Jeep Wrangler

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@silvermist1116There sure is more room here!

Join the serverfor the more active OOC!

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Sorry, but after thoroughly reviewing my priorities and the character concept that I have at the moment, I don't think it would be the most opportune time for me to join an RP like this. Believe me, I love my cyberpunk but I think I've been rushing into this RP without a thought of whether I would enjoy it.

Thus, I think I am dropping my interest and therefore, opening a space for any other roleplayer to join.

@The Bork Lazer

No worries! Feel free to stay in the discord as there a plethora of RPs to take part in, or even host your own there! Good luck to yourself

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@LetMeDoStuff So, how many people you thinking of accepting for this?

@GamerXZ

Well it depends on who is interested. Personally I have no problem with large groups of RPers joining seeing as it opens up the sandbox a bit more for freedom of storytelling, so really it just depends on how many people want to join. If a million tried to join then obviously I'd set boundaries lmao

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The assault drone isn’t sentient. It is piloted by Tobis’s sim rig. It cannot function alone, and Tobis cannot move his “real” body while piloting it.

@Sanity43217

Hmm...I'd rather the assault drone come later in the Roleplay than be a starting weapon, if that makes sense?

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Hider

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Name
Tobis Black

Nationality
Australian

Age
32

Sexuality
Straight

Birth
4 July - Queensland

Appearance
Tobis looks especially grizzled for his age. Owing to the poor quality synth skin used to reconstruct his face from when he caught a frag grenade. There are scars around the top half of his face from the reconstructive surgery and cybernetic implantation.
On Duty, he normally wears NSF Rigger Armour. It is a set of powered armour that houses several small drones for the Rigger to deploy to their advantage. The Armour and Drones, as well as their capabilities, will be listed under equipment.
When off duty, Tobis normally wheres dark jeans or chinos. A white t-shirt and a leather jacket.

Height
6'1"

Personality
Tobis is often described as being a bit odd. Years of jumping his consciousness into machines have made him complacent with his normal body. Don't be confused though, he has suffered a lot of pain in his life. More than the human body can handle. Aside from the grenade that caused the reconstruction of his face, and most of his body, he has felt being blown up more times than he can count.
He hides this pain though. Not as well as he thinks, but he does try and hide it. He pushes his body harder than it should. On duty, often putting himself in more danger than would be considered necessary.
Off duty, he drinks. More than he should.

Role
Recon - "Rigger"

Riggers

Riggers are a fairly new idea to the battlefield. Riggers are people who use datajacks and in most cases, a special type of cyberware - called the "rigger control" - to interface with vehicles and drones. Often they also use a remote control deck.
Riggers who jack to a building security system to control the complete electronic building security are called spiders.
Riggers jump into machines to control them with their mind. While jumped in they feel like they are the machine, using the vehicle or drone's sensors to replace their own. This allows the rigger to control the machine at the speed of thought and with greater precision. The downside is if the machine takes damage the rigger will have to deal with dangerous levels of biofeedback. Likewise, the rigger may have to engage in cyber combat with other hackers that are attempting to hijack their devices.
Not to be confused with Hackers, Riggers require a direct connction with the thing they are Hijacking, or use "friendly" machines.

Equipment

Rigger Recon Armour

The Rigger Recon Armour (RRA) was designed by the NSF for Riggers. It id s powered suit that functions on a light exo-frame to increase mobility, while sacraficing protection.
The helmet contatins a Heads-Up Display (HUD). The right arm has a touch screen consol that allows deployment of drones from both the suits back Drone stroage area and NSF head quarters.

Drones

Steve

Steve is Tobis's main companion drone/support drone. Sporting a large array of sensors, Steve relays information to Tobis's HUD. Steve doesn't really get stored anywhere, but has a charging base in Tobis's apartment. Aside from charging when Tobis sleeps, Steve is always deployed.

Omni-Drones

Omni-Drones are small bar shaped drones. Basically the swiss army knife of Drone Technology. Tobis carries three.

RECON Drone

RECON Drones are small drones deployed for survaliance. They are normally used for indoors, or when Steve would draw too much attention in the skyline. These small drones bolster no weaponry, just cameras. Tobis carries just one.

Assault Drone

The assault drone folds up flat to be stored within the back pack of the RRA. Normally used to provide fire when pinned down, and exposing oneself would be considered hazardous. Only one is carried per Rigger.

Modular Weapon System

The Modular Weapon System (MWS) is the Rigger's weapon of choice. The weapon itelf can adapt to most conventional ammunituniton calibres. With attachments that can turn the Large Hand Gun into basically any weapon the situation will call for. Especially usuful for Recon Missions behind enemy lines, where NSF issued ammuntion can run dry quickly, so being able to take any and all ammunition from enemy soldiers is a huge bonus.

Other standard issue equipment includes

• Universal Data Jack
• Combat knife
• Two Frag Grenades
• One stun grenade

Previous Careers
Australian Defense Force (2017-2022)
Burger Joint Owner (2025-2028)
Drone Repairman (2027-2030)

Biography
Tobis was born in Autralia. HAd a pretty good life, didn't really think about Japan or its conflicts that much as a child. He joined the Australian Defense Force when he was eighteen and served for five years as a Rigger before slipping up, and winding up on the wrong end of a frag grenade. After that, he was taken to hospital, and put on life support. Australia didn't really have the technology to rebuild him, so Tobis was left with two choices. Live the rest of his life in a bed, concious, but hooked up to life support, or get transfered to a Japanese Facility, and have a chance at a normal life.
So, he was transfered to Japan. They rebuilt his face, and most of his body, back to what it was before the accident. Tobi requested a sim-rig and translator be implanted, and so they were. He got the Sim-Rig because at the time he wanted to go back and join the ADF. The translator was because he had the hots for one of the nurses who was assissting him through rehab.
Tobis and the nurse ended up falling in love, and getting married. After Tobis finished his rehab, he didn't want to go back to Australia, so he opened up a Burger Joint in Japan.
He was living the good life, ended up getting citizenship after a few years. After two years of running the Burger Joint, he started fixing Drones on the side. It started just as a hobby. Mostly recreational stuff. A year later he got a contract from NSF for a full time job, so he sold his Diner. To work full time.
Two years later, the Jinrai kidnapped his wife. Told him to make them Drones. He did, ut ater dilevering the drones, they killed her anyway.
So, he used a back door he had created in the drones programming, and his simrig implant to take ove rthe drones and get his revenge. He then requested to be moved to a field position within the NSF.

Affiliations
Family back in Australia - they think Tobis is dead
Wife - Killed by Jinrai
NSF - Employer
Himself - Revenge is the best motive

Relationships [Optional]
This is how they view other characters throughout the story. This will be updated as major changes in their involvement and view of one another is expanded. Most changes will be listed from experiences out of combat, but some can occur from within their combat positioning out in the field. They can become rivals, hating on one another, romantic couples or simply comrades in arms.

Character Theme

EDIT // Should probably mention that around half of his body is Cybernetic, but it functions the same as a Normal Human. It is calibrated to the strength and reaction times of a normal human as it was all installed for "civillian" use. It is largely to provide chracter growth down the line when he can get it upgraded.

@Sanity43217

I do like the idea of the character and will accept it with one small change.

Could the Assault Drone be changed to something less terminatory? Mechanised warfare on that sort of sentient scale isn't yet used outside, so that sort of tech would come later.

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Oh, I do love this genre...

@LetMeDoStuff, I do have a concept for a "network security specialist" type character I created for another RP months ago that never actually took off. Essentially they work behind the scenes for the most part, from either an NSF home office or perhaps remote safe house (depending on where the group is positioned) and are tasked with getting the team in & out of secured areas. Dealing with most security measures as needed.

They do have combat/self defense training, etc, however, I was thinking of having them confined to a wheelchair due to an accident that caused irreparable lower spinal damage, so there won't be much field work for them. They sort of work behind the scenes.

Anyway, let me know if this concept works for you.

@Hellion

If that is the case, they can fit right in with Letter Bee's character, as they are a cadet of the NSF and thus aren't really a frontline individual. I would be very much excited to see this character!

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@LetMeDoStuff

Ah yes, I gotcha. You're right. Donny isn't what you'd call a 'flawed' human character because most of his design components complement his abilities as a killer, and not as a realistic person who would integrate into this plot properly. Even though his options are limited in a practical sense, he's still made to abuse those options to the logical extreme, which I see now kind of works against what's going on here and isn't really fair to 'normal' or 'realistic' humans.

Thanks for the consideration!

@Doc Doctor

Thank you for being very diplomatic on this situation! Good luck on the website!

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@Doc DoctorI'd have to disagree here. It's not just the equipment that is powerful, everything about his backstory, the words used to describe him, his sole ability and his involvement within the story seems to contradict with the style and balance of believe-ability we are employing into this narrative. The characters involved aren't supposed to be the best in the business because we're not supposed to be able to just take on whatever we want. The story is meant to be difficult, fuelled with potentially flawed characters and those who will have some form of relevance to the story right from the beginning, which I unfortunately cannot see in this 'best killer-for-hire. I hate to be that sort of GM that picks apart and downtreds on RPers and their creations but I do not think this character will fit the universe we are inheriting because of the sheer over-poweredness of its writing, presentation, backstory and set of skills, on top of the ability to essentially 'disappear without a trace'

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@LetMeDoStuff

Oh, and in response to the edit, most of Donny's backstory is iffy on purpose. That's the kind of pull he has. He's meant to be someone smart enough to bypass laws, as stated in his CS. He also cannot think his way out of any situation that I myself can't. If you place me in a locked room, I can't just say 'Donny escaped'. I have to explain how, and it must make sense. In that way Donny's power is limited, by the options available to me and how I use them.
If the Jinrai are indeed more skilled, more clever, then I'd imagine that will become evident through who plays them, yes?

@Doc Doctor

I'm going to be honest, a man who was described as being as catastrophic as 9/11 doesn't sound like a limited power to me. The story itself is supposed to be a bit more grounded and the character, at least as the GM, is far too over-powered in my eyes, which again I don't mean to throw offence at for saying.