Everyone gets a free fixer by the name of cowboy. He is connection 4 and is going to be the catalyst for the teams creation. It is up to you all to determine how you met him. but any connection to him past 3 years ago, when he came into the fixer business is not possible.
He is an ex-street sam, all cyber on him is very subtle and he is rumored to by very handy with pistols. He is a human of Japanese descent. He doesn't wear a cowboy hat or anything that would make him look like he is from the west but rumor has it his quickdraw skills are the stuff of legends and that is how he got his street name. Every time the characters have seen him he has worn a tailored suit either business casual or full dress but you have never seen him carry a pistol concealed or otherwise. He is professional and treats all of his clients with a level of respect that makes you feel like you are the most revered person in the room. Each of you has worked for him in the past and he always sets up an escrow account to hold payment upon the meeting of the missions objectives. He is a firm believer that if the money is held that double crossing his team is less likely and he always looks after his team.
Rumor has it that his old team was set up by a Johnson and they where picked up by Lone Star after a brief shoot out which resulted in the death of his wife Miko, the teams decker. One of the Team members rolled under pressure, but Cowboy never cracked. He never ratted on the Johnson that set them up or the his team mates. That is why he did a stent in the Hollywood correctional facility in Redmond. His time in prison is well known and he is rumored, which has never been verified but makes sense, that he has a criminal SIN.
Know matter what you actual loyalty rating with him is, you are sure, that from his reputation, if it came down to harm to the team your loyalty with him would be very high. But if you harm him or his assistant, it is widely known he takes care of things personally. Several less scrupulous runners have disappeared while laying low after a job that went south for Cowboy. As far as quirks go Cowboy never speaks english, even though he understands it fluently. His travels with his personal assistant Akane who translates for him when needed. This does make negotiating directly with him sometimes problematic, luckily he is not your Johnson.
Akane, a Japanese human female, came on to the Seattle scene three years ago when Cowboy walked into a known shadowrunner hang out and recruited his first team. Before this there is no information on her, it was as if she never existed. She was not a known runner of asset in the shadows of anywhere that is known to runners in the Seattle area. Many rumors fly about ranging from her working for the Japanese government, far fetched, to she worked for Renraku as one of the fabled red samurai, plausible, but none of these rumors have ever been confirmed. She is always seen with a katana carried in her right hand and is known to be a physical adept of some power as she is known to be initiated. The weapon is rumored to be a weapon focus and she is not only Cowboys assistant but doubles as his personal bodyguard. They are rarely seen apart and even conference in to all calls together when dealing with runners. The two have a weird relationship that seems, up front, to be professional in nature but rumors have it they are involved, even though she seems to be half his age.
Akane can not be taken as a contact as she is only here for Cowboy.
