Low-Down in Loveland, Recruiting Phase Options

[Propaganda]

Quick point: What year is this set in, so I can get the date of birth, etc. right?

[Aria]

Invisible path physad called Scratch

Background:

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Scratch was five when the SCIRE shut its doors and turned her life upside down. Initially stuck in one of the housing levels she was lucky enough to be found by the resistance before Deus got round to opening up that area and experimenting on her neighbours. She doesn’t talk about those three years very much but they have left a strong impression on her. Her age perhaps helped her to survive the emotional scars better than some of her older counterparts who remembered more of life before but she is still deeply disturbed by obvious cyberware and some drones and other reminders of the mad AI.

When the arcology was liberated from the ‘monsters’ she slipped away in to the Orc underground and adopted a family there until some unwelcome advances when she was a bit older made her move on again. This time she decided to get as far away from Downtown as possible and headed south. Lost and alone she was found by the Old Man, a mysterious character who gives little away about his origins. He helped her to understand her gift and he revealed that it had been the thing keeping her alive over the past difficult years.

Scratch earned her street name when she introduced herself to the local gang near her doss. They got the impression that she was too full of herself but when she fought like a cornered weasel she got a modicum of respect that she has since built on with her abilities to lift the odd credstick and get in to places where she shouldn’t…

Here's her stats...any comments welcome, not made many SR4 characters, especially one with 300BPs. I may have gone overboard with perception but I hate not knowing what's around the corner (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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Basics
Metatype Human
Sex Female
DOB 2055 (So 16 ish game time)

Attributes (Spent 150 plus magic & edge)
Body 2
Agility 4
Reaction 3
Strength 2
Charisma 4
Intuition 5
Logic 3
Willpower 3
Edge 3
Magic/Res 4
Initiative 8
Essence 6

Skills
Athletics Group 2
Unarmed 3 +2 from power when hurt (assuming geas allowed?)
Computer 1
Pistols 1 (Semi-Automatics +2)
Con 2
Etiquette 1
Stealth Group 3 +2 infiltration from power
Dodge 3
Perception 4 (Visual +2) +2 from power
Orzet 1
Spannish 2
Orc underground 3
Seattle gangs 3
Police practices 3
Local mob activities 1
Matrix game sites 4

(Got 7 more points of knowledge skills, will have to give them some more thought...)

Qualities
Adept 5
Mild matrix adiction -5
Mild Flashbacks -5
Mild phobia (obvious ware/drones) -5
SINer -5

Adept Powers
Critical strike 1
Enhanced perception 2
Freefall 1
Improved infiltration 2
Improved unarmed combat 2 (geas 'when hurt' - fights like a cornered weasel)
Direction Sense
Motion Sense
Traceless Walk

Reources: 10K (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) (Not spent anything yet, hopefully this is enough for a link to feed her matrix addiction, a light pistol and ammo and a doss for the night, perhaps a lock pick gun if i can get one)

Contacts: The Old Man (Loyalty 3, connections 2) Snake shaman, Greg (Loyalty 1, connections 3) Orc underground Fixer/fence

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[Bearclaw]

If there's any more space, I'm interested.

[Digital Heroin]

Ok, here is how things stand. Offline I am doing heavy planning for this, and my tabletop game. I've been waiting all patient-like for the guys I invited to the boards, but have seen nothing from them yet, so I'm going to proceed along a slightly different path.

Why only run one gang, when you can run two, eh?

So those of you who have expressed interest and sheets, great, I'll start giving them a more discerning look-over. Those of you who posted concepts up, start thinking sheet. And everyone who has asked about room, there is still room, as there has been no cut made yet, so get cracking on concepts and sheets.

Some more specific information/responses to specific questions will follow shortlyish.

...I need whiskey and pizza first...

[kanislatrans]

I'm still interested. PMed my sheet but will post it here also.

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Name: Larenz Konrad Marazski

Handle:Matto
Race: Ork
Height: 1.7 meters
Weight:135 kg
Hair/eyes:short brown 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 streetmedic who patched him up . In payment he has been working at the clinic as muscle and custodian.
On occasion the doc has taken cyber as payment and has traded a few peices 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.

Recently Matto has paid back his debt to the doctor and moved on, hoping to move up to the big league. He is looking to build a rep and maybe get some notice from the Prime runners he sees strutting around.

Mannerisms:

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.
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?

stats: (150 pts on attributes)
Bod: 6
Agi:3
Rea:3
Str:4
Cha:3
Int:3
Log:3
Wil:3
Edg:4(30)

Essence: 5.17
Resources: 30000( 6 pts) 33 left


skills: (70 pts)

Pistols: 3
Automatics,machinepistols: 3(2)
Clubs:2
Perception,visual:3(2)(3-attention co-processor)
Pilot groundcraft:1
intimidation:2
First aid,combat wounds:2(2)
Unarmed combat:2

knowledge skills:

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

Languages:

English:N
Slovak:2
Vietnamese:1
Spanish: 1
Ute:1
speretheil :1

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.

Qualities: (+20,-15)

Homeground, redmond
allergy,common,moderate: Cats
Ambidextrous
Guts

Cyber:
Eyes,lvl2,w flare comp and low-light(4 slots open)
Attention Co-Prossesor,lvl3
Smartlink
Data jack
Damage Compensators lvl 1

Gear:

Sony emporor running redcap nix OS
Fake SIN rating 3
Stun baton
Rem. Roomsweeper 10rds SNS
Cheka Black Scorpion MP 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
goggles w/
thermographic vision
vision magnifcation
plastic restraints(10)
RFID tags( 20) standard
120 volumes of classic books on chip

Squatter life style (1) month

[Digital Heroin]

Some specifics:

crizh

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The kind of guy in this Loveland who is in a low-tier gang does not have a facility for organic chemistry and cooking street drugs, or if he does, it is undiscovered because he has had no access to any decent education (which would leave him unskilled). Anyone with that kind of natural talent would be hand-picked by the gang's patrons to move on somewhere else, taken off the streets, into a cushy little life of indentured servitude. The facility for jimmying up improvised explosives, that could work, however.

BlackHat

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Of the two concepts, even with the gang being based around a chop operation, I think the 'doc' might be more suitable. Could be someone with medical school aspirations that are totally unrealistic (sadly, that'd be the case due to being in Loveland) who has been learning any way he can, and practicing on anyone too out of it to protest.

Chance359

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Muscle is a good thing, I like muscle. Most fun I've ever had with a game here was playing a none too bright Troll with a talent for beating things with his fists, and shrugging off everything short of a shotgun to the gut and a grenade shoved in the wound.

Propaganda

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A courier/car boosting guy sounds like a good concept to roll with. The gang's not going to be the mobile type, rather it'll be turf based, but that does not say members within it aren't going to roam, and having a bike in Loveland means being able to get places other people can't with bigger vehicles, and that is a good thing

vanillared

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I'm not sure what you're proposing as a concept, but while I do allow reasonable group contacts, leading or being a member of another gang is definitely out of the question. The game is about surviving as a group (or dying as individuals, or as a group, or running away and living as individuals), being tied to another gang divides loyalties too much.

Combat Mage

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Magic is fully available, and restricted only to the amount of BP you are willing to invest given it is a 300BP game. Asim looks quite promising from my initial few glances.

That should hopefully answer questions, or address my immediate concerns. If you aren't mentioned, no need to fear, that just means I either missed a question, or I have no concerns with your concept/build at this time.

As for date, the game is set in 2071, during a transition between Lone Star and Knight Errant.

If I missed your question, kick me... a post, or a PM if you prefer.

[crizh]

[ Spoiler ]

So, do you want me to drop the Chemistry and keep the Demolitions?

That could work although I'm not sure how far I can go without the chemistry. If I target that as one of my skills to reduce, I've got way to many at 4, then I'll not be good enough to make Lael but will still be able to mix ANFO with little trouble.

[Aria]

Why only run one gang, when you can run two, eh?

PC vs. PC actions? Ouch, better invest in some armour and a spare character for when the lead starts flying (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[BlackHat]

Of the two concepts, even with the gang being based around a chop operation, I think the 'doc' might be more suitable. Could be someone with medical school aspirations that are totally unrealistic (sadly, that'd be the case due to being in Loveland) who has been learning any way he can, and practicing on anyone too out of it to protest.

Gotcha, I thought that concept was more interesting, too. I'll get a sheet together, tonight (hopefully) and post it up. Even unoptimized, it shouldn't be too hard to make a mechanically suitable medic for the gang - if not better than a lot of street docs. Hopefully when the gang gets all shot up, or cut up, they'd still rather get stitched together by this guy than some NPC contact. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

EDIT: Also, if anyone wants any gang-tats, or cosmetic biomods, he's your man.

I don't think I need it for anything, but I'll ask anyway. Is the "restricted gear" quality banned for this game? does it work differently (allowing avilability 12) or does it work as usual?

[BlackHat]

Are we still planning to be the Loveland Dozen (still in need of colors/symbols/etc) or now that there are two gangs, do we need to come up with another name (and all that other stuff)?

[Combat Mage]

The name/colors/symbols etc also kinda depend on the style of the gang in my opinion. What goals we have (besides surviving and getting more turf), what ideologies and outlook on life and all this stuff.
Are we aiming to be the biggest player in our area? Are we street people that banded together to survive and build a "save haven" for our members? Or are we psychos who just wanna beat people up and party all the time? Or all of that together? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)


Greetings,
Combat Mage

This post has been edited by Combat Mage: May 27 2010, 03:55 PM

[Jimmy Falcon]

I would like to Join as a dwarf or orc who just loves to build and takes stuff apparent. Not much of a fighter but some basic skills.

[Smush]

[font="Book Antiqua"][/font][color="#8B0000"][/color] I be Smush....I ogre....Not smart, but can weld good....I smush baddies with my club made of car parts....Want to join with Jimmy....*Grins*

[Branmac]

Roberto "Bear" Calmante

Mechanics wise, human, magician adept, his magical abilities are counter spelling and possibly a little summoning/banishing. He has enough adept powers to speed him up slightly and make him perceptive. In the long run he would probably evolve towards a investigative/legwork/face type but for now this is all the little ganger boy knows

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 2 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.}

[Digital Heroin]

Ok guys, welcome to Jimmy and Smush, two of the off board (now on board) folks I've been talking about.

I'm going to give it another week for open concept time, and then close the doors on new posting. That's a one week deadline to voice up if you've been considering joining the game. At, and up until then, I will be talking with people either here or via PM, getting a feel for their concept, and how it fits into the gang, and by Wednesday of next week I hope to have the cut made for who is in, and who is out of the game. Anyone new to the SR-world, or to play-by-post, don't fear, this is not going to be one of those games that kills you with dice... your decisions might get you killed, but mechanics won't.

*insert Kefka laughter here*

[Digital Heroin]

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So, do you want me to drop the Chemistry and keep the Demolitions?

That could work although I'm not sure how far I can go without the chemistry. If I target that as one of my skills to reduce, I've got way to many at 4, then I'll not be good enough to make Lael but will still be able to mix ANFO with little trouble.

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That was kind of the point. Anyone who can casually cook high end chemicals and street drugs is going to be noticed by higher people, and either play nice, or get dead really fast. Being smart in the Barrens makes you stand out. Standing out can be good, but not if it's in the kind of way that can make/lose people money. That aside, from a GM perspective, I don't want a character in the game that can cook ridiculously large explosives or make drugs with ease. This is about grit, it's about having to think fast and act faster. Improvising something to bomb a rival's business is good, manufacturing arms for the entire gang is bad.

[Digital Heroin]

Also, as for the gang's turf/accommodations... lifestyle will be provided for free, and will include a few businesses (a dive bar, mechanics, maybe a pawn shop) to represent the block the gang lives on. The gang is primarily a turf gang at the point of starting, but if y'all want to change that focus, feel free to try.

[BlackHat]

Work in progress. Still need a name, and have some points to spend - but I figured i should post what I've worked out so far. Not sure if I want to leave his first-aid at a 5 or not - it seems high for someone taught on the streets - but maybe the rest of the gang gave him a LOT of practice, or maybe he got a hold of a really good tutorsoft. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Got plenty of points to round him out - so suggestions welcome (if anyone is interested). I'll probably have something more complete by Tuesday - hopefully before the doors close on submissions.

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(250 / 300)

Metatype (0)

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- Human (0)

Attributes (130BP)

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- Str 2 (10)
- Agi 2 (10)
- Bod 2 (10)
- Rea 2 (10)

- Cha 3 (20)
- Int 3 (20)
- Log 4/5 (30)
- Wil 3 (20)

Special Attributes (0)

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- Edge 2
- Essence 4.425
- Init 5 1 IP
- - Matrix Initiative
- Magic 0

Positive Qualities (0)

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Negative Qualities (0)

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Skills (80)

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- First Aid 5 (20)
- Medicine 1 (Magical Health 3 - Augmentation pg123) (6)
- Cybertechnology 1 (4)
- Instruction 1 (Biotech 3) (6)
- Artistry 1 (Biosculting 3) (6)

- Close Combat Group 1 (10)
- Etiquette 1 (Street 3) (6)
- Intimidation 1 (4)
- Firearms 1 (10)
- Dodge 1 (4)
- Perception 1 (4)

Knowledge: (21/21 free)

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- Academic
- - Biology 5 (5)
- - Psychology 1 (1)
- - Chemistry 1 (Organic Chemistry 3) (2)
- - Mathematics 1 (1)
- - Magic Theory 1 (1)
- Street
- - Gang Identification 3 (3)
- - Gang Turf 3 (3)
- - Street Drugs 3 (3)
- - Local Street Docs 3 (3)
- Professional
- - Doc-Wagon Procedures 1 (1)
- - Pharmaceutical Drugs 2 (2)
- Language
- - English (N)
- - Spanish 1 (Street Lingo 3) (2)

Gear (30 BP= 139,710/150,000)

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- Augmentations [1.35 + 0.225 E]

- - Bioware, Cultured [20,000 total]
- - - Cerebral Booster 1 (10,000) [0.2E]
- - - Sleep Regulator (10,000) [0.15E]

- - Genetech [15,000 total]
- - - PuSHeD (15,000) [0.1E]
- - - - +1 DP Logic-skills

- - Cyberware [41,000 total]
- - - Control Rig (10,000) [0.5E]
- - - Encephalon 1 (30,000) [0.75E]
- - - - +1 DP to logic skills, not knowledge skills,
- - - Datajack (1,000) [0.1]

- Ares Viper Slivergun (500) [1110 total]
- - 8P(f) +2 SA/BF - 30©
- - 2 Clips (305x4 = 610)

- Armor [4/4] [950 total]
- - Armor Clothing [4/0] (500)
- - Forarm Guards [0/+1] (200)
- - Helmet [0/+2] (100)
- - Shin Guards [0/+1] (150)

- Commlink, Disposable (300) [550 total]
- - Response 1, Signal 3
- - System 2, Firewall 1
- - - SimModule, Hot-Sim Modified (250)

- Medkit, Rating 6 (600) [1,100 total]
- - Supplies x10 (500)

- GMC Hermes Van (45,000)
- - Handling -1
- - Accel 5/10
- - Speed 100
- - Pilot 2
- - Body 17
- - Armor 6
- - Modifications
- - [-] 2 Small Landing Drone Racks

- Evo Orderly (2,000) [6,500 total]
- - Handling 0
- - Accel 5/20
- - Speed 40
- - Pilot 3
- - Body 3
- - Armor 3
- - Sensor 2 [Capacity 6]
- - - Camera (forward facing)
- - - Cameras x2 (one on each mechanical arm)
- - - Cyberware Scanner
- - - Microphone
- - - Motion Sensor
- - Programs
- - - First-Aid Autosoft 3 (1500)
- - - Medicine Autosoft 3 (1500)
- - - Cybertechnology Autosoft 3 (1500)
- - Modifications
- - [-] 2 Full Mechanical Arms
- - [-] Special Machinery (Medkit 6)
- - [-] Walker Mode

- Crash Cart Autodoc (4,000) [8,500 total]
- - Handling 0
- - Accel 5/10
- - Speed 30
- - Pilot 3
- - Body 4
- - Armor 2
- - Sensor 1 [Capacity 6]
- - - Camera (forward facing)
- - - Cameras x2 (one on each mechanical arm)
- - - Cyberware Scanner
- - - Microphone
- - - Motion Sensor
- - Programs
- - - First-Aid Autosoft 3 (1500)
- - - Medicine Autosoft 3 (1500)
- - - Cybertechnology Autosoft 3 (1500)
- - Modifications
- - [-] Valkyrie Module
- - [-] Walker Mode

- Contacts (10)

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- - "El Carnicero" (Connection 3, Loyalty 2) - Dealer in "second-hand" and black-market augmentations.
- - (needs a name) (Connection 2, Loyalty 3) - Loveland Area Street Doc. Ex-Doc-Wagon Medic. Spent a few years in jail

[Red-ROM]

so, do I ditch the Lifestyle I bought? and what happens with starting cash? I guess Micky can always use more drugs (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[Combat Mage]

@BlackHat: I really like the van that doubles as mobile clinic. Also he's specialized in healing my magical butt. Yay.
I always like some qualities/flaws in my characters, but that is personal preferance.

@Digital Heroin: I will expand my concept into a complete backstory, put fnishing touches on the mechanics (no lifestyle = more money (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) ) and repost the character before the deadline.

Greetings,
Combat Mage

This post has been edited by Combat Mage: May 29 2010, 09:51 PM

[BlackHat]

I really like the van that doubles as mobile clinic. Also he's specialized in healing my magical butt. Yay.

Yeah, I was going to hinge that on the gang having a good number of awakened PCs, but I suspect that will be the case anyway.

[Karoline]

Hmm, this is still accepting new people? I might consider joining, will have to read up and see. Thought it was interesting when I saw it, but wasn't sure about how much time I'd have at that point, my schedule is a bit more set now, which is nice.

[Propaganda]

Yeah, I was going to hinge that on the gang having a good number of awakened PCs, but I suspect that will be the case anyway.

You'd also be able to make cred on the side by dealing with any local Awakened types. Get good enough and people will come from a fair distance since there's less of a risk of them hideously mangling your talent.

[Panzergeist]

Are you still recruiting? I' like to throw my hat into the ring. My character concept i a faceman, very loosely based on Sawyer from lost. He's a black marketeer, con artist and social networking specialist with a tiny bit of combat skills. Still working on a name.

[Chance359]

Estaban Ortega grew up amid Aztlan campaigns to destroy his people. Learning to fight and survive in the jungle as far back as he could remember. Shortly after his tenth birthday, his unit was captured. Being so young he was placed into the Aztechnology junior class bloodsports. After being brought to Seattle for a "special" in person visit to one of his fans, Estaban bit off one of the mans fingers and escaped into the barrens.

300
-20 Ork
-150 Stats
-40 Edge
-116 Skills
-9 Resources
+35 Negative Qualites

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B: 5 (+1 for damage resistance
A: 4 (5)
R: 4 (5)
S: 4 (5)
C: 3
I: 3
L: 2
W: 3
E: 5
Essence: 2.2

Qualities:
Enemy (5) -Aztechnology exec
Signature (10) -Gang tagging
Uneducated: (20)

Skills:
Athletics group: 1
Close Combat group: 2
Dodge: 3
Etiquette: 3
Firearms group: 2
First Aid: 1
Perception: 2
Pilot Ground Craft: 2
Survival: 1
Stealth group: 1

Knowledge skills:
Big Game Hunting: 2
English: 4
Paranormal Critters: 3
Seattle Gangs: 3
Trap Setting: 3

Augmentations:
Bone lacing Plastic
Cybereyes w/ Low light, Eye light, Flare Comp, Smartlink
Muscle Replacement: 1
Wired Reflexes: 1

Gear:
Renraku Sensei w/ Redcap Nix and Browse: 3
Fake SIN: 2

Armored Jacket
Urban Explorer Jumpsuit
Backpack
Respirator: 1
MedKit: 2

Weapons:
Knife
Shock Glove
Extendable Baton

Colt Manhunter w/ Hidden Arm Slide, Smartlink, Barrel Weight 160 rounds.
Remington 990 w/ Imaging scope, Shock pad, smartgun, 120 rounds
10x Throwing knives

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Vehicles:
Suzuki Mirage w/ spoof chip, Smuggling Compartment, Nitros Injection