[K5pbem] My Thoughts On Restarting the K5 PBEM

[Jeff Skagen]

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From: "Mike Surbrook" <susano at guisarme.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [K5pbem] My Thoughts On Restarting the K5 PBEM


> On the PC side, Shoko may have succumbed to biological breakdown, since 
> she's going on what now? 8? (This presumes replicated humans have short 
> life-spans ala "Blade Runner" -- I do think some have shorter life spans 
> than normal, if only because of such things as the hyper-iummune systems 
> and the like and to keep them managable). Of course, upgrades have the 
> same and live to be around 200... so planned obselesence is probably a 
> better explination.

Yes, sorry to say. Shoko had her 4th birthday near the end of the previous 
run, so she'd be 9 now if she were still alive - which I think is unlikely. 
That's why I didn't have to debate about whether to make a new character or 
not when I found out we were jumping 5 years ahead and over to Hong Kong, as 
there was really no reasonable way Shoko could still be around. Oh, sure,  I 
could have contrived something if I'd really wanted to, but the problem is 
that it would have felt...well, contrived.

> Sarah J Ferrari is still alive and still looking just the same. She's 
> about 30 now.

Good. I was always very fond of her, and would like to see you keep writing 
stories for her. Besides, as was suggested earlier, I think a lot of the new 
characters may end up living in or around the Mandarin Apartments, which 
would tend to make her a more significant character in the new K5.

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Jeff Skagen
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