Re: So why would anyone become a shadowrunner, anyway?

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On 11/16/06, pentaj2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Why would *anybody* become a shadowrunner, actually?

As there is the Negative Quality SINner in SR4, I'd say becuase people
want to survive. Most become gangers, thugs or drug dealers, while
others pick up a more dangerous lifestyle (for the thrill, the money,
what have you).
I figure that most shadow runners do it for the money. They might die,
but better dying from bullets, rather than starvation.

For your character, the reason he becomes a runner could be: He was
framed (by that very LT you mentioned), for the funding regulations.
That could mean he is forced into the shadows. Not being of a thuggish
nature, he could figure that his skills are usable in breaking and
entering, covert operations and the like. And somebody just offered
him a first run. Good money, easy job.

Now he's known, but choosy about his runs: Maybe no wet work, no
terrorism, a discount for "community projects", that kind of stuff.

Just my .02Y

-- 
Phillip "CynicalRyan" Gawlowski

"By Zarglewang's thuppy!"
- Illiad