Lock and Load [SR5] recruitment, 2075 Persistent World Game Thread Options

[Drace]

Hey dumpshock! Looking to recruit 4-5 players for a Mercenary PbP game here on the boards that will be part of Aria's 2075 living world. If you have ever wanted to play a troll in combat armour shooting at people with a panther assault cannon while your team mates spray fire, acid and grenades at enemy forces, this game is for you!

This will be an ongoing part of the master 2075 thread and character gen and rewards will be as per that thread…essentially it is normal gen + 1 free GM contact (in this case the PMSC's Chief Operator) with Bulls Errata used, and you earn 1 karma and 2000¥ for every 2 IC posts you make. Aswell every character must take the SINner quality at any level.

Resource House Rules:

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-All weapons and other military gear is restriction free

-Every character gets a free basic load out:
Hardened Light mil-spec armour & Helmet(run&gun preview) w/bio monitor (taking up 1 capacity), combat knife, Colt Government 2066, Yamaha Raiden, Fairlight Calibre + Sim module, Security License, Mercenary License

- All free gear can be modified as normal with the characters resources to do so.

- Any further licenses (Magic, Technomancer, Cyberdeck. Etc) are purchased legally for the SiN at the same cost as fake rt3.

For transportation, there is both an APC(modified city master) and a ares dragon to get the team into hotspots but those are mere transports. If a rigger wants a flying death machine then that will have to come from their pockets.

Game Play Focus:

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Phoenix PMSC, the company they are members of is a small, new corporation specializing in militarized security for facilities and 2 small fire teams for active missions (where the players fit in), with an emphasis on highly skilled and equipped mercs who are head-hunted and hand picked from militaries around the world.

Players would have been hired and working together for a few months as part of Bravo Squad, with both Alpha and Bravos team members being hired from wherever they were from previously with the incentive of much higher pay, shares in the company, freedom to preform how they see fit, and the ability to use the corporation to purchase normally military exclusive gear.

So any takers?

[Drace]

Phoenix PMSC

Creating you peace of mind

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Location: HQ- Eastern Puyallup district, Puyallup city.

Organization:

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Three Branches: Operatives, Securities, Logistical

Operatives Department:
-Primarily small highly trained and equipped 5-7 person fire-team squads deployed on temporary contract or single mission basis.
-Currently composed of Alpha Team and Bravo Team, recruiting for Charlie and Delta underway.
-Each team supplied with S-K Ratel 120/5 APC (modified citymaster)

Securities department:
-Single Merc Platoon
-Military equipped mercenaries used as security forces primarily in non-commercial corporate holdings in rural, out of the way settings or high risk sprawl locations
- Provide security for 2 sites in Puyallup, Seattle currently. Contract over in 1 month
-2 squads rotating per 14 day period with each site having perm officer in charge and low ranking spider. Done on 12 hour schedule.

Logistical Department: Management & Board, Paperwork, transport, legal, payroll, quartermaster, mechanics etc.

Staff: Currently 105 (By branch= Active: 10, Passive: 50, Logistical: 15)
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Load out:

Operator:
Hardened Light mil-spec armour & Helmet(run&gun preview), combat knife, Colt Government 2066, Yamaha Raiden, Fairlight Calibre + Sim module


"Security" Trooper:
Full Body Armour&Helmet, Stun Baton, combat knife, FN HAR, Browning ultra-power, Hermes Ikon+Sim module, 3 flash bangs

Vehicle Fleet:
2 S-K Ratel 120/5 APC (City master w/+2 armour, RPK HMG, rigger interface, manual controls)
Ares Dragon (Ingram valiant, rigger interface, manual controls)

Key Personnel:

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Ryan Searic - CEO Pheonix
Make Human- After serving 2 tours with UCAS armed forces as a sergeant and later a lieutenant, he was discharged and became a lieutenant in the merc outfit Deep Force Recon, and after it's absorption by Ares Ryan Searic found himself without a career. Having had several disagreements with his superiors in the actions that led to their companies end, he decided to contact several comrades over the years and take a shot at leading his own Merc Outfit. Currently runs the day to day of the company, is it's public face, and drives the company. Also uses his extensive contacts within UCAS military and Fort Lewis in particular for recruiting soldiers and bidding in contracts.

Elaine Wolfsblood - COO Pheonix
Female Human- Former Sioux Wildcat. Was a career soldier in the Sioux and worked his way up the ranks and eventually into the wildcats. During a mission gone wrong he lost both his legs and his right arm, needing cybernetic replacements. His career with the wildcats ended with this as he was seen as having gone rusty. Was recruited by Ryan who he met while DFR was under contract with the Sioux to help deal with smugglers. Currently in charge of the outfit's Operatives, their recruitment and missions as well as general quartermaster for Outfit.

Eric "Deringe" Igneaf - CFO Pheonix
Male Ork- Former UCAS sergeant. Used the GI bill to pay for university degree in business and later law school. Became a military lawyer for 2 year contract to repay UCAS for law school student loan, and after his contract was recruited by Ryan whom he had served under during his tour with the armed forces. Currently in charge of financial logistics and legal duties for the Pheonix, with 2 accountants and a junior lawyer directly under him.

George Doe - Securities Lieutenant
Male Troll- Formerly a Ganger from Lagos who signed up with Combat Inc as a way out of the slums and gang life. Served with Combat Inc for 6 years, working his way up as high as he could before being stuck on the Aztlan/CAS border for a possible war that never happened. Was released from contract due to costs and expenses of his unit. Was quickly scooped up by Thomas Wolfsblood with the promise of helping him repay his debt to Combat Inc for recent Cyber and Bio ware installation. Leads Pheonix's "Securities" department.

History:

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Phoenix Inc started after the dissolution and absorption of Deep Force Recon by Ares. Lieutenant Ryan Searic as well as several other former DFR employees were subsequently laid-off following the merger, and rather than start a small time merc outfit or join one of the larger Corporations out there, he decided to create his own company that would operate how he saw fit. He brought in as many DFR employees left who the bigger companies hadn't scooped up and set up the 2 squads he had as a militarized security company, working in Puyallup to guard highway convoys and both corporate and government facilities. He was able to use the Puyallup Business Reclamation Act of '72 to seize a former business park in in the eastern part of Puyallup District, nearby Fort Lewis for cheap and set up shop, incorporating and legitimizing the company shortly after, naming it Phoenix Securities Inc after the mythical bird that reincarnated itself after death.

After this he started to ramp up recruiting, hitting up Fort Lewis to entice soldiers being discharged to join up with Pheonix, soon being able to field a 3 squad platoon while also using his contacts in the 'Outpost' to put out international recruiting information across North America. With the signing up of several old colleagues (Elaine WolfsBlood and Eric Igneaf) to ell him run the outfit he set about his plans on how he wanted to structure the company. He took the platoon he already had, under the leadership of George Doe, and set that department to taking passive contracts. Remote and local security, patrols and the like.

He then started to hire individual recruits, primarily spec forces, military elite, and the off shadowrunner. These he set up as an 'operative' department. Their primary employment was insertions, raids, and other high risk active military actions requiring only a small force. These mercs were brought on by a promise of action, glory and a small share in the corporation, making them minor board members and executives each.

Currently the Securites division is doing security work for Gim-PennChem, a chemical processing plant in central Puyallup as well as for Ursine-Liv Bio, a S-K subsidiary specializing in researching and creating bio ware for personal and security animals aswell as biodrones.

Main OOC for 2075 persistent world

Player List:

JustKelly - Shelby Jackson (gun bunny)
Aria - Requim (street Sam)
Rayanne - Abyssinia (Cat Shaman)
Raiden -
Neural Ronin -

Always Overkill - Clutch (pseudo NPC/rigger)

[Aria]

Looks like you've already interested two of us in the main OoC...let's hope we can lure in encourage more players from outside the group as well as inside (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Always Overkill]

Very Interested in possibly assistant GMing something like this. Could do some campaign development.

PM sent... last night (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

also... this could have a possible link to Tresckow and Valkyrie from CoP

[Marwynn]

I'd be interested if you have any room.

[Drace]

I'd be interested if you have any room.

Welcome aboard! With you, Aria and JustKelly we have 3 players already so room for 2 more!

[Rayanne]

I would be interested, if you have space. How do I apply for the game.

[Drace]

I would be interested, if you have space. How do I apply for the game.

You just did (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

And yep we have room. Will keep a list of players names and any available spots (one left) for future references. Just make up and post your character (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Rayanne]

Great. I will get to work on a character right now. Does the campaign need a decker?

[Drace]

Not as of yet, so go for it!

[Raiden]

any room for one more?

[Drace]

Yep that's the last spot! Welcome to the game!

[justkelly]

Feedback welcome...

Character is a female cyber Orc w/gun (Shelby Jackson, AKA Joke, as in I don't take jokes against/on me very well)

Here are her details; a clean sheet with cost breakdown will be attached later. 3 Karma and 1,050 nuyen remaining

Accountability sheet: https://skydrive.live.com/redir?page=view&a...AKu8JyKW5pHc8lg

Meta-B, Attributes-C, Magic-E, Skills-D, Resources A

Body 4(6), Agility 5(7), Reaction 5(7), Strength 3(5), Willpower 4, Logic 3, Intuition 4, Charisma 2, Edge 5

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Natural Athlete quality +2d6 for gymnastic & running tests

Athletic group 2 (gymnastics, running, swimming)
Outdoor group 2 (navigation, survival, tracking)
Automatics 6, specialization assault rifles
Blades 2, specialization knives
Heavy Weapons 2, specialization grenade launchers
Perception 2
Pilot Ground Craft 1, specialization wheeled
Sneaking 2
Unarmed Combat 3

Knowledge Skills
English N
Japanese 1
Or'zet 2
Combat Tactics 2
Gunsmith 2
Megacorporations Security 1, specialization Ares Macrotechnology
Mercenary Groups 2
Sports 1
SWAT Team Tactics 2

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Synaptic Booster 2 - standard
Damage Compensators 4 - standard
Orthoskin 3 - standard
Platelet Factories - standard
Toxin Extractor 4 - standard
Commlink - alpha
Muscle Replacement 2 - alpha
Aluminum Bone Lacing - standard

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Ares Alpha w/Grenade Launcher
--air burst link
--gas vent 3
-- 6 clips for APDS, Stick-n-Shock and Regular
--14 clips for grenades (flash bang, flash-pak, high explosive, smoke, thermal smoke, gas chemical (tear gas & nausea gas))

Ares Crusader II
--quick draw holster
--gas vent 3
-- 6 clips for APDS, Stick-n-Shock and Regular

combat knife
fore-arm snap blades
shock gloves

chameleon suit
--fire resist 3
--chem protect 3
--nonconductivity 3

military armor w/helmet
--biomonitor
--fire resist 4
--nonconduc 4
--chemical seal
--select sound filter 2
--vision magnification
--vision enhancement 1
--audio enhancement 1
--spatial recogniizer
--thermographic

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stim patches 6
tranq patches 7
trauma patches
medit kit 6

contact 3
--flare compensation
--smartlink
--image link

ear buds 3
--audio enhancement 3

purchased licenses rating 4
--cyberware
--conceal carry
--???

Ares Roadmaster
Harley-Davidson Scorpion

[Rayanne]

Cool, I should have the character sheet by the end of the day.

[Rayanne]

I have my character done. I decided to go with a shaman instead of a decker. Sorry if I made any mistakes. This will be the first character I have ever completed.

Name Abyssinia
Concept Cat Shaman
Metatype Elf
Metatype Night One
The Night Ones are a variant of Elves (Homo sapiens nobilis), with a natural coat of short fur on their entire body. The fur color varies from black to orange. Most night ones have dark skin in black, blue purple and brown tones. All Night Ones have a light allergy against sunlight.
The resulting mainly nocturnal lifestyle combined with the usually dark skin/fur color leads to Night Ones being called ""Dark Elves"" in many places (other nicknames include ""Furries"" and ""Plushies"").

Night Ones are naturally found in Europe and the Tir Nations.
Age 16
Sex Female
Height 1.52 m
Weight 63 kg
Nationality German
Fur Color Purple
Hair Color Purple
Eye Color Purple

16 years ago, a night elf baby was discovered on the steps of Frankfurter Dom, a cathedral in city of Frankfurt. Night elves were feared by the local population, so it was assumed that she was abandoned by parents, who did not want deal with the stigma of raising her. Her childhood was spent living in a small orphanage in the poorest sections of Frankfurt. The nuns who ran the place were known for taking in metahuman children, who had nowhere to go. Due to the kind staff, Abyssinia had a fairly comfortable childhood and she was considered family.

One day when she was 14, she awoken to the sounds of an unruly crowd outside, and looked out the window. She saw that members of the policlub Humanis had assembled outside the orphanage. Tensions between the staff, who had been sheltering many metavariants, and the Humanis had been brewing for a long time. Suddenly she heard the sound of breaking glass, and turn to see that someone had thrown a Molotov cocktail into the building. The flames quickly engulfed the room, as staff scrambled to get children, some of them barely walking, out of the building. Moments later the sound of gunfire erupted.

That night, the Matron, who always treated Abyssinia like a daughter told her to flee and get to safety. She rushed out of backdoor of the building and scurried through the alley. The next day, it was reported that the riot and the fire had killed most of the staff and children. Because it was crime against the poor and unwanted, it was quickly forgotten and no one was ever brought to justice.

For the past few years she has wandered the streets and became a talented cat bugler. She was a skilled thief, but life remained hard for her. There were many nights, where she would go to bed hungry. Life was hard for a “Dark Elf,” a term that she grew to hate. One night, she met Cat, her new totem. Spending many nights, communing with her totem spirit, she grew to become proficient with magic. Tired of living on the streets eking out a meager assistance, she vowed to use her skills to make life better for herself

Body 3
Agility 4
Reaction 3
Strength 3
Willpower 5
Logic 3
Intuition 3
Charisma 7
Magic / Res 6
Edge 4
Essence 6
Initiative 6 + 1D6
Astral Initiative 6 + 2D6
Mental Limit 5
Physical Limit 4
Social Limit 9
Physical Condition Boxes 10
Stun Condition Boxes 11

Bilingual -5 Karma
A character with this quality reads, writes, and speaks a second language fluently. They can list a second language as a native tongue (see Language Skills, p. 150). This quality can only be acquired at character creation; selecting it gives the character a second free language skill during Step Five: Purchase Active, Knowledge, and Language Skills, (p. 88)

Low Light Vision (Racial Advantage)

Mentor Spirit (Cat) -5 Karma
"Everyone needs some help in life, even if it comes from someone relatively filmy and insubstantial. Mentor Spirit means the character follows a patron spirit (see Mentor Spirits, p. 320) that guides him in his practice of magic and provides certain advantages and disadvantages to his natural abilities.

Cat is honored in cultures around the world. Cat is often seen as the guardian of mystical secrets, including those involving the afterlife. She certainly knows many secrets but rarely decides to share them, and never with anyone who is not worthy. She is stealthy, sly, and arrogant. Cat toys with her prey—threatening, taunting, and confusing her targets—rather than going directly for the kill.

All: +2 dice to either Infiltration Tests (choose one)
Magician: +2 dice for illusion spells, preparations, and illusion spell rituals

Cat magicians toy with their prey. Unless you succeed in a Charisma + Willpower (3) Test at the start of combat, you cannot make an attack that incapacitates your target. If you take any Physical damage, all this playing around stops. "

Focused Concentration (Rating 3) -12 Karma
A technomancer or magic user with the Focused Con- centration quality has the discipline to manipulate mana or Resonance more precisely than otherwise possible. This precision reduces stress to the magic user’s or technomancer’s body. She is able to sustain one spell/complex form with a force/level equal to her Focused Concentration rating without suffering any penalties

Allergy (Mild Common to Sunlight) +10 Karma
She finds sunlight discomfiting and distracting. Whenever she is exposes to the allergen, apply a –2 dice pool modifier to the her Physical Tests while under the effects of the Allergy.

Active Skills

Spellcasting 5
Summoning 5
Banishing 4
Counterspelling 4
Pistols 4
Blades 2
Sneaking 4
Locksmith 4

Knowledge Skills

English N
German N
Sperethiel 5
Magic Theory 3
Parazoology 4

Spells
Acid Stream
Toxic Wave
Heal
Improved Invisibility
Armor
Swarm
Chaos
Trid Phantasm
Silence
Physical Mask
Antidote
Agony

Gear
Combat Knife ¥300
Ares Predator V /w Laser Sight ¥850
1000 Rounds of Regular Ammo ¥2,000
Erika Elite Commlink ¥2,500
Gold Credstick ¥1,000
Lockpick Set ¥250
MagLock Passkey Rating 1 ¥2,000
Basic DocWagon Contract 1 yr ¥5,000
Fake SIN Rating 1 ¥2,500
Fake SIN Rating 3 ¥7,500
Low Lifestyle (6 Months) ¥12,000
Concelable Holster ¥150
Chameleon suit ¥1,700
Armor Jacket ¥1,000
Biomonitor ¥300
Katana ¥1,000
10 Flash Pack Gernade ¥1,250
Miniwelder ¥250
Carry Over Starting Nuyen ¥5,000

Contacts
Talismonger - Connection 2 - Loyalty 5
Mr. Johnson - Connection 3 - Loyalty 1
Fixer - Connection 3 - Loyalty 2
Bartender - Connection 2 - Loyalty 3

If there is anything, I need to change, let me know.

[Rayanne]

I have my character done. I decided to go with a shaman instead of a decker. Sorry if I made any mistakes. This will be the first character I have ever completed.

Name Abyssinia
Concept Cat Shaman
Metatype Elf
Metatype Night One
The Night Ones are a variant of Elves (Homo sapiens nobilis), with a natural coat of short fur on their entire body. The fur color varies from black to orange. Most night ones have dark skin in black, blue purple and brown tones. All Night Ones have a light allergy against sunlight.
The resulting mainly nocturnal lifestyle combined with the usually dark skin/fur color leads to Night Ones being called ""Dark Elves"" in many places (other nicknames include ""Furries"" and ""Plushies"").

Night Ones are naturally found in Europe and the Tir Nations.
Age 16
Sex Female
Height 1.52 m
Weight 63 kg
Nationality German
Fur Color Purple
Hair Color Purple
Eye Color Purple

16 years ago, a night elf baby was discovered on the steps of Frankfurter Dom, a cathedral in city of Frankfurt. Night elves were feared by the local population, so it was assumed that she was abandoned by parents, who did not want deal with the stigma of raising her. Her childhood was spent living in a small orphanage in the poorest sections of Frankfurt. The nuns who ran the place were known for taking in metahuman children, who had nowhere to go. Due to the kind staff, Abyssinia had a fairly comfortable childhood and she was considered family.

One day when she was 14, she awoken to the sounds of an unruly crowd outside, and looked out the window. She saw that members of the policlub Humanis had assembled outside the orphanage. Tensions between the staff, who had been sheltering many metavariants, and the Humanis had been brewing for a long time. Suddenly she heard the sound of breaking glass, and turn to see that someone had thrown a Molotov cocktail into the building. The flames quickly engulfed the room, as staff scrambled to get children, some of them barely walking, out of the building. Moments later the sound of gunfire erupted.

That night, the Matron, who always treated Abyssinia like a daughter told her to flee and get to safety. She rushed out of backdoor of the building and scurried through the alley. The next day, it was reported that the riot and the fire had killed most of the staff and children. Because it was crime against the poor and unwanted, it was quickly forgotten and no one was ever brought to justice.

For the past few years she has wandered the streets and became a talented cat bugler. She was a skilled thief, but life remained hard for her. There were many nights, where she would go to bed hungry. Life was hard for a “Dark Elf,” a term that she grew to hate. One night, she met Cat, her new totem. Spending many nights, communing with her totem spirit, she grew to become proficient with magic. Tired of living on the streets eking out a meager assistance, she vowed to use her skills to make life better for herself

Body 3
Agility 4
Reaction 3
Strength 3
Willpower 5
Logic 3
Intuition 3
Charisma 7
Magic / Res 6
Edge 4
Essence 6
Initiative 6 + 1D6
Astral Initiative 6 + 2D6
Mental Limit 5
Physical Limit 4
Social Limit 9
Physical Condition Boxes 10
Stun Condition Boxes 11

Bilingual -5 Karma
A character with this quality reads, writes, and speaks a second language fluently. They can list a second language as a native tongue (see Language Skills, p. 150). This quality can only be acquired at character creation; selecting it gives the character a second free language skill during Step Five: Purchase Active, Knowledge, and Language Skills, (p. 88)

Low Light Vision (Racial Advantage)

Mentor Spirit (Cat) -5 Karma
"Everyone needs some help in life, even if it comes from someone relatively filmy and insubstantial. Mentor Spirit means the character follows a patron spirit (see Mentor Spirits, p. 320) that guides him in his practice of magic and provides certain advantages and disadvantages to his natural abilities.

Cat is honored in cultures around the world. Cat is often seen as the guardian of mystical secrets, including those involving the afterlife. She certainly knows many secrets but rarely decides to share them, and never with anyone who is not worthy. She is stealthy, sly, and arrogant. Cat toys with her prey—threatening, taunting, and confusing her targets—rather than going directly for the kill.

All: +2 dice to either Infiltration Tests (choose one)
Magician: +2 dice for illusion spells, preparations, and illusion spell rituals

Cat magicians toy with their prey. Unless you succeed in a Charisma + Willpower (3) Test at the start of combat, you cannot make an attack that incapacitates your target. If you take any Physical damage, all this playing around stops. "

Focused Concentration (Rating 3) -12 Karma
A technomancer or magic user with the Focused Con- centration quality has the discipline to manipulate mana or Resonance more precisely than otherwise possible. This precision reduces stress to the magic user’s or technomancer’s body. She is able to sustain one spell/complex form with a force/level equal to her Focused Concentration rating without suffering any penalties

Allergy (Mild Common to Sunlight) +10 Karma
She finds sunlight discomfiting and distracting. Whenever she is exposes to the allergen, apply a –2 dice pool modifier to the her Physical Tests while under the effects of the Allergy.

Active Skills

Spellcasting 5
Summoning 5
Banishing 4
Counterspelling 4
Pistols 4
Blades 2
Sneaking 4
Locksmith 4

Knowledge Skills

English N
German N
Sperethiel 5
Magic Theory 3
Parazoology 4

Spells
Acid Stream
Toxic Wave
Heal
Improved Invisibility
Armor
Swarm
Chaos
Trid Phantasm
Silence
Physical Mask
Antidote
Agony

Gear
Combat Knife ¥300
Ares Predator V /w Laser Sight ¥850
1000 Rounds of Regular Ammo ¥2,000
Erika Elite Commlink ¥2,500
Gold Credstick ¥1,000
Lockpick Set ¥250
MagLock Passkey Rating 1 ¥2,000
Basic DocWagon Contract 1 yr ¥5,000
Fake SIN Rating 1 ¥2,500
Fake SIN Rating 3 ¥7,500
Low Lifestyle (6 Months) ¥12,000
Concelable Holster ¥150
Chameleon suit ¥1,700
Armor Jacket ¥1,000
Biomonitor ¥300
Katana ¥1,000
10 Flash Pack Gernade ¥1,250
Miniwelder ¥250
Carry Over Starting Nuyen ¥5,000

Contacts
Talismonger - Connection 2 - Loyalty 5
Mr. Johnson - Connection 3 - Loyalty 1
Fixer - Connection 3 - Loyalty 2
Bartender - Connection 2 - Loyalty 3

If there is anything, I need to change, let me know.

[Raiden]

considering making a decker.. hmm. though Still new to new matrix rules. will be my 2nd character.

[Drace]

Haven't had the full chance to read through everything just skim and the like (daddy daughter time on weekends due to long work days during week) but so far am liking it all. Will stay and make sure there aren't any irregularities for the characters, and would also like to remind people about spoilers to keep the wall of texts down

For those of you who don't know [ spoiler ] text you want shrunk/hidden [ /spoiler ] (without the spaces inside the [] ) makes it so this comes up

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This is a wall of text!

Edit:
@Rayanne- You forgot the free gear listed above aswell as the necessary SIN. You don't need to have fake SINs unless you want though, and aswell since this is a merc game, how would the character fit in a Merc Crew? Perhaps she joined up with a private crew in Europe or a larger group as a magical/stealth asset (a military or MET perhaps)

@Raiden- Decker sounds good, it's actually a lot easier than it seems from the first read through. I read it a few times and it's rather simple in some ways. A combat decker would be a great addition too (plus for the most part what your doing is sanctioned military, so legal (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) )

[Always Overkill]

@Drace, Just a thought, but being a German Metahuman, she could have worked with Valkyrie. Once on the street she could have worked a run with some Runners who worked for VTID before and mentioned how much money they made doing a tour of mercenary work. That could have peaked her interest (Special Ops squads need infiltrators) and eventually lead to her taking part a "merc exchange program" between Pheonix and Valkyrie.

[Raiden]

think I am gonna make a combat mage I think. I don't like the new trix stuff, IDK though, we already have mojo but. I just love fireballs... lol... eh.

I will throw two together and see which I will go with.

[Neural Ronin]

Mercenary game from the people I've been stalking? Wow. Such awesome. Any chance there's still room?

EDIT: Ah, I did a readthrough of the thread but managed to miss the part where you said it was full. Oh well, have fun! If you decide you want a decker (or anything else), you know where to find me.

[Marwynn]

Great, it looks like the Magic support is covered.

I was thinking of doing a Combat Rigger of some kind. As mercenaries do we need the traditional roles much or are we better off making soldier types?

EDIT:
And reading the Rigging rules makes my head swim a bit, so I may make a simple "mechanic" combat dude. He'll fix your gear, plant explosives, the "Heavy" as it were.

[Rayanne]

Cool, I will add the gear to my inventory. I will also keep the spare SINS. You never know.

To answer you question, about why my character is running with a mercenary group;

Abyssinia started as a petty burglar, who would steal to put food on her plate. One day a friend of hers introduced her to a local Mr. Johnson. She took a job with him and started shadowrunning. In her new line of work, she was able to use her magical talents to create a decent life for herself. As time went on, her reputation as a capable shaman grew. One day, Mr. Johnson said that he had a connection with a mercenary organization, that was looking got magic users. She figured that it would be a nice change of pace, better money. But most important, it would be a chance to make an honest living

[Drace]

Hey all, got the basics of the merc outfit listed above and have a few questions for you all.

@rayanne: Sounds good to me!

@Marwynne: Sounds good to me, for roles there is no need to fill any niche, most characters are going to be mechanized infantry Soldiers first, secondary role (medic, mechanic etc) second in essence. As for your character, from what I understand about rigging is essentially you need a VCR ware and piloting skills for the basics. If you have questions you can always shoot them to me.

@All:
So the questions, I decided I want all the players input on how the outfit runs, so here goes:

1)what should the outfits moral philosophies be in regards to work:
A) anything goes, nuyen is all that matters (ie TM hunting, attacking civilians)
B) only take altruistic jobs helping others (working with insurgents and people in war zones for little nuyen but other rewards)
C) take jobs the players won't feel morally guilty about, even if required to do unsavory actions (everything in the middle between A and B)

2) Does the outfit have a political or meta agenda? Are they pro Corp, facists, communists, anarchists, pro metahuman, human nation, anti corp etc

3) what mission does the group want to do first:
A) 2 Week Contract with Tsimshian government to help with Toxic critter situation
B) 1 Week contract with Puyallup City Council dealing with Shedim situation
C) 1 Week contract with S-K for facility raid in California Free State

[Raiden]

1. C, based on my characters personality. though A can be ok, the moral conflicts could be interesting.

2. ANTI CORP! that's always more fun! (if, more dumb!)

3. C