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Re:History
« Reply #270 on: June 03, 2005, 01:30:52 AM »
>>[That's between me and them... but yes.]<<

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Re:History
« Reply #271 on: June 03, 2005, 03:52:29 PM »
>>>>>[For all you smugglers out there interested in smuggling something that's not guns, chips and telesma, you should note that India is loaded with dozens of rare spices that sell for a premium in places that are without them. Places like Imperial Japan or even the Athabaskan Council will buy your spices for ridiculous sums of money. Granted, you might not find a buyer in some of the more squalid areas. These spices are for the upper-crust]<<<<<

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« Reply #272 on: June 06, 2005, 07:32:06 AM »
You know the spice trade is what originally proved that the world was round...

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Re:History
« Reply #273 on: June 06, 2005, 03:19:03 PM »
>>>>>[Well, I believe it was the rumour that there was  a city made of solid gold that helped, no?]<<<<<

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« Reply #274 on: June 06, 2005, 03:55:40 PM »
nah, that helped the colinisation of said new found worlds, greed is of course always a driving factor, but it was the french that sponcered mr. columbus to go try to bypass the african route to the spice trade (that was trying to bypass the land route that was fraught with bandits and muslims)

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Re:History
« Reply #275 on: June 06, 2005, 07:46:46 PM »
Indeed. Now if only they hadn't considered the Vikings barbarians, neh?
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« Reply #276 on: June 07, 2005, 06:56:59 AM »
well, the vikings were pretty barbaric with how they went to 'other places' and didn't count the inhabitants there as human, and just looted and raped and plundered however they felt like...
oh wait... all the european nations did that too.
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« Reply #277 on: June 07, 2005, 02:13:56 PM »
yea, we ran the spanish out before too long, and the dutch got caught up in the frenzy of the slave trade, and didn't do much else for quite awhile.

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Re:History
« Reply #278 on: June 14, 2005, 09:16:48 PM »
>>>>>[Hey, don't rag on the Spanish. They gave those damn Azzies what they had coming!]<<<<<


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« Reply #279 on: June 15, 2005, 04:25:44 PM »
VD?

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Re:History
« Reply #280 on: August 26, 2005, 08:57:55 AM »
Historically speaking any time a more advanced culture come in contact with a less advanced culture, the less advance culture can kiss its ass goodbye...which is why I'm dreading the day when some space faring race finds that stupid-ass voyager  probe with a big gold invitation to come here and frag our planet six ways from Sunday.

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« Reply #281 on: August 27, 2005, 06:48:57 PM »
That's assuming they'd want anything to do with our desease ridden carcases in the first place.

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Re:History
« Reply #282 on: September 02, 2005, 07:21:33 PM »
Well, several million tons of iron can make a whole lot of ships...


The question is: if aliens did come in the Shadowrun plotline, would they use magic too? Or would they use some weird "reverse background count" where our "clean" mana is actually a level 10 manawarp to them?

How about this. A super fusion engine is irresponisbly created so that the rating 10 manawarp it produces brings about a new kind of Nuclear Wraith that is created by the manastorms in the too powerful reactor.

How about some strange magical group devises a massive form of ritual posession that allows magicians to "possess" the Earth? Hrm... Perhaps that is the true motive of the Greatest Toxic spirit in the world? It poisons the earth so that its astral form weakens with Damage penalties?
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Re:History
« Reply #283 on: September 03, 2005, 01:32:25 AM »
Nah. Too mucg like GURPS Technomancer.
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Re:History
« Reply #284 on: September 04, 2005, 08:06:21 PM »
Sounds like Final Fantasy 7 to me :P
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