Recruitment - First Run (4th Edition), Open to one and all! Always recruiting. Options

[Panticles]

Hi Big Fella!

Welcome to the Forums and welcome to the game. I just need to look over your character but you should be fine to start posting as soon as your ready.

[Xahn Borealis]

Hey, room for one more? I'm currently involved in another PbP game here, A trip to Renewal, but I like the idea of an introductory run, as I'm still a little new to SR.
I'm thinking of a mundane hacker that specalises in malware and the like. He's the guy who can upgrade everyone's warez for you, but might leave a trojan as insurance. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) After all, technos might have spooky Matrix powers, but how often do you see one carting around loads of cracked, high-spec progs?

To start with, I'm gonna be using the sample malware provided in Unwired, but I wonder if you would allow Bit (that's his name) to write his own with Software skill? Maybe if we've got a few spare months, hmmm? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

So, should I post the guy or am I wasting your (and mine) time? I can always go on reserve.

If you're not into that, for whatever reason, I've got a teenage nosferatu I've been wanting to use for that 'holy shit' factor that I find so lacking these days. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)

[Seth]

Mis post

[Xahn Borealis]

Mis post

I've heard of double and triple posts, but this has me intrigued. Wrong thread?

[Seth]

Well I started saying"welcome, please place the hacker not the nosferatu"...then I realised it wasn't my game (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

In any case "welcome" is nicer than "Mis Post", so welcome.

[Panticles]

@Xahn Borealis - Post up your hacker dude Xahn, or you can try your teenage vampire if you want. I'm easy either way. We've got space for you as one player seems to have dropped out.

@seth - Good save!:)

[Xahn Borealis]

Here he is.

Bit

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Name: Neil David Robertson
Metatype: Human
Sex: Male
Age: 19

Attributes

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Body: 2
Agility: 4
Reaction: 3
Strength: 2
Charisma: 1
Intuition: 4
Logic: 6
Willpower: 4
Edge: 3

Initiative: 7
Initiative Passes: 1
Matrix Initiative: 13
Matrix Initiative Passes: 4
Essence: 3.175

Qualities

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Born Rich 10
Restricted Gear 5
Virtual Personality (3) -15
Uncouth -20

1337 5k1llz

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Software 5 (Malware)
Hacking 5
Electronic Warfare 4
Computer 4
Hardware 4
Data Search 4
Pistols 4
Dodge 3
Forgery 4 (Credstick Forgery)

English N
Japanese 5
PR: Matrix Security Procedure 5
AC: Computer Theory 5
AC: Operating Systems 5
IN: Matrix Games 5
IN: Comic Books 5

Gear

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300,000¥ in BPs
1,230¥ Remaining

Lifestyle

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Comforts 2
Entertainment 2
Necessities 2
Neighbourhood 2
Security 2
Easy-going Landlord 1
Free Access 1
Quiet Neighborhood 1
Pest Magnet (1) -1
Total LP: 12
Total Monthly Cost: 3,200¥
1 Month prepaid
Premium MSP Services for 4 months

Weaponry

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Savalette Guardian
-Extended Clip
-Gecko Grip
-Chameleon Coating
-Silencer
-Cyber Safety Accessory
-Concealed Holster
-4 Clips worth of Stealth Tag Tracker Heavy Pistol Caseless Ammo for Savalette Guardian
-5 Clips worth of Gel Heavy Pistol Caseless Ammo for Savalette Guardian
-5 Clips worth of Regular Heavy Pistol Caseless Ammo for Savalette Guardian

Cyberware

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Sleep Regulator
Rating 2 Encephalon
Math SPU
Hot Sim Module
Datajack
-Skinlink
Cyber Safety
2 Rating 1 Nanotattoos, both arms
Rating 2 Cybereyes
-Smartlink
-Eye Laser System
-Eye Laser Rating 2 Microphone
-Low-Light Vision
Rating 1 Cyberears
-Increased Sensitivity
-Spatial Recogniser
-Damper

Commlink

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Transys Avalon
-Response 6 Upgrade
-Signal 4
-Custom OS
-System 6
-Firewall 6
-Customised Interface
-Simsense Accelerator
-Exploit Optimisation
-Rating 3 Response Enhancer
-Rating 5 Programming Suite

Software

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Armour 6
Biofeedback 6
Data Bomb 6
Exploit 6
Medic 6
Nuke 6
Sniffer 6
Spoof 6
Stealth 6
Track 6
Analyse 6
Browse 6
Command 6
Edit 6, Ergonomic, Mute
Encrypt 6
Purge 6, Viral Resistance 6
Reality Filter 6
Scan 6
Particle, Rating 4 Agent
Rating 2 Baitworm
Rating 2 Shutterworm
Rating 4 Inertia Virus
Rating 4 Ticker Virus
Rating 5 Proxy Trojan (Analyse 6 Program)
Rating 5 Puppeteer Trojan (Encrypt 6 Program)
Rating 5 RAT Trojan (Scan 6 Program)
Rating 5 Sapper Trojan (Edit 6 Program)
Rating 5 Vector Trojan (Command 6 Program)

Vehicles

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Transys Steed
-Rigger Cocoon
-Chameleon Coating
-Skinlink (Not Vehicle Modification)
-Stowed in Jackrabbit Smuggling Compartment
Chrysler-Nissan Jackrabbit
-Gridlink
-Smuggling Compartment
-Manual Control Override, Drive-by-Wire
-Rigger Adaptation
-Skinlink (Not Vehicle Modification)

Misc

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Disposable Commlink
Rating 4 Fake SIN
Satellite Link
Rating 4 Smart Jammer
-Skinlink

Contacts

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Coal Engine, Fixer, Loy 5, Con 4

20 Questions

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1. Parents were shadowrunners, who taught Bit to hack from an early age. They died during the Crash 2.0. His inheritance was the fixer they worked with until death.

2. They'd be proud of his talents.

3. The only big things Bit is old enough to remember is the Matrix Crash and the Emergence, and it is the Crash that had the greatest impact on him, as his parents died while infiltrating a facility targeted by Winternight's nanoweapons. Only their headware survived.

4. Partly because it's all he's ever known, partly to honour his parents.

5. Bit tries to minimise the personal impact he leaves on places, so as to make it harder to pin him down or identify him from his living space. Anything shadowrunning-related is hidden away.

6. Bit doesn't really hold any convictions.

7. He's committed to being a shadowrunner and doesn't see any alternative or future.

8. None in particular.

9. Coal Engine is the fixer his parents worked with before they died. He helped Bit establish himself in the shadows after the Crash.

10. Code some new insidious malware, watch the trid, surf the Matrix.

11. His parents taught him everything he knows.

12. Bit doesn't mind killing or wetwork, but for the really nasty stuff, it would depend what the pay is.

13. Not Awakened or Emerged.

14. His parents paid for his enhancements and advised him in his choices.

15. Bit feels the usual shadowrunner disdain for the corporate life, but doesn't feel any hatred or pity for those who live it.

16. Bit occasionally has nightmares about his parents' death at the hands of Winternight. The thought of every cell in your body bursting into flames is understandably upsetting for him.

17. Bit has a picture of him and his parents in his headware memory, behind heavy encryption.

18. Since birth, Bit has wanted to be a shadowrunner, due to his parents encouragement. He wants to make it big and retire, like his parents were close to.

19. As with his home, he takes steps to act and dress as innocuous as possible. He wears casual popular fashions, but not the latest fashions. Anything inconspicuous. He keeps his hair short but doesn't style it in any way. He does wear an armoured vest whenever possible, however.

20. It started as a term of endearment his mother used to call him, and when he started to become a notable hacker, he chose it for the software connotations.

He was built with the SR4CG DK version 1K spreadsheet so any errors aren't my fault (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
EDIT: Swapped Intuitive Hacking for Restricted Gear.

[Seth]

Hey Xahn: nice build. I don't know how trojans work, but it should be fun to see them in action.

If you don't want character review services just say so, but I think the following might be of interest:

• Can I suggest you add PuShEd from augmented. its very low cost and adds 1 to all your logic skills... i.e. all your hacking skills.
• Does your Transys steed have a built in Medikit (the valkyrie rigger cocoons already does I think)?

[Xahn Borealis]

I don't think I can squeeze out another 15,000 for some geneware, unfortunately. As for the Steed, only the enhanced rigger cocoons have valkyrie modules.

[WearzManySkins]

@Xahn Borealis
Response Upgrade 6 is Availability 16 which would require a Restricted Gear Quality.

Also not to throw a spanner in to players gear design

SR4A Errata
SR4a Errata

Below is from the Above SR4A erratta
MODULAR ELECTRONICS
Modular Electronics allows the upgrade of a vehicle’s Signal and
Response hardware above the normal +2 limit by making components
modular and easy to replace.
Slots: 1
Threshold: 8
Tools: Kit
Cost: 1000¥
Availability: 6
Special Skill: Hardware

[Xahn Borealis]

Yeah, but he started with a Transys Avalon, which has Response 4. As for the availability, I'll just swap the Intuitive Hacking Quality for Restricted Gear. Tbh, I crunched the character up on a whim a while ago and dusted him off for this game. I forgot about the Response availability thing, so I deleted the Restricted Gear Quality. I was wondering what that was for...

Thanks for the review, though, a second opinion is always welcome. (And saves on me having to proofread.)

[Thanee]

Are commlinks limited to a +2 increase in Response/Signal over the base ratings?

Just wondering, because the above quote from the errata says "vehicle".

Bye
Thanee

[marcgarc]

Hi all, runners!

I'm totally a noob at SR4E, and have been a long time without playing pure RPG, outside computers.
I used to play several RPG's some years ago, SR1E between them, so the ambientation isn't unknown for me, and perhaps many rules sound familar too.
Nowadays, I have no possibility to play local games, cause no other players close to me, so I'd like starting to play PBP games; I think this is a great option for those between us
not being able to play local.
So, I was wondering if there's any empty slot at this run, and if I could fill in it. I'd have to create my character (thinking about an elf whith martial arts specialization) yet, but I'm willing to.
if there was no free slot for me, I could figure as reserve, so if somebody leaves the game by any reason, I could get in.
Thx, people!

[Xahn Borealis]

Are commlinks limited to a +2 increase in Response/Signal over the base ratings?

Just wondering, because the above quote from the errata says "vehicle".

Bye
Thanee

Yeah, it's from SR4a, apparently. I suppose it makes sense that you can't take a rubbish computer and upgrade it to the brand-spankiest piece you could imagine. I don't know that much about hardware, anyway. It just makes it a little more expensive to get THE SHIT.

[WearzManySkins]

Are commlinks limited to a +2 increase in Response/Signal over the base ratings?

Just wondering, because the above quote from the errata says "vehicle".

Bye
Thanee

Thanee
It states vehicles not drones or comm links. Does it make it any clearer...not to me.

[Thanee]

Hmm... no, not really. It also doesn't help, that the document (SR4A Changes) isn't SR4A errata, but is meant to show the changes from SR4 to SR4A, while this does not seem to appear in SR4A (at least I wouldn't know where...). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I found the +2 limit by now, but that Modular Electronics stuff is just weird. I thought it might be some kind of vehicle modification, but couldn't find it either (maybe that's what they mean with "will be included in future printings of Arsenal", i.e. when it is updated to SR4A like they did with Street Magic; could be, that the stuff printed there is not in any book yet, but will be in Arsenal eventually; that would at least make some sense). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)

Bye
Thanee

[Xahn Borealis]

Either way, it doesn't affect Bit. Yay, Transys!

[Panticles]

@Xahn Borealis - Bit looks good. You are approved and are welcome to start posting in the game thread when you're ready.

@marcgarc - You're more than welcome to join marc! We've got one character spot open so as long as you post up your character sheet your in. Unless I've miscounted?

[Thanee]

Should be right, if one of the original 7 has dropped out (I suppose JP?).

Bye
Thanee

[marcgarc]

@marcgarc - You're more than welcome to join marc! We've got one character spot open so as long as you post up your character sheet your in...

Thanks a lot! I´ll try to set my character up ASAP, and I'll post the datasheet here.
What about the martial arts adept elf idea? Do you agree with it? Will this kind of runner fit OK? Or would you prefer me choosing another one? It's up to you, Panticles, don't mind changing my initial idea.
I suppose standard 400 BP's being used, isn't it?

[Xahn Borealis]

Whatever you go with, marcgarc, do it quick. I'm only 12 minutes late IC and Johnson's probably pissed at that. I wouldn't keep him waiting any longer.

[Thanee]

Thanks a lot! I´ll try to set my character up ASAP, and I'll post the datasheet here.
What about the martial arts adept elf idea? Do you agree with it? Will this kind of runner fit OK? Or would you prefer me choosing another one? It's up to you, Panticles, don't mind changing my initial idea.
I suppose standard 400 BP's being used, isn't it?

Yep, it's standard 400 BP. We also get 2x CHA in extra BP to be spent only on Contacts (with max. Rating of 4 in Connection/Loyalty for the free Contacts).

I really don't think Panticles will have any problems with an Elven Martial Arts Adept.

Go for it! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Bye
Thanee

[marcgarc]

Ok, then. Not enough free time until weekend, but I'll try to set up my character tonight, when I arrive home after work.

[marcgarc]

Not finished yet, but almost done with my Elven Martial Arts Adept. I'm looking for a little background for him, and choosing some gear to beat the streets. Tomorrow I'll post him for sure, ok?

[marcgarc]

Trying to post my character, by submited incomplete by error. I'm posting him in a short time. Sorry by being so late, guys...