SR5 New PbP Game Recruitment, Nothing's Free in the Free Zone Options

[Jack VII]

I've added details to my listed contacts and added a short alias description at the bottom of my character sheet. I also adjusted my skills a bit by reducing a few skill ranks and adding Computer (2) and Denver Area Knowledge (2). If the last one is too broad, just let me know. I figure he has lived in Denver for a bit, so he has probably picked up some information concerning it.

Other than whatever we decide to do with his backstory, Jack should generally be ready to go.

[Lobo0705]

I've added details to my listed contacts and added a short alias description at the bottom of my character sheet. I also adjusted my skills a bit by reducing a few skill ranks and adding Computer (2) and Denver Area Knowledge (2). If the last one is too broad, just let me know. I figure he has lived in Denver for a bit, so he has probably picked up some information concerning it.

Other than whatever we decide to do with his backstory, Jack should generally be ready to go.

Excellent - I've added him to the dropbox.

Denver Area Knowledge isn't too broad, if the test requires something very specific, I might just require more successes from you.

I'm thinking that it will be more interesting for him to have just recently crashed, rather than have had it happen years ago, as it potentially allows some of that to come into a future story. (It is possible Aztech is still sort of looking for him after a couple of months - after 20 years, not so much.)

You will just need to determine how much your memory loss affects your character day to day - will be interesting to see you roleplay that.

Is that ok with you?

I will try and put up more in depth information on the Warrens (and the UCAS sector in general) today, as it seems at the very least you and Chrome's character will live there, and it is possible Overkill's decker will live there as well - depending on the background.

[Lobo0705]

The Warrens

Welcome to the neighborhood, chummer... the worst one in all of fragging Denver. The Warrens is less a "place of interest" than a place to stay the fragging hell away from. You think the Barrens in Seattle are bad? They got nothing on this slum. Nothing. Matter of fact, the Warrens are still standing purely on the sufferance of the relocation committee, which could send the bulldozers rolling in on any given morning.

The sector's put no money into maintaining the high-density housing in the Warrens, and it shows. Lone Star patrols the area once in a blue fragging moon, DocWagon responds to calls from the Warrens on a "when we get around to it" basis, and firefighters could care fragging less when minimizing collateral damage. In real English that means that the smoke-eaters will let a building burn to the foundations if the fire appears to be well-entrenched, and concentrate on stopping it from spreading to surrounding buildings. Anywhere else but the Warrens, they'd make an effor to knock out the fire and save at least some of the building.

Organized Crime in the UCAS Sector

The Mafia
The Mafia in Denver bears little resemblance to the Sprawling octopus familiar to residents of the UCAS's East Coast. Here, instead of putting a tentacle in every little pie, the Families concentrate on a couple of areas that, historically, generate most of their profit: gambling, pornogargphy, and prostitution.

The mob keeps almost completely away from chiplegging, and it only dabbles in the illegal pharmaceuticals trade.

Don't make the mistake of selling the Mafia short, however. In their chosen areas of expertise, they're highly successful, and very touch about people trying to cut in on their action. The Mafia pumped up the illegal gambling biz in the Free Zone almost solo, and it manages to shut the yaks almost completely out of this major moneymaker.

The Chavez and Casquilho families are the only two operating in Denver. While they maintain a nominal alliance with each other, it is not unheard of for them to step on each other's toes, so to speak.

The Yakuza

The yakuza currently control approximately half of the Free Zone distribution channels for illegal chip. Various Triads and independent operators control the res. The yaks also maintain a tight hold on the illegal drug trad, a market they largely developed.

The yakuza act as a central "service provider" for extortion, sabotage, and assassination, hiring out their assets to anyone willing to pay the tab. Shadow traders and t-bird jammers determined to eliminate their competitors frequently use the services of the yaks. Their excellent reputation for successfully discharging such contracts puts them in high demand, but the relatively high costs of their services serve to limit the use of this resource.

The two factions of Yakuza currently in the Free Zone are the Yamato and the Wakenda gumi's - both of which dislike each other intensely.

The Gangs

The Denver area supports a fair share of local and imported gangs. Of the homegrown bully boys, the Fronts and the Godz wield the most influence.
The Fronts operate mainly in the UCAS and CAS sectors, with probably a dozen groups, which they call "sets" scattered throughout the Free Zone. A set averages fifty members, mostly male, mostly human and ork. Some of the sets, like the Trey Eights, which tears up the Warrens area, fall into the just-your-typical-thrill-gangers category, messing up property and people for the pure thrill of it. Others, like the BBs, put their heaviest muscle into business activities. The BBs deal drugs and chips, act as fixers for out-of-sector jammers and smugglers, and often hire themselves out en masse to jammers who feel the need for bodyguards.

The Godz take a serious interest in the go-gang side of things, tearing up the highways and byways of the Pueblo sector. Boulder supports a major battalion (their term), numbering maybe a hundred warm bodies, with smaller battalions scattered throughout the areas west of Intercity 25. The Godz depend on smugglers for their financial well-being. The gangers offer a protection service: they escort smugglers and Zoners across sectors, protecting them mainly from other battalions of the Godz. They also chastise anyone impolite enough to refuse their offered service.

Only a few of North America's first tier gangs operate "franchises" in the Free Zone. The Hudson Hawks of New York and the Braineaters out of Austin both support small detachments, while rumor credits the Cutters - highly influential on the West Coast - with two safe houses and as many as eighty members in the UCAS Zone. The first two gangs run biz catch-as catch-can, but the Cutters have already made a name for themselves in arms dealing.

[Jack VII]

Works for me. I've made my final adjustments to my charsheet and uploaded a PDF copy to DropBox. The only major change is his alias name (Emilio to Diego, just a personal preference).

I see the memory loss as mostly impacting his awareness of his past, but intend to play it up whenever anything even slightly obscure in the last 20 years is brought up. I figure that he probably went ahead and read through a history book to gather a coarse understanding of the world but doesn't know a lot of details, particularly things that wouldn't normally be covered in great detail in history books (e.g. "Seinfeld? Never heard of him...")

Oh, LOL! I think I'm making one part of his morning routine reading "today's" newspaper from 20 years ago with his morning soykaf.

[Jack VII]

Double Post

Since I hate double posts, I figured I would use the post for a purpose. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

When I access this site from my work computer, it shows the opening post and then lists a message board tree underneath the post rather than having each post show up in-line, in order that they were posted (as it shows up when I access the site at home). Does anyone know if there is some setting that I need to change to get posts to show up inline? TIA!

[Always Overkill]

Who thinks I should take a basic Control Rig and a few surveillance Drones?

Or should I just stick with specializing in Decking?

Opinions greatly appreciated.

-Always Overkill

[Jack VII]

I think DrZaius indicated that they might be playing a rigger, so we might be covered there, depending on what the character looks like.

With that said, I don't see any reason why you wouldn't pick up a few surveillance drones anyway. You can still individually issue them commands/remote control them using just a commlink or cyberdeck.

[DrZaius]

Who thinks I should take a basic Control Rig and a few surveillance Drones?

Or should I just stick with specializing in Decking?

Opinions greatly appreciated.

-Always Overkill

I am planning on building a face/rigger. I have recently played a decker/rigger; it's an ok mix.

My current plan, as far as vehicles/drones go:

1) go-fast car (getaways, generally getting around)
2) fake cab, remote controlled (probably an Americar). Could also be a delivery van. Secondary transport, drone storage.
3) Variety of recon drones. Various flying ones, microdrones, little bugs for crawling around, etc.
4) Armed heavy-support drones. Likely hiding inside the cab/delivery van most of the time. Only come out when we need serious help.

So there you go. If you wanted to grab a few recon drones I don't really see an issue; I'd just be concerned from a cost/benefit standpoint. In my limited hacking experience, it is difficult to do anything *but* hack when you're on a run. There are always cameras to turn off, doors to open, elevators to control, etc. You'd also be able to see through the feed of my drones (I presume).

All that aside, if you think it's something your character would have, and think it's a cool idea I'd say go for it. But if you're just doing it to try and fill out the group comprehensively, I'd say we're likely covered pretty decently (given my current plan).

-DrZ

[Always Overkill]

Good point, It would be a squeeze anyways. I will just take a couple Flyspies (or as they are known in German, Fliegegeheimagents) for utilities sake; I will leave the serious
rigging in your capable hands.

Trying to find it in the book, but can you just spend 3 skill points to raise a skillgroup? Trying to spread my points a bit better for versatility's sake.

-Always Overkill

[Lobo0705]

Trying to find it in the book, but can you just spend 3 skill points to raise a skillgroup? Trying to spread my points a bit better for versatility's sake.

-Always Overkill

Sorry - although a cool idea, it isn't allowed (although they bury it in the middle of a paragraph)

Page 88

Skill group points may not be used to purchase individual
skills and vice versa.

[Jack VII]

Good point, It would be a squeeze anyways. I will just take a couple Flyspies for utilities sake; I will leave the serious rigging in your capable hands.

Trying to find it in the book, but can you just spend 3 skill points to raise a skillgroup? Trying to spread my points a bit better for versatility's sake.

-Always Overkill

At Chargen, you aren't allowed to break SGs in the skill point allocation phase (pg 88, first paragraph of the second column). So if you took Skills at C (28/2) for instance, you can't take the Cracking SG at 2 and then raise it to 3 by spending three of your 28 SPs. You could raise the Cracking SG to 3 by spending 15 karma on it during Step 7.

[Chrome Head]

Here's my character, still subject to change as I will probably want to tweak a few things, either in the story or the sheet - I'm still not sure about the spell list, an eternal struggle. But since it's so far advanced, I thought I'd share what I got. Oh and it's no mistake: my character has no fake SIN. Fun times ahead (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

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Amy

Street name: Amy (she might pick up a runner name or let others pick one for her)
Real Name: Amy Jennings
Archtype: Street Shaman/mystic adept

Physical Description

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Amy is a young elf of 25 years, 6 foot tall and 145 lbs. She has deep brown eyes and half of her black hair is shaven to show off her gears tattoo (see image). As an elf, she is naturally very attractive and graceful, yet it is obvious just looking at her that she comes from the streets. She will usually wear tough boots with straps, jean shorts, a worn gray top under a leather vest, and her long black armor jacket over it all.

Personality and motivations

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Amy is a gentle and caring person at the core, yet she has become hardened by growing up in a slum. She will usually show a tough exterior to strangers, as a means to protect herself from harassment and bullying and will often rapidly resort to violence if provoked directly or if someone she cares for appears to be hurt. Once you get to know her though, she shows a much softer side. Her priorities in life are clear: to get out of poverty and misery. But she does not intend to accomplish this within the current “system”, nor does she want to do it alone. Her aims are to get the whole community of the Aurora Warrens to get a better life, and it's certainly not politicians or corporations that will help with that. She also has hopes of building a fair society, and will try her best to help out in this regard. Shadowrunning for her is just a quick way to make a buck at the expense of corps.

Background

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Amy was born and raised in the Aurora Warrens, receiving no formal education. Most of her childhood was spent helping out her mother in her various occupations: sadly that amounted to very little since she was a homeless alcoholic, broken by a life that included prostitution and generally hanging out with the wrong crowd. Amy never met with her real dad, though her mom claims he was an elf just like Amy, also supposedly rich, beautiful, and powerful. To Amy, being an elf actually amounted to being harassed, ridiculed, and beaten up more than once.

She awakened at a very young age, and magic is an integral part of her. It set her apart even more than being an elf ever did though, and people in the neighborhood were now rather terrified of her. From that point on, her whole life has been centered around trying to be accepted and appreciated.

Thankfully, some people were welcoming. Hubert, an old ork shaman following the dog totem helped her understand her capabilities. He played an essential role in teaching her the basic skills that let one harness magical energies, as well as give her the ethical compass that would guide her on how and when to use them. He also guided her in understanding the calling of the Great Protector, Amy's mentor spirit, and the strange magical aptitudes she also developed physically.

To really understand Amy though, we have to talk about Chomsky. Not the 20th century guy no one really remembers, but the community leader called Jared and who now wants people to call him by that strange name. While not that close to Amy, he had a tremendous influence on her with his speeches. He would teach the SINless crowds about the real motivations behind governments and corporations, and also how they can better their lot! He has a grand project of a truly free society in mind, and looks for like-minded people to help him create it. Amy has become part of that because of her motivation, her talent, and her loyalty to the cause. He's the one who told her she should try her hand in the shadowrunning business, given how good she is at defending herself and others when the situation calls for it.

Currently, Amy is somewhat known locally, mostly by the “followers” of Chomsky and other neighborly friends. She helps out however she can, and truly cares for them and wants to protect them. When her childhood friend Rosie died far too young a few years ago from an HIV related infection, Amy adopted her daughter Sam and took her under her roof, promising to protect her and help her however she can. Sam is a relatively hyperactive 7 year old and caring for her has been taxing, but very rewarding.

Recently, following Chomsky's advice, Amy agreed to sign up on a shadow matrix site, hoping to be called up for a “run”. She was told by Hubert to classify herself as a “support magician”, listing healing, illusion, and combat as her specialties.

Character Sheet

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Priorities
A: Magic 6, two skills rating 5, 10 spells
B: Attributes 20
C: Skills (28/2)
D: Elf (0)
E: Resources 6,000

Attributes

Body 3 (+2 to resist damage)
Agility 3
Reaction 3 (6)
Strength 2
Charisma 7
Intuition 5
Logic 2
Willpower 6

Edge 1
Initiative 11 + 4D6
Essence 6
Magic 6

Physical Limit 5
Mental Limit 5
Social Limit 9

Active Skills

Influence group 2
Spellcasting (Illusion) 6 (+2 Health from mentor, +2 Illusion)
Counterspelling 4
Summoning 6
Binding 6
Banishing 4
Perception 4 (+2 from adept power)
Assensing 2 (+2 from adept power)
Survival (Urban) 1
Sneaking (Urban) 2

Knowledge Skills

Sprawl life 4
Area Knowledge: Aurora Warrens 3
Utopian Societies 2
Conspiracy theories 2
Denver Street Gangs 2
Street Drugs 1
English N

Adept Powers (6, 30 karma)

Combat Sence 1 (0.5)
Improved Reflexes 3 (3.5)
Astral Perception (1)
Enhanced Perception 2 (1)

Contacts

Hubert [Street Shaman/Talismonger] (C2/L5)
Hubert is an old ork who taught Amy most of what she nows about shamanism, spirits, spellcasting, and even ethics and spirituality. See background.

Jared “Chomsky” [Community Leader/Idealist] (C4/L3)
Jared, aka Chomsky, is a young idealist who tries to build a utopian society from the ground up out in the Warrens. He has had a huge influence on Amy's thinking. See background.

Kevin Spatz [Technomancer] (C1/L6)
Kevin is a teenager going through basically the same things that Amy has gone through. He's a troll which is even worse than being an elf, he's poor and mostly abandoned by his family just like her, and he's a strange kid with weird powers over machines, which is pretty much the same as using magic for Amy. As an outcast, Kevin found refuge with Amy who understands him and wants to help him. She encourages him to mess around with all the electronic parts he puts his hands on, and to really hone his skills, since that's what makes him happy. She's also really helped to make him more likable and agreeable to others, as he really struggled with his urges to sometimes try to hurt others physically as retribution for being mistreated.

Spells

Ball Lightning
Clout
Detect Life
Heal
Resist Pain
Increase Body
Mass Confusion
Invisibility
Phantasm
Control Thoughts

Qualities (-5 karma)

Protection Mentor Spirit (based off Bear) (5)
Focused Concentration 3 (12)
Quick Healer (3)
Uneducated (-8 )
Dependents (-9)
Radical prejudice: Politicians (-8 )

Gear

Armor Jacket (1,000)
Trusty jacket that keeps her warm and protects her from far worse things as well. Amy's used to wearing it at all times.

Squatter Lifestyle, 1 month (600)
- Dangerous area -20%
- Obscure/difficult to find +10%
- Extra tenant +30%
She lives with Sam in an abandoned 4 story apartment that's more or less falling apart. Kevin also crashes the place often enough. The Aurora Warrens are a dangerous area, but at least her flat is difficult to find.

Ordinary Clothing (50)
She basically has two sets of clothes. And they aren't fancy.

Renraku Sensei (1,000)
- subvocal mic (50)
This perfectly good commlink was assembled from scratch by young Kevin.

Survival Kit (200)
Respirator rating 4 (200)
Those represent a few possessions that Amy accumulated to help her survive in the harsh environment she lives in, especially when utilities go out in the building.

Reagents 145 drams (2,900)
Provided by Hubert to help her start out.

Resources

0 karma
2D6 x 40 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif)

Edit: Made a few changes.

[Always Overkill]

Here is my sheet, I will give more detail to my contacts soon. Might tinker a little with the numbers before we kick off. But this will give you the idea

Priorities:
Skills: B
Resources: A
Attributes: C
Race: D
Magic E

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Character Name: Garret Dramen
Alias: Drave, Overkill
Archetype: Decker
Race: Elf

Attributes:
Body: 3 (+15 k)
Agility: 4 (5)
Reaction: 5 (6)
Strength: 2 (+10 k)
Willpower: 3
Logic 6 (-8- )
Intuition: 3
Charisma: 3
Essense: 1.65

-Limits-
Physical: 5
Mental: 7
Social: 4

Skills:
Electronics Skill Group: 5
Hacking: 6
Electronic Warfare: 6
Cybercombat: 6
Perception: 4
Automatics: 4
Unarmed Combat: 2
Sneaking: 2
Con: 1 ( 2k)
Gymnastics: 2
Pilot-
Groundcraft: 2
Aircraft: 2

Knowledge Skills:
German (N)
English: 4
Japanese: 1
Sperethiel: 1
Black Market: 1
Corp Politics: 1
Corp Security: 3
Street Knowledge: 2
Matrix Security: 4
International Politics: 1

Qualities:
Analytical Mind -5
Codeslinger (Hack on the Fly) -10
Negative Qualities:
Prejudice (Corporate Mercenaries): +5
Code of Honor (Soldiers Code) +15
Allergy: Wild Grass (Uncommon, Mild) +5

Augmentations:
Wired Reflexes 1
Cerebral Booster 2
Bone Augmentation 2
Muscle Toner 1
Cybereyes 3 w- Low-Light, Thermo, Smart Link, Vision Enhancement 2, Flare Comp, Image Link, Vision Magnification.
Shock Hand
Datajack w-Simrig
Hermes Ikon Commlink x2 (One integrated)

Gear: ( +8 k= 16,000 + 450,000= 466,000
Proteus-AG Blitzfurhen "Lightning Drive" Cyberdeck (Renraku Tsurugi)
-Cyberprograms
-All Common and Hacking programs, Agent 4
-Mapsoft- Denver
Armor Jacket
SCK Model 100 w- Gas-Vent 2
-200 Rounds of Explosive Ammo
-100 Rounds of Stick and Shock
-100 Rounds of Standard Ammo
Ares Crusader 2 w- Suppressor
-200 Rounds of Explosive Ammo
-200 Rounds of Stick and Shock Ammo
-100 Rounds of Standard Ammo
Streetline Special
-100 Rounds of Standard Ammo
Earbud- Audio Enhancement 1, Spatial Recognizer
Fake Sin 4 (Wilhelm Krieg- A Dutch Immigrant and freelance contractor who works Matrix Security in the tech industry.)
-Cybernetic Augmentations
-Bioware Augmentations
-Firearms & Ammo (to possess them)
-Firearms & Ammo (to carry them)
-Cyberdecks & Programs
-Communications Devices
BMW Falke-72 "Falcon" (Suzuki Mirage)
Lifestyle: low (Extra Secure, Difficult to Find)
Docwagon: Basic
Fliegegeheimagent x1 (Fly Spy)
Bug Scanner 5
Head Jammer 5
Tag Eraser
Area Jammer 3
Directional Jammer 5
Flash Pak x2
Trauma Patches x2
Stim Patches 3 x4

Contacts:
Tomas Muller- Black Market Smuggler/Fence: 1/4- A former comrade in the BADF during the Seige of Berlin who helped get Drave out of Europe to North America.
Jared Chomsky- Community Leader 2/2- A young idealist who Drave has come to respect and work with since coming to Denver. (See Amy Jennings Background)
Chapel- Human Fixer 4/2- See your notes

[Chrome Head]

Hey Always Overkill, I didn't read the whole thing but I notice you still have 3 free contact points left unspent (Cha x 3 is 9 in your case). One of the reasons I didn't read it all is because I think it might need some editing. A few line breaks could really go a long way, and your post is really long, might want to wrap it in spoiler tags like so:

CODE

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[Jack VII]

@Always Overkill, from my quick glance:

- I count 22 points in knowledge skills, but Logic augmentation doesn't increase your number of knowledge skill points. You should have a total of 18. (p. 95, Column 1, Paragraph 4)
- Wrong on this one. Maths is hard.

ETA: Checked through your gear and stuff. I calculated a total essence cost of 4.35 assuming one of the commlinks was an internal commlink, so your essence would be 1.65. With that said, it doesn't change your Social Limit. All of your gear looked fine, although I think your SCK has two barrel-mounted accessories (gas-vent II and supressor). Assuming you just take the gas-vent II system, I have total spent at 464,800/466,000 nuyen.

Second glance at your sheet: you need to identify a specific matrix action for your Codeslinger PQ.

[Lobo0705]

@Always Overkill, rom my quick glance:

- I count 22 points in knowledge skills, but Logic augmentation doesn't increase your number of knowledge skill points. You should have a total of 18. (p. 95, Column 1, Paragraph 4)
- 30 points of Negative Qualities. You are only allowed to take 25. Should be an easy fix if you ditch some gear and the Con skill you purchased.

If I have time, I'll try to go through equipment and cyberware.

Maybe I missed it, but I don't see 30 points of NQ - I see 25:

Negative Qualities:
Prejudice (Corporate Mercenaries): +5
Code of Honor (Warriors Code) +15
Allergy: Wild Grass (Uncommon, Mild) +5

[Jack VII]

Maybe I missed it, but I don't see 30 points of NQ - I see 25:

Negative Qualities:
Prejudice (Corporate Mercenaries): +5
Code of Honor (Warriors Code) +15
Allergy: Wild Grass (Uncommon, Mild) +5

Wow, my math is off today. Sorry!

[Lobo0705]

@Chrome

Nicely done - when you are finished with it, can you upload it to the Dropbox?

One change - you having Kevin as your Dependent doesn't increase the cost of the Squatter lifestyle by 10% (Extra Tenant) but rather by 30% as listed in the Qualities section.

Speaking of the dropbox, Jack said he uploaded a PDF version of his character to it earlier today. Does anyone else see it, because I cannot.

So far I've added a map of Denver, and a Word file that contains a link for an updated Google Earth map Jack was kind enough to make, and a folder for characters, which includes my Word file version of Jack.

[Chrome Head]

@Chrome

Nicely done - when you are finished with it, can you upload it to the Dropbox?

One change - you having Kevin as your Dependent doesn't increase the cost of the Squatter lifestyle by 10% (Extra Tenant) but rather by 30% as listed in the Qualities section.

Speaking of the dropbox, Jack said he uploaded a PDF version of his character to it earlier today. Does anyone else see it, because I cannot.

So far I've added a map of Denver, and a Word file that contains a link for an updated Google Earth map Jack was kind enough to make, and a folder for characters, which includes my Word file version of Jack.

Kevin is not my dependent per se. Just a guy I help out and who comes crashing once in a while. Sam, the 7-year-old adopted kid, is my dependent. I'll adjust the pricing, I looked at group lifestyle instead, my bad.

Edit: I adjusted my char sheet. Anyone has suggestions for the spell and skill lists?

[Lobo0705]

Kevin is not my dependent. Just a guy I help out and who comes crashing once in a while. Sam, the 7-year-old adopted kid, is my dependent. I'll adjust the pricing, I looked at group lifestyle instead, my bad.

Sorry about that! I was looking at the character sheet (where Sam isn't mentioned) and assumed - which is stupid, I know - that based on your description that Kevin was your dependent. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/embarrassed.gif)

[Jack VII]

So far I've added a map of Denver, and a Word file that contains a link for an updated Google Earth map Jack was kind enough to make.

I just noticed that the boundaries of downtown are explicitly described in the doc you just uploaded to DropBox. I'll re-draw the box I have to account for that description, I just eyeballed it when I drew it.

Also, if anyone wants to see USAF OPSEC at its finest, go to the Google Map, locate Aurora, and head east. You should find Buckley AFB relatively quickly. If you zoom in on the flight-line a bit, you'll see a plane. If you try to zoon in on the plane, it disappears.

[DrZaius]

Odd; double post.
-DrZ

[DrZaius]

Initial cut of my character. Background, contacts still need to be developed. Apologies for any formatting issues (posting from a googledoc, can re-post to the right folder once he's done). There's a note for the GM in his qualities (one of them needs approval).

Henry "Grease" Kemble

Priority A: Skills
Priority B: Resources
Priority C: Attributes
Priority D: Race
Priority E: Magic

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Attributes

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Body: 3
Agility: 3
Reaction: 5 (7)
Strength: 2
Willpower: 2
Logic: 3
Intuition: 3
Charisma: 6
Edge: 1
Edge Pool: 1 of 1
Essence: 3.32
P: 5 / M: 4 / S: 7
Initiative: 10 + 1d6
Matrix Init (Cold-Sim): 8 + 3d6
Matrix Init (Hot Sim): 8 + 4d6

Qualities

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Home Ground: "You know a guy"; UCAS zone Positive, 10 points
Exceptional Attribute: Reaction Positive, 14 points
Addiction, Moderate: Novacoke Negative, 9 points
SINner: National, UCAS Negative, 5 points

Augmentations

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Name Rating Essence Cost Cost
Control Rig 2 2 97000
Reaction Enhancers 2A 0.48 31200
Tailored Pheremones 1 0.2 31000

Skills

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Skills: Rating: Type:
Acting Group 5 (6) Skill Group
Influence Group 5 (6) Skill Group
Pilot Ground Craft 6 Active Skill
+ Wheeled 1 Specialization
Pilot Aircraft 4 Active Skill
Gunnery 4 Active Skill
+ Ballistic 1 Specialization
Automotive Mechanic 3 Active Skill
Aeronautics Mechanic 2 Active Skill
Electronic Warfare 4 Active Skill
Automatics 4 Active Skill
Pistols 4 Active Skill
Perception 4 Active Skill
Intimidation 3 Active Skill
Disguise 3 Active Skill
Sneaking 3 Active Skill
Hardware 1 Active Skill (karma)
Unarmed 1 Active Skill (karma)
Smugglers 3 Knowledge Skill
Denver Knowledge 2 Knowledge Skill
Street Races 2 Knowledge Skill
Street Drugs 2 Knowledge Skill
Street Rumors 1 Knowledge Skill (karma)
English N Language Skill
Sperethiel 1 Language Skill
Spanish 1 Language Skill

Contacts

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Dr. Grizz Jacoby (L: 2, C: 3) A Seattle ex-Pat, Dr. Grizz Jacoby is famous (or infamous, depending on who you ask) as a literal ambulance chaser. Depending on how well you pay, he is either a very good street doc, or a very efficient organ legger. He also is tapped into some cyberware connections (provided his patient trusts him enough to be put under that long). Overall he's a good friend to have, and as long as your cred is good he's reliable. He has been known to quite literally take debts in flesh, so it's best to pay up front.
St. James (L:2, C: 4) St. James is a regional fixer who aspirations for the national limelight. He's got his fingers in pies all over Denver, and has profited handsomely from the recent conflict. A retired runner himself, he managed to get out when he could still afford expensive wine and real steak dinners. Now he "facilitates", taking some ghastly cut of a job's value for the privilege of being his acquaintance.
Sling (L: 2, C: 1) Sling is a mid-level ganger with the BBs. He is Grease's street contact, giving him a feel for the pulse of the undercity. In addition, he's Grease's drug connection; he most often gathers information as part of a normal buy. Sling doesn't know Grease well enough to trust him about the BB's inner workings, but he's more than willing to talk drek about the other gangs in the city that they run up against on a regular basis.
Lt. Alex Murphy (L: 2, C: 2) Lt. Alex Murphy is a Lonestar officer who was born with the curse of expensive tastes. He's willing to share information provided he's given the proper incentive; enough to "whet his beak" as he puts it. As someone who complains often about his cop salary, He's managed to get a nice car as well as an above average house from "gifts" for his various street connections. If Grease is involved in something extremely serious Murphy isn't going to stick his neck out, but provided the information isn't too hard to find and doesn't risk his job he's willing to help.

Gear

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Gear Rating Cost Notes
Compuforce Taskmaster 4 32000 Data processing 5, Firewall 4
Encryption program N/A 80 +1 Firewall
Signal Scrub program N/A 80 +2 Noise Reduction
Toolbox program N/A 80 +1 Data processing
Armor program N/A 250 +2 Dice to resist matrix damage
Wrapper program N/A 250 Change matrix protocols for device appearance.
Biofeedback Filter N/A 250 +2 dice to resist biofeedback damage
Denver Mapsoft N/A 100
Clearsight Autosoft 4 2000 Autosoft
Electronic Warfare Autsoft 4 2000 Autosoft
BMW 400 GT Evasion 2 1000 Autosoft
BMW 400 GT Maneuvering 2 1000 Autosoft
Ford Americar Evasion 2 1000 Autosoft
Ford Americar Maneuvering 2 1000 Autosoft
Doberman Evasion 2 1000 Autosoft
Doberman Manuevering 2 1000 Autosoft
AK-97 Targeting 3 1500 Autosoft
Fly-Spy Manuevering 2 1000 Autosoft
Fly-Spy Stealth 2 1000 Autosoft
Microskimmer Manuevering 1 500 Autosoft
Microskimmer Stealth 1 500 Autosoft
BMW 400GT (as Hyundai Shin-Hyung) N/A 28500
Rigger Adaptation N/A 1000
BMW 400 GT Sensor Suite 2 Included Camera, Omni-directonal microphone, laser microphone, Cyberware scanner, MAD scanner, olfactory sensor, radio signal scanner, geiger counter
Ford Americar N/A 16000 Painted like a Cab.
Rigger Adaptation N/A 1000
Ford Americar Sensor Suite 2 Included Camera, Omni-directonal microphone, laser microphone, Cyberware scanner, MAD scanner, olfactory sensor, radio signal scanner, ultrasound
GM Nissan Doberman N/A 5000
Doberman Sensor Suite 3 Included Camera, Omni-directional microphone, directional microphone, ultrasound, radio signal scanner, motion sensor, olfactory sensor, vision magnification
AK-97 (mounted) N/A 950
External Smartlink N/A 200
Sound Suppressor N/A 500
250 rounds, regular ammo N/A 500
MCT Fly-Spy 2000
Fly-Spy Sensor Suite 3 Included Camera, Omni-directional microphone, directional microphone, laser microphone, ultrasound, radio signal scanner, olfactory sensor, motion sensor
MCT Fly-Spy 2000
Fly-Spy Sensor Suite 3 Included Camera, Omni-directional microphone, directional microphone, laser microphone, ultrasound, radio signal scanner, olfactory sensor, motion sensor
Sikorsky-Bell Microskimmer 1000
Microskimmer Sensor Suite 3 Included Camera, omni-directional microphone, ultrasound, motion detector, radio signal scanner, cyberware scanner, Geiger counter, olfactory sensor
Fake SIN (Henry Wilson) 2 5000
Firearms & Ammo Possession 2 400 Henry Wilson
Firearms and Ammo Carry 2 400 Henry Wilson
Cyberware License 2 400 Henry Wilson
Bioware License 2 400 Henry Wilson
Fake License (Cab Driver) 2 400 Henry Wilson
Fake SIN (Henry Moss) 3 7500
Firearms & Ammo Possession 3 600 Henry Moss
Firearms and Ammo Carry 3 600 Henry Moss
Cyberware License 3 600 Henry Moss
Bioware License 3 600 Henry Moss
Firearms & Ammo Possession 3 600 Henry Kemble
Firearms and Ammo Carry 3 600 Henry Kemble
Cyberware License 3 600 Henry Kemble
Bioware License 3 600 Henry Kemble
Low-Lifestyle with Special Work Area 1 month 3000
Ares Light Fire 75 N/A 1250 F
Regular Ammo x 48 N/A 96
Gel Ammo x 32 N/A 80
4 spare clips N/A 20
Ingram Smartgun X N/A 800 R
Regular Ammo x 64 N/A 128
Gel Ammo x 32 N/A 80
3 spare clips N/A 15
Actioneer Business Clothes 8 1500
Concealable Holster N/A Included
Vehicle repair kit N/A 500
Glasses w/Smartlink N/A 2100
Micro Transceiver N/A 100
Tag Eraser N/A 450
Meta Link N/A 100 Slaved to RCC
Novacoke, 2 doses N/A 20
Cram, 2 doses N/A 20

Other notes

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5 karma spent on skills, 10 on nuyen.

Character description

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Around 6'2, with slicked back black hair, tanned skin, and a smile that's bright enough to distract you from the oil under his fingernails, you decide that if he wasn't called "Grease", "Slick" would have been a good back-up nickname. Grease seems confident in both his appearance and manner, and fits in everywhere. He knows everyone somehow, and cares more about his car than you do about close family members. One item of concern that you have heard about is that he has a bit of a drug problem. He "goes to the bathroom" quite a bit, and is becoming less subtle in his reasons as time goes on (but it's nothing to worry about just yet). At the moment he is just another gregarious, cocky elf who happens to like driving really, really fast.

Background

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Henry "Grease" Kemble grew up in an army family, so he moved around quite a bit. As a result he's always been able to make fast friends. He eventually settled for himself in Denver after deciding that it suited his particular skillset and tastes. His ability to blend into new circumstances and travel between sectors has given him plenty of work as a runner, and he is just now starting to score more legitimate jobs for himself. He got into the business with his "No questions asked" cab business, which he still runs on occasion. In essence, he would transport who or whatever they wanted around the district in his licensed cab, provided the pay matched the risk. He's on his 4th cab so far (the others being burned [literally] with the fake SINs they were associated with), and hopes to expand into more cars once he gets enough capital. It would appear there is no shortage of customers for a cab without a pilot who will take people anywhere, while driving them to the hospital afterwards.

Fake SINs

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Henry is known as "Grease" to almost all his business associates (very few people know his given name, and especially his real name). Currently, he operates his fake Cab business under the name "Henry Wilson" (Fake SIN #1) He has a license under this name, which allows him to conduct business in Denver. Lonestar is not (as of yet) aware of the illegal aspects of this business endeavor. Henry's 2nd fake SIN, "Henry Moss", is what he uses when he is doing illicit business outside of his cab business. He will switch out this 2nd SIN as much as possible to avoid drawing suspicion to his actual name. Nominally, Henry Moss is in "Marketing", and will bullshit long enough for anyone interested in inquiring further until they get bored. Day to day, he will use his legitimate SIN As a UCAS citizen, Henry tries to avoid tarnishing his "real" name as much as possible. Henry Kemble's "profession" is as an automotive mechanic of a small independent shop that specializes in foreign cars. He does not do a lot of work, but the work that he does do he assures the IRS is "very lucrative".

[Jack VII]

Y'all are some low Edge having ramma-jammas.

ETA: Then again, I can only edge like a fifth of my rolls. This should be fun.

[Jack VII]

"Grease"

Cool character, I don't think I've ever seen anyone do a face/rigger.

I think you have the Face part covered pretty well between the two skill groups, the high CHA, and the bioware.

You're also a pretty solid rigger between the control rig, drones, skills, and vehicles... with one potential weakness. That WIL (2) is a pretty big liability when you have to resist biofeedback damage every time something you're jumped into gets damaged and/or dumpshock.

I'm not sure how to get around that other than swapping Attributes and Resources, but you would have to significantly reduce your purchases.