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[Ingo Monk]

It would never happen. Too big of a target. One Thor shot owuld take it out anyway.

Gabriel

Is Thor the UCAS asteroid dropping satellite?

[Ruski]

well, let's say they have a reason to not fire on it.

M.A.D. anyone?

worked for the cold war.

-RuskiFace the Pirate

[Fortune]

It would never happen. Too big of a target. One Thor shot owuld take it out anyway.

Gabriel

Is Thor the UCAS asteroid dropping satellite?

Thor Shot are mostly Corporate controlled. The known Megacorps with Thor Shot capability are Ares, S-K, and Fuchi (presumably the tech of which went to Novatech, and now NeoNET in 2070). Think big rock from space, pinpoint accuracy (or near enough), big crater!

[Ruski]

wait... so they magneticly pull a rock from space to strike a target? or is it a space based laser?

now, certanly there are things that they want destroyed but don't... what if it was like a floating mercanary city or something...

a resource they could use as a deniable asset, or perhaps if it was hauling toxic spirits galore, and on the chance that it was destroyed, would release them all upon mankind?

-RuskiFace the Pirate

[Fortune]

wait... so they magneticly pull a rock from space to strike a target? or is it a space based laser?

The tech is available now. You can google it (under Thor Shots as far as I know). It it basicallly either a rock, or a metal (usually cylendrical shaped) object, suspended in space, that is propelled towards a target on Earth, usually at the demand of the Corporate Court.

Incidently, in System Failure, Art Dunkwalther got on the receiving end of a Thor Shot from S-K, at the behest of the Court. Art's a pancake!

now, certanly there are things that they want destroyed but don't... what if it was like a floating mercanary city or something...

What?

a resource they could use as a deniable asset, or perhaps if it was hauling toxic spirits galore, and on the chance that it was destroyed, would release them all upon mankind?

Again, what?

[Retread]

I'm glad the corporate court convenes in outer space, you know, where nasty Shadow spirits and Shedim can't possess the court members...

[mercy]

I think the thor shot is resvred for hackers trying to hack z-o

[Gabriel]

Actually, they were first used as a deterant for terrorists in the Kingdom of Hawai'i. When one of these "warning shots" hit the ocean off the coast of Owahu, it released so much energy from the impact that it actually sparked lightning off of the water. These things don't even have warheads, they would be redundent. All they need is mass and velocity and they hit with the power of a meteor strike. You could, literally, blast a target off the face of the planet.

And the scary part of this is that the tech is very, very simple. The US government could have them floating up there right now and it is not only within the realm of possebility, would be a bit stupid if they didn't have these. A projectile that hits with the force of a meteor, leaves no fallout, can be guided in with fins, a retrorocket, and GPS transmitter, and is CHEAP. Hell, I'm surprised we even develpoed the MOAD at all.

Gabriel

[Ruski]

*shrug* perhaps we do, and just haven't found a good time to use them yet?

okay, this is what i was thinking;

let's say you have a 'flying fortress' based off of the disengaged ayers rock or whatever. something that floats arround, and is protected aghinst magical assault for whatever reason.

if; for storyline reasons you let this city 'get off the ground' it wouldn't be that big of a deal to have a good reason for the corperate powers that be to 'not' destroy it.

it could have fail-safe nuclear counterattacks installed, so that it nukes the entire planet if it detects a thorshot coming down at it, or there could be political reasons, such as if the indidual corperations each had a stake in it (magical research; or a dumping ground for corperate assets that need to be moved, but not destroyed.)

-RuskiFace the Pirate

[Retread]

I imagine all the nasty spirits it has trapped inside it would be deterrent enough...

[Gabriel]

Not if they are trapped inside. If they are able to manifest, then yeah, you have a problem. If they are trapped, who cares, right??

Gabriel

[Ruski]

well, let's say if they blow it up, the previously trapped 'nastyness' gets out... that would be a good reason to not blow it up...

-RuskiFace the Pirate

[Gabriel]

That wouldn't work, at least not for any of the non-free spirits. If you destroy the rock, you destroy the spirits. It is ther domain, after all. It's like building an archology in the middle of a prairie. By doing so, you destroy the prairie, which destroys the spirit of the prairie.

Gabriel

[Ruski]

Hmm... i wonder if thats how toxic spirits come about? some spirits don't want to be destroyed, so they twist themselves to fit with the new domain?

-RuskiFace the Pirate

[Ingo Monk]

Toxic spirits are made twisted or become twisted because their domain is corrupted by pollution, toxic waste, other nastiness, etc.

As far as I know they follow the same rules, if their domain is somehow removed then they would be removed.. unless they can somehow change their domain.