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DireRadiant
02:15:33 Tuesday 11 February 2070 - Deluxe Harbor View Suite, The Peninsula, Salisbury Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong

The view was spectacular, outside the cloudy haze from the earlier celebrations still lingered in the air, lending a slight warming tone to the scintillating myriad of lights across the harbor. The interior of the room was brightly lit by the antique glass glass chandelier, though that was hardly needed to see what was in the room. Dark mahogany hand crafted cabinets and stuffed hand crafted chairs and a sofa provided plenty of seating. The glistening back lit porcelain vases emphasized the luxurious tone of the room, creamy white walls, and elegant gold embroidered rugs providing elegant backdrop to the scene.

It had been a smooth operation, information provided by Johnny Wang had been confirmed with their own legwork. Planning had been straightforward, there'd been only one time they'd gone with a secondary option, and that had turned out well. All the pieces had worked, everyone had done their part, even if what and why they were doing it was almost impossible to figure out, but that was the nature of a lot of business here. The results had been spectacular. The eighth barge in the fleet of fireworks platforms had fired off it's payload exactly on it's new schedule. To the millions watching there'd not been too much difference, and not much to the team either, but for what they were being paid, the team had been very happy.

All smooth till this. The payoff.

No one was looking at the awe inspiring view outside.

In a pool of still glistening wet blood slowly soaking into the thick gold and silver hand embroidered oriental rug in the middle of the floor lay Johnny Wang.

The last member of the team entered, and closed the door behind, and they all stood quietly looking at each other.


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You are a Team that has just completed the run. It went smoothly, as smoothly as these things go, and you are just about to to do the final step, the final payoff...

I'm looking for 4 to 8 PCs to start. As PCs die off or get written out there will be openings as the game proceeds. No restrictions on archetypes or character races.

Chargen
- SR4
- 400 BP
- 200 BP Attributes
- Standard Availability and Ratings
- 16 dice cap on any pool
- No breaking skillgroups
- No Free Contacts
- Contact Connection capped at 4
- Hong Kong Setting

Background
- Format of your choice, consistency of BG with charsheet is important.
- Contact descriptions. The more BP spent on a contact the more description you should make. Or the GM gets to make things up.
- PC do not need to know each other previously, they may have only met on this run.
- You do not need to be from Hong Kong, you can be imported talent for the run. (I hope for a mix, at least one local and one ex pat or imported runner)
- Johnny Wang is a well known Hong Kong Johnson who has put together a one time team for a special job. You've just done it.
- BP spent on taking Johny Wang as a contact will not be wasted BP. (I would like at least one PC to have Johnny Wang as a contact)

PM me or post in this thread with concepts, CS and BG if interested

IC Post Format
- Lits style headers
- PC and NPC names in Bold
- No spoiler tags
- No sigs
- Internal monologue in italics
- AR/VR/DNI in italics and yellow

PC
Konsaki - Neko Mahou - Shaman - FINAL REVIEW
Vegas - Willow - Elf Thief - FINAL REVIEW
Mister Juan - Gabe - Teen Hacker - UNDER REVIEW
Black Hat - Blaze - Burning Mage - UNDER REVIEW
MK Ultra - Tough Old Wang - UNDER REVIEW
De Badd Ass - TBD - TBD - UNDER REVIEW
Toturi - Cloud - UNDER REVIEW
TheRedRightHand - TBD - UNDER REVIEW
Amra28 - Wu Xian - UNDER REVIEW

Expressed Interest
WhiteZero - TBD

Timeline
- Placeholder
DireRadiant
Guess I encountered the topic title character limit. THe thread title will be "In the land of Nine Dragons, Enter the Tiger" if I get players.

Mister Juan
You know me; always interested for a game.
I'll start working something up.
Right off the bat, I can tell you I'm either going hacker route (since I've never tried one in SR4) or an infiltration adept.
Konsaki
Sounds cool. Write me up for making a mage of some sort, probably support over combat.
I'm going to have this character a foreiner to the country.
Due to that, I dont think I can take Mr. Wang as a contact.
I might 'hook up' with another character as partners or known people, but it depends on the character.
BlackHat
I'm down, if I can put together a character in time.
Will work on it this weekend.
Might PM a heads up to Fortune who was just complaining about a lack of new gameage. wink.gif
Vegas
Sooooo tempted!

See I've got this one character, this former ganger turned smuggler.. biggrin.gif

Actually I'm kicking around another idea, it's just a matter of if I can put it together in time to submit something that's not complete crap.

In other words, I'm interested.
DireRadiant
QUOTE (Konsaki)
Due to that, I dont think I can take Mr. Wang as a contact.
I might 'hook up' with another character as partners or known people, but it depends on the character.

There is always your fixer/johnson knows this other fixer/johnson route. I'll help suggest a way for it to work.
Fortune
No need, but thanks for the thought. smile.gif

Don't know enough about Hong Kong to properly play a local, and I prefer the idea of a hired import. Maybe someone cybered up, since nothing along those lines has been suggested yet.
BlackHat
I'm definatly feeling like a character with some combat-ability.
I have played a lot of hackers and stuff, and might put together something tougher
Konsaki
I'll throw down Wang as one of my contacts, gonna make him a C4/L1 due to a referral through one of my other ones.
Mister Juan
I'm thinking of submitting an updated version of a pass SR3 decker. I'll have to retool and modify his background a bit, but he might be fun for the run... depending on what other characters are included.

If anyone wants a little preview of how he is, he was one of the PC in the Tequila Blues game.
PBTHHHHT
On a side note, hehe, I've drank in the bar, Felix, of that hotel you're describing in the opening. Very classy, though the men's room is hilarious, the urinal is situated facing a huge floor to ceiling window so it looks like your pissing onto the street below... very appropriate in the Srun world. biggrin.gif
DireRadiant
My challeneg is to see if I can get the PC's run through the fountain out front naked, and to take off in one of the rolls parked out front.
PBTHHHHT
*snicker* I know the road patterns in that area. Depends on the time of day of when they can make their high speed get away... or slow speed... or heck, they can get all grand theft auto and pile through the hordes of pedestrians. devil.gif

edit: Egads, makes me want to go and visit the city again.

An interesting thing about that area (I was talking to a family friend who also has spent time there), we were discussing all the tunnels that seems to connect from Ocean Terminal all the way past to Tsim Tsai Tsui East. Lots of underground shops and such that also connect to the subway station. http://www.aaccessmaps.com/show/map/hongkong_kowloon
Konsaki
Up, up, and away! I should be able to take a few people with me in a 3d escape route. biggrin.gif
Nothing like watching a few wet NAKED people flying around downtown... cool.gif
DireRadiant
QUOTE (PBTHHHHT)
An interesting thing about that area (I was talking to a family friend who also has spent time there), we were discussing all the tunnels that seems to connect from Ocean Terminal all the way past to Tsim Tsai Tsui East. Lots of underground shops and such that also connect to the subway station. http://www.aaccessmaps.com/show/map/hongkong_kowloon

The everything connecting is common. In Central you can basically travel along the entire length of the harbor front for miles and everything is connected on both the mezzanine and basement levels. the best shops have to have store fronts on three or four floors, one in the basement outside the MTR(Subway), one on street level, and then one on the mezzanine.

The railway used to run in front of the hotel as well, all the way to the clock tower at the Star Ferry. Every morning the produce from canton to supply the city arrived that way and was unloaded and moved around the city, live pigs and chickens and all. I can envision the spectacular kind of firefight/chase scenes you could have with a miles long train of passngers and produce parked along some of the most expensive waterfront you can ever imagine.
PBTHHHHT
A very fun and cinematic chase scene. Wheee!
MK Ultra
With finals over, I think I can put my hat in another ring. I always wanted to play a HongKong based game. I´d like to submit an ancient martial artist. He went into retirement decades ago, but recently, Jhonny contacted him and he came back to HK to fullfill a prommis from his youth.
Konsaki
What game is complete without the old guy who can spout proverbs while catching flies with chopsticks? biggrin.gif
amra28
I would also be interested in this game. Not quite sure what I would be playing but it will probably be either a blade adept, gun adept, or cybered sammy. I will work on it this weekend.
MK Ultra
Heh, Konseki, nah, he dosn´t use weapons wink.gif

Besides, his reflexes aren´t that good anymore. He´s really old!

But he can play Mah-jong and teach Tai-Chi in the park biggrin.gif

DireRadiant would you like to get the PCs per pm or mail or should we just post them in spoilers? Do you prefer a special character sheet format? Also, should I wait until I have stats and bg both typed down and send it together, or should I send the stats in advance, so you can roul out or rule in anything?

BTW, how much of each other´s abilities have the PCs learned through the run, if they didn´t know each other before?
DireRadiant
Everyone will know each other's primary skill during the run.

PM or Spoilers in thread are fine for characters.

You can PM me for me email address if you want it.
Vegas
For those of us considering taking Johnny as a contact, is there anything you can tell us about him beyond him being a Johnson, anything particular he was into for work, or was it across the board? His connection level, etc?

Thanks!
Konsaki
Name : Hikaru Matthews
From : Japan
Age : 19
Type : Support Shaman

She went on a few small jobs in Japan, mainly pulling escort duty or courier of small stuff, before this big job in Hong Kong. I have her father, Roland Matthews, as a Con-4 Fixer who works out of the Tokyo prefecture. She basicly nagged him until he finally gave her some really low level stuff to do, but was impressed when she performed pretty well with only a few hang ups that could be attributed to inexperience.
Just send me a PM or whatever if you might want your character to know mine somehow.
MK Ultra
Here is the Characters History in short, name, timeline and more elaborate descriptions will come in time:

As mentioned, he is an anciant martial artist. He dosn´t use weapons normaly, but he is quiet capable in close quaters (which I got the impression are fairly common in HK). He is a bit cranky and stubborn and somtimes plays (or really is) a bit demented, which can get on peoples nerves.
I´d be open to know other PCs (especially from Macao or HongKong). He knows Jhonny Wang -probably extended family- though he is only around town for some months now, after he came back from retirement.
Now he lives with a young woman, who 'addopted' him as her grandpa. The appartment-building is an important geomantical keystone, so it is extreamly well protected by the Triades - removing the current residents could unbalance the flow of the chi. On the down-side, a bunch of Triade-Soldiers and associates is hanging around the area at any time and often crashing in the living room. Some of the associates have long fingers, so small items that are not locked away, tend to get lost.
The PC spends most of his days in the park, where he meets with the retired triade killer. The hated each other, when they where young and often worked against one another, but old age has left nobody else they can really relate to.
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Stats:
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Edit: fixed some typos
Konsaki
Very interesting concept, MK. Looking forward to working with him.
MK Ultra
Well, brace your character for a little dose of political incorrectness. Hikaru is female and japanese after all nyahnyah.gif (I hope she dosn´t have hearing augmentation to understand all my PC´s grumbling). He´s not a big deal of a racist or sexist, but he´d probbaly have mumbled thinks like "Why did Jhonny get a schoolgirl, to do a wujen´s job" if anything went wrong with her magic during the run or she lacked some spell, that would have been usefull.
Konsaki
LOL, If thats the case with just that, your character is going to have a freaking field day with Hikaru. grinbig.gif
I have the framework for her background in my mind, and as soon as I throw it down into text, I'll post it. Like I said, your character will probably have alot of fun just being around mine. grinbig.gif
MK Ultra
"What fun is in herding a bunch of snotty kids?! mumble-mumble subborn children grumble-mumble might at least learn something, before they kill themselves! grumble-grumble Next time, Jhonny better finds someone else to babysit!"

I´m very curious biggrin.gif
Konsaki
"Heh, Grandpa is talking to himself again... I think oyaji forgot his meds." biggrin.gif
MK Ultra
He would be sulking for a while after this kind of reply.
Konsaki
Ah... Much fun to be had having an old hound in the group with a young kitten.
DireRadiant
Johnny Wang

What Everyone Knows

Johnny Wang is a short pudgy amiable cantonese who dresses in tailored dark grey suits with brilliant white cotton shirts and slim dark red ties. He wears slim gold rim glasses and a discrete but expensive antique gold watch on his left wrist. Johnny is not known for using an external commlink.

Johnny is a johnson of known known affiliation, specializing in corporate data steals. Johnny is a genial host, always providing a 13 course traditional dinner before a run. Johnny very clearly for this run emphasized a respect for people's lives, though he indicates understanding of the perilous situation may require violent measures.

As part of including anyone on the team, Johnny Wang very clearly checked references and knows a great deal about each person he has hired for a job. He has often revealed his knowledge with solicitous concerned questions, such as asking how someone's mother is doing.
Konsaki
So I assume that with that much knowledge, he is at least a C-4.
Konsaki
Hikaru Matthews

Background
[ Spoiler ]
DireRadiant
I've received various backgrounds, character sheets and concepts from enough people to start doing a review cycle. Some great ideas out there.

Recruitment is NOT closed until we actually start, and even then, who knows what may happen. I am looking forward to receiving details from the others that have expressed interest. I know I mentioned 4 to 8 players, but will take 9 if everyone that has expressed interest submits and is approved.

Check the Original Post for review status.
Vegas
Ok, it's like wicked early and I've had all of about 2 hours of sleep, but the description of "Tough Old Wang" just made me almost fall out of my chair this morning laughing.

Thanks DR. Heh. biggrin.gif
Konsaki
Yeah, I laughed when I read that too. biggrin.gif
Sucks to hear that you only got 2h of sleep though. frown.gif
Vegas
That's what I get for going out last night when I have to work this morning... Anyway, back to your regularly scheduled recruitment thread
toturi
QUOTE (DireRadiant @ Nov 11 2006, 12:19 AM)
Chargen
- SR4
- 400 BP
- 200 BP Attributes
- Standard Availability and Ratings
- 16 dice cap on any pool
- No breaking skillgroups
- No Free Contacts
- Contact Connection capped at 4
- Hong Kong Setting

16 dice pool cap - does that mean that Edge cannot be used to push the limit? Or is the limit after dice pool mods are applied?

For instance: Jack the Gun has 7 Agile, 6 Pistols and 3 Improved Pistols and a Smartlink. So he has 18 but say there's a -2 dice pool mod. So is it 16 after everything has been factored or 16, then apply the -1 for 15 in this case?
BlackHat
That is a good question, since bonuses (like edge) could potentially be wasted if the cap is near 16 already.

I took it to mean (and could be wrong) that DireRadiant'd prefer not to see characters chucking around 20-something dice for their one "thing". I figure, in the case you described, the "character" could either be considered having 16 or 18 dice (since it is very unlikely he would ever not get his smartlink bonus), but saying "Oh, well, he's under 16 dice in total darkness!" doesn't really qualify it as "under 16".
Konsaki
Yeah, I'm pretty sure DR just doenst want the "I can throw enough dice that I dont have to worry about it" scenario. My guess is that Edge can go over the 16 dice cap since it is an expendable stat, you run out of it, but if you just had enough modifiers (10 Agi, 7 Pistols, smartlink, plus whatever else) that you can easily jump up above 16 dice, its probably too much for this campaign.

DireRadiant
Modifiers don't count as far as what I'm looking at in the pool cap. This would include a smartlink, which wouldn't count as base dice.

My thinking here is that 16 dice = 4 successes if you buy successes, which is the best result. Having more dice is overkill.
toturi
QUOTE (DireRadiant)
Modifiers don't count as far as what I'm looking at in the pool cap. This would include a smartlink, which wouldn't count as base dice.

My thinking here is that 16 dice = 4 successes if you buy successes, which is the best result. Having more dice is overkill.

Assenssing can go as high as 5 successes (but that would be 1 very specialised PC) and in opposed tests, well... the more dice the better. So how does Edge figure into the dice pool cap?
DireRadiant
Edge is a modifier
toturi
Very well then. Here's my character. The names are placeholders until I can think of something better. The concept and rough build is below. I will write the background once I go through the HK section of Runner Havens again.

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DireRadiant
I now have 7 characters under review. recruitment will close by Friday Nov 17th at the latest.

I'll start the OOC thread as soon as a couple PC meet final approval. I expect that to happen in the next few days.

I believe we can plan on the IC thread goign up by Nov 20.

For those people that have expressed interest, but have not yet gotten me anything to start review, please do so soon. You don't need a complete workup to get started on the review process. I don't want to close recruitment when someone has done 90 percent of the work in creatign a character, but I think that may happen if I don't hear from people soon.
DireRadiant
I have now 8 PC under review. Time is approaching for some possible hard decisions.
Fortune
Concept isn't coming together. Don't wait for me.
DireRadiant
Started an OOC thread.

I have 9 character submissions, I am not looking for any more. A couple people are almost complete and are in Final Review, which means I am going to double check the numbers, but otherwise all my questions have been answered satisfactorily. Adding gear nuyen costs is tedious.

This thread is for any character creation questions, if any.

The ooc thread is used for game information, there will no doubt be some question about the run the team did, and it's the place to share information about each others characters.
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