[Maelstrom]

Name: Treece Braxdon
Alias: Axe
Race: Ork
Sex: Male
Nationality: UCAS
Lifestyle: Low
Karma Spent: 0
Physical Description: 5’ 11, 210 lbs., black hair
Personality/background:
With his greasy black hair and 5¥ vending machine flats, Axe is no different from the thousands of other low-life scum filling the streets.  Born into yet-another undocumented ork litter, Axe’s unpromising childhood took a turn for the better with a fake SIN that opened the door to citizenship and schooling.  Unfortunately, he largely squandered the opportunity.  School was mind-numbingly boring, and his class time was spent hacking the PANs of his holier-than-thou classmates.  Eventually he was caught, of course, and his repeated suspensions finally resulted in expulsion.  Now a dropout living life day-to-day, Axe makes any nuyen he can by cracking copy protections and illegally updating programs.  He is extremely bitter toward society’s “upper crust”, and loathes the metahuman haters.

Attributes: (200BP)
Body: 4 (0)
Agility: 3 (20)
Reaction: 5 (40)
Strength: 3 (0)
Charisma: 2 (10)
Intuition: 5 (40)
Logic: 5 (40)
Willpower: 3 (20)
Edge: 4 (30)
Magic: 0
Essence: 4.325
Initiative:
Physical and AR Initiative/passes - - 10/1
Cold VR Initiative/passes - - 11/2
Hot VR initiative/passes    - - 11/3


Positive Qualities: (30BP)
Codeslinger – Hacking on the Fly
Exceptional Attribute (Logic) (20)

Negative Qualities: (+20BP)
Addiction, mild (BTL) (+5)
Addiction, mild (media junkie) (+5)
Vindictive (+10)

Active Skills: (128 BP)
Cracking Skill Group – 4 (40)
Electronic Skill Group – 4 (40)
Mechanic Skill Group – 2 (20)
Perception – 4 (16)
Pistols – 2 (8 BP)
Pilot Ground craft – 1 (4)

Knowledge Skills: (27 Free BP)
Corporate Matrix Security Procedures – 5
Operating Systems – 5
Seattle Roads and Transportation – 4
Seattle Hacker Underworld – 4
Seattle Safe Houses – 4

Language Skills:
English (‘l33tspeak) – N (2)
Or’ Zet – 3

Gear: (28BP / 140,000¥)

Cyber ware: (28,000)
Cyber Eyes Basic (R4) (0.5 E) [7/16] - - 1,500
- Low Light [2] - - 1,000
- Thermographic [2] - - 1,000
- Smartlink [3] - - 1,000
Commlink with BTL/ Hot Sim Mod (0.4E) - - 7,000
Control Rig (0.5E) - - 10,000
Datajack (0.1E) - - 500
Datalock (Encryption 5) (0.1E) - - 6,000

Bio ware: - - (10,000¥)
Sleep Regulator (0.15E) - - 10,000

Gear: - - (15,550¥)
AR Gloves - - 250
Armor Vest (6/4) - - 600
Biometric Reader - - 200
Subvocal Microphone - - 50
Hardware Tool Kit - - 500
Medkit (R6) - - 600
Fake SIN #1 R4 – William Hartnell - - 4,000
Fake SIN #2 R4 – Patrick Troughton - - 4,000
Fake License R4 (ID = SIN #2) - - 400
Hammerli 620S - - 650
Ammo, regular, 6c [x10 clips] - - 200
Low lifestyle (2 months prepaid) - - 4,000
Bank Safety Deposit Box (1 year, ID = SIN 1) - - 100

Commlink: - - (9,750¥)
Erika Elite+ (R3/S4) - - 2,500
Response 5 Upgrade - - 1,750
Signal 5 Upgrade - - 500
5 – Firewall, 5 – System - - 5,000

Programs: - - (73,700¥)
Hacking:
Agent R4 - - 10,000
Armor – 6 - - 6,000
Attack – 6 - - 6,000
Data Bomb – 2 - - 1,000
Decrypt – 6 - - 6,000
ECCM – 6 - - 6,000
Exploit – 6 - - 6,000
Sniffer – 6 - - 6,000
Spoof – 6 - - 6,000
Stealth – 6 - - 6,000
Track – 6 - - 6,000

Common:
Analyze – 6    - - 600
Browse – 6    - - 600
Command – 6 - - 600
Edit – 6 - - 600
Encrypt – 6 - - 600
Reality Filter – 6 - - 600
Scan – 6 - - 600

Autosofts:
Clearsight (optimization 1) – 4 - - 2,250
Defense (optimization 1) – 4 - - 2,250

Drones: - - (3,000¥)
Sikorsky-Bell Microskimmer (R3) - - 1,000
Firewall – 5, System – 5 upgrade - - 0
MCT Fly-Spy (R3) - - 2,000
Firewall – 5, System – 5 upgrade - - 0

Contacts: (14BP)
Seattle Hacker Underworld (organization) C 4 / L 4
Fixer C 3 / L 3

Edit: Not sure if Kontact got their character in first; will check back later to verify per GM.

[Kontact]

You want we should play 20 questions, 40 questions, whatever - for the background?

I sort of remember you saying this was a closed-ended game...

[FastJack]

Okay, for everyone's ease:

Mercedes
She Who Walks Through Walls
Woofer

and either B.B. or Axe depending on inca's call.

[inca1980]

Ok, so Kontact can thank Tobias for putting a time stamp on when he posted his character....otherwise I would have no way of knowing since he just edited it into his last post.  So the roster is

Mercedes
She Who Walks Through Walls
Woofer
B.B.

Alright, get ready!  I'll post the first IC thread tonight.

[Tobias]

lol should have been less honest and popped my character on their ;-)

[Kontact]

Yeah, sorry.  Perfectionist in me requires near constant editing.

So... then... this is a "backstory not needed" type situation?  Okay..  I like the momentum... 

[inca1980]

You be working on your backstory while i work on the first post.  Also make sure you describe your backstories, just edit into the post where you posted your character.  Also give your contacts some names and at least a line of description.  The higher the loyalty rating, the more i'd like you to flesh them out.

[Devil]

Hi there,
I just found out about being able to play here. I can see that I'm too late to join in, but maybe next run I could jump in? I don't have anyone to play with where I live. I've only played like 4 runs before but I have alot of roleplay experience and really love Shadowrun. I was thinking I could play a medic type maybe. Probably a human.

Would it be alright if I play next run please if I get a character ready?

[inca1980]

@DC
Ya, that would be awesome.  I totally know how that feels.  Where i live it was hard finding people who do PnP much less Shadowrun 4e.  Luckily I'm in a good group right now....but i know that it can't last because people schedules are alway interfering....so PbP is like my outlet when I can't get my SR fix with my friends.  I used to just play by myself...and actually it's really fun....i don't know why it's not more of a popular thing to do.  I just write down the plot like a story and then I do a whole lot of dice rolling since there's no 3rd party to arbitrate stuff.  The nice part is that once i'm done I have a whole short story to show for all the time I spent in doors:) 
Of course the best part of PnP rpg'ing though is interacting with people....so nothing beats the real thing. 

Don't wait thought because I have no idea how long this run will take on PbP....so I would also watch out for other people who might start GM'ing....these forums are really new....or even start your own thread!

[FastJack]

I update Mercedes' contact info. Have we agreed on how we're going to handle dice-rolling?

[Devil]

Thanks for the swift reply. Yeah, I suppose it could take a while. maybe I'll post something to try to get together another game. Still, if nothing comes together I will wait for a spot in this one.

I was playing with some friends who showed me the game, but they stopped playing right as I was getting really into it. I've played alot of D&D and that stuff, but I like this better.

I was thinking of using a new version of my character from my old game, since I like him so much. He was a medic that used crossbows with injector bolts(filled with Narcoject usually). Alot of fun. I'm still figuring out his background, but I know hes a second generation Irish immigrant and that he used to work in the medical field.

[Kontact]

There's always games on Dumpshock.   

[Sludig]

Though, have to wonder, are we assuming we've worked together before?  I was assuming we did not.

[Devil]

Thankyou Kontact. I'll give it a shot.

[FastJack]

From the description in the IC thread, it sounds like we have worked together.