone when the exact sentry guns that I'm looking for supposedly already exist in the Shadowrun game, ...

Something I noticed about what Kwyndig said: It is true that it is all that it says. There is no specification as to what a drone does once it is dis-affiliated. I figured that it stood idle. I suppose that maybe it carries out its last command, but there doesn’t seem to be any clarificat...

@CykoSpin: There are only two occurences of sentry-guns in SR: 1) The paragaph in SR§ which you refered to yourself. 2) The Ares Sentry in Rigger3. My impression actually was, that the Sentry and the Sentinel are meant to replace the generic sentry-guns from SR3. If you want a true autonomous sentry...

I did not imply that Verdun is located in Italy. I just wanted to bing up another example, although I think DV8 had something different in mind than the remnaints of a large battle...

Gyaaaaahhh... don't even talk to me about accidental archaeology. The politics involved... at least in the US... when someone accidentally finds a body in a construction site... gyargh! Funny, in certain parts of Italy it's more the rule than the exception. :) Just ask the people in the Verdun-area...

Gyaaaaahhh... don't even talk to me about accidental archaeology. The politics involved... at least in the US... when someone accidentally finds a body in a construction site... gyargh! I mean, first there's determining whether or not it's a recent corpse, and then there's determining which of seve...

Just to warn you...the signal to the beeper can be intercepted in the Matrix. But then the opponent would have to know the MSP-address of the Matrix-connection you use for the call, which can be circumvented with some ultra-paranoid rewiring of the local Matrix-lines. And of course you could always...

Judging from MooCow's comments I guess he's never seen Brotherhood of the Wolves...

Well, I guess if Matrix 2/3 hadntT been "must see's" before, now they would be.

Do I understand it correctly, that in the US there are agreements/contracts that force the companies to hire specificly only union members? If something like that came up here in Germany, the courts would have a field day with them for violating the principle of equal opportunity. Hell, AFAIK compan...

But to go back on topic: I've been thinking about using the R3 design/customization rules for other structures as well, like stationary gun-enplacements, containers for semi-mobile facilities, portable sensor-pods, etc. Sure, it would be better to actually have a GOOD construction system, but before...

Cash wrote:Ditto with the English Rigger 3...

Oh, NOW I found it. In the german edition it has a better placement, being the first drone in the vehicle list. Aside from the fact, that the german edition has an additional index of the vehicle list for easier search as well...

My players crossed the Big A twice already, and it might be nice to hassle them a bit when they're buying groceries. :) Twice? A discussion on Stuffer Shack on irc today got me thinking. Stuffer Shack, one of the biggest supermarket chains in North America, is a subsidiary of Aztechnology. Would th...

No, drones wouldn’t work. Building a non-drone system around R3 drone system rules would just over-complicate things. I'll be more specific about the kinds of things I have in mind when I've got the time. Well, the german Rigger 3.01D has the Ares Sentry based on the Trailer (light axle) ...

There's another problem about the parachuting-rules not yet mentioned here: The scatter-ranges are absolutely deadly. Hell, even a world-class pro with a skill-rating of 10 couldn't hit a 10m-circle - which is the usual target for training jumps at the end of a beginner's course - unless he opens th...