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Title: Joachim "Bypass" Brenner
Post by: Sichr on <04-22-11/1519:54>

There is nothing much to say about me...or, at least, I should say a lot but there will be a little truth in that. But Ill try to by honest this time...I swear.
I was born some time ago in the Hamburg. Living in that city has its own charm, desptes toxic wastes at the estuary of the Elbe that City is RUSH, I tell you. My father was a King Fisher, yeah. Fighting hardly with my attitude all the time. I didnt realize, that he fought so hard for my own better tomorrows. Well, I realized that much later, when he hurt himself by the spike of shadow crab he entrapped in his nets when hunting tuna-fishes. When his mates found him, Crab was already feeding on him and tunas, being the only living on the deck. I still have it preparated somewhere. News of old mans death catched me unprepared...our relationship was ratherly independent, as I was enjoying the  university life, spending money father used to pay my education. Shortly after, the only thing left to me was his ship and my wits. I never had an ambition to be another fisherman wandering the baltic and northern sea.
Well, since I hadnt enought money to pay the rent, the ship becomes my house. Some of my university friends helped me to fix the ships autopilot to be able to do its work even without my intervence...I was never a talent for navigation and such things...
Well, those friends had some ideas about using the ship as a crash pad and quite soon I hadnt lack of company, boys, girls, everyone the same Altona punks like myself. we had some good times, drinking, watching trids, gaming...usual stuff. I ve learned a lot from them, and I also learned how to improve my talents and gain some money on forging student passes and such staff.
What I didnt expected was SK commando comming one night to get one of those punks who stays on board. First seconds I was thinking Im just too doped and it is simply not truth. Then the firefight starts and I found myself sober and hidden under the table. Hopefully Lawfyrs dogs was not interested in the rest of us, and when they get what they came for, they dissapeared almost as quickly as the came. Still that night I kicked everyone else from my boat, not interested in such things happens again. Some research Ive done on the account of my "friend reveals the fact" that he was zweilichtige gesindel kind of shadowy criminal, if you got me. Later, some people stop by to learn what happened to their teammate. I told them the truth, that we were atacked by swarm of Sea wolves and that their friend died in heroic attempt to save my life...well they didnt looked amused, but at least they let me alive. And Ive cathed the oportunity by the neck and offered them my services. Well until then, I bacame part of this "Zweilichtige bussiness", usualy using my abilities to prepare teams cover for the entrance of secured places, providing disguises, IDs and such things. Since, some of the people I was working with were not as good as they told me, and they get catched, Im rather still on the move, cruising coastal waters of Baltic sea, working mostly in free Hanza cities...or Tricity area, how they call this theese days.
My Johnson told me that you have an auftrag...so here I am.

Name: Joachim Brenner
Alias: Bypass
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Nationality: Hamburgh
Lifestyle (Total LP: 10, 2000/mnth):

Comforts	Entertainment	Necessities	Neighborhood	Security
1	2	4	1	2

Positive Qualities
Workplace
Escape tunnel

Negative Qualities
Crash Pad
Trgger-Happy Landlord
Lax Security

Karma Spent: 0
Physical Description: Tall, thin man in mid twenties, nervously looking over the shoulder from time to time. Short dark hair, most the time colored. Usually wearing  street clotches, jeans ant T-shirt, with logos of Tekken 2072, Sahara Soldier, Shadowrun MMORPG, Gamers Unite network and such, while on the job, he is wearing actioneers bussines clotches.
He is quite social, but he is even able to slip into the matrix, wheyn he is tlaking to you, sudenly disrupting your sentence with: "Hey, I ve just read, that...", quoting some media statements, commenting events, global news and such. He is also diving into VR on every oportunity, where the surroundig is calm and he has the place to sit.

Attributes

Body	Agility	Reaction	Strength
3	3/+2=5	3/+1=4	2/+2=4
Charisma	Intuition	Logic	Willpower
3	4	5	3
Edge	Essence	Initiative
3	2,15	8 / 2IP, Matrix 10/ 5IP

Positive Qualities
Analytical Mind
Black market pipeline - SW
Phographic memory
Speed reading

Negative Qualities
Media Junkie (Severe)
Paranoid
Addiction (Mild, Hotsim)

Active Skills

Hacking Skill Group	4
Computer (Edit)	5(7)
Data Search	4
Con	2
Etiquette	2
Forgery	4
Perception	2
Pistols(SemiAutomatics)	4(6)
Disguise	3
Gymnastics	2

Knowledge Skills ( [Logic + Intuition] x 3 free points)

Hangouts (Shadowruner)	3
Security Procedures	4
Matrix Theory	3
LAW	3
Matrix Games	4

Language Skills

German	N
English	4
Polish	3
Russian	3

Cyber/Bioware

Cyberware	Essence	Cost	Notes
Commlink	0,2	2000¥	See bellow
Math SPU	0,15	4000¥	+2 Math and cryptoanalitic rolls
Hot Sim module	0,2	5000¥	+1 matrix inc, +2 IP, +2 VR actions
Sim module booster	0,5	65000¥	+1IP AR/VR
Muscle replacement 2	2	10000¥	+1STR/AGI
Wired reflexes 1	2	11000¥	+1 RE, +1 IP (physical)

Cybereyes r.3

0,4

1000¥

Microscopic Vision, Vision Enhancement r.3, Flare Compensation, Smartlink, Image Link/Recorder, Vision Magnification

Commlinks

Fairlight Caliban	R4(5)/S5	Response Upgrade 5, Simsense accelerator, Optimization (Exploit)
System	5
Firewall	5

Programs

Program	Rating	Notes
Armor	5	Crashguard, Ergonomic
Attack	5	Targeting
Biofeedback filter	5

Crashguard

Black Hammer	5	Targeting
Data Bomb	5	Pavlov
Decrypt	3
Exploit	5	Mute, Ergonomic
Defuse	5
Medic	4	Ergonomic
Sniffer	5
Stealth	5	Crashguard, Ergonomic
ECCM	5	Crashguard
Analyze	5	Ergonomic, Viral resistance 6
Browse	5
Edit	5
Encrypt	5	Crashguard, Ergonomic
Reality filter	5	Ergonomic
Scan	5	Ergonomic
Emotion software	3	+3 social tests
Facial recognition SW	3

Gear

"Anansie" - Walther Secura Compact (5P -1)	2200¥	Smartgun, Personalized Grip(+1RC), Silencer, Gecko Grip, Smartgun camera Ultrasound
Hiden arm gun slide	350¥
36 x Stick`n`Shock rounds	288¥	3x spare clip
36 x Regular ammo	72¥	2x spare clip
Chemsuit r. 5	500¥
3x Stimulant patch r.4	300¥
3x Nanopaste disguises (small)	1500¥
3x Fake License r.4	1200¥	prepared for edit
Street Clotches	15¥
Actioneer bussines clotches (5/3)	1200¥

Contacts

Contact		C/L
Mr. Smith		3/2
Radical (Nachtmachen)		2/2

Build Point totals:  400BP = 180(Stats) + 156(Skillz) +-0(Q)+ 9(Contacts)+45(Res)

Title: Re: Joachim "Bypass" Brenner
Post by: Glyph on <04-24-11/0246:23>

I would not take the liar flaw.  A shifty, untrustworthy-looking character is great from a roleplaying standard, but the negative quality is poorly written, and the way it works mechanically is crippling.

Title: Re: Joachim "Bypass" Brenner
Post by: Sichr on <04-24-11/0426:36>

Hm...
I thing it is little harsh for 5BP, but hey, Ill take the challenge.
How many times you can roll 1

:O

Title: Re: Joachim "Bypass" Brenner
Post by: Operator on <04-24-11/0442:08>

Actually, a better question would be to ask "How long can you go without rolling a 1?"

It's incredibly harsh and doesn't offer an inherent means to counteract the supposed lying. Buyer beware.

Title: Re: Joachim "Bypass" Brenner
Post by: Sichr on <04-24-11/0459:22>

Quote from: Operator on <04-24-11/0442:08>

Actually, a better question would be to ask "How long can you go without rolling a 1?"

It's incredibly harsh and doesn't offer an inherent means to counteract the supposed lying. Buyer beware.

Yup, Ive readed that. Like I say, it is quite powerfull for the 5 BP`s. Well Ill rtry to play that, and if it turns too cripling. Ill remove it with karma, it is 10 karma points to do it. We had a discussion with one of my friends, we came to the conclusion that it should lead to ostrakization of your character and even sometimes you may be driven to kill someone who is cripling your reputation with blasphemous rumours. But, the way it affects your relationship with Contacts may be very stressfull..