Low-Down in Loveland, Recruiting Phase Options

[Red-ROM]

(I still have a little money to spend)

Micky "Cocktails"

Social Infiltrator

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Human 5'10" white, brown eyes, short brown hair, average build. 36 years old.
background:

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Bruce Arnold was a pretty normal guy. grew up in a poor neighborhood with two wageslave parents. Did okay in school. The girls and the drugs were too distracting to really focus. After highschool, he became a bartender, bouncing from club to club downtown. He landed a gig working this big rock fest sponsored by some new energy drink called Quake. pretty cool seen, until an electrical fire too close to the pyrotechnics launched a giant densiplast sports bottle into the air. The news feeds caught everything, and played it back in slow motion. a little boy with a balloon staring at a giant, overpriced, soda coming down on him with a trail of fire. and out of the background comes a man. Scooping him up and diving for cover. Bruce was lucky that the scaffolding overhead bought them some time. He still lost his right arm, and his lungs were quickly filling with blood. Quake Soda was made and distributed by the Dawn food group, a Horizon subsidiary, and to avoid any bad press, they played up the heroics of the rescue. They made a big show of saving Bruce's life, and giving him a new arm and a new lung. All expenses were paid, they even got him a trid show were he toured the night life of different cities. Life was pretty good for Bruce for a while, but when the Crash came, he lost his SIN and Dawn food group(who was loosing their shirt against Aztechnology's products) took this opportunity to cut ties with him. The show was canceled and he was out on his ear. He went back to bar-tending, but he couldn't get a real job, so he had to work under the table, and the lifestyle he was used to disappeared. He eventually started getting strange job offers from some of his regulars for very illegal work, and he's been slowly doing more and more of these other jobs, and less and less bar-tending. In fact most of his work comes from a troll named Dana that runs several bars around town, and the only "legit" work he does now is take some shifts at her establishments from time to time.

Game Info:

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Armor: 7/4
physical damage(max 10): [][][][][][][][][][]
stun damage(max 9): [][][][][][][][][]
Essence:4.55
edge spent(4 total):0
total Karma:0
spent Karma:0

Qualities(+10bp):

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Pacifist (5)
mild addiction, Alchohol(5)

attributes(150bp):

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body 3
agility 4 (Rt arm 6)
reaction 3
strength 2
charisma 4
logic 2
intuition 3
willpower 2

edge 4 (20bp)

Active skills(112bp)

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Negotiations 1
ettiquette 2
con(seduction) 4(+2)
Disguise 1
Palming(sleight of hand) 4(+2)
infiltrate 3
shadowing 2
Dart pistols 3
unarmed combat 2
perception 2
dodge 3

knowledge skills(15 free):

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English N
French 2
gang ID 3
Bartending 3
current events 3
sports 2
music 2

Contacts(16bp):

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Jonas "pure" Pinelly, Mafia picciotti(made man/drug chemist) 2/4
Nightsong, Pirate trid news 3/3
Dana, club owner(Ion Eyes, downtown) 2/2

Ware( (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) 40,150 / 9bp):

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[1]custom synthetic cyber arm(body 3/strength 3/agility 6) ( 24,500)
-Armor 1 (300)
-Smuggling compartment(1,500)
[.25]Internal air tank( 650)
[.2]Voice modulator( 7,500)
-secondary pattern(R1) ( 5,000)

Gear(18,610/3bp):

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Leather jacket2/2(200)
-non conductivity 3 (600)
-shock frills ( 200)
FFBA Shirt 3/0(500)
-fire resistance 6 (600)
PPP-system vitals protector 1/1( 200)

Parashield dart pistol ( 600)
-internal smartlink( 600)
20 darts/ 1 spare clip ( 155)
20 doses Narcojet (1000)
hidden gun arm slide(350)

2 Grenades, tear gas(80)

Novatech airware commlink(1,250)
-fake SIN (R2) (2,000)
-System 3 (600)
-firewall 6 (3,000)
-FTL matrixware Netwizard(480)
Glasses R4 (100)
-image link(25)
-smartlink(500)

Subvocal Microphone(50)

2 Stim patches(r4) ( 200)
4 Tranq patches(r4) ( 360)
3 doses cram(patch) ( 30)
3 doses Novacoke(laced cigarettes) ( 40)
4 doses Asia(2 liquid/2patch) ( 60)
3 doses eX(liquid) ( 30)
1 dose Slab(patch) ( 150)
1 treatment Oxy Flourocarbons (2,000)
1 personafix BTL(submissive)(110)
1 personafix BTL(Snitch)(110)

Flask(engraved"to a real Hero")

Dodge scoot(3000)

extra money(1,370)

joining the Loveland Dosen

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When I was young, All I knew about gangs was what I learned from the news and the trid shows. Crazy people in matching leather jackets terrorising normal citizens. It wasn't until after the crash that I saw the reality of a gang. People on the bottom, banding together to try and stay alive. Sure, some of 'em take too much coke and go on a rampage, or slaughter a few loners in the crossfire of a turf battle, but It's kill or be killed on the street. The safest bet is to keep shooting.
Now all that said, I never saw myself getting in a gang. I didn't even know how. I had just started my downhill slide into the criminal world. I still thought I might catch a break someday, and get back to bar tending on a sunny beach somewhere. About six months ago, A mob guy I had done a few favors for, hit me with a job offer, four hundred nuyen to drop some medical supplies to some guy in Puyallup. Loveland is like the wild west, and he didn't want to be bothered this particular evening. The job sounded nicer than some of the things I'd been doing recently, so I was on my way. I stuffed the drugs in a duffel and sweet talked a girl at the bar into riding me down there.
What I walked into in that bar was a Mexican stand off. From what I gathered in the next, agonizingly long and tenuous second was two gangs with guns drawn. A big Orc from the more colorfull gang hold up behined an older looking man with an Uzi pointing at his brain. The drunk girl at my side was inhaling to scream. I slipped a tranq patch from my sleeve as I covered her mouth. She was already dosing off as the guns started to jerk around a little.
"Everybody be cool" Thats about all I remember saying. Even though I didn't stop talking for what seemed like a decade. With enough talk, the adrenalin was fading, and fear of death was growing. The Orc's gang, the Greeners, had been joy riding and boozin it up, they came in here to stick the place up and now found themselves in the middle of a recipe for bullet soup. I offered to buy both sides the booze and saved them face and bloodspill. I got called a pussy and spent most of what I was gonna make that night, but nobody got killed. After the Greeners left, the guys in the bar introduced themselves as the Loveland dosen. I spent the rest of the night there hanging out with 'em and buy morning, I had gotten pretty tight with these guys. It wasn't long after that that I ended up joining these guys. Just a small band of brothers trying to bring a little sanity to one small spot on this globe, or at least try to stay alive.

[kanislatrans]

Matto

Bio:

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Name: Larenz Konrad Marazski

Handle:Matto
Race: Ork
Height: 1.7 meters
Weight:135 kg
Hair/eyes:short black mohawk/ neon green
Age:17

Ethnicity: Rom/Slovak

Background:
Matto is a child of the Z-Zones,born in the barrens and raised in a series of temporary families and crashpads . His mother was a chiphead and his father was a merc ( at least thats what his mother used to tell him) She disappeared when he was 12 and a small time go-gang called "Jade Blades" took him in. He ran with the blades till about a year ago when they got wiped out by a band of ghouls. Wounded badly when the Molotov he was throwing at the ghouls exploded on him, he staggered into the clinic of Dr. Jonas Brothers a wiccan mage and Medic who patched him up . In payment he has been working at the clinic as muscle and custodian.
On occasion the doc has taken cyber parts as payment and has traded a few to Matto. He has also introduced Matto to the written word and has been pleasantly surprised that the streeter has taken an keen interest in the classics and poetry.
He got his nickname when the blades were hi-jacking a truck from the mob. One of the mafioso's exclaimed”Your Fraggin Matto” as the ganger beat him to death with a tire iron.

Recently the ganger has paid off his debt to the doctor and has been laying low in his crashpad( an empty HVAC housing on a roof top. He has enjoyed the freedom of not running with a gang but is realizing that a the life of a lone wolf is harsh and maybe joining up with a gang again would be in his best interests.

Stats:

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stats: (150 pts on attributes)
Bod: 6
Agi:3
Rea:3
Str:4
Cha:3
Int:3
Log:3
Wil:3
Edg:4

initative 6/1

Essence: 4.50
Resources: 30000( 6 pts) 275 left


skills: (76 pts)
Pistols: 3
Automatics,submachine guns: 3(2)
Clubs:2
Perception,visual:3(2)
Pilot groundcraft:1
intimidation:2
Infiltration:2
First aid,combat wounds:2(2)
Unarmed combat:2

knowledge skills:

Literature:2
Seattle street gangs:4
Street drugs:2
Security procedures:2
Club music:2
Vory politics:2
security companies:1

Languages:

English:N
Slovak:2(5)
Vietnamese:1(3)
Spanish: 1(3)
Ute:1(3)
speretheil ;1(3)

contacts:(13 pts)

Fence:1/3, Tommy"the toad"Mason
joygirl:1/1 Cybel "Sable" Mendoza
Vory soldier: 1/2 Valek
street doc:2/2 Dr.Jonas Brothers.
Clerk,military surplus outlet 1/1.Cobra Malone

Qualities: (+30,-20)
animal empathy
Homeground, redmond
allergy,common,moderate: Cats
flashbacks,uncommon
distinctive style,5pts( Quotes from old books)
common sense
linguist

Mannerisms and quirks:

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Matto is not one to take the lead. He has learned from living on the streets that heroes die first in a conflict. He doesn't make friends easy as he has issues with people leaving once you get to know them. However, once he makes a friend he is loyal to the end. He still wears a green “JB”on his shoulder for his fallen former comrades.On the street he adopts a calm,confident and assertive swagger that he developed as he grew up. originally a mask to protect himself from abuse and hurt, he found that the behavior puts amimals, especially canines at ease around him.

His goals are to rise above the drek sandwich life has handed him. Internally he is beginning to model himself as a pauper knight from the old chips and books he has been soaking up. Who knows if this spark of valor will take root or get smothered by the harsh reality of the shadows?

Gears and 'wares:

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Cyber:
Eyes,(r3),w flare comp and low-light,therm, vision enhancement r2

Data jack
cyber arm,(right)
w/ smuggling compartment
Agility enhancement r2


Gear:

Sony emporor running redcap nix OS
Fake SIN rating 3
Stun baton
Rem. Roomsweeper 10rds SNS
Ingram Smartgun X, 50rds reg ammo
armored Jacket
Survival kit
stim patch r4(1)
trauma patch r4(1)
combat load vest
earbuds w/
audio enhancement
select sound filter
AR glove
plastic restraints(10)
1 case MRE's
hard copy of “The complete works of John Keats” (His prize possesion)
Chip reader
Tag eraser
“Shatner's Complete Classic Literature” 400 volume set (on chip)

Squatter life style (1) month

A day in the life:

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Matto slipped his boots over the sides of the metal ladder and slid the three stories to the ground. The ping! ping! ping! as his right hand tapped the rivets on the ladder brought a smile to his chapped lips. It had been almost 6 months since Doc Brothers had found him the Renraku Spartan 5 at a swap meet and Matto had fallen in love with the black chrome replacement limb the minute he saw it. Simple in design, it was rugged and had lots of room for toys. But more importantly, it put him back in the game.

Kicking McHughs wrappers and plastic bottles out of the way.he stopped at the alleys mouth and surveyed the street. His crachpad was located just off of 102nd street and was at the moment disputed turf between Los Vatos and The Creepers. The street was empty this early in the evening. Most of the Joygirlz and boys wouldn't be out for an hour or so. Taking a deep breatn of the cooling air he turned onto the street and began walking.

Tapping in a quick playlist from his pirated music collection he kept an eye on his surroundings. Soon the frosty sounds of "Calamity Cats" set the pace to his steps,combat boots stomping in time to the music in his earbuds, he headed south and then west. Word on the street was that a gang called "The Dozen" was alway looking for extra members. Their rep was solid and they seemed to not be as psychotic as some of the other gangs he had run into.. As much as he enjoyed the freedom, he knew that deep inside he needed to belong to a pack...

Back in the Game:

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Six months later Matto was settled in as a member of The Dozen. Although small fish,this new gang, like his old Comrades in the Jade Blades had Hez and spirit. The first month he had played it frosty, following orders, running errands, covering other members hoops when things got a little hot. He had adopted a quote that hung In the corner of his AR display."Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times." At first,some of the other gangers thought he was a little touched in the head as he tended to quote " That ancient drek" but after a battle or two he had won some respect and began to trust his fellow gang members. Sometimes when he sat in the gang hang out he could almost hear The Jade Blades laughing kidding the way they did before they were wiped out. After a few Soybrews sometimes he would catch an illusion of Axman, or Cricket standing by the pool table smiling....

[Propaganda]

Sorry for not posting for a while, life got in the way and there were some things I had to take care of, so I've not really had the time for much else recently.

Thankfully, things have now been resolved, more or less, so I've got the time again. Anyway, I'll have the character and such finished soon. Also, I'm playing a gunbunny.

[Saint Sithney]

Should we get a pregame OOC thread going specifically to hammer out the gang-related stuff?

We've got to hammer out a whole lot of details such as:
What rackets do we run? Moral or exploitative?
What sort of structure does the gang use? How are we organized? How do we make decisions in the absence of leadership? What is everyone's role within the gang?
Where are we going with this thing? Are we looking to get aggressive? Who are we interested in aligning with if anyone?

All our characters are supposed to have at least 6 months of history together, so let's build some history.

[Digital Heroin]

I'm alive, folks, and intend to keep it that way, and to keep this game that way. Just got... busy. Work and such, but I've been behind the scenes working, and I'm reading/note-taking. So no worries need be had. As for an OOC thread, I want to avoid that just yet, to keep it de-cluttered when the time comes. I have the longer history of the area written up, and will be putting it in a Game Info thread, as I tend to keep, more than likely today. The thread will be updated to reflect current and evolving information of note, things that are important enough to be in a thread that is devoid of anything but that info.

When I get that up, it should give you guys a nice starting point for shared history, and to flesh out your individual niches. I'll be dictating the 'how it was' for the gang, and some of the income streams run by NPCs, but anything in the past six months is open to shaping/collaboration.

[Propaganda]

Should we get a pregame OOC thread going specifically to hammer out the gang-related stuff?

We've got to hammer out a whole lot of details such as:
What rackets do we run? Moral or exploitative?
What sort of structure does the gang use? How are we organized? How do we make decisions in the absence of leadership? What is everyone's role within the gang?
Where are we going with this thing? Are we looking to get aggressive? Who are we interested in aligning with if anyone?

All our characters are supposed to have at least 6 months of history together, so let's build some history.

Aren't pretty much all rackets morally debatable to some extent?

[Saint Sithney]

Aren't pretty much all rackets morally debatable to some extent?

Sure, running a gambling parlor allows chumps to throw away their money and ruin their own life.

Kidnapping girls and selling them into sexual slavery or for blood magic rituals, well, there's a bit less debate as to where that lies, morally.

The latter activity has become a regular source of income for the more desperate Seoulpa Rings in the wake of the Tempo bust. It's always been a common Vory thing though..


BTW, How about some mood music?

[Branmac]

Sure, running a gambling parlor allows chumps to throw away their money and ruin their own life.

Kidnapping girls and selling them into sexual slavery or for blood magic rituals, well, there's a bit less debate as to where that lies, morally.

The latter activity has become a regular source of income for the more desperate Seoulpa Rings in the wake of the Tempo bust. It's always been a common Vory thing though..


BTW, How about some mood music?

From an IC personal point of view, that second would be problematic. My guy is pretty sure he has lost family to that. Mind you, it is cooler to believe that than a hungry ghoul got lucky. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Combat Mage]

I'd prefer if we don't go quite that evil. Forced prostitution and other really dark stuff is fine to encounter ingame as a reminder that street life is ugly but I wouldn't want my character do do it.(IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
There's enough fun to be had with gambling, stealing, blackmailing and beating other gangs up.

[Aria]

...and we are a small gang, anything too obnoxious and we'd get stomped. Small time hoods suits Scratch better than hardened psychos... we are probably more about self defense and protecting our turf from bigger gangs, with perhaps some creative chemistry thrown in to spice up the mix...

A

[Saint Sithney]

I'd prefer if we don't go quite that evil. Forced prostitution and other really dark stuff is fine to encounter ingame as a reminder that street life is ugly but I wouldn't want my character do do it.(IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
There's enough fun to be had with gambling, stealing, blackmailing and beating other gangs up.

Yeah, my main point in including that fact is that it's something to consider when dealing with the neighbors. Bad people abound. And, it being Loveland and all, we're in a place for that. We could get to cleaning them out, and, in doing so, appeal to the more civilized syndicates out there, like the Mafia or the Yaks. Generally, the sort of gangs that are desperate enough to pull rackets like kidnapping and forced prostitution are the smaller ones... though probably bigger than us. Bigger, but not better (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

So, I'm feeling a strong vibe of protection rackets here. That's good, and it makes fine sense with the scenario as I understand it. Most of us have a "banding together for protection" clause in the bio.

Loveland likely runs on taking soldier's pay. Gambling, drink, and cathouses are the staple there. Nothing that'll get a guy into too much trouble. We'd be the street-side security for those types of establishments. That's got to be the steadiest form of income we'll see.

What about the trade in black market goods? Are we planning on doing a distribution thing or an escort thing? Do we control the action, or do we just take a piece of it in return for not shooting their dealers dead? Will we run guns, but not chips? Chips, but not drugs? Drugs, but not organs? Organs, but not stolen organs?

I'm willing to defer to whatever you guys are happiest with, but whatever we end up doing, I want to try and be expansive. Taking turf is more fun than protecting it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wobble.gif)

[Combat Mage]

I think at first we should solidify our turf. As soon as everything is stable we can start expanding. So I'd say take a cut of the dealers at the start and later we try to get up our own supply and distribution lines.
As for what we trade, I'm up for anything but organs. Harvesting bodies is again a bit too dark.

[BlackHat]

What if they're not using them anymore? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Then its like recycling, and recycling is good.

Go green. Support your local Barrens Street Doc.

[Saint Sithney]

An organ claimed is a life saved! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ork.gif)

[Aria]

I've more or less completed Scratch's character sheet & bio on pg 5. Any comments on her gear would be appreciated as I've done it in a bit of a hurry...

Thanks

A

[Digital Heroin]

Ok, the info thread will be going up soon, which will have some more about the area you are in, as well as a few bits about notable residents that are either gang-affiliated, or just people of note.

As for rackets that I'm already writing in, ones Bruno (the incarcerated man) had a hand in: there is a chop shop that is gang-run/managed, with the former major client being a Yakuza-type who has been awful quiet of late. This is primarily operated by the three quiet ones, the guys I sail with. There are also two legit businesses in the very small neighborhood, one of which has a manager who sells drugs out of the back.

As for forced anything/kidnapping/dark shit... anyone who Bruno caught doing that on his turf was not dealt with by the gang, but by him personally. He's a quiet soul, but he's been known to rip people's limbs near off.

[Digital Heroin]

Alright folks, as you might have seen, the info thread is up now: http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?show...mp;#entry946738

I ask that, as it asks at the top of the thread, no one respond on that thread, and instead address their questions here for now. Tomorrow I will start sending out character approvals/questions and the like via PM, and by the weekend there will be a good idea set on when we are kicking into gear and rolling out the start of the game. Once we start, an OOC thread will be made to take over clean from this thread, and we'll be golden like a gun.

[Branmac]

I was scanning back through the thread and realized I never put Bear's stuff up for people to look at. For anyone who cares to look, here it is.

Stats

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Elf
Mystic Adept

B 3base 3modified
A 4 4
R 3 4
S 3 3
C 3 3
I 3 3
L 2 2
W 3 3
E 1 1
M 4 4

Ess 6
IP 2


Positive/Negative Advantages
Ambidextrous 5
Allergy, Mild, Silver -5
Media Junky, Mild -5
Records on File (ares) -10
Sensitive System -15

Contacts
Pops Bannion – Pawn Shop Owner(fixer/fence) 3/3
Miss Pamela – Madam of brothel 2/3
Paul Cooper – Corporate Secretary at Ares orphanage 2/2

Skills
Perception 4
Shadowing 1
Infiltration 1
Counter spelling 3
Electronics Group 1
Influence Group 1
Close Combat Group 2
Data Search 1
Pilot Ground Craft 1
Conjuring Group 1
Pistols 2
Automatics 1

Knowledge Skills
Street Gangs 3
Ares Macrotechnologies 2
Security Procedures 2
Dirty Cops 2
Sports 1
Music 1
Magic Theory 1

Languages
English N
Spanish 3

Adept Abilities
Astral Perception (1.0)
Improved Reflexes I (1.5)
Enhanced Perception 2 (0.5)

Gear ($15000)
Lined Coat
Formfitting Shirt –nonconductivity 3
Fake SIN 2
Fake License 2
PocketMage Library 4
Renraku Sensei comlink
Renraku Ichi OS
Glasses – image link, flare compensation, vision enhancement 3
Glasses – image link, flare compensation, smartlink
Earbuds
Tag Eraser
Radio Signal Scanner
Gas Mask
Survival Kit
Sleeping Bag

Weapons
Extendable Baton
AZ-150 Stun Baton
Survival Knife
Ares Light Fire 70 w/silencer and 2 spare clips, concealed holster
50 rounds Regular lt pistol ammo
Ares Viper Slivergun – smartlink, 2 spare clips, concealed holster
100 rounds Flechettee hv pistol ammo
Ingram Smartlink X – 4 spare clips
500 rounds Regular SMG ammo

Background and recent history

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Bear is a city rat. His mother was a Pilipino/Irish mix who worked the brothels servicing the soldiers from Ft Lewis who wanted a little bit of rough to take the edge off. He never knew his father, and Bear wouldn’t take book on his mother having known him other than in the loosest sense of the word.
When his mother disappeared he was 7, the brothel owner didn’t waste time dropping him off at one of the orphanages Ares ran under contract to the Fort, to make good little drones and soldiers when they grew up. Not that there was a lot of difference. When he was 14, he managed to slip the leash and make a run. He has been on the streets for the last 4 years scratching a living as best he can, the last year as part of a small time gang, the Loveland Dozen. He is naturally fast, and is good at spotting trouble as well as opportunity. He knows he has some minor magical talent because he has learned how to make it tougher for a wizworm to cast on him, and he has managed to call up what he guesses is a spirit once or twice, but he doesn’t trust the whole magic thing. In fact, he is sure when his mother disappeared it was as a sacrifice. {He has no proof, it is however a deeply held belief.}

Mechanics wise, elf, magician adept, his magical abilities are counter spelling and a little summoning/banishing. He has enough adept powers to speed him up slightly and make him perceptive.

Recent History

Over the last year since he formally joined the Dozen, life has been up and down for Bear.
He joined slightly before the Tempo craze started and saw the influx of money and prestige that came with it. During that time he did a lot of spotter work, keeping an eye out for trouble at meets and covering shipments. His ability to see the astral and know if a mage or spirit was watching was valuable to Bruno during that time.
Since the Tempo supply dried up, things have gone back to being tougher for Bear and the Dozen. Money is tighter again, and he has spent most of his time trying to do a little work in the chop shop where he has picked up a little skill in defeating the hardware and software on the vehicles being chopped. He has also spent a fair amount of time digging through the PcoketMage Library he ‘found’ just before things tanked. He still doesn’t understand most of the mumbo-jumbo, but he has learned a tiny bit. Mostly he has kept an eye on the streets and people of Loveland, looking for the next shift to com. It is just a matter of time before things shift back in the Dozen’s favor.

20 Questions

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1: Where is your character from?
Seattle, specifically from the Fort Lewis district though he has spent the last 4 years or so in Puyallup in the Loveland.

2: Does your character have a family?
Nope. Mother is dead hooker, father unknown. One half sister, 3 years younger, separated from him about 8 years ago in the orphanage, no idea where she is.

3: Does your character have an ethnic background?
Hispanic Elven Male

4: What does your character look like?
Tanned with long wavy black hair pulled back in a ponytail, high cheekbones, and brown eyes, nose has been broken a few times. 1.9m tall.

5: What does your character dress like?
While bear would like to dress like the tridee stars, most of his stuff comes from the thrift stores or places like that. SynthaDenim pants and work boots, Long hooded coat over a black shirt.

6: Does your character have physical quirks?
He sometimes chews on a persistent hangnail on his left thumb.

7: Where did your character learn their Active Skills?
Some he learned from the Ares Orphanage, some he learned from the streets, a little he learned from Pops Buchanan when he ran errands for him before joining the Dozen. Some of the combat stuff he learned from Johns at the brothel.

8: Where did your character learn their Knowledge Skills?
Ares orphanage, Loveland streets, the Dozen.

9: Where does your character get his goodies?
Mostly from Pops Donovan at his pawn shop. A few things fell off a truck. A few he got from soldiers who needed cash.

10: Where does your character live?
There is a squat near the Dozen’s clubhouse. It has water and power and walls. It used to be a janitor’s closet in one of the apartment buildings the Dozen protect.

11: Who are your characters contacts?
Pops Donovan, owns and runs Donovan’s Trading Post. A pawn shop with a side in fencing and fixing.
Madam Lavern, runs the Soft Landing brothel in bar on the border between Puyallup and Fort Lewis. Caters to the military crowd but about 30% of the business is non-military. Good for info, rumors, and leads.
Paul Cooper, secretary at the Ares School for Foundlings #47. Good for corp leads and info dealing with Ares interests in the area and rumors about other corps.

12: Who are your characters enemies?
No real personal enemies at this point, anyone that hates the Dozen’s might target him as opportunity allowed.

13: How did your character learn magic?
He has done some reading on his own, mostly self trained. He knows he is Awakened, but has no real trust for magic. Blames a black magic mage for his mother’s murder.

14: What are your characters likes and dislikes?
Tacoma Timberwolves for the WIN! Stuffer Shack soy burgers taste best with Real Green Sauce. Techno-Revival music is crap.

15: What is your characters moral code?
Watch your back.
Watch his buddies back.
Dozen’s don’t take crap from anyone without a MMg.
Grab what you can when you can.

16: Does your character have goals?
A nice penthouse in Downtown? In the short term, clean water and plenty of food, with 2517 tridee channels pm the screen. Maybee learning a bit more control of the magic stuff.

17: Does your character have personal beliefs?
When his mother was murdered it was part of a Black Magic ritual. They killed her to use her elven-ness to power the spell.

18: Does your character have a personality quirk?
Somewhat superstitious, but mostly laid-back.

19: Why does your character run the shadows?
He doesn’t really run the shadows. He is a street rat running with a low grade gang. No one with real shadow credit would think of him as a runner yet. As a ganger, he does it to survive and have a place with people he can trust a little while making an easy buck.

20: How does your character view his role as a shadowrunner?
Mostly takes his place in the shadows in stride. The gang is the best chance he has to get ahead for now. He likes belonging to the group.

[Saint Sithney]

I ask that, as it asks at the top of the thread, no one respond on that thread, and instead address their questions here for now.

What is the timeframe in relation to the LS -> KE shakeup?

Are we weeks, months or days after Bruno got scooped?
Do the neighboring gangs know he's locked up?
Are we still in communication with him?

[Digital Heroin]

Quick and dirty answers, which will be expanded upon in the next info update, which will be a bio on Bruno, and include details of his arrest.

Time-wise it is February 2072, KE has taken over full control of the key districts, but LS still has a presence, as KE is taking its sweet time getting around to manning the less visible/desirable ones. Loveland is currently in the process of a precinct change-out, with both KE and LS personnel present.

Bruno got scooped in early January, and the interesting thing is that witnesses will say all manner of things about who arrested him, from bounty hunters, to Lone Star, Knight Errant, and even the UCAS FBI.

The event was big, and there are rumors going around, but the only gang that the Dozen was on truly friendly terms was the Brothers of Steel. They know, but it is hard to get a read on just what the other gangs know, or has been to this point.

Bruno did not just get arrested, he got dissapeared. There has been zero contact from him, and anyone making inquiries has been met with a 'Richard who?' (Yes, he has a SIN, and the gang does know his name is Richard Hawkins. For all intents and purposes, Bruno seems to have been sucked into a black hole.

[Digital Heroin]

So, today kicked me in the ass, but I spent a good part of the evening re-reading sheets and bios, and I actually have no issues with anyone's character. In fact, I'm quite happy as it stands with all that have posted after the call for re-posted sheets and such. So here's the deal. We're go. The guys from RL will be playing on the boards, but they may have a bit of a staggered start. I will be posting up some more information tomorrow night, and then start up with writing the opener. That means, if all goes according to plan, that by Monday we will be green-light, and go.

If I seem slow to post, I offer no excuses, but an explanation: ship-wide server/workstation replacement. Stress, stress, and a whole lot of wanting to punch officers.

[Branmac]

Couple of questions. The Brothers of Metal (great name!), The Black Adder Society and the Southside Assassins. What do we know about their sizes, strengths, and current areas of business?

[Digital Heroin]

Nearby gang info added. NPC bios/near history to follow. Expect an OOC/IC thread to crop up in the next few days, and then we're off.

[Combat Mage]

I'll be out of town for thursday and friday without internet access. Just telling in case the OOC/IC threads go up while I'm away.

[Digital Heroin]

Saint, you're killing me, eh. Good question, just wrong board. I'm trying to keep the info thread stricly info so it's easy to refer to.

When Bruno negotiated the DMZ of the mersh zone, did he set up any official channels for conflict resolution?

In other words, are The Dozen sanctioned to take actions against anyone who breaks the peace?

The only official channel was comms between the leaders of the four gangs, with Bruno being the holder of the commcodes. Very unfortunate for the Dozen.

As far as sanctioned action, the treaties were treaties more in name. If someone commits a transgression, it was brought up through comms to all leaders, and the gang whose turf was trod on was given reign to respond as they saw fit. Too heavy handed a response and the others might frown on it, but such is life in Loveland.

Keep in mind, there are other gangs around that have no respect for, or inclusion in, the treaties. The Dozen simply have a buffer zone with the three higher teir gangs around them.


Combat: No worries. It's a long weekend coming up, and I'm on the first leg of a road trip. I should have access, but I'm not going to punish people for RL commitment.