[snip] >the Republican Army. The idea that the team was somehow mixed up in >organized >crime was extremely distasteful to the woman, but since coming to the >Badlands >she'd quickly learned that things worked very differently here than in Port >Oasis. Still, she wanted to know more. "What do you mean?" she asked. >"Tangled >up how? Is it worse than debts the Colonel owes to Mother Superior?" Shamus shrugged. "Don't ask me; I just work here. They don't tell that kind of stuff to the hired help. It's common for Gear racing groups to interact with a little with organized crime groups -- ya know, grease a few palms here and there to make things run more smoothly -- but Khayr ad-Din is a whole other ball game. When Bishop Xavier showed up, I figured it was just your standard scam for protection money. But from what little the Colonel has spilled, it looks like he's trying to play both sides against each other. Borrow money from the Priesthood, then call in Saddik the Spider when they try to collect..." _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This message brought to you by the HG-PBEM "OVERDRIVE" mailing list. http://www.bluething.org/overdrive/