Greetings, I just picked up Survival Margin (haven't got T:TNE yet) and in
reading I came across a question that I wonered if anyone had more info on.
Early in the book there is a eyes only message for Strephon that indicates
2 research stations have been destroyed by "something" and that this "some-
thing" would arrive at Core (I belive) in 90 years (2 years after the start
of the new era.) Later in the book, In Norris' reply to Strephon, he thanks him
for the Jumpstart codes and info on Longbow. Then he states "forewarned is
forarmed" He also wonders if the Zho's (i just can't bring myself to like
them, guess after fighting them all those years...) have something to do with
this threat, or are just victims also. Based on this and the fact that Longbow
was a long distance commo device it seems that this project rang the doorbell
of somebody/thing that had best not been disturbed and now its coming. I also
think that the Zho core expeditions might have already run into this.
Of course I could just be incredibly paranoid since in an Old CT campaign we
spent alot of time fighting the big C and his minions that would not die (
well, the little ones die when you hit them with enough FGMP-15s:)
Greg Hines