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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 3025263" data-attributes="member: 20323">My thoughts about who Mac knows and how:Colin Fitzpatrick - Mac helped him get out of trouble once, perhaps fixing a vehicle for him, letting him hide in the workshop, or giving Colin a ride on his bike. It's possible Colin returned the favor, saving Mac's life in the wild...perhaps shooting down a giant snake or jungle cat.Doc Raven - Mac has heard Doc Raven talk at the University of the Philipines about &quot;the rights of native peoples against commercial exploitation&quot;, and he served as the Doc's guide in Manila for a day, taking him to see a local shaman.Jimmy &quot;Hawkeye&quot; Draper - Mac has a long-standing relationship with Hawkeye who gave Mac his first real work while Mac was still attending commmunity college. Mac often puts Hawkeye on the top of his client list and prefers his business to all others.Sgt. Amund &quot;Red&quot; Haarland - I'm thinking Mac has never met Sgt. Haarland before.Periodic bombings by the Imperial Japanese Navy disrupt the government's crackdown on Communists. A thriving criminal underworld of opium-dealers hiding behind cabarets and nightclubs. Chinese bourgeouis mingling with European and American &quot;Shanghighlanders&quot; at the race track. Ruthless bankers manging the greatest financial center in East Asia, trying to dodge exorbitant military taxes. Call girls from Russia, China, Korea, and Japan haunt the ghettos while glamour girls model for cigarette ads and a burgeoning Shanghai cinema industry.Mac could be in Shangahi for any number of reasons:(a) He's doing a job for Hawkeye and is temporarily re-located to Shanghai.(b) He's being black-mailed into working for opium smugglers.(c) His fiance is trying to break into the Shanghai movie business.(d) He's been falsely accused of spying on the Chinese because of his Japanese ancestry and his ties with various arms dealers...and taken into custody/black-mailed.(e) He's looking for a specialty component only made in Shanghai for a high-paying client.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 3025263, member: 20323"] My thoughts about who Mac knows and how: Colin Fitzpatrick - Mac helped him get out of trouble once, perhaps fixing a vehicle for him, letting him hide in the workshop, or giving Colin a ride on his bike. It's possible Colin returned the favor, saving Mac's life in the wild...perhaps shooting down a giant snake or jungle cat. Doc Raven - Mac has heard Doc Raven talk at the University of the Philipines about "the rights of native peoples against commercial exploitation", and he served as the Doc's guide in Manila for a day, taking him to see a local shaman. Jimmy "Hawkeye" Draper - Mac has a long-standing relationship with Hawkeye who gave Mac his first real work while Mac was still attending commmunity college. Mac often puts Hawkeye on the top of his client list and prefers his business to all others. Sgt. Amund "Red" Haarland - I'm thinking Mac has never met Sgt. Haarland before. [I]Periodic bombings by the Imperial Japanese Navy disrupt the government's crackdown on Communists. A thriving criminal underworld of opium-dealers hiding behind cabarets and nightclubs. Chinese bourgeouis mingling with European and American "Shanghighlanders" at the race track. Ruthless bankers manging the greatest financial center in East Asia, trying to dodge exorbitant military taxes. Call girls from Russia, China, Korea, and Japan haunt the ghettos while glamour girls model for cigarette ads and a burgeoning Shanghai cinema industry.[/I] Mac could be in Shangahi for any number of reasons: (a) He's doing a job for Hawkeye and is temporarily re-located to Shanghai. (b) He's being black-mailed into working for opium smugglers. (c) His fiance is trying to break into the Shanghai movie business. (d) He's been falsely accused of spying on the Chinese because of his Japanese ancestry and his ties with various arms dealers...and taken into custody/black-mailed. (e) He's looking for a specialty component only made in Shanghai for a high-paying client. [/QUOTE]

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