Recruitment : Warrior Caste, Mercenary campaign Options

[HobbeGoblin]

The guns from Rayguns would be on a case by case issue...being as they are current weapons which would be antiques by the time they reach 2064. In an impoverished area they may be more readily available. I dont have a problem with a similarly modeled weapon made using the weapon creation rules in the cannon companion though.

[Shadow]

The reasoning is that a lot of gun models stay in circulation for a long time. The Colt 1911 is still produced today even though it came out almost a hundred years ago. Along with the MP5 (which came out in the 60's) and many other weapons. SO to say that the Glock 20 on RG's page isn't an antique Glock 20, it is a Glock 20 produced in 2063. Much like if you buy a Ford Thunderbird today it is not the same model produced in the 50's.

My point being that the guns add a variety of tactical flavor that is otherwise missing from Shadowrun. Having said that, a case by case basis is good enough for me :)

[HobbeGoblin]

So far i have competeing for slots : 2 Medics
2 Combat Mages
2 Snipers

Others who have posted are either unique or not similar to others above.

I will decide based on the better feel i have for the characters so, that being said get to work writing chummers.

There is a specialty that has not been hit on yet which may buy the person whom gets it an automatic in.(still must pique my interest through BG/concept)

Also so far Thomas is the only one who is just a merc (clever that one)

[Qillin]

Heres a more in depth look at my runner
might have to look at the new options for equipment now that you are letting Raygun's in... k noted will stand as is then

Koe Yizake
"note it's multi. pages with tabs at the bottem"

[HobbeGoblin]

That's case by case Q

[HobbeGoblin]

WinterRat1 brought up intiation.

If the players picked dont wish to have the team karma pool then another avenue is available:

Collegium Legio Spathas

Also known as "The War College"

Accepts Mages, Shamans (of battle type totems), and PhyAds

Fraternity, Oath strictures

The College is split into Cohorts numbering from 10 to 30 members. (This may be seen as a circle in some traditions)

There are 10 known Cohorts with a mixture of social cohorts made up of members of the different cohorts who gravitate towards each other due to interests.

Rating 12 Libraries and lodges in Cohort houses, the College it self is a rating 15 library.

Titles within include: Legionare( includes immunes and Triarii)
Immunes- exempt from certain duties
Triarii- 3rd rank, no title/rank but trusted and valued as one
with title/rank.(this was the veteran warriors of Rome, and
the term to fall back on the Triarii meant a battle would go
badly without the Triarrii.
Centurian- Cohort leader or title based on achievement

All members have a tattoo: I TAN I EPI TAS (greek: WITH YOUR SHIELD,OR ON IT)
it's from the spartans.

This post has been edited by HobbeGoblin: May 13 2005, 01:45 PM

[Kiedo]

I know just about nill of military ranks. I had kind of intended him to be like the Director of counter terrorism or counter intelligence, but doing work for both groups and figured that he would need to be an officer to head up a division like that, I was going to make him a Liuetenant Coronel but I decided that it might be a bit much though my grandfather retired from the service as a lieutenant Coronel after 20 years. I'm assuming you know more about the military then I do, so I'll leave it open to your suggestion before I write up the detailed background.

Also jack could double as the leader for the group, since he retired a middle rank officer. And he's not a sniper, I don't like snipers, his job for the team would be to indentify and take out snipers. Playing a sniper doesn't leave much to the imagination, but playing counter sniper could give more depth to the character.

He would be good leadership material, I plan on making him a nice well rounded character not just a over speciailized killing machine, though he will be extremely deadly.

[HobbeGoblin]

There is the job of just counter-intelligence 0211, they promote through their ranks almost exclusively ie their officers are over 75% prior enlisted from the ranks of the MOS. The MOS isnt available till the rank of Corporal. After the mandatory 6 month indoctrination period your next schools are CQB, and airborne (parachuting) school. Ranger and sniper school as mission tempo dictates.

On a side note: snipers are used as counter-snipers.....takes a thief to catch a thief theory in motion.

[HobbeGoblin]

the leadership role will have to be decided by the players. I will say this though...you do have a Manager/Handler if the team opts for the team karma pool he is a free contact (lvl 3) to every member of the team. If they dont opt for it, he's mainly just a Mr. Johnson with a good rep. I'm not trying to force feed anyone the team karma pool and it shouldnt be voted on until i've chosen the players. I'm just throwing out perks as 10% of your "accumalated" karma in the characters life is a heavy price. Like I stated before I'm not forcing anyone into it and since it wont be decided until after I've picked it isnt a factor in the choosing.

[HobbeGoblin]

Okay Sniper guys....dont forget the first part of the nom. the Marines use...Scout Sniper.

[Kiedo]

Jack could scout, well he could do just about anything combat related, due to previous training, he was the leader of a Counter Terrorist team and worked closely with the Counter Intelligence guys, so it would make sense for him to know each of his team's jobs, just incase of a stray bullet or an ambush.

I had no idea that snipers were counter snipers too, but it makes perfect sense, I just kind of assumed that it was just part of a team and somebody needed to worry bullets from no where. He wouldn't make a good team sniper though, assualt rifles simply don't have the range for it(better than a holdout pistol, but still not 1,000 meters it's 550 for anybody who doesn't know it off the top of their head), and I don't feel like shelling out that kind of cash for a rifle, though the 121 looks pretty cool...

[Frater Inominatu...]

Call me Archangel.

Nice to meet you Mr.? Johnson, right.

My fixer tells me you're looking for a runner with military experience.

Yes, I was a Lt. Col in the U.C.A.S.' Special Operations Teams.

Yes, I'm a mage. That is what you asked for, correct?

So, just because I'm a mage I'm not supposed to be able to handle myself in a fight? Sorry to disappoint you.

My story? Why not, I've got a few minutes. Buy me a drink and we'll talk...

I never pictured myself a military man. In fact, I never saw myself leaving Puyllup. Running the streets with my friends, robbing good, honest folk, and harassing… well pretty much anyone who struck my fancy was my idea of a good time. All that changed when I, mistakenly of course, found myself in the possession of some stolen property. It must have fallen out of the undercover police officer’s pocket while I was mugging him. The judge was less than understanding. Can you believe that? He told me I had to join the military or go to jail! I would have strangled him and spit on his corpse if there hadn’t been three polices officers between us, and the fact that I was handcuffed (they do that when you bite) to my chair. I was so pissed off I could have chewed nails! It was then that a fire erupted in the center of the courtroom. The doctors told me later that it was my latent magic ability manifesting. Hell, I was nearly seventeen, well past the usual age for that sort of thing. But things like that do happen so I’m told. I spent until my seventeenth birthday in juvee and the court “emancipated” me. This means, of course, they chained me to a bus and sent me to boot camp. Upon retrospect it was the best thing that ever happened to me. I found that discipline and three free meals a day agreed with me.
After boot I was assigned to the Mage Corps where I was to learn how to use my newly discovered abilities. I found that I excelled at it. My photographic memory served as an invaluable tool in learning spell formulae. I poured myself into my work and absorbed all I could. Three years later I emerged 2nd Lt. James Evans. I spent the next three years hopping from one theatre to another. During a stint in South America I met a Colonel from the 35th Special Ops. He recruited me and I spent the next ten years running gray and black ops on nearly every continent.
I wrapped up my obligations and decided to go home. I found that my friends hadn’t changed much. They were happy to see me initially. But I had grown up and they hadn’t. Sell out, traitor, the man’s pet; all names they had for me. I found that without work James was a dull boy. So, I packed up my toys and went looking. Germany, Belgium, Brazil, anywhere someone was looking for “skilled” labor. Now I'm back in Seattle on vacation. So, you have my references, my resume, and my life story. Are you interested in my services or not? I don’t have all day. Time is money and you've burned enough of mine...

[Frater Inominatu...]

[Fortune]

I wouldn't mind getting in on this game. I'm a pretty reliable poster, at least as far as frequency and dedication are concerned.

I usually play magician characters, typically shamanic, and only occasionally hermetic. I have been wanting to play an adept scout-type character of mine for a long time now, and at this power level, it should be possible to properly reflect the variety of skills that should be involved in real spec-ops-type campaigns.

Anyway ...

Nathaniel Scott Sharpe

Race: Human Amerindian
Occupation: Staff Sergeant (ret), Freelance Security Consultant
Sex: Male
Height: 1.88m.
Weight: 96kg.
Hair: Black ponytail
Eyes: Ice blue
Age: 27

Field of Expertese: Scout/point man

Skills: hand-to-hand and several ranged combat skills (including bow), high stealth, mid-to-high level skills in most military-related, active, non-combat skills, etc.

More info on demand. I have a basic outline and background in mind, but I find things may change when it comes down to the actual numbers involved. I will definitely be purchasing a bit of Karma. I would also be interested in the Initiatory Group, and have no real interest in a Team Karma Pool. In my opinion, unless the characters are all members of an already established unit, as opposed to individual, best-of-the-best merc-types, Team Karma really makes no sense.

[Sphynx]

[HobbeGoblin]

Initiatory group updated.

[HobbeGoblin]

Most counter-sniper operations in the field involve a radio operator calling mortars or artillery. Using snipers as spotters in the field to narrow down the area, sniper as counter-sniper is more an urban enviroment concept.

[Foxx]

Deacon Bullet, 34 years old, Street Samurai/Face

[ Spoiler ]

Dawson Jude joined the UCAS Marines right out of high school at the tender age of eighteen. After five years and obtaining the rank of Staff Sergent he applied for OCS - Officier Canididate School - and otained the rank of 2nd Leiutenent and given the prestigious job of Marine Recon. His six years leading men through the active engagements both forign and domestic sharpened him to a perfect edge. Arriving at the rank of Captain he was head hunted by personal from the Central Intelligence Agency and brought in to be trained as an agent.

The marine made weapon was again schooled in espinoage and counter-intelligence. He learned alot more about handling people with a softer hand then a harden fist to the mouth. Though the fist to the mouth still gets results from those who laugh at the soft hand method. The young black man reinvented and evolved himself from the rough gung-ho marine to the sauve sophiticated spy helping out the UCAS against other spies and playing odds against dangerous entities. Dawson has dedicated himself to be the best of the best, doing it first and with superior efficincy.

Another five year stint took Dawson all over the world and into parts where a CIA man ususually is not welcomed with open arms. Daswon enjoyed the work, somtimes taking on cases from the NSA that needed to be finessed. By the time of his departure from the CIA, he was heading up small operations into the Mexico and the NSA lands, bringing in the information about the movements of these on-again, off-again, enemies. Dawson started to chafe under the buerucratic bongling of one particular superior which made him reflect on his work. It was good work of course, and he helped alot of people, but the people who called the shots were the ones benefiting from his work. Too many times had a promotion come up that Dawson was skipped. It eventually doned on him that he was going to be mover in the Company, not a shaker.

With this reliziation Dawson finished up his current missions, requsted a stateside assignment and turned in his resignation. It was time to work for himself, it was time to see what being a professional merc would do for him. Deacon Bullet is not shy about his views on Shadowrunning, its a dumb job for dumb people. It dosen't mean he wouldn't do it out of boredom, but Johnson has learned not to trifle with Dawson, especially after he suppossedly gutted the last Johnson that tried to screw him over.

'Fool me once, shame on you,
Fool me twice, shame I'll have to rip your intestines out now.'

[Geko]

Go-kart

Dwarf Ex-Ganger/Vehicle Rigger


Working in a chop-shop was as close as he ever got to a legitimate career, but it taught him alot about cars, and gave him a doorway to the shadows. He got his name when he built himself a "car" from scrap parts, and brought it to the boulevard to race the big boys. They had their custom imports and muscle cars, while his looked like a suped-up golf cart. He didn't beat anyone, but he impressed (and entertained) everyone there. That night, he was approached by the leader of a local car-jacking ring, and offered some work.

He started working exclusively for the gangers and eventually became a full member, handling all their mechanical needs, which were many, considering the amount of cars they boosted. Usually, he was given a pretty fair cut, and started to make out real well. Alot of his money was spent on rigger-ware, and he soon became the best handler in the gang, too. He started going on runs with them, speeding off with the goods after they busted in.

In time, the gang got real good. They started going for bigger targets, like hospital choppers, the odd LAV, yachts, and even an entire UPS airplane (mail included). They got too good. The heat was no problem, but when actual crime syndicates took notice, the drek hit the fan.

The powerful Italian mafia forced them into very unfavorable working conditions, and used their influence to control their actions. They also started taking huge cuts. It reached the point where it was easier to flee. The gang disbanded and found other ways to use their skills.

It was relatively easy for Go-kart to fake a fiery death and then make his way down to Mexico, to fight as a mercenary in the constant skirmishing going on down there. It was a good way to push his limits, and he became a decent combat pilot. He could get behind the lines better than most, and could hold his own in a firefight.

[OOC - I'll leave off there. Kind of want to leave some options open for myself at this point, and I know I'll get carried away, if I haven't already.]

[Kiedo]

So does that mean we won't be in urban settings, or am I reading too much into it?

[Sphynx]

[HobbeGoblin]

Kiedo...you may well end up in urban areas but, I'd plan on that being the exception and not the rule.

[Whizbang]

Name: Jason "Johnny Reb" Jackson
Specialty: Vehicle Rigger/Weapon Spec

Background: Hunting and cars were the things on a teenager's mind in the sleepy little town in Alabama that Johnny hailed from. However, he took both to a whole new level. He managed to curtail some of his fun to apprentice with the local mechanic to earn the money for his first VCR, and to tinker on his old fixer upper.

As he was nearing graduation, one of Johnny's friends introduced him to Edward Maxwell. He was looking for new recruits to help him fight the Azzies. Johnny, being proud of his family's military heritage that could be traced all the way back to the great Stonewall Jackson, jumped at the opportunity to defend the boarders of his country.

No, this wasn't the military. But rather a branch of the Sons of the Alamo, that was out to turn the cold war with Aztlan hot, and hopefully get the full force of the CAS to take back the Texas territory that was lost...and then some. It was here that Johnny developed a love for military grade weapondry for the places where his rides just couldn't take him. The pay was good, and gave him access to items that he wouldn't have dreamed of having back home.

It was too good to last, though. Eventually one of the border patrol stations they hit turned out to be a heavily fortified ambush. What was left of the unit was scattered to the winds. So he was left adrift in Texas, a rebel with a cause, but unfortunatly without the support to follow it.

[Kiedo]

Ok I'm working on the character, and I decided to go with pitching in for the team karma, do I just spend some karma and call it that, give myself ten less, or what?

[HobbeGoblin]

Keep the 10 karama in reserve as ALL players must accept the team karma pool idea. I believe its a good idea but, its up to the players picked and i wont be basing my decisions on the team karma pool. In fact it shouldnt be discussed till after picking in the ooc post i'll create.