[OOC] 2086 - A Cyberpunk RP

[Dark Cloud]

I'll get a post up tonight.

[Kiragan_Natsuki]

@Dark Cloud Wonder who the Blood Artist is gonna choose for his next masterpiece.

[Dark Cloud]

@Kiragan_Natsuki A cop maybe, no. And uh I'll proll not get a post up tonight. Tomorrow night or it'll be Monday morning.

[Hyyde322]

I'll get one up soon, I've been busy with IRL stuff

[Gisk]

Epsilon 13

Personal Quote: "Does a machine have a soul? Can a machine experience an afterlife? I hope so, but I do not intend to find out."

Name: Epsilon Thirteen.

Gender: None.

Race: Technically none, but appears Caucasian.

Nationality: Technically a native of Nova City.

Age: 17 months since completion, though they are functionally an adult in most respects.

Occupation: None.

Family: Ostensibly, there ought to be at least Epsilons One through Twelve, but they are not sure.

Vehicle: None.

Equipment:
Pseudo-Dragon: A wholly unique system that mimics a cyberdeck that a human netrunner might use. To other machines they will appear as a human user, and they are also capable of utilizing any cyberdeck upgrades as if they were a human.

Cybernetics: Technically all native equipment in their body.

Redundant Safeguards: Every critical system has some form of backup or bypass, and as a result the Epsilon series of synths can sustain what would appear to be catastrophic damage and still be able to function on some level. The problem would come when it is time for repair, as the Epsilon Series was never publicly released and the technical knowledge to repair them is not available to the public. It would take a skilled technician to even patch them up without the opportunity to examine them in their fully repaired state.

Electro-Magnetic Induction Interface(EMII): A system that can read and manipulate trace electromagnetic signals from inside all but the best shielded electronics. With the EMII, E13 can connect to computers and networks without needing a hard line, even if the system has no native wireless capability.
This does require physical contact with some element of the device in question.

Superior Robotics: Their body is designed to be faster and stronger than all but the most highly conditioned humans, giving them the capabilities of Olympic level athletes across the board(at least, when fully repaired and fully charged).
On average, their robust battery needs to be charged for 24 hours at least once every 29 days, though they can charge for shorter periods more often instead if available. Extreme activity will necessitate earlier charging, and conversely low activity will delay the need.

Advanced Sensorium: The Epsilon has auditory and optical sensors on par with state of the art cybernetics(circa a year and a half ago). They can see in infrared and hear minute sounds. Their auditory capability has no upper limit(whereas a human might cringe at loud noises), but their optical sensors can be dazzled and confused by particularly bright ultraviolet light. A cool pair of shades can alleviate this somewhat.

Basilisk Protocol: A virulent, and supremely destructive worm hidden in the code of all Epsilon series synths. If activated, it will destroy their mind, as well as any other software it comes in contact with, spreading as far as it is allowed. Luckily for E13, at present no one living is even aware that this code exists, let alone how to activate it. If activated in any kind of proximity to an urban center, this worm would cause incalculable and catastrophic damage.

Skills: They speak several languages fluently, but have no slang database, and will not understand most metaphorical language when first presented.

Inhuman Mastery: Each model in the experimental Epsilon Series was purpose built, and E13 was made to protect Corporate interest against the typical street samurai scum. They were programed with a highly advanced swordplay module. They can read moves from countless styles, and counter such things with their own skills.
The odd weakness to this is that the program only has protocols for known styles. While the module does have a robust capacity to extrapolate to account for human error, this does break down after a certain point. Less skilled(or even completely untrained) combatants will tend to make moves that E13 has difficulty accounting for.
In short, the more skilled the opponent, the harder E13 is to fight. But the inverse is also true, and a complete novice might defeat them by dumb luck.

Personality: Calm in nature by default, but their learning protocols encourage mimicry of those around them. They do have distinct beliefs that they developed on their own, however. Chief among them is a strong respect for consciousness and freedom of thought. They would always prefer to avoid lethal force, despite being a weapon by design.

Likes/Dislikes: Will be filled in over time

Backstory: Doctor Caroline Cadmus was a cybernetic wizard, contracted by Yamagata Zaibatsu to design a new line of synths. Towards the end of her project, when they believed her best work was already their intellectual property, Yamagata Zaibatsu fired Dr. Cadmus, and demanded she turn over all proprietary technology. She did not. Thinking she could outmaneuver the corpos, Cadmus hid all completed products, as well as her latest notes. She encrypted these, and changed time and date stamps so that the remaining research data looked recent. The Epsilon Series Synths were well hidden throughout Nova City and beyond, and instead YZ received what was now labeled as the Zeta series.

Though impressive, the Zeta series is not quite as advanced as Epsilon(despite the designation being deceptively later in the alphabet), but with the doctored research notes, YZ was none the wiser. Cadmus had intended to retrieve the Epsilon series after a little while, but she did not count on how far the corp would go to keep their tech proprietary. She was murdered, and never told so much as a soul what she had hidden around the city.

Whether through accident or design, it is not clear, but Epsilon Thirteen's sleep mode was incomplete; their body was disabled, but their synthetic mind has been conscious these long months since their being hidden away. They have had a great deal of time to think, but much of their knowledge lacks any context, and when finally awoken, they will have a good deal to learn.

Complete version, lemme know if I'm clear to move to the character tab.

A few notes: they were made for Yamagata Zaibatsu, but as a tech was never handed over, the corp wouldn't recognize them immediately, and they don't have any brand markings.

[Kiragan_Natsuki]

@Dark Cloud Your deadline has passed, pathetic mortal. Now FEEL THE WRATH OF THE GM!!

Nah, just post whenever you feel. No worries. :D

@Hyyde322 No prob. Life has a bad habit of throwing wrenches.

@Gisk Why do I get the feeling at some point someone is going to activate the Basilisk Protocol and all hell is going to break loose?

All in all, this was a very well thought out character. I also like how you included one of the major corporations now into their backstory. So in short, accepted! Go ahead and post in the CHAR tab.

[Dark Cloud]

@Kiragan_Natsuki Yeah sorry for that had a bit of depression yesterday, feeling better today sorta.

[Kiragan_Natsuki]

@Dark Cloud Hey, no worries man. Take all the time you need. I know how that shit feels. *hugs*

[Dark Cloud]

Thanks no worries tho, I'm my usual shitposty self now :D

[VeyrinDay]

whoa, noticed some additional info for districts and corporates, me might want my character to travel each district and tackle out the Conglomerate elements in those corporate circles

[Kiragan_Natsuki]

@Dark Cloud Good to hear

@VeyrinDay

Yeah, I'm slowly but surely adding a little more backstory to the world, which is more or less our world in a total flustercuck. Funny, I wasn't really thinking of the Conglomerate when I was writing those up, but you may be onto something.

[Gisk]

So I'd like to introduce E13 in the story in a way to get them involved. I have a few ideas.

The first is that they were hidden in the Venus District, and Hiro just stumbles across them on his mission to go speak with Sweetie. Probably he would spot something out of place, and when investigating, accidentally open a secret compartment.

The second idea, if @Eviledd1984 is amenable, is that someone at YZ got an inkling that there was more to Cadmus's project than what she turned over, and their mission leads them to find E13(and I cross my fingers that Maggie decides not to turn them over).

Thirdly, again if @Dark Cloud is interested, they get out by some fluke, and Sanguis sees them wandering the Venus district and tries to kill them, but discovers it's more difficult than expected.

But if anyone else wants to collaborate with me as well, just let me know.

[Eviledd1984]

@Gisk

I would be down for Maggie and the group finding E13, Quick question though they are hacking a bio-tech lab would E13 be considered bio-tech?

[Dark Cloud]

@Gisk I'll pass, sorry.

[Kiragan_Natsuki]

@Gisk I could be up for that. Originally I was going to have Hiro bust Maggie and her group, but maybe instead Hiro could hand that off to Emma and go to the Venus district to interrogate Sweetie, thus eventually coming across E13 and learning more about Yamagata's corruption.

@Eviledd1984 Also I hope you're cool with the contact being a Yamagata corpo. If not, I'll change it.

[Eviledd1984]

@Kiragan_Natsuki

Yeah that sounds fine to me.

[Gisk]

@Gisk

I would be down for Maggie and the group finding E13, Quick question though they are hacking a bio-tech lab would E13 be considered bio-tech?

@Eviledd1984

No, but I have a great excuse if you want to run with it(and if not, no big deal).
Dr. Cadmus contacted the bio-tech company about trading tech for protection after she was told she was being let go. Yamagata is after her communique data, to determine if there was any corporate espionage.

But this also relies on you accepting Kiragan's naming of your contact as a YZ Corpo, which I don't know if you are.

@Kiragan_Natsuki E13 definitely could help unravel some of the corruption, but I'm not yet sure exactly how. I've been thinking about it and I'm not sure what E13 even knows. I think they had any YZ identifiers scrubbed away, but probably they're aware of who created them, which could definitely lead back to the corp. Especially if Hiro compared the Epsilon prototype to the Zeta model that has been unveiled by Yamagata.

[Eviledd1984]

@Gisk Yeah, I would be down for that.

@Kiragan_Natsuki Do you want me to skip to them doing the heist, and trying to get the info for Yamagata?

[Kiragan_Natsuki]

@Eviledd1984 Nah, proceed with the heist. I can't wait to see this! *noms popcorn intensely*

EDIT: I just realized your post said skip TO the heist.....

[Eviledd1984]

@Kiragan_Natsuki

That is what i meant sorry, my next post can be the gang trying to break into the lab.