Re: [BNW] Regs

[Mark Kilfoil <kilfoilm@nbnet.nb.ca>]

At 07:30 PM 03/24/2000, you wrote:
>Has anyone mentioned what a reg can do in a game? For example if you want 
>to make a spy you do not have you be a sneak, given the proper skills. 
>They don't have to worry about power dampening fields or snuffers they 
>could be the best insiders for gathering info for the Defiance regs don't 
>have to worry about being caught as a unregistered delta  because they 
>obviously don't have any power.

<SNIP...>

>I find it very hard to believe that the Defiance is just a deltas only 
>club I'm sure that a reg can be just as an effective member of the 
>Defiance as any delta.

In many ways, Deltas and Regs are very much the same.  One important 
difference, however, besides the obvious "one's got a power" is the fact 
that the government isn't actively oppressing and/or hunting down the regs...

Sorta...

In the Brave New World, the rights of all are oppressed.  Kennedy's 
government has tried very hard to make it appear that they are fighting a 
war against the Deltas, for the benefit of the everyman, the reg...

But what's really happening?  Kennedy has turned the US into a dictatorship.

Most regs don't realize it, tho..  They see the "good" that Kennedy and 
Delta Prime has done, and in general, life is good for the reg.  They got 
it easy.  They don't have to register themselves as "lethal weapons".  They 
don't get harassed because of the way they look, like a Goliath does.  They 
think to themselves, "those Deltas are threatening the lives of the normal 
people",
"those Deltas are freaks!" and "those Deltas must be controlled"...

It's the regs that peek behind the veil at Kennedy's regime, those are the 
ones who support the Defiance...

It's the regs who are willing to help a Delta on the run, who use their 
conscience as a guide (and not Kennedy's propaganda), those are the regs who
support the Defiance...

And in *my* mind, *those* are the only regs who have the right to call 
themselves "human" -- all the rest have earned either one of two 
labels:  "traitor" or "sheep"...

There are lots of regs in the Defiance, either "officially" or in 
"supporting roles".  They are every bit as important as the Delta who can 
spew flame or lift a zillion pounds.  They are, in some ways, the lifeline 
of the Defiance, 'cuz regs outnumber Deltas.

They gotta be careful, tho', because in Kennedy's eyes, there is only one 
thing worse than a Delta "rogue", and that's a "Defiance sympathizer".

It's not easy being part of the Defiance, putting your neck out to help a 
Delta, especially if you're a reg.  Deltas have some powers which can help 
'em out of a tight spot, like a DP raid..  Regs got nothing but their 
hearts, minds, and a little luck -- and a Colt 2K if they are lucky.

Defiants are branded criminals by Kennedy;  regs are brander worse: as 
"traitors".

So give it up for the regs, folks..  In some ways, they are the ones 
risking the most to give us Deltas a chance..

FIGHT THE POWER!  FREE DELTAS!  FREE YOURSELVES!  FREE YOUR MINDS!

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