From: Jim Ogle (Ks. Jim) <jogle@aoc.nrao.edu>
Subject: Re: GenCon Report (Incredibly long, thousands of spoilers)
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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 06:55:29 GMT

Grant writes:

> I was there too, and I have a few things to add.
> 
> The Gaunt Man knew that the Signal Fire would call the Space Gods.

He knew that it would bring the Akashans specifically, or he just knew
that it would summon someone?

If the Gaunt Man is supposedly as good as they keep building him out
to be, there's really going to be no way of defeating him (other than
certain cheap copouts)....
> 
>Greg confirmed that ords have to disconnect before they transform. When I asked
> him how they could use the Laws of Hope and Glory if they were disconnected, 
> his response was (paraphrased): "The Law of Glory wasn't *my* idea".

Well, the Law of Glory is minor enough I don't think ords are going to
be too concerned with it (how many ords are going to be involved in
sparking the populaces anyway?  They're usually on the receiving end
after all.)

> Regrding the use of nuclear weapons agains the Nile, Greg muttered something
> about Mobius having weird science devices that defended against them. He also
> pointed out that Mobius disarmed Quadaffi's nuke, so he knows how they work,
> but there is no plan in the Nile to build nukes (as far as we know...). 

Sure, thats why there was a dispatch in Infiniverse about Nile forces
sneaking into the Living Land to steal US nuclear warheads out of the
abandonded missle silos, and Mobius trying to figure out how to build
nuclear reality bombs....

> When terrorists were mentioned, he said that most of the fringe groups work
> for Mobius now (huh?).

Doesn't sound too unreasonable as long as we limit it to fringe groups
of Middle Eastern and/or African terrorist organizations.  I really
can't see fringe IRA members wanting to work for Mobius....

> Against the Cyberpapacy, he said that the New USSR is very worried about
> being conquered, but is also intrigued by the Godnet and didn't want to 

I'd think everyone would be intrigued by the GodNet and its potential
but unless the new USSR plans on taking in a Tech 26 Darkness Device I
doubt that they'd get much use of trying to duplicate it....

> destroy it (or something like that). The question was also raised that if 
> we had nukes at Tech 23, what could Malraux get at Tech 26?

Really BIG nukes powerful enough to vaporize small countries with one
blow?  

> >The Pocket Dimensions SB will contain a Toon cosm.
> 
> There will also be Atlantis and Avalon.

And hopefully the Dreamtime?  And maybe a couple of pocket realms that
aren't based on western culture/myths?

> >The War will go on as long as players continue to enjoy it.
> 
> They said it was originally planned to last 5 years (someone on the Net 
> mentioned this before, and I guess they were right).

It was mentioned in Infiniverse #1 that they had planned things out to
five years.

> >	A Core Earth psionic doesn't _need_ an alignment, but he _can_
> >take one as a contradiction.
> 
> I thought that he said that aligned psi powers were only available if the 
> philosophy was learned. My notes are sketchy, but I remember thinking "now I
> can't have my Serial Narrarator character!"

I can live with having to learn the philosophy - "you must be of a
certain mindset to correctly manipulate psionic abilities to achieve
these desired effects".

> >Mobius, Malraux, and 3327 have all got their mitts in Yugoslavia, which
> >hasn't fallen apart because they're fighting off three invaders.
> 
> Basically, all the conflicts on Earth were 'put aside' until the Possibility
> wars were over. This means that Desert Storm never happened (I still think
> that's a copout, but it's their prerogative).

I can see Desert Storm never happening simply because the US doesn't
have the forces to commit to it and the Saudis were probably a bit
more concerned with Mobius knocking on their doors....

Kansas Jim (jogle@aoc.nrao.edu)