Androids, A new player race Options

[TheOOB]

I'm working on a new player race for SR(actually I had the idea years ago, but just now resurrected it). Here is some of the basic flavor info, stats will either be posted up later tonight or tomarrow. Please leave any feedback.

Androids

“Lately there’s been some strange newcomers to the shadows. I know most of you think this is a hoax, but I assure you these things are real, I’ve personally meet three of them, and I’m not the only one. Following is a briefing I picked up last time I was in a Lone Star system, and so far it’s one of the most complete accounts of these things I’ve seen”
-Phreak

--July 13th, 207--
Atten: Lone Star Officers
Sub: A new threat

Every officer sooner or later encounters a collar cybered to the gilles, who puts up a hell of a fight, and more than one of you have encountered cyborgs, or even “cyber-zombies” during your beats. But now there is a new type of man-machine hybrid out there, and it’s already proved to be taxing on our resources.

The first reports of these “Androids” starting coming in 8 years ago, and were limited to a few cases in Germany that were quickly covered up by authorities. Since then the number of reports of android activity have increased at least double every year, and by now there have been reports on every populated continent.

“Technically the term ‘Android’ is the male term. Females are more appropriately called ‘Geneoids’ “
-Phreak

“Do these things even have gender?”
-Hitokiri

“I can tell you from personal experience they do”
-Phreak

“…”
-Hitokiri

Unlike cyborgs and cyber-zombies, which were humans who have become more machine than man, androids are in fact machines made to resemble man.

Androids strongly resemble humans, to the point where it is near impossible to identify them via physical observation. They are created primarily out of organic components, and appear to have the same basic physical needs as humans(the need to eat, breath, sleep, ect). In fact, the resemblance is so uncanny that the only sure fire ways to tell an androids from a human is autopsy, astral observation, or their characteristic pitch black eyes. Make no mistake though, no matter how much they resemble humans, they are not humans, and in all probability not even alive.

“While true to a point, those are not as sure-fire as advertised. Many Androids gets cybereyes to closer resemble humans, and they do have an aura, albeit a weak one, which means they are most certainly alive.”
-Blackjack

If you read earlier reports, you may have heard that all androids share similar physical features, which unfortunately is no-longer true. While the original androids all had a similar set of Germanic features, more modern androids can appear to be of any race or ethnicity, often mimicking the racial features of where they first woke up.

“Waking up” Is a term used by androids to describe when they first become active. According to them, they “awaken” in a random location with no knowledge of who they are or any past, but already otherwise possessing other skills, knowledge, and language skill. Thus far, none of our interrogations has gotten any androids to admit any knowledge of their past or creators, this among other traits, has made it tough to track down the source of these androids.

“An unpublished fact is that android DNA is nearly untraceable, all android DNA, regardless of the donor is identical, meaning there is no way to link evidence of crimes to androids. Same also applies to finger prints. This also, of course, causes problems when an android tries to get a SIN, try explaining those biometrics”
-Phreak

“It’s more than a little scary, many androids are very skilled is elicit pursuits, especially hacking, which leads a large number of them to the shadows. Makes you wonder who’s building their little shadowrunner army”
-Malus

“My votes on S&K, it would have taken both tech and magic to make these, and they first appeared in Germany.”
-Phreak

“I hope not, these are living, thinking, feeling things. They deserve to be treated like people, not be used as pawns in some Great Dragon’s plot”

As dangerous SINless with no official legal standings, it is our obligation to capture Androids when indentified. Androids has shown greater than average human strength and endurance, and are almost universally intelligent. They also have shown compatibility with both cyber and bioware designed for human use further increasing their danger level. Most agents who have encountered an android described them as “disconnected” or “akward”, which may help in identifying these potential foes.

Attached you will find a document detailing known active androids, and a list of procedures for what to do if you suspect your suspect is an android.

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