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

pentaj2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 schrieb:
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> He likes patrol, has some success as sort of the informal "juvenile 
> cop", with a lot of community policing stuff. But there's a bit of an 
> adrenaline junkie in him, so that (plus the prospect of being posted 
> closer to where he grew up) pulls him to SWAT.
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> My character, unfortunately...He's 30. He's the new kid, only been on 
> the unit about a year or two, maybe 3 years, tops. Everybody else has 
> influence they can use to pull themselves to another job in KE; He has 
> none. No enemies, but no friends besides those he served with, really. 
> So he's the victim of attrition during a cutback in 2070.
> 
> OK, so he's jobless. Separated on good terms, but still.
> 
> But, still. Why would he become a shadowrunner? 
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Wrong question. You should ask:

Why would any Johnson hire a former beat cop and SWAT man as runner?

"Because he can shoot people real good" is not enough. For that, you get 
samaurais and former soldiers by the dozen.
> 
> Why would *anybody* become a shadowrunner, actually?

Only one reason: Make a living.
Some people may do it for the "thrill", but this people will usually be 
victim of Darwins law.
Allmost all Johnsons work for a corp, the few others for some branch of 
the gouvernment. Policlubs and/or magical groups comes third, and once 
in a blue moon you stumble over some rich and desperate individual that 
need "intrepid specialist for a discrete mission".
But all this Johnsons prefer to hire professionell specialists, not some 
crackpot who work for the adrenalin or the good cause.

Bye
Ingo