#: 519187 S6/Heroes 10-Jan-94 03:12:36 Sb: CHC: Chiltrion Campaign Fm: David Edelstein 73312,3242 To: ALL OK, one more time..... I have just re-uploaded the info file on the Chiltrion Campaign, hopefully formatted correctly this time. Someone suggested "CHC", so hopefully that's safe. The file name is INFO.CHC, keywords are MESSAGE, GURPS, SUPERS, PSI, CHILTRION. I assume the SysOps will announce when it is available. -David #: 544198 S6/Heroes 10-Feb-94 04:51:00 Sb: CHC: International News Fm: David Edelstein 73312,3242 To: CHC Players API- London Two convicted terrorists affiliated with the Irish Republical Army were killed early this morning while being transported to London for parole hearings. The two men, who were sentenced to life imprisonment by a British court for their role in a 1987 bombing that killed four people and injured twelve others, were being considered for leniency after new evidence suggested that they may have been coerced into participating in the bombing. The armored van that was carrying them exploded without warning while halted at an intersection just outside of London. The driver and two security officers in the cab were able to evacuate the vehicle when it suddenly burst into flames, but the intense heat prevented them from reaching the rear doors to release their prisoners. Witnesses in a nearby car report that the van exploded at that point, forcing the three policemen to drop to the ground. The severely charred bodies were recovered from the wreckage several hours later. Authorities have still not determined the cause of the explosion. #: 518303 S6/Heroes 09-Jan-94 00:23:22 Sb: #NEW: Supers/Psi/Space Fm: David Edelstein 73312,3242 To: All This is a repost which hopefully will not look like WinWord chewed it up for breakfast. FLYING MAN SEEN BY PASSENGERS ON INTERCONTINENTAL FLIGHT API- Boston The passengers of Flight 804 from London to Boston got more than an in-flight movie as their entertainment. No less than forty-eight of those aboard, including four stewardesses, claim that they saw a man flying through the air just above the plane's right wing. Described as a young man, caucasian, with blond hair, wearing jeans and a leather jacket, the mysterious flying man supposedly kept pace with the 747 jet airliner for nearly five minutes before waving to the spectators crowded against the airplane's windows and peeling off to disappear over the horizon. One of the few witnesses willing to be identified by name was Matthew Ames, 34, a British restauranteer visiting relatives in the U.S., who told reporters on the ground "He was just drifting along, like it wasn't anything at all, then he waved his hand and grinned at us, and 'whoosh!', he bloody well took off like a rocket and was gone in the blink of an eye!" The pilot and crew of Flight 804, an British Air vessel, refused to comment, but there are reports that the plane's radar picked up an unidentified flying object approaching them at a high rate of speed, prompting a call to ground control in Boston. The incident took place over the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 500 miles east of Boston. Authorities are not commenting on the matter at this time, but Dr. Randolph Kinnings, a psychologist at Columbia University who specializes in mass hallucinations and odd sightings brought on by traumatic events, was asked about the sighting. He stated that although it is not unusual for passengers on an airplane, particularly during a long flight, to believe they have seen something strange flying near the plane, there is rarely such a large number of witnesses with such a consistent story. <><><><><><><> MYSTERIOUS BLAZE IN GERMAN PRISON KILLS THREE TERRORISTS Reuters- Berlin Investigators are sifting through the ruins of Breidenbach Prison's isolation wing, following an inferno that burned the entire structure to the ground early this morning. Only three prisoners were in the destroyed section of the prison, all of them members of the Red Guard terrorist organization. The three convicted terrorists were responsible for a series of bombings in the late seventies and early eighties which killed seventeen people and caused many more injuries and property damage. All three are presumed dead, though no bodies have been recovered. Initially, several guards reported seeing someone walking out of the inferno and disappearing into the industrial neighborhood surrounding the prison. They have since become unavailable to the press. Authorities are refusing to release any other details at this time. <><><><><><><> THE CHILTRION CAMPAIGN (CC, but stand by, might change) A slightly different GURPS Supers campaign is now accepting players. No GURPS experience necessary, and I hope to make the "game system" as invisible as possible. Please read the file INFO.TCC in Library 6 (hopefully available within a few days- keywords Chiltrion, GURPS, Message, Supers), and send me mail or leave a message for me here if interested. The game will probably not get seriously underway until early February, though I will be doing introductions and initial scenarios to get your characters into action as soon as possible. -David There is 1 Reply. #: 518518 S6/Heroes 09-Jan-94 06:03:20 Sb: #518303-NEW: Supers/Psi/Space Fm: Matantisi/Ass't SysOp 71613,3150 To: David Edelstein 73312,3242 Hi, David! Just a note about your game code. TCC is the name of a company which produces RPG material, and there is a company rep on line. For that reason, the string "TCC" is likely to show up in unrelated threads that may be confusing -- both for your players and for people interested in TCC products. Perhaps just "CC" as a code? (The code can be two characters as well as three.) Matantisi/Ass't SysOp [12:19a Sun 09-JAN-1994] #: 518633 S6/Heroes 09-Jan-94 11:21:15 Sb: #518518-#NEW: Supers/Psi/Space Fm: Zebekia 100020,1170 To: Matantisi/Ass't SysOp 71613,3150 But won't CC get picked up every time someone asks for "Section 15 Access"? There is 1 Reply. #: 518764 S6/Heroes 09-Jan-94 17:15:46 Sb: #518633-NEW: Supers/Psi/Space Fm: Dazzler/Ass't SysOp 71460,3414 To: Zebekia 100020,1170 Or any other word that might have two c's in it. Why not CHC? Dazz ÿ #: 520356 S6/Heroes 11-Jan-94 16:36:41 Sb: #518633-NEW: Supers/Psi/Space Fm: Myth 71055,2573 To: Zebekia 100020,1170 At least by Navigator, it will. It will also pick up anything with TCC in the title, preserving the confusion. Maybe CHL? -Myth. ÿ #: 518304 S11/Playing/Recruitment 09-Jan-94 00:23:39 Sb: #CC: Chiltrion Campaign Fm: David Edelstein 73312,3242 To: ALL This is a repost 'cause the first one got messed up. Hopefully 'CC' isn't already taken, but someone please let me know if it is. BIZARRE SLAYINGS IN NEW MEXICO BAFFLE POLICE, FRIGHTEN RURAL FAMILIES From the Window Rock Times Rumors of a serial killer have been making police departments throughout the southwest very wary, but the reports were confirmed Tuesday when a third rural Navajo family was found slaughtered in their home, twenty miles north of Window Rock. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now involved in what are being called the "Skinwalker Slayings". In the three incidents to date, all taking place within the Navajo nation, thirteen people, all Navajos and ranging from 4 months to 67 years in age, have been brutally dismembered in their homes, and in the first two cases were not discovered for several days after their deaths. The predominantly Native American residents of this vast, sparsely populated region have been whispering for weeks that a Skinwalker, or Navajo witch, is at work. Traditionally unwilling to discuss such matters with outsiders, the stories have nonetheless become so widespread that even skeptical residents of the Four Corners area are unnerved. A spokesman for the Navajo Tribal Police confirmed yesterday that missing persons cases have increased dramatically over the past few months, though he admitted that the Tribal Police had not been unduly concerned until now. <><><><><><><><> SUICIDES, DEPRESSION REACH EPIDEMIC LEVELS IN SMALL ITALIAN TOWN Salermo- Associated Press Psychologists and other experts have been brought in to investigate an epidemic of depression, hallucinations and insomnia in the small coastal community of Salermo. Suicides have increased 700% in this town over the last six months, and mental health professionals report that record numbers of patients are seeking help for clinical depression, paranoia, insomnia and other mental disorders. Most puzzling is the common thread of horrific nightmares, which have been reported by an unusual number of people in and around the town. One psychologist estimated that almost one-quarter of the population of this fishing town reported suffering unexplained mental anguish over the last six months. The possibility of chemical or biological contamination of the water or food supply is being investigated. <><><><><><><><> The Chiltrion Campaign (TCC) Q: "What, sounds like science-fiction, but the teasers looked like an intro to a contemporary horror campaign?" A: Actually, it's GURPS Supers, with a twist. Q: "Oh, another 'You are the first superheroes in the world' campaign?" Yes and no. If you want to be a costumed crusader, you can be. But there's more to it than that, and this is not a variation of a "Wild Cards" campaign. Please read the file INFO.TCC, in the library (available soon), then contact me if you are interested. -David There is 1 Reply. #: 518425 S11/Playing/Recruitment 09-Jan-94 04:17:58 Sb: #518304-CC: Chiltrion Campaign Fm: Dazzler/Ass't SysOp 71460,3414 To: David Edelstein 73312,3242 [actually, the end of your message should then say... The Chiltrion Campaign (CC) and INFO.CC Dazz] #: 518916 S11/Playing/Recruitment 09-Jan-94 22:27:18 Sb: #518425-#CC: Chiltrion Campaign Fm: David Edelstein 73312,3242 To: Dazzler/Ass't SysOp 71460,3414 Yeah, except I uploaded the file as "INFO.TCC" before being told that TCC was a bad choice. -David There is 1 Reply. #: 518964 S11/Playing/Recruitment 09-Jan-94 23:49:25 Sb: #518916-CC: Chiltrion Campaign Fm: Matantisi/Ass't SysOp 71613,3150 To: David Edelstein 73312,3242 We can change that for you. What code do you want (since, as Dazz and Zebekia point out, "CC" isn't great either )? Matantisi/Ass't SysOp [ 6:26p Sun 09-JAN-1994] #: 519178 S11/Playing/Recruitment 10-Jan-94 02:59:15 Sb: #518916-CC: Chiltrion Campaign Fm: Dazzler/Ass't SysOp 71460,3414 To: David Edelstein 73312,3242 (X) I think that CHC might be a good idea for a code. And like Matantisi said, we can fix the names and such before we release it. Dazz