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<blockquote>''Hey bro, rough break running into a honey pot, but when you’re a player people are going to try to play you. Happens to the best of us. Did a search in our outside contractor DB based on what you told me and came up with this:''<br>— John Michaels Lyons Jr. </blockquote> | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
!colspan="2"|Contractor Vixen | |||
|- | |||
| Real Name | |||
| N/A | |||
|- | |||
| Contract Name(s) | |||
| Vixen | |||
|- | |||
| Contract Handler | |||
| [REDACTED] | |||
|- | |||
| Birthdate | |||
| N/A (age range 26-34 [90% confidence]) | |||
|- | |||
| Residence | |||
| N/A | |||
|- | |||
| Known Aliases | |||
| Christine Jaeger (2055)<br>Laurene Miron (2055)<br>Laurene Laprise (2056)<br>Laurene Barteaux (2056)<br>Erim Latif (2057) | |||
|- | |||
| Known Associates | |||
| Contractor [Lefty Black]<br>[REDACTED] | |||
|- | |||
| Nationality | |||
| European [88% confidence]<br>French [34% confidence]<br>German [28% confidence]<br>Dutch [19% confidence] | |||
|- | |||
| Gender | |||
| Female | |||
|- | |||
| Metatype | |||
| Human | |||
|- | |||
| Height | |||
| 1.68 m (5'6") | |||
|- | |||
| Weight | |||
| 55 kg (120 lb.) | |||
|- | |||
| Contract Skills | |||
| Assassination<br>Confidence<br>Manipulation<br>Seduction<br>Surveillance | |||
|- | |||
| Known Metatalents | |||
| None | |||
|- | |||
| Known Cyberware | |||
| None | |||
|- | |||
| Known Bioware | |||
| Bioears<br>Bioeyes<br>Bionose<br>Bioskin<br>Biotongue<br>Clean Metabolism<br>Dietware<br>Engineered Scent (Coco Biomod Black)<br>Enhanced Articulation<br>Enhanced Immune System<br>Muscle Augmentation<br>Oral Secretion Sack (Saeder-Krupp CLift [intoxicant])<br>Oral Secretion Sack (Saeder-Krupp Nyx [narcoleptic])<br>Synaptic Accelerator<br>Tailored Pheromones | |||
|- | |||
| Notes | |||
| Frequent cosmetic facial reconstruction<br>Bioware addiction | |||
|} | |||
<blockquote>''If that’s your girl, then the bitch is a real-deal fucking runner. I think you’d catch any pheromone business with that nose of yours, so I assume she used her oral sacks skills on you instead, you dirty dog,.. but that means she knew about your nose going in, so think about that, brother.<br><br>I reached out to her handler—casual, like I was looking to hire her—but he says she isn’t available and to not expect her to be. He was pushing alternatives pretty hard. I pushed back best I could but no go. She’s probably either dead, out of the game, or working for someone better. Can’t give you the handler’s info—wouldn’t sit well with the corp—but can give you some info for a guy she worked with, locked up in Denver. No use to us behind bars, so you feel free to have at him. Just keep me out of it, right?''<br>— JML²</blockquote> | |||
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[[File:ClemHettinger.png|thumb|right|Clem Hettinger]] | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
!colspan="2"|Contractor Lefty Black | |||
|- | |||
| Real Name | |||
| Clem Hettinger | |||
|- | |||
| Contract Name(s) | |||
| Slim Pick (2052-2055)<br>Lefty Black | |||
|- | |||
| Contract Handler | |||
| [REDACTED] | |||
|- | |||
| Birthdate | |||
| March 18, 2019 (age 38) | |||
|- | |||
| Residence | |||
| Sioux Nation Denver Criminal Reformatory | |||
|- | |||
| Known Aliases | |||
| Tom Hooper<br>Charles Cook | |||
|- | |||
| Known Associates | |||
| Contractor Deckhand<br>Contractor [Mirrorface]<br>Contractor [Studbot]<br>Contractor [Vixen] (identified alias Erim Latif)<br>[REDACTED] | |||
|- | |||
| Nationality | |||
| American (UCAS) | |||
|- | |||
| Gender | |||
| Male | |||
|- | |||
| Metatype | |||
| Ork | |||
|- | |||
| Height | |||
| 1.85 m (6’1”) | |||
|- | |||
| Weight | |||
| 62 kg (136 lb.) | |||
|- | |||
| Appearance | |||
| Left replacement cyber-forearm and hand, black plastic outer surface | |||
|- | |||
| Contract Skills | |||
| Burglary<br>Thievery | |||
|- | |||
| Known Metatalents | |||
| None | |||
|- | |||
| Known Cyberware | |||
| Augmentable Cybereye [Right] (Enhanced Vision, Scoped Optics)<br>Replacement Cyberarm [Left] | |||
|- | |||
| Known Bioware | |||
| None | |||
|- | |||
| Conviction | |||
| Burglary, Theft (5 years each, concurrent sentence, 9 months served) | |||
|- | |||
| Notes | |||
| An offer to sell DNA of known associates (e.g., hair samples)—[Deckhand], [Mirrorface], [Studbot], [Vixen]—in return for assistance with the runner’s incarceration was rejected by management. | |||
|} | |||
<blockquote>''He got picked up on a job your girl got away from, so maybe some ill will there you can exploit. But hell if I know. Good luck, though, man. Stay in touch and be careful out there. Some people who come at you might do more than leave you with a bad date.''<br>— JML²</blockquote> | |||
==Dunkelzahn's Six== | ==Dunkelzahn's Six== |
Revision as of 04:40, 18 March 2019
The Massive Gains LLC Overview (September 5, 2057)
Hey, chummers, like I said, it’s 25k to do a deep dive on any of these creeps, but I did a superficial scan gratis. Main takeaway is that they jointly own this investment minicorp, Massive Gains LLC, but they didn’t use it for the businesses you had me check out. They're running below the ice with those.
— RaverD
A Rosenblaum Walters | |
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Primary Residence | Toronto, ON |
Born | 6/17/2032 |
Family | Married 2 Children |
Education | Imperial Oil K12 (Toronto, ON) B.A., Political Science, Yale University (New Haven, CT) |
Position | Toronto Mayor |
Prominent Holdings | ARW Investment (Real Estate Development) |
Dante K. Bojorquez | |
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Primary Residence | Detroit, MI |
Born | 9/2/2034 |
Family | Single |
Education | Ford Gifted (Detroit, MI) B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) PhD, Political Science, Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.) |
Prominent Holdings | Rebirth Health System (Health Centers) Rebirth Family Services (Juvenile Detention, Foster Care, and Adoption Services) DKB Hand Stitching (Clothing Manufacture) |
David A. Jackson | |
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Primary Residence | Cincinnati, OH |
Born | 11/12/2032 |
Family | Divorced 1 Child Remarried 2 Children |
Education | Kasich Elementary (Cincinatti, OH) Yost High (Cincinatti, OH) B.S., Environmental Engineering, Yale University (New Haven, CT) M.S., Environmental Management, Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH) |
Prominent Holdings | EarthCycle (Waste and Recycling) Jackson Hauling (Waste and Recycling) Rumpke Sanitary Landfill (Waste and Recycling) Gold Star Chili (Regional Restaurant Chain) |
Elvira A. Perez | |
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Primary Residence | Philadelphia, PA |
Born | 6/25/2034 |
Family | Single |
Education | Phillips Academy (Andover, MA) B.T., Astral Theory, Carnegie Mellon (Pittsburgh, PA) PhD, Astral Theory, Carnegie Mellon (Pittsburgh, PA) |
Position | Principle Hermetic, Guin & Vance |
Evelyn Banks | |
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Primary Residence | New York City, NY |
Born | 8/6/2033 |
Family | Divorced 1 Child |
Education | Choate Rosemary Hall (Wallingford, CT) B.A., Visual Arts, Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT) J.D., Yale Law School (New Haven, CT) |
Position | Senior Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Maruyama & McCloy |
Hui Ch'eng | |
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Primary Residence | Kansas City, NO |
Born | 8/23/2032 |
Family | Married 3 Children |
Education | Don Cheadle Elementary (Kansas City, NO) Ares Educational High Kansas City (Kansas City, NO) B.S., Economics, MIT&T (Cambridge, MA) MBA, MIT&T, Sloan School of Management (Cambridge, MA) |
Position | CEO and Majority Owner, Ch’eng Trucking and Shipping |
Kevin Stout | |
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Primary Residence | Chicago, IL |
Born | 11/6/2032 |
Family | Married 5 Children |
Education | Knight Academy (Chicago, IL) B.A., Public Policy, Yale University (New Haven, CT) |
Position | Illinois State Senator |
Michael L. Marshall | |
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Primary Residence | Baltimore, MD |
Born | 7/2/2033 |
Family | Married 2 Children |
Education | Phillips Academy (Andover, MA) B.A., Statistics, Yale University (New Haven, CT) MBA, MIT&T, Sloan School of Management (Cambridge, MA) |
Position | CEO and Majority Owner, MMM International Shipping |
Mitsutaka Mizutani | |
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Primary Residence | Bellevue, SSAR |
Born | 12/11/2032 |
Family | Married 2 Children |
Education | The Northwest School (Seattle, WA) B.S., Business Administration, University of Washington (Seattle, WA) MBA, MIT&T, Sloan School of Management (Cambridge, MA) |
Prominent Holdings | #1 Renraku (Auto Dealership) Blingee Custom Metalwork (Jewelry Store) Briar Tower (Commercial High-Rise) Daiyamondo (Jewelry Store) Gallery S (Private Art Gallery) Safaia Tower (Luxury Condominium High-Rise) Soygurt Fresh (Regional Casual Fast-Service Restaurant Chain) |
Paul Vansickle | |
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Primary Residence | Columbus, OH |
Born | 1/18/2031 |
Family | Married |
Education | NeoNET Advanced Education (Boston, MA) B.S., Finance, Yale University (New Haven, CT) |
Position | VP of Business Development, First Columbus Bank |
Perkins E. Michael | |
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Primary Residence | Boston, MA |
Born | 3/16/2033 |
Family | Single |
Education | Phillips Academy (Andover, MA) B.A., Psychology, Yale University (New Haven, CT) J.D., Yale Law School (New Haven, CT) |
Position | Senior Partner, Ropes & Gray |
Watson Kim | |
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Primary Residence | Washington, FDC |
Born | 10/29/2032 |
Family | Married 1 Child |
Education | Phillips Academy (Andover, MA) B.A., Political Science, Yale University (New Haven, CT) PhD, Political Science, Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.) |
Position | Managing Director, Government Affairs & Public Policy, Steptoe & Johnson |
The Chicago 21 Report (September 2, 2057)
Find attached the individual data dumps on these folks. Most of the details are pretty boring, but I've captured some correspondances in the last few columns of the table below.
— RaverD
Name | Age | Metatype | Profession | Primary Medical | Professional Companionship | Food Services |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anthony Rick | 30 | Human | Highway Patrol Officer | Northway Medical Practice | Corinthian Escorts | N/A |
Artur Dickson | 62 | Dwarf | Industrial Relations Director | Magna PX | N/A | Casey's Chicago Cuisine |
Esumi Rygh | 49 | Human | U.S. Marshall | NUCA Medical Complete | N/A | N/A |
Gabriela Rodrigues | 43 | Human | Family Therapist | MaxiServe Medical | N/A | Casey's Chicago Cuisine |
John A. Martinez | 20 | Human | Maid | N/A | N/A | N/A |
John Pugh | 29 | Human | Computer Control Programmer | Belle Medical Group | Brand Name Beauties | N/A |
John E. Stein | 33 | Elf | Labor Relations Director | Superior Medical | Pixie Personal Services | BambininuOvi Chicago |
Lamont L. Chow | 21 | Human | Massage Therapist | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Loraine J. Thomas | 60 | Human | Heavy Vehicle Engineer | Belle Medical Group | N/A | N/A |
Marnick Kienhuis | 55 | Human | Accounts Clerk | Belle Medical Group | N/A | N/A |
Mathilda Jönsson | 39 | Elf | Aircraft Engineer | RXL Medical | Pixie Personal Services | N/A |
Michael Kamimura | 33 | Human | Apartment Rental Agent | Belle Medical Group | N/A | N/A |
Mulan Hung | 74 | Human | Periodontist | Jennifer Kemble Associates | RoundFound | Casey's Chicago Cuisine |
Orgulas Lightfoot | 50 | Human | Payroll Analyst | RXL Medical | Brown Derby Companions | N/A |
Ravil Repin | 47 | Orc | Collision Repair Technician | Belle Medical Group | N/A | N/A |
Rebecca E. Potter | 57 | Dwarf | Analytical Chemist | Hielturry Med | Pixie Personal Services | Carlo Borro Home Deliver |
Ronnie C. Flynn | 44 | Elf | Sportscaster | Charles, O'Neal, and Bracin LLC | Pixie Personal Services | Wilson's Whole Foods |
Sharon Briggs | 37 | Human | Market Researcher | Belle Medical Group | N/A | Meals by Christopher B. Wheels |
Thomas Borders | 31 | Orc | Video Editor | John Liberty Practices | N/A | Casey's Chicago Cuisine |
Timothy S. Campbell | 76 | Elf | Interior Decorator | Intelli PX | Pixie Personal Services | Jafco |
Uki Kasai | 27 | Orc | EMT | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The Genevieve Wong Report (September 2, 2057)
Personal Details | |
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Full Name | Genevieve Lynn Wong |
Nickname(s) | Gene |
SIN | 28bba5-6312f3-9d6e9a-5dbdeb-83d328-be92ee |
Born | September 4, 2020 (age 36) Philadelphia, PA |
Spouse(s) | Catherine L Barnes (married 2050) |
Children | Robin Barnes Wong (born 2051) |
Parents | Patrick James Wong II (1968-2049) Robinette Bonenfant (born 1998) |
Education | Cigna STTEM Manayunk (Philadelphia, PA) B.T. in Summoning, MIT&T (Cambridge, MA) PhD, MIT&T (Cambridge, MA) |
Her wife was out of the city visiting family in Portland when the wall went up, with Genevieve and their daughter caught in the quarantine. They shelled out for genetic combination for the kid, which for some reason is still fragging expensive for elves.
— RaverD
Physical Characteristics | |
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Height | 1.73 m (5’8”) |
Weight | 54 kg (120 pounds) |
Metahumanity Type | Elf |
Eye Color | Purple |
Hair Color | Black |
Blood Type | AF+ |
Studied ballet up through college. Dropped it to focus on thaumaturgy once it became clear she couldn’t make a career of it.
— RaverD
Employment | |
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Employer | Reyes Pharmaceuticals |
Title | Associate Research Lead |
Hired | November 1, 2051 |
Salary | $1,689,000 (~436,000¥) |
Company's dead now, Chicago was their only branch.
— RaverD
Residence | |
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Address | 605N Clark St Chicago, IL 60654 |
Geo-coordinates | 41.892558, -87.630830 |
A North Riverside luxury condo, not in the Zone. Her wife still owns it but has moved back to Portland to live with her family.
— RaverD
Contact Info | |
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Phone | 1-872-696-1437 |
gwong@reyespharma.com genevievelwong@rmail.com |
None of these work anymore, of course. The rmail account is some active, but she hasn’t checked it since the quarantine began.
— RaverD
Financial | |
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Visa | 4018 7583 6590 0088 CVV4 2277 Expires 6/2058 |
Chase Ares | $329,816.63 (~90,000¥) |
Mostly spent it as quickly as they brought it in, though fair to assume Genevieve’s income would only increase. Catherine didn’t work.
— RaverD
Vehicle | |
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None |
Had a contract with Knight Private Carriage for local transportation.
— RaverD
Thesis | |
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Title | Adaptation of Pre-Awakening Customs to Hermetic Spirit Binding |
Abstract | Both the adaptation of Native American traditions to modern shamanic rituals and the re-adaptation of shamanic rituals to hermetic techniques are common practice. Despite the success of this adaptation and re-adaptation process, my research supposes that valuable praxis may be lost in retranslation. This dissertation describes a modified form of the Derived Algonquian Spirit Tasking Symbology (DASTS) informed by pre-awakening Shawnee hunting and gathering rituals integrated without the intermediation of shamanic interpretation. This direct hermetic interpretation (DHI-DASTS) of the original symbology empowers a refined directive instruction set enabling a more precise defining of desired flair and fauna. |
Fuck if I know what this is about, but the full non-redacted private version is attached.
— RaverD
Advanced Neuro-Logic Enterprises
Self-appointed investigators amassed in forums across the Matrix with the first bug sighting in Chicago. Their primary product was bad conjecture, but for someone actually taking a trip into the containment zone, the data they collected was a convenience.
Simple enough to consult a business directory and find Advanced Neuro-Logic Enterprises: 5200 S Harper Ave, six blocks from the University of Chicago. Unextraordinary in the public record and on first sight, the second floor of a three-story red brick office building on a tree-lined street, rows of abandoned desks, fashionably utilitarian. A few private offices, an expansive motion-capture lab, all gathering dust.
The team has a rhythm for the search. Urni negotiates with the resident vermin. Nine reviews records. Mac picks the simple locks used on desks and cabinets. Maniac rips them open. Electronics are collected and taken to the roof, solar sheets are unfolded, anything found in the offices or lab given priority for recharging. The software hasn’t been updated in two years, so the cracks are plug-and-play. It doesn’t take more than a few hours for Nine to get an overview.
An ordinary beginning, Neuro-Logic was formed in 2049 to exploit University of Chicago patents by Drs. Taylor and Lovin of the neuro-cybernetics department. The first skillsofts, back in the early 40s, were data repositories bridged to the parahippocampal cortices, factual recall via the semantic memory system. You could load up the full set of SEC regulations, MLB statistics, anything you wanted, but it was just raw data.
Taylor and Lovin played a small part in the second generation, real mental skills, the ability to perform new kinds of tasks. They owned techniques for dampening feedback in procedural memory, keeping the brain from freaking out when its natural reinforcement learning runs into a hard-coded chip. They signed cross-licenses with Mitsuhama and contracts to deliver mental skillsofts that would be developed at their new business, Neuro-Logic.
The investment class became instant experts. Wealthy travelers spoke like natives. Taylor and Lovin had a nice side income. But there was a limit to the market: most jobs that could be done by a person with a mental skillsoft could be done cheaper by a virtual intelligence. The real demand was for the next step: physical skills.
It wouldn’t be easy. Individual variations complicate exact translation of movement between bodies. A longer limb traverses a longer arc with the same rotation. Close enough for waving hello, but not for catching a ball, walking across a room, or assembling a pocket secretary.
It wasn’t clear a small player could compete in this third generation. Taylor and Lovin had been able to experiment with mental skills using a computer console and a comfortable chair, commercially-available factual-recall implants as their base hardware. For physical skills they’d need full-body free-motion rigs. They’d need to rent specialized facilities for physical skill testing. They’d need some megacorp’s still-experimental physical skillsoft implants. They needed someone to see a reason to deal them in.
AZ 22nd Century, an Aztlán VC firm, found one. AZ would invest in Neuro-Logic. Neuro-Logic would buy a new suite of equipment and use it to fulfill a research contract with Solar Cybernetics, an Aztechnology subsidiary in Denver. Solar Cybernetics would provide an active skillsoft framework, and Neuro-Logic would develop prototype physical skills.
As part of the deal, Neuro-Logic hired a new business manager, Teresa Robb, given independent authority to outsource a portion of the Solar Cybernetics contract. The Neuro-Logic staff configured neural recording cybernetics, nerve-pattern learning systems, a full DIY active skillsoft development package. Robb found outside vendors like Smart Systems Limited—themselves funded by AZ—delivered them the packages, and received physical skill performance data in return. Taylor and Lovin found this small independence to be little to ask, given all they received in return. From Nine’s review of their correspondence, they saw little need to discuss their new employee at all.
A pocket tablet from Robb’s office, little more than a desk in a closet, reveals a covert messaging app. The counterparty traces to Solar Cybernetics. Their exact identify is protected, but the local memcache yields the last few messages to extraction tools.
“How’s it going with the basketball team?”
“It’s not. We barely change them and they're completely inept. Can’t shoot. Can barely run. They would be breaking bones if we let them. They can’t adapt at all.”
“Well, I appreciate you sticking with it. The guys in the big offices loves the showy stuff, and they’re going to be writing our bonus checks ;)”
“Yeah. I was going to head over earlier, light a fire under their asses. But had to burn an hour telling the staff that I had ‘done all I could’ to get our contractors to share best practices. Would love to see their faces if I actually showed them. And now the roads are impossible, some Knight Errant thing.”
“Well, just remember, you can’t. And keep your head up. Even if they don’t know it, you’re the only reason that place is still in business.”
“Yeah, thanks. Think I’m going to walk home, deal with this tomorrow morning. I’ll let you know how it goes.”
“Please do. And, absolutely, take some time to relax, then get back at it. Talk to you tomorrow :)”
But with Neuro-Logic and Smart Systems Limited out of business, and Taylor, Lovin, and Robb lost or dead in the Zone, this would all be little more than trivia but for an implementation detail of the covert messaging app.
Normally, client apps operating remotely use a messaging-specific bridge between the Matrix and the corp’s internal network. A security VI authenticates and screens each packet, blocking the path to anything but the message queue. But border guards record all sorts of things you’d want no record of if you’re coordinating illegal experiments through layers of duped and dummy corporations. So the covert messaging app on Robb’s tablet instead opens a general-purpose bridge into the internal network, granting the tablet the trusted access that a hardwired on-site computer would have, allowing it to quietly talk to Robb’s contact within Solar Cybernetics.
It’s not an all-access pass to the corp’s data. Anything of value has further security. But as much as Solar Cybernetics might try to limit the risk taken to run off-the-record comms, it’s a foot in the door.
Erim McKenzie Search (August 10, 2057)
Hey bro, rough break running into a honey pot, but when you’re a player people are going to try to play you. Happens to the best of us. Did a search in our outside contractor DB based on what you told me and came up with this:
— John Michaels Lyons Jr.
Contractor Vixen | |
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Real Name | N/A |
Contract Name(s) | Vixen |
Contract Handler | [REDACTED] |
Birthdate | N/A (age range 26-34 [90% confidence]) |
Residence | N/A |
Known Aliases | Christine Jaeger (2055) Laurene Miron (2055) Laurene Laprise (2056) Laurene Barteaux (2056) Erim Latif (2057) |
Known Associates | Contractor [Lefty Black] [REDACTED] |
Nationality | European [88% confidence] French [34% confidence] German [28% confidence] Dutch [19% confidence] |
Gender | Female |
Metatype | Human |
Height | 1.68 m (5'6") |
Weight | 55 kg (120 lb.) |
Contract Skills | Assassination Confidence Manipulation Seduction Surveillance |
Known Metatalents | None |
Known Cyberware | None |
Known Bioware | Bioears Bioeyes Bionose Bioskin Biotongue Clean Metabolism Dietware Engineered Scent (Coco Biomod Black) Enhanced Articulation Enhanced Immune System Muscle Augmentation Oral Secretion Sack (Saeder-Krupp CLift [intoxicant]) Oral Secretion Sack (Saeder-Krupp Nyx [narcoleptic]) Synaptic Accelerator Tailored Pheromones |
Notes | Frequent cosmetic facial reconstruction Bioware addiction |
If that’s your girl, then the bitch is a real-deal fucking runner. I think you’d catch any pheromone business with that nose of yours, so I assume she used her oral sacks skills on you instead, you dirty dog,.. but that means she knew about your nose going in, so think about that, brother.
I reached out to her handler—casual, like I was looking to hire her—but he says she isn’t available and to not expect her to be. He was pushing alternatives pretty hard. I pushed back best I could but no go. She’s probably either dead, out of the game, or working for someone better. Can’t give you the handler’s info—wouldn’t sit well with the corp—but can give you some info for a guy she worked with, locked up in Denver. No use to us behind bars, so you feel free to have at him. Just keep me out of it, right?
— JML²
Contractor Lefty Black | |
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Real Name | Clem Hettinger |
Contract Name(s) | Slim Pick (2052-2055) Lefty Black |
Contract Handler | [REDACTED] |
Birthdate | March 18, 2019 (age 38) |
Residence | Sioux Nation Denver Criminal Reformatory |
Known Aliases | Tom Hooper Charles Cook |
Known Associates | Contractor Deckhand Contractor [Mirrorface] Contractor [Studbot] Contractor [Vixen] (identified alias Erim Latif) [REDACTED] |
Nationality | American (UCAS) |
Gender | Male |
Metatype | Ork |
Height | 1.85 m (6’1”) |
Weight | 62 kg (136 lb.) |
Appearance | Left replacement cyber-forearm and hand, black plastic outer surface |
Contract Skills | Burglary Thievery |
Known Metatalents | None |
Known Cyberware | Augmentable Cybereye [Right] (Enhanced Vision, Scoped Optics) Replacement Cyberarm [Left] |
Known Bioware | None |
Conviction | Burglary, Theft (5 years each, concurrent sentence, 9 months served) |
Notes | An offer to sell DNA of known associates (e.g., hair samples)—[Deckhand], [Mirrorface], [Studbot], [Vixen]—in return for assistance with the runner’s incarceration was rejected by management. |
He got picked up on a job your girl got away from, so maybe some ill will there you can exploit. But hell if I know. Good luck, though, man. Stay in touch and be careful out there. Some people who come at you might do more than leave you with a bad date.
— JML²
Dunkelzahn's Six
James Delany | |
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Born | June 9, 2028 (age 29) |
Spouse | Jeane Olson |
Children | Robert Delany |
Metahumanity Type | Dwarf |
Employment | Illusionist Brilliant Genesis Studios Chicago, IL |
Recent Productions |
Angels of Saturn’s Rings (2055) |
Alright, here's the effortpost I promised on James Delany's sims with Brilliant Genesis.
Chainsaw Reborn is remembered for one thing: Jacqueline Starlight's incredible performance doing emotion capture for the titular reborn Chainsaw. Basic plot summary: Chainsaw, seemingly dead at the end of the first sim, is resurrected as a mind-wiped cyber-zombie, with an upgraded chainsaw hand; the corp uses him to take on street gangs, he eventually stumbles across his former girlfriend, she reminds him who he was, he goes back to the corp and chainsaws his way through security to the executive responsible for wiping his mind. What makes this work is Starlight's ability to take you through Chainsaw whole journey, which ends up being surprisingly poignant. Delaney did the gore-effects on set, and they're good, but nothing that would stand out in the genre.
So, I haven't experienced The Fifth Caballero, but apparently neither did anybody else. It's a horribly-reviewed comedy set in Aztlan back when it used to be called Mexico, during the Mexican Revolution, though the revolution in the sim apparently doesn't much match actually history, or apparently what Aztechnology wants remembered of history, leaving it banned in the only market that might care about it. Seems like a complete misfire. That said, I haven't read any complaints about Delany's work on the illusory sets they used to capture this in Chicago.
I get that Alan Moore's Swamp Thing is an obnoxious title given how little similarity it has to the original novel. But I haven't read that so ultimately I'm just judging it as a sim, preconceptions aside. And from that perspective, it's great. You've got Delaney's illusions and Starlight's emotions again, but this time for a body-tripping plant monster that can feel an entire swamp through some kind of plant network instead of just a beefy guy murdering people with a chainsaw. The whole story: his birth, him being hunted by the Floronic fertilizer company, the big fight scene at the end, is all freaky sensations and body horror and it's great. Writer/director Mary McQuillen never recovered from this one, but it's what made Delaney someone to watch.
Unjustified is a neo-western: a NaN peace officer hunts for his son's killer (though, spoiler, not really, he's still alive) in the farmland and wilderness outside the Denver Metroplex. Most of the attention for this went to Caron Brown's performance as Anna, the tracker companion to the main POV character. She's great, and brings the only warmth to what's otherwise a pretty cold sim. But Delaney's work on this sim is incredible, painting vast vistas entirely out of thin air, which didn't get much attention at the time as Brilliant Genesis didn't want to draw attention to the entirely artificial setting of a sim being praised for its realness. Incredible work, though, and what earned him the director's chair for his next sim.
So, Angels of Saturn’s Rings has a bad reputation, but I actually kinda like it. I get that the juxtaposition of the horror stuff with the spiders and the more erotic stuff with the aliens doesn't totally work, but when the execution of both those elements is so strong, I don't really mind the tonal whiplash. And the sci-fi writing for the first contact storyline is surprisingly good. And I think anyone can appreciate the incredible visuals of the nano-replicators building out in Saturn's rings. It's a sim that clearly needed another pass at the scriptwriting stage, but as a freshman effort of James Delaney in the director's chair, as well as doing the illusory setting, I think it shows a lot of promise.
But at the end of the day, he's a talented, but not all that accomplished illusionist/director whose career was cut short by the intervention of bugs from another dimension, and it's not clear to me what a great dragon's interest is in that. I guess maybe he's a fan? But at least for me, I hope someone gets him out and he gets back to work. His horror chops could only be improved by being stuck in a city filled with insect monsters, right? :D
— SK
Dr. Edward Fenwick Oden | |
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Born | February 2, 2010 (age 47) |
Spouse | Dr. Gilbert I. Williams |
Children | none |
Metahumanity Type | Human |
Employment | Full Professor Department of Thaumaturgy University of Chicago Chicago, IL |
Recent Published Works | A Meta-analysis of Spirit-Based Far-Metaplane Exploration (2055) An Alternative Runic System for Astral Projection Monitoring Circles (2054) Metaplane Permeability in the Saar-Lorraine-Luxembourg Special Administrative Zone (2053) |
I don't think there's any question why Dunkelzahn wants this guy out. He's done research on metaplane travel and specifically how metaplane access is affected by a toxic zone. The Draco Foundation is going to take the credit for getting him rescued and then snap up everything he knows about metaplanes in Bug City.
— The Great Ape
Gregory Armtwister | |
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Born | September 13, 2028 (age 28) |
Spouse | none |
Children | none |
Metahumanity Type | Ork |
Employment | Security The Big Rhino Puyallup, SSAR |
Matrix Rumors | 1) He’s a major player in the Ork underground. Dunkelzahn wants him brought out to get back to that. 2) He’s a Shadowrunner who Dunkelzahn sent into the CZ but couldn’t get out, and he’s got something Dunkelzahn wants for his foundation. 3) He’s a high-level off-books Renraku operator who was sent into Chicago within an hour of the outbreak, before the wall went up. Dunkelzahn wants his foundation to find out why. |
I'd met this guy a few times at The Big Rhino, which, if you don't know, is an "Orkish" bar/restaurant in Puyallup. During the day it's reasonably safe to visit, and you can get an interesting meal that's somewhere between paleolithic and deconstructionist. At night, it gets pretty rough, which is when Armtwister is more prominent. He was clearly skilled at keeping the atmosphere short of homicidal without impairing the energetic crowd the place is known for. Don't know him well enough to know what he was doing in Chicago, though.
— Archangel
Protacio Corcoran | |
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Born | September 13, 2023 (age 33) |
Spouse | none |
Children | none |
Metahumanity Type | Human |
Employment | Handyman Chicago, IL |
Matrix Rumors | 1) He’s a Sky Shaman who possesses the Seal of the Blue Gloves, which the Dunkelzahn Foundation will need after giving away the green ones. 2) He’s secretly Basilisk, a Chicago-area holo-vandal of whom Dunkelzahn was a fan. 3) He’s a high-level off-books Ares operator who was activated within an hour of the outbreak, before the wall went up. Dunkelzahn wants his foundation to find out why. |
This guy is known entirely through a handful of Matrix posts offering basic handyman work in association with a barebones Facebook account. He's either a Matrix ghost acting as cover for an operator or an actual boring handyman.
— Greely
Katherine Sitsu | |
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Born | March 5, 2033 (age 24) |
Spouse | none |
Children | none |
Metahumanity Type | Elf |
Employment | PhD Student University of Chicago Chicago, IL |
Published Works | Brain Abnormalities in Procyon Latri (Bandit Raccoons) |
Some student might seem like a weird choice, but she's done anatomical research on awakened animals, so she's presumably somewhere in Bug City right now chopping up insect spirits. Obvious financial motivation for getting her out and grateful to Draco.
— The Great Ape
Sissel McCarthy | |
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Born | December 2, 2021 (age 35) |
Spouse | John Robles |
Children | Daisy McCarthy Dianne Robles |
Metahumanity Type | Human |
Employment | Journalist Chicago NewsNet-Sun-Tribune Chicago, IL |
CZ BBS Bulk Download Articles | Bugs on Buses: Transportation in Crisis A Fragile Peace in the Ghoul Enclave Fast-Flesh Infested: Super Soldier Insects? Last Month Was the Deadliest Yet from Faulty BTLs Beside the Wall: Life on the Fringes |
Sissel's the one person on Dunkelzahn's list where we almost know more about her activity after the wall went up than before. A junior journalist with a periodic byline beforehand, she seems to have forged an impressive career of investigative journalism within the Containment Zone. Her articles form some of the core of what we understand of life behind the wall.
— Wraith II
The Rochus Braun Report (August 4, 2057)
Personal Details | |
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Full Name | Rochus Orwell Braun III |
Nickname(s) | none |
SIN | 000001-38bf44-fb5087-eb6086-6b5ac7-9318b2 |
Born | March 6, 2012 (age 45) Renton, SSAR |
Spouse(s) | Margaret Alanis Rosaire (married 2038) |
Children | Rochus Orwell Braun IV (born 2040) John Francis Braun (born 2042) Mary Margaret Braun (born 2044) |
Parents | Rochus Orwell Braun II (born 1991) Maggie Noelle McKenzie (born 1992) |
Education | Renraku Educational Primary (Renton, SSAR) Renraku Educational Secondary (Renton, SSAR) B.A. in Management, Northwest University (Bellevue, SSAR) Lone Star Academy (Austin, TX) |
Parents both come from serious money. Their personal matrix chat with the other kids, all mid-level Renraku execs, is brutal. Roch is just some bigot cop to them. They’ve got no serious contact, they say he’s all in on Lone Star and his church.
— RaverD
Physical Characteristics | |
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Height | 1.65 m (5’5”) |
Weight | 86 kg (190 pounds) |
Metahumanity Type | Human |
Eye Color | Hazel |
Hair Color | Dark Brown |
Blood Type | AB- |
Lone Star physical requirements aren’t much at his rank, and he takes advantage of it.
— RaverD
Employment | |
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Employer | Lone Star Security Services |
Title | Captain, Crime Suppression Division |
Hired | June 03, 2037 |
Salary | $337,000 (~87,000¥) 60,000 LSS (~8,000¥) |
He’s got a clean record, though he might have come in with enough profile to keep it that way no matter what. Lone Star knows their system leaks.
— RaverD
Residence | |
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Address | 1015 North 31st St Renton, SSAR 98056 |
Geo-coordinates | 47.519031, -122.204926 |
This is a two-story house in a low-crime middle-class neighborhood. Looks like he mostly walks places, except to work, and church once a week in Bellevue.
— RaverD
Contact Info | |
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Phone | 1-206-727-2143 |
robraun@lonestar.ucas |
Again, no access to internal Lone Star communications.
— RaverD
Financial | |
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Visa | 4018 1694 4999 4528 CVV4 5726 Expires 4/2060 |
Chase Ares | $502,450.08 (~135,000¥) |
Lone Star Scrip | ~45,908 (~6,000¥) |
I think he’s got another ~200,000¥ hidden in the CAS, but haven’t been able to confirm. I can take another run at that for another 1k¥.
— RaverD
Vehicle | |
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Make & Model | Buick Park Avenue |
Year | 2054 |
Color | Pearl White |
Registration | SSAR |
Plate | 1738 SGJD |
Rarely uses this, GRID only when he does.
— RaverD
The Bull Report (July 6, 2057)
Personal Details | |
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Full Name | Irene Allen Turnbull |
Nickname(s) | The Bull |
SIN | 4174fa-9d3571-c51d5a-fd8b9f-1e4f97 |
Born | December 6, 2022 (age 34) Puyallup, SSAR |
Spouse(s) | Daniel Y. Vanmeter (2046-2048) |
Children | None |
Parents | George Turnbull (2001-2039) Terry Allen (2004-2039) |
Education | McAlister Elementary (Puyallup, SSAR) Knight High (Puyallup, SSAR) Lone Star Academy (Austin, TX) |
Her parents both died the Night of Rage during one of the riots. Couldn't find anything on just how they were involved, bystanders, instigators, or what. The ex works at Sea-Tac, ground crew.
— RaverD
Physical Characteristics | |
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Height | 1.73 m (5'8") |
Weight | 84.1 kg (185.5 pounds) |
Metahumanity Type | Human |
Eye Color | Dark Brown |
Hair Color | Dark Brown |
Blood Type | A+ |
She's a seven-day-a-week weightlifter, either a facility in the basement of her apartment building, or Lone Star's staff gym.
— RaverD
Employment | |
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Employer | Lone Star Security Services |
Title | Lieutenant, Crime Suppression Division |
Hired | June 5, 2041 |
Salary | $232,000 (~60,000¥) 37,500 LSS (~5,000¥) |
She spent five years patrolling Puyallup. A few citizen complaints, excessive violence, but nothing that stuck. Then a few of years in anti-terrorism before being recruited into CSD as a lieutenant, where she's been for the last seven.
— RaverD
Residence | |
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Address | 938 110th Ave NE Apt. 312 Bellevue, SSAR 98004 |
Geo-coordinates | 47.618867, -122.193417 |
Buncha other Star in this building. Looks like the owner discounts their rent.
— RaverD
Contact Info | |
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Phone | 1-296-772-5542 |
iturnbull@lonestar.ucas |
She's gonna also have internal corp text/voice/video comms, but you'd need to break heavy ice to use them anyways.
— RaverD
Financial | |
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Visa | 4929 3458 0114 2984 CVV4 0118 Expires 6/2059 |
Chase Ares | $30,447.04 (~7,600¥) |
Lone Star Scrip | ~4,174 (~550¥) |
Up-to-date scrip amounts are tough to pull from corp servers. And I think I would have found any covert accounts, but you can never be sure.
— RaverD
Vehicle | |
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Make & Model | Land Rover Model 2067 |
Year | 2056 |
Color | Midnight Black |
Registration | SSAR |
Plate | 7798 ADRX |
Her car's got a bit of custom up-armoring she bought with Star scrip. Shouldn't be any mounted weapons, though.
— RaverD
Lone Star Application Psych Summary | May 14, 2041 |
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A tendency to binary social identification – leading to openness to in-groups and distrust of out-groups – may make for an excellent recruit if loyalties can be directed to Lone Star and against extra-agency threats. Skill with rapid situational assessment and quick decision-making should prove valuable both in field work and in potential direct-command roles. However, an inherent impulsiveness limits aptitude with long-term planning, such that any rank advancement should retain subordination beneath a more strategic leader to set goals. |
Proud of this pull. Found a leak of these from the early 40s on ShadowNet.
— RaverD