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Title: Blitz - Ork Mercenary
Post by: Crash_00 on <11-14-11/2019:41>

Name: Elliot Conner
Alias: Blitz
Race: Ork
Sex: Male
Nationality: UCAS
Lifestyle: Squatter
Karma Spent: 0
Physical Description: Blitz is an average sized ork, meaning he's
bigger than all but the bulkiest humans out there. He's got a green tinge
to his skin and prominent tusks making it impossible for him to pass for
human. His face is what most people think or with the word ork: Scrunched,
battered, and ugly. His eyes are a murky brown and his nose has been
broken half a dozen times leaving it to look more like a lump of clay than
anything salvagable.

Blitz keeps his head shaved as he always did in the military. When out in
public he'll toss on a a set of vendor clothes, or his Syngergist suit if
its a special occasion. For hot spots he'll either throw on his old Camo
Jacket for minor trouble or his full military armor for a major incident.
Between his training and the suits ruthenium coating, Blitz seems to
dissapear in a blink when wearing the assault armor. With the Chameleon
System off, the suit is painted in a Night Urban Camo pattern.

Personality/background Blitz has spent the past eight years serving
with MET2000 in [Classified]. Two weeks ago a [Classified] went south and
left him stranded and alone in enemy territory. The mercenary corporation
never sent any forces to meet at the backup extraction point, so Blitz was
on his own. Assuming that MET2000 had written him off as an expendable
asset and assumed his death, Blitz managed to sneak onto an enemy
[Classified] and escape at the first unsecured port. He's has since made
his way back home to Seattle. He tried to work a bartending gig in Redmond
but it just didn't feel right, so he's looking for more serious work now.

While serving with MET2000, Blitz was part of the [Classified] squad. They
were sent in for recon missions in which "good" news would need an
immediate assault team. Blitz played a simple weapons support roll on the
team, but also served as a backup demo expert and a secondary medic.

Attributes

Body	Agility	Reaction	Strength
6	5(7)	3(5)	6(8 )
Charisma	Intuition	Logic	Willpower
2	3	4	4
Edge	Magic/Resonance	Essence	Initiative
2	--	2.2	6(8 )

Positive Qualities
Restricted Gear: Military Armor
Negative Qualities
Records on File: MET2000
Neurological Complete Reduced Smell
Addiction: Mild (Betel)
SINner

Active Skills

Athletic Skill Group	4
Automatics	4(5)
Blades	4
Demolitions	4
First Aid	4
Heavy Weapons	4
Infiltration	6
Perception	3

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

Military Tactics	3
Ambush Tactics (Urban +2)	2
Milspec Equipment	2
Trauma Wounds (Ballistic +2)	2
Instrumental Metal	3

Language Skills

English	N
Military Sign	3
Sign Language	2
Spanish	2

Cyber/Bioware

Cyberware	Essence	Cost	Notes
Wired Reflexes 2	3	32,000¥	+2 REA/+2 IP
Attention Coprocessor 3	.3	9,000¥	+3 Per
Bioware	Essence	Cost	Notes
Muscle Toner 2	.2	16,000¥	+2 Agi
Muscle Aug 2	.2	14,000¥	+2 Str
Ref. Recorder	.05	10,000¥	+1 Automatics
PuSHeD	.05	15,000¥	+ Log Skills

Gear (124,000¥)
Commlink (23,750)
-Singularity Battle Buddy
-Custom OS  //Firewall 6, System 5
-Rating 3 Agent
-Basic User+ Software
-Scan 3
-Attack, Sniffer, Track 3
Lifestyle (500)
-Squatter 1 month
A/V Enhancements (1870)
-Contacts 3
--Vision Enhancement 3, Vision Magnification, Image Link, Skinlink
-Earbuds 2
--Spatial Recognizer, Audio Enhancement 3, Skinlink
-Glasses
--Thermographic, Flare Comp, Smartlink, Skinlink
Drugs (135)
-40 sticks of Betel Gum
-6 Doses of NoPaint
-3 Doses of Hurlg (Homemade Jug)
Professional Gear(930)
-Medkit 6
-Chisel
-Glasscutter
-Wireclippers
-10 Scent Masking Cigs
-Black Zippo
-Tag Eraser
Grenades (1555)
-12 Mini-Flashbangs
-12 Mini-Frags
-12 Mini-HE
-12 Mini-IR Smoke
-4 Alpha GL Clips
Weapons + Armor Suit (95,260)
AVC 7.62
RC: Normal- 3(6) Armored- 7(10) //Parenthesis is unsuppressed
[Firing Mod (Small), Integral Sound Suppressor,
Chameloen Coating, Sling]
ACC: Gas Vent III, Ext. Smartlink, Device Mount (Area Jammer 4)
100 rounds of EX-exp
90 rounds of Subsonic
100 rounds of Flechette
6 clips

Ares Alpha
RC: Normal- 8  Armored- 12
[Personalized Grip, High Velocity, Chameleon Coating,
Extended Clip, Sling]
ACC: Gas Vent III, Ext. Smartlink
110 Ex-exp Rounds
110 Normal Rounds
4 Clips

Nodachi
[Personalized Grip, Chameleon Coating, Gecko Grip,
Custom Look 2, Skinlink]
Damage (Str 8 ): 8P (10P Armored)

Survival Knife
[Personalized Grip, Chameleon Coating, Gecko Grip,
Skinlink, Low-Light Flashlight]
ACC: Stealth RFID

Ares Crusader
RC: Normal: 2(4) Armored 6(8) //Parenthesis is unsuppressed
[Peronalized Grip, Chameleon Coating, Sound Suppressor]
ACC: Smartlink
100 SnS rounds
2 Clips

Full Form-fit

Synergist Suit
-Shirt
-Pants
-LongCoat
[DA Coating]
15/6 (12/5 encumbrance) Armor with Formfit

Globetrotter Camoflauge Jacket "Urban"
-Massaging Liners
[DA Coating]
15/7 (12/6 encumbrance) Armor with Formfit

Heavy Military Armor
[Ruthernium Polymer Coating, Gyromount, Strength Upgrade 3, Hydraulic
Jacks 6, Thermal Dampening 6, Non-Conductivity 6, Shock Frills, Skinlink]
Military Helmet
[Motion Sensor , Radio Signal Scanner 6, Ultrawideband Radar 4,
Camera 6: Ultrasound, Vision Magnification, Flare Comp.]
Armor: 18/16

Build Point totals:  400= 200 Atts + 10 Edge + 44 Gear
+ 20 Orc + 5 P.Qual. + 156 Skills - 35

*I know the commlink is far more than he would most likely need, but War seemed to imply it was the norm for a basic infantryman.
*He has no contacts because he just made it into town after eight years. A lot has changed and he hasn't managed to find any of his old buddies. Probably dead given the average ganger or runners lifespan these days.

Title: Re: Blitz - Ork Mercenary
Post by: Katrex on <11-15-11/0413:48>

For the most part looks solid. I'd only be wary about the number of points youve invested on what you will find to be redundant skills. First off you i've found you never end up unsing athletics anyway near as much as you'd think. Given your high physical stats one rank in it would be enough, Or instead just 4 points in gymastics. Likewise i personaly would drop a weapon skill.
I would drop heavy weapon and drop athletics to 1 rank, and take cyber combat and codeslinger attack quality

But its a solid build and it would work as you have it, Having someone who can snipe is always nice, though i'm used to leaving really heavy fire to drone suport, and having my street sams use automatics, hence why I woud drop overlapping and ususaly unused skills and take a secondary role, Ie hacking. You could go for the hot sim cyber combat role so that when your main hacker gets in trouble you can take the heat and do some damage.

Title: Re: Blitz - Ork Mercenary
Post by: UmaroVI on <11-15-11/0714:21>

I think you're mostly fine aside from the issues (eg, ovepriced commlink) that you already mentioned. Minor points I would suggest:

Synthacardium, but you might be planning on picking that up later. If it's worth 40 bp to get Athletics 4, it's worth 6 to get +3 to Athletics.

Even Willpower makes me sad.

Right now, you are not getting your money's worth out of Blades because even if someone is right up in your face, you're better off shooting them than fighting with a sword, and your nodachi is less concealable than your AR, while your knife is less concealable than your machine pistol. Martial arts (specifically, Two-Weapon Style) could give you a reason to melee. Otherwise I would drop it for Unarmed, since that is easier to apply to melee defense and gives you more utility (ie, you can't be disarmed and have Subdue as an option).

The Ares Crusader is strictly worse than the B&P MP-9.

You have a lot of the trap grenade options. Get chem grenades and white phosphorus.

Why no battle rifle? The Ares HVBR is really good, and you have a good reason to use it.

Title: Re: Blitz - Ork Mercenary
Post by: JustADude on <11-15-11/1055:35>

Quote from: UmaroVI on <11-15-11/0714:21>

*SNIP

Martial arts (specifically, Two-Weapon Style) could give you a reason to melee. Otherwise I would drop it for Unarmed, since that is easier to apply to melee defense and gives you more utility (ie, you can't be disarmed and have Subdue as an option).

*SNIP

One might also suggest taking some Martial Arts even if going Unarmed. Boxing would make sense for a soldier, as might Krav Maga (for a more spec-ops feel), and/or Wrestling.