Some background suggestions?, still kicking around ideas... Options

[ElFenrir]

Well, I got the concept pretty much down; going with a pretty kick hoop sammy type. But damn if I wanna at least try to break the mold.


First, an abbreviated background:

Born in Oslo to a Norwegian mother and a British father, the mother an investment banker, and the father a programmer for(corp yet to be decided). Stian(characters name), took an early liking to computers because of this(he'll have a higher than average comp skill for a sammy for sure). Always liked music, also. Father got good job offer in London, so the family moved when he was perhaps 15.


Ran in with the wrong crowd at about 16 in the London underground, a gang type who were all pretty much chip-heads. Perhaps ran into them at a local metal bar or something. Gang perhaps ran some rackets, did some 'neighborhood protection', maybe did some small time runs. Perhaps he didn't get too involved, until his father was killed in a car crash...after developing some new software for the corp...coincidently, others on the project also ended up accidentaly dying as well...(this I will leave up to the GM...wether it was indeed an accident or on purpose. Stian may end up poking his nose where it doesn't belong needlessly. Although he hasn't yet, too much...).

His mother moves back to Norway after this, Stian choosing to live in London on his own, perhaps working odd jobs while finishing high school...but his involvment with the gang got a bit deeper, and he started using BTLs quite often. No longer satisfied with plain chipping via deck, he takes some money left to him/that he saves and installs chipjacks, as well as a datajack...perhaps he can continue his decking interest.

Gang started to gain some ground...and started getting better jobs. However, they were a thrill gang...not very subtle, and began slotting ultraviolence BTLs during their runs for more bang. Beginning to let his computer intrest fall by the wayside in an attempt to begin learning the world of firearms and fighting(being in a gang doing this sort of requires that), he became addicted, worse and worse. The street doc, Dr. Hemingway(nicked for his resemblance to the classic author, introduced to him by the gang), said nothing, although he did worry a bit about the fellow. Saving money from their smaller time deals, he used this to A. better augment himself...the higher ups in the small gang saw a lot of potential in him, and B. buy more BTL, including some more dangerous variants.

This kept up for several years, til maybe about 22 years old...slotting, running, losing more flesh to the knife with the money to make him/themselves stronger to take even bigger jobs, to fuel his now raging addiction.(explains where he got his cyber/bio from. Hemingway was simply a street doc who would implant what people wanted him to; he didn't necessarily condone it, but it was his living).

Finally came to a head when he 'od'd' on a particulary violent night...next thing he remembers he was waking up in Hemingway's clinic, a mess, injured, barely able to think, bloody. Apparently the gang had trouble, most were killed in a run gone bad(he doesn't remember), and he himself managed to kill a few...of his own gang when the BTL he finally took drove him completely insane.

Next large chunk of time was used, with Hemingway's help(perhaps he now owes him a favor, or did, for helping to take care of him...maybe he helped him out also in the past? Would explain why perhaps they became friends), he managed to kick his addiction, but not without repurcussions. Has the Flashback and Sensitive Neural Structure flaws now...the flashbacks happen whenever he tries to jack in or slot a chip(well, gets standard Will roll of course), and with both of them, makes it kind of hard to continue his decking interest...and after he turned his body into a mass of combat cyberware/bioware, sort of dictated his path for him. His oldest contacts are probably Hemingway, and his fixer Nails(perhaps was popular in the London Underground, and good at aquiring things like hard to find ammo, ware, and the like.)

However now he behaves very much differently than he did then...being 27 or so now, he now actually behaves very professionaly...tries to complete runs quietly, with as little bloodshed as possible. He'll whip out the big guns if necessary, or if it's part of the run, but if it's supposed to be quiet, he wants to keep it that way, and his little to no patience with runners who ALWAYS run in with guns blazing, or who act unprofessional at meets. Perhaps leftover from his past of being one of those unprofessional street scum. I gave him excellent street etiquette and negotations skills to help this, and he's actually very charasmatic(5) for a 'sammy' type. Not quite as hard bodied as some of the monster sams out there(but still good health now natural 4, has augmentations..after the addiction passed), his Willpower he'd like to build up more(i have it at 3 now, average, but this is after five years of recovery), as he was left a mental wreck from the BTL.

Stat wise I have them worked out, as well as his skills, ware, etc. I have his appearance and personality, and what he does now totally in mind; i'll write this up here later on.

Well, I dunno. I like what i came up with for him, but I am wondering what else I can do with his background. Leave some more holes? Suggestions to help change stuff? He's got some pretty good top of the line ware...one or two pieces would be considered mil-spec stuff(but still legal at creation), perhaps his fixer and Hemingway managed to get ahold of it for him.

I can definately see him maybe helping Hemingway out nowadays as well, for the thanks for helping him in the past, maybe the contact had his own reasons for doing it.