You guys had such great advice on my last character - thought I'd run this guy through the ringer
Real Name: Edward Shipley
Alias/Fake SINs: Edward Friday (rating 4)
Jeff Bailey (rating 4)
Walter Neff (rating 4)
Charlie "Doghouse" Riley (rating 4)
Character Type: Face/Former Go-Ganger
Physical Description:
Hair: Dirty blond/cut short, side-part/lots of product
Eyes: Unnaturally blue
Height: 1.78 m
Weight: 70 kg
Age: 22
Distinguishing features: light scar runs from just above his right eye to his jaw, good smile, always dresses like a 40’s pulp character – suits/ties/fedoras/suspenders. Smokes, uses a Zippo. Wears a St. Anthony medal (saint of things that are lost) around his neck. Under his clothing he has a tattoo in his upper arm of a spade (glows green), his whole back has a tattoo of the Virgin Mary with her arms held out looking welcoming, under which are the names of his gang mates who died in the Vory attack. The names glow red.
Lifestyle: High (3 months prepaid) as Walter Neff - Sonohomish
Low (3 months prepaid) as Edward Friday - Everett
Low (3 months prepaid) as Jeff Bailey - Redmond
ATTRIBUTES (200bp):
Bod 3
Agi 4
Rea 3 (4)
Str 2
Cha 4
Int 4
Log 3
Wil 3
Edg 4
Essence: 2.8
QUALITIES:
Trustworthy (Con +1) : -5
School of Hard Knocks: -5
First Impression: -5
Photographic Memory: - 10
Distinct Style (40’s Pulp Dress/Speech): +5
Prejudiced (Outspoken/Russians): +10
Flashbacks (the loss of his eye): Uncommon +5
Phobia: Autophobia (Fear of being alone) Mild: +5
Addiction: Mild (Sleeping Pills) :+5
ACTIVE SKILLS: (124)
Stealth Skill Group 3
- Disguise
- Infiltration
- Palming
- Shadowing
Influence Skill Group 3
- Con (+1 from trustworthy)
- Etiquette
- Leadership
- Negotiation
Auto Mechanic 1
Blades (Knives) 4 (6)
Data Search 2
Dodge 1
Perception 3
Pilot Groundcraft (Bikes) 2 (4)
Unarmed Combat 3
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS:
Interest: Pulp Novels/Film Noir 3
Interest: Catholicism 2
Professional: Security Designs 3
Street: Seattle Street Gangs 5
Street: Security Companies 2
Street: Street Rumors 3
Street: Runner Hangouts 3
Street: Runner Teams 3
Street: Underworld Politics 2
Languages:
English N
Japanese (from soft) 3
Cantonese (from soft) 3
Spanish (from soft) 3
German (from soft) 3
Arabic (from soft) 3
COMMLINK:
Internal Fairlight Caliban + novatech navi + subvocal mic (Response 4, Signal 5, Firewall 6, System 4)
Programs: Analyze 4, Browse 4, Command 2, Edit 4, Encrypt 2
Renraku Sensei + Iris Orb (no changes)
Programs: Analyze 3, Browse 3, Command 1, Edit 3
CYBERWARE:
Headware:
Commlink (Fairlight Caliban) - .2 Essence
Datajack - .1 Essence
Bodyware:
Wired Reflexes 1 - 2 Essence
Tailored Pheromones Rating - .4 Essence
Eyeware (Basic Cybereyes 2): . 3 Essence
- Vision Enhancement rating 2
- Vision Magnification
- Low-Light Vision
Earware (Basic Cyberears 1) .3 Essence
- Audio Enhancement rating 2
- Spatial Recognizer
WEAPONS:
Yamaha Pulsar (taser) and quick draw holster
- 10 "clips" Regular Ammo
Rancor Sting (hold-out pistol)
- Hidden Arm Slide
- 5 spare clips of flechette
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Berretta 200st (Light pistol)
- Concealable holster
- 10 clips of regular ammo
- 5 clips of stick-n-shock ammo
Morrissey Alta (Heavy Pistol)
-Concealable holster
- 10 clops of regular ammo
- 5 clips of stick-n-shock - ammo
5x Ceramic Blades
2x Cougar Fineblade - short
2x Vibroblade
Hardliner Gloves
Shock Gloves
GEAR:
Fake SIN – Edward Friday rating 4
Fake SIN – Jeff Baily rating 4
Fake SIN – Walter Neff rating 4
Fake SIN – Charles “Doghouse” Rilley rating 4
2x License – Ceramic Knives (ownership) rating 4 (Edward/Jeff)
2x License – Cougar Blades (ownership) rating 4 (Edward/Jeff)
2x License – Vibro Blades (ownership) rating 4 (Edward/Jeff)
2x License – Shock gloves (ownership) rating 4 (Edward/Jeff)
2x License - Sting (ownership/conceal and carry) rating4 (Edward/Jeff)
2x License – Berrettaa 200st (ownership/conceal and carry) rating 4 (Edward/Jeff)
2x License – Morrissey Alta (ownership/conceal and carry) rating 4 (Edward/Jeff)
2x Mortimer of London Suit Jacket (40’s style, one black, one light grey)
2x Mortimer of London Dinner Jacket (40’s style, one black, one white)
2x Mortimer of London Trousers (40’s style, one black, one light grey)
2x Mortimer of London Shirt (button up, french cuff, one white, one light blue)
Armor Vest
Camouflage Suit
Docwagon Contract – gold
maglock sequencer rating 4,
maglock passkey rating 4
10x Laes cigarettes, 10x Scent masking cigarettes
Facial Recognition software 3
2x Expendable Direction Jammers rating 3
Linguasofts Rating 3 (Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, German, Arabic)
Slap Patches (3x Trauma, 10x stim patches rating 3)
Tag Eraser
CONTACTS (Loy/Con):
Fuels Hernandez (gang member - bloody moutain boys) 5/3
Fisher (Taxi Driver) 3/3
Robin Red Breast (Street Shaman/Bartender) 4/2
The Leprechaun (Gnome Fixer) 2/3
Johnny Three Legs (Rockabilly musician/Hacker) 2/2
Officer Whit Sterling (KE Beat Cop) 1/1
Alvin “Fuels” Hernandez - Gang Member. Fuels and Edward were in the Spades together. After they were wiped out by the Vory, Fuels found protection in the Bloody Mountain Boys in Redmond. He is now a mid-level lieutenant (or whatever they are called) with them. Still calls Edward “Cuts.”
Fisher - Taxi Driver. Late 40’s, human, soft spot for Edward (an obviously messed up kid). When Edward wants to get around for an evening, he calls Fisher and pays the man well for his services.
Robin Red Redbreast - Street Shaman/Bartender. Ex-girlfriend. The two have a love/hate relationship. They sort of hate each other but can’t let the other one out of their lives. Robin tends bar at a dive in Everett, does ritual magic and enchanting on the side.
The Leprechaun - Fixer. Gnome Fixer who operates out of a diner in Everett.
Johnny Three Legs - Musician/Hacker. His band regularly plays Robin’s bar although they have been growing more popular and landing gigs in Touristville. When is not playing electronic stand-up bass, J3L does hacking for a price. Has a mild addiction to BTLs.
Officer Jack Stevens – Beat Cop. Newbie beat cop for Knight Errant. Works Sonohomish and knows Edward by his Walter Neff alias. This is a relatively new contact that Edward is working to improve.
Background
Edward Shipley was just another poor kid born in the Redmond Barrens and probably would have stayed that way if a series of unfortunate twists had not moved him into the shadow life. His father was never in the picture and his mother, a devote Catholic, was a Stuffer Shack employee who worked hard to make ends meet. She died of particularly gruesome para-virus when Edward was nine and for a while he spent time living on the streets. Edward would most likely have starved to death if the 206th Street Spades, a small fourth-tier go-gang that had carved out a few blocks in Northeast Redmond, hadn’t taken him in. Over the next six years Edward (or Cuts as he was called because of his fondness for knives) ran with the Spades, mostly selling BTL chips and charging “tolls” for passage through the neighborhood, although he noticed he had a natural at conning people. It was also at this time that Edward was introduced to old pulp novels/noir trids as the gang’s leader, Unleaded Phil, was a huge fan of the genre.
When Edward was fifteen, Unleaded Phil was “removed” as head of the Spades and replaced by Nails Boyle. Not content with a few blocks worth of turf, Nails decided that the Spades needed to up their influence. Unfortunately, Nails thought his bite was as big as his bark. He was proven dead wrong when stepping on the wrong toes of some Vory members. The result was swift and decisive, in one attack the Spades were crushed under the Russian mafia’s boots. Edward, having lost an eye, and a buddy Alvin “Fuels” Hernandez managed to make it out of the slaughter. While Fuels moved gangs, Edward knew he had to get out of Redmond.
Edward started squatting in Everett/Sonohomish, barely making a living by running small cons (whatever the 2060s version of “the shell game” is) and stealing. However, he was plagued by flashbacks of the Vory attack and started using sleeping pills to get to sleep. Again Edward’s natural skills caught the attention of someone - Becker, a retired conman/face. Becker helped Edward learn the more refined ways of being a Face in the world of the shadows i.e. hearing rumors, different types of etiquette, where to find back alley cyberdocs, etc.
It was during this time, that Edward started adopting the mannerisms and dress of a pulp character. A psychologist would probably say that Edward, now going by the last name Friday, had created this persona to deal with the trauma he had experienced in his life but Edward is no psychologist. In times of great stress, the façade will slip and Edward will go back to sounding like a go-ganger from Redmond.
In 2070, runners, settling an old score, killed Becker and Edward was left a small chunk of money. Edward used the funds to set up his various IDs and lifestyles as well as get decently augmented (he replaced both eyes but kept the scar). Since Becker’s death, Edward has developed a mild case of Autophobia, a fear of being alone. He spends his nights out and about, moving and shaking, picking up women or crashing at acquaintances’ places, so that he won’t have to be by himself at any time. When he does spend nights alone, he’ll do it at his High Lifestyle apartment, which he keeps under the name Walter Neff. He never brings people to this place.
Edward Friday has a lot of repressed issues, but he is not dealing with them any time soon. Right now he is content to make a living working the shadows.
