History

Asset DC598 always loved his job. He was cold, calculating, and fast. He was the best assassin Ares had. Then they sent him someplace he wouldn’t ever return from.

The job was a simple one. There was some leader down in the Orc Underground, some modern day MLK, was causing problems. He kept claiming that Ares was a racist company and in return, Ares wanted him eliminated. Being that Asset DC598 was an Orc, he seemed the perfect assassin to go into the Underground. That was their mistake. Asset DC598 tracked the leader’s every move for a month. Also during that time, he heard every speech and message the orc leader had to give. It spoke to Asset DC598, the message reached him, down to his soul, and told him that what he was doing was wrong.

Asset DC598 went AWOL. He left his old life of assassination behind him and decided to take the high road. He used his time and skills to help those who couldn’t help themselves. He went to O.R.C. demonstrations and stood up for the rights of his people. He was doing what was right and with his old life dead, so was his name. Now he was Paladin.

Magic Group

The Sons of Liberty started back around the same time that the Orc Underground did. Not many people know that it exists and those that do, know to keep it secret. The Sons of Liberty take members from all types of awakened people, be they Mage, Shaman, or Adept. They all have their oath binding them to the goal of the group, to serve and protect the Orc Underground.

Sons of Liberty
Type: Initiatory/Dedicated
Members: 25
Strictures: Deed, Exclusive Membership, Sacrifice, Secrecy, Limited Membership, Oath
Resources/Dues: Middle Resources, Dues of 500 nuyen per month.

History:
Born in the slums of Redmond to a whore and an unknown father, Helen's early life was not likely to be a good. Especially when it was noticed early on that she was a very pretty child and would probably grow up to be an extremely beautiful woman. This certainly didn't get missed by her mother's pimp and he eagerly awaited her reaching pubity.

When that day came he tried to take her away, but then fate intervened and her magical powers awakened. Terrified and upset she lashed out not knowing what she did and lashes of raw magic raged in the room killing the pimp and her mother. Coming out of the rage and terror and finding the horror of her actions left her fleeing and promising to never take another life.

Somehow during the next four years she avoided the pitfalls that could befall a beautiful woman living in the barrens and after a while she gained protection from most of the inhabitants. This was due to her constantly helping anyone who needed it, ganger, squatter it mattered not although she did generally manage to extract promises that the patient would try not to hurt anyone for at least a week in payment.

Her entry to the shadows was a violent one and also not an expected one. She was out on a normal patrol around the city when a fire fight broke out between a group of runners and some security guards. Before she had a chance to get to cover, she felt as though a hammer had hit her shoulder and she was thrown to the ground. It could have all ended there if it weren't for one of the runners who saw her fall and took her with the group as they left.

When she came round he was still there waiting for her to awaken. Looking up at the elven face by her bed she felt her totem push her mentally towards him and even though he was a cybered mundane over time their feeling grew. For the next year she ran with Ghost's group on many occasions and she mothered them all evenly. Even while she was busy with other things she still always spent at least a day a week in the Barrens looking after the citizens and now that she was gaining a hefty income she started to expand the care she gave. Setting up a clinic and when she found some like minded awakened people found a group to help out however they could.

The only bone of contention within the relationship between Harlot and Ghost was that he thought she was wasting her time with the Barrens people and she thought he'd polluted his body with metal but over time it became more of a joke between them than any real problem.

Magical Group: The Shield of the Weak

Type: Dedicated (Protection and care of the defenceless of Seattle, mainly Redmond at the current group size)

Strictures:
Attendance (every month), Belief (To protect and care for the defenceless), Deed, Fraternity, Obedience, Sacrifice, Material Link.

Customs:
Spend at least 1 day a week of downtime tending to the masses. To protect the weak when possible.

Resources: High (50% of dues paid by Harlot)
Members: 5 (Sam a human grade 2 Snake Shaman, Darina an elven grade 1 hermetic, Corus an orc rat shaman, Jason a human amerindian Buffalo shaman, Quicksilver a troll hermetic)

Headquarters: Redmond Barrens apartment block that is converted to act as a clinic and is open to people to stay at. Most of the magical resources not normally needed for day-to-day care of patients are stored at Harlot and the various members houses for safe keeping (They maybe out to help people but their not stupid).

Mackie Lane's is a story of the best of intentions leading one astray.
He was a smart and athletic kid (athletic even for an ork) who was fast tracked through high school and given a football scholarship to the University of Seattle on a racial program designed for shorter lived orks. He was the perfect candidate. He was smart but not too smart, he was an athletic prodigy and he was easy on the eyes.
He took metahuman studies, sort of like women's studies but geared toward a different "minority." He quarterbacked the football team, too. He played the guitar at the occasional event to make some extra cash. He also caught the eye of Professor Deerman. He was invited to attend the Twillight Club by the good professor, a group of orks that gathered to talk about their slant on metahuman issues, as well as socialize. The professor taught him the basics of the orkish language, which he himself had learned from Robert Page. THE Robert Page of Dunkelzahn's will (PG 32 of that supplement, 3rd paragraph).
He also managed to get some "under the table" work in the campus night club as a bouncer and took a course to become an armed security guard which Professor Deerman arranged for him. He was now a licensed "Armed bouncer" at an off campus nightclub. He was 17 now, so he was old enough to carry weapons.
One night at the club there was an altercation when two inebriated young punks harassed an attractive young woman. In order to break up the scene he had to hurt the two pretty badly and he broke the hip of one of them. The punk's father was on the scholarship board and arranged for Mackie's to be cancelled and for the young ork to be blackballed. However, the universe decided to manifest balance at the same time. The woman he'd helped was one Michaela O'Connaughy, an agent who was taking a night off. She gave him her card and said she owed him a favour.
He called in that favour pretty quick. He was booted from campus and had no place to live. His family's house was over crowded with orks of several generations. He needed money. She arranged for him to get a job at the Skeleton in Redmond...a hot night club where young and bleeding edge bands play, hoping to get noticed. Every agency had talent scouts there. Now he was an armed bouncer in a drek hot night club 2 nights a week. He even filled in for guitarists on the rare occasion when they became unavailable. He found a small studio apartment to rent and became a resident of the barrens.
He started to take "after hours" work, taking bonuses from the manager for "teaching a lesson to the idiots who start trouble in my club!" Oddly enough, the subjects were almost always human. He took the work to pay the bills, but unless the guy really torqued him off, he left the "idiots" with mere bruises. However, it was also his first step toward the shadows.
Soon he was being hired for other types of shadow work instead of legbreaking. He started to build up a small reputation and would be attatched to the occasional team that needed some extra muscle. He used the social skills he aquired as a member of the Twillight Club, getting them up to the level of basic competance. Now he's ready finally mada a name for himself...a small reputation but enough to build on. He tends to get hired to fill in where needed and has managed to earn a nickname...Expediter. He's known for keeping a cool head and his eye on the ball. He's not afraid to get his hands dirty to get the job done.

BIO-INFO
Current Name Mackie Lane
Street Name Roughouse
Real Name Mackie Lane
Creator Mike
Archetype
Vitals
Race Ork Height 6'1" cm
Sex Male Weight 199lbs. kg
Eyes dark brown...looks black Hair Long and black
Birthdate
Birthplace Seatle General Hospital
Total Karma 0
Unspent Karma 0
Description

Character Notes
Low Light Vision

Assets
Credsticks
1100¥ ¥
¥ ¥
Credstick Total ==>> 1100¥


Lifestyle
(3) Lo:change this 0 13 0 3 0 :01/50
(1) Mi:Basement suite 0 19 0 1:01/50



Edges & Flaws

Day Job 10hrs/week -1
Distinctive Style->Distinctive way of carrying himself...natural impressiveness. -1
Good Looking and Knows It 1
College Education 1
Notes













Attributes
Nat Aug Alt
Body 9
Quickness 5
Strength 6
Charisma 3
Intelligence 5
Willpower 5
Essence 6 2.96
Run Mult. 3
Magic 0
BioIndex 0
Reaction 5 (2) 5(7)
Init. Dice 1 (1) 1(2)
POOLS
Karma 1 Spell 0
Combat 7 Task 0
Control 0
Hacking 0 Astral 0

Armor
Type Conc Ball Imp
V-Island "Actioneer" Jacket 13 1.5 1
V-Island "Actioneer" Slacks 14 1 .5
V-Island "Actioneer" Shirt 14 1.5 .5
X:Secure Ultra-Vest 14 4 3
V-Island "Actioneer" Long Coat 13 2 2
Armor Clothing 10 3 0


Condition Monitor
Stun Physical Overdamage
+1 to TNs L L +1 to TNs

+2 to TNs M M +2 to TNs


+3 to TNs S S +3 to TNs



Unconscious D D Dying
Stun overflows into Physical
+ TN# = -REAC#

Skills
Active Knowledge & Language
Unarmed Combat-SR3(STR) [6] IN:Popular Culture(KNO) [5]

Pistols(QCK) [5] IN:Seattle High Society(KNO) [5]

Etiquette(CHA) [3] BK:Etiquette(KNO) [4]

Negotiation(CHA) [3] BK:Leadership(KNO) [4]

Performance(CHA) [3] Linguistics(KNO) [5]

Stealth(QCK) [5] English(LAN)/Trog [4/6]

Athletics(BOD) [6] English(LAN) (RW) [2]

Bike(REA) [2] Orkish(LAN) [4]

Interrogation(CHA) [3] Orkish(LAN) (RW) [2]

Leadership(CHA) [3]

Throwing Weapons(STR) [4]




Weapons
Type Dmg Con Rch Sht (4) Med (5) Lng (6) XtM (9) Mode Ammo Wt.
X:10 Throwing Knifes (TK) (STR)L 9 - 0.25
X:Savalette Guardian SL2 (HPist) RC(1), Int. Smartlink 2, BF = Complex Action 2.5 9M 5 5 20 40 60 SA/BF 12© 3.25
+X: 12-Rnd Clip (Regular) - 8 1.35
+X: 12-Rnd Clip (Regular) - 8 1.35
+X: 12-Rnd Clip (Regular) - 8 1.35
+X: 12-Rnd Clip (Regular) - 8 1.35
+X: Quick Draw Holster (Conc.) - (+2) - 0.1
+X: IPE Concussion Grenade 16M Stun 6 0.5
+X: IPE Concussion Grenade 16M Stun 6 0.5
+X: IPE Concussion Grenade 16M Stun 6 0.5
+X: IPE Concussion Grenade 16M Stun 6 0.5
+X: Regular Rnds - 8 0.05
+X: Regular Rnds - 8 0.05
+X: Regular Rnds - 8 0.05
+X: Regular Rnds - 8 0.05
+X: Regular Rnds - 8 0.05
+X: Regular Rnds - 8 0.05
+X: Regular Rnds - 8 0.05
+X: Regular Rnds - 8 0.05
+X: Regular Rnds - 8 0.05
+X: Regular Rnds - 8 0.05
+X: Regular Rnds - 8 0.05
+X: Regular Rnds - 8 0.05



Cyberware
Name Slot(1-6) Stress Notes
Wired Reflexes [1](A) E:1.60 sr3.302|+2RCT, +1INI
Smartlink II(A) E:0.40 mm.31|-2 to TNs for firing a Smartlink-II weapon, +2 Called Shot modifier
+ Range Finder(A) E:0.08 mm.32|w/SM2 Shows range to target. -1 TN to targets at Long range and -2 TN at Extreme range. Not compatible with other vision magnifications.
+ Eyes, Flare Comp(A) E:0.08 sr3.300|Eliminate glare modifiers
Math SPU [1](A) E:0.08 mm.21|+1 Hacking Pool, Complementary Math Skill (2), stopwatch, alarm clock, chronometer
Memory (150 Mps)(A) E:0.40 sr3.298|
Datajack(A) E:0.16 sr3.298|
Chipjack(A) E:0.16 sr3.298|Holds 1 chip, access to datasofts and knowsofts
Knowsoft Link(A) E:0.08 sr3.298|Access headware/datajack knowsofts


Contacts
Name Occup. Archetype Race/Desc Location/LTG# Lev
Professor Deerman University Professor Ork male, middle age. / 1
Michaela O'Connaughy Agent Human, late 20's. Conventionally attractive...almost blandly so. / 1