As per the street level sidebar in SR5 (p64) with the following amendment: Magic / Resonance will be artificially lowered by 2 to a minimum of 0 (temporarily). As you earn karma it will be recouped as if you were buying that level (at no karma cost to you). If any ‘ware reduces you below 0 you can still ‘awaken’ once you’ve earned the requisite karma.

EDIT: Use the runner template (not street sidebar) but choose twice from priority E and no priority A choice. Availability is capped at 10

Note that karma accumulates much more quickly than a typical pbp. As per the outlines in the master OoC you get 1 karma and 2000\ per 2 IC posts.

Lifestyles are capped at a maximum of ‘low’ and the area outside the Mechanicals complex has the ‘dangerous area’ modifier if you want to live out there. Inside it is a secure area (with the 20% lifestyle increase). Note: you get access to the Local Grid thanks to Fre∑dom’s ingenuity.

Due to the Mechanicals scavenging ‘steampunk’ styling can be applied to any piece of gear for no extra cost, and equally no game effect other than the style of the thing!

As this is a tribal / street game I would encourage people to create more than one character (with different specialities) so that if we suffer from players falling by the wayside we can pick up any gaps. It’s by no means obligatory but it might be fun.

You can play a single main PC with the others in the background or devote equal amounts of posting time to them all, as you like!

Established Facts (either IC or otherwise):
Mechanicals

• PC Tribe Leader: Osha [Oyl], mystic adept and community healer
• Former Tribe Leader: Spindle, Rat shaman, still lurking around. There are questions about his sanity…
• NPC Tribal Members: No key ones established in 2075 yet…Cam, (human adept, tribal enforcer) & Firebox (human mage) are both deceased. Bit is a dwarven Mechanicals tech
• Tribe Group Rating [SR4]: 4 [+2 size (approx. 60 people, down from around 100 a couple of years ago), +1 district influence, +1 limited magic resources]
• Active Combatants: 15-20 adolescents-adults
• Technomancers: Currently 2 (+any PC TMs)
• Mages / Adepts: 4 magic users (+any PC magic users)
• Living Space: A series of linked light industrial buildings south of the Puyallup district near Underworld 93. Typically the ground floors/ basements are devoted to working spaces with upper floors handed over to cellular living spaces that are continually evolving. Roof top gardens / green houses are rigorously protected as they are a prime target for neighbouring groups.
• History: Started around 15 years ago. Refer to Jackpoint Post below for further information
• Key Outside NPCs: None so far in 2075
• Example Tribe Handles: Spindle, Cam, Firebox, Fender, Piston(s), Boiler, Driveshaft, Sprogget, Spring, Flywheel, Cog, Cylinder, Rocker, Bearing, Treadle, Mech, Bit, Hobber, Plane, Mill, Gouge, Theodolite, Ratchet, Gear, Pendulum, Pinion… anything old world mechanical/clockwork [Struck through have been used in the IC previously but that’s not to say they couldn’t be used again, or a variant of them]

Fre∑dom Tribe

• Tribe Leader: Prospero, Mundane Hacker, Connection Rt [3], virtual reality lifestyle, living in the back of a truck trailer in the basement of the old mall. Rarely meets anyone in the flesh, even his own tribe members.
• NPC Enforcer: Jazz, technomancer
• NPC: Nimbus: Tribe security
• NPC: Ashes: Tribe comms
• NPC: eBreeze: Matronly techno guild head
• Tribe Group Rating [SR4]: 5 [+2 size (approx. 40 people), +1 district influence, +2 broad matrix resources]
• Active Combatants: 10-15 adolescents-adults
• Technomancers: Currently 9 technomancers of various streams (+any PC TMs)
• Mages / Adepts: 3 magic users (+any PC magic users)
• Living Space: The old South Hill Mall has become their home after they turfed out the thrill gang (the Spined Drakes) that had been resident there before that. Now they are sharing space with the Mechanicals
• Matrix Architecture: They have a single host based on a converted nexus in Prospero’s trailer which is sculpted as a tropical island paradise. There is a resonance well lurking somewhere in the mall with rumours of something more…
• History: The Tribe began life around 2070, initially as a staging post / clearing house for people who were recruited or wanted to join the Transhumanist group, the Stillwater Community on the eastern edge of the Redmond Barrens. They sought to distance themselves when Stillwater was attacked by merc forces and subsequently came under intense scrutiny by the metroplex authorities.
  
  In April ’72 the group lived on the edge of the Redmond Barrens before being targeted by TM hunters. Several members were captured (and experimented on) by Sintec. Many more were killed. The Balefire runner team broke the captives out and returned them to the tribe. The tribe relocated to Puyallup on the word of a TM Oracle called Summer. They dislodged a gang from the mall called the Spined Drakes who later came seeking revenge, backed (or led) by a group of Disonant TMs who seemed to be hunting for Summer
• Key Outside NPCs: Summer
• Key Outside NPCs: Balefire Prime Runner Team [Bale, Silk, Requiem, Riptide, Opium]

JackPoint Report: Seattle Culture
Tribes
Tribes, groups of people banding together behind a common meme, are a common occurrence in modern society. A tribe can range from a half dozen kids staking out the basement of an abandoned building to 'honour' their favourite trideo-star (<insert pompous tribe name here>), to a worldwide organized with thousands of members, and resources to rival a mid-sized corporation. Tribes can have widely varying monetary, technological, magical, matrix, personnel, political, and other resources available to them.

Even saying that a tribe is a group of people is too limiting. With the public acknowledgment that technomancers, and other matrix denizens exist, there are tribes that have AI's and Free sprites as members, as well as other sentients.

• AI's are people too. Puck.
• Oh, pleeeze. Clockwork.
• New forum rule: Only real people are allowed to post. Available specimens of Hobgoblins do not fit my definition of people. Someone want to remove the time bomb? Sticks.
• Maybe the Mechanicals can recycle him. They are into obsolete tech. Snopes.
• Slot off. Clockwork.
• Children. [waves admonishing finger]. Stop bating the clock. Stop making it so easy. FastJack.

The only consistent commonality for all tribes, is that it has some central theme or concept to act as a focus. That focus can be quite general, of very specific, common or quite esoteric.

Tribes can be extremely insular, with any non-tribe member automatically being an enemy, or a resource to be ruthlessly exploited. They can also be very open and inviting, actively recruiting anyone they can get to listen.

• Too right <us against the world example> <all good neighbors example>. Traveler Jones.

Urban Tribes
A group that gets classed as an urban tribe is typically limited in scope to a single sprawl. There are exceptions. <need reference to multi-sprawl 'urban' tribe>

• Discount the capabilities of a group, just because it is classed as an urban tribe at your own risk. Plan 9

Seattle chamber of commerce information
The Mechanicals urban tribe is a group that works out of the Puyallup district. Their main operation is based less than 5 km south of Puyallup City on intercity 161.

• They have converted and renovated several empty industrial buildings around 43rd ave SE. No one seems quite sure when they started. Seems to be about 2060. At the time, those building were nothing more than squatter hangouts. By 2062 though, they had a solid presence, and were successfully defending the space. Not that there was initially much pressure on them. The space they were defending was of no special interest to other groups. It was easier to go somewhere else just as good, than to contest the tribes’ claim to the area. That has been changing slowly. The improvements that have been made, including significant rooftop farming, have been attracting covetous eyes from other groups, including various local gangs. Sunshine.
• Not mentioning that they are less than a km from the barrens. On 2 sides. Almost in typical commlink direct signal range. Kay St. Irregular.
• They initially moved in as squatters, quietly displacing existing residents, then made improvements, starting with defences to discourage poaching. They have been careful to keep the ‘value’ of the improvements less than the ‘cost’ to take the space over. Riser.
• The Mechanicals leader is a Rat Shaman. That could help account for their success in keeping their gains. Dr Spin.
• Spindle’s a canny bastard. He’s got his totem’s desire to run and hide in the face of conflict but he wouldn’t have held on to any measure of power without an understanding of how to motivate others to do things for him. He’s a consummate politician, in the worst use of that word. Winterhawk
• Could also be the leaked information that the whole place is mined. If someone really pushed hard enough to oust them, BLAMM! No useful resources to take over. They’d rather run than fight but they are prepared to defend what’s theirs. Glitch
• Smarter [group] opponents will know that it takes skill to keep that operation running. They do not need to mine it. Even if the whole tribe just walked off, someone moving in would not get much benefit without the skill walking away with the tribe. Those facilities are built from a patched together jumble of mismatched equipment. It would fall apart without their TLC. It would as likely eat a stranger, as provide an liquid assets, or much in the way of ongoing benefits. They are good enough to keep out the idiots, and most of the 'smart' individuals. Cerberus
• Which is just another way to mine it. DangerSensei
• Yeah! Better to continue to trade for what they are willing to offer, so have something next month or year too. Reality Czech.

The group performs salvage and recycling operations of technical equipment. They have significant technical skill, refurbishing technological castoffs, exchanging the results with other groups for resources that do not have themselves.

• Not all of their output is strictly [or even close to] legal. They also sell interesting things at the Crime Mall made from the salvage. Rigger X.
• Try scavenged as well as salvaged. My intel says some of that is also ‘re-appropriated’, though they do seem to keep that to a minimum. Would not do to have other groups angry at them for more than existing. Reality Czech.

The material is collected mostly from the E zones of Puyallup and neighbouring districts, with some from Z zones.

• They do a fair amount of work around the Barrens, seemingly pretty good at avoiding active attention from the gangers and such. Netcat.

The operation is effectively a small scale cooperative business operation, leveraging their technical skills to turn end of life equipment into a reasonably comfortable lifestyle.

• Yeah, they’re good at turning gomi into usable tech. In some very creative ways. Pistons.
• That ‘comfortable lifestyle’ is misleading. How well each member lives depends on how much effort they put into helping the tribe, and how much extra time and skill they have to upgrade the individual units. The tribe has not done full apartment renovations throughout. Only the needed facilities are totally a group effort. You can be sure that the shop space used to process the salvage is going to be up to date, but the same cannot be said of basic living units. The members will have a roof over their head, and food to eat, but beyond that, improvements are done on your own time, or based on your usefulness, productivity, and street cred within the tribe. Sunshine.
• Yep, there are ‘fringe’ members and hangers on that are effectively squatters. Glitch.
• Although they work extensively with technology, on a very small scale, they are mostly recovering resources that are already well past the 'use by' date. They have to be very efficient with their resources. Their whole tribe is a recycling centre. Their farming operation uses fairly high tech, but they are also trying for organic output. I'll give them a {grudging} A for effort on ecological awareness and support. EcoTope.
• Why Grudging? Haze.
• They do not really care about the environment. Efficiency and minimal waste are just the best way for them to get the most out of the resources. EcoTope.
• That says a bit about them, but what are they like? Haze.
• I was interested in how the operation worked awhile back, and did a bit of research. Here’s my take attachment. 2XL

Mechanicals Inner Workings: posted by 2XL
The Mechanicals are a socially fairly close knit community of technically oriented individualists. They respect technical skill and expect loyalty to the tribe. As a group, they are not particularly aggressive or expansionist, but they ARE extremely protective of their people and facilities. [Full] members are expected to contribute to the general defence and upkeep of the community. Depending on the skill mix, that could be as simple as occasional security patrols, carrying a squealer or lending a hand with physical renovations or planning. They use peer pressure to keep the worst non-conformists in line.

• Peer pressure she says. The power goes off to your pad, suddenly no extra tomatoes from the greenhouse. No one available to fix the broken SPU. Yep, that’s peer pressure. Hard Exit.

So far, as the tribe has grown, they have expanded peacefully one unit and building at a time, convincing any extant residents to relocate.

• Since the area they are claiming is abandoned industrial, with no in place amenities that they do not provide themselves, it is usually not difficult to convince the squatters to look of another crash pad, when the new neighbours become too noisy [or nosy], applying a bit of incentive to move on. The non-tribal hangers-on are normally willing to move a bit further away, to stay in the good graces of their meal ticket, of before they become surrounded by ‘un-friends’. Some of that expansion is from hanger’s on becoming a member, expanding the territory by default. Monkeywrench.

Most members are going to have some sort of technical (electronics, mechanical, armorer and more) skills that directly benefit the tribe.

• Family and community is important to them too. They provide decent education for the kids, and training resources to members. Those that are willing to make the effort to learn anyway. Home schooling, and a lot of virtual classroom stuff, but what isn't now? Snoops.
• They do emphasize practical skills, not completely matching public curriculum. Just passing through their node, I noticed an upcoming seminar posted "Building a Crossbow from Common Construction materials". /dev/grrl/.
• Passing through? They are at the south edge of Puyallup, next to the barrens. Where could you have possibly been passing through to? Slamm-O!.
• Privileged Information. /dev/grrl/
• You could reasonably accurately compare them to nomadic hunter/gatherer societies from centuries ago. With modern transportation capabilities, they do not need to move the 'home lodge' while gathering the salvage that is the food fuelling them. With the dross being expelled by the larger sprawl, there has been no problem with over hunting, and needing to move to a new range. Some would compare them to old style wind powered pirates with an island base. That would not be accurate. While there are cases where members would have picked up 'salvage' through questionable means, in the main they work from discarded and abandoned materials. They do the work themselves, not taking from the effort of someone else. Historian.
• Salvaging from empty buildings is still theft. Somebody still owns it. Wyrm Watcher.
• Pretentions of morality? Practicing for a bar exam? Marcos.
• Maybe owned on paper. Sometimes. Given what the crash did to records, ‘who’ is often unclear. They mostly avoid places where someone with a ‘legitimate’ claim is showing continued interest. In a lot of cases, the ‘owner’ should thank them. Any future ‘official’ interest in their targets is likely to start with a wrecking ball. Mr. Bonds.

Membership is by invitation only.

• A first cut tribal evaluation is done before the initial invite. Whoever proposes a new member will do so internally before the prospective member knows anything about it. The invite may or may not come from the member who proposed the new person. They may never know who initially proposed them. Kat o' Nine Tales.
  Trial memberships may be offered to those without much in the way of directly useful skills, if someone sees enough potential for the future. There does not seem to be a simple evaluation checklist. 2XL.

Their output is not all ‘pure’ tech either. That CoC ‘business’ report left out the rooftop gardens and greenhouses they maintain. They could be nearly self-sufficient, if they were not using some of the produce as exchange goods.

• And for ‘protection insurance’. Smiling Bandit.
  That farming is pretty hi-tech. Good use of some of that salvage. Turbo Bunny.

They also have a bent for some retro technology styles, some of which shows up in the goods at the Crime Mall.

• That’s for sure. I picked up this crazy looking holo projector from them one time. Totally ancient 2D flat screen look, with moving mechanical linkages, but when activated, holo pops up just fine. Pistons.
• The style is called steampunk. Turbo Bunny.

They present a strong defensive stance to the rest of the world. With the area they control, and limited population to draw from, they do not have the internal resources for full 24x7 armed patrols. They do not have the straight cred to hire a reputable security firm, and are reluctant to rely on outsiders anyway. They do, to a limited extent, use local gangs for street patrols.

• [sarcasm]Right[/sarcasm], Basically ‘protection’ payments. Icarus.
• It does help cut down on the competing protectors. The devil you know. Black Mamba.
• Or is that keep you friends close? DangerSensei.
• The low population density, is due to all of the shop space they use for processing the salvage, and to build the ‘toys’ found at the Crime Mall. Seems like every other member has some sort of shop. Monkeywrench.

They compensate with some ingenuity. They deliberately and randomly change up their security patrols and other security procedures, making any planned infiltration attempt complex.

• I’ll say. Had a target suspected to be hiding on their turf one time. Did some research to see what a hard extract would take. Found out there could be fixed checkpoints, armed roving patrols, spirits, mages, roving sensor and combat drones, building sensors with spider and patrolling IC. The could be is because it keeps changing. Typically there are only a couple of items active from that at any one time due to the available resources and limited population to pull from. The roving patrol might be a couple of kids with squealers, or it could be heavily cybered combat veterans. The spirit could be a watcher, or major fire spirit with a flaming chip on its shoulder. The spider could be a kid in AR watching the cameras manually, or a professional that would qualify for work at a triple-A. The drones might be a simple repurposed garden weeder, or a heavily customized combat drone. It all depends on just when, and which particular building you are interested in. If your luck holds on the timing, null sweat, but if the lady figures your karma needs some payback, you might wish it was just a corp fire team. Turned out we did not even need to try. One of their ‘concerned citizens’ spotted the gong trying to steal from a greenhouse. They escorted him out [with bruises], leaving a beacon on him inviting any interested parties to collect the little drek. A little reminder for others. Monkeywrench.
• The matrix resources, not part of but available, to the group have recently increased. They are on friendly terms with the Fre∑dom tribe that took over the South Hill mall just north of them earlier this year. Common Interest in tech, but not competing for resources. FastJack.

With the community attitude, bribery is a high risk route in. The guards are protecting their home, friends, family, and more important for some of them, the equipment they use. Even the gangers that do some of the ‘protection’ are reluctant to look the other way. They know there would be consequences in access to the fresh food and tech, if they got caught.

Character sheet: Frizzen

Name: Frizzen
Race: ork
Height: 6'3"
Build: stocky
Street Cred: 1
Notoriety: 1
Karma: 2
TKE: 14
Nuyen:2400
Posts:29


Limits:
Physical- 8
Mental- 5
Social- 4

Qualities:
Distinctive Style
Code of Honour (Children (<12))
Addiction, Mild, (Alcohol)
Guts
Quick Healer
Ambidextrous

Attributes:
Bod: 7 (9)
Agi: 4
Rea: 4 (5)
Str: 6
Wil: 3
Log: 4
Int: 3
Cha: 2
Edge: 2
Init: 8 + 2d6
Essence: 2.32

Skills:
Firearms Group: 6
Close Combat Group: 4
Archery:2
Heavy Weapons:3
Throwing: 2
Gymnastics: 2
Running: 3
Perception: 4
Sneaking: 2
Survival: 2
Instruction: 3
Intimidation: 2
Leadership: 2
Armorer: 6
Computer: 2
Demolitions: 3
First-Aid: 3
Hardware: 2
Locksmith: 1
Pilot Ground: 2
Artisan: Brewing/Distilling: 1

Knowledge Skills: 14
Street-Seattle Street Gangs-3
Professional-Guns-3
Street-Street Docs – 2
Interest-Street Dealers-2
Interest-Goblinrock-1
Interest-MMO Shooters-1

Languages:
English N
Or'zet 2

Contacts:
Jazz dealer: C-2 L-2
Arms Dealer: C-2 L-2
Street Doc: C-2 L-1

Armor:
Aluminum Bone density: 2
Armor Jacket (12)
-Non conductivity rt 2
Lined Coat (9)
Helmet (+2)

Weapons:
Sword (Acc: 6 Reach: 1 Damage: 9P AP:-2)

Club (Acc: 4 Reach: 1 Damage: 9P AP:0)

Knuckles (Acc: 8 Reach: 0 Damage: 7 AP:0)

Medium Crossbow (Acc: 6 Damage: 7P AP:-2)
-20 Bolts

Yamaha Pulsar (Acc:5 Damage: 7S(e) AP:-5 Mode: SA RC: 0 Ammo:4m)
-20 darts

Ares Predetor Heavy Pistol (Acc: 5(7) Damage: 8P AP: -1 Mode: SA RC:0 Ammo:15c)
-Smartlink
-3 Spare clip
-100 regular rounds

Steyer TMP Machine Pistol (Acc: 4 Damage: 7P AP:0 Mode: SA/BF/FA RC: 1 Ammo:30)
-Shock Pad
-3 Spare clip
-100 regular rounds

SCK Model 100 SMG: (Acc: 5(7) Damage: 8P AP:0 Mode: SA/BF RC: 2 Ammo: 30)
-Smartlink
-Shock Pad
-3 Spare clip
-100 regular rounds
-30 stick and shock

Colt M23 (Acc:4(6) Damage: 9P AP:-2 Mode:SA/BF/FA RC:2 Ammo:40)
-Smartgun
-Shock Pad
-Gas Vent 1
-3 Spare clip
-100 regular rounds
-40 Stick n Shock
-100 Gel rounds

Defiance T-250
Smart gun
30 rounds regular

Flash Pak
Flash Bang X3
Smoke Grenade X3
Commercial Explosive 5kg
Detonator Cap X5

Gear:
Erika Elite Commlink
-Sim Module
Ar Gloves
Tag eraser
Survival kit
2 doses jazz
Respirator rt4
1 standard cred stick (700)
2 data chips
Hidden arm slide
Quick Draw Holster
First aid kit rt3

Gear in workshop:
Electronic Paper X 3
Trid Projector
Armorer Shop
Gas Mask
Flashlight X2
8 Data Chips
1 Standard Credstick (20)
4 doses Jazz
Distilling Kit

Cyber:
Cybereyes Rt2 (Used): w/Flare, Low-Light, Smart Link, Thermographic (e-.38)
Wired Reflexes (used) (e-2.5)
Aluminum Bone lacing (Alpha) (e-.8 )

Lifestyles: 3600/month
Low: w/Workspace,Secure Living

Advancements:
Nuyen:
-Defiance Shotgun
-alpha Aluminum Bone Lacing
Karma:
-artisan (brewing/Distilling) rank 1
-edge +1

Priorities:
A: Skills: 46/10
B: Attributes: 20
C: Ork
D: Resources: 15,000
E: Magic

Qualities:
Distinctive Style (+5)
Code of Honour (Children (<12))(+15)
Addiction, Mild, (Alcohol) (+4)
Guts (-10)
Quick Healer (-3)
Ambidextrous (-4)

Attributes:
Bod: 7
Agi: 4
Rea: 4 (5)
Str: 6
Wil: 3
Log: 4
Int: 3
Cha: 2
Edge: 1
Init: 8 + 2d6
Essence:

Skills:
Firearms Group: 6
Close Combat Group: 4
Archery:2
Heavy Weapons:3
Throwing: 2
Gymnastics: 2
Running: 3
Perception: 4
Sneaking: 2
Survival: 2
Instruction: 3
Intimidation: 2
Leadership: 2
Armorer: 6
Computer: 2
Demolitions: 3
First-Aid: 3
Hardware: 2
Locksmith: 1
Pilot Ground: 2

Knowledge Skills: 14
Street-Seattle Street Gangs-3
Professional-Guns-3
Street-Street Docs – 2
Interest-Street Dealers-2
Interest-Goblinrock-1
Interest-MMO Shooters-1

Languages:
English N (street)
Or'Zet 2

Contacts: (used 3 Karma)
Jazz Dealer: C-2 L-2
Arms Dealer: C-2 L-2
Street Doc: C-2 L-1


Purchases: 60,220 (Used 10 Karma)

Armor: (2500)
Armor Jacket (1000)
-Non conductivity rt 2 (500)
Lined Coat (900)
Helmet (100)

Weapons: (8195)
Sword: 500
Club: 30
Knuckles: 100
Medium Crossbow: 500 (600)
20 Bolts: 100
Yamaha Pulsar: 180 (280)
-20 darts: 100
Ares Predetor Heavy Pistol: 750 (965)
-3 Spare clip: 15
-100 regular rounds: 200
Steyer TMP Machine Pistol: 350 (615)
-Shock Pad: 50
-3 Spare clip: 15
-100 regular rounds: 200
SCK Model 100 SMG: 875 (1380)
-Shock Pad: 50
-3 Spare clip: 15
-100 regular rounds: 200
-30 stick and shock: 240
Colt M23: 550 (1785)
Smartgun: 200
Shock Pad: 50
Gas Vent 1: 200
-3 Spare clip: 15
-100 regular rounds: 200
-40 Stick n Shock: 320
-100 Gel rounds: 250
Flash Pak: 120
Flash Bang X3: 300
Smoke Grenade X3: 120
Commercial Explosive 5kg: 500
Detonator Cap X5: 375
Hidden arm slide: 350
Quick Draw Holster: 175

Gear: (9,015)
Erika Elite Commlink (2500)
-Sim Module (100)
Ar Gloves (150)
Electronic Paper X 3 (15)
Trid Projector (200)
Armorer Shop (5000)
Gas Mask (200)
Respirator rt4 (200)
Flashlight X2 (50)
Survival Kit (200)
Tag Eraser (450)
10 Data Chips (50)
First Aid Kit rt 3 (750)
2 Standard Credsticks (10)

Cyber: ($39,750) (Ess:2.88)
Cybereyes Rt2 (Used): 6000 (2.88)
Flare: 1000
Low-Light: 1500
Smart Link: 4000
Thermographic: 1500
Total: 14,000 X 0.75 = 10,500
Wired Reflexes (used): 29,250 (2.5)

Lifestyles: 3600
Low: 2000
Workspace: 1000
Secure Living: 600

Jazz X 6: 450

Leftover: 720

A heavyset, young looking latino Ork. Has a mohawk running down the centre of his head, ending in a pair of braids in the back, along with a beaded single braid at the front. One large tusk and a broken, brass capped tusk come from the front of his mouth, he is a brute of a man and loves to show off the intricately designed tattoos that cover his arms whenever possible, standing tall and walking with a proud swagger. Nearly all of Frizzen's gear is themed towards a steampunk motif, with nearly all chrome and steel being replaced with brass where possible, and his cybereyes being brass orbs with chrome rotating target reticules for irises

Originally born in the Redmond Barrens, the 6th of a litter of 8, Frizzen started life out in less than squalor. By the time he was 2 he was the only of his siblings born with him to survive the various diseases, predatations and starvation that is so common in the slum they lived in. His older siblings all joined the local Crimson Crush at the age of 7, and as he got older and older, Frizzen looked towards that day with anticipation. The ability to push back, to be a part of something like his brothers and sisters, to provide for the family. After several years with the local chapter of the gang, they started having problems with a local Eye-Fiver splinter group. The firepower provided to the gang through its Humanis ties soon was the seal to Frizzen's family's fate. Within a few months, the 3 blocks claimed by the 216 Ave Crimson Crush was taken over by the Eye-Fivers, and the few survivors either went to other crews, or their own way. Dispirited by the fate of his crew and the death of his siblings, Frizzen took to working for different gangs, dealers and crooks as hired muscle, using what cash he made to upgrade and maintain his gear, knowing that the only thing he could trust was the things he made, worked on and knew intimately. While working as a guard for a chopshop doc he knew at the crime mall he started coming into contact with members of the Mechanicals, and slowly befriended several of them due to their mutual passions. Over time he moved his squat to one of the outlaying sites near their base and worked his way into becoming an associate member, and later a full member, maintaining the tribes weapons, training the tribes youth in firearms and working to building a stronger militaristic aspect of the tribe, wanting one day to have his new family he is so possessive of to not need the aid of local gangs, but to be able to push when the time comes. He has also started to take in promising orphans from tribe and the neighbouring area, teaching them how to make and maintain weapons in hopes of teaching them skills that could be of use to the tribe when they come of age.

Contacts:
Slick 'P, Crimson Crush Jazz Dealer:
A former banger with Frizzen as part of the 216th Ave Crimson Crush, Slick is a smooth talking Pusher. After the gangs destruction he made his way to another Crew operating out of Ares' in Redmond Barrens. While not the most imposing of gangers, nor the best in a stand up fight, Slick has always had a way with words, and had enough people in debt to him for their 'product' that he usually never ends up needing to resort to violence himself. While him and Frizzen have grown apart the last few years, they still have a strong working relationship and the loose ties that childhood friendships create. Slick enjoys being part of the Crush, and while many members see dealing as a necessary evil, Slick sees it as a means to an end, and something he excels in.

Jethro "Mule", Arms Dealer:
A former employer of Frizzen in his early days of working for himself. Jethro mainly works out of the Puyallup crime mall, bringing in guns from syndicates and offloading them to gangers, low end runners and street thugs. While he is able to get his gear quite easily due to Triad and Mafia connections, and have a small stockpile of weapons on hand for customers at anyone time, his own operation is small enough to stay under Knight Errant radar (though this is not intentional). He has dreams of bringing in weapons from farther afield and selling his wares across the plex and then the west coast one day, making it big.

Dr. Oversturn, Street Doc:
The most recent employer of Frizzen before his joining of the Mechanicals. Dr Oversturn was previously a doctor out of Redmond's Hollywood Hospital . Sadly she was caught taking recently expired medications and products and selling them off to SINless, using the profits to help fund the hospitals failing programs and poor budget. While many of the hospital staff agreed with what she did, the corporate end of the facility didn't agree due to liability and PR, resulting in her dismissal. Now she runs a chop shop in Puyallup near the crime mall, working to aid the suffering one person at a time.

Character sheet: Bandit

Name: Bandit
Race: Elf
Height: 6'1"
Build: Lanky
Street Cred: 0
Notoriety: 1
Karma: 4
TKE: 4
Nuyen: 10,900
Posts: 8

Limits:
Physical-3
Mental- 5
Social- 9

Qualities:
Mentor Spirit (trickster (+2 to manipulation spells))
Focused concentration 2
Addiction (zen, mild)
Prejudice (Megacorp employees, biased)
Code of honour (non combatants)

Attributes:
Body: 3
Agi: 4
Rea: 3
Str: 2
Will: 5
Log: 3
Int: 3
Cha: 8
Edge: 3
Magic: 6(4)
Essence: 6


Skills:
Spellcasting 5
Counterspelling 5
Conjuring Skill group 2
Con 2
Negotiation 1
Disguise 1
Automatics 2
Perception 2
First Aid 3
Sneaking 2
Gymnastics 2
Assensing 2
Ritual spellcasting 2
Running 1
Alchemy 3
Arcana 1
Survival 2
Unarmed 2

Spells:
Analyze Device
Improved Invisibility
Heal
Chaotic world
Trid phantasm
Ice sheet
Magic fingers
Manabolt

Alchemical Preparations:
Cure disease

Rituals:
Ward

Powers:
Traceless walk
Combat sense
Improved sense, thermographic
Light body 2
Natural immunity 2
Mystic armour 2

Armor:
Long coat

Weapons:
Stun gloves ( Acc:3 Reach:0 Damage:8S(e) AP:-5 )

Knuckles ( Acc:3 Reach:0 Damage:3 AP:0 )

Ceska Black scorpion ( Acc:5(6) Damage:6P AP:0 Mode: SA/BF RC:1 Ammo:35c )
-2 Spare clips
- 110 regular rounds
- laser sight

Colt Cobra tz-120 (Acc:4(5) Damage:7P AP:0 Mode: SA/BF/FA RC:3 Ammo:32c )
-2 Spare clips
- 100 regular rounds

Gear:
Force 8 lodge
50 reagents
Rt 3 spellcasting focus (manipulation)
8 doses Psyche
40 doses Zen
Renraku sansei
AR gloves
Trodes
SIN rating 3
Magic license 3
2 standard cred stick
Silver cred stick
Glasses, 4capacity
-flare compensation
Key lock rt6
Crowbar
Respirator rt6
Survival kit
Medkit rt 6
5 Medkit supplies
Alchemy kit

Lifestyle:
3 months Low
-extra secure

Contacts:
Talismonger C-3 L-2
Drug dealer C-1 L-2
Fixer C-3 L-2
Street Doc C-2 L-3

Priorities
A - Magic (Mystic Adept)
B - Attributes (20)
C - Skills (28/2)
D - Race (Elf)
E - Resources (6000)

Karma: 0
13 base
+ 11 for qualities
-20 for PP (5 karma each per errata)
-4 nuyen (40,000)

Attributes:
Body: 3
Agi: 4
Rea: 3
Str: 2
Will: 5
Log: 3
Int: 3
Cha: 8
Edge: 3
Magic: 6(4)

Skills:
Spellcasting 5 (free with priority)
Counterspelling 5 (free with priority)
Conjuring Skill group 2
Con 2
Negotiation 1
Disguise 1
Automatics 2
Perception 2
First Aid 3
Sneaking 2
Gymnastics 2
Assensing 2
Ritual spellcasting 2
Running 1
Alchemy 3
Arcana 1
Survival 2
Unarmed 2

Qualities: +11 karma
Mentor Spirit (-5)
Focused concentration 2 (-
Addiction, Zen, mild(+4)
Prejudice, Megacorp employees, biased (+5)
Code of honour, non combatants (+15)

Spells:(10 free)
Analyze Device
Improved Invisibility
Heal
Chaotic world
Trid phantasm
Ice sheet
Magic fingers
Manabolt
Ward - Ritual
Cure disease - Alchemical

Powers: 4PP (-20 karma)
Traceless walk (1pp)
Combat sense (.5pp)
Improved sense, thermographic (.25 pp)
Improved sense, Improved Tactile ()
Light body 2(.5pp)
Natural immunity 2 (.5pp)
Mystic armour 2 (1pp)

Gear: 43,100

Mojo: 17,000
Force 8 lodge (4000)
50 reagents (1000)
Rt 3 spellcasting focus (manipulation) (12,000)

Misc Gear: 14,885
8 doses Psyche (1600)
40 doses Zen (200)
Renraku sensai (1000)
AR gloves (150)
Trodes (75)
SIN rating 3 (7500)
Magic license 3 (600)
2 standard cred stick (10)
Silver cred stick (20)
Glasses, 4capacity (400)
-flare compensation (250)
Key lock rt6 (60)
Crowbar (20)
Respirator rt6 (300)
Survival kit (200)
Medkit rt 6 (1500)
5 Medkit supplies (500)
Alchemy kit (500)

Armour: 900
Long coat 900

Weapons: 2135
Stun gloves (550)
Knuckles (100)
Ceska Black Scorpion (270)
-2 Spare clips (10)
- 110 regular rounds (220)
- laser sight (125)
Colt Cobra tz-120 (650)
-2 Spare clips (10)
- 100 regular rounds (200)

Lifestyle: 7200
3 months Low (2000)
-extra secure +20%

Contacts: 18
Talismonger C-3 L-2
Drug dealer C-1 L-2
Fixer C-3 L-2
Street Doc C-2 L-3

Extra cash 2,900

Born to a elven prostitute in a gang run brothel in Touristville, the shaman that would become bandit grew up the whipping boy of the local gang. Regularly beaten by the gang members aswell as his own mother, and never knowing his father, Bandit soon found many ways to distance himself from his own life, and after starting to abuse Zen at the age of 9 he heard the call of Raccoon. Listening to the voice he heard, he practiced the tricks he was taught, and over time he grew accustomed to his own powers. Just after his 10th birthday he left the brothel he called home and made the streets of Redmond his home, living in emulation of his Totem. He spent the next few years scrounging, stealing, conning and tricking the denizens of the Barrens for what he needed to survive, and as he acted more and more like Raccoon, the more he became Raccoon. His sight changed, he became impossible to track, he could sense traps, survive disease and injury that would stop most others. He also learned to control his spellcasting and used his ability to aid others, in return for a place to live and food. Soon though the despair and blight of Redmond started to sour him, and he made his way to Puyallup, where he started anew, using his ability to find the most useful trash and trinkets with the slightest ease, as well as his ability to heal the sick and injured to make a place for himself in the crime mall, where soon he came upon members of the Mechanics. What started out as a business partnership, to assist the mechanics survive the latest flu epidemic, soon became a new pack for the street shaman.

Eccentric is a good way to describe Bandit. While he can easily pass as a generic elf at a distance, his mannerisms and style of dress have made him well known to some of the more destitute denizens of the Puyallup Barrens. Always wearing his trademark steam punkesque black long coat, tinted glasses and top hat, sharply contrasting his rather pale skin and black and grey facial warpaint, he can easily make quite an entrance when he wishes to.

Name: Revenant
Race: Human
Height: 5'10"
Build: Lanky
Street Cred: 0
Notoriety: 1
Karma: 2
TKE: 2
Nuyen: 4030
Posts: 4

Limits:
Physical- 4
Mental- 8
Social- 4

Qualities:
Exceptional attribute (logic)
Code slinger (hack on the fly)
Bad Rep (sec decker for MCT)
Addiction (moderate, Long Haul)
Prejudice (MCT Employees, Outspoken)
Allergy (silver, mild)

Attributes:
Body: 2
Agi: 2 (3)
Rea: 2
Str: 2 (3)
Will: 3
Log: 7 (
Int: 4
Cha: 2
Edge: 3
Init: 6+1d6
Essence: 3.95

Skills:
Hacking 6
Computers (edit file) 4 (6)
Cyber combat 4
Hardware 2
Software 2
Perception 2
Pistols (heavy pistol) 1 (3)
Athletic skill group 1
Stealth 1
Blunt weapons 1
Etiquette (corporate) 1 (3)

Knowledge skills:
Academic ( Computer sciences 3, Psychology 1 )
Professional (Emergence properties 2, Matrix security procedures 4, Corporate politics 3, Corporate security procedures 1)
Street (Puyallup dealers 2, Undernet alliance nodes 1, Decker hangouts 1 )
Interest (Urban brawl 1, Horror graphic novels & comics 2 )

Languages:
English N
Japanese 3

Armor:
Armour Jacket (12)

Weapons:
Stun Baton (Acc:4 Reach:1 Damage:9S(e) AP:-5 )

Defiance ex (Acc:4(6) Damage:9S(e) AP:-5 Mode:SS RC:0 Ammo:4m )
-smart link
-20 taser darts

Ruger super-warhawk (Acc:5(7) Damage:9P AP:-2 Mode:SS RC:0 Ammo:6cy )
-smart link
-2 speed loader
-60 regular rounds

Gear:
Renraku Tsuguri
-18 illegal programs (all)
-7 legal programs (all)
Data tap
Fake SIN rt2
-fake license rt3 (cyber deck/spider)
3 standard cred stick
1 Long haul dose

Ware:
Data jack: (0.1)
Muscle replacement (used) (1.25)
Cerebral Booster (0.2)
Eyeware - image link, smart link, low-light (0.4)
Earware - sound link (0.1)

Lifestyle:
1 Month Low
- Dangerous

Contacts:
Dealer: L1 C1
Undernet cell leader: L3 C2

Conter Phase

Skills E (18)
Attributes B (20)
Metatype D Elf(0)
Resources A 75,000
Magic C

Attributes

Body 3
Agility 5
Reaction 3
Strength 2
Willpower 4
Logic 4
Charisma 5
Intuition 6
Initaive 9 + 2d6

Edge 1 -karma
Magic 4(2)

Limit

Mental 6
Physical 3
Social 7

Condition Monitor

Physical 10
Stun 10

Positive Qualities

Will to Live 3
Home Ground (digital turf) 10

Negative Qualities

Criminal SIN 10
Distintive Style 5

Skills

Unarmed Combat 5 (vitals) (knockdown)
Cybercombat 1
Electronic Warfare 1
Computer 4 (Matrix perception)
Software 2
Hacking 4 (hosts)
Gymnastics 1 -karma

Powers

Improved reflexes 1
Improved Ability (Unarmed Combat) 1

Knowledge Skills

Decker groups, Seattle 3
Ares Macrotechnology, Mass Driver 1
Local Police Decker Tactics 3

History, Pre Christian Africa 2
Pre christian America Nakota Tribe 3
Matrix Access points Ares 3

Deepweed culture 2
Music, Rock Guitar 3

Contacts

Host Operator 2 2
Deepweed Dealer 2 1
Decker pal 4 4


Gear

Microdeck Summit
Sony Emperor

virtual machine
Encryption
Signal Scrub
Tool Box
Agent rating 1

Glases
Image link
Earbuds
AR glove

Conter Phase does not know very much about his background except that he lived once in New York and resettled

in Seattle as a young boy.

His only other clues to his true history came from a Magician he encountered in Seattle once who claimed he

was the offspring of African parents who sent him and others to North America as an Infant....

conter phase

Con is a darkskinned elf standing about 167 cm tall with dark eyes and short swept back dreads.

Often wears the colors green and/or red and favors tinted glasses or shades...

Jan Nardole

Skills E (18)
Attributes B (24)
Race C (elf 3)
Resources D (15,000)
Magic B

Attributes

Body 4
Strength 5
Agility 5
Reaction 6
Willpower 4
Logic 3
Intuition 3
Charisma 5
Initiative 9 + 1d6

Edge 3

Magic 6 (4)

Limits

Mental 4
Physical 7
Social 7

Condition Monitors

Physical 10
Stun 10

Positive Qualities

Home Ground (street Politics) 10

Negative Qualities

Simsense Vertigo 5
Bad Rep 7

Skills

Computer 1
Blades 5 (swords)
Unarmed Combat 1
Gymnastics 3 -karma
Perception 2
Navigation 2
Negotiation 3
Pilot Ground 3 (bikes)
Automotive Mechanic 2
Artisan, Musician (guitar)

Powers

Improved Ability (blades) 3
Critical Strike (blades) 1
Danger Sense 1
Combat Sense 3
Attribute Boost (agility) 1


Knowledge Skills

Seattle Street Gangs 2
Magic Traditions, Seattle 3


History- African Tribes, southern Africa 2

Street bikes Mechnical specs 3

Music Modern Blues Guitar 2


Gear


Thundercloud contrail

Sony Emperor

Katana

Armor Clothing

tool kit




Contacts

Gang Leader Elf Adept in Redmond 4 4

Tribal Leader (SSC) 2 2

Jan Nardole was born in the City of Denver. He never knew his parents. He finished primary school in Seattle and during

thoes years he came under the guidance of a group of mages and adepts who taught him his skills.

Jan Nardole is a Darkskinned elf with brown eyes and short hair and sideburns. He stands about 178 cm tall and

perefers blue or brown clothing and is often wearing a hood.