Rumors, corporate whistleblowers, and ShadowTalk mined and refined from cesspool that is Seattle.
So, omae, remember Yamatetsu? The megacorp that started out with the idea that maybe Japanese and Filipino business interests could work together without Mitsuhama, Renraku, and the rest of the Japanacorps breathing down everybody's neck?
Boston,MA, UCAS -- With all of New England on edge following a series of infant abductions by an unknown kidnapper, police officials believe another kidnapping was prevented with the arrest of a suspect this weekend.
INUVIK, TRANS-POLAR ALEUT NATION — In a move threatening to further fracture the Native American Nations' continental alliance, the Trans-Polar Aleut Nation has announced its withdrawal from the NAN political structure, according to statements made by government representatives earlier today.
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Morituri te Salutant debuted as a game show focused on gladiatorial-style death matches. It scored the highest ratings for a trid debut in the history of Aztlaner broadcasting. Banned in the UCAS, pirate broadcasts are available from the usual places if sanctioned murder is your cup of tea.
Rumors have been flying over the past year about riggers ‘driving’ buildings. Today, officially, closed-circuit simsense technology is now commercially available, allowing a single rigger to monitor an entire building. This is going to make our line of work a lot more dangerous! Just look at this ad copy :
Almost simultaneously, the keyboard-sized seventh-generation cyberdecks hit the market with Fuchi leading the way in both performance and pricing. These revolutionary decks will make onsite runs so much easier than lugging around the old beasts. They are less bulletproof, though….
Did you all catch the weather over near Beaver Lake in Redmond? The poor bastards living in that shanty town got rain, snow, 98 degree heat, purple lightning and what looked like flying eyeballs screaming arias in I think German? Went on for about 2 hours before it all stopped as quick as it started.
ATLANTA, CAS — Thousands of metahumans and their supporters took to the streets of Atlanta on May 30 in one of the capital's most visible demonstrations for metahuman civil rights in recent memory. Elves, dwarfs, orks, trolls, and human allies marched through the city's commercial districts, demanding stronger legal protections, an end to discriminatory hiring practices, and recognition that metahumanity is not a crime.
Hey, did anyone else catch MCT rolling heavy through downtown today? Three separate teams were cruising in Shitties ( you know, those knock off Citymasters MCT makes? The Shitimasutas? ) at about a quarter mile spacing down 23rd, hooked a left onto East Union all the way down to Broadway, and they were heading towards Rainier Ave the last I clocked them.
CARACAS— Aztlan forces have seized a substantial wedge of Venezuelan territory from Amazonia following days of intense fighting along the disputed frontier, according to fragmented military broadcasts and reports filtering out of the combat zone. Amazonian commanders insist the advance has been slowed, but heavy fighting continues, and neither side appears willing to accept a cease-fire.
An alleged kraken attack sank a Vancouver-bound ferry, killing all on board. Rescue teams recovered only three bodies from the ferry and were preparing to salvage the wreckage of the accident later in the year.
NORTH NEW JERSEY, UCAS — A catastrophic malfunction in the nations's anti-ballistic missile (ABM) defense system destroyed a Euroflot suborbital passenger aircraft approaching John F. Kennedy International Airport yesterday, raising urgent questions about the safety of the UCAS Northeast's automated defense network.
Colbert Group CEO Alan Adams, an Illinois Democrat, decisively defeated his rivals, to become the nation’s 4th president and the first corporate CEO to be elected to the White House. Adams, who is 53 , won nearly 63 percent of the popular vote.
