In a discussion brought up at the last staff meeting, and I'm sure
I'll get flamed (jokingly) here for.  Katsucon has decided to have for the
first time, A Character Guest of Honor.
	With all the characters out there, it would be hard to choose from
the many well known characters. Many of whom are deserving of the title. We
cheated, and came up with our own. =)  So I am proud(maybe not) to annouce... 

		Katsucon Ichi's Character Guest of Honor

			**  Karen Nakanishi  **

BIO:

	Karen was born in the Lesser Takamarahaga Arcology in 2051, and
arrived with the first wave of settlers in Pacifica Arcology at age of
three.  Being an inquisitive and rambunctious young child, yet not truly
understood by others, she soon found her into the Mesh.(aka - Cyberspace)
	By the precocious age of twelve, she had attained a full operators
liscence for global access.  In 2066, she enrolled in the Gibson Institute
of Advanced Ontology and Cybernetics after an extensive cyberspace education 
as an adolescent prankster, specializing in the art of "Toreador".*  There she
met Hikaru Otomodachi, a fellow Meshscape expatriate, and together they
founded "The Silicon Menagerie".
	The "S&M", as it was often called, was an unaddressed D-space on
the Pacifica Mesh, set aside for a select few, built to provide a means of
escape from brutality of the "New Structure" civilization during the
economically depressed seventies(2070's).  The silicon Menagerie was wdely
sought after by those who would wear it's membership as a symbol of
respectability among Pacifica's mesher community; it was equally sought
after by the Terran Arcology Authority for miuse of Pacifica's D-space. 
Their efforts have been to no avail, for the Silicon Menagerie is still
active.
	Karen's interest in Old Structure animated cinema (two-dee) led
her to Katsucon Shichijuhhyon, which was held Konovalov Station at
Ell-One.  She became more involved over the years until now, as she is
Production Chairr for Katsucon Shichijuhkyu in Erebus Arcology.  By means
of the Anomaly, a Kohl-Rabi attenuation found in the Off World Mesh near
the non-linear corridor linking Konovalov and Nove O'Neil Stations, a full
simulacrum hologram of Karen has been regresed seventy-eight years in
time, to attend Katsucon Ichi.  Due to her simulacrum's voxel polarity,
she can only be seen while wearing special eyeglasses.

*NOTE:
"Toreador":  NOT as in "Vampire: The Masquerade" is a mesher who tries to
drag large, corporate engrammed AI's out of their protective "icehouses",
and taunts them into incompatible D-spaces, where they are trapped in
contradictory logic flows.  It can be described as the cyberpunk
equivilent to a much older game: "Chicken"

*************************************************************************

	Other Credits:
	
	"The Silicon Menagerie"  - Mangazine #14
	"Raphsody in Infra-red"  - Collegite Times (Virgina Tech)

	This Bio was written by Karen's Agent, Mr. Chris .E. Impink, speed 
demon artist and Co-chair to Katsucon Ichi.
	For those interested to know what Karen looks like, pictures 
and full stats will be available soon on a FTP site, and BBS near you. Or,
just look on one of our flyers, she has made cameo appearances on them.
She has alredy made it on the staff T-shirt.  Which will also be avaible
soon. =)