Recruiting : 2064 Options

[Backgammon]

Hey Sphynx, don't worry about posting on this thread for my char, I don't mind at all (I did get your PM though, so I guess they're working again). So unless you yourself mind we do this on the thread, we can keep it here.

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Cybereyes: I think I forgot to explicitly state it, but I'm an Elf, so I didn't want to lose natural low-light. Actually, wait a minute. Do elves even get low-light or am I totally confused? Also, I'm still pretty high in Essence, so I figured I didn't need the cyber replacements to save that little Essence.

External phone: Combined with the commlink, I AM a conference room. With this stuff I'm guarateed to always be in touch when I need it, though admitedly I've never taken an internal phone due to outrageous essence cost. Might be cheaper to simply buy a second datajack dedicated to having a phone plugged in at all times, though I'd lose the certainity of always having a phone. What do you think?

Sensor mods: Yeah, you're right. I'll revise that.

As for background, you're correct that I was waiting for confirmation before putting down more background. I'll post more during the course of the day (work? what's work? :wobble: )

As for SURGE, I personally ignore those rules, as well as Edged and Flaws. It would probably make me a better char, but I just don't like the idea of them.

[Backgammon]

20 questions (from some site I found online)

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What is the character's name? James Whately aka Dogma

Character's sex? Male

Character's physical size? Slighlty above average race height

What is the color of the character's hair, eyes and skin? Blue eyes, blond hair worn in long dreadlocks tied in a pony tail, tanned skin colour (hey, charisma 7 after all)

What is the character's general appearance? Dogma radiates confidence in himself, but his eyes have the glint of one that sees others as means to an end. He is always respectful to others, but by looking in those eyes you know you mean nothing to him. He dresses in the latest fashion (like the clothes in The Matrix)

Where were you born? Born and bred in Denver

When? 2044, making him 20.

Does the character have any family? His parents are still alive. Father is human and mother is an elf. No siblings. Since he was thrown out of the house by his parents, he hasn't had much to say to them. At first Dogma did what he did to prove to his father he was worth something, to "show him". But the point is a little passé now. Ideas of reconciling with his parents are gone, though, in a way, deep down, he'll always be trying to prove his father wrong.

Where or how was the character educated? Exclusive corp-sponsered private boarding school.

What did the character do for a living previously? He never had a 'job'. He's always been pedling illegal goods ranging from exam questions, smokes, light drugs in his early days to intelligence and anything that can turn a profit these days.

Who is hunting the character and why? No one... the cops maybe, as much as they do any shadowrunner.

Does the character have any political beliefs? Religious? Nope. He believes in one thing, and that's looking out for number 1. Anything to survive, anything to make money.

What is the character moral code? No needless harm. Especially to the "innocents". Criminals hurting criminals or extracting some fat suit piggy is one thing, but hurting "normal" people is just tasteless. As for women, obviously he can pick them up WAY easy, so in the manner of the good looking, he doesn't have much respect for "chicks" and seeks out challenges.

Does the character have any goals? Be a respected fixer.

What led the character to join Ghostwalker's team? Ghostie made him an offer he couldn't refuse. Dogma was smart enough to realise who the new boss in town was early on, and the Dragon would provide him opportunities to increase his power in the streets. "Never deal with a dragon"? Well, "never trust an elf", chummer. There is a mutual understanding (as in, you screw up, I eat you).

What is the character's personality? A born wheeler and dealer, an entrepreneur. Always looking for opportunity and secrets to trade in for power. He has class and acts refined, which leads most people to say "typical elf". He has a hint of intellectual superiority arrogance.

What is the character very good at? Making deals and always having the intel edge.

Are there certain things the character just can t do? Meaningful relationships are hard for someone who's never learned how to love.

What does the character hate? Spiders. They're nasty.

What does the character love? Money and power.

Is there anything else I should know? There's always more you should know, grasshoper.

Contacts background

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Shadowland(Lv2) and the Nexus(Lv2)
Not much to say. The essential meeting spots for the true shadowrunners.

Decker(Lv2)
Dogma uses the decker known as "Pixel" for most of his matrix related needs. Dogma dumps quite a bit of work and money on her, so they definatly have history. Of course the woman (girl even, she can'tc be much older than 18!) has a crush on the beautiful elf, but so does everyone else, so Dogma isn't really interested, and she knows he's out of her league. Dogma threads carefully around the decker's feelings, because hell hath no wrath like that of a woman scorned. He treats her fairly, so she accepts that he has no feelings for her. Still, doesn't stop her from flirting every now and then, sometimes just to see the elf squirm!

Fixer(Lv1)
"Broken Tom" is, uniquely enough, a Troll fixer. Trolls don't usually have the quick wit and savvy to make it to the top, and that's exactly the kind of thought what Broken Tom used against his enemies to make it to his fixer position. So called because of the numerous scars crossing the the deep leathery skin of his face like a cracked windshield, Broken Tom upholds the finest traditions of "fixing" by dealing left and right. He is an intelligent, well-educated, very patient and calm individual, which makes him deadly to those who cross him.

Info Broker(lv2)
"Brakovitch" is an excellent contact for Dogma. The two regularly trade information. Dogma has only ever met Brakovitch on the Matrix, which suits both parties just fine. Brakovitch always has his mind divided between several different ideas and his thoughts always seem to be racing at 300 miles an hour. A complete info junkie. He'll be explaining intricate details about a certain underworld characters latest bid for power while simultaneously cheking the weather forecast.

Fence(lv1)
"Easy Larry" will buy just about any physical thing. Not information, though. Dogma goes to him whenever he has something he can't unload anywhere else. It's kinda like a discount outlet. The prices Larry gives him suck, but he'll buy anything.

Denver police force officer (lv1)
A cop on the take that Dogma has learned about. Their relationship is strictly business. Dogma only knows him as "X". However, a certain payment trust exists between them. X will leave tips on incoming arrests or other police matters in Dogma's mailbox, assuming he will be paid accordingly. Dogma doesn't fuck around with that kind of trust, and always makes prompt payment for information. He can also leave special requests in an anonymous mailbox for the cop.

Illuminaty member(lv1)
Sorror Mystika does NOT strike a person as the typical hermetic Illuminaty member. The blond California-born valley girl looks and acts completely like a brain-dead surfer girl. But Dogma knows better. This slitch is as power-hungry as he is and he can trust her as far as he can throw an overweight troll. However, the information flows both ways between them, and she's an unparalled source of information when it comes to secrets and conspiracies. Dogma just has to accept he gets used to further the girl's own plans every now and then. You can't lie in bed with the devil and expect not to get fucked. Which is something they occasionnaly do, anyway. At least she's good in bed.
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[Tarantula]

Looks like its really coming down to having your character now. I'd throw a link to my rigger, but NSRCG won't let me make it a HTML without finalizing it, and I've still got ¥133,000 left to figure out what to do with.

[Toptomcat]

I'll do those 20 questions, too.

[Gremish]

=) happy to see everyone coming together =D

As for the biff with the team knowing each other i reread it as my 2nd post after it had said and i found the post i had missed that said we were to figure out a teal theme ect ... so was my bad anyway =)

[Backgammon]

Uhh, seems I totally glossed over a post you made Sphynx about my char not interesting you that much. Want me to make another one? I don't mind. If it's constantly going to be difficult for you to give something interesting for my char to do, I prefer to use something else then, more combat oriented?

[Sphynx]

Not Interesting = No Background (numbers aren't what makes it interesting. :P, I like the numbers)

[Nightcrawler472]

Well, here's my characters background...and I've decided not to alter his loadout, though I really must get his equipment finished at some point...

Anyway....

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Background:

FlatLine was once Corporal Alexander Ban Daur, a trooper in the mercenary unit known as The Legion, a unit with a history of surviving no matter what was thrown at them. He was born in a Fuchi Corp enclave in Seattle, and though he was a westerner his upbringing was influenced by Japanese culture. As the child of corp employees he was educated in the corp school, and at the age of 9 he took his first aptitude test, which showed he was most suited to a career in Fuchi's security force. His schooling continued, though after the test there was more emphasis on physical exercises and he was taught basic unarmed combat techniques.
At 16 he had finished his standard schooling and was set to go on to a career in one of Fuchi's security divisions. Alex however had other ideas. During his schooling he had developed an interest in military history, and so he decided to join a mercenary unit, since he couldn't join the UCAS Army. He joined The Legion, and from then on wore little else than the all black armour that was the units hallmark, bare of all insignia apart from the Legion insignia; two crossed silver sabres worn on the left shoulder of every soldier, and painted onto their vehicles.
After another year of training in military weapons, tactics and general field practice he was assigned to The Legion's Pathfinder unit, nicknamed the Wraith's due to their stealth tactics. For two years the Wraith's were deployed in Asia, working as both hired guards and saboteurs for the corporations that made their home there. Their last mission in Asia before shipping home was to provide a bodyguard for a researcher called Aaron Dravere, a bioware genius, and the prized possession of the Izanagi Corporation. In the course of three months the wisdom of hiring The Legion was made obvious when four attempts on Dravere's life were foiled by the efforts of the mercenary unit, much to the displeasure of Izanagi's corporate rivals.
Things were going well until approximately 18 months ago, when the unit was assigned to protect Dravere at a symposium on the latest bioware developments. As bodyguards they were assigned to make sure no uninvited guests made their way into the building, and to insure the safety of both Dravere and the other delegates. Halfway through the talk a mob of armed protestors broke in, and seeing a threat Alex opened fire, gunning down three of the protestors before getting Dravere out of the building. Unfortunately however, one of the protestors Alex killed was the daughter of Izanagi Corp's CEO. Outraged, he demanded The Legion turn Alex over to him for punishment, and dismissed the services of the mercenary unit.
Realising the danger he was in, Alex resigned his commission in The Legion and travelled to the UCAS, aiming to become a shadowrunner and taking the alias FlatLine. Now he runs the shadows, surviving on his wits and skills, and having grown used to the life he wouldn't have it any other way.

[Gremish]

didnt realize we were doing Backgrounds yet ... woops hehe ill have one up tonight or tomamrow morning

[Jrayjoker]

Well, there are a couple folk who don't like seeing kids get hurt, and a couple sneaky peepers, and some muscle and mojo. So far we have three in for sure (I think) and a couple with constructive criticism. Sphynx, where do I stand? Should I scrap and try again, or tweak?

[Backgammon]

Character edited.

Removed: cyberdeck w/ Browse 5 and 1 rating 4 SIN
Added:
Chem analyser / spectro
- Reference R4 (R6)
Internal GPS
Orientation System
Olfactory booster R5

Essence and cash changed accordingly.

Not really enough cash for cybereyes that would be better than my natural low-light, will get hose in-game. Also need to acquire cyberdeck in-game now.

Sphynx, are you satisfied with background info or do you want more?

[EDIT: I'll be out of town until Tuesday. Merry xmas everyone!]

[Fortune]

Ok Sphynx, you asked for it. I present Gypsy.

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Ryan O'Shea aka Gypsy


128 Build Points: Attributes - 60 / Skills - 23 / Resources - 10 / Magic - 25 / Race - 10 [+6 from Flaws]

Male Elven Hermetic Sorcerer

SIN: 4G7D-2N5J-IE69 (format taken from PoaD)

Height: 1.84m
Weight: 82kg
Hair: Long golden blonde
Eyes: Lavender

Attributes
Body: 6
Quickness: 7
Strength: 3
Charisma: 5
Intelligence: 7
Willpower: 6

Essence: 6
Bio-Index: .4
Magic: 6 [Gesture Gaes]

Reaction: 7
Initiative: 1d6 [*4d6]

Pools
Combat Pool: 10
Astral Combat Pool: 9
Spell Pool: 6
Karma Pool: 1

Skills
Athletics: 4
Aura Reading [Auras]: 3 [5]
Biotech [First Aid]: 1 [3]
Clubs [Stun Baton]: 3 [5]
Etiquette [Magical]: 3 [5]
Sorcery [Spellcasting]: 5 [7]
Stealth [Alertness]: 3 [5]

Dragons [Western]: 1 [3]
Elven Society: 4
History [Elven]: 2 [4]
Law 4
Music [Flute]: 2 [4]
Popular Culture: 4
Sixth World Magic: 6
Spell Design [Hermetic]: 4 [6]
Tir Tairngire Politics: 4
English: 6
Sperethiel: 4

Implants
Trauma Damper

Edges & Flaws
Focused Concentration, Quick Healer, Bonus Attribute Point [Intelligence]
Moderate Allergy [Silver], Hung Out to Dry, Dark Secret [Anti-Tir terrorist ties], Impulsive

Spells
Stunball - 6
Stunbolt - 6

Catalog - 2 [exclusive]
Detect Enemies - 5 [personal / extended]
Translate - 2 [exclusive]

Healthy Glow - 2 [exclusive]
Increase Reflexes 3 - 1 [personal]
Oxygenate - 1
Treat - 6 [exclusive]

Entertainment - 2 [exclusive]
Improved Invisibility - 1

Create Food - 2 [exclusive]
Create Water - 2 [exclusive]
Fashion - 5 [exclusive]
Fix - 5 [exclusive]
Fling - 1
Flamethrower - 2 [exclusive]
Levitate - 3
Makeover - 2 [exclusive]

Armor
Form-fitting Full-Body Suit [4/1]
- Chemical Seal Rating [4]
StreetChic Armor Clothing [2/2] (Leather and Armor Clothing combo)
- Fire Resistance Rating [2]
- Nonconductive Rating [2]
Secure Armor Long Coat [5/3] ( Secure Armor Jacket at 1.5 price)
- Fire Resistance Rating [5]
- Insulation Rating [3]
Turfware Bandana [+1/0] (similar to Armante 'Ancien' Shawl)

Gear
AZ-150 Stun Baton
Onyx Ring - Sustaining Focus 1 - Increase Reflexes 3*
Zeiss Shades [flare compensation / x20 magnification]
Pocket Secretary / Data Reader
Novotech Chip Case [30 chips]
- Neo-Anarchist's Collected Guides to the Sixth World
- Patterson's Paranornal Animal Guides
- Webster's Advanced Encyclopedia
- Libram of Hermes Monthly - Anthology
- Shadowland's Collected Fourth World Lore
- Manual of Practical Theurmatugy - Decade in Review
- Sixth World Shaman Magazine - Anthology
- New Age Flute Music
- International Law Review
- Assorted Elven Culture and Political Magazines - 4
- Assorted Map Softs - 5
Flash-Pak
Antidote Patch [6]
Trauma Patch

Small Sachel
Savior Advanced Medkit
Antidote Patches [6] - 2
Trauma Patch
Long Haul - 2 doses
Extra Medkit Supplies
Survival Kit
Leatherman Multi-tool
Mini Mag-light
Duct Tape [50m]
Flash-Paks - 2
Flute

Resourses
Finances: 1500¥ [12,510 still to spend from chargen]

Background
Ryan O'Shea was born in Tarislar on February 22th, 2039 during a fierce, week-long snowstorm. He never knew his father, and though his mother never spoke of him, Ryan suspected that he died during the Night of Rage. His mother Sylvia working 16-hour days cleaning for whoever would hire her to provide for the two of them, hardly spent any time at home at all. Consequently, Ryan grew up on the streets of the Elven slum. He would have stayed there, living and dying in obscurity if it wasn't for the Ancients mage, Flick, who discovered his potential for magic early in Ryan's 9th year.

Flick proceeded to act as his guardian, especially after Sylvia died in the fall of 2051, seeing to his schooling and even acquiring a legitimate SIN for the young mage. Ryan eventually enrolled at the University of Washington (U-Dub], where he pursued a curriculum of law as well as thaumaturgy. It was through Flick that Ryan met up with Dr. Linda Modine, who's Bellevue clinical services have come in handy on several occasions.

While he was at U-Dub, Ryan was inducted into the Ancients, and learned of the various schisms inside the Elven gang. Flick arranged for Ryan to spend time in Tir Tairngire, learning about the Elven ways and traditions, as well as furthering his education, both mundane and magical. While he was there, Ryan discovered he felt an affinity for the people of the Tir, and was appalled at the political situation and how it affected their way of life. He met several influential friends of the Ancients, liaisons of a sort for the faction of the Ancients that is closely allied with the Elven government. He also met with representatives of those who would bring the tyrannical rulers down, Rinelle ke'Tesrae. This went a long way in furthering his own opinion of the need for the Ancients to step up their efforts against the ruling class of the Tir. This opinion was, and still is somewhat contentious amongst the Ancients in general, and so Ryan keeps his true loyalties close to his chest, revealing them only when he is sure that the reaction will be positive.

During his second year at the university, he came into contact with a new professor, one Dr. Steven Knox. Dr. Knox was troubled at first by the thought of Ryan sacrificing some of his magical potential with the Bio-Implants, but soon the formed a bond in their enthusiasm for Magic. Knox arranged a meeting with the reclusive Talismonger, Sasha Harris, to whom Ryan immediately took a shine.

While technically a full member of the Ancients, over time Flick has managed to help distance Ryan from the mainstream, but things changed one day when Ryan, his cover was almost blown while attempting to further his semi-private anti-Tir agenda. It was thought best if he put even more distance between himself and the Ancients, and especially Tir Tairngire, this time geographically as well as figuratively, and with Flick's help he abruptly relocated to the Denver sprawl. Totally cut off from his previous life and all his contacts, Ryan adopted the street name Gypsy, and in almost no time ended up on the payroll of the biggest player in town.

Ryan O'Shea is short for an Elf, standing barely over 6 foot in height, though he does have the typical Elven figure, a thin, wiry frame. He keeps his long golden blonde hair pulled back into a ponytail, and a silver datajack adorns his right temple. He has piercing lavender eyes that some people take for cyber at first glance, but then they notice the life that would be absent from replacements. Ryan's taste in clothing tends towards trendy street attire, but he appears equally at ease dressed in conservative corporate fashion. His spell selection reflects his experiences as a youth on the streets of Tarislar as well as his time spent at university, and is not necessarily geared towards combat.

[edit] Updated Character yet again. Still waiting Sphynx. :P [/edit]

This post has been edited by Fortune: Dec 26 2004, 10:30 AM

[Gremish]

Gremish Back Ground

Sry this got long i just had to much fun writing it =/ i dont think it is complete but if i wrote anymore ide have to write a novel =P i tryed to cut it off at the end with a decent going which again i dont like and i may end up editing later =p

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Subject #294
FILE: 02734-8272
Rating: Classified
Steven "Gremish" McDougal
Born: June 6 2034
Louis A Weiss Memorial Hsptl
845 N Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL
##Converted By Shadowland April of 2055, by none other then yours truely, Tal, and they said it couldnt be done heh, enjoy.##

CODENAME: The Premethius Project

Entry 1:
I Doctor Keil have begun progress on the Premthuis project as of March 22 2040. Beginning test subjects include 4 male 4 female. All Ages 5-10. This project has been developed for the purpose of creating the ultimate soldier. Many attempts at this have been made over the past centery and using data collected from both before and after the "awakening" i plan to use both the benefit of magic and technology to aid me and my team in our task. The UCAS has commitioned me to hence forth keep a journal of events incase anything should happen to me or the project. This journal is class A classified.

The start of this project with 8 test subjects 2 of which (one female and one male ) have been found to be awakened so cybertechnology will no longer be implimented into them unless absolulty nessecary, these subjects will undergo several procedures to give them "super human" abilitys. First they will undergo what an injection of muslcle strentheners which have just been developed for military use, these are all one of a kind generated for the user by growing specialy made chemical bases from thier own cells and enhancing them. Next they will undergo several Neurological procedures that will tamper slightly with brainwaves which in theory will enhance thier intelegence by giving them the ability to use all of thier brain. This has been tested on many primitive species and the results have been acceptable by standards to move to human beings. the third and final procedure will be a Spiritual one where a circle of Mages will bring the subjects to teh Astral realm and feed magic into thier spirits through methods that have been recomened by a dragon that does not wish to be named here.

These procedures will be inserted in detail later in the script.

from here the docter goes on and on and on about science CRAP which if you would liek to see you can click the link at the END of this post to gain more information chummer but if u cant read what appears to be some kind of code that even i cant crack your pretty SOL. i will leave it up in case any of you other hot shots feel liek giving it a go but beware there is some nasty ice in there waiting to bite you in the ass, and frankly i dont feel like dealing with it again for 14 hours which is how long it took me to get around the bloody thing in the first place. The rest of this post is clips that i felt were most important... be ready for the ride i dont know what drek this doc was on

Entry 398:
After many long hard months we have finnaly gotten 2 of the tests to work in 85% of subjects. Our recruiting has begun to slow and we are now only taking the best and the brightest, god help us if thier parents ever find out the replacment is a clone. The brain enhancement after a few changes has worked nicely although side effects seem to be all to common the ones that do make it clean are far more intellegent and one of the Subjects #294 has gained masive jumps form the steps he started with. The young orc did have some problems with the muscle enhancement which has turned the pigment of his skin a slightly green color as if now he were a true fantasy orc. Strange how things happen. His body has mostly rejected the muslcle ehancement but with the great strides he has made in mental abilitys the risk of another procedure has been deemed to great, i believe he will make a fine soldier once he is properly cybernetically enanced. The spiritual enhancement has yet to suceed even with the dragons help it has killed over 93% of subjects that has been submited to it and the few that survive have been... changed somehow and with no visible bonus afterword only 3, 187 294 and 401 have come out alive and well with no effects. That part of the program has been put on hold until we can find what is wrong maybe the power of te magics that they do not posses innatly is to much for them and for the mages its a overload of the system.

Entry: 1003
Today im proud to say teh trainign for the surviving 83 units has begun. we have brought int he best military trainers in the nation to make these cadets honed killers.

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(cut to journal of 12 year old Steven McDougal.)
This expert is from a atteched vid file of one of the training sessions... this is some brutal stuff here folks. Tal
The group of yound men crested the hill after a rude awakening and a "brisk" 5 mile run with thier commanding officer Sergent Pould. Even after 3 weeks the children, though they did not look it anymore, were still not used to the lack of sleep and what seemed like endless trainign and torture. Slowly though they were becoming machines. Many alreayd had cybernetic enhancments but Steve still hadnt gotten his turn to enhance himself. Todays exercise seemed to be different somehow there were no visible traps no regiment of men with Paint guns ready to run them through the forest and pelt them to the ground bruised and broken if they caught them today was just a field with tall grass and a surrounding forest.
"today, we see just how good you can really be" Exclaimed Poul. "Team up units of 5."
Steve looked to the few friends he had made thus far, Jenny a lengthy girl slightly taller then steve with a glare that could cut stone. She always seemed to be off in a different world. Fred, a troll youth with biceps the size of Steves thigh. Karl a average human youth and of corse Prelisa a elven awakened in training to be a mage.

"this test will be simple, kill your enemys, each of you will be givin a weapon of your choosing loaded with stun rounds. These weapons are non leathal but have been knowed to severly hurt people. Each unit will be flown to a designated area and droped. The last unit to survive this grand melee gets the honors of being squad commanders for each unit that will be formed after this drill is complete. Good luck."

Steve chose a shotgun opting for a close range weapon with slugs since Jen had taken a sniper rifle, fred got a set of pistols and a bo stick the sizer and shape of a katana, Karl went with a SMG and a pistol and Pre just went with a good old Foci.

The drop was iun the middle of a swamp area where they immediatly engage a group of youths from thier west, which lucky enough had chosen mostly hand to hand weapons with 2 snipers in support. Pre put a barrier between us and them and Frank made bruised piles as the 3 humans with stalves engaged him. i took down out with a slug to the forehead as he rushed at Fred and Karl sprayed down a sniper that hadnt taken up good enough cover. the fight was over before it started with 4 of them down and one running for his life.

We decided to take up a post in a nearby pond where the tees were think and Jen was able to get a nice sniper position up in a oak. The next unit to engage us was caught in total surprise as they chased away 2 members of a unit they had been taking down. Withing the first few seconds 2 of thier number were down from sniuper shots and another was pressed har as frank jumped on him from a low hanging tree. i myself decided they had it under control and kept watch of the area. Hours passed and fighting had all but died down. We made our way to the Drop area fully relaizing that the Marines were making a ever tightening circle arounfd the area and if they saw anyone we would be down before we knew what to do.

Once we were bak at the clearing we found a com unit posted to a tree, across the screen rolled 3 units left. That left us in good shape with all 5 members still up and only 2 compeditors out there. Luck kept with us as a fool scout for one of the units made his way across the field to the LZ then back to where his buddys were. We took a roundabout route over to the area we had seen the scout go back into and set up our slow ambush. We found 3 people sitting together disscussing something with thier backs turned to thier surruondings, i mean how stupid can you be? We decided just to charge them and whipe them out asap but as we charged in surpise wasnt on our side the moment we came into view the 3 youths went into barrel rolls before we could pull off a good shot and we foun ourselves completely surruoned by 9 enemys... the drek sucking bastards had teamed up to take us down. We fought valiantly , taking down 4 of them and makign it a easy win for the unit with 3 remaining memebrs to whipe out what was left of the last unit.


I did manage to crack some of the code but its still not translated well enough so im just gonan give you the gist of what i got from it. some time after the past events the top 3 units including Steves were sent into hostile teretory something about a assassination. the problem seems to be they didnt know thats what they were doing and well they werent sapose to find out. It seems they did. Instead of blowing some kind of facility in god knows where they abandoned the mission killed several marines and stole alot of UCAS equiptment. No direct details on what happened but there was one marines testimony i manged to get bits and pieces out of and it would seem that Steve who no one thought to be awakened turned out to be a hell of a powerfull mage. He did some serious damage to alot of the militarys assets and the secet base which again no idea where it is lost alot of records that these guys stole. Steve seemed not to be the leader of it all but was definitly in on it. Thats all for now folks ill get you more when i can. Tal.
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Attached File Code Red:
Today several subjects have escaped the facailtys and feld the region. All unit be advsed these subjects and armed and dangeruos 12 guards have alreayd been killed and 20 mroe severierly injured. A man hunt is in effect all facilitys put on Red allert and a lockdown is in place.

[Lindt]

[Fortune]

Thanks. I've always loved the name Gypsy, but haven't got a chance to actually play a character with that name for some reason.

It just occured to me that you might mean that there is there another 'Gypsy' in this game. Is that the case?

[Lindt]

Yep. Let the chaos commence. There is a reason I have a [strike]pirate[/strike] gypsy family edge.

[Fortune]

Oh, I know your character is a gypsy, but didn't think he was named Gypsy. Checking back, this doesn't seem to be the case, but if it is his name then I guess I'll just have to adopt a new one. If it isn't his name though, I'm keeping it! :P ;)

[Sandoval Smith]

Sphynx, query: Since this is Denver (even if Aztlan has been given the boot) having a couple fake IDs and travel passes from the getgo is probably a good idea. Will we be getting these from 'the organization,' or should we make allocations in our starting equipment to have a couple spare identities on hand?

Also, I just want to go over the roster of who we have in the game so far (I only included those who've posted stats so far).

Me: Tofu (Mouse shaman)
Fortune: Gypsy, (Hermetic)
Chance: Sanquine (sneak sammie)
JrayJoker: Ears (B&E/survelliance)
Lindt: Tevos (Fox Shamen, Conjurer)
Nightcrawler: Flatline (lightly cybered ex merc)
Gremish: Gremish (Cobra Shaman)
Backgammon: Dogma (face)
HmHVV Hunter: Rebo (psychic ex-military)
Morefizz: Grulas (vehicel rigger)
Toptomcat: James (subtle sammie)
Tarantula: (rigger, I think)

We've got 12 characters, five of which are magical in some way. What we seem to be missing is a heavy combat specialist, and a drone focused rigger. Did I miss anyone?

*edit* fixed Dogma.
*edit* fixed Ears.

This post has been edited by Sandoval Smith: Dec 26 2004, 04:40 AM

[Fortune]

Since the previous edit makes this post superfluous, I'll take the opportunity to pimp the fact that I updated Gypsy (previously posted). :D

On a more serious note. it's hard to say what's covered or needed without knowing who is and isn't actually included in the final roster.

That being said, if forced to comment on the roster as it stands (ok, put that gun down) ...

Personally, I'm seeing too many Riggers and not enough Muscle. I'm not the GM, but I would think that it would increase the chance of acceptance if your character didn't overlap others, except in certain circumstances like magic (;)) and combat.

Magic is good. Maybe a little Shaman-heavy (which is why I switched to Hermetic). Another Adept wouldn't hurt, but then any other combat-oriented character would be good.

Combat looks a little slim for the size of the team. 4 people would be hard-pressed to cover the others and still mount an effective offence.

All in all though, It all depends on Sphynx's final decision on the roster.

[Jrayjoker]

Sand, quick correction. Ears is a Sam/B&E/surveillance guy. He can hold his own in a fight, but prefers to use non-lethal means, has some gear and skills for covert surveillance and can B&E most locks given the time.

[Sphynx]

Ok, first off. Game Closed to new character submissions. If you hadn't posted a character by now, I feel its safe to assume you don't meet my pre-requisites (high enthusiasm, regular posting)

Accepted characters:

Toptomcat -> Stealth Samurai with a 12-cam Ruthenium Cloak (I stringly strongly strongly recommend buying extra gel packs for the Cloak, lots of them. :P)

HMHVV_Hunter -> Psychic Soldier (House Rule if you'd like, +2 to Manipulation spells, -2 to Combat Spells)

Lindt -> Fox Shaman Conjurer with Level 1 Initiation and Invoking (+2 to conjuring any 1 spirit type of your choice)

BackGammon -> Surveillance/Face (Still waiting for a background, tell me a story so I get a feel for your posts)

Gremish -> Goblin Mage with Heal. (I'll want to go over some stuff about your character, I love that he looks like a goblin though. :))

Fortune -> Sorcerer with my kinda spell list.

So, we currently have an almost pure magic group (4 of 6) with a Stealth Sammie and a Face Samme. To the rest of you who still want in (I don't object to large groups, I like them actually), you should consider being a bit more 'special'. I tend to pick out people that stand out (kinda the Anti-Tofu thing I'm afraid).

Toptomcat's Stealth Sammie with the Ruthenium Cloak is really about as stealthy as you can get. As we work on finalizing his character, I'll be stressing even more stealth oriented items (such as climbing claws and balance augs)

Hunter's Psychic Soldier is so full of theme that he's perfect as is. There'll be no need for further mods.

Lindt's Conjurer is very specialized in conjuring, but I'll be discussing with him the overkill on guns, and recommended a merger of skill points towards fewer combat skills, at higher levels.

BackGammon was almost overlooked until I saw just how good he was at surveillance. I'll be working on making him even better at what he's good at.

Gremish was chosen purely for his looking like a Goblin. I think I'll be working with him a bit on spells and such.

Fortune is the perfect spell caster with a nice array of spells, and nicely min-maxxed spell point expenditures (good use of Exclusives).

Despite 4 mages, no theme or character concept has been mirrored by another, that seems important to a story for me. The others didn't have something that made me go... hmmmm, interesting. So, feel free to point out, or highlight further, something that will catch my eye. Personally, I don't think I'm gonna go with any Vehicle Riggers. I'm sorry as that is unfair since I didn't state that in my original posts, but Vehicle Riggers tend to be boring in a game as they aren't so "team" oriented. A Rigger with some Micro or Minis might work if he can do alot of other things.

However, I think (going over some sheets) that "bland" is in. Alot of characters which seem book-typical with no stats/skills over 4, etc. I have no objections AT ALL with a little minmaxxing, as a matter of fact, I tend to favor those players as that tells me they really put alot of effort into getting exactly what they see in a character (which, if you ask anyone who really loves their character, they're usually 'the best', or trying to be, at something).

Those are my thoughts. On Monday I'll post an OOC thread so those that are 'in' can work on their position in the team, and other background merges needed to qualify the group for my requisites. :)

Sphynx

[Fortune]

Cool! :D

Gypsy has gone through a ton of alterations since I first posted him, and I was wondering if I went to far with the Spell list. I'm still finishing up shopping for him, and if you have any suggestions (on any aspect of the character), feel free to let me know.

I'm definitely looking forward to the game. :)

[Sandoval Smith]

I think I diluted Tofu's personality a bit too much trying to divide him into three characters. I really liked the mouse shaman idea, but given how magic heavy the group was, I didn't really develop it as strongly as I should have. So, I threw him down on the drawing board, and remade him from scratch, with just on specific character in mind this time. I kept some of the backstory, but turned him into a physical recon specialist.


Jack No'one

Jack is an infiltration/impersonation specialist. With his cyberware he can reconoiter a location, both visually and audibly. He is almost completly mutable. One day he can be an elf, the next day an ork, the third day a human of almost any size and shape. He's not as good as a Physical Mask spell, but in these days of magic, using a disguise that doesn't leave astral tell tales can be an unexpected edge. He uses slotted skills to fill out whatever gaps he may have in his performances.

He was mentally scarred by his childhood in Chicago, and uses the changes of identity as a protective escape. He is friendly, and usually a pleasant fellow to get along with. His one bad habit is a tendancy to zone out, and just stare at people, analyzing their voices, their patterns and movements, breaking an individual down into person. It's a rather creepy stare to be at the recieving end of.

When he is not trying to be anyone else, he looks like a human male with olive skin, short, dark hair (he keeps it cropped close to make it easier to wear wigs), and hazel cyber eyes. He dresses plainly, but neatly. His datajacks are concealed with one behind each ear

Also, Sphynx, since there is no equipment listing for disguise kit, I set aside 2,000 nuyen, thinking that might be a resonable cost for one. It'd have wigs, pigments, contact lenses, facial, dental, and ear prostetics, air bladders, pads, the basic supplies you would need to do a cosmetic facial and body alteration to try and do a good job of appearing as someone else.

Character stats are now at the top of page ten.

A little bit of backstory:

[ Spoiler ]

There once was a boy that for many reasons, people called Mouse. He was quiet, easy to overlook, small, quick but observant. No detail escaped his wide eyes. He lived in Chicago, and when the bugs came, he died there. That might be a detail that would surprise many people since they still saw him walking about, but Mouse, along with the rest of his family, died trying to gain refuge in the Wrigley dome. The last thing Mouse saw was the wasps descending on his family, and then there was a blinding pain, then nothing.

The boy who used to be Mouse woke up in a jury rigged hospital in Wrigley Dome. It was dark. The doctor said that he was lucky to be alive. The caravan had made it within sight of the Dome when the Wasps attacked. A team had been sent out to try and save them, but he had been the only survivor, barely. His head been smashed against the ground, almost split open. His eyes and ears had been destroyed. The doctor had given him cyber ears from a woman who didn't need them anymore, but there were no spare eyes, yet. The doctor asked him what his name was.

The boy did not know. Mouse had died outside the dome. He was sure of that much. Just like that woman hadn't needed her ears, Mouse hadn't needed his body, and so it had been given to him.

Soon enough, someone didn't need their eyes anymore, and the doctor gave them to the boy. It was was Mouse's face he saw in the mirror. He hoped that wherever Mouse was, he didn't mind him using it.

He tried many different things, thinking that when he did that one right thing, he would find out who he was. When help was needed in the soup lines, he became a cook, a very good cook. When an extra guard was needed to man the street entrances, he became a guard, and he did that job well too. When builders were needed to reinforce blockades and barriers, he became a builder.

The people who ran the Dome noticed how well the boy could become other people. He was afraid that they'd make him give back Mouse's body, and was surprised when they told him they were proud of his talent. They were delighted with how well he could become someone else, and the boy started to realize that being no one at all wasn't so bad, because it presented him with the possibility to become anyone. They sent him to the Sanctum, and Volkesville, and he told them what he saw. Then they told the doctor to install the chipjack, and it became even easier to become someone else. All he had to do was slot a chip, and he could slip into the Volk territory, and no one there could tell that he hadn't been raised embracing the Humanis cause. He was sent all over Chicago, to watch, and remember, and report. He learned how to become other races, as well as other people. Elves were easy. Orks were a little harder. He could even pretend to be a dwarf, until he grew too much. He thought of himself as many people during that time, and called himself many names, but sometimes, he just thought of himself as that little piece of 'ware in his head, and called himself Jack.

Finally, the wall came down, and the people at Wrigley didn't need their jury rigged Jack anymore. That was okay. He had learned that there were lots of people out there who could use someone who could become anyone, and remember so many things. He could walk into a building, just to use the restroom for a moment and then walk out, and draw of map of everything he'd seen. He could change his voice, his manners, his looks, and become so many other people. He could slip in almost anywhere, and no one could tell that he didn't belong.

His skills took him to Denver, where he was hired by a team that needed a good recon man. They needed to get into an office building, and pull someone out. He posed as a courier, sweet talking the lobby receptionist into letting him in, allowing him to see the security codes she used. He found the quickest, quietest route the team could take to the target. Later in the evening he returned, dressed as a suit, and fast talked the security guard into letting him in. Then using the codes, he let the rest of the team in. They then completly ignored the route he had planned. That lead to a small fight with secruity, that lead to a big fight with security. There was no use in being anybody, so Jack became nobody, unnoticed by everybody else. When the fight was over, he became Jack again, and slowly raised his hands, and said, "Excuse me. I surrender."

He was detained for several weeks and throroughly debriefed. Whoever was in charge though, decided that his skills might be useful because he was given the 'choice' of taking new employment. Jack of course accepted, but after getting back out into the open air of Denver he discovered that none of his former colleagues would have anything to do with them. Apprently someone was taking offense at the fact he had managed to be the sole survivor of that last run.

Does this fit a little better into your game?

[Chance359]

Due to absence over the holiday, and not having my character submitted, I will most likely be dropping out of this game. Sphynx I'll send you a final version tonight and let you be the judge on if theres a place for me.

[Sphynx]

Interesting Sandoval, and definitely catches my attention. Might consider Ruthenium Dermal Sheathing (though expensive, it would work better than cosmetic supplies, and you could use your disguise skill to get the proper results.)

Anyhows, yeah, I like this character.

Sphynx