Ok, some background:
Kim was born 2054, as Kim Helene Kowacz, the first and only child to Heinrich Sebastian Kowacz and Marie Toussaint, one year before corporate power tried to wrestle Berlin free from anarchist control and in its wake divided Berlin again. Her parents being proud anarchists married and stayed in the city's alternative eastern part. Though she grew up in a no government environment, early childhood life holds sweet memories, mostly due to her father, who not only organized a lot in their neighborhood community - from schools to trash collection to dealing with other neighborhoods. On top of being a very charismatic, gentle person, he was also a brilliant storyteller, something she has inherited from him.
But the times keep changing. And things changed for the worse...
Late in the evening on the third November 2064 her father woke her up from sleep and told her that he loved her very much, that she should take good care of her mother and that she should always trust her instincts. The next morning, it's day two after Crash 2.0, he is gone, never to be seen again. Kim, at that time is ten years old.
His sudden disappearance heralded the decline of her immediate neighborhood that slowly but steadily got grounded between Vory, the New Islam Movement and anarchogangs that where ever looking for easy prey. Far worse however was her mothers fate. She had always been somewhat unstable, irritating in her behavior, but her husband acted as an anchor for her and so she was charming as ever most of the time. Without the stabilizing effect of her husband she slowly slipped back into the embrace of drugs and finally BTLs. Her decline didn't come fast though or without her trying to fight it, but in the end it was as unstoppable as it was slow. She enjoyed the company of the wrong men (she was charming and handsome after all), wallowed in self-pity (everything was her husbands fault), and finally tried to sell her daughter for sex to the same men whose company she should avoid - just for another shot.
Kim however spent the time since her fathers disappearance seeing his archievements getting eaten by a living nightmare. She rapidly became independent in the wake ofr her mothers slow decline (and realizing that whatever she did, it changed nothing). Left on her own in a city without laws, she stole what she could without getting caught, left alone that which might have caused too much troubles, conned and begged herself through the different neighborhoods, ran from the metahuman predators and survived through luck and skill - although the city had enough helpful souls that gave her that extra little bit of luck.
So when her mothers friends come that day, her mind and body are ready to take the next step and she fully awakes, she outsmarts them, outruns them, and finally brings a group of orc anarchists to beat the three would be rapists to death.
After that she confronted her mother who, so ashamed, fled the neighborhood, swearing to return once clean. It would be long till she saw her again, and the last time they spoke to each other.
From that day on she basically lived on the streets of eastern berlin. She grouped up with other Kids, lost her virginity to a handsome (and eventually not so reliable) punk boy somewhere along the way, she did some prostitution, when she needed money badly or to rob her tricks, either alone or with her "gang", she begged, relying on her skills and looks and a desperate look upon her face, she stole, getting very good at palming and shoplifting - without a gun, she even settled conflicts between rival gangs, worked as a decoy for her crew and her talents, both magical and mundane developed accordingly.
All in all she spent five years on the streets, doing everything to get by, not only becoming quite skilled in what she does, but also establishing a wide network of street level contacts (all in all she's got around 10 connections). She mostly stayed out of troubles, bared a few bruises and scars though there is a nonconsensual sex tape of her when she tried to trick a higher ranking Vory and failed... . Since then she tries not to get into organized crimes way.
Eventually she might have gotten deeper into organized crime, smuggling or might have left Berlin for greener grounds, but then she heard rumors about her mother.
It turned out her mother not only got somewhat sane again (and through all her drug abuse stayed charming and handsome) and made it to west Berlin where she had started to deal with corporate clientele, smuggling some of eastern Berlin's darker goods into corporate hands or even organizing weird parties for questionable tastes but also had a daughter from the end of her wild days, three years old, named Chloe.
Kim got somewhat overwhelmed by emotions and unable to (but also seeing no reason to) believe her mothers newfound sanity and given her at best shady trades she pulled some strings and kidnapped her own sister. Fearing her mothers revenge, she also plotted against her and lay open her business including orgies with unwilling subjects captured on the streets and rigid drug dealing. She meant for her to get caught or to die, but her mother did neither. Somehow she was able to flee Berlin, hiding somewhere, maybe plotting revenge.
Still she tried hard to take care of the little girl, doing rather honest work and moving to a small community block in a better area of eastern Berlin, full of alternatives but further away from the true melting pots. She realized she could probably get by without "honest work" (and probably could have done so before) and Chloe, who at first showed signs of constant neglect unbend and started to turn into a quiet but charming little girl that loved getting told stories. Of course it was too good to be true and not before long her sisters condition suddenly got worse. It turned out, her mothers drug abuse during pregnancy had left its marks upon her little sisters body. Unfortunately the crash had left the medical situation in alternative berlin even worse than before, and 8 years later even basic stuff was hard to get. In her desperation she turned to the Vory and one particular Boss, a bullnecked but surprisingly clever man named Nikolaj realized her talents (probably because of his mage advisor) and organized the necessary treatments in exchange for a few favors. Favors worth more than 50k Euros... . Shortly after, in 2072 corporate power took back the city and Berlin was united once again and Kim and her sister try to find their place in this new, ever-changing environment. Ordinary things like school system and even money (eastern berlin in its anti capitalistic state of mind relied heavily on barter trade) are somewhat new to her (and in a lesser extent to her sister) and so she struggles to get along.
She is still deep in debt to Nikolaj who makes good use of her talents (he is part loan shark, part fixer, part sadistic asshole) and he doesn't seem willing to let her get away easily. Only time can tell what will happen, once she pays the last rate.
Her mother is still out there, somewhere, probably hiding, and it worries Kim a lot that she might plot revenge, not only on her but also on Chloe.
And lastly there is her father, who went missing years ago, but what will happen once she gets that notarized letter that is waiting for her at a certain law firm in west Berlin. And why would her anarchistic father have chosen a law firm that has close ties to S-K?
All in all, despite her efforts, she ends up on the wrong side of the new established law (not that she cares about abiding the law, she rather fears for Chloe's safety should she get caught). So, unable to do something else, and in desperate need of money she finally ends up in the shadows of newly united Berlin.
And that's where she meets "the others".
@ Umaro: Stat wise I agree on everything you said. Should i pick a weapon other than the Ares Lightfire it would be because of flavor. Same goes for the Ruger.
One point that we didn't cover though is, that there are areas in which small guns are or might be allowed but probably not with a sound suppressor. That is no reason not to get a light fire though but rather a reason for a third gun.
