2072: Table Talk, OOC discussion thread for 2072 Options

[unsound]

Hi! You may start posting in this thread. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Please check out the database.

[AStarshipforAnts]

Should we shove character sheets and other character-related information in this thread?

[unsound]

That works, and I'll post the sheets and backstories in the database thread once you've finalized them.

[Abschalten]

I'm down for this style of game, and I'll be making an IC post later on with a character I came up with just the other night, one I'd really like to play. Sounds like a fun time. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I'll post a charsheet here later on this evening.

[unsound]

Glad to have ya, Abs. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Your Caracas game has some of the best writing I've seen in awhile so I'm very much looking forward to playing with you!

[Abschalten]

Glad to have ya, Abs. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Your Caracas game has some of the best writing I've seen in awhile so I'm very much looking forward to playing with you!

I'm just a humble GM who's way outshined by the ridiculously talented and wonderful players I have in that game. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Abschalten]

"Ultima" - Adept Demolitions/Heavy Weapons Specialist

Description + Background

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Description: Ultima stands of taller-than-average height, with a lean and sinewy build borne of trials and perserverance. Her shoulder-length blonde hair is usually combed straight back, though as the day wears on it takes on a wind-tossed appearance. Green eyes like jade stones stare at the world in a steely glare, enhanced by her stand-offish poise and blithe disgregard for the opinions of others. Old, pink burn scars cover her arms and hands in patches, and half of her pinky and ring fingers on her left hand terminate prematurely into smooth stubs. A handful of scars likewise line her otherwise smooth, oval-shaped face as horiztonal slashes. One scar in particular, a diagonal slash in the corner of her mouth across her top and bottom lips, further mars her fair complexion.

Background: Ximena Delgado was a caraqueña, a native of the autonomous city-state of Caracas, situated in South America. As a young child she was drawn towards a fascination with electrial devices and repurposing them for alternative means. Where most children grew up playing with toys, she learned to take things apart to study their insides and how they operated. The few real toys she had been given she disregarded as worthless, except to find inventive ways of destroying them.

Destruction, in fact, would become a core of her philosophy as she got older. Not in an uncontrolled and wanton, chaotic sort of way. But she saw the act of destruction as being an opportunity for rebirth, giving way to new life and new opportunities. As she advanced in her teen years, she trended towards chemistry, electronic engineering, and a fascination for explosives. She downloaded pirated teaching materials from the Matrix and gorged herself on the knowledge therein, teaching herself not only how to build explosive devices, but also how to counteract those built by otheres. Ultima had a knack for this. She could examine a complicated bomb schematic or see an actual device built by somebody else, and with just a cursory glance she could slice it down to its weaknesses and figure out how to disable them.

Her affinities caused her to be noticed by the nationalist Caracan gang, Bolivar '49. She was sympathetic to their cause and was glad to lend her support in keeping Caracas independent of the yoke of other nations, and in fighting corporate influence in the area. The gang encouraged her education, and it was by happenstance that a magician in the group discovered the source of her abilities, her awakened Talents.

Rather than being jarred by the knowledge, she doubled her efforts, seeing this advantage as a way to become the best bomb tech in the world. Not wanting to become too focused on any one thing, she also took up heavy weapons training, seeing machine guns, assault cannons, and other large weapons as natural extensions of her area of expertise. She also rounded out her skills with some basic electronic warfare techniques, in order to keep her remote devices from being backhacked or jammed when she needed them to go off.

Unfortunately, her organization was just a gang, and they were good for pushing drugs through Caracas. She had ready access to street drugs, and found herself relying on Psyche to help her concentrate on building and disabling bombs. Over time, the concentration aid became more of a crutch, and she found herself unable to concentrate or function without the drug in her system. Her withdrawal symptoms are becoming more and more severe, and the monster she becomes when she cannot find a fix is something to dread. She has also recently begun speedballing psyche with red mescaline into locos in an effort to "expand her mind" and help her reach another level of ability. Though she won't admit it to herself, she's become hooked on the red mesc as well.

She envisions herself as an agent of Change. If she destroys a building, she thinks only of the glorious structure that will eventually take its place. If she has to take a life, she imagines that the soul will be reincarnated into a new form and that the atoms and molecules of that person's corporeal form will only become parts of other things. Her beliefs were founded on traditional Roman Catholic orthodoxy, but over time as she has reevaulated her life and opened her mind up to more New Age beliefs, her current religious thoughts are almost unrecognizable. She prays to God and may quote scripture, but her deviations from church dogma are so drastic as to be a new religion all its own.

"My Father above, let Your will be done. Let this object be a measure of Your desire for Change and Rebirth, and let me be an agent thereof. Let me tear down the ugliness of this world so that You may remake it in Your true image and bring about Beauty. Let the babes find succor in Your love and glory, and let those who would work counter to Your will be stricken down and banished into the Outer Darkness. Amen."

Basic Info

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Name: Ximena Danita Jiminez-Delgado
Streetname: Ultima
Metatype: Human
Sex: Female
Age: 34
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Nuyen:
Lifestyle: Low
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Total Karma: 0
Current Karma: 0
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Street Cred: 0
Notoriety: 3
Public Awareness: 1
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Phys. CM: 10
Ment. CM: 10
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Essence 6.00

Attributes [275 BP]

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Body 4
Agility 5
Reaction 3(4)
Strength 2
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Charisma 2
Intuition 4
Logic 5
Willpower 3
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Initiative 7(8)
Initiative Passes 1(2)
Edge 3
Magic 6

Qualities [+25 BP]

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Adept ( 5)
Analytical Mind ( 5)
Severe Addiction: Psyche (+20)
Moderate Addiction: Red Mescaline (+10)
Incompetant: Etiquette (+ 5)

Adept Powers

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Mystic Armor 2 (1.00)
Elemental Resistance: Blast (0.50)
Elemental Resistance: Fire (0.50)
Improved Ability: Demolitions 2 (0.50)
Improved Ability: Heavy Weapons 2 (1.00)
Analytics 3 (0.75)
Nimble Fingers (0.25)
Increased Reflexes I (1.50)

Active Skills [130 BP]

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Demolitions 5
Heavy Weapons (Grenades) 4(+2)
Perception (Visual) 2(+2)
Pistols (Light Pistols) 4(+2)
Dodge (Ranged) 2(+2)
Throwing Weapons (Grenades) 1(+2)
Chemistry 2
Hardware 3
Computer 2
Palming 1
Electronic Warfare 2
Infiltration 2

Knowledge + Language Skills

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Professional: Electronic Engineering 5
Professional: Bomb Design 5
Professional: Controlled Demolitions 4
Academic: Explosives Chemistry 3
Interests: Street Drugs 3

Spanish: N
English: 5
Portugese: 2

Contacts [5 BP]

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Abdul El-Sayed, Fixer [C:3/L:2]
Formerly a supporter of the New Islamic Jihad, Abdul El-Sayed
threw off the life of zealous self-sacrifice out of disdain
for the inevitable matyrdom expected of him. Why did he have to
be where the bombs were when they went off? Still, he retained his
excellent knowledge of explosives and heavy weapons and became
a reliable name in the shadows for getting stuff for those who need
a bit of extra oomph, no questions asked. He also gets word
occasionally on jobs that need done by clients looking for a
particular skillset. While still a deeply religious man, he has
no qualms about selling weapons for people to kill each other with.
How he justifies this with his beliefs is anybody's guess.

Resources [15 BP]

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***Weapons***
Yamaha Sakura Fubuki [4P, SA/BF, (1)RC, 10(ml)x4] 2000
+Int: Folding Stock
+Acc: Smartgun System, External (Underbarrel) 400
+Bul: 260 Ex-Explosive Rounds 2600

Ruger Super Warhawk [6P, -2AP, SS, *8(cy)] 250
+Int: Smartgun System, Integral 250
+Mod: Increased Cylinder 500
+Mod: Personalized Grip 100
+Bul: 100 Ex-Explosive Rounds 1000

ArmTech MGL-12 [Grenade, SA, 12©] 2000
+Acc: Smartgun System, External (Underbarrel) 400
+Acc: Airburst Link 500
+Gre: 24 HE Microgrenades 1080
+Gre: 24 Fragmentation Microgrenades 840
+Gre: 12 Flash-Bang Microgrenades 360
+Gre: 2 Flash-Pak Microgrenades 400
+Gre: 12 Smoke Microgrenades 360
+Gre: 12 Thermal Smoke Microgrenades 420
+Gre: 12 Tear Gas Microgrenades 480
+Gre: 12 Nausea Gas Microgrenades 540

Ingram White Knight [6P, -1AP, BF/FA, 5(6)RC, 50©/100(belt)] 2000
+Acc: Smartgun System, External (Top) 400
+Bul: 300 Ex-Explosive 3000

Gyro Stabilization Harness 3000

***Armor***
Urban Explorer Jumpsuit [6/6] 500
+Helmet [-/+2] 50
+R:6 Fire Resistance 600

***Commlink***
Novatech Airware 1250
+R:5 Response Upgrade 4000
+R:5 Signal Upgrade 1000
+R:5 Firewall Upgrade 2500
+R:5 System Upgrade 2500
+R:3 Analyze 150
+R:3 Edit 150
+R:5 Encrypt 500
+R:5 Scan 500
+R:5 Stealth 5000
+R:4 Data Bomb 4000
+R:5 ECCM 5000
+R:5 Sniffer 4000
+R:5 Decrypt 5000
+Subvocal Microphone 50
+Trodes 50

***Electronics***
Smart Area Jammer (R:4) 4000
Directional Jammer (R:2) 1000
Goggles (R:3) 300
+Low Light 150
+Thermographic 100
+Flare Compensation 50
Contact Lenses (R:3) 150
+Vision Magnification 100
+Vision Enhancement (R:3) 300
+Smartlink 500
Earbuds (R:1) 10
+Audio Enhancement (R:3) 300
Handheld Sensor [Signal 3]
+Olfactory Sensor (R:6) 3000
+Radar Signal Scanner (R:6) 150

***Misc***
Wire Clippers 25
Monofilament Chainsaw 300
Psyche, 10 doses 2000
Red Mescaline, 10 doses 500
Freeze Foam (R:6), 10 cannisters 240
Low Lifestyle

[Suicidal Street ...]

"Seth" - Nerdy Sniper Looking for Love

Background

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Seti "Seth" Banoub is the grandchild of Semetic Egyptian immigrants. Born in early 2043, he's watched some of the most technologically amazing progressions mankind has ever made arrive, without ever taking part. But growing up is hard for a brown-skinned elf kid, and he soon retreated into the comforts of science fiction, comic books, and tabletop wargaming. These escapes led Seti to believe he could accomplish more with his life, and so, upon finding out that his parents couldn't pay for college, Seti was inspired, in 2059, to join a unnamed militia group that purported to "fight back" against the Corps that had so devastated the planet and ground people's lives into a messy paste-like...paste.

The militia taught Seti to shoot, and how to hide, just before they themselves were liquified by parties unknown. While Seti wasn't the only survivor, he was the only one who remained in Seattle. Because some of his skills are hard to come by, he is able to get a job as a security guard for a local hospital. His initial supervisor, a dwarf, was a sullen and unlikable metahuman, and resurged a childhood-taught and racial prejudice.

After his father finally passes away from a viral infection of the heart in 2068, Seti feels free to be himself, and starts visiting nightclubs of all manner, looking for love. It is at one of these nightclubs that he bumps into a besuited man, who seems to know too much about Seti, and who offers him a week's pay to watch some trideo-like action through the scope of a rifle. Who could pass that up?

Several runs later, Seti is caught in some crossfire as the team he is working with is decimated. He staggers towards the hospital where he works, looking for a doctor, but is found by Dahlia Bekhit, instead. The fellow Egyptian patches him up, and yanks him into her life, using him as a role-model for her younger brother, Asim, and as an entrance into the world of shadows.

Since meeting Dahlia, and seeing her at work, Seti has grown increasingly paranoid that someday--without warning--Dahlia will decide to infect him with some strange venom, or something, just to see what happens. He likes Asim, generally, and thinks that Dahlia is pretty, but lives in a near-constant state of terror at what should could--accidentally--do to him.

Basic Info

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Name: Seti Banoub
Streetname: Seth
Metatype: Elf
Sex: Male
Age: 29
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Nuyen: 635 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif)
Lifestyle: Middle
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Total Karma: 0
Current Karma: 0
Street Cred: 0
Notoriety: 0
Public Awareness: 0
Essence: 6.00

Attributes

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Body: 3
Agility: 6
Reaction: 5 (7)
Strength: 3
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Charisma: 3
Intuition: 4
Logic: 4
Willpower: 3
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Intiative: 9
Init Passes: 1
Edge: 1
Special Atts: 0

Qualities

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Black Market Pipeline - Weapons (10)
Blandness (10)
Lightning Reflexes (15)
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Paranoid - Infected by Dahlia (+5)
Day Job (2500 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) /20hrs) - Hospital Security Guard (+10)
SINner - Standard (+5)
Prejudiced (Specific, Outspoken: Dwarves) (+10)

Active Skills

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Firearms Group: 4
Stealth Group: 4
Athletics Group: 3
Outdoors Group: 2
Dodge: 2
Perception: 4

Knowledge and Language Skills

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Procedure (Security): 3
Design (Firearms): 3
Law: 2
Sniper Perches: 4
Navigation (Hospital Routes): 2
Nightclubs: 2
Gay Nightclubs: 2
Comic Books: 2
Tabletop Wargaming: 1
Scrimshaw: 1
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English: N
Egyptian: 1
Arabic: 1

Contacts

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Afareen Javaherian - Armorer [L:1 C:2]
An Iranian-American woman on the lowest rung of the family-business ladder, Afareen only escapes constantly disappointing her father because she continuously supplies a few very loyal customers.
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"Jeremy" - Club Owner [L:1 C:1]
The owner of a semi-popular nightclub, The Standing Domino, Jeremy puts off decidedly ambiguous vibes. While always willing to compliment a new suit, or flirt playfully, he never seems serious about what he's saying. He and Seti bonded over a slow night at the club, when they found themselves at the same table, drinking champagne until long after the club was supposed to close.

Resources

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***Vehicle***
Yamaha Growler
+Run Flat Tires

***Weapons***
Ranger Arms SM-4 [8P, SA, 1RC, 15©]
+Silencer
+Imaging Scope
+Rigid Stock
+Shockpad
+Disassemblable
+Tripod
+3 Mags Regular Ammo (45)
+1 Mag EX-Explosive Ammo (15)
+1 Mag Hollow-Point Ammo (15)
+Body Armor Bag [6/2]

Ceska Black Scorpion [4P, SA/BF, 1RC, 35©]
+Integral Folding Stock
+1 Mag Regular Ammo (35)

***Armor***
Street Clothes [0/0]

Leather Jacket [2/2]

Form-Fitting Body Armor Shirt [3/0]

Chameleon Suit [6/4]
Applies a -4 dice pool modifier to Perception Tests to see the wearer.

***Survival***
Survival Kit

Combat Load Vest

Smart Canteen (1L)

Ration Pouch (3 days)

Barometric Sensor

***B&E Gear***
Autopicker (R3)

Sequencer

***Medical***
Biomonitor

Long Haul (10 doses)

[AStarshipforAnts]

SSS: I'm going to laugh forever about your character's OKCupid account. Forever, sir.

[Suicidal Street ...]

SSS: I'm going to laugh forever about your character's OKCupid account. Forever, sir.

You know it's totally your fault, right?

[Aria]

I'd like to submit Silk, the background is from my Emerging game and so would require bringing up to date for 2072. Would it be a problem to submit multiple characters to the 'project' and accumulate karma etc based on who you post as (or does that get too confusing?!?) ?

Basic Background:

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Hi, you can call me Silk, although my real name is Suzanna, or Ana for short. My life was great until about eighteen months ago, but I’m getting ahead of myself, so I guess I should start with what I look like?

I’m tall for a human, although not for an orc I suppose. The only signs of any orcish nature however are slightly pointed ears and lower canines that any real orc would be ashamed of (and dense bones which means I’m more robust than I look). Like my Mum I had a late genetic expression and look and feel human (not that orcs aren’t, that isn’t what I mean at all, but it’s a perception thing). I’ve been told that I pass for a fairly pretty human and I’ve put that to use on occasion when looks have been able to swing things my way. I also don’t appear to age in the same way that an orc would so although I’m nearly twenty I haven’t yet seen the unfortunate decline that some orcs go through about now… in fact I’m not sure where the genetic markers fall and I’m certainly not worrying about it given everything else that’s going on in my life.

I’m a third gen runner and have been surrounded by runners from birth. Despite what the trids might have you believe I think that I probably turned out more balanced than most of the other street drek that populate the shadows. When I was born my Dad was a runner, like Granddad, and Mum was working as a surveillance operative for the Feds. I don’t know much of the background of how they met, and it’s too late to ask now, but whilst they loved each other it was a Romeo and Juliet relationship doomed by the divide between the shadows and the light. I’ve still got a holo of my Dad, he was a handsome orc from Europe and now I don’t even know if he’s alive or dead…

Mum became a runner herself after some disagreement with the Bureau that meant she felt she could no longer work for them. She took, or was given, the handle ‘Mother’ although not because she was one, and teamed up with a number of people over the years until she met Bale and started Balefire. For myself, I was helping run overwatch by the time I was twelve and I was trusted to take part in the less dangerous runs when I was fifteen.

We bounced about for the early parts of my life, living out of an RV surrounded by the various technological debris that were Mum’s trade. I think we must have crossed the UCAS at least twice in search of work but we eventually felt the pull of Seattle and came back home… I almost wish we hadn’t now. The fallout of Mum’s involvement with the Feds seemed to have blown over and she reforged her rep here whilst I spent my time tinkering with her toys and learning from the matrix and the various runners that felt the need to teach me something.

My aptitude for tech meant that when the time came Mum insisted that I get a proper education and as I had a SIN it was easy enough to win a place at Seattle U to study electrical engineering. Evo sponsored my course and although there were some reservations about taking a corps money in such a public and open way we figured in the end that it could serve our purposes in a ‘hide in plain sight’ kind of way. I can honestly say that I excelled at my studies, at least the theoretical stuff, and I’m not ashamed to say that I have blatantly used what I’ve been taught to further my skills in the shadows.

…And then it all went bad when things seemed so perfect. I don’t yet know the full story behind what happened, although I’m determined to find out, but someone targeted Balefire for something we had done or for some other reason lost in the shadows…and Mum was killed…I found her in a pool of her own cold blood…I’m sorry, it’s still painful to think about…

…And so here I am. The last eighteen months have been rough and I’ve slowly slipped down the shadow evolutionary ladder and been getting more and more behind on my college work. I need to get back on track, but whenever I think about doing anything about it things seem to get on top of me. Aria has pulled me along and stopped me from sinking too low but I know this is something I now need to deal with myself. The pain is less and it is slowly being replaced with a burning desire to find out exactly what happened and why!



Contacts:
Aria is my sanity, which is ironic as she appears on the matrix as a glowing ten year old girl with a mischievous streak as wide as the Aztechnology pyramid! She doesn’t seem to be in to responsibility but she looks after her friends and I’m very glad to be one of them. She was Balefire’s hacker and only just escaped the destruction that was rained down on us. She has withdrawn herself from the active shadows but keeps her ear to the ground and delights in dredging up obscure information and secrets.

Mr Bishop is a worthy paragon of academia, full of the joys of books (real ones), research and applied hard work. He’s also on occasion a nasty lecherous old man but as his contacts are solid and he’s never actually done anything about it I let it slide. Somehow he knew that I was an active part of the shadows, even though I don’t think it has ever been discussed, and I suppose that has contributed to the respect I have for him. He is a good source of information and on occasion shadow work.

Uncle Cannon is a figure from my dim and distant past, from when I was a little girl and before Balefire. Cannon was the team leader of Mum’s first runner team, a former merc turned samurai. I remember him is an imposing gruff man but one who always had time for me. When Frank Bishop retired, Cannon took over his business as an arms and technology dealer and part time shadow fixer. Until recently I haven’t thought about him much as he’s another reminder of the past but with my step back in to the shadows I have need of a reliable source of tech and possibly work.

Character Sheet:

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Basics BPs 20
Name: Susanna Waters
Street Handle: Silk
Metatype: Orc
Sex: Female
DOB: 2052
Matrix Icon: Sylph in flowing silks

Attributes BPs 190
Body 4
Agility 5
Reaction 4
Strength 3
Charisma 4
Intuition 5
Logic 4
Willpower 3

Special Attributes BPs 50
Edge 2
Magic/Res 5 (4)
Initiative 9
Essence 5.2

Skills BPs 136
Climbing 1 (+1)
Gymnastics 4
Running 1
Electronics Group 2 (Comp & Hardware +1)
Pistols 4
Con 1
Etiquette 2
Infiltration 6
Shadowing 2
Dodge 4
Perception 4

Knowledge
Computer Sciences 5
Electronic Engineering 5
Physics 3
Matrix Games 4
Matrix Rumours 3
Seattle Shadows 3
Orzet 2
Cityspeak 2

Qualities BPs 10
Adept
Human Looking

Negative Qualities BPs -35
Matrix Addiction – moderate
Day job (uni student)
Pacifist (Likely to be changed to a different -5BP quality due to circumstances in Emerging…)
Records on file (corp sponsor for uni)
SINer

Resources 70,000¥ BPs 11

Contacts BPs 15

Mr Bishop - University Librarian / Info Broker 3 / 3
Aria - Hacker 5 / 4

Adept Powers

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Cloak 2
Eidetic Sense Memory
Flexibility 2
Freefall 2
Great Leap 2
Improved Skill 1 – Climbing
Improved Skill 1 – Hardware
Improved Skill 1 – Computer
Memory Displacement
Multi-Tasking

Ware

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Datajack
Orientation System (Alpha)
Math SPU (Alpha, Sequencer 4 built in, some sort of fuse to stop a surge frying her brain)
Image Link
Cyberears 1 (Alpha) + Damper + Increased Sensitivity
Smuggling Compartment (for maglock pass key and some sort of screwdriver…)

Gear

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Yamaha Pulsar + internal smartlink + 10 darts
Morrissey Élan + internal smartlink + 15 capsule rounds (DMSO+narcojet)

Full suit form fitting + ruthenium coating + thermal damping 3

Transys Avalon + Iris Orb + Biometric Reader + Hot sim module
FTL Matrixware Net Wizard program suit + Firewall 3 + Decrypt 4 + 2 VR games

Fake SIN 3
1 mnth low lifestyle

Glasses + Flare Compensation + Smartlink + Vision Enhancement 2

Electronics tool kit
Autopicker 6
Maglock Passkey 4
Monofilament Chainsaw
Grapple Gun + stealth rope
2 Nanopaste Disguise small
Glasscutter

2 Toyota MK-Centipedes (wireless off, 20m fibre optic spool)
595¥ remaining

Character Sketch: Here

This post has been edited by Aria: Jan 27 2011, 01:55 PM

[AStarshipforAnts]

You know it's totally your fault, right?

Lies.

[unsound]

I'd like to submit Silk, the background is from my Emerging game and so would require bringing up to date for 2072. Would it be a problem to submit multiple characters to the 'project' and accumulate karma etc based on who you post as (or does that get too confusing?!?) ?

You can definitely play more than one character if you want. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[unsound]

Update: Silk has been added to the character registry.

[Abschalten]

As evidenced by the post, Ultima is going to attempt to circumvent the maglock. I'm not sure what modifiers you'd like to apply to the situation. But I will put out there that she has Analytics 3, Analytical Mind, Nimble Fingers, an active skill of Hardware 3, and a knowledge skill of Electrical Engineering 5. I'm not sure what or how you'd like me to roll, but I sorta built her for things like this. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[unsound]

I forget which one of your adept powers adds to the roll, and I don't have any books in front of me right now, but Hardware + Logic + bonuses seems about right for cracking a maglock, with a -2 penalty for working without proper tools.

[Abschalten]

Logic 6 (with Psyche) + Hardware 3 + Analytics 3 + Analytical Mind (2) + Nimble Fingers (1) - 2 (Insufficient Tools) = 13

13d6.hits(5) → [1,2,6,2,6,4,3,5,3,1,6,3,1] = (4)

I'm not sure if you'll count Nimble Fingers or not. If not just knock the last die off the end.

Edit: I did find the rules for handling bypassing maglocks on page 263 of SR4A. I'm not sure if you want to use the Extended Test in those rules or if you want to treat it as a straight-up Success Test. If you want me to reroll some more I can do that.

[Red_Cap]

I'd like to submit Rhodes Rashburne, street names Roadie and Road Rash, a sprawl ganger.

BACKGROUND & DESCRIPTION

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Rhodes Rashburne is the oldest of seventeen children, having just turned 22 years old; his next oldest sibling, Alexander, is only 14. Both is parents -- both orks -- are still alive and kicking, trying to make a life in the rough and tumble Loveland neighborhood of Puyallup. Rhodes was pulled into the local gang life early (he was taken into the ork-dominated Ragers gang at the tender age of 12), and has fought his way up through the ranks with fearless, stubbornness, and brute force. His best friend Angron is now the gang's leader, and Roadie sits at his right hand.

Roadie, however, isn't your quintessential ganger. Though he is loyal to his brothers and sisters, he sees the gang as more of an extended family or group of friends rather than truly buying into their revenge-for-the-Night-of-Rage party line. He uses the gang violence of this lifestyle to accrue money and physical goods which he passes off to his family to keep his parents and the kids in food and clothes. Both of his parents are solid Roman Catholics so his mother refuses Rhodes' gifts if they are stolen; his father, though, is rather more pragmatic. They tried to raise him to avoid violence and all the other sins of the world, but the only thing that really stuck with Roadie is an aversion to drugs (though he's all about knocking back a beer whenever the opportunity presents itself).

After he started stocking up on cyberware, he got in touch with a low-level fixer and is trying to set himself up as a shadowrunner. He wants to make enough money to dig his parents out of their shit-hole lifestyle in one of the worst parts of town, and anything left over is just gravy for himself.

Rhodes is a big slab of muscle, standing seven feet tall and weighing in well over two hundred pounds -- closer to two-fifty -- and none of it is fat. He dresses in ripped-up, dirty blue jeans and various tee-shirts and wife-beaters, usually with his black armored jacket on, proudly displaying the fist-and-flame icon of the Ragers, topped off with a black bandana drawn tight around his shaved head. His lack of charisma is really more due to his uncaring attitude and violence-first demeanor, though his ork-ness is unmistakable -- he's lantern-jawed with prominent tusks.

He has a tendency to crack his knuckles when he's bored or ready to fight, and can do so repeatedly just by flexing his fists. He has a thing for vintage Wild West flats and trids, especially Clint Eastwood; his favorite is Tombstone. As an homage to these past heroes, he wears his six-gun (actually an eight-gun, but who's counting?) low on his leg, in easy reach should he need to start blasting.

ATTRIBUTES, SKILLS, & QUALITIES

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Attributes:
Metatype: Ork
Body: 5 ((IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)
Agility: 4 (6)
Reaction: 3 (5)
Strength: 6 ((IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)
Charisma: 2
Intuition: 4
Logic: 2
Willpower: 4
Edge: 2
Essence: 2.9

Qualities:
Guts
High Pain Tolerance 2
Toughness
Mild Addition to Alcohol
Simsense Vertigo

Skills:
Close Combat Group 3
Automotive Mechanic 2
Dodge 3
Intimidation 4
Perception 3
Pilot Ground Craft 2 (Bikes +2)
Running 2
Survival 2 (Urban +2)
Automatics 2
Longarms 2
Pistols 3 (Revolvers +2)

Seattle Gangs 3
Wild West Trids 3
Seattle Street Docs 2
Thrash Metal 3
Combat Biker Stats 2

English: N
Or'zet 3
Spanish 2

CYBER & GEAR

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Muscle Replacement 2
Reaction Enhancers 2
Plastic Bone Lacing

Harley-Davidson Scorpion
Knife
Cavalier Deputy with:
- Increased Cylinder
- Underbarrel Laser Sight
- Personalized Grip
- Custom Look 2
- Quick Draw Holster
- 40x rounds of Hollow Point ammo in speed loaders
HK MP-5 TX with:
- 100x Explosive rounds in five clips
Sony Emperor Commlink with:
- Red Cap Nix OS
- Browse 2
- Edit 2
- Headphones
Fake SIN (Rating 3)
Fake Driver's License (Rating 4)
Fake Firearm License (Cavalier Deputy, Rating 4)
Squatter Lifestyle, 6 months

CONTACTS

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Gang Leader -- Roadie is a member of the Ragers, and a close friend and lieutenant of the gang's leader, Angron. He's just as big an ork as Roadie is and is quite a bit angrier, to boot.
[/b]Joy Girl[/b] -- The ork street-walker who goes by Tatiana isn't exactly a friend of Roadie's, but he's been a decent client in the past and seems willing to look out for her when business gets thin. Hey, money is money.
Street Doc -- Marcus Derringer might be a human, but he's at least a decent sort, and even gave Roadie a first-timer's discount when he installed the ork's strength enhancers. The DocWagon tattoo on his arm is kind of hard to miss, but living in that pig sty in Puyallup means that's he's not corporate anymore.
Fixer -- Mr. Green isn't even a middle-sized name in a pond as big as Seattle, but he has a reputation for picking up down-and-out-ers and setting newcomers on the path to riches and ruin. He doesn't seem to give a shit about his runners, though, so word on the street is to watch your step.

[unsound]

Mr. Rashburne is now in the database. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I also just wanted to say, feel free to make stuff happen for your character, and for anyone else's character - after all, that is the purpose of this game! I'm the only one tackling GM duties right now, which is exactly what I expected since this game is just beginning to take flight, but the player/GM distinction doesn't exist in this sort of campaign. I'll make GM posts whenever I have the time and am in a writing mood, but if you get restless and feel like writing something, but I haven't gotten to you yet, then don the GM hat yourself and do a scene with another player! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[unsound]

Database updated with tentative rules for Edge recovery.

[Abschalten]

Where's your character in all this, unsound? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[unsound]

Pshhhh, I'll make a character when one of you slackers steps up and takes the reins for awhile. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Abschalten]

Pshhhh, I'll make a character when one of you slackers steps up and takes the reins for awhile. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Maybe one of us is waiting for you to put a character out? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[Suicidal Street ...]

I don't know about Abs, but I'm waiting until there are enough players that I wouldn't be interfering with anybody else's plan for people. As is, half the characters so far are either me or an IRL friend...we need some more blood in this thread!

[unsound]

Maybe one of us is waiting for you to put a character out? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Hah, I like your style. I'll probably upgrade one of the NPCs I had in mind to a full blown PC when I can catch some spare time. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I don't know about Abs, but I'm waiting until there are enough players that I wouldn't be interfering with anybody else's plan for people. As is, half the characters so far are either me or an IRL friend...we need some more blood in this thread!

For my part, at least, it's still all pretty much fly by the seat of my pants at this juncture, so no worries about interfering with a plan! I'm aiming on bringing some of you guys together for a run eventually, but that's future stuff. Plus there's fresh new blood that I haven't gotten to yet, that anyone else is welcome to. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)