Glad to have been chosen! The only face and decker I see... Seems like pretty important roles to leave to a first timer, eheh. I'll do my best, someone just tell me if I'm doing anything wrong and don't be afraid to give general advice. Do you want me to roll for my own starting money or will you do that? In fact, how will you handle rolling?
Runner Name: Shrike
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Metatype: Elf
It's been a few years now since Shrike's life was thrown in a hole. He used to be a security spider with some fairly major corporation, though he won't say which or even where and prefers that no one asks. That was until he just happened to be framed. He found something during his job, something big the corp didn't want out. Yet Shrike got too curious and looked anyway, next thing he knew he found 1mil nuyen sitting in his account and an extremely blatant trail saying he had stolen it from his own corp.
They were fast to act, putting a warrant on his SIN and sending Shrike on the run. He managed to hold on to some of the money before his bank account was locked, turning his framed crime into a real one. Yet, without the knowledge of how to live in the shadows he was left hiding and wandering the streets. Then he met Zack, a fixer who “relieved” Shrike of what money he had held onto and gave him a new life. A fake SIN to move around with; new eyes, arms, face, and even voice to hide his previous identity; a run down apartment he himself could barely find at times; and a new Cyberdeck to get work. Now he's like anyone else in this forsaken world: taking whatever odd job Zack gives him, his outlook gloomier each and every day.
~STATS~
Attributes:
-Bod: 3/6
-Agi: 3/7
-Rea: 3/6
-Str: 1/6
-Wil: 3/6
-Log: 6/6
-Int: 4/6
-Cha: 6/8
-Edge: 2/6
Essence: 4.5
Initiative: 7+1d6
Limits:
-Mental: 7
-Physical: 3
-Social: 7
Condition Monitors:
-Physical: 10
-Stun: 10
-Overflow: 3
~QUALITIES~
Positive:
-Bilingual. Shrike had to become fluent in Japanese as part of his former job, leaving him bilingual in both English and Japanese.
-Codeslinger, Hack on the Fly. Shrike vastly prefers the stealth approach to hacking, finding brute force unrefined and without style. He's trained hard to this end, pushing his hacking on the fly abilities as high as they can go.
Negative:
-Code of Honor. Shrike has vowed to do no harm to innocents (defined as those who have not committed crimes or raised arms against him), both in the physical world and the Matrix. In the real world this means he will not kill any innocent, while in the Matrix he will not hack any icons owned by an innocent for personal profit or fun. As an example, he may hack into a bank to retrieve a file or disable security at a physical location that's targeted for a run, however will not steal any money while he is in their systems.
-Prejudiced, Outspoken Against Technomancers. Oh, you think you're so fancy dontcha? Able to hack with your MIND like some kind of magician, no offense to the real magicians out there. Well look here, this is a deck. It costs more than your body's worth pal, though maybe not that fancy mind of yours. You ever checked to see how much Technomancer brains go for? Lots of people wanting to find out how you tick... I suggest you keep that gun to your side, boy, and those sprites away from my deck. A few inches higher and an accident might just be waiting.
-SINner, UCAS. Shrike used to live a normal, SINful life. His UCAS SIN is a remnant of those days, though he never uses it anymore due to the arrest warrant tied to it. If he did, it's likely he'd find himself brought to "justice" before he could even take a step. With the prevalence of biometrics, Shrike rightfully turned paranoid at hiding his old identity. As part of Zack’s “new life package”, Shrike had his natural eyes removed and replaced with cybereyes to change his retina, his old hands chopped off to remove his fingerprints, had a voice modulator installed to subtly change the tone and inflections of his voice to defeat voice identification, and even underwent plastic surgery to disguise his face. To top it off, he doesn't tell anyone his old name, almost forgetting it himself.
~SKILLS~
Active:
-Con 5
-Cybercombat 5
-Electronic Warfare 4
-Electronics Group 5
--Computer
--Hardware
--Software
-Etiquette 5
-Hacking 6
-Negotiation 5
-Pistols 3
-Perception 3
Street Knowledge:
-Security Companies 3
Professional Knowledge:
-Corporate Security 3
-Matrix Security 5
Interest Knowledge:
-Cyberdeck Maintenance 3
Language:
-English Native
-Japanese Native
-Sperethiel 3
-Or'zet 3
~GEAR~
Available Cash: 5225
Weapons:
-Survival Knife
-Defiance EX Shocker
--Internal Smartgun System
--Concealable Holster
-Colt America L36
--Internal Smartgun System
--3 Spare Clips
-Ares Predator V
--Quick Draw Holster
--2 Spare Clips
-10 Taser Darts
-50 Regular Light Pistol Ammo
-50 Regular Heavy Pistol Ammo
Clothing:
-Auctioneer Business Clothes
-Armor Jacket
-Lined Coat
Cyberdeck:
-Sony CIY-720
--Common Programs
---Browse
---Configurator
---Edit
---Encryption
---Signal Scrub
---Toolbox
---Virtual Machine
--Hacking Programs
---Armor
---Baby Monitor
---Biofeedback Filter
---Blackout
---Decryption
---Defuse
---Demolition
---Exploit
---Fork
---Guard
---Hamer
---Lockdown
---Mugger
---Shell
---Sneak
---Stealth
---Track
---Wrapper
--Agents
---Agent 4, Nickname: Sentry
Electronics:
-Data Tap
-Tag Eraser
-Gold Certified Credstick (Empty)
IDs:
-Fake SIN 4: Tashima Navara. Used for everyday activities and for his normal life.
--Licenses
---Firearms License 4
---Concealed Carry License 4
---Smartgun License 4
---Matrix Security License 4
-Fake SIN 4: Rayth Ranthos. Used for shadier activities best left off his clean record.
--Licenses
---Firearms License 4
---Concealed Carry License 4
---Smartgun License 4
---Matrix Security License 4
Misc Gear:
-Biomonitor
-Medkit 3
-2 Trauma Patches
Augmentations:
-3 Datajacks. One each for his deck and gun when wireless is too noisy or unsafe and one for hacking a device directly.
-Voice Modulator 1, not meant to impersonate people but rather disguise his own voice.
-Cyberyeyes 2
--Flare Compensation
--Image Link
--Low Light Vision
--Smartlink
--Thermographic Vision
-Obvious Left Cyberhand
-Obvious Right Lower Cyberarm
--Cyberarm Slide, holding Colt America L36
--Large Smuggling Compartment, holding one spare clip for Colt America L36
Lifestyle:
-Low, 2 months
--Difficult to find
~MATRIX~
Matrix Name: FireBird
Matrix Icon: Phoenix
Mark Icon: Talon scratch marks
AR Initiative: 7+1d6
VR Initiative (Cold): Data Processing+4+3d6
VR Initiative (Hot): Data Processing+4+4d6
Default Configuration:
-Attributes (7654)
--Attack: 4
--Data Processing: 6
--Firewall: 7
--Sleaze: 5
-Programs (4)
--Agent 4 (Sentry), running constant Matrix Perception tests for icons that are running silent. If Sentry gets a hit, he’ll alert Shrike and attempt to find the icon(s).
--Encryption
--Sneak
--Wrapper (with all icons set to their alternates as listed below)
Default PAN:
All other devices he carries have wireless disabled if they are not in his PAN or stated otherwise.
-Master: Sony CIY-720 Cyberdeck (Wrapper Disguise: A standard commlink)
-Slaves (9/12)
--Survival Knife (Wrapper Disguise: A ring on one of his talons)
--Defiance EX Shocker (Wrapper Disguise: A ring on one of his talons)
--Colt America L36 (Wrapper Disguise: A ring on one of his talons)
--Ares Predator V (Wrapper Disguise: A ring on one of his talons)
--Biomonitor
--Datajack
--Smartlink
--Cyberarm Slide
--Large Smuggling Compartment
~CONTACTS~
Fixer: Zack
Connections: 5
Loyalty: 2
Zack was the one who picked Shrike back off his feet after he was framed by his former employers. Or rather, he "suggested" that Shrike become a Shadowrunner due to his skills, offering a new life if he were to accept. With little choice Shrike did, and despite some mistrust between them there's no denying Shrike would probably be rotting in a cell or dead in a ditch if not for Zack. While he carries no debt thanks to handing over what money he had held on to, Shrike prefers to stick with Zack as his fixer as why change what's not broken? Zack has numerous connections after all and while the trust between them could be better, it's no worse than starting all over with someone else.
Decker: Ruby
Connections: 2
Loyalty: 5
A friend of Shrike's since before he was framed and lost his prior life, and indeed the only he has managed to hold on to in his new life in the shadows. The story of Shrike meeting Ruby is interesting: he met her when she attempted to, unsuccessfully, hack into his corp-issued Cyberdeck. As he always runs his Sentry agent he already had eyes on her before she even started her hack, tracing her in the real world to a nearby alley. What he found surprised him: a starving homeless girl who couldn't be more than 13 years old, working on a cyberdeck built from what looked to be scrap dug out of a dumpster. She was near-frantically stealing the bank information of anyone who passed by, then transferring a single nuyen from each account. Not enough to draw attention, just enough for her to continue surviving. Acknowledging her natural talent and pitying her desperate situation, he helped her get off her feet and for a period of time let her live with him, turning a blind eye to her hacking adventures. Fortunately, she moved out months before Shrike was framed. Now it's rare the two meet in person, but they maintain contact over the Matrix as close friends.
Corporate Security Spider: Michael Adams
Connections:: 3
Loyalty: 1
Shrike doesn't trust Michael, and he's not sure Michael trusts him either. Michael was a fellow spider Shrike knew over the Matrix from while he still worked his former job as a spider himself. After he was framed Michael claimed that he believed Shrike's claims of innocence. The two have never met in person, if they had Shrike would have severed all connections. As it is, he keeps Michael at arm's length, though so far Michael hasn't attempted to trace Shrike's location and turn him in. Still, sometimes Shrike needs to know information about a corporate security system neither Zack nor Ruby can get him. It's at those times he contacts Michael, albeit through several layers of encryption and a heavily bounced connection.
Fixer: Joker
Connections: 2
Loyalty: 1
A mysterious new fixer, Shrike has never met him in person. His erratic, carefree attitude does little to earn Shrike's trust, yet it seems he has little choice but to continue listening.
~KARMA~
Available: 0
Log:
-Starting (25)
-Codeslinger (-10)
-Bilingual (-5)
-Code of Honor (15)
-Prejudiced (5)
-SINner (5)
-Body 1->3 (-25)
-Edge 1->2 (-10)
-New Contact: Joker 2/1 (Free)
