Gisk

2086 - A Cyberpunk RP

Gosh, I hope I didn't just make everything more confusing. I think Sniblet has a point, we don't really need to concern ourselves with a little goof or confusion, as long as we all know what we're on about going forward.

2086 - A Cyberpunk RP

Slight concern: I thought Maggie and her crew were breaking into a Biotechnica lab, not Yamagata? But everyone else keeps mentioning it as the latter.

I'm mainly concerned because I was operating under that assumption when I gave you guys some outlines of what was going on with E13 and I'm worried it doesn't make sense this way.

2086 - A Cyberpunk RP

@Eviledd1984@Kiragan_Natsuki

Since we're going with this idea, lemme give you guys some notes on what exactly would be found

1) Yamagata is not aware of what the data they're after contains. They know that Doctor Cadmus communicated with another corp between being informed that she would be let go and her murder. They assume corporate espionage, but unless the data is turned over they do not have any knowledge of additional androids beyond the Zeta series that Cadmus turned over.

2) Cadmus sent location data on Epsilon Thirteen's hiding place, but it was encrypted and she died before sending the encryption key. At present no one has fully cracked it, but I think we can assume Maggie's crew will manage.
The location was sent as a show of good faith, basically like "look what I can bring to the table" but what technical data she provided is shallow and incomplete, because she didn't want to give them too much until she had a good contract. It does show enough to indicate that the android in question is quite strong, and very expensive. Possibly worth more than what Yamagata is offering for the data, just saying...

3) E13 is hidden in the Venus district. There's a defuct established that once offered pleasure bots(little more than realdolls that can move and speak a little, they were actually quite unconvincing, hence the place being shut down). E13 is hidden in the basement, where there's a series of charging and repair pods for the pleasure bots. One of them has been modified and is still active, but now it is charging the new android instead.

It's not an ideal hiding place, but it was supposed to be temporary, unfortunately Cadmus was killed and the deal fell through. Some techs have been working half-assedly to decrypt the location data, but with Cadmus dead it hasn't been considered a priority, so they simply kept the data locked up.

It has been about 16 months since Cadmus's murder, and by a stroke of luck, nobody else has stumbled on the hiding place(yet). The sex-bot establishment has been closed down for years, and nobody expects there to be anything worth finding left in there, so it isn't explored often.

Any other character is still free to stumble upon this first, but I'm just watching to see how this plays out.

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@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.

2086 - A Cyberpunk RP

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.

2086 - A Cyberpunk RP

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.

2086 - A Cyberpunk RP

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.

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My Hider

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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.

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 [insert evil Corp here] to design a new line of synths. Towards the end of her project, when they believed her best work was already their intellectual property, [evil corp] 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 [evil corp] 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, [evil corp] was none the wiser. Cadmus had intended to retrieve the Epsilon series after a little while, but she did not count on how far [evil 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.

I don't have a picture yet and can't promise not to edit it, but if I do so I will let you know so you can approve any changes.

Again, anyone let me know if you want to be the one to find them.

Also, with the CS I present a murder mystery, an android model that can appear elsewhere, a potential treasure hunt, and a catastrophe waiting to happen. Just for fun.

Also also, is there an evil corp in particular I can use to fill in some blanks, or should I make one up?

2086 - A Cyberpunk RP

So I was thinking of making a character that is an experimental(and quite expensive) android.

I think it would be cool to have another player kind of take them in(possibly even steal them in the first place) and I was wondering if anyone was interested in that.

EDIT: and I have a question from that, the CS says 18 minimum age, but obviously an android could be a fully formed "adult" at 1 day old, so I was wondering if that was an exception.

Anepool Academy for the Gifted

Billy

Name: Wilhelmina von Hessen
Nicknames/Aliases: Billy, though her parents call her Mina.
Home Location: South Minks
Age:17
Grade:11
Year of Attendance: 1(transferred this year)

Gender Identity: Female
Race: Vampire
Natural/Racial Abilities:

Ki Psychometry: Given a sample of organic matter, Billy can feel trace ki left over from the material's owner. Once registered, she can feel the presence of the being in question, including its general location and distance(in relation to herself).
This power can also be applied to those she has fed from, though unless she was paying particular attention when doing so, she might not remember exactly how their ki felt.

Ki Channeling: A basic use of ki, by channeling her energy into particular parts of her body, she can strengthen them. Including enhancing her senses when necessary.

Astral Self: A less basic use of ki, and something Billy has not encountered outside of herself. Billy can emit ki constructs from her body. Typically they take the shape of hands, but their exact shape and nature is limited only by her imagination and concentration(hands are the easiest, as she's used to controlling hands). The constructs are anchored to her spirit, and cannot leave her body. If severed, they will simply dissolve, and she can also dispel them at will.
If something is capable of grabbing or latching onto them, however, they can be pulled away from her. This takes a great deal of her ki away all at once, and hurts tremendously.

Height: 5’2
Hair Color: Black(naturally blonde, but dyed)
Eye Color: Varies(naturally blue, but she often wears colored contacts, a red cat-eye is her favorite)
Distinguishing Features: Unusual (and often changing) eyes, but if she has no contacts in, her prominent canines.

Appearance: A somewhat slight girl, she has short dyed black hair, and wild eyes. She’s often smiling, and has the long “fangs” that are common among vampires. Billy usually dresses in a goth/punk manner(some days more than others).

Personality: Though she's just getting out of a post-breakup funk, under usual circumstances she is surprisingly friendly, given her appearance and demeanor.
Billy is generous, she’s the type to buy you tickets to a concert to make sure that you get a chance to go(and to make sure that she doesn’t go alone). She makes friends quickly, and is often quite persistent about keeping in touch.
She refuses to be stepped on, and sometimes this makes her come off either rude or aggressive, and she doesn’t like to see others victimized either. She’s a fierce friend, but if you betray her it’s almost impossible to get back in her good books.

Aspirations: She genuinely doesn’t know right now.
Fears: Being alone

Strengths:
~ Strong Willed
~ Tough to fool

Weaknesses/Flaws:
~ Can be stubborn
~ Acts rashly

Magic Type: Ki
Magical Focus: Expanding her Ki focus, to allow for greater versatility and power. She would really like to be able to fly.

History: Von Hessen is an old family of aristocrats from Germany, and it is also a high end hair salon in South Minks. Though the latter is much more relevant to Billy, she does have a distant relation to royalty. The von Hessen hair salon, however, is owned and operated by her father, Wilhelm von Hessen(for whom she is named).

Billy's great-grandfather fled Germany. A vampire in a time when meta-humans were all but unknown, he feared discovery and experimentation under Nazi rule. In America, he set up a knife making company, which grew to some success. Over the years it expanded into other bladed instruments, including hair cutting shears.

Billy's father, in turn leveraged the name to carve out a niche in the artistic world of hair cutting. Unlike his own father and grandfather, Wilhelm did not need to contend with discrimination against him for his being a vampire(at least, not on the same level); in fact, it seemed to give him a kind of glamour that helped spread his work both in Anepool and across the web.

He named his daughter after himself, though he and his wife Isabel call her Mina for short. She didn't adopt the nickname 'Billy' until she was older. She grew up as one might expect; unusually well groomed for a child, nice clothes, a smart phone at way too young of an age. For a lot of her childhood she was dressed like a pretty preppy princess.
Both her current look and her preferred name came from a girl she met in Freshman year of high school. Georgina, who goes by Georgie, originally bonded with Billy because they both had unusual names, but the two took to each other very quickly. Before long they were dating, and as cute as the pretty pink princess was next to her goth girlfriend, soon Billy shaved off her hair, and started dressing more alternative. Billy thought her dad would be mad, but he mostly expressed regret that she didn't ask him to cut her hair.

Georgie was the first person outside of family that Billy fed off of. It happened at homecoming of Sophomore year, and Billy's parents were ecstatic. Georgie's were horrified. They had already been unhappy with everything from their daughter's look to her sexuality, but letting this monster drink from her precious soul? That was unthinkable.

Georgie was shipped off to some boarding school in Utah, and Billy was alone and devastated.

Anepool Academy had actually already accepted Billy; her father had applied on her behalf when she left middle school, but Billy had declined in favor of sticking with her friends. Though she still has friends at her old school, the thought of going back without Georgie gave her the depression. Saying that she simply wanted to be around people who were more like herself, she finally agreed to attend in her Junior year.

Anything else?
Wilhelm von Hessen is a celebrity in the cosmetology world(though not particularly well known otherwise) and is moderately wealthy. As a result, Billy has a healthy allowance, and his old sports car.

Her grandfather once told her that she was forty-third in line for the Prussian throne. She doesn't know if this is true, or if the line of succession has changed since then.

Though she's only dated one girl, she is bisexual.