Hi All, this is just my notes from the first chaper of Clucth of Dragons. I have, but have not read, all the 4th ed setting books, so maybe I am missing knowledge. But I thought I would share my notes and questions on the first chapter:
Questions / Notes from Clutch of Dragons …War at 10,000 meters “forty of Humanis’ and Alamos 20K’s chapterhouses in Seattle, Los Angeles, London, DeeCee, Paris, Frankfurt, Moscow, and Miami have been attacked.”
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Ok, Humanis is a legal organisation, but Alamos 20k is a terrorist organisation. I suspect that they do not have ‘chapterhouses’… maybe safehouses, or cells?
“Since this confl ict has started heating up, nearly eighty alleged members of Human Nation have been identified,
many of whom are in positions of power. The biggest names so far have been UCAS Secretary of the Treasury Brenda Ogawa, CAS Vice President Lowery Grimes, Mitsuhama shareholder Shin Yuruyasu, and Wuxing shareholder James Harper-Smythe. And I’m certain more will be identified as Human Nation conspirators as time goes on and as these groups continue to dig.”
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Ok, what is the actual status of Human Nation in 2072? Once they were a chapter in a Threats book, a rumoured organisation, the illuminati of racist terror groups. Now they are an actual ‘thing’? And if so, what’s their legal status? Surely, regardless of legal status, the CAS Vice President and the UCAS Secretary of Treasury? Some big names! I would expect resignations and other political fallout… maybe?
“GeMiTo”
Maybe I’m a bit slow, but I have no idea where this is? Europe by the rest of the text, but where? Italy maybe…?
“If this number has remained consistent over the last six months, GeMiTo could actually have seen the loss of a staggering fifty-four thousand metahumans since Alamais arrived in the city.”
OMG! Fifty-four thousand metahumans killed… actually eaten! You have got to freakin be kidding? This is massive, even in Shadowrun. That’s a lot of dead civilians, eaten at that. Followed by…
“In public, these deaths have not been reported in order to avoid an all-out panic.”
And this I find hard to believe. With the number of organisations trying to build up anti-dragon movements, including Aztechnology, the number one or two of PR, I find it hard to believe that word of this has not leaked. Even through shadow channels, escaped refugees from the city, something. How are the Dragons keeping a whole city under control? And what would Europe’s reaction be to such a massive slaughter, the largest in sometime. And people are getting eaten! Eaten! Freakin’ hell! [/spoiler]
“Calozerca”
Who is Calozerca?
“He added, though, that as a member of the academic community, his role in the “civil war” was to remain one of neutrality”
This quote is about Schwarzkopf. Did he actually call it a ‘civil war’ in public? Does this growing conflict between various dragon factions (the number of ‘factions’ is almost as numerous as actual greats) actually equate to a civil war? Has Hestaby actually challenged Lowfyr for rulership of dragonkind? She has gone against tradition, and she and Lowfyr have had a few indirect spats, but for a great to actually call it a civil war implies a lot more than just a disagreement…[/spoiler]
“Pobre”
The Aztlan dragon. I don’t think his a great…. Is he? And perhaps his not as toxic as rumours suggest?
“There are definitely some interesting happenings in the UCAS Sector beyond all the UCAS military personnel being withdrawn from the Zone Defense Force while staying in Denver.”
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Just quoting this because its worth noting. Looks like the PCC will dominate the ZDF and the UCAS will withdraw its forces. Wonder what CAS and the Sioux are doing? Looks like the ZDF is more and more GW’s own army…
Like to see more on what happens to the STC now. Also, like the ‘no summoning’ rule in Denver, will make runs more interesting. Finally, let’s have more info on what’s really happening at the Denver Data Haven.
Who owns Roswell now? It’s in Texas isn’t it… no Aztlan?
“Sirrurg has also razed the CAS cities of Odessa, Lubbock, Midland, and Seminole. Each of the attacks left similar amounts of casualties and destruction in their wake. Sirrurg has also hit the PCC, choosing to hit the Albuquerque sprawl. Nearly a thousand were killed in Sirrurg’s attack on Albuquerque”
A thousand casualties from a full on Dragon attack isn’t so bad. But I get he did other things as well which may have shaken up a lot more people. That said, I would have thought that the PCC and CAS would have allied with Aztlan to deal with the threat… but no… it looks like CAS want to go to war against Aztlan to get to the dragon. Yep, I can see how that twisted logic will lead to nothing but loss of life and property.[/spoiler]
“Despite Pueblo not being as willing to go to war over Sirrurg’s actions—they see it as something that Aztlan has no
control over—the CAS is not backing back down on its threats.”
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At least the PCC aren’t idiots. CAS? Could be because they have a Human Nation vice president? Or something else? Otherwise, seems kinda poor logic to invade a country to get a te.. okay, I see that logic, but Aztlan has lost a ton of special forces etc. trying to take down the same bad guy. Surely they aren’t the enemy this time?
Ok, that’s my notes, questions etc. from the first chapter. Generally a good read, but pretty confusing sometimes. Hard to keep track of whose who, and with the dragons, whose working with whom etc. I think Hestaby is losing, but then Lowfyr seems to have a ton of issues he needs to resolve, asap. The Sirrug stuff doesn’t seem right, CAS seem too eager to go to war with someone who is actually on their side. Just saying, only my opinion.
