Jacqueline DiSalvo was born on a Salvage ship owned by her human parents. She was the third child of six and the only Night One of the group. Her two older sister and brother were both human while her two younger brothers are both normal elves. She and her siblings grew up within her extended family's shipping and salvage business. She learned to dive at an early age and often participated in salvage missions. She was also taught accounting, navigation, and ship piloting. She is a skilled accountant and a highly accomplished navigator but her primary passion will always be free diving.

A near-fatal run in with Storm Dolphins when she was 12 prompted her parents to purchase cybergills and headware radios for her and her siblings and to give them training in the use of gyrojet pistols to defend against submarine paracritters. As a teenager, she completely took over the accounting for the salvage side of the business and began training in underwater melee combat.

When Halley's comet arrived Jacqueline was one of the many aflicted with SURGE. It began with a rash which spread and became progressively worse. Soon, he fur began falling out in places and was replaced with fish-like scales, she grew a prehensile tail, and her eyes changed. Feeling like a freak she became reclusive and rarely left her cabin except to dive.

Jacqueline was always particularly close to her older sister Beatrice. When she was 15 and Beatrice 17 this blossomed into something more and the two became sexually involved. The next year Beatrice joined the French Foreign Legion to escape their forbidden romance and served 4 years before being discharged due to a debilitating spinal wound. Jacqueline was involved in several online lesbian relationships at this time but found it difficult to meet anyone in person due to her self consciousness about her appearance ans she continued to pine for her sister.

During Beatrice's rehabilitation the two rekindled their romance and it quickly escalated. Once Beatrice was able to walk again the two decided that they would get married and bravely informed their parents of this decision. The family's reaction was unexpectedly harsh. While they were perfectly happy to accept that their daughters were lesbians the incestuous relationship was too much for their latent Catholic morals. The sisters were effectively disowned and were forced to run away. They eventually made it to the UCAS and became married using fake SINs that identified them as Samantha Baker and Amber West.

The fake SINs were procured from a fixer named BJ Johnson through Sir Kilzalot, a mercenary turned ecoterrorist that Beatrice knew from the Legion. Sir Kilzalot often provided them with work. It was on one of these jobs that Beatrice met her untimely end at the point of a Red Samurai's katana.

The funeral further widened the rift between Jacqueline and her family. Their mother Estelle laid the blame for Beatrice's death directly on the distraught Jacqueline and the two came to blows.

After the funeral Jacqueline morbidly dug up Beatrice's corpse and cut out the Smartlink II that she had installed during her service in the Legion. Jacqueline then had her sister's Smartlink installed in her with the intent of using it to get revenge.

1. What is your characters Sex?
Female

3. What is the color of the characters Hair, eyes, and skin?
Samantha an albino Night One with off-white hair and fur and white scales. She has a single large tuft of DBZish Spiky white hair on the top of her head. Her fish-like scales begin on the back of her head just below her hair and cover her entire upper back. They continue around to the front of her torso. Her facial fur is intact and continues down to just above her breasts. Her left breast is fully scaled while her right breast is fully furred there is a spiral pattern where the fur and scales meet between her breasts. This tight spiral of closely knit fur and scale continues down and covers both her abdomen and her lower back. Her legs are fully scaled while her arms are fully furred.

4. What is the character's general appearance (i.e., How does he dress, etc.)?
She dresses comfortably.

5. Where was the character born (City, State, Hospital Name)?
Jacqueline was born aboard the Thames, a large salvage vessel owned by her late father, somewhere in the North Atlantic.

6. What is the characters date of birth?
This depends on the date of the adventure. She should be in her early 20s.

7. What was the character's family life like?
Jacqueline was raised in a loving extended family with two parents, one sister, three brothers, seven uncles and aunts, several grandparents, and countless cousins. Her family owned a small but lucrative shipping and salvage business and she spend most of her life aboard ships but she certainly did not go wanting. From an early age she was encouraged to participate in the family business and became an accomplished diver, navigator, and accountant under the loving tutelage of her family.

Currently, her relationship with her family is strained due to that fact that she was having a lesbian affair with her older sister Beatrice. While their family was fully supportive of their sexual preferance their moral tolerance was strained by the sisters' incestuous relationship. The two were disowned when they refused to end the relationship. When Jacqueline was 20 and her sister 22 they ran away to the UCAS to ger married using fake SINs.

8. Has the character begun his own family?
She and her sister were married in the UCAS using the alias Samantha Baker and Amber West. Tho two lived happily as wife and wife and they even considered having children when they became financially stable. For income the sisters performed mercenary work for a group of ecoterrorists. At first, it was strictly nonviolent diving and navigation work but it latter devolved into sabotage and underwater demolitions. Beatrice was killed by Red Samurai during once such sabotage mission.

9. Where or how was the character educated?
Originally home schooled by family, later trained in demolition by radical ecoterrorist group Freedom For Earth (secretly a cover for a conspiracy of toxic shamans) .

10. Has the character ever done anything else for a living?
She worked as a diver, navigator, and accountant for her family's business. Later she was an Underwater demolition Specialist for radical (yet well-paying) ecoterrorist group FFE.

11. What are the characters beliefs on church and state?
Jacqueline was raised mildly Roman Catholic and maintains some of the belief structure. She bears a deep and unrelenting hatred for the faith and for God due to her sister's death. She reasons that had her family not been influenced by the draconian exogamy standards of their faith they would have been able to have been able to enjoy a long and happy life together. Likewise, she carries a great deal of anger toward any divine entity that might exist for allowing her sister to die. Her political views are also clouded by this anger and currently lean toward anarco-communism.

12. Describe the characters Moral code. Include how mercenary he is, whether or not he'll kill innocents, etc.

She was raised mildly Roman Catholic and confirms to standard Judeo-Christian morals in most things with the exception of her sexual preferences. While she has represented herself as a cold-blooded killer she is most certainly not and has problems with killing bystanders and killing period for that matter. She hasn't been a Shadowrunner for long and just isn't used to ending metahuman life.

13. What are the character have any goals?
She currently exists in a fuge of rage and depression isolated from the rest of humanity with no real purpose or meaning. This state precludes the forming of long-term goals. She would like to reconcile with her family and to get violent bloody revenge against Renraku but understands that both are unlikely and that the latter is downright suicidal.

14. Why does the character run the shadows? (Why does he run the shadows still, rather than getting a "real" job?)
She has little other choice. She is unable to get legitimate work due to her disownment. Her family's connections have resulted in her being blacklisted by almost every major maritime organization in the world.

15. What kind of personality does your character have? This should not necessarily be obviously stated in the background, as it is more important for actually playing the character, but it may color or add mood to the history.
Homicidally depressed.

16. What special qualities does the character possess? This does not refer to skills, but rather at other things, such as How he gets along with people, does he plan ahead, etc.
She has a strong personality but it rather shy in person due to her freakish appearance. She is impulsive and rarely plans ahead during a run, a fact that indirectly led to her sister's death.


17. Are their certain things the character can't or won't do? Why?
She doesn't known the answer to that question yet. She has already crossed many lines that she believed were uncrossable and will certainly cross more.

18. What things, people, or ideas does the character hate?
Renraku in general and the Red Samurai specifically for their part in her sister's death.

19. What things people, or ideas does the character love?
Diving. The open Ocean. Her late sister.

20. What is the character's name? Give both full birth name, as well as nicknames, street names, etc.
Her original name is Jacqueline DiSalvo but she currently goes by the alias Samantha Baker.
She is also known by the street names Whiskers, Seacat and Catfish. He finds all of these to be degrading and prefers that they not be used. She uses the alias Deathstroke the Terminator in her correspondence with sleazy fixer BJ Johnson but this is simply a matrix persona meant to make her look tougher than she really is.

Estelle DiSalvo
Jacqueline mother, a shipping industry heiress and a Grade A bitch. She blames Jacqueline for the death of her favored daughter Beatrice. Jacqueline blames her for Beatrice's death in turn. Her worldwide connections and moderate wealth allow her to make Jacqueline's life a living hell if she ever finds her.

Jason "Ninjor" Jones
An American ninja working for the Renraku Red Samurai. He is a physical adept optimized for speed and wields both the gun and the sword equally well. He doesn't know that he is Jacqueline's enemy. She wants his head because his sword slew her sister. For him it was just another regular day on the job.

1. What is your characters Sex?
Male

2. What is your characters physical size?
5'9" Middling build with slight belly developing

3. What is the color of the characters Hair, eyes, and skin?
Hair: None
Eyes: Green
Skin: Covered in black reptilian scales with a diagonal hatching of white scales (think noughts and crosses board -> #) also sharp bone spurs grow out through his skin all over

4. What is the character's general appearance (i.e., How does he dress, etc.)?
Generally in adapted boilersuit when on board ship or tinkering, for meets and shopping generally a Actioneer black suit (again adapted for the spurs)

5. Where was the character born (City, State, Hospital Name)?
Miami, FL, in the Aztechnology compound hospital

6. What is the characters date of birth?
13th November 2036 (should be approx 31 at game start... ish)

7. What was the character's family life like?
His family was caring and Michael loved them almost more than life itself.

8. Has the character begun his own family?
No

9. Where or how was the character educated?
Spotted at an early age as very clever Aztech had hoped he would develop magic abilities or decking but his aptitudes lay in a more techie field and so he was trained up as a rigger.

10. Has the character ever done anything else for a living?
He worked for 5 years for Aztechnology as a security rigger.

11. What are the characters beliefs on church and state?
Christian, but not fanatical and see the state (and more specifically Aztech) as owing him for his lost family

12. Describe the characters Moral code. Include how mercenary he is, whether or not he'll kill innocents, etc.
He won't kill innocents, very definiately not children. Otherwise anyone who attacks him or his friends is no longer innocent and so open season.

13. What are the character have any goals?
Protect his friends and collegues, cause Aztech to feel the nat bites he can inflict when it is possible.

14. Why does the character run the shadows? (Why does he run the shadows still, rather than getting a "real" job?)
He was ripped from his comfortable corp life when his entire family was unwillingly extracted. During the extraction the Aztech guards were given the order to kill him and his family rather than allow them to be taken. All were killed and Michael seriously injured even though they were trying to escape their captors up to that point.

15. What kind of personality does your character have? This should not necessarily be obviously stated in the background, as it is more important for actually playing the character, but it may color or add mood to the history.
Thoughtful, shy. He'll regularly over think plans before acting. He know getting his own back will be very dangerous and that he can't slip once.

16. What special qualities does the character possess? This does not refer to skills, but rather at other things, such as How he gets along with people, does he plan ahead, etc.
After the extraction he was taken in by one of the runners that did the extraction and Michael retreated into a shell where he still is to a lesser degree. Far happier with machines and people via a matrix connection rather than face to face. He likes to have his plan of action set up 3 steps ahead although he knows this is not always possible, but he is far more comfortable when he can.

17. Are their certain things the character can't or won't do? Why?
He won't threaten, injure or kill children and will not let innocents be injure unless there is no other option.

18. What things, people, or ideas does the character hate?
He hates Aztechnolgy, but knows enough that he can never let them know.

19. What things people, or ideas does the character love?
Michael really only loves two things at the moment, the runner who took him in (and who has now retired from the shadows) and the boat that he is on.

20. What is the character's name? Give both full birth name, as well as nicknames, street names, etc.
Birth Name: Michael John Palmer
Street Name: Spikes (Main), Checkersboard (Alternate)
Nicknames: Will answer to Mike, Greasy, Tech Boy, or any of the ones above.

Body 8
Armor 5
Cargo Factor 477
Handling 4
AutoNav 2
Pilot 1
Sensor 3
Sonar 1
Seating -
Entry points 2d+1x+2h

Engine: Jet Turbine/Sail
Load 1362 kg
Speed 120/25
Acceleration 7/3
Signature 2/7
Fuel Code 200/--
Economy .5/--
Range 100km/--

Base:
+198 CF People Space
2 high Living Amenities
4 Improved Living Amenities
2 Basic Living Amenities
+1200 kg People Load

Added:

Hydrofoil Capability (Turbine Only)
--Speed = 150
--Acceleration 8
--Handeling 2
--Signature 1

Special Machinery (auto rigging controls)

Autonav 2
CMC 3
ECM 2
ECCM 2
Rigger Adaption
Concealed Armor 5
1 Pop-up Remote Small Turret
1 pop-up remote micro turret -
1 Pintle Mount
6 Electronics Port
Power Amplifiers 6
VHF Radio 6
Portable Sat. Uplink
Sensor upgrade 3
Sonar upgrade 1
Photovoltaic Chameleon paint

Pitle On bow spurt, w/ Harpoon Gun
Small Turret on fore deck /w IWS Multi Launcher
Micro Turret aft deck /w Armtech MGL-12

8 AP Rockets
4 HE Rockets
24 IPE Concussion mini-gernades

123
-5 Ork
118
-60 30 Attributes
58
-25 650,000
33
Skill points

B: 9 (11)
Q: 6 (7)
S: 8 (9)
C: 2
I: 3
W: 5
E: 1.10
R: 8 + 2D6
B.I.: 1.9

Combat: 7

Assault Rifles: 5
Athletics: 3 (6)
Edged Weapons: 5
Etiquette: 2
Mercenary: 4
Pistols: 5
Stealth: 4
Throwing Weapons: 4
Unarmed Combat: 4

Knowledge Skills
Cooking: 3
Militech Manufactures: 3
Mercenary Hot Spots: 3



Bioware
(0.6 40,000) Enhanced Articulation
(0.2 8,000) Extended Volume: 1
(0.4 20,000) Muscle Aug: 1
(0.4 25,000) Muscle Toners: 1
(0.3 15,000) Syntha Cardium: 2
1.9 108,000

Cyberware:
(1.6 110,000) Wired Reflexes: 1 (Alpha)
(0.4 5,000) Smart Link
(0.1 2,000) Flare Compensation
(0.8 30,000) Dermal Plating: 2 (Alpha)
(0.8 96,000) Skillwires: 4 w/ 48MP
(0.2 1000) Chip jack
(0.7 16000) DataJack 150MP
(0.1 1000) Knowsoft Link
(0.2 2,400) Internal Air Tank (alpha)
(4.9 263400)

10,000 Permanent Street Lifestyle: wilderness land he inherited back home

120 (6) Throwing Knives
450 Survival Knife
500 Sword (ork toothpick)
1850 Ares Predator w/ ext smartlink, Silencer 150 rounds of regular ammo
3200 FN HAR w/ external Smartlink, folding stock, Gas Vent 2, 700 rounds of regular ammo
300 (10) Defensive Grenades
150 (5) Concussion Grenades
6570

900 Armored Jacket
600 Vest with Plates
300 Ordinary Clothing; Cargo pants, tshirts, thermal underware
1200 Camo Full Suit (woodland)
2000 Pocket Secretary
3000 Transceiver: 5 w/ Sub vocal Mic,

40 Metal Restaints 2 pair
100 Survival Kit
250 Ascent/Descent Kit

275 Tent
15 Canteen and Mess Kit
190 Sleeping Bag
346 Combat Vest w/ 1 pistol ammo pouch, 4 Rifle Ammo pouches, 1 small equipment pouch, and 3 large equipment pouches
140 Miltary Rucksack large

(48,000) Skill Chips All rating 4
Biotech
Demolitions
Electronics
Gunnery
Heavy Weapons
Negotiations
Shotgun
Spray Weapons
Survival
Underwater Combat

Misc Gear
200 Bolt Cutter
75 Crowbar 1/2 meter

397601 spent on gear

Contacts
(Free) Freedom Fighter
(Free) Corp Scientist
10,000 Mercenary (Uncle)
10,000 Sim Sense Star
10,000 Dealer (Mercenary Fixer
5,000 Call Girl
5,000 Customs Official Miami International Airport


Total cash spent
437601

100,000 donated to the team fund
100,000 4 Squatter lifestlyes (One in Miami, Seattle, Brisband, and Istambul) Each is a storage unit containing the following:
• 450 Suvival Knive
• 1,350 Ares Predator w/ ext smartlink, 150 rounds of regular ammo
• 885 Colt Manhunter w/ int Laser sight, 160 rounds of regular ammo
• 1,950 FN HAR w/ Laser Sight, Gas Vent 2, Folding stock, 350 rounds of regular ammo
• 346 Combat Vest w/ 1 pistol ammo pouch, 4 Rifle Ammo pouches, 1 small equipment pouch, and 1 large equipment pouch, 2 standard holsters
• First Aid Kit w/ Extra Supplies (6)
• 700 GPS system
• 600 Armored Vest w/ Plates
• 500 Heavy Jumpsuit
• 360 (6) Concussion Grenades
• 360 (6) Defensive HE grenades
• 240 (6) Flash Grenades
• 1,600 20 Kg of C-6
• 500 (5) Timers

Bugout Bag: 5,000
• (140) Bag
• (2,000) Certified Credstick w/ 2,000¥
• (500) 500¥ in script
• (60) 2 smoke grenades
• (450) Survival knife
• (10) 35 meters of duct tape
• (50) Handset cell phone
• (370) Medkit rating: 6 and supplies
• (25) Heavy denim jeans
• (25) Synth Wool Sweater
• (10) 2 changes of underware
• (10) 2 changes of synth wool socks
• (5) Towel
• (50) Leather gloves w/ wool liners
• (40) Mini-Mag light w/ extra bulb, two changes of batteries
• (50) Stimulant Patch: 2
• (20) Tranq Patch: 1
• (200) Antidote Patch: 4
• (10) Pager
• (30) 6 while glowsticks
• (50) Camal Pak
• (175) Sleeping bag
• (50) Thermal blanket
• (125) Micro Flare Launcher w/ extra flares
• (30) Ration Bars 10 days worth
• (15) Canteen and Mess Kit
• (500) Self inflating Tent
• (50) Field Rations (self heating)

(10,000) Decker Buddy
(1,200) 40 Shurikens

648,801 cash spent
199 (10% of whats left) + 8K (3d6x1000)


Background
Grew up in cal free state. Shortly after he turned 16 his uncle Scott came to visit telling stories of adventure as a mercenary. A few weeks later when Uncle Scotts R&R was over Henry left with him to see the world.

Significant event
The following was filled out by Henry Mercer on the Outpost Find a Friend.

1. What is your characters Sex?
Male

2. What is your characters physical size?
I'm a little average for an ork in both weight and height, 2 meters tall and a 105 kilos

3. What is the color of the characters Hair, eyes, and skin?
My hair is black, and I keep it cut pretty short and have been known to shave it before going out int the field. I've been told that I have gray eyes, but my medical records have them listed as blue. I enjoy spending time outdoors so I'm generally pretty tan.

4. What is the character's general appearance (i.e., How does he dress, etc.)?
Usually when I'm on the job I go for fatigues that help me blend in. When off the job, I can usually be found in either cargo pants and a tshirt, or jeans and a sweater.

5. Where was the character born (City, State, Hospital Name)?
I was born in room 3 of Our Lady of Grace hospital in Rio Del, California Free State.

6. What is the characters date of birth?
I was hatched on July 26 2039.

7. What was the character's family life like?
Up until I was about 10 years old I lived on a corporate farm just outside of Rio Del. Then a tractor trailer hauling industrial stength insecticide overturned shortly before its scheduled stop at our farm. My father and older brother were killed, and I managed to escape with a chemical style burn to my eyes. After the accident the insurance money helped me to get new eyes and to help my mother buy some land near where she grew up. She later remarried and I picked up a step sister who didn't like my mom let alone having a tusker for a brother.

8. Has the character begun his own family?
I've thought about finding a nice lady and settling down. I'd want a couple of kids, maybe two boys and a girl.

9. Where or how was the character educated?
I was raised going to public schools. First in CFS and then in a small town Iowa.

10. Has the character ever done anything else for a living?
Well when I was 16 I decided to get away from home and enlisted in the Marines. The Corps treated me good, and having actually military experience on the resume helped land me my first merc gig.

11. What are the characters beliefs on church and state?
Well mom always made me go to church on sundays even thoughalot of folks just went there to be seen.
When I was younger, my dad was a democrat, and so was mom. When she remarried, my stepfather was a technocrat.

12. Describe the characters Moral code. Include how mercenary he is, whether or not he'll kill innocents, etc.
"I'll kill a man in a fair fight, or if I think he's fixin to start a fair fight or if theres a woman involved, or if I'm being paid to." Jayne from Serenity

13. What are the character have any goals?
Well like all mercs I'd like to live to retirement. But more short term I figure I'd like to just travel more.

14. Why does the character run the shadows? (Why does he run the shadows still, rather than getting a "real" job?)
Well I don't really see myself as a shadowrunner, but if the pay is right, I could probably be talked into it. I used to have what could be called a real job, but its hard to be a grunt for the government when someone is willing to pay almost three times as much for you to be a grunt for them.

15. What kind of personality does your character have? This should not necessarily be obviously stated in the background, as it is more important for actually playing the character, but it may color or add mood to the history.
I don't understand the question.

16. What special qualities does the character possess? This does not refer to skills, but rather at other things, such as How he gets along with people, does he plan ahead, etc.
Well I see myself as strong willed, physically fit, capable and motivated.


17. Are their certain things the character can't or won't do? Why?
Well I really haven't found anything that for the right amount of money. I've been paid to do somethings that I really wasn't comfortable with, but I did them and now I know how to deal with the stresses (and how to get a better up front asking price).

18. What things, people, or ideas does the character hate?
I'm not a huge fan of racists and others who oppose my basic right to keep breathing. I also don't care for rapists or child molesters.

19. What things people, or ideas does the character love?
Well I do enjoy long hike through wilderness, spending time on the range and keeping up with the latest job oppurtunities.

20. What is the character's name? Give both full birth name, as well as nicknames, street names, etc.
My name, well my birthname is Henry Micheal Mercer, I've got some fake IDs but you don't need to know those. My callsign is Hank, I know its not very original, but I like it.