[CHAR] Sk8te

Hey everyone. For your character sheet, just copy the basic from the example I posted below. If you aren't doing a member of Sk8te, then simply replace the "Tagsign" and "Cell" parts with your "Status" (Cred or Heir) and respective information.

FOR HEIRS: If doing an Heir, you are free to give a "Corporation" they have control over/their family controlled in the past (preferably fake).

FOR CREDS: If doing a Cred, make sure to include their "Occupation" in place of a cell.

FOR SK8TE: I addressed this in the OOC tab, but if you are doing a Sk8te Member please make sure to check the Characters tab before you make a new Cell. There's going to be overlap if everyone gets to make a new cell so make sure no one has already used your idea first. Also, you are welcome to join other players' cells.

[RisingRobin]

Name: Billy Morgans
Tagsign: Blaze
Cell: Afterburn
Age: 29

Bio: Billy had been born into a Cred family and was raised on the streets of Delta City for much of his youth after his parents died in a factory fire. A natural runner, he quickly learned that stealing was a necessary evil in order to survive. Using his gift for speed, Billy would often run through smaller stores and grab items he needed off the shelves before the shop owners would even register anything had been taken. Eventually, Billy was contacted by a Sk8te cell that was impressed with his athletic ability. The cell took Billy in and he became a top courier and thief in a matter of months.

A year after his induction, the cell's hideout was raided by Delta City Police. Despite escaping, Billy decided to go back and save his crew. He fought the cops while the rest of the cell escaped, and was brutally beaten for it. Both Billy's legs and his right arm were left crippled as a result. However, A Sk8te-friendly Ripperdoc managed to replace his destroyed limbs with cybernetics, now granting him a grappling hook in his right arm, and a pair of afterburners in his legs, allowing him even faster movement than before, stronger kicks, and his trademark tagsign: Blaze.

With his former cell in ruins, Billy decided it was time to set out on his own. He ended up creating his own Sk8te cell: Afterburn. Seeking out the fastest runners he could find, Billy swore to ensure that no one could ever slow him or his crew down ever again.

Appearance: Billy has reddish-brown hair, a lean but muscular build, green eyes, and a cybernetic arm and legs. His typical attire consists of a fitted t-shirt, polyraydex pants (a material that is immune to his flames), and running shoes.

Afterburn: Afterburn is one of the more infamous Sk8te cells within Delta City. Members of Afterburn are known for being notoriously fast runners (many of which have mods to accomplish this), which makes them ideal for working as couriers and thieves within Delta City. It’s often said among Creds and a few Heir circles that, if you want something delivered discreetly or stolen quietly, seek out Afterburn. While their main skill is traversal, Afterburn is one of the only cells that employs Sk8teNet, a closed-circuit network that allows users to track safe routes through Delta City, Police Patrols, and even short range hacks to get into more restricted areas of the Megacity.

[Lucky]

Verse

Name

Tait Malone

Tagsign

Verse

Cell

Re:Wind

Age

26

Bio

Raised in a Corpo-sponsored foster program within Delta City, the familial bond had only ever been developed between the twins, and so their loyalty to each other is second to none. One may not be able to point out which of the sisters connected the two of them to Sk8te or how the women tracked them down. Their introduction to virtual hacker group Re: Wind was as a package deal, one no more influential than the other when determining the pair's next act. The term thick as thieves is applicable in more ways than one here. Tait in particular showed a knack for the physical side of things, snatching secure hardware that the Net Sk8ters couldn't reach online.

Tait's twin, Cali (callsign Cord), has found her place in Re:Wind's notorious Blue Room; a systems operation focused purely on the ability to open every virtual door -- as long as it's not on a closed network. That's where Tait comes in. Through wireless communications, Tait can slip into places she shouldn't be and connect her sister to secluded systems. Thus resources, and more notably secrets, can be accessed off-site. In a megacity like this one, there are always heirs that need to be brought down a peg or two. If the rest of Sk8te can benefit, why not?

Appearance

Tait is a young woman of somewhat discernible Chinese-American descent, though generations of megacity melting pots can blur the lines without the aid of Ingram Inc's DNA Descendant Decipher (TM). Notably, she bears tattoos on her body in the likeness of those of her sister's with some differences. While Tait has 0027 on her left cheek, along with a pictogram of a circuit board, Cali has 0308 pictured with a vault combination dial. When asked, they will tease that it's an inside joke. Besides the various retro-tribal tattoos on her opposite cheek and every limb, she also wears a few piercings that harken to their chaotic teenage years.

Her wardrobe consists of neo-asian styles, taking part in the contrasting black-and-neon culture, especially that of Re:Wind's "gamer vibes" she's accustomed to seeing during operations. Tait is 5'4" and will take every chance to stay small and out of sight unless in a safe space.

Cell

Re:Wind (pronounced "Rewind") is a hacker cell of Sk8te, the only one that dares to push into the Net's secure or high-traffic places. They are known to very few non-Sk8te members due to their emphasis on virtual discretion, tracking the movement of valuables and juicy leaks to largely pass on that information to other cells through Verse or occasionally through their closely-guarded and maintained Sk8teNet. Verse is the only field agent to accomplish tasks directly necessary for attaining information in real space.

Known Relationships

Family: Cali Malone. Identical twin sister and literal partner-in-crime. The two of them have been looking out for each other since as far back as they can remember, citing that Cred families and Corpo foster care is nothing but another capitalist scheme. While Tait hits the streets and rooftops, Cali is at home in Re:Wind's own Blue Room, communicating on the Net exclusively in 1337 speak.
Sk8te: Mind. Fellow Re:Wind member and dad-like figure to the twins. He has been in the Net game longer than the girls have been alive and has the strongest fundamental knowledge of cyberdecks and systems. His work finds him in the workshop dealing with hardware rather than the Blue Room these days, acting as their personal engineer and occasional well of wisdom.

Equipment

AR Cloak: Verse has, along the way, managed to get her hands on cybernetically-designed hood that the cell refers to as the AR Cloak, capable of scrambling her recognizable features on-camera. Some older models of security cybernetic eyes have difficulty spotting her, though she is still fully visible to the naked eye.

Modifications

Cybernetic Wetware: Kaminari Whisper v2a.48 -- Cochlear Implant with Sensitivity Tuning and Background Noise Dampening.
Cybernetic Wetware: Kaminari Awestruck v7c.66 -- Ocular Implant with Toggleable Infrared and Electromagnetic Sights.
Cybernetic Wetware: Re:Wind MUJ -- Modified Universal Jack.
Cybernetic Wetware: NuTekk Adhesive Palm(s) -- Toggleable stickiness for when you really need that extra grip, both hands.
Cybernetic Wetware: Biovolve Reflexis eds. 4/6/7/8/12/13/14/15 -- Enhanced synaptic reflexes in the arms and legs that allow the body to react to stimuli faster than base organic limbs.
Cybernetic Wetware: Biovolve Monitoring System -- A total physiological monitoring and alert system. Measures regular bodily processes and warns the user of deteriorating and/or emergency conditions.
Cybernetic Wetware: Re:Wind Cyberdeck Re:Dux -- An editor's template for accessing internal voluntary systems and interfacing with other external device sources that emit signals via ocular and cochlear implant (both must be functioning concurrently). Verse is inexperienced with conducting her own hacks, but is able to request Cord's help almost instantaneously.
Outstanding Software: Re:Wind Memo:Re -- 24/7 playback visuals and sound accessible only by Cord and chosen members of Re:Wind via ocular and cochlear implants. Internal memory is used to store everything unless streamed or until transferred either by MUJ or Cyberdeck. If streamed or transferred by Cyberdeck, the signal produced cannot be masked due to the heavy upload and Verse will be visible to all signal trackers.
Outstanding Software: Ingram Auto-Translate -- For the fact that many people speak more than one language via cochlear transplant.
Outstanding Software: Re:Wind Gauge -- Distance, weight, calculator via ocular transplant.

[Zim0cron]

Vanessa "Ash" Concilare

Name: Vanessa Concilare
Tag: Ash
Cell: Hi-Fi
Age: 22

Bio: Vanessa was born to a moderately successful Cred family. She was raised fairly traditionally, taking up various hobbies when not in school. Even from a young age she showed two traits that would define her life: a love for climbing, and a rebellious streak. While she was never truly considered a dissapointment, her parents were much more pleased when her siblings took up more "normal" hobbies and followed the rules.

Her life would change forever when a fire broke out in her family home. Despite being only eleven at the time, Vanessa was helping others get out of the 15-story building. A passing Sk8te member, a low-stales courier going by the tag "Blizzard" stopped to watch the show. Respect quickly turned to concern when, having seen this girl go back into the building, sections began to collapse. Blizzard jumped to action, searching the building as fast as he could, only to discover the girl trapped under burning rubble. When he emerged and attempted to find her family, they were gone, and she was alone.

Having spent her teen years in Sk8te, Vanessa, now code name Ash, is an incredibly skilled courier. Her ability to climb nearly anything has made her an invaluable member of the organization, often taking on high risk- high reward jobs. Aiding her in this, she utilizes little to no technology, making her all but a ghost to many electronics-based scanners.

Appearance: 5'5'', short black hair, Blue eyes, noticeable burns on several portions of her body, no rmally wears well fitting but not skin tight clothes.

Other:
Skilled in non-electronic means of transportation such as skateboards. Known to be a risk taker and is willing to divert from a job if something she deems as important comes up.
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Hi-Fi is a Sk8te cell specializing in communication and centered in high rise districts. While members perform more routine tasks, such as deliveries, they excel at organizing information and action between cells. Methods range from tags to mirror signals, and from code books to dossiers.

Their foundation links back to the old world. During blackouts, non-technology based communication was still required, as such methods were devised that allowed for the city to run even without phones. As the world progressed, their initial reason for existence disappeared, supplanted by a need to communicate out from under the eye of the heirs.

Most members of the group are focused more on intelligence than physical ability, only about 25% of the group are reasonably skilled in freerunning.

[Auz]

Livewire

Name

Jeremy ‘Livewire’ Harkin

Nickname

Livewire

Occupation

Cred - Black Market Dealer and Ripperdoc

Age

32

Bio

Born in Megatower 5 to two loving gang members, Jeremy grew up living like a sardine in the 7th level of hell. Slums no longer existed on the street, instead the poorer citizens of the city were crammed together in huge tower blocks that stretched hundreds of levels. Lawless and cruel, life inside these residents existed on another scale for the inhabitants. Gangs ruled, carving up floors at a time, falling into vicious cycles of uneasy peace and intense violence.

Despite growing up in the thick of it, Jeremy found his interests falling outside murdering people, especially just so a no-name click could add a few more apartments to its name. He liked money. Loved it in fact, so much so that he made a point to be in on every weapons deal the gang did, gaining connections with various Sk8te cells from the outside. It wasn’t long before he got his own hook up, left the gang and began to sell to everyone. It wasn’t easy, dicey even at times but Jeremy had adopted an unique personality, one that enabled him to befriend a few and terrify the rest.

Always honest in his dealings, his rep grew and eventually he was able to buy a shop front at the base of the tower, enabling him to provide to the whole borough. In true entrepreneurial spirit, Jeremy diversified into other black market items such as mods and viruses, making him quite popular and semi-wealthy.

Often described by his mother as ‘a good boy’, he is visited by his parents often.

Appearance

Livewire is exactly what you see. He’s loud, brash and almost unpredictable in manner. Shaped and moulded by his surroundings, the man walks with the limp of a gangster and the poorly etched tattoos to match. Half of his face has been restructured after having it shot off in a robbery gone wrong, along with his teeth, which were replaced with completely silver dentures (as per his request).

As for body mods, Livewire has had his optics replaced to help him with his ripperdoc job. An adrenaline pump attached to his heart to jolt him back from the brink or pump him up for battle. Subdermal armour integrated with his skin to make him harder to kill(but not bulletproof). A pain editor to make him one tough fucker and gorilla arms to bring the unarmed pain when necessary.

Status

‘Locked n Loaded’ is a medium sized setup based out of Megatower 5 in the warrens of Grindwood. The tower is a rat den of local gangs and slums for poorer folk with cops hesitant to visit the borough, let alone the block. The shop, while legally owned and licensed, is a front for shadier backdoor dealings. Half of his business comes from his real weapons, malware, ransomware and other deadly digital viruses, whereas the rest comes from the best mid ranged body mods around. Livewire is also a half decent ripperdoc, installing his bought mods for free for all Sk8te members, a thank you for all their hard work.

Everyone in Grindwood knows his shop, outside of the area he holds a little notoriety but rarely steps foot outside the borough.

[StrangerThings]

Leena

Name: Leena Jolks
Status: Heir
Name of the Corporation: Blair's Crop
Age: 24

Bio: Leena had been born into a Heir family and raised on the top of the city, in the safe zone. She had everything that anyone would have desired: money, safety, properties... but she has been feeling all her life incomplete. She's missing love, real human contact. Her parents have retired and now she is in charge of the family corporation.

People probably wouldn't like her at first because of her status, but she's one of the good ones. She may appear to be a cold, unfeeling person, but that's far from reality. Because of what she saw at home, she's the opposite: she is honest by flag and seeks justice. This is the reason why she doesn't have any real friends; she doesn't show her truly face to anyone surrounding here, and she can't build true relations.

She's currently living alone in the apartment she inherit, thinking how to proceed with herself and her future.

Appearance: She hides her true personality under clothes, glasses, neons, piercings, tats and make-up. She's what you see in the photo. No cyber parts, no bio-mechanical parts, 100% human.

Blair's Corp: It's the name of the family business. It's not a concrete corporation; they have been changing their focus and work adapting to the upcoming changes and times (and wills, they have always run parallel hidden businesses). Its patrimony is pretty big, so anything can be done with all the money it has. Nowadays is one of the most expensive clothing brands in the market for upper classes, quite a symbol.

[kersel]

Rafael 'Raf' Nakamura

Name: Rafael ‘Raf’ Nakamura
Tagsign: N/A
Status: Cred
Age: 25

Appearance:
The first that most people notice about Rafael is his face. The way his expressions are unnaturally stiff, the symmetrical seams that run diagonal across his cheekbones, and the line of matte, black metal along and below his jawline; something most would recognize as a prosthetic, and not a particularly high end one at that.

The second is his cold, blue eyes. Prosthetic again.

Besides the artificial features, Raf blends in with citizens of Delta-City. He’s muscular, and slightly above average height, with deep brown skin and locs tied back off his face. His usual outfit consists of a parka thrown over a well-worn turtleneck and joggers, as well as a trucker cap to hide the scarring on his scalp where no hair grows.

Personality:
Raf is a quiet man. Reserved, but firm when needed. He resents the megacorps for their role in various world conflicts, and looks down upon those who are needlessly violent. He isolates himself from the net more and more lately, only holding on to be there for his auntie and little cousins.

While cold to other people, he's affectionate towards his drone and other machines, often talking to them.

Bio:
Rafael was born and raised by his aunt and uncle in the Little Jamaica district of Megacity Delta. As soon as he could walk, Raf started tinkering. Little things at first, wanting to take his toys apart to find out how they work, but as he grew older, his projects became more complex. It was obvious to the adults in his life that mechanics were Raf’s calling.

However, with three little cousins, Raf had to figure out how to pay for school on his own. As soon as he turned eighteen, he joined the Polyamerican Corps, lured by promises of free education in exchange for service. He completed the training, and began work in mechanical maintenance, eventually rising to operate remote drones during the Indo-Ecuadorian Space Elevator conflict.

Partway through the skirmish, Rafael’s unit was hit by an electronic weapon that caused his drone and deck to detonate, taking the man’s face and jaw with them. Raf was hospitalized immediately, and recovered with extensive reconstruction. A prosthetic face and jaw. Artificial eyes. An auditory neuroprosthetic implant on one side. Months of rehabilitation and hospital visits. And finally, an honorable discharge.

Rafael was thrown back to Delta-City and provided a desk job. He couldn’t stand it. Two years and many, many failed attempts at being a normal ‘cred’ later, Raf found himself doing odd repair jobs for less-than-legal businesses around the city. He bought a deck—a cheap one—and an equally cheap drone and rekindled his love for tinkering. And finally, he began to settle back into civilian life.

Skills:
- Drone Control: Raf is skilled at controlling a drone using his deck. It can only operate within a short range, and is capable of basic tasks and surveillance.
- Combat Training: Raf is familiar with firearms, although he would rather not use them.

Hosaka Spider-Type Personal Drone C-2187 “Mia”
A small, spider-like robot that Raf can pilot through his deck computer. Can only operate within a short range. Equipped with manipulator arms and limbs capable of scaling vertical surfaces. About 25cm by 25cm.

[Tellukka]

Nova

Name: Nova

Cell: Cred—owner and bartender of the Gas Leak pub

Age: 49

Bio: Nova has been working ever since they were old enough, bouncing around from job to job trying to help their family make ends meet and, when they left home, trying to support themself. Most of them were in the service industry or manual labor—low wages, long hours, and few protections.

When they were 22, due to some good timing and better luck, they managed to find their way into an assistant position for a middle manager higher up in Blue Corp. The pay was good, hours better and it was slightly less obviously demeaning, so they bent over backwards to keep it, even when it started involving body mods.

Now, modification was not something that they were inherently opposed to, in fact, they privately found the idea very appealing for a number of reasons. However, being coerced into body modification for a job and the ways the cosmetic modifications tended to be masculinizing made them deeply uncomfortable. They needed that job and the money, so they got them. They were fired without warning after a year and a half.

They were deeply upset after losing that job and in the months afterward gave into despair a little. Lucky for them, around this time, they found a job down at the docks. There they friends who helped to introduce them to leftist politics. That in conjunction with their prior experiences with labor and society, successfully radicalized them. They were very active politically when they were younger, and still are, but they and the organizations they were involved with didn’t get much done. They just didn’t have the manpower. Among other things. It was around this time they became involved with Sk8te, though they never joined. The lifestyle didn’t quite suit them.

After ten or so years of trying and failing to change society for the better, they began to feel disheartened again. By this time, they broken with the world of fully legal work and had found themself in ownership of the Gas Leak bar. They decided to pivot to just taking care of the people they could in their community. They began using the bar to give people a safe place to be. As long as they’re not a cop or an heir or actively endangering patrons, they’re welcome. This very much includes illegal activity.

Now as the owner of the bar, they have slowly become a pillar of the community. They are tired of the constant grind inherent to living in this society, and have begun to give up on any significant large-scale change in their lifetime. But they still have hope that they might be able to do something more…

Appearance: Nova looks like a fairly unremarkable bartender. They’ve got medium-brown skin, black eyes, and dark brown hair streaked through with grey. It’s styled in an undercut and usually pulled back away from their face. They’ve been around the block before and they look like it. They seem just a little worn around the edges. They have since replaced all the cybernetics they were pressured into for work and have opted to give their face and body a more androgynous-to-feminine look. In terms of their more functional modifications, they had their spine and both legs from the knees down replaced because of pain and injuries, their arms and hands replaced and adjusted for both strength and dexterity. All of their visible cybernetics are a bit scuffed and look just a little outdated. For clothing, they favor a lot of dark, tight faux leather that has lost its shine after years of use.