Recruiting : To Be Determined, Style of Game to be determined Options

[DireRadiant]

Assensing 1 (auras +2) (14)

I think that should 6?

With that I only got to 380 BP, I assume the 20 BP are split up between the 3 contacts? Can you list the Loyalty and Connection costs you assigned?

[Meatbag]

I think you may be 5 BP off, can you double check your my math?

I'm not seeing it, even after running it through a character generator.


Attributes (including Resonance) come to 190

Skills come to 174

40 BP of Complex Forms.

15 BP of Qualities.

35 BP of disadvantages,

9 BP of Contacts.

7 BP of Gear.

Comes precisely to 435.

[DireRadiant]

I was getting 430, I'll double check. TM is 5 BP, and Paragon is 5 BP, what are the other 5 BP of Positive qualities?

[Meatbag]

I was getting 430, I'll double check. TM is 5 BP, and Paragon is 5 BP, what are the other 5 BP of Positive qualities?

Ooh! A small error there - I thought Paragon was 10, same as Mentor Spirit.

I'll start with a couple Registered Sprites, then, since I'll need 'em. Say, 2 Tasks on a Paladin, 2 on a Data Sprite.

Oh, and let's add the Mute program option to my Exploit Complex Form, while we're at it. Helps with the stealth theme, eh?

[Psikerlord]

Have included the contacts BP, Loyalty and Connection ratings on Omen's sheet in the OOC thread, DR. Also upped Assensing to 3 (auras +2) for the 14 pts, and clarified that Trid Phantasm is a fetish spell. I think that all adds up to 400BP now.

[rob]

I have attached Will's character sheet, following (using yall's nifty google docs thing), and his background:

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Dear Sir or Madam:

Please find, in this cover letter, a description of myself and the internship I propose for the completion of the degree of Master's in International Corporate Executive Management.

My name is Will Robinson, and as you can see from the following resume I have extensive academic and professional experience in the fields of corporate law, business, and small-team management. During my matriculation at Texas A&M&M I was able to complete two four-year undergraduate degrees in a single four year period, specifically in the fields of economics and finance. I was priveleged to round out this education at Harvard, where I completed my Doctorate of Jurisprudence with certifications in International and Extraterritorial Law. I am a member of the Bar at the Corporate Court, Ares Macrotechnology, the Confederated American States, and the United Canadian and American States.

Since college, I have moved on to a junior partnership position at the law form of Baker, Hamilton, and Monroe (LLC). While at BHM I was priveleged to work on a number of cases (see the attached legal Curriculum Vitae) focusing on the practical application of corporate law to matters regarding the use of extraordinary, outsourced assets to accomplish corporate objectives.

In many cases, I feel the legal restrictions that force corporations to outsource these assets under such levels of secrecy and sub-scrutiny are outmoded. Many routine transactions - including extraterritorial rendition of personnel or assets from partially owned or wholly owned subsidiaries - fall into legal lacunae within the context of corporate law. Other, extraordinary transacations, including the use of extraordinary outsourced assets in the recovery of information from the Renraku Arcology after it shut down, incur additional costs that disincetivize corporate actors from employing these assets despite the positive externalities (i.e., the reduction of the rebel AI's capability to use force) enjoyed by the community and the greater society. These costs, therefore, prohibit incidental public goods; but can be reduced through proactive legislation.

This theory, of course, requires a level of experience in the 'shadows' that the average corporate lawyer cannot provide and a level of legal expertise that even the most dedicated handlers of such assets cannot speak to. Hence, I propose a course of study using immersion in this field to generate a nuanced legal report of the nature of these assets and their possible integration into a more responsive legal framework.

This thesis is of use to both myself and the greater corporate community. For myself, it will represent the culmination of a career that has traveled me extensively throughout North America and the rest of the world. I grew in humble beginnings in Dallas, Texas; this platform will allow for a nuanced personal view of the world. In all ways, this will contribute to my ability to serve the greater corporate world in a number of dedicated roles and as a leader of liaison missions from Ares Macrotechnology.

I appreciate your consideration, look forward to your response, and until then remain:
Very Truly Yours,
Will Robinson III

Will Robinson III

Note that will is an exactly 400BP build, but is not strictly compliant with RAW. I took a number of black market pipelines among his (extensive) deck of contacts, in exchange for a very significant amount of control that Ares has over him (i.e., records on file, his SIN, a cranial bomb, etc.). I could make him RAW-compliant by simply removing the black market pipelines, the Ares controlling qualities, and his muscle augmentation; but I think he is much more interesting this way. As the team is somewhat assembled, that may be academic. However, he's completely ready to roll and useful to any team.

[DireRadiant]

I have attached Will's character sheet, following (using yall's nifty google docs thing), and his background:

Thanks rob, I'll take a look at your submission and review it. No guarantees. If you are patient it can quite easily happen that I can get you into the game eventually.

[DireRadiant]

I have attached Will's character sheet, following (using yall's nifty google docs thing), and his background:


Will Robinson III

You'll either need to know my gmail account to grant access, or "publish as a web page" and give me that link.

e.g http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=r3P...amp;output=html is a public document

[rob]

DR: Published, at the following link. Will Robinson III

Fixed one accounting error, he should be straight. Black market pipleine savings are taken out of the listed prices for those items that he has access for.

[DireRadiant]

I'm musing at the effects of Black Market Pipeline on gear purchase at chargen.

[rob]

When it comes down to it, the cost savings are largely incidental to the externality of making him a more useful team guy. There are some options to deal with it:

1. I can use the character as is.
2. I could simply dump two out of three of the black market pipleines and get 'born rich', 10 more points of resources, and come out at least 30K wealthier.
3. I could dump the black market pipelines, Bad Luck, the Cranial bomb, the muscle toner and the muscle augmentation (+/- some accounting), and end up both RAW compliant and balanced.
4. I could dump some of the gear and refudge the accounting. This will require dumping some major end items, but is not out of the question.

I'm not indifferent between them - I find Will the most interesting as is; however, the other options don't destroy the character. Option 3 makes him somewhat less effective in combat, but c'est la vie.

[GT3000]

Please list Adept as a positive quality. Note you get ((Int + Log) * 3) free knowledge skills. Including the free knowledge skills, my BP count is off by 1, can you double check?

Work has swamped me but I'll post an updated CS and double check your math no later than tomorrow evening. (10PM PST)

[deek]

Just to check in...for those of us that didn't make the first cut, will you be posting here or just send a PM if opportunity arises to get in the game?

[DireRadiant]

Just to check in...for those of us that didn't make the first cut, will you be posting here or just send a PM if opportunity arises to get in the game?

Probably both.

[DireRadiant]

I'm reopening recruitment for Way of the Yen PBP thread.

See first post in thread for instructions.

[deek]

Aldan Penrice is still available. I haven't been reading any of the IC stuff, so I don't know if he would work with the campaign or not, but if he would, I'd be interested in playing.

[DireRadiant]

Unless I have clearly stated a particular theme up front, i attempt to make the campaign fit the PCs and players first.

Deek, Aldan Penrice has been added to the OOC Thread, Way of the Yen.

[BlackHat]

I'd still be up for re-submitting Parker, unless DR is looking for anything in particular to bring to the existing team. I glanced at the last page of both the OOC and IC threads, but didn't see a clear indication of which of the 7 players (from page 1) were still active, which were not, etc - so I'm not sure what roles are needed most, and assume there is a large waiting-list (see page 1) and only one or two openings, so I won't be surprised if infiltration/close-combat isn't the specialty they need (either because its already covered, or they need something else, worse).

Kevin Parker - aka Parker, aka "Tracer"

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The sound of the ringing alarm seemed to drill its way into Parker's mind. The whining slowed to a dull throbbing as he bounded from the stairs, up the railing, and across the top of the utilities duct overhanging the lobby. The job was botched, his radio was silent, and he was on his own to find an alternate route out. The smoke from his grenade rolled up the stairs after him, obscuring his catlike escape from the guards he left within the poisonous cloud. He climbed, with cybernetically enhanced ease, from the duct, to the second-level observation rail, and heard two thuds on the lobby floor, below. The momentum of his last movement carried his body up and over the railing, and he rolled onto the walkway with a single fluid motion. As he dashed down the nearest hallway, he realized, long before he saw why, that he was not out of this yet.

All he could do was watch as two more guards emerged from a door to his right. These were not the faceless corporate soldiers you see in the trids, covered from head-to-toe in security-armor. These guards were wearing slacks and shirts, and were only armed with pistols. They knew there was trouble in the lobby, but neither guard seemed to expect to see it coming at them on the second floor. Parker's knee connected with the first man's groin, bringing him down before he even had his weapon drawn. This gave the second guard enough time to take a step back, draw his weapon, and even get off a hasty shot before Parker was upon him, grabbing the arm he was holding his gun in, twisting it around behind him, and yanking until he heard a sickening crack. The guard screamed. The scream, like the alarm, seemed to ring in his mind, becoming all he could hear - until the muffled sound of a gunshot silenced everything around him, and the guard went limp. When he released his hold, the guard fell towards the still-squirming and gasping body of his partner, Parker looked down and saw his hands and arms were red with blood.

Parker bolted upright in bed, breathing heavily and sweating. He rubbed his arms against the sheets, trying to wipe the blood - no, the sweat - off of them. It was still dark out, but Parker needed to clear his head before attempting sleep, again. He changed into a jumpsuit, and was out on the street in record-time. The pulse of music from his earbuds drowned out the usual noises of the night in the city, and swept away his thoughts in its rhythm. The cool air entered his lungs, oxygenated his blood, and his body warmed as his heart pushed that blood to his vat-grown muscles, which rhythmiclly expanded and contracted to carry him through his neighboorhood. His head began to clear as he became lost in the exercise - in the art of movement. Each obstacle he overcame - each dumpster, parked car, each dead-end alley - felt as though it got him that much farther away from his troubles. He didn't know where he was going. All he knew was that he had to keep running.

Contacts - may adjust once I get around to making the character, and know how many points I have.

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- Quincy "Q" Mathews - High-Tech Fixer/Gadgeteer. Parker gets his expensive gear from him, which he needs for big shadowrun-type jobs. Chameleon suits, gas grenades, ultra-sound goggles, camera-negating microdrones, and more. Q is Parker's main link to the Shadows. He supplies a number of other runners with SOTA gear, so Parker is just one more contact, but he has recommended Parker a few times, so some of those other runners, as an infiltration and close-combat specialist. His nickname comes from some hundred-year old spy movie or something. His gear is expensive, and usually illegal, so Parker keeps it stashed away for the big jobs, or highly illegal jobs.

- Dr. Miyagami - Street Doc. The majority of Parker's augmentations are perfectly legal, and didn't requires any special permits to obtain through normal channels. Enhanced strength and speed, however, are carefully regulated. Q put Parker in touch with a down-on-her-luck doctor who was not only able to obtain such tech, off the books, but willing to install it without asking a lot of questions. She was also able to falsify some medical records, and help get him some forged permits, and has even patched him up once or twice when a job went south. Miyagami used to be a legitimate doctor, and brings a lot of her old values with her into the Shadows. Parker likes this about her, and doesn't think he could trust some of the other street-docs he has heard about.

[rob]

My character is still in there.

[DireRadiant]

My character is still in there.

You have a well thought out concept, and well built character for it. What I struggle with is how I would work it in, and about the fundamental relationship such a character has with the other PCs. In a sense being the Johnson/Fixer/Company Man in relation to the group is tricky because of two situations. One is the interaction with the PCs, which is not a "normal" PC to PC one, the other is that the archetype typically is the one initiating the story or plot lines on the "professional" side for the characters. That turns it into a situation which requires a different interaction with the GM as well. From experience, having done this in the past, it takes a comfortable working relationship to already be in place for this to work without running into some power play issues. I'm not averse to this, but I want to make sure you have a grasp on how you would work this out.

How do you think your character will be dealing with the other PCs? How will you work this out with the other players and the GM if your character is in this role?

[rob]

The way I think of this is as follows. (3), below, is the crucial point.

1. My character is not an established Johnson/Fixer/Company Man - even though he has a number of contacts, he has nowhere near enough to be truly relevant in such a task.

2. I wrote his backstory specifically to kind of emphasize his novelty to the shadows - he's wet behind the ears, which will play out a bit. He intends his research sabbatical to be a start towards a career as Johnson/Fixer/Company man, rather than the entrance into that career.

3. The way I see him fitting in on a team, in terms of the more stereotypical archetypes, is a primary face/secondary gun/secondary hacker. Even though he's not built to an optimized face build, he can leverage that by being in a position to see the big picture of what most operations work like. He's not crap in either of the secondaries.

4. WRT the other PCs and the GM, he is still novel to the shadows. He doesn't intend to rush into a leadership position, he's more interested in working out what the others want and advocating for it. He can negotiate with a fence, fixer, etc.; arrange other contacts, and as a working relationship develops he can push the group with whatever he thinks is appropriate.