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 ''Just something else to throw into the debate: technology. The Border Worlds probably have a technological edge (apart from their fighter craft) which would go someway towards neutralising the Landreich's bigger military. Things like leech gun technology, their (limited) ability to cloak bombers, and being able to send non-jump capable craft through jump points. (TPOF novel.)''
-What was the second message on the disk Burrows got at Sheol?
+What was on the second message on the disk Burrows got at Sheol?
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-'''Alternative deep plot:'''
+'''Alternative deep plot (musings for a sequel):'''
 More or less, as suggested by CC, during Priv, Lynch and Lang are rivals. Lang is based in Sherwood but owns Rondell and Corcoran. Lynn Murphy works for Lang as much as for the Merchants Guild (Lang being THE mob boss friendly to the MG). Thus, she gets the job of defending Palan, and later of defending the Liverpool refinery, in NewCastle. Tayla originally worked for Lang, or for both, or for none, but in some way she comes to NewDet to make peace with Lynch on behalf of Lang, who is worried about Menesche and Kroiz. Lynch refuses the peace offer, at the time, and tries to recruit Tayla to work for him instead. Eventually Tayla moves (back?) to Sherwood, perhaps with additional Steltek stuff she manages to steal off Lynch. This would explain her delivery of "personal stuff" (a crio crate with a frozen Monkhouse in it? LOL), and why the Kilrathi are present around Sherwood later in the game. But Tayla really works for Confeds, as undercover, which explains why Goodin sends you to clear the systems around Sherwood from Kilrathis.
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 '''Retros beyond Gemini?'''
-Would seem so. There's an RF bar rumor about the retros finally getting Hunter Toth, saying they somehow disabled his ship's power and shields. Sounds like a leech gun. But at this time, only Border Worlds have leech gun technology. Here's a post by Raptor about BW and leech:
+Certainly; they attacked the Scarab in Callisto, Avalon; didn't they? But there's an RF bar rumor about the retros finally getting Hunter Toth, saying they somehow disabled his ship's power and shields. Sounds like a leech gun. But at this time, only Border Worlds have leech gun technology. Here's a post by Raptor about BW and leech:
 ''Just something else to throw into the debate: technology. The Border Worlds probably have a technological edge (apart from their fighter craft) which would go someway towards neutralising the Landreich's bigger military. Things like leech gun technology, their (limited) ability to cloak bombers, and being able to send non-jump capable craft through jump points. (TPOF novel.)''
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 * Would potential thieves need to take chances? Why not just bribe "Base Command"?
 * And why was Robocop hiding in the dark waiting for you if something wasn't rotten in Denmark?...
-[Image:http://home.iprimus.com.au/IP-PWP02/179/wedge009/Priv/IntroRF.png]
+http://home.iprimus.com.au/IP-PWP02/179/wedge009/Priv/IntroRF.png
 '''A20: ...I've taken my business away from Jolson.'''

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-Written by chuck_starchaser (monkhouse)
+(c)Copyright 2007 by chuck_starchaser (monkhouse).
-From discussions between self, spiritplumber, captain_cocksniff, and other wcu buddies, at the WCU forum.
+Condensed from discussions between self, spiritplumber, captain_cocksniff, and other wcu buddies at the WCU forum.
 Reproduction allowed in any form, as long as authorship is acknowledged. Edits allowed, as long as the original is made available together with the edited version; unless the editing is purely cosmetic (formatting, etc).
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	== PRIVATEER == ''Yeah, let's take it apart...''		== PRIVATEER == ''Yeah, let's take it apart...''

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		+	Written by chuck_starchaser (monkhouse)
		+	From discussions between self, spiritplumber, captain_cocksniff, and other wcu buddies, at the WCU forum.
		+	Reproduction allowed in any form, as long as authorship is acknowledged. Edits allowed, as long as the original is made available together with the edited version; unless the editing is purely cosmetic (formatting, etc).
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	''Note: The following analysis assumes the reader to have played Privateer/Righteous Fire like 7 times. If you're not familiar with the story, please play [http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=24 Privateer Remake] before reading any further. You'll have no regrets.''		''Note: The following analysis assumes the reader to have played Privateer/Righteous Fire like 7 times. If you're not familiar with the story, please play [http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=24 Privateer Remake] before reading any further. You'll have no regrets.''

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 '''Q1: Alright, you meet Sandoval, but who is he, really?'''
 * Later, Tayla says she 'used to do business with him'... (Hmmm, sounds like some rich guy, after all, Tayla is a pirate boss of sorts, not a drug-runner herself.
 * Tayla also says the police have postered your mug all over town, in connection to his murder... (Sandoval must be someone important...).

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 * Supposedly the militias were looking for '''you''' (Burrows) in connection to Sandoval's murder, but they no longer seem to be looking for you by the time you land on New Detroit again. Did they just forget? Or did they find you weren't their prime suspect?
 '''A2: Sandoval indeed stole the artifact, but probably didn't kill its previous owner.'''
-'''A3: Lynch was probably the artifact's previous owner, and had Regis "interrogate" Sandoval.'''
+'''A3: Lynch was probably the artifact's previous owner, and had Regis "interrogate" Sandoval. He did his job a bit too well, killing Sandoval, then getting caught by local militias, smoking gun in his hand.'''
 '''A4: Lynch sent Tayla to meet you.'''
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 * Assume Tayla knew any of the previous owners, whom do you know she knows?
 '''Q4: Now Tayla is sitting there..., but who sent her? Not Sandoval... Perhaps one of the artifact's previous owners?'''
-* When, later, you're doing missions for Lynch, he suggests he needs to 'borrow' the artifact to look at it... Burrows refuses, of course; but the next time you see Lynch, he says his people have looked at a hologram of it... (Hmmm... How did Lynch get a hologram of the artifact?) EDIT: Ehm... never mind; Burrows says to Lynch "Will a hologram do?"; which in no way disproves the theory, but it negates this piece of circumstantial evidence...
+* When, later, you're doing missions for Lynch, he suggests he needs to 'borrow' the artifact to look at it... Burrows refuses, of course; but the next time you see Lynch, he says his people have looked at a hologram of it... (Hmmm... How did Lynch get a hologram of the artifact?) EDIT: Ehm... never mind; Burrows says to Lynch "Will a hologram do?"; which in no way disproves the theory, but it negates this piece of circumstantial evidence... But consider this: If he really wanted the artifact, he wouldn't wait a few more missions to have Miggs try to retreive it. So, he doesn't so much care to '''have''' the artifact, as to make sure it doesn't end in the wrong hands. Which means that he has a holo already. He accepts Burrows holo to keep the pretension, but he's just trying to get Burrows killed, and let the artifact be destroyed, together with him and his ship. It's when that fails to happen, repeatedly, that he finally sends Miggs.
 * Lynch also has you help his cousin Regis escape prosecution for murder.
 * Supposedly the militias were looking for '''you''' (Burrows) in connection to Sandoval's murder, but they no longer seem to be looking for you by the time you land on New Detroit again. Did they just forget? Or did they find you weren't their prime suspect?

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 * However, Menesch's controlling Rondell wouldn't square up with the kats bombing Monkhouse's captors.
 * But there's also the possibility that Damien Lang has a part in Rondell, another competitor of Lynch's, supposedly also in the food business; and that he and Sandoval may have had some deal with Menesch. After all, Sandoval did say he was going to sell the aritifact for a very large sum.
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 '''Q17: What's taking the kats so long getting to Delta Prime, if they are already in Gamma?'''

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 * Read Q7/A7 below...
 '''A4.5: Quite possibly, but not likely to be so *instead* of being a Rondell VIP, or else it wouldn't be easy to explain what makes Bronte launch a siege of Palan right after his theft of the artifact, and his death.'''
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 '''Q5: Why doesn't Lynch, then, appear to be too concerned to get his artifact back, like, IMMEDIATELY?'''