ALT.SF4M Phase 3Ed : ICR Net-cast • Michael R. Jeffs 26/08/1997 00:00:000 UTC The camera Tech zooms in on the woman's long face. She fawns her hair back a bit and smiles. "Do we have to do this, Trev? You know I just HATE science pieces!" The woman checks out her pose on her inner-lid display. She looks good today. Striking blue hair today. Metallic green eyes. Full, luscious lips. Well-shaped body. Thin, tight breasts. Perfect mod. Today's Net-cast should blast those Fry-Heads! The cam-Tech checks her out too. ~Haven't been with Luv in a while. She looks good. What can she see in that Torju brat?~ "Come on, Luv, this is a breaker! We can write our own Tic with this one if we're carefull." "Spot! Here he comes! It's on, Luv. Go!" The woman looks over the large airy reception area. The greet holo dissolved half hour ago. ~He was cute,~ Luv thinks. ~I'd like to get into HIS pants. Too bad he's a comp-gen holo form. Oh! There's the Scientist. Better get this 'cast ready!~ "Welcome back to ... : We Report US. The weekly Net-cast of what's new, hot, and now! Luv Jade reporting from Interstellar Research Corp., where we are just about to be let in on the newest secrets of the universe!" The camera pans the view of IRC's spacious Eco-Sphere waiting area, where plants curl right up to holo spots and trees alike. A tall, thin pasty-looking young man walks up to Luv Jade and touches fingers with her in the current style. His raven black hair is just as stylish as Luv's is...a little shorter. Long lashes. Deep blue eyes. Generous smile. "At last! Luv, I've been dying to meet you. Before I started here at IRC, I saw EVERY one of your 'casts! You are Stat! What you're in for is a treat. We just made some startling revelations. By the way, Watchers, I am Lok Ruk, Tierce Admin/Research for IRC Corp. As you can see, we have more growth surrounding us here in our Eco-Sphere than you would see at any other location on Beta Centauri. And I'm about to tell you why!" Lok Ruk motions for the Luv and the cam-Tech to follow him. Passing out of the Eco-Sphere's lush greenery, the trio enters a standard corridor. They pass several doors, most Bio code-locked. Luv Jade perks up. "Lok. Why are your doors Bio-locked?" "Luv, I'm glad you asked that. You see the blast marks on the far door there? That was caused when we had a Security Vio last month. The man got into one of our labs and walked into this corridor with a new product we've been working on. As I recall, it was a sort of Psyche-enhancer." Luv breaks in... "Mr. Ruk. I, and probly all my Watchers, thought that Psyche was just a Story-tell, like Wizards and Gremlins." ...she fawns through her hair again. The Watchers love it when she does that. "Not precisely, Luv. What we have discovered, here at IRC Corp., is that Psyche and Magic are REAL. Not just sleep Storys and fair tells. They actually exist. The wall back there with the blast on it?" "Yeah?" "The wall is made of extruded Crystal/Irridium/Lumide. Nothing short of spacecraft weaponry is supposed to be able to even dent it. With a standard Blaster pistol and the aid of our Psych-enhancer, our young criminal actually blasted a hole 4 cm deep into that wall. He almost got into THAT lab as well." At that, Luv Jade collapses to the floor in a faint. The cam-Tech DC's from the Net and hurries to Luv's aid. The Net on Beta Centauri almost collapses into chaos as the Watchers, all over the colony planet, rave rant and bluster over IRC's new revelation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- The following has been a brief excerpt from the setting of Phase, 3rd Edition SF RPG. Thank You for your attention. NIKADO Co. 'cast ends