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

On 11/17/06, Zebulin M <zebulingod@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I don't agree that Shadowrunners are unrealistic. After all, look at all
the
> movies and books and whatnot who's main focus are "secret agents".
Better
> yet, the ones where a company keeps certain people around to ensure
things
> are "taken care of" such as the security goons in that lawyer book (the
name
> escapes me at the moment, but the actor was in top gun, and days of
> thunder... gah!)

As you said it yourself, they're /agents/, rather than freelance
adventurers. They're full members of whatever government or
organization they work for. If by any chance these movies feature
mercenaries or freelance spies, they're certainly being paid way more
than what a shadowrunner is supposed to get.

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