BSE Digest V1 #53

From: kerry@io.com (Kerry Harrison)

Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 17:16:06 +0000

BSE Digest               Saturday, 21 January 1995     Volume 01 : Number 053

In this issue:

+       Re: BSE: Odin's Eye Market Report -Reply
+       BSE: Pleasure Slaves
+       BSE: new players
+       Re: BSE: Pleasure Slaves
+       Re: BSE: new players
+       Re: BSE: new players
+       Re: BSE: Pleasure Slaves
+       BSE: IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT THIS LIST
+       Re: BSE: Odin's Eye Market Re...
+       BSE: Re: Pleasure Slaves "message"

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From: Phil Krauskopf <PKRAUSKOPF@FALCON.AAMRL.WPAFB.AF.MIL>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 08:49:31 -0400
Subject: Re: BSE: Odin's Eye Market Report -Reply

Thank you all for responding to my e-mail question
regarding Odin's Eye's Market Report.  It seems that
my sh***y mail viewer is the ONLY one that couldn't
view it properly.

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From: steve668@dallas.relay.ucm.org
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 12:02:51 CST
Subject: BSE: Pleasure Slaves

While it is true that I consider Pleasure slaves to be slaves, that was under
and ABM definition of what a pleasure slave is.  RTG might define it
differently.  At the very end, ABM defined a pleasure slave as a sentient
being forcibly pressed into the service of.... shall we say personal
gratification of the owner?.... such as a harem girl, or the white slave
trade in the far East.

So that I can determine if pleasure slaves are legal or illegal by IMP law,
Thad or Pete, would you please state here how RTG defines a pleasure slave?

Steve M.
(aka ISP PD)

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From: MLadley@aol.com
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 17:30:48 -0500
Subject: BSE: new players

I am a new player seeking advice.  As a new player my goals are quite broad:
learn as much as I can about BSE, get rich, become powerful, communicate with
other players, grow with the game and most of all have fun.

What I'd like to see is a solicitation by affiliations for new players to
join their affiliation.  I would hope that experienced players as well as
affiliation top brass will correspond and tell new players: why should we
join your affiliation? what do we have to gain by doing so as opposed to
joining another?

Thanks for the help...

LASHER

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From: Paul Schneider <pauls@realm2.realm.net>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 14:57:14 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: BSE: Pleasure Slaves

On Fri, 20 Jan 1995 steve668@dallas.relay.ucm.org wrote:

> While it is true that I consider Pleasure slaves to be slaves, that was under
> and ABM definition of what a pleasure slave is.  RTG might define it
> differently.  At the very end, ABM defined a pleasure slave as a sentient
> being forcibly pressed into the service of.... shall we say personal
> gratification of the owner?.... such as a harem girl, or the white slave
> trade in the far East.
>
> So that I can determine if pleasure slaves are legal or illegal by IMP law,
> Thad or Pete, would you please state here how RTG defines a pleasure slave?
>
> Steve M.
> (aka ISP PD)
>

Well, if they aren't really slaves, RTG should rename em to something
else -- adult entertainment workers?

Paul

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From: George Hammond <gstarrh@biology.lsa.umich.edu>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 18:21:17 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: BSE: new players

Lasher,
I'm the Information Coordinator for the USS.  One of my jobs is to
contact new members of our affiliation, and new BSE players in general.
Some weeks ago I sent a letter to the GM's, who said they would forward
copies to all new players when they joined the game.  Did you receive
such a document from them?  It is from Baltazar Hepto, USS Info
Coordinator, and should have the USS Info Office logo on the top.  If you
didn't recieve it I would very much appreciate you telling me so, so that
I can send you a copy, and harass the GMs.  Welcome to BSE!
george hammond

On Fri, 20 Jan 1995 MLadley@aol.com wrote:

> I am a new player seeking advice.  As a new player my goals are quite broad:
> learn as much as I can about BSE, get rich, become powerful, communicate with
> other players, grow with the game and most of all have fun.
>
> What I'd like to see is a solicitation by affiliations for new players to
> join their affiliation.  I would hope that experienced players as well as
> affiliation top brass will correspond and tell new players: why should we
> join your affiliation? what do we have to gain by doing so as opposed to
> joining another?
>
> Thanks for the help...
>
>                               LASHER
>

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From: Richard Chiang <richc@ocf.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 16:59:03 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: BSE: new players

On Fri, 20 Jan 1995 MLadley@aol.com wrote:

There are a lot of choices in the game as to which affliation to join.
Forget about the profiles.  They are out of date.  For those players who
are interested in mostly role playing, the profiles are more relevant.
If you are interested in growing and becoming a power player, then pay
attention to how the affliation is doing.  Don't worry about what they
can give you now.  Pay more attention to the people in the affliation and
whether they have the assets and personality to help you achieve your goals.

Maybe I have mispoke.  I have noticed that some of the affliations do
match their affliation profile a little more.  The AFT is really a
liberal with their players (and often have one or two who might be
crossing the line a little).  The GTT does have huge colonies and a large
production base.  The Imperials are really hmm imperial.  The SMS is
concerned with mining issues and have some nice deposits.

As for gathering information, I would be glad to mail you the old
Imperial Database which would give you an idea how large this game is
even though it is really out of date.

As for specific affliations, I would ask you to consider the QSN.  I
think we would be considered a strong affliation.  At least people seem
to worry when we go around.  I will email separately about this

There are three basic playing areas in the game: the Periphery, the
Transhole and the Trans-Canally Region.  I would say that the Transhole
is currently the most interesting.  With a resurging SAM and WCE
interesting thing seem to be in store.  Of course a possible FGZ-PFM war
gives you that slight edge that makes life worth living.  The Periphery
though is still the center of the game.  The Trans-Canally is a region of
space that non TCA races have little or no info on so there may be lots
of interesting stuff there.

Hope that helps

Richard W. Chiang

If you would like to call, my number is 510-644-3708.  I am willing to
give you some semi-honest advice about the different affliations and the
game.  Just take my QSN info with a grain a salt.  The most important
thing is that you have a good time and help make BSE a more interesting
place.

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From: Kerry Harrison <kerry@io.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 21:36:55 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Re: BSE: Pleasure Slaves

On Fri, 20 Jan 1995, Paul Schneider wrote:
>
> Well, if they aren't really slaves, RTG should rename em to something
> else -- adult entertainment workers?
>

Nah, just call'em Entertainers.

Kerry

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From: Kerry Harrison <kerry@io.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 21:41:34 -0600 (CST)
Subject: BSE: IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT THIS LIST

The BSE Mailing List and BSE Digest will soon be moving to a new host
system and switching over to ListProc software (it's using Majordomo
currently).  More details will be provided shortly.

Kerry Harrison
BSE-List Admin

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From: Law2Be@aol.com
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 01:36:51 -0500
Subject: Re: BSE: Odin's Eye Market Re...

You're not the only one.  Mine always come in crooked as well.  I have had
problems with MS Write doing that on Macs.  I would assume Write does it on
real computers as well, but I prefer Word Perfect, so have never tried it on
my 486.  What do you use to compile your lists with Kerry?  I've yet to get
straight columns.
  Oh well, it ain't pretty, but you get the picture.
    Rick

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From: Law2Be@aol.com
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 01:36:55 -0500
Subject: BSE: Re: Pleasure Slaves "message"

Brad,
  If the USS needs some better comm equipment, perhaps we could fix ya up
with the new models we have left over from 183.....they come with stereo and
everything!!!

I couldn't resist....
  Rick    :^)

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