OK, here's what I've got worked up for my character.
Crimson (Benichi Yamamori) - Ork Samurai
Metatype: Ork (20)
Attributes:
Physical - Body 7 (30), Agility 4 (30), Strength 7 (40), Reaction 4 [6] (30)
Mental - Charisma 2 (10), Intuition 3 (20), Logic 2 (10), Willpower 4 (30)
Special - Magic 5 (40), Edge 1, Essence 6
Active Skills:
Blades 5 (Swords +2) (22)
Pistols 3 (12)
Dodge 4 (16)
Unarmed Combat 3 (12)
Perception 3 (12)
Influence Group 2 (20)
Intimidation 2 (Physical +2) (10)
Infiltration 3 (12)
Assensing 2 ( 8 )
Knowledge Skills:
Professional: Security Procedures 4
Academic: Magical Theory 3
Interest: Samurai Lore 2
Street: Seattle Gangs 3
Street: Yakuza Hangouts 3
Languages:
English N
Japanese N
Qualities:
Adept (5)
Bilingual (5)
Sensitive System (-15)
Big Regret (-5)
Contacts:
Gang Lieutenant - L3 C3 (6)
Yakuza Fixer - L2 C3 (5)
Adept Powers:
Improved Reflexes 2 (2.5)
Combat Sense 1 (0.5)
Improved Perception 2 (0.5)
Quick Draw (0.5)
Astral Perception (1.0)
Gear:
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Low Lifestyle - 2 months (4,000)
Lined Coat [6/4] (700)
Rating 2 Weapon Focus - Monofilament Sword w/personalized gecko grip (20,950)
Ares Predator IV [smart link] (300)
- 4 clips, 15 bullets each (120)
Yamaha Pulsar w/Smartlink (300)
Glasses [Rating 4; thermo, flare comp, vision enhancement 3, smart link] (1050)
Ear Bud [Rating 3; audio enhancement 3, select sound filter 1, microphone] (580)
Trode Net (50)
Sim Module (100)
R4 Fake SIN "Ben Forrest" (4,000)
- R4 Fake License for Ares Predator (400)
- R4 Fake License for Smartlinked Yamaha Pulsar (400)
- R4 Fake License for Weapon Focus (400)
- R4 Fake License for Smart Link in glasses (400)
R4 Fake SIN "Benny Woods" (4,000)
Renraku Sensei commlink (Response 2, Signal 4) with Renraku Ichi OS (Firewall 2, System 2) (1600)
- Browse 2, Edit 1 (150 total)
Transys Avalon (Response 4, Signal 4) with custom OS (System 4, Firewall 4) (5,000 + 2,000 + 2,000 = 9,000)
- Analyze 4, Browse 4, Command 4, Edit 4, Encrypt 4 (400 x 5 = 2,000)
Mercury Comet (14,000)
5 blank datachips (5)
Rating 4 Seattle Mapsoft (20)
Rating 3 Samurai Literature Datasoft (30)
Total gear value: 64,595
BP Totals:
Metatype 20
Attributes 240
Qualities -10
Skills 124
Contacts 11
Money 13
Focus Bond 2
Total 400
Appearance
Crimson is an ork of mixed anglo and asian descent, about 190cm tall, weighing 105 kilos. He has dark brown eyes and thick black hair, which he wears in a ponytail. He wears a neatly-trimmed goatee on his chin, with small patches of mustache at the corners of his mouth. His physique is powerful and muscular, and he has a wide face with pronounced cheekbones.
Background
Born a human in 2044 to proud parents working at a Renraku subsidiary in Seattle, Benichi grew up a loyal Renraku citizen. His father, a Japanese immigrant and avid kendo practitioner, enrolled him in a kendo martial arts school at the age of 4. At the age of 6, Benichi was identified as an adept, and his father was able to work his connections in the corp to put Benichi on the fast track to joining the elite Red Samurai paramilitary force. Benichi's anglo mother died when he was seven, which was a time of great sadness for him, but eventually he recovered from the loss by immersing himself in kendo. Benichi didn't have much of a head for memorization of facts, so school was difficult for him, but he muddled through well enough to qualify for admission to the Forge at the age of 17. At that time, it seemed his lifelong dream of service in the Red Samurai was about to come true, and he had high hopes for the future.
About halfway through his training in 2062 Benichi goblinized with the passing of Halley's Comet, and had to be hospitalized for a week due to extreme changes to his body chemistry. The short absence from his training was used as an excuse to drum him out of his billet (the real reason was that he had become an ork, which was not lost on him). Upon his return home, he and his father had a falling out (his father saw his goblinization as a source of shame), so he left home and struck out on his own, working various low-wage jobs within the corp. With the crash of 2064, his SIN was erased, and rather than try to belong to a corporation and culture that did not want him, Benichi slipped into the shadows.
For a few years, Benichi fell in with the Halloweeners gang, where he started going by the name Crimson. His size, strength, and weapons training were an obvious asset to them, and his bitter feelings for his former mother-corp meshed well with their anti-Renraku agenda. He reveled in vandalizing Renraku holdings, and was able to make a little money from selling items stolen on the gang's raids. In the course of his gang duties, he met a yakuza fixer who convinced him that he had greater potential, and he started doing jobs for the yaks on the side.
In 2068, Benichi left the gang on relatively good terms (he still maintains contact with the gang lieutenant that originally recruited him) and started working as an enforcer full-time, mostly for the yaks, but occasionally for other customers. He would take just about any job, even unsavory wetwork, but mostly worked as a bodyguard, advising clients on physical and astral security. His devil-may-care attitude was shattered one day when, in the course of a collection job, he shot a mark that couldn't pay, and the bullet went through the woman's side and hit her young daughter, who was hiding in the closet behind her. As the wounded mark wailed and clutched at her bleeding daughter, the memory of his own mother's death came crashing down on Benichi. Rather than finishing the woman off, he rushed her and her daughter to a nearby clinic, where both were saved. Word of the incident eventually got back to his yakuza contact, but since Benichi had refused payment for the job, he was able to convince the fixer to keep what had happened a secret (for now).
Ashamed that his callous actions had nearly resulted in the death of a helpless, innocent girl, Benichi vowed that, though a criminal, he would not be cowardly scum that preys upon the weak. He informed his employers that he would no longer do wetwork unless the target was, in his words, "a capable combatant." He latched onto the stereotype of the honorable street samurai, and from then on was very careful about the jobs he took. Shortly thereafter, during his fourth reading of Musashi's Book of Five Rings, Benichi's astral sight was awakened, which he took to be a sign that his life is now on a better path.
Currently, Benichi is living in a small apartment in the "Little Asia" district of Tacoma as Ben Forrest, a freelance security consultant. His living quarters are spare, though he does have a workout room with straw mats on the floor where he keeps fit. The same room doubles as a bedroom, with a fold-out bed and a shower in the corner. He keeps it dark, with the blinds always drawn.
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I'm open and flexible.
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