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[Aria]

Ok, here goes v2 of Requiem with a more militant outlook!

Requiem

Character Sketch: Here

Character Background:

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You can call me Requiem. Although I’d never admit it to a potential client, with you I can freely say I’m damaged goods, fragged over by my superiors and the experiences they put me and my unit through. That’s not to say I’m not lethal, I’ve honed my edge since those days and I can be a vicious, cold bastard when I need to be, it’s just that I need to disassociate myself from it all, blank it out, become less human, something that doesn’t sit well with me or my ex wife.

I started out as a good corporate citizen for the Man, in this case Ares, and it was clear from the outset that I was bright and athletic enough for certain aspects of corporate life but that I didn’t have the right mental framework to make it as a functional wage slave. I was recruited to the security programme and after excelling at that was given the chance to join the Firewatch training school at the tender age of twenty three. Naturally I leapt at the chance to become one of Ares’ best and I strove to prove myself again and again during the rigorous training regime. They modded me to the point where I didn’t really recognise myself anymore but there was no doubt that I was a new and dangerous fighter. The move-by-wire system is a marvel of engineering but given that my wires are an early model I’ve never really worked the kinks out of them and they still require regular overhauls to keep me in check, one of the reasons I got my little friends installed later on to mitigate the stress on my system. Beyond that I have faster muscles and an onboard computer that keeps me sharp and knowing where I am at all times.

I wasn’t directly involved in the infamous creation of the Chicago containment zone in ’55 but as Ares responded to increasing pressure to clean up the mess our unit was deployed against at least six nests in the next three years, culminating in "Operation Extermination" in ’58. I will never forget the things I saw over those years and my dreams are still haunted by those images today. The doc says my fear of insects is understandable given the circumstances, although I think he’d prefer it without the overwhelming rage that fills me at the same time!

I won’t say that Ares weren’t good to those of us who were less able to cope with events. I saw a stream of shrinks and quacks in an effort to purge all my fear and self loathing, all at the company’s expense. But it never seemed enough. I withdrew from the world and for a while became next to useless to myself and everyone around me. My wife was a psychiatric nurse that I met during my extended convalescence and plenty of people have told me it was a mistake to marry someone in those circumstances. But she did manage to pull me out of my despondent pit and help me sort my life out. We lasted six years together which is no mean feat and I’m impressed she put up with me that long.

Once I was back on my feet Ares put me on the fledgling Firefight programme as an instructor. Here was something where my martial skills, anger and problems with disassociation could be safely channeled. Ares did an excellent job of creating a functioning martial art more or less from scratch and I am proud to have been a part of those initial stages. Apathy still struck me every now and again and I would relapse in to a semi fugue state but more and more I was able to hold it together.

When the crash happened at the end of ’64 everything was going to shit, Claire had left me and Ares didn’t seem like a safe haven any more. I took the opportunity of a glitch in records to slip away from the corp and head out for new horizons. I know now that the corp had an eye on me all along and I’ve worked for them several times since, but I guess that they no longer wanted a liability on their official books and I was more useful to them as a freelance operative.

I made my way to Seattle eventually, pitching up in Redmond a couple of years ago. Although I plied my skills as a shadowrunner from time to time I preferred to have a steadier income and found work at a dojo in Touristville, keeping street kids out of trouble and helping the odd fellow runner to up their game. It was from here that I hooked up with the Stillwater group and was on hand to see it all go to shit when a merc force blew them to hell. I even took a couple of bullets in the fallout despite the fact that I had told myself not to get too involved. I stuck around long enough to get a real attachment for the place, even when things were falling apart and it was there that I met first Aria and then Silk.

Now I may still look twenty, (my gods do I not feel young any longer), but I really should have known better than to get involved with someone as young as Silk even if she did make me feel youthful again. Although it didn’t go far as Aria ‘stepped’ in and sorted me out. Now Aria is like the daughter I never had, as ridiculous as that may be given what she is, and I had no choice but to heed her advice. I decided that a warmer climate would do wonders for my aches and pains and I signed on with a merc team bound for Africa.

…and this is where I am now. Taking in the sun and trying not to get dead.

Character Sheet:

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Profile BPs 30

Name: Daniel Synd
Alias: Requiem
Metatype: Elf
Sex: Male
Age: 54
Nationality: Ares
Lifestyle: Middle
Nuyen: 20 ¥ +starting cash
Karma Earned: 0
Karma Spent: 0
Street Cred: 0
Notoriety: 1
Public Awareness: 0.3

Attributes BPs 200

Body: 4
Agility: 4 (6)
Reaction: 4 (8)
Strength: 3 (4 in suit)
Charisma: 4
Intuition: 4
Logic: 3
Willpower: 3
Edge: 3
Magic/Res: 0
Essence: 0.43
Initiative: 8 (12) [Reaction+Intuition]
Initiative Passes: 1(3)
Phys CM: 10
Stun CM: 10

Qualities BPs -15
Firefight 2
Restricted Gear 2 (MBW2 & Light Milspec Armour)

Addiction - mild (Betel)
High-maintenance implant (MBW)
Mania/phobia - common & mild (Insects)
Records on File (Ares)
SINer

Active Skills BPs 124
Athletics Group 1
Climbing 1 [LA: Strength T:4]
Gymnastics 1 [LA: Agility T:7]
Running 1 [LA: Strength T:4]
Swimming 1 [LA: Strength T:4]

Clubs 2 Pistolwhip [LA: Agility T:8] +2
Throwing weapons 1 [LA: Agility T:7]

Firearms Group 4 +1
Automatics 4 +1 [LA: Agility T:11]
Longarms 4 +1 [LA: Agility T:11]
Pistols 4 +1 [LA: Agility T:11]

Leadership 2 [LA: Charisma T:6]

Infiltration 4 [LA: Agility T:10]
Dodge 5 +2 [LA: Reaction T: 15]
Perception 3 +6 [LA: Intuition T: 9]

Pilot Ground Vehicle 1 [LA: Reaction T: 9]

Knowledge Skills
Native Tongue English
Combat Cant 3
Small Unit Tactics 4
Ares Operations 4
Bug Spirits 5
Shadow Nodes 3
Merc Groups 2

Martial Arts
-2 to 'attacker in melee' mod for ranged attack
Off Hand Training, Riposte, Two Weapon Style

Resources and Gear BPs 50
250,000 ¥
Cyber & Bioware

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Attention Coprocessor [R:3]
Datajack
Orientation System
Move-by-Wire System [R:2]
Nanohive [R:2]
+Implant Medics [R:3] (MBW system)

Muscle Toner [R:2]
Reflex Recorder (Firearms)
Sleep Regulator

Weapons & Armour

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2x Savalette Guardian [Dam 5P AP –1 Mode SA/BF RC 4 Ammo 15©] (Gyro - Cancel 3 pts recoil & movement)
+Extended Clips
+Melee Hardening
+Skinlink
+Gas Vent 3
+Trigger Removal
+ Smartlinks
+Fire Modification

+Quickdraw Holsters
+Sound Suppressors

+100 EX explosive rnds

Nitama Optimum II [Dam 6P AP –1 Mode SA/BF/FA RC 4 Ammo 30©] Shotgun [Dam 7P AP –1 Mode SA RC 1 Ammo 5(m)] (Gyro - Cancel 3 pts recoil & movement)
+External Smartlink
+Chameleon Coating
+Gas Vent 3
+Skinlink

+100 EX explosive rnds
+20 Shotgun Stick-n-Shock
+20 Shotgun Shock-Lock

5 Flashbang Grenades
5 Thermal Smoke Grenades

Armour Vest (Day-to-day armour) [B:6 I:4]
Un-armoured Duster

Light Milspec Armour (Mission Armour) [B:14 I:12]
+Ruthenium Polymer Coating
+Chem Protection [R:4]
+Thermal Damping [R:3]
+Right Arm Gyromount
+Str Upgrade [R:1]
+Helmet
+Biomonitor

Helmet Visor
+Flare Compensation
+Image Link
+Smartlink
+Thermographic

Gecko Tape Gloves
Desert Survival Kit

Electronics & Misc

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Disposable Commlink
Hermes Ikon+ Mangadyne Deva
+ Modified for BTL/hot sim
+ Skinlink
+ Biometric Lock
+ All Common Use Programs [R:3]
+ Firewall [R:6]

Radio Signal Scanner [R:6]
+Tag Eraser
Respirator [R:6]

Fake SIN [R:4] Security Contractor

Activesoft [R:3] Pilot Ground Vehicle
Linguasofts x2 [R:3] French, Arabic

Contact Lenses
+Vision Enhancement [R:3]

Earbuds
+Audio Enhancement [R:3]

20 tabs Betel
Medkit [R:6]

Thundercloud Contrail off road bike

Contacts BPs 5

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Aria (Info Seeker) [L: 3 C: 5]
Canon (Arms Dealer / Fixer) [L: 1 C: 4]

Total Build Points BPs 400

All should now be RAW! I'm slightly less overspecialised and can pick up more or less any firearm and work with it. I can even throw grenades (something I usually forget)... I've tried to keep the armour to manageable levels so hopefully that won't unbalance anything. I still intend to avoid being shot rather than tanking it!

This post has been edited by Aria: Dec 22 2010, 11:32 AM

[Doc Chase]

Let's see how my first attempt at an EW support character works.

I present Deckard "Loony" Loontwill.

Attributes: <230, +15 Positive Qualities, -25 Negative Qualities>

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Metatype: Ork <20>
Age: 22
Body: 6 <20>
Agility: 4 <30>
Reaction: 4(6) <30>
Strength: 4 <10>
Charisma: 3 <20>
Intuition: 4 <30>
Logic: 4 <30>
Willpower: 3 <20>
Edge: 3 <20>
Initiative: 8(10) 3 passes
Essence: 3.6

Street Cred: 0
Notoriety: 3
Gross Karma: 0
Net Karma: 0

Positive Qualities:
Analytical Mind <5>
Juryrigger <10>

Negative Qualities:
SINner(Criminal) (England) <10>
Bad Rep (British Military, and the Honorable Society of Scottish Shepherds(H.S.S.S)) <5>
Records On File (British Government, or what's left of it) <10>

Skills: <140>

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Group Skills:<80>
Computer: 3
Data Search: 3
Hardware: 3
Software: 3
Cybercombat: 4
Electronic Warfare: 4
Hacking: 4
Climbing: 1
Gymnastics: 1
Running: 1
Swimming: 1

Individual Skills: <60>
Heavy Weapons: 3
Automatics: 3
Perception: 4
Armorer: 2
Medicine: 3

Knowledge Skills:
Firearms Design: 2
Small-Unit Tactics: 3
Mercenary Hangouts: 2
Black Markets: 3
Medical Background (Combat Medicine): 3
African Geography: 2
African History: 2

Languages:
English: N
Or'zet: 2
Arabic: 4

Gear/Cyberware: <35>

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Cyberware:
Wired Reflexes 2(Alpha)

Weaponry:
FN SCAR-H3 (7P, -1)
Mods: Gas Vent 2, Personalized Grip, Underbarrel Weight
Attachments: Laser Sight, Shock Pad, Underbarrel Grenade Launcher

FN 5-7C (4P)
Mods: Gas Vent 3, Personalized Grip
Attachments: Laser Sight
10xHE Grenades
10xSmoke Grenades
10xCS/Tear Gas Grenades
10xIncindiery Grenades

Armor:
FFBA-Full Body
Camouflage Suit
Helmet

Communications:
Battle Buddy Basic Commlink (Response 5, Signal 5)
Analyze (Rating 5)
Browse (Rating 5)
Edit (Rating 5)
Encrypt (Rating 5)
Reality Filter (Rating 5)
Scan (Rating 5)
Armor (Rating 5)
Attack (Rating 5)
Biofeedback Filters (Rating 5)
Blackout (Rating 5)
Decrypt (Rating 5)
Defuse (Rating 5)
ECCM (Rating 5)
Exploit (Rating 5)
Medic (Rating 5)
Sniffer (Rating 5)
Spoof (Rating 5)
Stealth (Rating 5)
Track (Rating 5)
Agent/IC/Pilot (Rating 4)

Other swag:
Directional Smart Jammer (Rating 4)
Subvocal Microphone
Sim Module Modified for BTL/Hot Sim
Trodes
Tag Eraser
Goggles
+Flare Compensation
+Vision Magnification
+Vision Enhancement (Rating 3)
Earbud
+ Audio Enhancement (Rating 3)
Medkit (Rating 6)
Backpack
Armorer's Kit

Contacts: <5, 6 free>

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Sergei Andreyovitch (L:2 C:3)
A Russian arms dealer with possible ties to the Vory, Sergei has a jury-rigger's knack of getting you almost what you want on short notice, and exactly what you want if you're fine waiting a bit longer. Tall and thin with a fabulous moustache, Sergei prefers Soviet-era military officer uniforms, mink stoles and money, money, money. He deals primarily in arms and armor, though he can occasionally get his hands on milspec vehicles, provided you've got the cash and plied him with enough good Vodka(or Tej, when in Africa).

Corina Edwards-Pierce, Assistant Envoy with the United Nations(L:4 C:2)
Corina is of Indian descent yet British upbringing. A diplomat's daughter, she traditionally fell in with the wrong crowd in school (namely our Deckard) and was on hand when he irrevocably killed any possible future he had in the country. Keeping the furthest of tabs on one another during his stint in prison and the Legion, and hers in Oxford and the United Nations, they're both now in the curious position of being able to possibly help one another on the Dark Continent.

Background:

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Loontwill never had it truly 'good'. Born human to a loving-ish family in London proper, Deckard was a precocious mind that had a knack for getting into trouble. Nothing could hold his attention - he wasn't very good with numbers, couldn't write for shit and didn't have much interest in talking to other folks - but give him something to do with his hands and he turned into a veritable magician.

He made a few unlikely friends through his gadgetry; generally the wrong people who wanted to use his contraptions for ill-gotten gain. Such things didn't bother Deckard, he had a 'moral flexibility' that was a wonderful excuse not to give a damn about a great many things. One such was a diplomat's daughter who thought the phone he modded so it didn't track the minutes she was using to talk to her friends was just wonderful, thank you very much.

Crash 2.0 happened. Goblinization happened as well, for Deckard. Hair grew where there wasn't hair before. Tusks, too. Clothes that used to fit didn't anymore, and he started thinking about raw potatoes being pretty tasty. These changes didn't exactly endear him to the education system - where he was simply precocious before, with his devices - now he was a menace.

Orks have never been a terrible success in the British Army. Loontwill had three special disadvantages in that regard: Two easy nicknames; "Loony" or "Twill", an enforced request from the government to get his ass into military service once done with school, and a chip on his shoulder because of it all. An inquisitive mind and a propensity for fashioning some truly remarkable shit from shit didn't help things.

His time in the Army would have been much worse had something fortuitous to him not happened - he was assigned to the unit headed by one Captain Addison Wells, a rising star who had the knack for making the people under his command do shit. When asked what Loontwill could do, the response was a laconic shrug and "Anythin' you think I should be doin', sah."

As a result, "Loony" got to take all the field courses in the shit the other grunts didn't want to do - Information Security, Weapons Maintenance, Electronics Maintenance, and Combat Medicine. He learned three of the four Fixits: Gadgets, Guns, and Grunts.
(This suited him perfectly, because the fourth G, Go-mobiles, sounded like a toy from a kids' meal.)

After the good Captain Wells had been vilified by the press (to the point a Made-for-Trid movie, The Sheep Buggerer starring Hobart Hereford, was released) and Honorable Society of Scottish Shepherds, 'Twill took matters into his own hands - and used a rocket from regimental stores to destroy HSSS headquarters during a televised conference.

Screaming epithets such as "'E didn't do it, the sheep was lyin'", "Bugger-all the lot of you", and "Mutton will get what's comin'" (all of which played well on the evening news), Deckard was put on tribunal, pled guilty, got stripped of rank, and was sentenced to a military prison for three years on charges of Willful Destruction of Property - the greater charges had been erroneously termed as 'dropped' on the electronic docket and the prosecution's hands were tied on the case.

His last contact with Corina and with the good Captain while in prison led him to believe Africa was the place to fuck off to, and he spent his time tinkering around in the machine shop and infirmary, putting his skills to use - and learning Arabic. After his release from prison, he left the country for Africa, to sidekick with Wells and get into lucrative trouble.

My math sucks, so I'll fix it when I get home to show points spent. Any suggestions are, as always, quite welcome.

[Rastus]

@Aria: No, Savalette Guardians sadly do not count as machine pistols in RAW under any circumstance, they count as normal pistols. And no, your armor cannot work that way, though I'd appreciate you not getting too heavy of milspec armor, as rocket launchers are splash weapons.

@Thanee: Not War!, in my houserules at the bottom of this post: http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?s=&a...t&p=1020281
It's in the spoiler.

@Everyone: So in a continuing effort to educate you people without getting too boring, I found a lovely little documentry that finally got uploaded to Youtube, it's called Shadow Company. Details a few things about mercenaries across the ages. Linky here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBrspkenZR4

It's cut up into approximately 10 minute sections, so look to the sidebar for the other parts.

[Abschalten]

Meet Addison Wells, a.k.a. "Cor"

Character Sheet

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Name: Addison Wells
Code Name: "Cor"
Metatype: Elf
Sex: Male
Age: 34
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Nuyen:
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Total Karma: 0
Current Karma: 0
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Street Cred: 0
Notoriety: 1
Public Awareness: 0
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Phys. CM: 10
Ment. CM: 10
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Essence 6.00

Attributes (200)+(30)+(60)
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Body 4
Agility 4
Reaction 3(4)
Strength 2
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Charisma 6
Intuition 5
Logic 4
Willpower 3
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Initiative 8(9)
Initiative Passes 1(2)
Edge 3
Magic 5
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Qualities (+20)
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Adept ( 5)
Linguist ( 5)
First Impression ( 5)
SINner (England) (- 5)
Records on File (England) (-10)
Bad Luck (-20)
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Adept Powers
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Increased Reflexes I (1.5)
Improved Ability: Automatics II (1.0)
Improved Ability: Leadership II (0.5)
Kinesics III (1.5)
Linguistics (0.25)
Commanding Voice (0.25)
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Active Skills (120)
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(Influence Group) 4
Etiquette
Leadership (6)
Con
Negotiation
(Athletics Group) 1
Running
Climbing
Swimming
Gymnastics
Intimidation 3
Automatics 4(6)
Throwing Weapons 1
Dodge (Ranged) 3(+2)
Perception 4
Survival 2
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Knowledge + Language Skills
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Street: African Politics 4
Professional: African Geography 4
Academic: Metahuman Psychology 3
Interests: Fine Wines 3

Language: English N
Language: French 4(6)
Language: Pashtun 2(3)
Language: Arabic 3(5)
Language: Swahili 2(3)
Language: Afrikaans 2(3)
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Contacts (6)(12 Free Points)
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Simon Florentine - Gun Runner - C:3/L:2
Simon Florentine is self described "gun
runner scum," and fucking proud of it. A
colorful expatriate of Tir na Nog, he
occasionally "acquires" military hardware
that he mockingly swears fell "off the back
of a truck," even the lasers and milspec
armor. He is vulgar, profane, debased,
and often times unpredictable. But one thing
he can be relied on for is his greed. He
is safe to deal with so long as he gets paid,
at which point he is your best friend - up
until the cred clears in his Swiss bank account.

Amadi Abubakar - Criminal Warlord - C:4/L:3
Cor assisted Amadi Abubakar in combat early
on in his journies through Africa. While
Amadi had a reputation as being rather
bloodthirsty and unscrupulous, his rival
was a genocidal madman and a rapist, who
burned and pillaged his way through parts
of the Western African countryside. When
combat was over and the rival's operations
subsumed into Amadi's own, Amadi's pull
grew into a thriving and brisk criminal
enterprise. He feels some small measure
of gratitude towards Cor and isn't adverse
to offering aid from time to time.

Dubwana - Asamandan Diplomat - C:4/L:2
Cor was introduced to Dubwana during a
VIP escort mission through Western Africa
into and out of Asamando. Given that
Dubwana himself is a ghoul, and has
associated "appetites," Cor found himself
pulling out all the stops to protect this
representative outside of his nation's borders.
Dubwana was grateful, and became a source
of aid from within Asamando should Cor need it.
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Gear + Resources (4)(19955)
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***Weapons***
AK-97 [6P, -1AP, SA/BF/FA, 38©] 500
+Mod: Smartlink 500
+Acc: Gas Vent 3 400
FN 5-7C [4P, -1AP, SA/BF, 1(4)RC, 20©] 600
+Acc: Gas Vent 3 400
+Mod: Smartlink 600

***Armor***
Armor Jacket (8/6) 900
Camouflage Suit (8/6) 1200
Helmet (+1/+2) 100
Securetech PPP Vital Protector (+1/+1) 200
Securetech PPP Leg and Arm Casings (+1/+1) 350
Securetech PPP Forearm Guards (+0/+1) 200
Securetech PPP Shin Guards (+0/+1) 150

***Electronics***
Hermes Ikon + Novateck Navi OS 4500
(R4/Si3/F3/Sy4)
Encrypt R:4 400
Stealth R:3 1500
Empathy Software R:2 400
Lie Detection Software R:6 3000
Trodes 50
R:2 Contact Lenses 100
+Image Link 25
+Thermographic 100
R:4 Goggles 150
+R:3 Vision Enhancement 300
+Smartlink 500
+Vision Magnification 100
R:3 Earbuds 30
+R:3 Audio Enhancement 300
Subvocal Microphone 50
Handheld Sensor
+R:6 Laser Microphone 300
+Directional Microphone 50
R:1 Micro-camera 100
+Thermographic Vision 100

***Survival Gear***
Survival Kit 100
Climbing Gear 200
Flashlight 25
Micro Flare Launcher 50
+5 Microflares 125
Backpack 250
Camouflage Netting 100
Sleeping Bag 75
Tent 75
Rations x 40 200
Water Purification Tablet x 40 200
Gas Mask 200

***Spy Gear***
Laes Cigarette x 4 100
Scent-masking Cigarette x 10 100
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Backstory

[ Spoiler ]

Addison Wells was once an esteemed Captain in the British Army,
a proud and rising star in Her Majesty's Armed Forces. While
not the greatest combat veteran the Army had ever known, he
showed remarkable promise as an officer, with Leadership abilities
that earned nods even from much more highly decorated officers.

This career was cut abruptly short. While stationed near Scotsprawl,
where the Army maintained a base and oversaw cleanup over the Scottish
Fringe Toxic Zone, Addison was caught up in a bit of a
"misunderstanding" while on leave, where he was unjustly accused
of "buggering sheep" belonging to nearby farmers. Though he
fought eloquently and vehemently on his behalf, he could not
shake the charges, and thus he was stripped of his officer's rank
and dishonourably discharged from Her Majesty's service.

Upon arrival back home in glourious, polluted London, he discovered
that the British tabloid journalists, odious creatures they are,
had picked up on the story and run with it. Both Addison's wife and
mistress left him, unable to bear the shame of being with a
notorious sheep-buggerer. The struggling wine shop he ran with
his wife's help fell under, bought up for pennies on the dollar
of its worth by some Aztechnology-owned chain. His kids refused
to write him. His family disowned him. In short, Addison was
thoroughly disgraced, his life destroyed.

And yet the only life that Addison had ever really known and enjoyed
was that of a soldier. More than a soldier, a leader, a commander.
Admittedly there was little action to be had in Her Majesty's
service, so he decided to leave the country and look abroad for
work.

Addison emigrated to Spain, then crossed over into Morocco and from
there further into Africa, in an effort to lose himself in the Dark
Continent. Addison figured there's always work for men with nothing
to lose there, and there will more than likely be PMCs looking for
help to become established. Seeking some personal redemption,
Addison has criss-crossed the African continent, undergoing missions,
having adventures, and most importantly, making money.

Who doesn't want an Asamandan Diplomat on their side? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Edit: Oh snap! Doc and I both have brits!

[Doc Chase]

Ha!

I can already see what small edits/additions I need to make - condition monitors and notoriety, for instance - so I'll do those when I get home.

Haha! We do! For Queen and Country, and all that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[yoippari]

So while building my dude I seem to be going for subtlety. Machine pistol with chameleon coating instead of smg or ar, street clothes look. Admittedly a hawk or snake on my shoulder, a ferret in a satchel, and a wolf at my side isn't very subtle. Need to work on how that is going to work.

So given the near cyberzombie status of a couple of these characters and the light military armor (which I considered myself) am I going about this slightly wrong?

[Rastus]

So while building my dude I seem to be going for subtlety. Machine pistol with chameleon coating instead of smg or ar, street clothes look. Admittedly a hawk or snake on my shoulder, a ferret in a satchel, and a wolf at my side isn't very subtle. Need to work on how that is going to work.

So given the near cyberzombie status of a couple of these characters and the light military armor (which I considered myself) am I going about this slightly wrong?

Dude, there's near cyberzombies in pretty much every game. As for going about it wrong, as I said there is no wrong way, but it there is a difficult way. Subtlety is good and all, but is it really necessary to focus on that? In vanilla SR, most people are so focused on the idea of doing something so discretely nobody knows anything happened, if for no other reason then to avoid getting noticed by the law.

Mercenaries are much more pragmatic than that. They fight wars, as in they get into big gunfights and cause explosions and drive tanks. It's not so much subtlty as getting something done as quick and easy as possible before you get pinned down by reinforcements. That's not to say subtlty is completely pointless; if you find yourself cruising city streets without legal authority, or doing a Long Range Recon Patrol(LLRP), then being quiet and not being noticed is a damn good plan.

So I guess what I'm trying to say is that flexible methods and abilities are the mercenaries best friend.

[yoippari]

I'll tweak him a bit then. A mages unsubtle bits are often more mage like but I might be able to bulk up a skill point and get him a bigger gun to keep around just in case.

[Thanee]

Edit: Oh snap! Doc and I both have brits!

I also had england in mind as my home country, actually. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Bye
Thanee

[Zyerne]

Whereas the Brit over here is playing a half-Thai, half-American.

[Rastus]

Alright then, I dunno about the rest of you but I'm almost ready to kick this thing into gear. I'm setting a tenative deadline of December 25th(that's this saturday, on christmas) for when I want everyone to try and get their sheets finished. I want numbers crunched and backstories written, boys and girls. Make sure it can be posted on DSF in spoiler format and not just something on googledocs, too(looking at you, Pragma (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) ).

After everyone does that, I'll take one last look over all the applicants and pick six people I feel should start the campaign on the 26th. Once I name the initial group, I'll close this thread down and open up the IC and OOC threads. People can still apply for reserve positions in the OOC thread.

Your little 'introductory scene' will be in Algeria, investigating a lead that is supposed to be one of Merode's underlings at the recommendation of your first(and free!) hired specialist, Chris "Bazz" Maxwell, your Data Management Specialist(a modern military secretary). I'm going to assume you all know eachother at this point, after all you are co-founders of a brand new PMC! It's not hard to imagine the lot of you having some history, as most of you are either from the european area's or formally belonging to expiditonary forces that occasionally travel the world.

Also, you guys should figure out a name for your company. If you don't, I'll give you one that is really groan-inducing.

[Thanee]

Yessir! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Bye
Thanee

[Aria]

@Aria: No, Savalette Guardians sadly do not count as machine pistols in RAW under any circumstance, they count as normal pistols. And no, your armor cannot work that way, though I'd appreciate you not getting too heavy of milspec armor, as rocket launchers are splash weapons.

Will do one last rework then (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Given that we're a titchy merc force we might want to consider specialising in something? I'm thinking about the merc group in my Emerging Conflict game that are a small recon unit (although I gave them far more toys than we are likely to start with (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) ). Might give us an idea for a company name too...!

[Aria]

V2 of Requiem has been editted to what I hope is the final version!

A

[Abschalten]

Character sheet final version is up, including backstories for Cor and his contacts.

[Doc Chase]

'Twill's backstory is up - though I may change his nickname to Loony - and I just need to add the points and condition monitors for accounting purposes.

[Abschalten]

'Twill's backstory is up - though I may change his nickname to Loony - and I just need to add the points and condition monitors for accounting purposes.

*wipes away a tear*

That backstory is a thing of beauty. Thank you for that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Doc Chase]

*wipes away a tear*

That backstory is a thing of beauty. Thank you for that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Now Cor has an Ork with a grenade launcher and a commlink around who will always call him "Sah."

[Zyerne]

For those of us that don't have War! is there anything essential we are missing?

[Doc Chase]

Not much besides Battle Rifles (which can be fun). We'll probably be using some of that once the game starts but we can post stats on it.

[Zyerne]

Are there any skills? Tactics and Strategy (as Leadership specs) being Charisma based never made a whole lot of sense to me.

[Doc Chase]

Are there any skills? Tactics and Strategy (as Leadership specs) being Charisma based never made a whole lot of sense to me.

Not new ones, just better descriptions of how to use skills such as Leadership in regards to military units.

I'm AFB at the moment, but rest assured if it becomes relevant we'll post an excerpt. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Rastus]

Now Cor has an Ork with a grenade launcher and a commlink around who will always call him "Sah."

I'm suddenly reminded of Monty Python.

Cor: "Alright people, we move on three... One! Two! Five!"
Twill: "Three, sah!"
Cor: "THREE!"

[Doc Chase]

I'm suddenly reminded of Monty Python.

Cor: "Alright people, we move on three... One! Two! Five!"
Twill: "Three, sah!"
Cor: "THREE!"

On the Asamando border:

Tim: "He has teeth like....he can jump--LOOK AT TH' BONES!"
Cor: "Actually yeh, I can believe that. Fall back, lads. Bring me the Holy Hand Grenade from Antioch Arms."

[Zyerne]

The whole dodge/gymanastics thing is giving me an issue, if only stylistically.

Running, Climbing and Swimming are all soldiery skills, to me at least. As is Dodge. Gymnastic dodge not so much but if you're taking Athletics with Synthacardium anyway, taking Dodge on top is somewhat inefficient.

Ho-Hum.