"Doc" Kinne asks about the virus we narrowly avoided. Well, I got
bad news for you, Richard. We didn't avoid the stupid thing; it's
due to hit when TNE does, later this year. TNE is gonna be based on
the stupid thing, and the primary argument everyone had with GDW
is that the trends in Hard Times, continued for a few decades,
would have accomplished the same stuff without need for a virus.
Basically it's like this: Lucan, who's now totally nuts, decides
to release a virus that destroys computer CPUs. It cripples the
Imperium's ability to make computers, which cripples the Imperium,
and away we go from there. GDW has left the details vague to preserve
the element of surprise, but I have a feeling that 1992 may finally
be the year I split with GDW, stop buying their stuff, and the TML
will have to find a new Historian (at least for the latest rev).
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Mike Metlay
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