Editing GURPS Cyberpunk (section)

==U.S. Secret Service seizure==
{{main|Steve Jackson Games, Inc. v. United States Secret Service}}
[[Loyd Blankenship]], who was hired by [[Steve Jackson Games]] in 1989, was nearly finished with ''GURPS Cyberpunk'' later that year, which was intended both to introduce the company into the popular cyberpunk genre, and to help the company get over its financial difficulties.<ref name="designers">{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7}}</ref>{{rp|108}}

''GURPS Cyberpunk'' received notoriety when the [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] headquarters of Steve Jackson Games was raided by the [[United states secret service|U.S. Secret Service]] in 1990.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.blackgate.com/2020/06/21/ten-wtf-moments-from-classic-rpgs/ | title=Ten WTF Moments from Classic RPGS – Black Gate | date=June 21, 2020 }}</ref> The authorities seized the manuscript for the sourcebook, which was under development at the time, asserting that it was a "handbook for computer crime". The book was reconstructed and rewritten from older drafts when the manuscript was not returned. The seizure delayed publication for six weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sjgames.com/SS/complaint.html|title=Complaint in SJ Games v. Secret Service|publisher=Steve Jackson Games|quote=(g) By their conduct, defendants prevented SJG from delivering GURPS Cyberpunk to the printer on schedule, and caused SJG to miss its publication deadline.<br> (h) As a result of defendants' conduct, and in an attempt to minimize damages, SJG and its employees reconstructed and rewrote GURPS Cyberpunk from older drafts.<br>(i) As a result of defendants' conduct, the publication of GURPS Cyberpunk was delayed for six weeks.|access-date=September 19, 2012|archive-date=October 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002031744/http://www.sjgames.com/SS/complaint.html|url-status=live}}</ref> This raid is often wrongly attributed to [[Operation Sundevil]], a nationwide crackdown on illegal computer hacking activities that was occurring about this time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sjgames.com/SS/topten.html |title=The Top Ten Media Errors About the SJ Games Raid |date=October 12, 1994 |publisher=Steve Jackson Games |access-date=October 26, 2005 |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906022809/http://www.sjgames.com/SS/topten.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

''GURPS Cyberpunk'' was ultimately published in 1990, joining the already-released cyberpunk role-playing games ''[[Cyberpunk 2013]]'' (1988) from [[R. Talsorian]], ''[[Cyberspace (role-playing game)|Cyberspace]]'' (1989) from [[Iron Crown Enterprises|ICE]], and ''[[Shadowrun]]'' (1989) from [[FASA]].<ref name="designers"/>{{rp|209}}