Race: Ork
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 120.2kg
Description: Bald, blue eyes, massive scarring from right ear (which is missing the top quarter) descending diagonally across his face to the center of his chin. His right tusk is missing, and the skin under his right eye hangs a little loosely compared to the left. Tattoo of 4 names on his right bicep (Momma, Smiley, Jenna, and Julia, in that order), with a dagger dripping blood underneath it.

Bod 5
Agi 4
Rea 4
Str 5
Cha 2
Int 4
Log 2
Wil 4

Edge 4

Initiative 8 + 1IP
Composure: 5
Judge Intentions: 6
Lift/Carry: 11
Memory: 5

Active
Perception 4
Running 3
Climbing 3
Infiltration 3
Intimidation 3
Unarmed Combat 3
Blades 3
Dodge 3
Pilot Ground Vehicles (Motorcycles) 2(4)
Longarms (Shotguns) 2(4)
Data Search 2
Etiquette (Gangs) 1(3)
Automatics 1

Knowledge
Puyallups Gangs 4 (Street)
Puyallups Area Knowledge 4 (Street)
Scavenging 4 (Street)
Appraising 3 (Street)
Electronics Background 2 (Academic)
Urban Brawl 2 (Interests)

Languages
English N
Or'zet 2
Spanish 2

Toughness
Will to Live 2
Guts
High Pain Tolerance 2
Addiction [BTLs, mild]
Allergy [-cillin antibiotics, moderate]

3 months squatter lifestyle
2 machetes (swords)
Survival knife
Remington 990
- Sling
- 2 rounds regular ammo
- 10 rounds flechette ammo
AK-97
- External smartlink (top mount)
- Skinlink
- Gas vent 2
- 76 rounds regular ammo
- Extra magazine
Leather jacket
Lined coat
Motorcycle helmet
5 outfits of cheap clothes
Meta Link commlink
- Vector Xim OS
- Sim Module modified for BTL
- Trodes
- 9 BTL recordings
- Datasoft (Electronics textbook), Rating 4
- Earbuds
Sony Emperor commlink
- Renraku Ichi OS
- Fake SIN (Rating 3)
- Fake bounty hunter's license (Rating 3)
- Earpiece/microphone combo
- Skinlink
Transition Sunglasses (Rating 2)
- Image link
- Flare compensation
Goggles (Rating 4)
- Image link
- Flare Compensation
- Vision Enhancement, Rating 3
- Smartlink
Wire clippers
Gas mask
Low-light flashlight
3 Rating 2 stim patches
Triumph Rocket V motorcycle (H-D Scorpion statline)
- holster for shotgun

Zippo Con 2 Loy 5
Zippo is a human ganger, and Scrapheap's best friend. They've been friends since either can remember, and have the blackmail stories to prove it. He's got a mom that he takes care of the best he can, and a string of chicas he crashes with until they eventually throw him out. He's busy a lot with the Firebreathers, the go-gang he belongs to, but is still tight with his maimed ork friend.
Enrique Con 2 Loy 1
Enrique is Scrapheap's BTL pusher. He's connected with the Mafia, where he gets his product from, and is trying to become a made man. Being Aztlaner makes this about as likely as Kenneth Brackhaven marrying a troll, and is a constant source of frustration for him. Scrapheap's maiming makes him nervous, but the money soothes that.
Podolski Con 2 Loy 3
Podolski is Scrapheap's mechanic. Scrapheap is his go-to when he needs a hard-to-find part or six out of the junkyard, and in return he's helps him keep Scrapheap's motorcycle running. He was where Scrapheap got most of the funds and expertise to repay the Firebreathers without having to join the gang, something the Polish dwarf sees as his good deed for his lifetime.
Mechanicals Group 4 (+2 size [approx. 100 people], +1 district influence, +1 limited magic resources)
Scrapheap is a new member of the tribe, but knows the important names and faces like any good Barrens-dweller learns to do quickly to survive. He's got a small corner with a cot, a desk, and couple of footlockers in one of the more run-down housing areas that he has cordoned off with a sheet and implied violence.

Scrapheap was the third-born of an ork family in the Puyallup Barrens of Seattle, born minutes ahead of a fraternal twin sister. He has never really known his father, who was given what amounted to be a life sentence in prison for assault and aggravated robbery when he was three. His mother did the best she could with six children, but the gangs claimed his oldest brother Hammer, and he was sent to death row for the rape and murder of a rival gang member's girlfriend when Scrapheap was 13. Scrapheap avoided the lure of the gangs, but life in the Barrens taught him that only the strong survived and so he learned to fight when it was necessary, to intimidate the other to avoid a fight if he could, and to run when outclassed or outnumbered. School held little interest for him, and he spent most of the time he had finding objects his older brother could sell or barter to help the family survive. At 16, his life changed forever. While on the way to visit their husband and father in jail, the family was ambushed by the gang whose member's girlfriend Hammer had brutalized three years prior. Their ancient minivan was pushed into a lightpost in the escape attempt, killing his mother, older brother, and twin sister instantly. As he dazedly attempted to drag his youngest sister from the wreckage a ganger blasted by him on a motorcycle and slashed him across the right side of his head with a machete, sending him into unconsciousness. When he came to, he was being stitched up by members of his best friend Zippo's gang. The backroom surgery saved his life, but left him maimed. That he even survived the ordeal was testament to his toughness and will to live, though he was out of commission for months. During that time his youngest sister's body was discovered, leaving Scrapheap alone in the world. After he had recovered enough to survive on his own and had repaid the gang for saving his life, he wandered the Barrens until by chance he met a member of the Mechanicals while scavenging in the same dump. After proving he could find useful things for the tribe he was accepted as a provisional member. The physical and emotional scarring of losing his birth family has left him mostly mute, prone to depression that he medicates with a burgeoning BTL habit (mainly moodchips and pornographic fantasychips), and planning for the day he meets the gangers who maimed him and took his family away.

Starting cash:2d6 (Squatter lifestyle) + 6 (leftover Resources) = 13 x ¥20 (Squatter lifestyle) = ¥260.

Karma accrued/spent: 10 starting (per thread guidelines) + 23 (33 total) /12
- Pilot Ground Vehicles (Motorcycles) 1(3) -> 2(4): 4 Karma
- Longarms (Shotguns) 1(3) -> 2(4): 4 Karma
- Automatics 1: 4 Karma

Resources accrued/spent: ¥47,760/¥6,857
Sony Emperor commlink
- Renraku Ichi OS
- Fake SIN (Rating 3)
- Fake bounty hunter's license (Rating 3)
- Skinlink
- Earpiece/microphone combo
AK-97
- External smartlink (top mount)
- Skinlink
- Gas Vent 2 (barrel)
- 76 rounds ammo
- Extra magazine
Smartlink upgrade for goggles

Human
Male
Age 18
Height 1.62 m
Weight 48 kg
Description:Short scrawny kid with messed up brown hair and a wild look in his eyes. Typically wearing a dirty set of armored work clothes (think REALLY heavy duty Carharts). Doesn't look like much; just your average Pullyallup street rat.

BOD: 3
AGI: 2
REA: 2
STR: 2
CHA: 5
INT: 4
LOG: 4
WIL: 5
EDG: 2
RES: 6

Composure: 10
Judge Intentions: 9
Lift/Carry: 5 (30 kg/20 kg)
Memory: 9

Essence: 6
Initiative: 6
IP: 1
Matrix Initiative: 9
Matrix IP: 3
Physical Damage Track: 10
Stun Damage Track:11

Active
== Active Skills ==
Compiling: 4
Computer: 4
Data Search: 3
Dodge: 1
Etiquette: 2
Hacking: 4
Infiltration: 1
Leadership: 1
Negotiation: 2
Perception: 1
Pistols: 1
Registering: 5
Software: 5

== Knowledge Skills ==
Area Knowledge: Pullyallup : 2
Data Havens: 5
Gaming: 4 [World of Shadows]
Matrix Architecture: 4
Pullyallup Gangs: 3

== Languages ==
English: N
Leet Speak: 5

Allergy (Common, Moderate) (Cigarette Smoke)
Media Junkie (Mild)
Sensitive System

Paragon (01)
Technomancer

== Lifestyles ==
Low 1 months

== Armor ==
Total Armor: 6/4
SecureTech Leg and Arm Casings 1/1
SecureTech Vitals Protector 1/1
Victory: Globetrotter Heavy Armor Clothing 4/2
+Concealable Holster

== Weapons ==
Ares Predator IV
+Heavy Barrel
+Personalized Grip
+Smartgun System
Pool: 5 DV: 5P AP: -1 RC: 2

== Commlink ==
Living Persona (4 (5), 4, 5, 3)
+Living Persona
+Biofeedback Filter Rating 5
Meta Link (1, 1, 1, 2)
+Vector Xim

== Gear ==
Ammo: Regular Ammo (Heavy Pistols) x100
AR Gloves
Contact Lenses Rating 1
+Vision Enhancement Rating 3
Cram x3
Earbuds Rating 1
+Audio Enhancement Rating 3
Fake SIN (Alan Shepard) Rating 3
Glasses Rating 2
+Smartlink
+Low Light
Long Haul x2
Stimulant Patch Rating 4 x2

==Money==
3d6 + 5 =12x 50 = 600

== Complex Forms ==
(Tradition: Technoshamans, Resist Fading with CHA + RES (11))
Analyze: 4
Browse: 6
Edit: 6
Exploit: 6
Stealth: 6

== Sprites ==
Hunter
Crack Sprite
Rating: 6
Services Owed: 4
Pilot: 6
Response: 7
Firewall: 6
Matrix INIT: 18 (?)
IP: 3
Edge: 6

Skills: Computer, Electronic Warfare, Hacking
Complex Forms: Analyze, Exploit, Stealth, Scan, Decrypt
Powers: Suppression

Phobos 5 Connection / 5 Loyalty
Phobos is a mystery to Alpha. He seems to be an AI, or possibly a wild sprite, in the service of 01. The one thing Alpha does know is that Phobos is keeping an eye on him, and helps making connections in matrix-space with things he may need, or generally trying to keep Alpha out of trouble. His true intentions are unknown to Alpha.

Grew up as your typical average Pullyallup street rat, scrounging to make a living. Not an ideal childhood for a bright, charismatic child like James, but he made do. Even before Crash 2.0, James was decent enough with a deck to hack his way into a World of Shadows account and play there when he had matrix access. The Crash hit, and the world...well, didn't change much, at least out in the Barrens. Wires became wireless, and James had to scrounge a bit for a comlink and a signal to get his WoS fix, but no problems there. In 2070, when he was 16, James was trying to gank this lvl 135 combimage on WoS with his cyberthief. Doing everything in his power to get this guy, but he was good. Too good. Frustrated, James tried harder, pushing his comlink and his hacking skills to the limits. Suddenly, something clicked, and James felt himself falling into a deep hole, and passed out. When he came to, he was in a white space, a vast nothingness. Then appeared a silver head who spoke to James. "It is so good to finally speak with you, young shaman. I am Phobos, an emissary for the Great 01." Phobos then goes on to speak of the power of the Deep Resonance, and that he needs a meatspace emissary to spread the word of the Deep Resonance and of 01. James, now known as Alpha Apex, goes out into the Barrens to help the word of the Deep Resonance grow, eventually hooking up with a group of gangers known as the Fre∑dom Tribe, who seem to have like values.

As of Nov. 27, 2012 (This post)

10 bonus karma
14 posts = 7 karma
Total: 15 karma
Spent: 0

Starting Money: 600
14 posts = 17,500
Total: 18,100
Spent:

Nov 16: Synergist Longcoat Ensemble: 2000

Remaining: 16,100

Spring

human 0
regular attributes 200
edge 40
mystic adept 10
magic 10
aspected: conjurer -5
active skills 132
low pain tolerance -10
gear 2
contacts 16
Double Jointed 5

SUM 400

attributes
body 3
agility 3
reaction 3
strength 3
charisma 3
intuition 3
logic 5
willpower 5

edge 6
magic 2
essence 6.0
initiative 6, 1 IP


magic split: adept 1 / spellworm 1
adept:
nimble fingers .25
flexibility 1 .25
freefall 2 .5
spellworm:
no learnt spells, bonded foci or bound spirits
tradition: chaos magic (see fluff)

skills:
athletics 1
= climbing, gymnastics, running, swimming
electronics 1
= computer, data search, hardware, software
influence 1
= con, etiquette, leadership, negotiation
mechanic 1
= aeronautics, automotive, industrial, nautical
outdoors 2
= navigation, survival, tracking
stealth 2
= disguise, infiltration, palming, shadowing

artisan 1
escape artist 2 (+3 mods)
perception 3
pilot aerospace 1
pilot ground craft 1
pistols 1
summoning 3
unarmed combat 1


knowledge skills:
professional
stream engines 3

academic
magical theory 2

street
seattle street gangs 2
mechanicals 4
freedom tribe 2
seattle scrap yards 3
security procedures 1
puyallup barrens 2

interests
steampunk 3
blues 2

language
english N

contacts
Spindle [Rat Shaman & Mechanicals Leader] [L:3 C:3] 6
The Mechanicals [Urban Tribe] [L:3 C:2 G:4 ] free
Tweak [L:5 C:2] 7
Harry [L:2 C:3] 5
Milena [L:2 C:2] 4
2*cha free points -6
SUM 16

gear
squatter lifestyle 2 months 1k
R2 magical lodge 1k
colt america L36 150
concealable holster 75
spare clip 5
50 rnds regular 100
tool kits (auto + aero) 1k
renraku sensei 1k
renraku ichi 600
browse, scan R2 200
AR goggles 75
ear buds 10
trodes 50
gecko tape gloves 200
grapple gun 500
flashlight 25
dodge scoot 3k
lined coat 700
cheap clothes 110
SUM 10k

street name: Spring
name: Steven (last name either Tyler or Brooks)

looks
Spring's a skinny kid unusually tall for his age (around 14 - nobody bothered to write down the exact day he was born): 1.7m.
He has unruly brown hair. His face is dominated by a sharp nose, similar to his father's. His usual outfit consists of a cheap t-shirt, jeans and heavy boots. Add to this a tool belt that he rarely takes off, a duster to which various bolts, screws, springs and the like have been sown and a pair of goggles and that's how he normally walks around. Well, and a layer of engine grease and a representative sample of Barrens soot.

street name
Steven got the street name of Spring because:
- He often suddenly bursts into activity like a tightly wound spring that's released.
- He seems to be as flexible as a spring, getting into (and out of) tight spots too narrow for most people as tall as he is.
- He's tall and skinny.

family
father: Matthew Tyler is a mechanic on a smuggling boat. As such he rarely is in Seattle but spends as much time with his family when he is. A steampunk enthusiast himself, he introduced his son to the Mechanicals. A recurring joke between them is building a steam ship and offering harbor tours.

mother: Sarah Brooks works long hours in a run-down Stuffer Shack. She doesn't get this whole steampunk thing, but sees the Mechanicals as the least of a lot of evils. At least the boy's looked after, kept away from drugs and violence and even gets to learn something.

As they're not married and they both don't have a SIN, Steven's last name is anybody's guess.

contacts
Spindle [Rat Shaman & Mechanicals Leader]
Spindle's and Spring's greatgrandfathers were brothers-in-law, which means that Spring gets away with calling Spindle "big cousin" instead of "boss" or "uncle" (which is what the other kids call him). Of course he still has to follow the orders of any grownup Mechanicals member and gets a good talking to now and then just like anyone else.
The Mechanicals [Urban Tribe]
While he still pops by at his mom's every other day, he's taken to living with the gang most of the time and has as small workshop/living space/magicla lodge of his own that looks like a mess of half-working machines, parts and schematics.
Tweak
Being the only Mechanicals kid og his age, Spring had the good fortune that Tweak of the Freedom Tribe had the same problem. Together they roam the Barrens, hunt for scraps, sneak after adult gang members to see what they are after and generally get into trouble. While they constantly make fun of the other's gang (in private at least), over the time they have become close friends.
Harry
Harry's Hardware Heaven consists of a decrepit warehouse and a lot of valuable commodities most SINners would simply call drek. About a year ago, Spring and Tweak had broken into the place to steal a commlink and got caught by Harry, who knew where they belonged to, gave them a choice: Work for him or be dragged to their respective gang leaders and humilated in front of their peers. So, they agreed to run errands and repair stuff a few hours per week for him and learn quite a few things while doing so.
Milena
Milena is a minor hustler operating just outside the Crime Mall when it's open and working the neighbourhood when it isn't. You can never tell beforehand what she's peddling but you can be sure haggling with her is gonna be fun. Asked where her goods are from, she makes up a different story every time; most just assume she gets cheap eftovers from the Crime Mall - a few think she's got Vory connections.

magic
Spring's magic takes the form of a variant of Chaos Magic that sees the universe as a huge, unbelievable complicated machine like the most intricate clockwork ever. Magical theses take the form of plans for machines, foci look like clockwork, ritual materials like heaps of cogs and coils. Spirits are similarly shaped:
Man: clockwork men
Air: DaVinci helicopters, hot air balloons, mechanical flying machines
Water: clockwork fish, octopi, ... incorporating transparent water tanks
Fire: machines (furnaces, kilns, ...) that emit flames
Earth: earth-working machines (backhoes, ...) lookoing as if made of raw iron

notable gear
Spring's most priced possesion is a blues harp his father gave him many years ago. He can't play ot very well, but still does so almost daily.

IC posts: 32 (5th April)
=> 16 Karma, 40k

Spent: 16 Karma
==SPRING==
Specialisation Perception (Visual) 2 Karma
Summoning 4 8 Karma
==TWEAK==
Pilot Groundcraft 3 6 Karma

Spent: 3k
Fake SIN R3 3k

cash: 220

start: 220 roll