I'll start off with the background story on Moto
[spoiler=Character Background]
Yoshiro Nakahara was born in Neo-Tokyo to reasonably well-to-do parents, considering his heritage. Despite having the majority of humans looking down (literally and figuratively) on him and the rest of the Koborokuru population of the Japanese Imperial State, Yoshiro managed to prosper in the State schooling system. Earning a reputation as something of a prodigy student, the young dwarf was enrolled at a prestigious Neo-Tokyo university with backing from a privately funded think tank at only 15 years of age.
Graduating with honors at only 21 years of age with bachelors degrees in chemistry and computer science, masters degrees in materials science and artificial intelligence, a civil engineering degree in mechanical engineering, and a doctorate in robotics, Yoshiro was quickly snapped up by the megacorp subsidiary Mitsuhama Automatronics, where he would spend the next few years working for their R&D department. During his employment, he received several cyberware and bioware implants to further enhance his value to the company.
During a routine excursion to the Mitsuhama-Benget Mining aquacology in the Sea of Japan, Yoshiro was severely traumatized when an exterior pressure door malfunctioned and water quickly began flooding the airlock he and his team were in. Maintenance techs were on-site almost immediately but were unable to open the internal door due to safety protocols, and helplessly stood by and watched as the dwarf jacked in to the airlock himself. After several minutes, despite suffering from early stages of hypothermia by the now chest-high (for the dwarf) water levels, Yoshiro managed to override the faulty mechanism and close the outer door which allowed the inner door to open, saving not only himself but his two fellow researchers. Despite an outward calm, the experience shook him deeply and he spent months in therapy trying to overcome the fear of water the experience had left him with. He never visited an aquacology again nor spent any time on or in water, and dedicated the next few years of his life to work focusing on developing better matrix security protocols.
At age 26, after 5 years of frustration with restrictions placed on his research and boredom with the endless simulations and a lack of proper field tests of his designs, Yoshiro finally decided to end his employment with the company, and over a period of several months secretely arranged his own extraction. A daring night-time raid performed by shadowrunners hired at Yoshiro's own initiative took the corporate subsidiary by surprise, and the dwarf took some time travelling the world to enjoy his new-found freedom. Before long, however, he grew restless and settled down in Seattle hoping to elude his former superiors as well as their competitors.
With all of his savings and the funds he had appropriated during his escape, Yoshiro assumed a new identity and set up shop in Puyallup, focused on continuing his work without corporate interference this time. He decided to specialize in auto repair and modification, providing a cover for him to secretly work on improving his designs at his own pace and on his own time. Due in large part to his natural talents with machines the business flourished, and soon he was taking only the work he wanted without having to worry about bills.
Yoshiro soon realized that research and development was far more challenging than he had expected without the advanced and specialized equipment and near endless resources of a megacorporation at his disposal, and quickly came to the conclusion that he would need to expand his sphere of influence if he was to make any real progress. Opportunity came when a well connected client contacted him for an elaborate modification job; he performed the work beyond expectations, and asked for a a simple favor instead of the agreed upon sum of money as payment.
The client, a female Nordic Giant named Tora Halvardsdottir who went by the alias Valkyrie, was intrigued by the dwarfs proposal, and took it to one of her contacts in the shadows. Yoshiro assumed another fake identity and became Moto, Rigger Extraordinaire; he further customized his vehicle and extensively modified some of his utility drones with hardware and software of his own designs, and soon began working the shadows in earnest.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Character Description and current details]
Yoshio, now living under the name Kenji and going by the street name Moto, is a male Koborokuru of Japanese decent. Of average height and weight for his metatype, he is still concerned that his former corporate overlords is looking for him, and as such rarely ventures outside of his workshop except in the safety of his rigger enabled vehicle, preferring to interact with the world using one of his many drones. He also uses these drones to keep his property secure, maintaining constant surveillance and overwatch, with drones overlooking and patrolling the perimiter of his workshop 24/7.
Moto's native tongue is Japanese and while he does speak (albeit brokenly) a few other languages his ability to communicate with others can be somewhat lackluster.
Clients seeking to make use of his talents are at this point by referral only, though he will perform any repair jobs or modification work, no matter how exotic, as long as the client can provide payment and exotic parts, if needed.
Moto is driven by a thirst for knowledge and a curiosity that lends itself well to research and design. He thrives when challenged to come up with unusual designs, or when he comes across new and/or secret schematics during a run. Though he has yet to purposefully sabotage data to keep information to himself, he has on several occasions copied prototype schematics and state of the art research papers and applied them to his own research and development.
In spite of his rather significant academic knowledge, Moto is fairly closeted and prefers the company of his drones to other metahumans. He will often sleep in the safety of his rigger cocoon if and when he can sleep, eschewing such trivial pleasures as soft sheets and pillows as they allegedly "interferes with" his "creative process".[/spoiler]
In summary;
It's possible that other characters would have worked with Moto in the past, as he's worked as a wheelman and surveillance specialist for some years at this point.
PS:
Celtibero, I believe you're looking for the word "roster", as "rooster" refers to a male bird
