IC/OOC : Warm Rum, Closed Warm up for ship in a bottle Options

[Lindt]

So lets begin with how I intend to run things.
Im easy, I like to play fast and loose. Rules are there to keep stuff in line. So in keeping with that idea, I bend dice a little depending on how you discribe your actions/prospective actions. If your entire post is "Able draws his gun and shoots goon 1" Ill be going 'as is'. If in the process of posting you "Ducking behind cover, Able unshoulders his Alpha, the smartlink reminding him that he only has 9 rounds left, he rolls out from behind the bulkhead and puts a 3 round burst center mass into the all ready wounded foe" be assured that youll be getting some help making that shot. I LIKE a little Hollywood in my SR.
I prefer the 3rd person limited writing style, and thats what I intend to use. If only for contunity, I humbely request you do the same (having a story switch between He and I too much gets really confusing). Just make sure to turn off your .sigs.

Now the purpose of this thread is to get the approved characters and perfect them. You will have a chance now, to work on background. It is important in this OOC thread that you show me the detail of your storytelling capabilities. As such, you will need to be very lenient to each other. If someone else tells a story which includes you, support his story, don't bicker over it (unless the story was incredibly degrading). Therefore, as you tell a story, please try to be nice about other characters, make sure you have a feel for their character, and don't assume they're panzies who sat quivering in fear as you saved the day. If so, Ill be sure at some point in time you are the one bleeding out on the deck, while everyone else is having fun.

In addition to thiese IC posts, moments between your characters, this thread will be used for me to comment on changes I think should be made to better integrate characters into the gmae once I open the IC thread. So be open to some suggestions, and I encourage everyone else to lend comments.
One thing Id like to add while we go over the last details, is that Id MUCH rather you be more interesting, then more powerfull. So to those of you who have 5 skills at 6, and nothing else, Im looking at you to spread the wealth a little. I am more then willing (neigh, I enjoy) to scale your encounters in regards to your combat ability.

So will every one please first post the latest version of their charcter here, before embarking on your little journey.

To start off with you will be in the sunny (and exclusive) port of Ft. Lauderdale.

*edit* one last thing (i promise) could you please mke it clear how much you budjected for 'The Dolphinian' when you put your charcter yup?

This post has been edited by Lindt: Apr 3 2006, 03:24 AM

[HMHVV Hunter]

Here's Mal once again:

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Points spread
Magic: Full Shaman (30 points)
Attributes: 27 (54 points)
Skills: 33
Resources: 20,000 nuyen (5 points)

Name: Malcolm (tentative)
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Age: 30
Archetype: Shaman
Totem: Fish (+2 dice to detection spells, +2 dice for Sea spirits; -1 die for combat spells)

Attributes
Body: 4
Quickness: 5
Strength: 3
Charisma: 6
Intelligence: 4
Willpower: 5
Magic: 6
Essence: 6
Reaction: 4

Initiative: 4 + 1D6

Pools:[/b}
Combat: 7
Spell: 5

[b]Edges/Flaws
Bravery (+1)

Skills

Active Skills

Conjuring: 5
Leadership (Morale): 5 (7)
Negotiation: 5
Pistols: 6
Rifles: 5
Sorcery: 5

Knowledge Skills

Fences: 5
Security Procedures: 5
Smuggling Procedures: 4
Smuggling Routes: 4

Language Skills
English (Pirate Lingo): 4 (6)
English (R/W): 2
French: 3
French (R/W): 1
Spanish: 3
Spanish (R/W): 1

Spells
Control Thoughts: 5
Detect Enemies: 5
Improved Invisibility: 5
Powerball: 5
Trid Phantasm: 5

Gear
Weapons:
-Ruger Super Warhawk (with internal smarlink I, laser sight, standard holster, 40 speed loaders, and 120 rounds each of Regular and Hollow-Point ammo)
-Savalette Guardian (with integral Internal Smartlink I and Recoil Comp. 1; Gas Vent II, laser sight, standard holster, 40 spare clips, 240 rounds each of Regular and Hollow-Point ammo)
-Ruger 100 Sporting Rifle (with integral Magnification Scope Rating 3; Internal Smartlink I, Low-Light imaging scope, laser sight, 100 rounds each of Regular ammo and Hollow-Point ammo)

Gear
Lined Coat (4/2)
Combat Vest
40 Pistol ammo pouches
10 Shotgun ammo pouches

Contacts
-Chance (Fixer/Fence in Miami; Caucasian Male Elf with a business-like attitude and occasionally works for the Mafia)
-Eagle Eye (Fixer/Fence in Jamaica; African-American Human with a jovial personality but a vindictive streak when it comes to traitors; occasional information broker)

Lifestyle: Middle (Ship cabin)

1. What is your characters Sex?
Male

2. What is your characters physical size?
Mal is about 6'2" and has an average physique - not fat, not stick-thin either, pretty unassuming

3. What is the color of the characters Hair, eyes, and skin?
Mal's hair is brown, and his eyes are a piercing light blue. His skin is white, but slightly tanned from growing up in Miami

4. What is the character's general appearance (i.e., How does he dress, etc.)?
Mal tends to dress simply, in whatever clothes will keep him cool and comfortable - which, in the Carribean League, usually means shorts and other summer weather clothes

5. Where was the character born (City, State, Hospital Name)?
Mal was born in Miami, in the Soverign State of South Florida, in a small corporate hospital belonging to the Gunderson Corporation

6. What is the characters date of birth?
Mal was born on June 3, 2037

7. What was the character's family life like?
Mal's parents were cogs in the Gunderson Corporations company machine. Growing up in a lower-middle class but not too poor family, Mal might have lived a normal life had it not been for his exposure to the even lower classes of society and his anger at their plight. His parents were often at work when Mal was home, making him something of a latchkey kid, but also resulting in him being very self-reliant.

8. Has the character begun his own family?
Mal's line of work doesn't leave many options open for a family life, nor does Mal want to have a family at this point - there's too much adventure to be had for that.

9. Where or how was the character educated?
The public schools in Miami educated Mal.

10. Has the character ever done anything else for a living?
When his magical talent was discovered during Gunderson's routine testing, Mal was given a paid internship in the magical labs at one of Gunderson's Miami facilities.

11. What are the characters beliefs on church and state?
Mal is not much for religion, simply because he was not raised by parents with a religious background. His experiences as a shaman, however, have made him somewhat spiritual, though he tends not to philosophize on it too much.

12. Describe the characters Moral code. Include how mercenary he is, whether or not he'll kill innocents, etc.
Mal has a strong hatred of those who exploit people on the bottom rung of society - including most corporations. This hatred extends even to some pirates as well - notably slavers of any stripe, though he finds sex slavery the most sickening. Drugs are a grey area for him, though - if they're sold to kids, he hates them, but adults using them doesn't bother him at all. His mood on drug-running ops changes accordingly, depending on the specifics of the job. Mal has been known to mercilessly rampage through slave ships, killing every single crew member once their main defenses have been taken out or their ranks sufficiently thinned. Mal does take purely "mercenary" jobs out of necessity, but he will never let go of his moral code.

13. What are the character have any goals?
Mal has dreams of living out a retirement somewhere in the Carribean, or on his own boat, captained by him. What he wants most out of life, though, is to answer to no one but himself - to never owe a corporation or a government a damned thing ever again.

14. Why does the character run the shadows? (Why does he run the shadows still, rather than getting a "real" job?)
Mal pirates and smuggles because he feels it is the only way to truly make a difference in the world. Plus, he could never stand being a cog in the machine - the sheer regularity and routine of that life would kill him.

15. What kind of personality does your character have? This should not necessarily be obviously stated in the background, as it is more important for actually playing the character, but it may color or add mood to the history.
Mal's personality is rather sardonic and wise-cracking, attempting to keep a light tone when the shit isn't hitting the fan. When the bullets start flying, though, Mal's personality goes into serious-mode. In either case, Mal is driven by his emotions, and tends to wear his heart on his sleeve to certain extents. Mal tries to keep a cool head in tight situations, but sometimes he lets worry or frustration show through

16. What special qualities does the character possess? This does not refer to skills, but rather at other things, such as How he gets along with people, does he plan ahead, etc.
Mal has an amazing ability to lead by personality. He motivates people not through brute force, but because he knows how to talk to people and how to keep their spirits high. He tends to be a "lead from the front" type of guy as well, motivating by example.


17. Are their certain things the character can't or won't do? Why?
As explained before, Mal will not take a slaving job under any circumstances, and have mixed feelngs about drug-running. Something else Mal won't do is turn his back on his friends - loyalty is something that is very important to him, and he behaves accordingly.

18. What things, people, or ideas does the character hate?
Mal's biggest group of enemies is slavers. He also hates criminals like cold-blooded murderers and sex criminals of any stripe.

19. What things people, or ideas does the character love?
More than anything, Mal loves freedom. The ability to do whatever he wants with his life, and to answer to nobody, appeals greatly to him. Mal has also been known, on occasion, to be something of a flirt with the ladies.

20. What is the character's name? Give both full birth name, as well as nicknames, street names, etc.
Mal's real name is Connor Gallo, but he uses the nickname "Mal" after a pirate captain from an early-21st century television show that he particularly admired as a kid.

Given that the boat is his new home, he'll give what he can towards the boat - about 1,000 :nuyen:, which will leave me with about 146 :nuyen: for my personal use.

[Chance359]

Once again heres Hank. I'm adding 100,000 to the team fund, and I'll take one of the smaller cabins. Given Hank's mercenary nature, perhaps he owes something to someone else on the ship?

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123
-5 Ork
118
-60 30 Attributes
58
-25 650,000
33
Skill points

B: 9 (11)
Q: 6 (7)
S: 8 (9)
C: 2
I: 3
W: 5
E: 1.10
R: 8 + 2D6
B.I.: 1.9

Combat: 7

Active Skills
Assault Rifles: 5
Athletics: 3 (6)
Edged Weapons: 5
Etiquette: 2
- Mercenary: 4
Pistols: 5
Stealth: 4
Throwing Weapons: 4
Unarmed Combat: 4

Knowledge Skills
Cooking: 3
Militech Manufactures: 3
Mercenary Hot Spots: 3
Parazoology: 2
Appraise Item: 3
Background Electronics: 1

Bioware
(0.6 40,000) Enhanced Articulation
(0.2 8,000) Extended Volume: 1
(0.4 20,000) Muscle Aug: 1
(0.4 25,000) Muscle Toners: 1
(0.3 15,000) Syntha Cardium: 2
1.9 108,000

Cyberware
(1.6 110,000) Wired Reflexes: 1 (Alpha)
(0.4 5,000) Smart Link
(0.1 2,000) Flare Compensation
(0.8 30,000) Dermal Plating: 2 (Alpha)
(0.8 96,000) Skillwires: 4 w/ 48MP
(0.2 1000) Chip jack
(0.7 16000) DataJack 150MP
(0.1 1000) Knowsoft Link
(0.2 2,400) Internal Air Tank (alpha)
(4.9 263400)

10,000 Permanent Street Lifestyle: wilderness land he inherited back home

Weapons
120 (6) Throwing Knives
450 Survival Knife
500 Sword (ork toothpick)
1850 Ares Predator w/ ext smartlink, Silencer 150 rounds of regular ammo
3200 FN HAR w/ external Smartlink, folding stock, Gas Vent 2, 700 rounds of regular ammo
300 (10) Defensive Grenades
150 (5) Concussion Grenades
6570

Armor/Clothing
900 Armored Jacket
600 Vest with Plates
300 Ordinary Clothing; Cargo pants, tshirts, thermal underware
1200 Camo Full Suit (woodland)
2000 Pocket Secretary
3000 Transceiver: 5 w/ Sub vocal Mic,

40 Metal Restaints 2 pair
100 Survival Kit
250 Ascent/Descent Kit
200 Bolt Cutter
75 Crowbar 1/2 meter
275 Tent
15 Canteen and Mess Kit
190 Sleeping Bag
346 Combat Vest w/ 1 pistol ammo pouch, 4 Rifle Ammo pouches, 1 small equipment pouch, and 3 large equipment pouches
140 Miltary Rucksack large

(48,000) Skill Chips All rating 4
Biotech
Demolitions
Electronics
Gunnery
Heavy Weapons
Negotiations
Shotgun
Spray Weapons
Survival
Underwater Combat


Contacts
(Free) Freedom Fighter
(Free) Corp Scientist
10,000 Mercenary (Uncle)
10,000 Sim Sense Star
10,000 Dealer (Mercenary Fixer
5,000 Call Girl
5,000 Customs Official Miami International Airport


Total cash spent
437601

100,000 donated to the team fund
100,000 4 Squatter lifestlyes (One in Miami, Seattle, Brisband, and Istambul) Each is a storage unit containing the following:
• 450 Suvival Knive
• 1,350 Ares Predator w/ ext smartlink, 150 rounds of regular ammo
• 885 Colt Manhunter w/ int Laser sight, 160 rounds of regular ammo
• 1,950 FN HAR w/ Laser Sight, Gas Vent 2, Folding stock, 350 rounds of regular ammo
• 346 Combat Vest w/ 1 pistol ammo pouch, 4 Rifle Ammo pouches, 1 small equipment pouch, and 1 large equipment pouch, 2 standard holsters
• First Aid Kit w/ Extra Supplies (6)
• 700 GPS system
• 600 Armored Vest w/ Plates
• 500 Heavy Jumpsuit
• 360 (6) Concussion Grenades
• 360 (6) Defensive HE grenades
• 240 (6) Flash Grenades
• 1,600 20 Kg of C-6
• 500 (5) Timers

Bugout Bag: 5,000
• (140) Bag
• (2,000) Certified Credstick w/ 2,000¥
• (500) 500¥ in script
• (60) 2 smoke grenades
• (450) Survival knife
• (10) 35 meters of duct tape
• (50) Handset cell phone
• (370) Medkit rating: 6 and supplies
• (25) Heavy denim jeans
• (25) Synth Wool Sweater
• (10) 2 changes of underware
• (10) 2 changes of synth wool socks
• (5) Towel
• (50) Leather gloves w/ wool liners
• (40) Mini-Mag light w/ extra bulb, two changes of batteries
• (50) Stimulant Patch: 2
• (20) Tranq Patch: 1
• (200) Antidote Patch: 4
• (10) Pager
• (30) 6 while glowsticks
• (50) Camal Pak
• (175) Sleeping bag
• (50) Thermal blanket
• (125) Micro Flare Launcher w/ extra flares
• (30) Ration Bars 10 days worth
• (15) Canteen and Mess Kit
• (500) Self inflating Tent
• (50) Field Rations (self heating)

(10,000) Decker Buddy
(1,200) 40 Shurikens

648,801 cash spent
199 (10% of whats left) + 8K (3d6x1000)


20 questions
The following was filled out by Henry Mercer on the Outpost Find a Friend.

1. What is your characters Sex?
Male

2. What is your characters physical size?
I'm a little average for an ork in both weight and height, 2 meters tall and a 105 kilos.

3. What is the color of the characters Hair, eyes, and skin?
My hair is black, and I keep it cut pretty short and have been known to shave it before going out int the field. I've been told that I have gray eyes, but my medical records have them listed as blue. I enjoy spending time outdoors so I'm generally pretty tan.

4. What is the character's general appearance (i.e., How does he dress, etc.)?
Usually when I'm on the job I go for fatigues that help me blend in. When off the job, I can usually be found in either cargo pants and a tshirt, or jeans and a sweater. And if I'm being paid enough a suit.

5. Where was the character born (City, State, Hospital Name)?
I was born in room 3 of Our Lady of Grace hospital in Rio Del, California Free State.

6. What is the characters date of birth?
I was hatched on July 26 2039.

7. What was the character's family life like?
Up until I was about 10 years old I lived on a corporate farm just outside of Rio Del. Then a tractor trailer hauling industrial stength insecticide overturned shortly before its scheduled stop at our farm. My father and older brother were killed, and I managed to escape with a chemical style burn to my eyes. After the accident the insurance money helped me to get a set of vat grown eyes and helped my mother buy some land near where she grew up. She later remarried and I picked up a step sister who didn't like my mom let alone having a tusker for a brother.

8. Has the character begun his own family?
I've thought about finding a nice lady and settling down. I'd want a couple of kids, maybe two boys and a girl.

9. Where or how was the character educated?
I was raised going to public schools. First in CFS and then in a small town Iowa.
After enlisting I tried to do some online college, but my heart really wasn't in it.

10. Has the character ever done anything else for a living?
Well when I was 16 I decided to get away from home and enlisted in the Marines. The Corps treated me good, and having actually military experience on the resume helped land me my first merc gig. That job wasnt much, mostly protecting a bit of ground from some locals, typical bug hunt.

11. What are the characters beliefs on church and state?
Well mom always made me go to church on sundays even thoughalot of folks just went there to be seen.
When I was younger, my dad was a democrat, and so was mom. When she remarried, my stepfather was a technocrat.

12. Describe the characters Moral code. Include how mercenary he is, whether or not he'll kill innocents, etc.
"I'll kill a man in a fair fight, or if I think he's fixin to start a fair fight or if theres a woman involved, or if I'm being paid to." Jayne from Serenity, an old falt screen vid 'for you ask. That don't mean I go around burning down churches, but if violence is going to ensue I'm gonna make sure I'm gonna come out of it.

13. What are the character have any goals?
Well like all mercs I'd like to live to retirement. But more short term I figure I'd like to just travel more, see the awakened world.

14. Why does the character run the shadows? (Why does he run the shadows still, rather than getting a "real" job?)
Well I don't really see myself as a shadowrunner, but if the pay is right, I could probably be talked into it. I used to have what could be called a real job, but its hard to be a grunt for the government when someone is willing to pay almost three times as much for you to be a grunt for them.

15. What kind of personality does your character have? This should not necessarily be obviously stated in the background, as it is more important for actually playing the character, but it may color or add mood to the history.
I don't understand the question.

16. What special qualities does the character possess? This does not refer to skills, but rather at other things, such as How he gets along with people, does he plan ahead, etc.
Well I see myself as strong willed, physically fit, capable and motivated. I'm a good follower as long as whoever is leading keeps me and my guns fed.


17. Are their certain things the character can't or won't do? Why?
Well I really haven't found anything that for the right amount of money. I've been paid to do somethings that I really wasn't comfortable with, but I did them and now I know how to deal with the stresses (and how to get a better up front asking price).

18. What things, people, or ideas does the character hate?
I'm not a huge fan of racists and others who oppose my basic right to keep breathing. I also don't care for rapists or child molesters, the typical things most people hate. I'm also not to crazy about elves from Tir.

19. What things people, or ideas does the character love?
Well I do enjoy long hike through wilderness, spending time on the range and keeping up with the latest job oppurtunities.

20. What is the character's name? Give both full birth name, as well as nicknames, street names, etc.
My name, well my birthname is Henry Micheal Mercer, I've got some fake IDs but you don't need to know those. My callsign is Hank, I know its not very original, but I like it.

[Callidus]

Here's the, much edited over time *8->, repost of Spikes. He's put approx 256k to the boat +/- the fuel costs for the drones *8-> And I see him learning to sheet sail soon.... Still thinking of a good hook for him to have join the crew, although getting out of the deep shadows to the safer (ish) smuggler life was probably a big one for him.

[ Spoiler ]

Name: Micheal Palmer
Alias: Spikes, Checkersboard
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Age: 31
Hair: None, bald
Eyes: Green
Description: 5'9" Middling build with slight belly developing. Covered head to toe in black reptilian scales that are crosshatched diagonally with white lines of scales (think noughts and crosses board) and with sharp bone spurs sticking out through his skin.

Build Points Spent
Resources 30
Attributes 48
Skills 48
Magic 0
Race 0
Edges/Flaws 4
SURGE -7

Attributes
Natural Mod Cybered
Body 3 3 3
Quickness 6 6 6
Strength 3 3 3
Charisma 2 2 2
Intelligence 6 7 9
Willpower 4 4 4
Reaction 5 6 7 / 11
Essence 6 6 1.75

SURGE
Name Cost
Changling 5
Cronic Osteocuspus -10
Bright Black & White Patterned Scales -2

Edges/Flaws
Bonus Attribute Point (Intelligence) 2
Exceptional Attribute (Intelligence) 2
Aptitude (B/R Rotor) 2
Mild Allergy to Peanuts -3
Low Pain Threshold -4
Technical School Education 1
Photographic Memory 3
Good Reputation 1

Skills
Unarmed Combat 2
Pistols 3
Stealth (Vehicle) 5 / 7
Electronics 6
Gunnery 6
Small Unit Tactics 5
Ettiquette 2
Motorboat 6
B/R Gunnery 4
B/R Rotor 4
Rotor 4

Knowledge Skills (35 free, pretty sure it's noncyber int but open to getting 10 more points *8->)
Smuggling Routes (Caribean) 6
Sheltered Coves (Gulf of Mexico) 6
Shipping Lanes (Gulf of Mexico) 4
Drone part Suppliers (Miami) 6
Fences (Miami) 4
Magical Knowledge 4
Paranormal Critters (Seabourne) 5

Langauges (10 free from int)
English Native
Spanish 6/3
French 4/2

Cyber/Bioware
Name Essence Cost
Encephalon 1 0.75e 40000
Datajack 0.2e 1000
Internal GPS 0.1e 2000
Smartlink-2 Proc 0.2e 2000
VCR 2 3.0e 60000
Cerebral Booster 2 0.8b 110000

Equipment
External Transducer 1000
Remote Control Deck Rat 6 30000
Audio/Visual Screen 100
Hitcher Jack 250
Intercom 25
RC Biofeedback Filter 2 20000
RC Encryption Rat 6 30000
Signal Booster Rat 6 1500
Resource to the Boat 250000
Savalette Guardian 900
5 Clips Regular for Guardian 120
3 Sets Fine Clothes 2250 <- Modded for CO +50%
2 Sets Ordinary Clothes 150 <- Modded for CO +50%
Forearm Guards (+0/+1) 375 <- Modded for CO +50%
Armour Jacket (5/3) 1350 <- Modded for CO +50%
Lined Coat (4/2) 1050 <- Modded for CO +50%
Rapid Transit Helmet (+0/+2) 75 <- Modded for CO +50%
Full Suit FFBA (4/1) 3000 <- Modded for CO +50%
Oxysys Artifical Gill 3250
Pocket Secretary 2000
Gunnery Kit 500
Rotor Kit 500
Microtransceiver Rat 6 with encrypt rat 6 10000
Savior Medikit 1500
2 Refills for Savior 600
Mitsuhama Anago Sea Sled 13750 <- to ship/drone fuel
20 Clips Regular Ammo for MP LMG 2000
6 Clips ExEx Ammo for MP LMG 3000
2 Months High crew quarters (only for the space) 2000
Remaining Resources to Boat/Fuel for drones 4085

Drones
Name Mods Cost
IWS DLK Mk 6 None 21000
AS LDSD-41 Sensor 3 43650 (inc sensors cost now, CF 1 Load 3)
A Redball Express Photovoltic Paint 85500 (inc mods)
MCT-N Roto-Drone Sensor 4 23000 (inc sensors cost now, CF 1 Load 115)
AS LDSD-41 Sensor 3 43650 (inc sensors cost now, CF 1 Load 3)
IWS DLK Mk 6 Ext Firmpt, Armour 5, Ares MP LMG, Firearms Conversation Kit 30950 (inc mods, now CF 0 Load 227.5)
T S&R Robot Sensor 4, Armour 5 114125 (inc mods, now CF 2 Load 890)
R Arachniod None 12375
R Arachnoid None 12375
IWS DLK Mk 6 Ext Firmpt, Armour 5, Ares MP LMG, Firearms Conversation Kit 30950 (inc mods, now CF 0 Load 227.5)

Contacts
Little Joe Mechanic on Miami docks
Slim Miami Fixer

20 Questions

1. What is your characters Sex?
Male

2. What is your characters physical size?
5'9" Middling build with slight belly developing

3. What is the color of the characters Hair, eyes, and skin?
Hair: None
Eyes: Green
Skin: Covered in black reptilian scales with a diagonal hatching of white scales (think noughts and crosses board -> #) also sharp bone spurs grow out through his skin all over

4. What is the character's general appearance (i.e., How does he dress, etc.)?
Generally in adapted boilersuit when on board ship or tinkering, for meets and shopping generally a Actioneer black suit (again adapted for the spurs)

5. Where was the character born (City, State, Hospital Name)?
Miami, FL, in the Aztechnology compound hospital

6. What is the characters date of birth?
13th November 2036 (should be approx 31 at game start... ish)

7. What was the character's family life like?
His family was caring and Michael loved them almost more than life itself.

8. Has the character begun his own family?
No

9. Where or how was the character educated?
Spotted at an early age as very clever Aztech had hoped he would develop magic abilities or decking but his aptitudes lay in a more techie field and so he was trained up as a rigger.

10. Has the character ever done anything else for a living?
He worked for 5 years for Aztechnology as a security rigger.

11. What are the characters beliefs on church and state?
Christian, but not fanatical and see the state (and more specifically Aztech) as owing him for his lost family

12. Describe the characters Moral code. Include how mercenary he is, whether or not he'll kill innocents, etc.
He won't kill innocents, very definiately not children. Otherwise anyone who attacks him or his friends is no longer innocent and so open season.

13. What are the character have any goals?
Protect his friends and collegues, cause Aztech to feel the nat bites he can inflict when it is possible.

14. Why does the character run the shadows? (Why does he run the shadows still, rather than getting a "real" job?)
He was ripped from his comfortable corp life when his entire family was unwillingly extracted. During the extraction the Aztech guards were given the order to kill him and his family rather than allow them to be taken. All were killed and Michael seriously injured even though they were trying to escape their captors up to that point.

15. What kind of personality does your character have? This should not necessarily be obviously stated in the background, as it is more important for actually playing the character, but it may color or add mood to the history.
Thoughtful, shy. He'll regularly over think plans before acting. He know getting his own back will be very dangerous and that he can't slip once.

16. What special qualities does the character possess? This does not refer to skills, but rather at other things, such as How he gets along with people, does he plan ahead, etc.
After the extraction he was taken in by one of the runners that did the extraction and Michael retreated into a shell where he still is to a lesser degree. Far happier with machines and people via a matrix connection rather than face to face. He likes to have his plan of action set up 3 steps ahead although he knows this is not always possible, but he is far more comfortable when he can.

17. Are their certain things the character can't or won't do? Why?
He won't threaten, injure or kill children and will not let innocents be injure unless there is no other option.

18. What things, people, or ideas does the character hate?
He hates Aztechnolgy, but knows enough that he can never let them know.

19. What things people, or ideas does the character love?
Michael really only loves two things at the moment, the runner who took him in (and who has now retired from the shadows) and the boat that he is on.

20. What is the character's name? Give both full birth name, as well as nicknames, street names, etc.
Birth Name: Michael John Palmer
Street Name: Spikes (Main), Checkersboard (Alternate)
Nicknames: Will answer to Mike, Greasy, Tech Boy, or any of the ones above.

[edit]Made a few tweaks as requested by Lindt *8->[/edit]

[Glyph]

Here's Ziptide. He's put 20,000 towards the ship.

[ Spoiler ]

Ziptide (Drake Morgan), Male Human Shamanic Sorcerer (Sea Totem)

Here is the breakdown:
Human: 0
Edges: 3
Flaws: -3
Resources: 10 (90,000 Nuyen)
Attributes: 54
Skills: 34
Magic (Sorcerer): 25
TOTAL: 123

*NOTE* 20,000 Nuyen towards the ship

Attributes -
Body: 5
Quickness: 4
Strength: 3
Charisma: 3
Intelligence: 6
Willpower: 6
Essence: 6
Magic: 6
Reaction: 5

Initiative: 5 + 1d6
Combat Pool: 8
Spell Pool: 6

Total Karma: 0
Good Karma: 0
Karma Pool: 1

Active Skills -
Athletics/Swimming: 3/5
Bike: 5
Etiquette: 3
Motorboat: 3
Negotiation: 3
Pistols/Morrissey Elite: 3/5
Ship: 3
Sorcery: 6
Stealth: 3

Knowledge Skills -
(Languages)
English: 6 R/W: 3
Japanese: 4 R/W: 21
(Other)
Bike Racing: 4
Corporate Security: 4
Ecoterrorist Groups: 5
Gang Identification/Go-Gangs: 2/4
Magical Background: 6
Marine Biology/Paranormal Critters: 2/4

Spells -
Stun Ball: 6
Stun Bolt: 6
Improved Invisibility: 6
Heal (E): 6
Oxygenate: 5
Levitate: 3
Freeze Water: 5

Edges -
Bravery
Vehicle Empathy

Flaws -
Bio-rejection
Distinctive Style

Contacts -
Fixer (Level 1)
Go-Ganger (Level 1)
Smuggler (Level 1)

Lifestyles: 1 Low (1 Month prepaid) and 1 High (1 Month prepaid).
Credstick Balance: 3d6 x 100 Nuyen.

Gear -
>DocWagon Contract: Basic (1 Year prepaid).
>Magic: Shamanic Lodge (Rating 6).
>Fake ID: Fake Silver Credstick (Rating 3).
>Vehicles: Yamaha Rapier Racing Bike.
>Weapons: Morrissey Elite Heavy Pistol with Concealable Quick-Draw Holster, 100 Rounds of EX Explosive Ammo, and 9 spare Clips.
>Armor/Clothing: Mortimer Greatcoat, FFBA (full suit), Rapid Transit Line Helmet and Heavy Jumpsuit with Fire Resistance (4) (for riding bike), Ordinary Clothing (x 10), Fine Clothing (x 4).
>Diving Gear: Diving Armor ,Drysuit with Nonconductive (2), Fins, and OXSYS Artificial Gill.
Other Gear: 2 Sea Bags (of 100 Nuyen cost each), Wrist Phone with Flip-up Screen, Pager, Micro-Transceiver (Rating 2 with 2 ECCM) with Subvocal Mic, Wire Clippers, Pocket Flashlight, Medkit(Rating: 6) with 2 Refills, 1 Trauma and 2 Antidote(6) Slap Patches, Survival Kit, Ration Bars(10 Days),Nav-Dat GPS, Optical Binoculars, Music Player with Quad Speakers and 25 Disks,Telecom(5 Mp) with Vidscreen and 1 disposable Printer.

Bull's 50+ Questions -

1. What is your character's Sex?

Male.

2. What is your character's physical size?

Tall but thin, long-limbed.

3. What is the color of the character's hair, eyes, and skin?

Medium-length, slightly curly hair dyed a multi-toned sea green - sometimes tied back with a red ribbon, sometimes slightly unkempt; cold grey eyes, and a light tan. He has a tattoo of an anchor on the back of his left hand.

4. What is the character's general appearance (i.e., How does he dress, etc.)?

Drake dresses conservatively - not in a stodgy way, but with an old-style elegance. He would rather wear fine clothing, but if he is wearing everyday clothing, it will tend to be dark and utilitarian, and he favors black mock turtleneck shirts. He tends to look rakishly elegant and a bit arrogant, with a daredevil grin. A slight facial tic appears when he is dangerously close to initiating sudden violence.

5. Where was the character born (City, State, Hospital Name)?

Drake was born on a small nameless island just off the Seattle coast, home to the high, foreboding walls of an extraterritorial Renraku facility.

6. What is the character's date of birth?

January 7th, 2039.

7. What was the character's family life like?

Drake was a bored, cynical corp kid, rebelling against his domineering father, who was a beefy, potbellied security shift assistant supervisor. Drake has dark memories of his childhood, and seeing someone raise a hand to a child is likely to provoke a response from him that is far out of proportion to the actual incident. Drake began hanging around with a bad crowd at an early age - delinquents, go-gangers, and small-time smugglers.

8. Has the character begun his own family?

Drake has no intention of starting a family; he is secretly worried that he would be like his dad.

9. Where or how was the character educated?

Drake got a decent formal education from the Renraku facility, although he learned early on to take any history or politics from them with a big grain of salt. His magical studies, under the tutelage of a sharp-faced old man who didn't even tell Drake his name, were conducted in secret and paid for by his adventures in smuggling and small-time crime.

10. Has the character ever done anything else for a living?

Drake has never done any legitimate work, and wouldn't want to. He was involved in smuggling, mischief with his fellow thrill-seeking corp kid buddies, and small-time criminal activity with the go-gangers he hung out with. Then he had what he calls his "social activist phase", where he got involved in metahuman rights, protest movements, and eco-terrorism. The close-minded rhetoric and callous violence of the latter turned him away from the cause, leaving him more bitter and cynical than before.

11. What are the character's political and religious beliefs?

Drake is cynical politically, in that he thinks that voting and activism will never change anything. The corporations run things, and always will. If you try too hard to fight them, you will become just as brutal and monstrous as they are. The best you can do is be a freelancer, where you may be doing dangerous and clandestine things, but at least you have some say in what kind of jobs you will do... or won't.

Drake is in awe of his intensely spiritual experiences with his magic, but doesn't follow any organized religion - he thinks there IS an afterlife, but doesn't derive much comfort from it. He thinks that the afterlife is such a transformation that you might as well not exist any more - the new existence will have no memories or desires from this life, any more than a butterfly looks back on when it was a caterpillar. So he doesn't care enough to argue with atheists - whether you cease to exist, or evolve into something unimaginable, it's effectively the same thing in the end.

12. Describe the characters Moral Code. Include how mercenary he is, whether or not he'll kill innocents, etc.


Drake is cheerfully mercenary, even though money does not actually mean that much to him. He will refuse the nastier jobs, although he will excuse it by saying it is "vulgar work" or "beneath him" or "Get a bloody squatter with a street sweeper if you want some little git whacked. I'm a professional." He is extremely cynical, although like most cynics he has a desperate, inarticulate desire for some kind of moral code to believe in again. He is always protective of children, and if someone wants a child harmed, he will not only refuse the job, but is likely to attempt to geek the Johnson then and there, regardless of the complications that it may cause.

13. What are the character's goals? Does he have any?

Drake has no goals at the moment. He has what is very nearly a death wish, and certainly is not thinking about the future. He lives for the rush of danger, and the heady joy that he still feels when he uses his magic.

14. Why does the character run the shadows? (Why does he run the shadows still, rather than getting a "real" job?)

Drake disdains legitimate work, and he has moved up from the small-time criminal endeavors that he did before. He likes the big paychecks, with the freedom to choose his own jobs and set his own hours. The danger, which would be a downside to most people, is just another plus as far as he is concerned.

15. What kind of personality does your character have? This should not necessarily be obviously stated in the background, as it is more important for actually playing the character, but it may color or add mood to the history.

Drake is a thrill-seeker given to impulsive behavior and almost manic-depressive mood swings. He tries to do things with a certain elegance. He has a lively sense of humor that ranges from sardonic to callous, and he likes hanging out with dangerous people.

16. What special qualities does the character possess? This does not refer to skills, but rather to other things, such as how he gets along with people, whether he plans ahead, etc.

Drake is insanely calm in the face of danger. He has a surprisingly gentle way with children.

17. Are there certain things the character can't or won't do? Why?

Drake absolutely disdains drugs. He won't even get drunk, although he will drink socially. "Drugs are a crutch for weaklings. They take the edge off. They blur the sharp corners of reality. I live on the edge, in real time. The only high I need is my mojo and that sweet rush of danger."

18. What things, people, or ideas does the character hate?

Drake despises bullies, and overbearing people in general. He doesn't like corporations or eco-terrorists, but he can put it aside when they offer him work or information.

19. What things, people, or ideas does the character love?

Drake is an adrenaline addict. He rides his bike at insane speeds, hangs out in dangerous places, and is attracted to the kind of women who scare away most other people.

20. What is the character's name? Give both full birth name, as well as nicknames, street names, etc.

His full name is Drake Nicholas Morgan, and his shadowrunning handle is Ziptide, with some people shortening it to Zip.

21. Determine what your character used to do, before becoming a shadowrunner (very important).

Drake was a bored corp kid drifting towards a life of crime, then he became a social activist for awhile.

22. Decide why your character left his or her old job, if he had one (also important).

The dark realities of the eco-terrorists and other fanatics turned him away from the movement.


23. Come up with a reason for why the character became a shadowrunner. (This very often will tie in with #22. This is not the same as #14, but rather why he started running the shadows originally. What led him to it?)

Bitterly cynical, with the rush of danger as the only thing left to him, he became a shadowrunner, almost flaunting that he was just in it for money and kicks now.

24. How did your character come to know his or her contacts? Contacts are an important part of Shadowrun, decide how and why you know them.

>Brass, Fixer (Level 1): Brass is a peg-legged dwarf who wears the finest fashions. There are various rumors about the peg leg, the two most common ones being that it is a weapon focus with an extendable blade, and that it has a hidden one-shot shotgun with a fireball shell. Brass has his fingers in a lot of things, but sometimes takes a bit extra to get hold of enough bankroll for a major purchase because of this. Dirk appreciates his versatility, though, and has stuck with him for most of his 'running career.

>Soupbone, Go-ganger (Level 1): A rank-and-file member of the Cutters who shares Dirk's love of bikes and daredevil stunts. Soupbone is a useful person to know when you are looking for something at street level, and he is a halfway decent mechanic - not able to fix your bike, maybe, but he can patch it up to semi-work for a few more days. Dirk has known him the longest, since his days hanging with go-gangers, although Soupbone can be hard to find sometimes.

>Putter, Smuggler (Level 1): A small-time operator with a crappy-looking boat that is actually very fast. He is good for emergency transportation and the occasional bit of contraband - not nearly as much of an inventory as Brass, but occasionally something either useful and cheap, or rare and pricey.

25. Does the character have a SIN? Does the character actually use it? Or is the character one of the SINless masses? This may be affected by the characters previous employment.

Drake's corporate SIN is long gone.

26. Is the character a full-time shadowrunner? Or does the character lead a Batman-like double existence?

Drake is a full-time shadowrunner.

27. Which person(s) or group(s) do you love the most?

He is still fond of some of the metahuman rights and other activist groups, the ones that use peaceful means to try and change the system. They may not get anything accomplished in the end, but at least they haven't compromised their principles like the violent groups have. Drake loves hanging with go-gangers and others who share his love of racing bikes.

28. Which person(s) or group(s) do you hate the most?

He hates his dad, and hasn't spoken to him in years. He is most bitter against Terra Reign, the eco-terrorist cell he worked with for awhile, and dislikes all eco-terrorists. He is not that fond of the NAN. As far as he is concerned, they and the corporations are the same, only the NAN are a bunch of hypocrites, who drove people from their homes into the barrens to starve so they could wallow around in their spacious wilderness paradise. He doesn't dislike corporations and criminals as much, mainly because they are more open about being scum. CEOs who pimp their charitable contributions and Yak bosses who make a pious show of honor earn his contempt, though.

29. Which person(s) or group(s) do you respect the most?

He respects the founder of MOM, a few small entrepreneurs who escaped being gobbled up by the big companies - basically anyone who has actually managed to succeed at something without selling out.

30. Which person(s) or group(s) do you fear the most?

He fears and loathes cults, because he knows how hard it can be to break out of something when you have been indoctrinated into it, and some of them use some pretty nasty methods to brainwash their victims. Getting killed is not a scary prospect, but losing his personality and having this shell that used to be him still walking around... THAT frightens him. He hates insect spirits for the same reason.

31. What is your favourite colour?

Navy blue.

32. What is your favourite food and/or drink?

He likes seafood, especially when he can get it fresh at Pike Place. He likes batter-fried fish and prawns and chowder, though - he doesn't like sushi very much. He eats real meat ("real" meaning vat-grown as opposed to soy, not actually coming from a cow), and likes good microbrewery beer, whether it is dark or lager.

33. What place would you most like to visit?

He would love to go reefing in Hawaii one of these days.

34. Which person(s) or group(s) are you most loyal to?

Sadly, himself, although he is protective of children when they are threatened.

35. What pastime (that you particiapate in regularly) gives you the most enjoyment? (Warning: Answering Sex for this question can and will result in penalties to your character!)

Riding his bike gives him the most pleasure. Swimming and diving are also enjoyable, but they don't give him the same RUSH.

36. What pastime (that you participate in regularly) gives you the least enjoyment?

Drake really doesn't like some of the people and groups he has to deal with, but he is realistic enough to know that 'runners depend on knowing people to get jobs, so he grits his teeth and acts professionally at times when he would rather stunbolt the bastards.

37. What annoys you the most?

When people try to B.S. him, especially if it seems they have been doing it so long that they half-believe it themselves.

38. What (if any) is your favourite form of art?

He thinks that some of the new 3-D laser-holographic art is phenomenal.

39. What is your greatest goal?

To see how fast his bike can go.

40. What do you think is your characters best quality?

His fearless poise.

41. What do you think is your characters worst quality?

His recklessness and cynicism.

42. What is the most important thing you have ever done?

He was part of a sit-in at a university that led to an emergency city council meeting to give the sprawl's poverty-stricken orks a fairer allocation of the utility ration times. That was before it went sour on him...

43. Which religion (if any) do you follow?

No organized religion, although he was raised Buddhist. He meditates to calm himself, but does not really practice the philosophy any more.

44. What is your most treasured possession (and why)?

He loves his bike, and if it got trashed, he would want it fixed even if it cost twice as much as getting a new one would.

45. What are your three most common dreams?

> Starts out riding his bike very, very fast, then goes into strange environments, such as flying through the cityscape, riding over the ocean, or soaring above the clouds.

> Nightmare, strapped to a table while an insanely grinning doctor in blood-spattered whites prepares to cut Dirk's head open with a buzzsaw. He holds a mass of squirming wires in his hand, and Dirk wakes up screaming at the thought of him putting those wires in his head. He doesn't have this nightmare often, usually when he first sleeps in a new place or something very traumatic has just happened to him the day before.

> Walking through the Seattle Aquarium, notices that the hallway is underwater too, although he can still breathe just fine, and the fish are all talking to him. The peaceful and mellow feelings seem strange upon awakening.

46. What is the Characters current relationship with his family?

Alienated from his dad - his mom died four years ago, and he has no siblings.

47. If the characters family is still alive, what do they do, and where do they live?

He doesn't even know where his dad is, although it is probably either still with Renraku at a mid-level security job, or retired.

48. Where did the character learn his Skills?

Informal training and the school of hard knocks, although he had some actual clandestine formal instruction in magic.

49. Does the character have a good luck charm? What is it, and why?

No, just a few mementos (like a tail light from the beat-up Dodge scoot that was his first set of wheels, etc.).

50. What type of music does the character like?

He likes new age or neo-classical music to sit and listen to, but he likes hard thrash and gearhead music when he is at a club.

51. List any past serious relationships that your character has had, and give a brief overview of the relationship.

None, although he has had some very wild dates. He likes the dangerous and exotic types of women.

52. Where does your character live? Why does he live there?

His main apartment is by the docks, an upscale building with a shed that he keeps his bike in. He likes living by the sea. His bolthole is on the outskirts of the Redmond barrens, though. It is a grungier building by far, although his own apartment is Spartan and clean. As well as a bolthole, it is a good place to crash, especially if he is with people he doesn't trust with his main address yet.

53. Remember, your Gamemaster like detail, so if you can think of any other little details, quirks, or whatever that you think might please the almight GM, then add them in as well. Oh, and your GM won't use any of these details against you at a later date. trust me...:)

For Drake, I wanted to play someone "on edge" without making him a TOTAL psycho. I also wanted to be sure that he COULD function as a professional runner. He is still messed up, but he won't be doing things that will hose up the run for everyone. Although he has some marine skills and abilities, he has no problems functioning out of the water. His stun spells reflect a light touch rather than pacifism. He considers a pistol a weapon of emergency for a spell-slinger, thus the concealable pistol with a small clip.

I'll adjust his lifestyles to a more nautical one once we've settled up who's in which cabin. Ziptide started out as a delinquent corp kid hanging out with other thrill-seeking corp kids, go-gangers, and small-time smugglers. After that he had a more idealistic eco-activist phase, but after becoming disillusioned, he returned to the shadows more bitter than ever. So there are a number of ways that the other runners could have first met him.

[Callidus]

Lindt do we have a name for the captain yet? I'm thinking that Spikes got recommended to him by the kindly runner from his background, as a method out of the shadows, as a wheelman which means I could tie Zip into the background when he joins up..... either that or we (as many as is sensible) ran a few runs in the shadows together, possibly got enough heat off one to need to lay low for a while. Signed up for a short term smuggling run (as extra guards/muscle) and then decided it was more fun/better pay/safer and sign on full time. Not sure yet but should be fun meshing the characers together *8->

[Lindt]

Sure, Joeseppi 'Solomon' Bagmen will be the guy your crewing for. I was going to just say you all responded to a post somewhere, but more power to you if you want to build it in a little better.

[Chance359]

Lindt, could we get a basic description of Soloman?

(Etiquette roll: 2,5)

[Lindt]

Still havent heard from Robin or Hyz? *grumble* That may be the fastest 2 players lost, ever.

The man fits his craft. Tall, wirey, and handsome as hell. Hollywood blue blood, he secretes class. Blond hair, blue eyes, 2% body fat, muscular, but not body builder ripped. At the same time however, very unassuming, blends in almost at will with any crowd. But most importently, he talks like a siren. Its almost impossible to find him without at least one, if not three girls, hanging off him. Its said he could talk his way into Solomans lost mines, once he finds them. And do so in any of several languages.

He dosent have any obvious cyberware, nor (after a firm handshake) does he have a smartlink. He does have a subdermal datajack however, and his poc/sec is almost always plugged into it.

[Lindt]

HMHVV: Mal seems to be very deadly, and dosent have any way managing a 'soft takedown'. No gel ammo, no stun spells. Also, as a fish shamen, you have +2 to detection spells, but you dont have any of those either.
Trid Phantasm at force 5 seems a bit high, as most people wont even be throwing that many dice to see that its a fake. Vechicle Mask, while a great spell, is limited to (Body) force. So you wont be able to touch the boat with it.
Also, why pistols 6? Your spending extra points (it being greater then your quickness).

Chance: Hank has no language skills. Why does he have apraise item? It seems to stick out as something that dosent belong on an other wise very merc. charcter.

Callidus: You cant have more then 1 bonus att point. (sr comp. 17). Exceptional att. int. seems strange, as what you have isnt exceeding the norm, and the bioware boost dosent count to your starting max, only your racial max. Im going to reject the alergy to sun light for your own good. Your on a boat in the middle of the ocean, lots of sun light. While the drones can find homes (most of them break down), Im not sure the sea sled will. Also, Haiti speaks (officially) French or Creole. Though in practice its a spanish dialect.

Glyph: Umm... well 'I' cant find anything to disagree with. Just be sure to put somewhere what your totum bonuses are.

[HMHVV Hunter]

[Lindt]

Agreed, it is kinda lame.

MitS. 144 "The caster can only mask vehicles with a body equal or less then the spells force. The vehicle must be masked to look like another vehicle of roughly the same size (body). This spell can also affect .... blah blah force."

So yeah, that spell wont work on a body 8 yacht.

[HMHVV Hunter]

As far as a detection spell:

I was thinking "Detect Enemies" might be a good one. However, I'm wondering about a couple things, specifically the two groups of enemies most likely to be encountered by pirates - enemy pirates and authorities.

In "Detect Enemies," it says that to detect an enemy, hostility must be directed at the character.

Since both enemy pirates/smugglers and authorities would be hostile to smugglers/pirates in general, would that count as hostility being directed personally at us (and therefore, fair game for the spell?)

[hyzmarca]

[ Spoiler ]

Name: Samantha "Sam" Baker
Street Names: Wiskers, Catfish, Seacat, Deathstroke the Terminator
Real Name: Jacqueline DiSalvo
Gender: Female

Attributes 27 [54BP]
Skills 41 [41BP]
Resources 90,000 [10BP]

Race
Elf [10BP]
Night One [5BP]
Changling [5BP]
Albino [0BP]

SURGE
Prehensile Tail [5BP]
Altered Eye Color (yellow with vertical slited pupils) [-1BP]
Scales (major) [-2BP]

Albino Flaws
Alergy to Sunlight (mild)
Color Blind

Edges
Adrenaline Surge [2BP]

Flaws
Cursed Karma [-6BP]


Stats

Body 6
Quickness 7
Strength 4
Charisma 5
Intelligence 4
Willpower 6
Reaction 5
Inititive +1d6 (subject to rule of 6)

Essence 3.56
Run Mult. 3

Magic 0
BioIndex 0

Cyberware

Radio 2 (Alpha) [0.60] 8,000
Smartlink II(Alpha) [0.40] 7,000
Cybergill(Alpha) [0.60] 25,000
Datajack(A) [0.16] 2,000
Internal Air Tank (Alpha) [0.20] 2,400
Knowsoft Link (Alpha) [0.08] 2,000
Math SPU 1 [0.10] 2,000
Cyberfins (Dikoted) [0.30] 10,500 (+5,000)

Active Skills

Etiquette 4
Negotiation 4
Underwater Combat 5
Gyrojet Pistol 5
Wilderness Survival 3

Diving 6
Stealth 4
Athletics 4

Ship 2

Demolitions 3

Knowledge Skills

Oceanogrophy 3
[Para]Zoology/Marine 1/3
Pirate Trid Broadcasters 1
Navigation/Sea 4/6
Accounting 3
Salvage Industry 3
Shipping Industry 2

Gear
Gyrojet Pistol with Internal Smartlink 2500
Sixty rounds of standard gyrojet ammo and 6 clips 4830
Secure Jacket 800
FFBA full suit 2000
Harpoon 500
Diving Armor 1750
Six sets of ordinary clothing (with sombreros) 240

Two months of Middle lifestyle on the boat with ammenities modifier 1000
Investment in the boat 12,980

Contacts

BJ Johnson
Level 1
Sleezy Fixer and Burned out Mage
Four Foot Tall Pea-soup green-skined Ogre. Reeks of cheap cologne.

BJ Johnson was once a respected corporate magician but he became addicted to opiates after a severe back injury and burned himself out one needle at a time.

Back when he was still a part of corporate life he was corrupt and had various connections with the underworld, mostly involving weapons smuggling and human traficking. He spun those connection off into a fixer fiefdom and currently specializes in the supply of war supplies to terrorists and sex slaves to anyone who wants one.

Jacqueline became involved with him through their mutual aquantiance Sir Killzalot. He knows her by the false alias Deathstroke the Terminator and believes that she is a contract killer. They have never met fact to face.

Sir Kilzalot
Level 1
Razorguy Ecoterrorist
A heavily cybered blond hair and blue eyed elf


Sir Kilzalot is the leader of a violent Freedom For Earth cell called the Green Knights. He jokes that he put the terrors in ecoterrorist and murders with glee. He is little more than a serial killer with a cause but it is this cause that sets him apart. He has about a dozen followers below him, half are pragmatic mercenaries but the other half a raving fanatics willing to die for the cause.
He is completely unaware that FFE is funded and ran by Toxic Shamans.

Jacqueline and her sister Beatrice worked for him before the later was killed. He knows them as Samantha and Amber and knows that they were married but is unaware of their blood relationship.

Enemies


Estelle DiSalvo
Jacqueline mother, a shipping industry heiress and a Grade A bitch. She blames Jacqueline for the death of her favored daughter Beatrice. Jacqueline blames her for Beatrice's death in turn. Her worldwide connections and moderate wealth allow her to make Jacqueline's life a living hell if she ever finds her.

Jason "Ninjor" Jones
An American ninja working for the Renraku Red Samurai. He is a physical adept optimized for speed and wields both the gun and the sword equally well. He doesn't know that he is Jacqueline's enemy. She wants his head because his sword slew her sister. For him it was just another regular day on the job.

20 Questions
1. What is your characters Sex?
Female

3. What is the color of the characters Hair, eyes, and skin?
Samantha an albino Night One with off-white hair and fur and white scales. She has a single large tuft of DBZish Spiky white hair on the top of her head. Her fish-like scales begin on the back of her head just below her hair and cover her entire upper back. They continue around to the front of her torso. Her facial fur is intact and continues down to just above her breasts. Her left breast is fully scaled while her right breast is fully furred there is a spiral pattern where the fur and scales meet between her breasts. This tight spiral of closely knit fur and scale continues down and covers both her abdomen and her lower back. Her legs are fully scaled while her arms are fully furred.

4. What is the character's general appearance (i.e., How does he dress, etc.)?
She usally wears clothing that provides as much coverage as possible due to her problems with sunlight. This includes usually watertight gloves and widebrimed hats and occasionally hoods and even facemasks.

5. Where was the character born (City, State, Hospital Name)?
Jacqueline was born aboard the Thames, a large salvage vessel owned by her late father, somewhere in the North Atlantic.

6. What is the characters date of birth?
This depends on the date of the adventure. She should be in her early 20s.

7. What was the character's family life like?
Jacqueline was raised in a loving extended family with two parents, one sister, three brothers, seven uncles and aunts, several grandparents, and countless cousins. Her family owned a small but lucrative shipping and salvage business and she spend most of her life aboard ships but she certainly did not go wanting. From an early age she was encouraged to participate in the family business and became an accomplished diver, navigator, and accountant under the loving tutelage of her family.

Currently, her relationship with her family is strained due to that fact that she was having a lesbian affair with her older sister Beatrice. While their family was fully supportive of their sexual preferance their moral tolerance was strained by the sisters' incestuous relationship. The two were disowned when they refused to end the relationship. When Jacqueline was 20 and her sister 22 they ran away to the UCAS to ger married using fake SINs.

8. Has the character begun his own family?
She and her sister were married in the UCAS using the alias Samantha Baker and Amber West. Tho two lived happily as wife and wife and they even considered having children when they became financially stable. For income the sisters performed mercenary work for a group of ecoterrorists. At first, it was strictly nonviolent diving and navigation work but it latter devolved into sabotage and underwater demolitions. Beatrice was killed by Red Samurai during once such sabotage mission.

9. Where or how was the character educated?
Originally home schooled by family, later trained in demolition by radical ecoterrorist group Freedom For Earth (secretly a cover for a conspiracy of toxic shamans) .

10. Has the character ever done anything else for a living?
She worked as a diver, navigator, and accountant for her family's business. Later she was an Underwater demolition Specialist for radical (yet well-paying) ecoterrorist group FFE.

11. What are the characters beliefs on church and state?
Jacqueline was raised mildly Roman Catholic and maintains some of the belief structure. She bears a deep and unrelenting hatred for the faith and for God due to her sister's death. She reasons that had her family not been influenced by the draconian exogamy standards of their faith they would have been able to have been able to enjoy a long and happy life together. Likewise, she carries a great deal of anger toward any divine entity that might exist for allowing her sister to die. Her political views are also clouded by this anger and currently lean toward anarco-communism.

12. Describe the characters Moral code. Include how mercenary he is, whether or not he'll kill innocents, etc.

She was raised mildly Roman Catholic and confirms to standard Judeo-Christian morals in most things with the exception of her sexual preferences. While she has represented herself as a cold-blooded killer she is most certainly not and has problems with killing bystanders and killing period for that matter. She hasn't been a Shadowrunner for long and just isn't used to ending metahuman life.

13. What are the character have any goals?
She currently exists in a fuge of rage and depression isolated from the rest of humanity with no real purpose or meaning. This state precludes the forming of long-term goals. She would like to reconcile with her family and to get violent bloody revenge against Renraku but understands that both are unlikely and that the latter is downright suicidal.

14. Why does the character run the shadows? (Why does he run the shadows still, rather than getting a "real" job?)
She has little other choice. She is unable to get legitimate work due to her disownment. Her family's connections have resulted in her being blacklisted by almost every major maritime organization in the world.

15. What kind of personality does your character have? This should not necessarily be obviously stated in the background, as it is more important for actually playing the character, but it may color or add mood to the history.
Homicidally depressed.

16. What special qualities does the character possess? This does not refer to skills, but rather at other things, such as How he gets along with people, does he plan ahead, etc.
She has a strong personality but it rather shy in person due to her freakish appearance. She is impulsive and rarely plans ahead during a run, a fact that indirectly led to her sister's death.


17. Are their certain things the character can't or won't do? Why?
She doesn't known the answer to that question yet. She has already crossed many lines that she believed were uncrossable and will certainly cross more.

18. What things, people, or ideas does the character hate?
Renraku in general and the Red Samurai specifically for their part in her sister's death.

19. What things people, or ideas does the character love?
Diving. The open Ocean. Her late sister.

20. What is the character's name? Give both full birth name, as well as nicknames, street names, etc.
Her original name is Jacqueline DiSalvo but she currently goes by the alias Samantha Baker.
She is also known by the street names Whiskers, Seacat and Catfish. He finds all of these to be degrading and prefers that they not be used. She uses the alias Deathstroke the Terminator in her correspondence with sleazy fixer BJ Johnson but this is simply a matrix persona meant to make her look tougher than she really is.

Backstory
Jacqueline DiSalvo was born on a Salvage ship owned by her human parents. She was the third child of six and the only Night One of the group. Her two older sister and brother were both human while her two younger brothers are both normal elves. She and her siblings grew up within her extended family's shipping and salvage business. She learned to dive at an early age and often participated in salvage missions. She was also taught accounting, navigation, and ship piloting. She is a skilled accountant and a highly accomplished navigator but her primary passion will always be free diving.

A near-fatal run in with Storm Dolphins when she was 12 prompted her parents to purchase cybergills and headware radios for her and her siblings and to give them training in the use of gyrojet pistols to defend against submarine paracritters. As a teenager, she completely took over the accounting for the salvage side of the business and began training in underwater melee combat.

When Halley's comet arrived Jacqueline was one of the many aflicted with SURGE. It began with a rash which spread and became progressively worse. Soon, he fur began falling out in places and was replaced with fish-like scales, she grew a prehensile tail, and her eyes changed. Feeling like a freak she became reclusive and rarely left her cabin except to dive.

Jacqueline was always particularly close to her older sister Beatrice. When she was 15 and Beatrice 17 this blossomed into something more and the two became sexually involved. The next year Beatrice joined the French Foreign Legion to escape their forbidden romance and served 4 years before being discharged due to a debilitating spinal wound. Jacqueline was involved in several online lesbian relationships at this time but found it difficult to meet anyone in person due to her self consciousness about her appearance ans she continued to pine for her sister.

During Beatrice's rehabilitation the two rekindled their romance and it quickly escalated. Once Beatrice was able to walk again the two decided that they would get married and bravely informed their parents of this decision. The family's reaction was unexpectedly harsh. While they were perfectly happy to accept that their daughters were lesbians the incestuous relationship was too much for their latent Catholic morals. The sisters were effectively disowned and were forced to run away. They eventually made it to the UCAS and became married using fake SINs that identified them as Samantha Baker and Amber West.

The fake SINs were procured from a fixer named BJ Johnson through Sir Kilzalot, a mercenary turned ecoterrorist that Beatrice knew from the Legion. Sir Kilzalot often provided them with work. It was on one of these jobs that Beatrice met her untimely end at the point of a Red Samurai's katana.

The funeral further widened the rift between Jacqueline and her family. Their mother Estelle laid the blame for Beatrice's death directly on the distraught Jacqueline and the two came to blows.

After the funeral Jacqueline morbidly dug up Beatrice's corpse and cut out the Smartlink II that she had installed during her service in the Legion. Jacqueline then had her sister's Smartlink installed in her with the intent of using it to get revenge.

I'm here. I'm just too lazy to copy and paste my character sheet. Wounded Ronin is in Micronesia so his internet access isn't the most stable. He'll probably post as soon as he can.

Fish's +2 to detection may have something to do with the ability to tell the difference between a nice meal and bait in a deadly trap.

Being an albino, Samantha has the same alergy to the sun that Spikes is listed to have (and she doesn't even get any points for it). I do see the problem but I have a perfect roleplaying solution, sombreros and form fitting bodysuits. There are people who have alergies to sunlight in real life but such problems can be managed with goood clothing selection.

[Callidus]

D'oh, sorry Lindt I missed that one and it would have help had I not picked up Comp for 2ed rather than the 3ed version when creating the character...... *starts to remember why he avoids companion like the plague* *8->

Changed the allergy to Peanuts, although I always saw a mild allergy to sunlight as a tendancy to burn really easily and your eyes not being good in high light levels..... although after more thinking it makes less sense for him to burn easily when he's covered in black and white scales *8->

The exceptional int is why Spikes' Int is at 7 before the cerebral booster bonus, it might be confusing but I do 3 columns for my stats but DS stuffs the formatting, basically it goes stat name, then base level (aka what I paid for), modified level (base level +/- any mods from edges, flaws, and race), then finally cyber modified level (base level +/- mods +/- cyber/bio mods). So Spikes' Int track is:

6 (paided to racial max) 7 (exceptional attrib plus bonus attrib) 9 (Cerebral booster +2)

Hopefully I'm not dribbling too much *8->

As for the sea sled I kinda missed that you couldn't break it down and didn't know how big a ship we were going to end up on..... that and thought it'd be cool for underwater drop offs *8-> Anyhoo if it's not carriable I'll just dump the cash into the boat and/or fuel for the drones and boat..... oooo body 8 for the boat.... how about all the cash but 500 nuyen into boat and fuel and the 500 to a set of SunCell panels for the boat for easy drone charging..... up to you though Lindt or I'll find another home for the nuyen *8->

[HMHVV Hunter]

So what's the deal with Detect Enemies? By your ruling, could it be useful in that situation?

[Lindt]

*gets his copy of MitS out* *relizes that its not IN MitS, gets out Sr3*
Hmm... Yeah, in fact I think it would. It wouldnt tell you if they are hostile to smugglers in general (though with the port atho. thats same to assume), but if that other boat on the horizion wanted what you have, you would be the first to know.
Generaly a pretty usefull spell now that I look at it.

[HMHVV Hunter]

Change made - I now have Detect Enemies at Force 5. And with +2 dice for it, it'll be quite helpful.

[HMHVV Hunter]

Mal couldn't help but wonder if he looked like a homeless vagabond as he walked the docks, looking for the berth where the ship that had advertised for new hands was.

Dressed in a kevlar-lined trenchcoat that was getting uncomfortable in the Florida heat, carrying three luggage bags that held all he owned, he could definitely have passed for one.

It had been months since Mal had been aboard a boat, but he was no stranger to the seafaring life. In fact, it had been the best life he'd ever known - thumbing his nose at the governments that cared more about their own power than their people, evading the law, beating other pirates to the punch - he was something of a do-gooder about his profession, but he could not deny the rush that came with it either.

Finally reaching the berth he was supposed to be at, Mal mentally readied himself to meet his new captain. This was always somewhat nerve-wracking - meeting the person that he'd be entrusting to lead him and keep him safe. Mal rarely trusted others with that duty - if it were up to him, he'd be captaining the vessel.

But it's not up to me, Mal thought. Might as well get to know the guy first before starting to worry.

Mal started up the dock, towards the captain and the boat that would take him away from the boring South Florida life and onto the seas once again.

[Callidus]

Lieing on the, now armoured, recliner you could almost think the scaled and spiked form was asleep. In fact his body mostly was, his mind on the other hand was about 400 feet up looking down over the docks from a drab looking miniblimp.

His brain telling him that he was lighter than air and feeling the wonderful feel of the sun charging his batteries, Spikes drifts the drone around watching out for any authorities heading towards 'The Dolphinian'. Thinking of the boat brings the memories back Jones hooking him up with Soloman in Miami, the first sight of the boat that would, hopefully, be home for a fair while yet, the sleek lines....

A gentle blip from the drone pilot snaps him back to the present and looking through the sensors he sees what caught the drone's attention. What at first glance looks like a vagabond walking down the docks towards the yacht carrying his bags. Then the oddities jump out, the three luggage bags, the walk as though he was used to boats, and the trenchcoat.... worn even in the Florida sun....

Hmmm, guess the first of the crew that the captain advertised for.... or maybe just another of the SINless looking for a fishing spot? Ah well best warning the captain regardless

Setting the drones pilot to keep an eye on the man and to warn him if he got within 100 metres of the boat, Spikes drops back into his overwatch windows showing feeds from the other drones surrounding his mental image. Concentrating to kick in his transducered radio plugged into the deck.

Captain? We got a man heading our way, might be someone coming for your job offer. I'm keeping an eye on him, doesn't look like a rent-a-cop unless he's mastering undercover as a drifting SINless.

Message sent Spikes sends a quick thought to the two IWS's just to power up and get ready but to stay below and out of sight.

[HMHVV Hunter]

Reaching the boat specified in the job "ad," Mal approached a bit more, then dropped his bags on the docks.

I've gotta handle this carefully, Mal thought. He knew enough about smugglers and pirates - having BEEN both - to know that they were justifiably paranoid about security.

How to handle this best? How to announce his intentions without alerting the whole docks to the ship?

"Captain?" he called out to the boat. "Permission to come aboard, sir?"

[Lindt]

Its now friday. Shall I wait for Robin to check in (and thus delay another week), or say the hell with it, leave the ninja on the docks and shove off monday?

[HMHVV Hunter]

I don't know. If this is any indication of how Ronin is, I can only wonder how he's going to be when the game gets going. And in a PbP game, all it takes is one lapsing poster to kill the game.

I vote we ship out on Monday.

[Callidus]

I'd go with that, shame to lose a player already but I've seen too many games die because of lack of posts by one or more players *8-<

[Chance359]

Lindt: Add English: 4 Read/Write: 2
Also drop Appraise Item and add Medicine: 2/Herbal: 4

Introduction:

[ Spoiler ]

Hank slung a duffle bag over his shoulder and headed out the coffin hotel's rental "office". Well time to check the boards and see if theres any work nearby.

Around the corner from the hotel Hank finds a public telcom that actually works and logs onto the Outpost's LTG. Well it seems Uncle Paul has sent me link about a boat sailing from here, have to check it out.