He's got a new puppet to do the talking.. he's a bit busy with some things that have come up :DTell me more! Tell me more!
Seriously, he's still around? Hell, I thought he'd died, or ascended to another plane of existence, or retired, or whatever it is immortal elves do.
Didn't you just chew her out over not submitting her Running Wild draft, Fast?That reminds me, still waitin' for that article on the Princes...
:p
Yeah. I didn't include that on the list because the Α and Ω were codes to identify the different speakers, not what they called each other or anything.
Captain Chaos, "Saved" during Crash 2.0
There's been no clues to who they might be.Yeah. I didn't include that on the list because the Α and Ω were codes to identify the different speakers, not what they called each other or anything.
So do you know who those posters were supposed to be??
Captain Chaos, "Saved" during Crash 2.0
AHH but was he??
I can't remember where I saw it, but someone mentions that there's a rumor that Captain's been seen on the Matrix, and FastJack comments about 'checking on a friends gravesite'. So I'd like to believe he's around...Captain Chaos, "Saved" during Crash 2.0
AHH but was he??
By the by, I know this is a dumb question, but are most of the Shadowland/Jackpoint characters based on actual characters, or just created for the dialogue? I mean, does someone have an actual character named Man-Of-Many-Names, or was it just created because, hey, the SR universe needed another cryptic shaman?Mostly the latter, though a few of them are/were characters some of us played or used as NPCs. Texas 2-Step, for instance, was a character I used as my alter-ego (and who got used a time or two in other folks' works), but he was also one of my very first SR PCs from back in the day. Corona is an NPC I've used a lot (FastJack, she's a human decker, FWIW, and she's still kickin').
I can't remember where I saw it, but someone mentions that there's a rumor that Captain's been seen on the Matrix, and FastJack comments about 'checking on a friends gravesite'. So I'd like to believe he's around...Captain Chaos, "Saved" during Crash 2.0
AHH but was he??
I like to think so. He was a fun character. By the by, I know this is a dumb question, but are most of the Shadowland/Jackpoint characters based on actual characters, or just created for the dialogue? I mean, does someone have an actual character named Man-Of-Many-Names, or was it just created because, hey, the SR universe needed another cryptic shaman?
the posters I always wonder about are Dragonslayer (drove me up the fraggin' wall!), Lone Gunman (so much fun - Clockwork reminds me of him) and Buzz (seriously drek-irritating - the other half of flashbacks from Clockwork). Oh, and Glitterfrost . . . whether or not this was Hualpa.
the posters I always wonder about are Dragonslayer (drove me up the fraggin' wall!), Lone Gunman (so much fun - Clockwork reminds me of him) and Buzz (seriously drek-irritating - the other half of flashbacks from Clockwork). Oh, and Glitterfrost . . . whether or not this was Hualpa.
Agreed on Dragonslayer - I wanted to know what happened to him so I could point and laugh.
I've always loved Man-of-Many-Names, Fastjack, and Fatima. Clockwork's a little bi- well, he's got stances I do not respect.I believe he's still around.
Of course, none of the users stand up to the all-amazing power of Bung, the smart-aleck from SE2 and beyond. I miss Bung.
what i would like to see is something similar to NAGEE, maybe players writing up little things about the "local" Sprawls, kinda like "Duck" did for memphis in her "Ducks tales" if your nice, (and i'm lucky) i might post the link if 'hawk doesnt beat me to it.Hmmm... it's not 'hawk you need to worry about.
Just FYI, "The Old Man" referenced in the Germany Sourcebook and the "The Old Man" referenced in Target: Matrix are two different characters. I had nothing at all to do with the former, and everything to do with the latter. The "Old Man" referred to in T:M was murdered on 06/22/2063, the body discovered on 06/23/2063 (SOTA64, p 147).
Just FYI, "The Old Man" referenced in the Germany Sourcebook and the "The Old Man" referenced in Target: Matrix are two different characters. I had nothing at all to do with the former, and everything to do with the latter. The "Old Man" referred to in T:M was murdered on 06/22/2063, the body discovered on 06/23/2063 (SOTA64, p 147).Um... You realize you just told Patrick Goodman that "Old Man" was his character? ;)
sorry if i'm slow with this, but . . .
The 'Old Man' of T:M is likely to have been Patrick Goodman, founder and CEO of Cavalier Arms Ltd. The dates of the repective deaths all but match . . .
Um... You realize you just told Patrick Goodman that "Old Man" was his character? ;)
It was probably an in-joke anyway ::)After a fashion.
I am, I think I've heard the story before, but I've forgotten the specifics. Did it have something to do with Azziewatch?
Just FYI, "The Old Man" referenced in the Germany Sourcebook and the "The Old Man" referenced in Target: Matrix are two different characters. I had nothing at all to do with the former, and everything to do with the latter. The "Old Man" referred to in T:M was murdered on 06/22/2063, the body discovered on 06/23/2063 (SOTA64, p 147).
It's not canon (haven't found any way to really work it in), but Texas 2-Step died in Crash 2.0, pretty much as he lived (fighting the Azzies). Ditto for Midnight Angel, who went down with his ship (Azziewatch got pretty messed up during Crash 2.0, but it did survive). Since these were both characters I introduced, I feel like I can be reasonably definitive on those two.
All three of these characters (Old Man, Texas 2-Step, and Midnight Angle) were humans. The Old Man was just a businessman, though he had some...interesting side businesses that he managed to keep out of the public eye. 2-Step was a sammie, for lack of a better word, though he simply thought of himself as a patriot/soldier. Angel was a decker.
sorry if i'm slow with this, but . . .Oh, and in case I haven't made this explicit: Yes, "The Old Man" in Target: Matrix was 'Patrick Goodman,' late CEO of Cavalier Arms. I thought it was pretty clear from the context of his comment in T:M, but just for the record....
The 'Old Man' of T:M is likely to have been Patrick Goodman, founder and CEO of Cavalier Arms Ltd. The dates of the repective deaths all but match . . .
Once, long ago, the Earth cooled. Mountains rose, rivers flowed to the sea. This was before these forums. This was before Dumpshock. This was before Jackpoint. This was before the dinosaurs nobly sacrificed themselves to save the ascending mammals from the massive chunk of rock that fell from the sky and spelled their own doom.
This story is about one of those mammals. Indirectly, at least.
Before the forums mentioned above, there was the ShadowRN mailing list. I was a member there once, as was a chap named Erik Jameson. I frequently spoke on that mailing list about things I did and didn't like in the Shadowrun universe, and I often spoke of some of the home-grown things in my own campaign. One of these was a company called Cavalier Arms (named, for those who care, after a former girlfriend's preferred class in AD&D; she and I were still on speaking terms then...she was also this close to being the governor of Texas in Shadows of North America, but then things got ugly and I managed to get Jon Szeto to change it in time for submission).
Erik was writing for Mike Mulvihill at the time, for Corporate Download. Erik being (for reasons which surpass my understanding) a Fuchi fan, he had bid for (and won) the Novatech writeup for CDL. He wanted Miles Lanier to have his own personal weapons company, and asked me one day if I objected to him using Cavalier Arms. I did not, and told him so. Not much else was said about it for some time.
Then Corp Download hit the streets, and I buy it, and I go see how Cavalier fits into all of this. And I discover that there's a character named "Patrick Goodman" running the company and still owning a minority stake. It was at this point that I noticed how thin the fabric of reality actually was in places. It was also at this point that my own attempts to get involved in the freelancer pool for Mike and FASA both became a little ironic and a moral imperative.
I've been trying to get back at Erik Jameson ever since. Someday, perhaps, I'll succeed, but it's been harder than I thought it might be.
It's hard writing about a character with your own name; you frequently get accused of trying to write yourself into the game, the ultimate "Mary Sue" character, without the imagination needed to give them a different name. So it also became a moral imperative to kill my doppelganger, which I finally managed to do in SOTA64. So there's step 1 of my cunning plan accomplished. Now I just need to work out the time and the "give a damn" to fill in some of the blanks.
Okay, it's a clumsy ending, but there's the story of how I wound up as a character in the game world and what I've been trying to do ever since to correct it.
EDIT: Correcting a typo.
You know, I haven't looked at these lately. In the Shadowland Authors file, it should be "Midnight Angel," not "Midnight Angle."Rassin' frassin' stupid typos...
You know, I haven't looked at these lately. In the Shadowland Authors file, it should be "Midnight Angel," not "Midnight Angle."Updated this error, also changed the "blank" posts of our newest hacker to A. Nonymous on the list.
Updated with posts from Runner's Black Book and Street Legends.
Runner's Black Book is the DTF compilation for MilSpecTech, This Old Drone, GunUpdated with posts from Runner's Black Book and Street Legends.
What is Runner's Black Book? I have never heard of it. Just wondering if you mean Mr. Johnson's Little Black Book?
Runner's Black Book is the DTF compilation for MilSpecTech, This Old Drone, GunUpdated with posts from Runner's Black Book and Street Legends.
What is Runner's Black Book? I have never heard of it. Just wondering if you mean Mr. Johnson's Little Black Book?HavenHeaven, Unfriendly Skies, and Deadly Waves. They updated some of the entries, Nightfire made some additional comments to the previous comments, and they had 9 new weapons in the Gun Heaven section.
Is there a updated profiles file for the Jackpoint users? Seems Street Legends had more temporary users then any other books to date...That was a side project of mine, but when Street Legends was announced, I put it on the back burner.
Well, time to move it back up to the front. :PIs there a updated profiles file for the Jackpoint users? Seems Street Legends had more temporary users then any other books to date...That was a side project of mine, but when Street Legends was announced, I put it on the back burner.
Hmmm... a guy I never read anything of has more posts than FastJack? I maybe should look into that .. (or is this data from "before the crash" ;D )Captain Chaos? He ran ShadowLand, which turned into ShadowSEA and JackPoint after Crash 2.0. He died defending ShadowLand long enough to get off the details of the nukes and EMP Bombs that were all around the world to every Corporation, Mr. Johnson, Fixer, and Shadowrunner that they had in their Rolodex (Which is almost everyone worthy of their name.).
There is still no confirmation that he is not still around, thankyouverymuch.Hmmm... a guy I never read anything of has more posts than FastJack? I maybe should look into that .. (or is this data from "before the crash" ;D )Captain Chaos? He ran ShadowLand, which turned into ShadowSEA and JackPoint after Crash 2.0. He died defending ShadowLand long enough to get off the details of the nukes and EMP Bombs that were all around the world to every Corporation, Mr. Johnson, Fixer, and Shadowrunner that they had in their Rolodex (Which is almost everyone worthy of their name.).
He was what FastJack is today in the books.
*Pours a 40 on the curb*
They found the body. He's deader than Dunkie.Yes, but JackBNimble did something to his "soul". And there's a rumor that a Technomancer gang over in the Asian Shadows has been "following" an e-ghost of Cap.
As far as they know. ;D
Yes, but JackBNimble did something to his "soul". And there's a rumor that a Technomancer gang over in the Asian Shadows has been "following" an e-ghost of Cap.We only know that due to metagaming.
I'm fairly certain I've read a fiction blurb that dealt with Cap's e-ghost pulling together in a DIMR node, or maybe the Nexus, possibly calling itself Xaos? Not sure where I read it, might've been in a chunk of never-to-be-published stuff a former freelancer gave out.Ancient History, and the Bad Things that happened. So, now we'll never know how it'd have gone down. :'(
Yes, but JackBNimble did something to his "soul". And there's a rumor that a Technomancer gang over in the Asian Shadows has been "following" an e-ghost of Cap.We only know that due to metagaming.I'm fairly certain I've read a fiction blurb that dealt with Cap's e-ghost pulling together in a DIMR node, or maybe the Nexus, possibly calling itself Xaos? Not sure where I read it, might've been in a chunk of never-to-be-published stuff a former freelancer gave out.Ancient History, and the Bad Things that happened. So, now we'll never know how it'd have gone down. :'(
> It wouldn’t be the first time that the dead walked among us. In the virtual world, though, it’s hard to pinpoint the truth of such encounters. Just last week someone was banned from ShadowSea for claiming to have run into Captain Chaos in a DIMR node.
> Pistons
> Back in a bit. I have to look after an old friend’s grave.
> FastJack
Body's still in the grave, I bet.Yeah, but he might be an e-spirit now.
And the JackPoint knows this yet?Body's still in the grave, I bet.Yeah, but he might be an e-spirit now.
They don't know. Remember, it's a rumor that Pistons heard. Although I'd like to think he's out there, trying to figure out what he is.And the JackPoint knows this yet?Body's still in the grave, I bet.Yeah, but he might be an e-spirit now.
'Cause I'm sure he'd have gotten an invite if they had by now. Oh, I'm so so so so waiting for that moment! Clockwork's reaction is going to be EPIC!!!
They don't know. Remember, it's a rumor that Pistons heard. Although I'd like to think he's out there, trying to figure out what he is.Don't need to be an e-ghost to ponder that...
The only thing worse than all of that, jonathanc, would be something totally evil. Like Flesh-form Insect spirits inhabiting highly trained covert ops soldiers from Knight Errant or Ares.
...
I've said too much.
The only thing worse than all of that, jonathanc, would be something totally evil. Like Flesh-form Insect spirits inhabiting highly trained covert ops soldiers from Knight Errant or Ares.No, there's something worse.
...
I've said too much.
Female elf shedim stripper ninjas?The only thing worse than all of that, jonathanc, would be something totally evil. Like Flesh-form Insect spirits inhabiting highly trained covert ops soldiers from Knight Errant or Ares.No, there's something worse.
...
I've said too much.
Female elf shedim stripper ninjas?The only thing worse than all of that, jonathanc, would be something totally evil. Like Flesh-form Insect spirits inhabiting highly trained covert ops soldiers from Knight Errant or Ares.No, there's something worse.
...
I've said too much.
No, they'd be SURGEd Female Elf Shedim Stripper Ninjas then. :PHave people gone retro with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles flashbacks?Female elf shedim stripper ninjas?The only thing worse than all of that, jonathanc, would be something totally evil. Like Flesh-form Insect spirits inhabiting highly trained covert ops soldiers from Knight Errant or Ares.No, there's something worse.
...
I've said too much.
:P :o
Female elf shedim stripper ninjas?
No, it's just that they don't strip off their clothing.
Think about that for a moment. *Evil Grin*
That's what you get for playing for so long and not inviting me. ;D
Clearly, you need more freelancers who can edit. You know, like me.Heck, I'd volunteer for that job.
Heck, I'd volunteer for that job.The both of you should contact Jason about errata duty.
We're Role Players. We read books and most of us know computers beyond the ability of the average Politico can understand.
We might as well BE Criminals and Mercenaries as far as they're concerned. :P
You can post on a forum and are a gamer, which means you have imagination. And read.
I won't tell if you won't.You can post on a forum and are a gamer, which means you have imagination. And read.Imagination and the ability to read are undesired traits in politics these days.
I have a 2-page PDF that talks about Shadowtalkers by name, profession and very brief description. It's dated March 2006.Most likely. I'm checking with Jason in case there is a specific reason this is no longer available on the main site.
is that the one referred to?
Holy crap, dude. That was fast.Well, he is called Fastjack. ;D
That's what the ladies call... *Sees FastJack standing behind me with a BanHammer*Holy crap, dude. That was fast.Well, he is called Fastjack. ;D
Closest you get for Fastjack is a bio in Target: Matrix. It boils down to: big time hacker, knows a lot of people in data havens, has a lot of icons, and we're just guessing about anything to do with anything past that.You forgot: "Deletes anything that's posted about his history." ;D
Don't count on him not having traded favors with some otaku/technomancers for some select 'edits' to the Endless Archives.Closest you get for Fastjack is a bio in Target: Matrix. It boils down to: big time hacker, knows a lot of people in data havens, has a lot of icons, and we're just guessing about anything to do with anything past that.You forgot: "Deletes anything that's posted about his history." ;D
Which means a major Resonance Realms trip would reveal a lot. Probably a lot of misinformation he spread about himself, then deleted. He's tricky like that.
Don't count on him not having traded favors with some otaku/technomancers for some select 'edits' to the Endless Archives.Oh, I'm not. Especially considering who his daughter is. ;D
If I may inquire, why have the Horizon and Boardroom Backstabs adventures not been included on this list?Because they do not have any comments from Jackpointers in them. These lists are for "in-universe" publishings only.
...Oh, yeah. PDF searching can be a real lifesaver. Funny, the tricks we learn for freelancing that then carry over into post-graduate work so well. ;)
You know, I think the only thing I've ever used Acrobat for was to read a PDF and/or to print it. I didn't even know it *had* a search function.
Gee Wak, how about you, I don't know, push buttons sometime. Sheesh.
You sure you didn't always type that way, CanRay? ;)Yes. I used to be in the top 2% of Data Entry Clerks in terms of speed.
Whendid I get old?!Don't make me strike you with my cane, youngster.
(Oh right, Tuesday, when I turned 40. So! Old!)
-- Creaky Bones Wak
Shadowland Posters note: Wyrm-Watcher is most likely the same as the more verbose Wyrm Watcher.Hmm... Surprised my code didn't catch that. Although, I think it's because there were a few books since the last time Wyrm Watcher posted. I'll take a look and update ASAP.
NAME | PROFESSION | DESCRIPTION | JACKPOINT ARTICLE(S) |
/dev/grrl | Student | New runner, elven teenager with NeoNET wageslave parents. Under Kane's wing. | Attitude (p150, 160, 167), Corporate Guide (p32), Feral Cities (p121), Running Wild (p195), Safehouses (p4), Spy Games (p142), Street Legends Supplemental (p13), Vice (p83) |
2XL | Smuggler | Knows about street level practicalities all over the world. | 10 Gangs (p4), Attitude (p38), Runner's Companion (p28), Vice (p44) |
Am-Mut | Fixer | Nubian. Knows black markets and fencing. Rumored to have Apep Consortium connections. | Arsenal (p6), Jet Set (p119), Vice (p150) |
Arete | Seer | Member of Seers’ Guild. Irish Caucasian. Knows elven and European high society, and omens. | Artifacts Unbound (p127), Feral Cities (p117), Street Legends Supplemental (p30) |
Aufheben | Anarchist | Member of Black Star (see Loose Alliances). Sharply political (left rad) but not dogmatic. | Vice (p187), War! (p51, 66) |
Axis Mundi | Street Shaman | Better with spirits than people; former corp fast-tracker. Deep respect for spirits. | Corporate Enclaves (p118), Runner Havens (p56), Spy Games (p136) |
Baka Dabora | Salaryman | Handle Japanese for “tall tale of idiots.” Snarky. Well versed in Japanacorps, Japan. | Street Legends (p104) |
Beaker | Tech-Wiz | Expert in demolitions, materials, architecture | |
Black Mamba | Mercenary | Pragmatist. Worked in worse hellholes in the world. Freelance. Survivor. | 10 Gangs (p2), Corporate Enclaves (p121), Corporate Intrigue (p31), Street Legends (p14, 66) |
Butch | Street Doc | Former combat medic. No scruples. Good at what she does. | Attitude (p105), Augmentation (p6, 16, 26, 56), Vice (p144) |
Clockwork | Tech-Wiz | Hacker-mercenary. Likes to make things work. Sells designs after testing. Technophile. | Artifacts Unbound (p90), Feral Cities (p119), Street Legends Supplemental (p22, 26), The Twilight Horizon (p55) |
Cosmo | Johnson/Fixer | Former corp raider, former anti-corp radical (in youth). Cynical. | Corporate Enclaves (p116), Corporate Guide (p6, 196, 202), Corporate Intrigue (p5), Runner Havens (p94), Spy Games (p38) |
DangerSensei | Former Company Man | Security expert. Hispanic. Recently retired. | Conspiracy Theories (p30), Corporate Guide (p145), Spy Games (p122), Vice (p174), War! (p95) |
Dr. Spin | Cool Hunter, Snoop | Familiar with Horizon, memetics, advertising, marketing, trends, culture, media. | Attitude (p108, 115, 116), Jet Set (p56), State of the Art: 2073 (p3), The Twilight Horizon (p91), War! (p28) |
Ecotope | Environmental Radical | Euro conservationist, Fire-Bringer magician, rational, prefers facts to proselytizing | Artifacts Unbound (p97), Corporate Guide (p214), Dragons of the Sixth World (p166), Loose Alliances (p6), Parabotany (p40), Running Wild (p7, 88), Spy Games (p91) |
Elijah | Daredevil Archaeologist | Dedicated to uncovering secret truths and hidden histories. | Artifacts Unbound (p6), Loose Alliances (p72) |
Ethernaut | Hermetic Magician | Former Mitsuhama magician; specialist at astral recon/tracking. Rational. | Artifacts Unbound (p75), Augmentation (p143), Running Wild (p170), Street Magic (p78) |
Fastjack | Hacker Extraordinaire | Everybody knows Fastjack. :) | 10 Jackpointers (p3), Attitude (p5, 114), Conspiracy Theories (p9, 10), Seattle 2072 (p187), Street Legends (p4, 70, 148) |
Fatima | Mage | Survived the Night of Rage - she’s getting old. Expert on smart running, metahumanity, Seattle | Runner Havens (p62, 68), Street Magic (p19), Year of the Comet (p46) |
Fianchetto | Ex-Spook | Approx. 60 years old. Formerly in intelligence world. Rumored ties with Catholic Church. | Attitude (p38), Conspiracy Theories (p16), Jet Set (p5), Spy Games (p32, 171), Street Legends (p78, 100), Vice (p160) |
Frosty | Unspecified | Jane Foster, daughter of Ehran the Scribe. Initiate hermetic mage. | 10 Gangs (p10), Artifacts Unbound (p8), Attitude (p142), Jet Set (p75), Street Legends (p124, 136) |
Glasswalker | Shaman | Interested in Amazonian phenomena. Expert on Ghost Cartels. Former Paraguayan shaman-scholar | Feral Cities (p114), War! (p57, 90, 97) |
Glitch | Hacker | Never seen in person. Specializes in stealth Matrix surveillance and intrusions. | Runner's Companion (p22), Unwired (p82) |
Goat Foot | Unknown | IRM supporter, one of the few female Muslim scholars in Europe. | Feral Cities (p123), Vice (p101) |
Hannibelle | Hacker | Rarely seen in person - secretly a ghoul. Used to work for Tamanous. | Feral Cities (p20, 42), Seattle 2072 (p179), Street Legends (p140), Vice (p148) |
Hard Exit | Former Co. Woman | Former CAS soldier/MP. Specializes in law enforcement, low intensity warfare. Bitter toward AZT. | Corporate Guide (p198), Seattle 2072 (p179), Spy Games (p133), War! (p5, 65, 80, 81, 82) |
Haze | Face/Mage | Leads runner team but fixer/info-broker on side. Specializes in blending in. | 10 Gangs (p16), Attitude (p24), Corporate Enclaves (p104), Street Legends - Home Edition (p9) |
Icarus | Info Broker | Has lots of inside connections. | Corporate Guide (p122), Street Legends (p50) |
Jimmy No | Wujen | Expert on magical traditions and groups, and magical esoterica | Runner Havens (p54) |
Kane | Pirate | “Most notorious man in the CAS,” wanted in 17+ countries. | Feral Cities (p86) |
Kat O' Nine Tales | Rocker | Lead singer for “Grim Aurora” industrial/punk band. Adept. Specializes in physical security. | Attitude (p45, 110, 118), Runner Havens (p69, 101, 108), Seattle 2072 (p114, 150, 195), War! (p91) |
Kay St. Irregular | Political Wonk/Lobbyist | Play on K Street, home of lobbyist firms in DC. Knows politics, espionage, law, corps. | Attitude (p40), Conspiracy Theories (p50, 124, 151), Jet Set (p85), Rotten Apple: Manhattan (p5), Runner Havens (p71), Seattle 2072 (p140, 192), Spy Games (p21, 26, 53), The Rotten Apple: Manhattan (p5), The Twilight Horizon (p66) |
Kia | Johnson | Korean/Japanese. Name translates to “Rising from Asia” in Chinese characters. | Attitude (p27, 33), Corporate Enclaves (p63), Corporate Guide (p32, 145, 211), Corporate Intrigue (p47), Runner Havens (p35) |
Lyran | Wolf Shaman | Knows alchemy, telesma, talislegging, smuggling, shamanism. | Seattle 2072 (p155), Street Legends (p58), Street Magic (p76), Vice (p108) |
Ma'Fan | Adept Thief | Mandarin for ‘trouble’. Cat adept. Has rivalry with Mika. Machines and devices don’t like her. | Attitude (p137), Corporate Guide (p145), Street Legends (p46), Way of the Adept (p5) |
Man-of-Many-Names | Shaman | Around since 1st Edition. Powerful. Snow white hair. Knows magic, mystic secrets, spirits. | |
Marcos | Radical Rebel | Neo-communist gunrunner. Knows Aztlan, Yucatan, gunrunning, Ghost Cartels, jungle, Genesis Consortium. | Corporate Enclaves (p123), Runner Havens (p124), Street Legends (p10), War! (p33, 72, 78, 84, 91) |
Mihoshi Oni | Bodyguard | Yakuza. Pretty. Born in Hawaii, lived in Tir na nOg, Japan. Knows Evo, Yak, Japan, Russia, Metahumanity | 10 Gangs (p8), Corporate Enclaves (p107), Jet Set (p110), Seattle 2072 (p174), Vice (p46) |
Mika | Adept Thief | Amerind. Name means “intelligent raccoon” in Lakota. Infiltration expert. Rival of Ma’fan. Technophile. | Corporate Guide (p146), Seattle 2072 (p196), Street Legends (p34), Way of the Adept (p6) |
Mr. Bonds | Broker | Rumored to work with Brokerage X. | Attitude (p117, 134), Corporate Guide (p194), Seattle 2072 (p160), Spy Games (p62), Street Legends (p158) |
Nephrine | Scientist | Ex-corp biochemist, works for betaware black clinic. Dabbles in stock market. | Arsenal (p70), Augmentation (p57, 138), Corporate Guide (p224) |
Netcat | Technomancer | Relates better to computers than people. Has a strange, almost alien, outlook. Slamm-O!'s wife, mother of child. | Attitude (p41), Unwired (p130) |
Orbital DK | Rigger, Space Scavenger | Loves space, hates earthbound life. Hiding from corp without space assets. | |
Picador | Mercenary | Former second in command of Matador. Hates ARGUS and merc org MET 2000. | Gun Heaven (p3), Runner Havens (p120, 130) |
Pistons | Combat Hacker | Knows data havens, hacking. | 10 Gangs (p18), Artifacts Unbound (p82), Attitude (p143), Conspiracy Theories (p118, 141), Parabotany (p43), Street Legends (p26), Street Legends Supplemental (p8), Unwir |
Plan 9 | Transhumanist | Likes big words and crazy ideas. Knows transhumanism, Evo, cults, theoretical tech, space | Attitude (p111, 150), Conspiracy Theories (p10, 135, 137), Corporate Guide (p78), Corporate Intrigue (p69), Spy Games (p139, 145), Street Legends (p120), Street Legends - Home Edition (p4), Street Legends Supplemental (p38), The Twilight Horizon (p81) |
Puck | Technomancer | Faded otaku, rumored technomancer. | Runner Havens (p58) |
Red Anya | Weapons | Dealer Red Army vet, arms dealer in Germany. Speaks Russian, German, Polish, English. | Attitude (p141), Corporate Guide (p189), Vice (p6, 77, 80, 98) |
Rigger X | Rigger, Space Scavenger | Asian. Ex-MCT company rigger. Skilled in electronic spycraft . Permits no opposition to survive. | Attitude (p147), Corporate Enclaves (p76), Corporate Guide (p113), Street Legends (p108) |
Riser | Assassin | Ex-ganger, leader of the Smokers’ Club shadowteam. Expert on wetwork, gangs, Seattle. | 10 Gangs (p1), Attitude (p36), Conspiracy Theories (p137), Runner Havens (p89), Seattle 2072 (p180), Street Legends (p18, 112), Vice (p105, 118) |
Slamm-O! | Matrix Vandal | 2nd generation runner. All business with Johnsons, but has angry streak. Cartoonish icon. Netcat's husband, father of child. | Attitude (p90, 145), Street Legends - Home Edition (p2), Unwired (p85), Vice (p144, 154) |
Smiling Bandit | Researcher/Hacker | Highly skilled hacker, well-versed in many science/tech topics. Only takes jobs that satisfy his curiosity. | Vice (p131) |
Snopes | Hacker | Middle-aged. Specializes in Matrix rumors, urban legends. Cynical, skeptical. | Artifacts Unbound (p10, 42), Conspiracy Theories (p14, 27, 35, 38, 58), Corporate Guide (p104), Corporate Intrigue (p20, 82), Jet Set (p143), State of the Art: 2073 (p10), War! (p15, 70) |
Sounder | Underwater Rigger | Specializes in smuggling runs between Seattle, Salish, Tir Tairngire. Lost eye in smuggling operation. | Deadly Waves (p3) |
Sticks | Bounty Hunter | Asian. Former Knight Errant. Raised in Ares orphanage. | Corporate Guide (p48), Feral Cities (p6, 17, 43, 56), Street Legends Supplemental (p34), Vice (p64) |
Sunshine | Snoop/Media Pirate | Former KSAF stringer. “Sunshine is the best disinfectant.” Media expert. | Artifacts Unbound (p20, 50, 119), Attitude (p68, 112, 140), Conspiracy Theories (p29), Corporate Guide (p92, 192), Corporate Intrigue (p38), Jet Set (p34, 97), Street Legends (p90, 154), The Twilight Horizon (p10, 28, 37, 44, 109) |
Traveler Jones | Smuggler | Vagabond shadow-courier. Will get anything anywhere for a price. | 10 Gangs (p12), Arsenal (p98), Attitude (p63), Corporate Enclaves (p58, 114), Feral Cities (p45), Runner Havens (p9), Spy Games (p6, 72) |
Turbo Bunny | Rigger/Mechanic | Greasemonkey and former BTL chiphead. | Attitude (p78, 148), The Twilight Horizon (p18, 145), This Old Drone (p3) |
Winterhawk | Hermetic Magician | British. Retired shadowrunner, current thaumaturgy professor. Still does occasional jobs for Draco Foundation. | Conspiracy Theories (p86), Corporate Enclaves (p54), Corporate Guide (p208), Feral Cities (p110), Street Legends (p22, 74), Street Magic (p76), The Twilight Horizon (p121) |
Bull, Snopes, Clockwork (Hobgoblin), and Goat Foot (Satyr).
How could I ever forget about good old Bull ;DBecause he's like a ninja on that damned scooter!
Thanks!
Don't forget to tip your waitress. :)I follow the Tao of Mr. Pink: "Don't tip, be the only one that gets away." ;D
Bull, Snopes, Clockwork (Hobgoblin), and Goat Foot (Satyr).
Also, looking for an updated copy of the JackPoint User List pdf that includes /dev/grrl - if there is one. If there isn't one ... *cracks whip over FastJack's head* Get to work!!
Built something 'right quick' on this ...
[spoiler deleted]
Hmm, the entry on Fatima probably needs to be updated re her status.
Also, re Am-Mut, to borrow from a certain movie, "What's a Nubian?" :)
Bull, Snopes, Clockwork (Hobgoblin), and Goat Foot (Satyr).
Also Butch, Sounder, and Sunshine.
Lots o'Tuskers. :)
“You and Bunny might’ve been bad as all hell for each other,” she drawled at me, catty enough that her Texas twang came out whenever she gossiped a little, especially about a fellow high-and-mighty Jackpointer. “But that girl did wonders for your car.”
:::::[THE BIG ‘D’] Good evening.I suspect that most of you know perfectly who they are and will laugh at my ignorance. Even me, I know who "BIG D" and "LAUGHING MAN" (harlequin, right?) are :) but I have no clue about the others (I infred from their dialog that "LADY OF THE COURT" may be from Tir Tairngire and "JUNGLE CAT" is obviously(?) from Amazonia) This group picks my curiosity and I'd love to know who they are. Thanks in advance. (The book is "Aztlan" if somebody wonders).
:::::[HECATE] *****IDENT FAILURE—<UNTRANSLATABLE>*****
:::::[THE BIG ‘D’] Please use common English. My interface
includes a real-time language translation and I’m afraid it cannot
handle the old tongues.
:::::[WORDSMYTH] What is the meaning of this??
:::::[THE LAUGHING MAN] Bravo! Outfoxed by the Dark Wyrm! True
deviltry!
:::::[LADY OF THE COURT] I was not told others would be at our
meeting, dragon …
:::::[WORDSMYTH] Nor I.
:::::[JUNGLE CAT] It seems we have all fallen victim to the same
ruse.
:::::[THE LAUGHING MAN] Wondrous irony, that we who prefer to be
at each other’s throats should be tricked into meeting after all.
:::::[THE BIG ‘D’] The subterfuge seemed necessary to accomplish
my ends.
:::::[HECATE] Tell me your reason for this <UNTRANSLATABLE> or
I will leave.
:::::[THE BIG ‘D’] I want all of you to read something the humans call
a compilation of files. This particular collection is about Aztlan.
:::::>JUNGLE CAT SPITS
:::::[WORDSMYTH] Is the Watcher attending to this?
:::::[UMSONDO] I am here.
:::::[THE LAUGHING MAN] And giving away nothing, as usual. In
your honor I shall eschew any further humor or wit. >THE LAUGHING
MAN SNIGGERS
As far as I know, whoever they were in fact died with Findley and every discussion has been but speculation. If there has been some official decision/decree, then no one told me. Or worse, someone did tell me and I forgot.
I maintain Sheila Blatavska may be Hecate, but neither is Alachia. But I'm pretty sure I'm pissing up a rope trying to change anyone's, lest everyone's, mind on that.
I always thought that Hecate was obviously Alachia, but Alachia might not be Blavatska.Actually, I can definitely see Alachia doing somethingn like that, Bob. Remember that in the Sixth World it is corporations, not nations, which hold the major power. Why settle for just an elven land (especially when some of your rivals are setting up camp in a couple of them) when you you can be the head of a multinational nonprofit foundation, able to wield massive money and influence without the headaches of actual rulership? The heads of megacorps (and make no mistake, the Atlantean Foundation is at least a AA in all but name) can wield significantly more power than even the leader of major countries like the UCAS. She might not be Lofwyr with SK, but the Atlantean Foundation presents much less of a target to others than the number one AAA does. As long as people think it is 'just' a glorified new-age science project, then they won't look at it as being a major threat. Which is why the AF's main source of trouble comes from the Draco Foundation, the Black Lodge, the IOND, some dragons, and other awakened interests, compared to all the same people who like to take pot shots at Lofwyr, who also has to deal with the other nine AAAs, all the other corps, terrorists, and more. If, as I believe, Hecate is Alachia, she pulled a slick move by starting the AF. Especially since she still has her power, while Lofwyr's given up the title of Loremaster, the Elders in Tir Tairngir got kicked out, and Tir Nan Og is experiencing all kinds of problems.
I guess Lou Prosperi one time said that they were all supposed to be the same person (Hecate, Alachia, and Blavatska) on Dumpshock, but Alachia choosing to run the AF instead of heading an Elf country seems out of place tome.
And at one time, the plan for "Lore master" back in the pre-YotC days was that Loremaster was going to turn out to be Harlequin's father who had gone Walkabout to the Astral Plane near the end of Earthdawn, and came back to fight the Horrors or some such.That ruins my pet theory that YotC was the start of bad Shadowrun metaplot ideas.
Until it's in a book, it's not canon. The writers and even developers might have very firm ideas of where things are going, but those ideas and plans can and do change, sometimes VERY radically, as storylines progress.
Actually, I can definitely see Alachia doing somethingn like that, Bob. Remember that in the Sixth World it is corporations, not nations, which hold the major power. Why settle for just an elven land (especially when some of your rivals are setting up camp in a couple of them) when you you can be the head of a multinational nonprofit foundation, able to wield massive money and influence without the headaches of actual rulership? The heads of megacorps (and make no mistake, the Atlantean Foundation is at least a AA in all but name) can wield significantly more power than even the leader of major countries like the UCAS. She might not be Lofwyr with SK, but the Atlantean Foundation presents much less of a target to others than the number one AAA does. As long as people think it is 'just' a glorified new-age science project, then they won't look at it as being a major threat. Which is why the AF's main source of trouble comes from the Draco Foundation, the Black Lodge, the IOND, some dragons, and other awakened interests, compared to all the same people who like to take pot shots at Lofwyr, who also has to deal with the other nine AAAs, all the other corps, terrorists, and more. If, as I believe, Hecate is Alachia, she pulled a slick move by starting the AF. Especially since she still has her power, while Lofwyr's given up the title of Loremaster, the Elders in Tir Tairngir got kicked out, and Tir Nan Og is experiencing all kinds of problems.That would make Alachia far smarter than her fellow IEs. Good on her for being smarter than just about anyone else! Just in case that came across as sarcastic, it isn't. I totally get it, and appreciate that she's probably the best IE for adaptability, assuming it's true.
It's also funny to read FastJack's old comments. He was pretty cocky and arrogant at the time.At the time?? I'll have you know... Oh, the other one... ;)
I was recently reading an old Shadowrun book, Shadowtech (1st edition I believe) and I was pleasantly surprised to see some shadowtalk by Bull in it (the runner, not the writer).
What's even funnier is that other posters are basically considering him an annoyance, kinda hoping he'll kill himself at some point. And now he's like one of the wise old men of Jackpoint. ;D
It's also funny to read FastJack's old comments. He was pretty cocky and arrogant at the time.
Bull is likely a pretty common username. Far more common than, say, "Cow".Though to be fair I did once see a Minotaur Street Sammie with the handle of CyberPsyCowtic. :P
Most of it wasn't even on the RN list. There's a bunch of stuff I picked up from talking with other freelancers and Mike Mulvihill back in the FASA days. Much of it I either don't remember or shouldn't really repeat.
And yeah, SURGE got... out of hand, and unfortunately quickly became the domain of furries and min-maxers. the original concept was that "partial metahuman DNA" awakened, leading to effectively half-breeds. Unfortunately that was deemed a little too limiting and not really taht cool, so more stuff got added. I actually don't mind them when done right (I tend to run them like Jokers from the Wild Cards series), and a number of cyberpunk stroies have done variations of gangs with implants to give them animal traits as a theme (the dog-gang from Johnny Mnemonic, for example), or even gene-splicing gone awry type stuff. this just did it via magic. But it needs to be kept rare and mostly in the background (And you'll note how little SURGE has gotten used over the years.)
Drakes aren't a terrible concept, I just don't know that they should have ever been Player Characters (much like AI's, Free Spirits, Vampires, etc). And they're something of an ED port anyways.
And trust me,. there is a LOT of bad behind the scenes from 1st ed on. :) Often it's just crazy spitballing concepts that never stick, but sometimes writers really latch onto an idea that they love, but everyone else thinks is a stinker, and, well... Usually tehy get swept under the rug. usually.-- Remember those item possessing spirits? Yeah, thought so :)~
Are you looking for something like this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Shadowrun_books
Parazoology wasn't in my original In-Universe Timeline since I base that off of where I track the Shadowland Posters, and there weren't any Shadowland comments in the book. When I get home, I'll update the list to include the book, but I usually base it off the "Current Time" that is on the "Welcome" page of the book. For Parazoology, that's 19 Aug 2072, 0724 hrs.Are you looking for something like this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Shadowrun_books
Ah, what I meant was in the "In-universe Publishing timeline" (and maybe the others - haven't checked so much) Parazoology is not present, (Parazoology 2 is)
From the information in the books, I think it is supposed to have been posted (In-Timeline) sometime around Attitude?
The only thing worse than all of that, jonathanc, would be something totally evil. Like Flesh-form Insect spirits inhabiting highly trained covert ops soldiers from Knight Errant or Ares.
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I've said too much.
Is there any of these lists that include each poster's "deal"? Like, what there archetype is and any other notable information about them (Red being a vampire, for instance). I think that streetsams are a minority among jackpoint and shadowland posters, but I'm not sure and would like to look at the demographics.
Are there descriptions of the Jackpointers at all? Have an opportunity in my game to terrify people by giving Kane a cameo, and I realized that I don’t know a thing about him physically (race, ‘ware, preferred weapons, whether he looks like a total badass or more mild mannered at first … )
Is there any of these lists that include each poster's "deal"? Like, what there archetype is and any other notable information about them (Red being a vampire, for instance). I think that streetsams are a minority among jackpoint and shadowland posters, but I'm not sure and would like to look at the demographics.
Aufheben is dead...
While the intention of this adventure is for Aufheben to live, players are creative and resourceful, quite able to pull of things the gamemaster did not expect. This could result in bad things for Aufheben, and gamemasters should not feel like they have to exert the hand of God just to keep Aufheben alive. That is to say, if the players are intent on killing him and they win in a fair ght, he should die. This could cause issues in the future when they see Aufheben’s name pop up in JackPoint posts, but they can consider the name to have taken up a Spartacus-like aura, and a new soldier has arisen to carry forward the mantle after the old one fell.
Found any info on United Netherlands I should keep in mind? :D Or do I have a clean slate to work with since 2070?I haven't translated the Pegasus books (yet). The only thing I found in my searches was a passing paragraph on the region in the Rhein-Ruhr Megaplex book, set in 2074:
(Apologies, translated via Google Translate, so it's not grammatically correct)
UNDER A STRANGER FLAG
The group-based constitutional monarchy - at least technically speaking - the United Netherlands (VNL) under Queen Amalia is considered a corporate paradise, whose "main shareholder" many meta-people are convinced that Lofwyr is. Neither likes the domestic Regulus Joint Industries various other groups particularly well. In the embossed VNL parliament is divided on this, depending on who chewed or bribed how many MPs. Out of it also results in the very ambivalent relationship of the Netherlands to the Rhein-Ruhr-Plex: On the one hand, there has been since the Black Flood and the refugee waves many family ties, and if the VNL are the gateway to Europe, so the RRP is the one indispensable distribution station. So you benefit from each other. On the other hand, you fear the influence of the dragon. In negotiations about delivery conditions, customs duties and economic agreements the Rhein-Ruhr-Plex is in the stronger position, which is why one urgently needs a lever in the VNL seeks to maintain the lucrative relationship, but doing so to shift the balance in favor of the VNL.
> As long as the British still have a say, there will be a nice standoff, enough for everyone Offers opportunities.
> Zeitgeist
It happens depending on the season and upcoming political and economic conditions to an increase of Runs and river piracy. The Dutch Penose, the most successful Dutch export in adaptive crime support this "shadow lobbyism" by the way, there she earned on both sides. Since she Drug hype is no longer just in districts near the border, but spread out along the Rhine to Bonn, however, this leads to con ict with those already resident Criminals. NRR and VNL accuse each other of not doing enough against organized crime.