[Reaver]

Oh was one or more of Dawkins Group then and that continued even after the Fastjack run to end the interference? I mean, that anon posting continued after that run

You sure? I thought the Anon poster stopped after 'Jack and a few others pulled off the run in 'conspiracy theories'... And in the Horizon mini-books

[Michael Chandra]

Did any books ever make clear what the spooky thing Horizon was doing was? Was it spirits or AIs?

[Mirikon]

Did any books ever make clear what the spooky thing Horizon was doing was? Was it spirits or AIs?

Horizon was screwing around with both.

[SpyroD]

Oh was one or more of Dawkins Group then and that continued even after the Fastjack run to end the interference? I mean, that anon posting continued after that run

You sure? I thought the Anon poster stopped after 'Jack and a few others pulled off the run in 'conspiracy theories'... And in the Horizon mini-books

What are the Horizonmini books?

[Crimsondude]

Oh was one or more of Dawkins Group then and that continued even after the Fastjack run to end the interference? I mean, that anon posting continued after that run

You sure? I thought the Anon poster stopped after 'Jack and a few others pulled off the run in 'conspiracy theories'... And in the Horizon mini-books

What are the Horizonmini books?

There are three book-length adventures centered around Horizon.

A Fistful of Credsticks
Anarchy, Subsidized
Colombian Subterfuge

[Ariketh]

Not quite. The Smoking Mirror is the power behind the cult of blood mages, essentially the driving will behind Aztechnology. It has long been rumored that the Smoking Mirror (which is the translation of a name of one of the Aztech gods) is in fact a dragon, potentially a Corrupted Dragon or even Corrupted Great Dragon. (By the way, Corrupted is something that makes Toxic look cute and fluffy by comparison.)

The name of the god you are referring to is Tezcatlipoca. All in all, not a likable fellow as mythology goes.

-Ariketh

[Opti]

15) where can I find some good source material for what Shiawase was up to from 2072 to 2075?

[Reaver]

15) where can I find some good source material for what Shiawase was up to from 2072 to 2075?

I don't think there is much..... Shiawase has been the "sleeping" giant of the Megas for a little while now.

[Crimsondude]

15) where can I find some good source material for what Shiawase was up to from 2072 to 2075?

Storm Front. "Escaping the Ghost Decade" chapter.

[Mirikon]

There's also some info on their underwater research in Hazard Pay. And of course there's Corporate Guide. Really, of all the Big 10, only Renraku and Wuxing have been quieter.

[Parker]

There's also some info on their underwater research in Hazard Pay. And of course there's Corporate Guide. Really, of all the Big 10, only Renraku and Wuxing have been quieter.

Makes sense, Renraku would still be recovering from the PR fallout of the Shutdown in Seattle and Wuxing has troubles off-planet thanks to the new Sybil cyber-virus.

[Nath]

Makes sense, Renraku would still be recovering from the PR fallout of the Shutdown in Seattle and Wuxing has troubles off-planet thanks to the new Sybil cyber-virus.

A corporation that actually tries to recover from such a disaster should actually be striving with new projects and products. Doing nothing for a decade is the exact opposite of what they should have been doing (though it may have been difficult to come up with new products if R&D people still suffer from mental block). Or at least, there should have been some action during each of the multiple purge the management and PR and marketing departments would have gone through as a consequence of such failure to overcome.

Wuxing has no major space assets, so I think you're mistaking with Evo and its Mars station that got cut from Earth.

[Reaver]

Makes sense, Renraku would still be recovering from the PR fallout of the Shutdown in Seattle and Wuxing has troubles off-planet thanks to the new Sybil cyber-virus.

A corporation that actually tries to recover from such a disaster should actually be striving with new projects and products. Doing nothing for a decade is the exact opposite of what they should have been doing (though it may have been difficult to come up with new products if R&D people still suffer from mental block). Or at least, there should have been some action during each of the multiple purge the management and PR and marketing departments would have gone through as a consequence of such failure to overcome.

Wuxing has no major space assets, so I think you're mistaking with Evo and its Mars station that got cut from Earth.

Well, Renraku has been up to something... making money while keeping their head down. They have been playing the ol' "Nose to the grindstone" routine. They just aren't making the wakes in the shadows that the others have been.....

[Crimsondude]

There's also some info on their underwater research in Hazard Pay. And of course there's Corporate Guide. Really, of all the Big 10, only Renraku and Wuxing have been quieter.

Makes sense, Renraku would still be recovering from the PR fallout of the Shutdown in Seattle and Wuxing has troubles off-planet thanks to the new Sybil cyber-virus.

By 2075, Renraku is recovering from the Shutdown like ExxonMobil is recovering from the Valdez oil spill, which is to say it's occupying about 1% of their time and resources. Maybe. And in both instances only because the victims don't have the decency to die off so the lawsuits go away.

[Michael Chandra]

Makes sense, Renraku would still be recovering from the PR fallout of the Shutdown in Seattle and Wuxing has troubles off-planet thanks to the new Sybil cyber-virus.

A corporation that actually tries to recover from such a disaster should actually be striving with new projects and products.

Such as the non-human-looking more-simple drones production line that they push out, as to make people less afraid of them? Covered by Arsenal.