Redriak
08-21-2010, 07:00 AM
Runner
http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/1351/runnerv.jpg
IC Thread (http://role-player.net/forum/showthread.php?p=311488)
No longer open to new characters! Sorry!
"The world is an advanced place, now. I hope you know that. There are all kinds of guns and walls that are going to get in your way while you're on this assignment." The Mysterious Man smiles gently at you, "But you already knew that, didn't you? I don't need to explain all of this to you."
It's 2054. The world has developed incredibly rapidly over the past 44 years due to the unification of all nations under one single government, eliminating all war so that the greatest minds of the world can focus on the advancement of technology for the good of mankind.
The expansion of the internet, or The Network, as it is now called, throughout the world has spread into every single aspect of everyday lives. Currency is entirely processed electronically, which makes it both harder and easier to steal. Paper has become obsolete and now all information and data is stored in The Network.
Physical "Enhancements" have been created, and the addition of electronic body parts is now mainstream, though still found to be a bit strange in the eye of the general public. Things like electrobiotic eyes or ears enhance a person's senses, and things like electrobiotic hands allow a person to access The Network even more easily than another person, or to be stronger than the natural human could be.
In short, this is the future.
You are what is called a "Runner". You're a mercenary, out to get money for whatever job is called in - robbery, assault, sometimes even assassination.
As little war as there is in the world, the world's still a corrupt place, and you're here to reap the benefits of that corruption.
Your newest assignment is from a man, yet to have supplied an identity. He has sent you messages through The Network requesting that you meet him in Phoenix Down Bar, in downtown Berlin.
This story is set in Germany, near and in Berlin. Keep in mind that this is not present-day Berlin. The world is very advanced.
There are 5 different professions your character can be involved in:
Hacker: Advanced in the skill of hacking into The Network, accessing bank accounts and data mainframes, the Hacker is a formidable Runner to have on a mission in which electronics are involved. Generally, Hackers are less able to fire weapons effectively due to the fact that most of their time is dedicated to understanding and getting past the latest technology.
Shadow: The stealthiest of all the Runner professions, the Shadow is probably the most ruthless and cold-blooded of all Runners. He specializes in long-range weaponry and remaining unseen while picking off enemies from a distance. He is the most useful of the Runners in an assassination-type mission, though they are usually withdrawn and precise people who don't work well with others. As a result, their coordination with groups isn't as good as it should be.
Brute: This Runner is the most physically capable of all of the Runner professions. Brutes tend to use their muscle to get around anything and everything. As a result of their incredibly large amount muscle mass and the great deal of time they spend maintaining that muscle mass, Brutes are generally 'less intelligent' than other Runners, being that they're incapable of both expanding their mind and muscles to the height of their ability.
Gun: The Gun is the Runner you'll want if you have a mission that you want done via the use of projectile weapons, explosives, etc. For weaponry, the Gun is your man. Not necessarily the biggest, brightest, or fastest, but the Gun can shoot far better than any other Runner other than Shadows with a scoped rifle. However, the Gun is a much better team member than a Shadow.
Jet: The Runner who truly earns the title of "Runner" would be the Jet. The Jet is the Runner who focuses entirely on speed, whether it's firing rate or the speed the Jet is talking or running, how fast is of great importance. Hard to bear for longer than a few minutes at a time due to their incredibly short attention span, Jets are generally bad at carrying out planned maneuvers or coordinated attacks. The phrase "They can't see me and therefore can't shoot me" applies to any Jet while they are dashing across the battlefield. A valuable, if irritating ally.
CHARACTERS:
Username: Hunter
Name and/or Callsign: Tsuki Vanile
Sex:Female
Age: 25
Profession: Jet
Weaponry: She has a pair of claw blades for close combat and a futuristic machine gun for long ranged.
Appearance: http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g211/youkoselementalkitsune/anime%20girl/DarknessSurrounded.jpg
Implants: Tsuki has metallic implants on her left ankle.On her right foot,she has implants that goes up to her knee.She also has a glasses-like lens on her left eye that she is able to take off.
History: Tsuki,as a young child,learned how to handle a gun.Little did she know,she barely knew how to use it.As a little,defenseless child she ran away from danger.After years of running,she finally discovered that she runs fast and then her dream was to become the fastest Jet ever.Years have past and she finally became a fast Jet,but,not sure if she was the fastest.
Username:Redriak
Name and/or Callsign: Jake "Bolt" Black
Sex:Male
Age:23
Profession:Jet
Weaponry:
Lightning: A electrically enhanced pair of blades, designed to stun an enemy, even if the enemy's skin isn't pierced. They're about 8 inches in length and fit into two pockets inside Jake's jacket sleeves, specially made to hold his blades.
Appearance: Jake doesn't worry too much about whether the enemy can see him with his outfitting - mostly it's about mobility. His general clothing consists of tank-tops and shorts, and, most recently, his new favorite pair of sunglasses. His hair is short and blond and his eyes are blue. He's about 5'9" tall and a fairly skinny build due to the amount of running he does.
Implants: Because Jake believes in having a natural balance in his body, he's avoided implants, but over time for various reasons (mostly relating to his jobs), Jake has added implants in his eyes to allow him wireless access to The Network. He has also had a reflex stimulant implanted to give him better reflexes while running, though this simply adds to his impatience a lot of the time, making the world seem to move more slowly than it really moves.
History: Jake is - and has always been - a person who strives for speed, but he has made it his goal to keep his running speed entirely natural, and has refrained from the use of any implants to stimulate his speed or ability. Some of his employers have argued that this is why he is so fast - that he doesn't rely on his implants to make him better - but there are still Jets whose implants allow them to be better.
Username: erebus
Name and/or Callsign: Issac "Talyn" Daevison
Sex: Male
Age: 32
Profession: Shadow
Weaponry:
Primary: Issac's main weapon is a custom-made, precision rifle. Fed from a removable, revolver style, 6 round clip, the bolt-action rifle has been designed with an extended barrel length to maximize projectile accuracy and speed, at the cost of increased recoil. The sights, along with the addition of a range-finder, have been computerized to help compensate for weather conditions and bullet drop by receiving data from his personal Network connection.
Sidearm: Used primarily for protection on the way to his hide and during extraction following a job, Issac carries his back-up M9-SD. His particular model is fitted with a suppressor and laser sight.
Misc: The only weapon Issac carries on him, at all times, is his trusty combat knife. Kept in a sheath on his hip, this knife is balanced for throwing, but sturdy enough to be used in close quarters if a job goes south in a hurry.
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/thanatos10/rp_pictures/VC32SniperRifle.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/thanatos10/rp_pictures/m9-sd_sidearm.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/thanatos10/rp_pictures/combat_knife.jpg
Appearance:
Civilian Attire: Issac stands around 6'-0", with a fairly nondescript build. He likes to keep his average length, jet black hair very precisely unkempt, as a sort of inward rebellion against his time spent in the military. Since he sees no reason to dress for combat during his daily life, Issac often leaves the tools of his trade at home. If you were to see him walking down the street, odds are he'd be wearing a black trench coat over a plain white buttoned-up shirt and black slacks. Around his neck, he wears a harpy eagle talon on a chain, as a reminder of his old unit. Really, the only remarkable thing about his appearance are his electrobiotic eyes, which shift between a deep blue and a light grey color as various filters engage.
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/thanatos10/rp_pictures/sniper04civilian.jpg
Running Gear: To say the difference between his daily appearance and his running gear is like night and day would be a bit of an understatement. When on the job, Issac is clad in a full-body (head-included) combat suit. The suit is made of smart camouflage meta-materials, which are able to roughly color shift to better blend with his surroundings when stationary, in his hide. When in motion, the suit defaults back to its normal dark grey color. In terms of tech, Issac uses a wrist mounted firing computer, which feeds information into his rifle. He also wears a flip-up visor, which acts as a HMD for his firing computer, while still allowing him limited vision through the use of the two small visual light cameras and the larger IR sensor.
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/thanatos10/rp_pictures/sniper02.jpg
Implants: Due to the generally less physical nature of his specialty, Issac has limited his implants to his eyes and right arm. He had both his eyes replaced, granting him limited light amplification, as well as the ability to switch over to basic IR, if necessary. They also allow him up to 2x optical zoom, when not looking through a scope. His right arm has been enhanced to allow him improved fine control over his aim through servos which are able to network with the firing computer on his wrist. Finally, his right shoulder has been fortified with a framework, which spreads around his ribcage, to help absorb the extra recoil from his rifle. Unfortunately, this has led to mildly decreased mobility in that shoulder.
History: Issac grew up in what was once called the New England area of the old USA. Born to parents who both served in the armed forces, he was groomed for military life from a young age. Despite his excellent grades and distinct intellectualism, Issac decided to skip out on college, and instead joined the Global Peacekeeping Forces almost immediately after he turned 18. After going through Spec Ops training right out of boot camp, he spent the next 10 years as a sharpshooter assigned to the Raptor Unit, a deniable ops team called in when a problem 'absolutely, positively, has to go away tomorrow.' It was here that Issac was given the callsign "Talyn," as he was the one who would 'reach out and touch' the target.
However, after complications arose during the course of what would turn out to be his final mission, back-up was denied when the Forces disavowed all knowledge of his team's existence, leaving Issac the sole survivor of his unit. After spending what money he had on his enhancements and custom gear, he was forced to find a new means of employment. Since he was left without a job history, he set about making use of the only thing he knew how to do well. Over the past 4 years, he's made a name for himself as a Shadow who frequently votes for discretion, attempting to finish the job with the least number of unnecessary casualties, and, on rare occasions, has been rumored to show compassion towards civilians caught in the thick of it.
Username: Kamakazikid8
Name and/or Callsign: Min Li Ng
Sex: Male
Age: 26
Profession: Hacker
Weaponry:
A SOCOM pistol with a laser sight
http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/img/user/24/35/5782435/6.jpg
Programs that can overload electronics, causing a variety of effects ranging from electronic crashes to violent explosions, though crashes were the most common. These programs are carried in a small hand-held device created by Min Li. What is essentially created a single target EMP. A small handful of these programs can affect implants, interfering with the more delicate bits and possibly harming the person connected to it.
Appearance: Min Li stands at average height and has short black hair and dark eyes. His skin is slightly paler than average. He is usually seen wearing wears plain black loose-fitting shirts and blue jeans, and occasionally an olive green zip-up. On his feet he wears white tennis shoes.
Implants: Min Li carries implants in his arms and legs to help him defend himself, whether he chooses to fight or run. They increase his strength and reaction time, as well as making them sturdier.
History: Min Li lived in what used to be China before the unification, growing up not even knowing the name of his country. His father was an office worker and his mother a housewife. He excelled in school, ranking in the top five for all his classes. He became a runner because any other job felt too easy.
Min Li would spend day after day on the Network, figuring out how it worked and what did what. Soon he was bypassing firewalls and installing different protection systems just to find ways around them.
Username: Wattz
Name: Roxana Wilde
Sex: Female
Age: 33
Profession: Brute
Weaponry: Has a standard gun and a knife at her hip in case of emergencies, but isn’t one to actually use it. She much prefers a good old fashioned beat ‘em up.
Appearance: Big, tall, and muscular, Roxana is a more than intimidating individual. Her skin has a slight tan and she has a reddish hue in the cheeks. Her eyes are hazel and her face has a usually dull expression. She keeps her greasy brown hair about shoulder length, and it often falls in front of her face. She keeps quiet most of the time and isn’t particularly vocal. She wears simple clothing, usually a black t-shirt with an unofficial bullet proof vest underneath, and gray pants with black boots.
History: Learned early in life that she was better at getting the things she wanted with fists instead of words. Roxana took to life by building her muscles and utilizing her naturally tall stature to the best of her abilities. Though not the brightest crayon in the box, she’s smart enough to realize that people were willing to hire pure muscle for body guards and other side jobs. As far as she’s concerned, being a Runner is the only thing she’s cut out for.
Username: splicer407
Name and/or Callsign: Splicer
Sex: Male
Age: 25
Profession: Hacker
Weaponry: Dual 9mm pistols with extended clips and 3 shot burst fire mode.
Appearance: http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/6734/animeboy.jpghttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3252/2897282317_eb25898a50.jpg
Implants: Splicer has various implants and ports on him, most of which attach things like extra appendages and other devices.
Iris implants, like contacts but just under the surface of the eye, which allow for viewing of the network without an external screen.
Interface ports mounted on his back near his shoulder blades used to attach anything from decorative robotic wings, to backpacks that carry CPUs and network nodes.
A single interface port at the base of his spine primarily used to attach a robotic segmented tail, but can also be used to interface with other items.
Various computer chips and drives connected to his nervous system to help control the other implants and interface with the net and computers in general.
History: Splicer is an odd person to say the least, he is gifted with an enhanced intelligence which comes at the price of extremely odd views. Although he would never admit it his family, which nobody knows he belongs to, is extremely wealthy and he used his money to purchase and install the various implants that he has.
After finding out what he was up to his family disowned him and he went off the books, eventually gathering a considerable income with his own skills and busying himself with creating his own range of Electrobiotic appendages and attachments, using himself as a test subject.
Username: Sool777
Name and/or Callsign: Elliot Smith, Callsign Eagle 1
Sex:Male
Age:46
Profession:Gun
Weaponry: Elliot has 3 hidden blades located on his suit, 2 are in his inner wrists and one is located inside the his right boot. Also on his suit are built in slots to put on holsters and strap other important equpment on. He also has a rifle that has a wireless link to his helmet's HUD and a pistol from pre-unification ( HK MK23 .45 cal)
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http://www.tokyotoydistribution.com/updates/KSC_MK23_SOCOM_Pistol/TCH/KSC_MK23_SOCOM_Pistol_back_1024_TCH.jpg
Appearance: His appearence is unknown as he is covered with a strange metalic suit that has bonded to his body.The suit is covered with a matte black (nonreflective) paint and he has a matching helmet. The Helmet however is removable and reveals his face, a bald black man, with all white eyes. His expression almost always never changes and he is somehow always cleanly shaven. He has the body of a 28 year old, muscular man.
Implants: Upgraded eyes, mucle reflexes, a non-aging implant that lets him live double the lifetime of a normal, or what used to be normal human. During this lifetime his body will not decay, but his mind will eventually. Also a metal suit bonded permanently to his body.
History: Elliot Smith was in the army for the United states when the unification happened. The military cut most of its soldiers from any connection or pay from the military so Elliot was left with no job, home or family to stay with. Scientists preyed on people like Elliot to test their new devices and they pressured Elliot into volunteering for one of the tests in exchange for a home and a steady pay. Elliot spent 3 years being tested and "improved" until he became the first version of a Shadow, however he had many design flaws so they modified him into a Gun. Pairing him with a experimental self repairing suit and modifieing some of his skills givin to him by implants he became a Gun, version 2.0. After being tested and let loose a private military company (PMC) called Eagle Corps. came to him offering a job, a job with very good pay and that could use his skills. He accepet the offer and now is the head of their leading field operations team, hence his callsign Eagle 1.
Username: Redriak
Name and/or Callsign: Hawk "The Eye" Pierce
Sex:Male
Age:28
Profession:Shadow
Weaponry: Lucifer (A long-range sniper rifle, colored entirely black with a special non-reflective paint. Fires bullets.) Andarius (A side-arm pistol for only the most dire situations when Hawk is in a tight spot. Again, colored entirely black in special non-reflective paint.)
Appearance: The Eye is commonly found to be wearing a tight black tee-shirt, black jeans and black combat boots. His hair is black and the eye that isn't electrobiotic - his left one - was engineered by doctors to be entirely black as well. The rest of his skin Is well-tanned to be sure that it doesn't reflect enough light to be seen well in the dark.
Implants:Hawk's right eye is electrobiotic. It has been engineered to automatically scan through The Network when he sees someone to find information on that person. It is also engineered to help him see very well in the dark and he has a special extra eyelid for his right eye to block out the light from his electrobiotic eye, but to still allow him to see. When Hawk shuts this eyelid, his right eye looks exactly like his left eye.
History:Hawk has no memory of his birth, but the earliest he knows is that he grew up on the streets of Berlin, left to fend for himself in the slums. In this time, he grew learning to trust no one but himself, and to always make sure that if things went bad, he was the one to come out on top. This was the reason why later in his life he became more withdrawn and separate from the world, and he now lives by himself in his small apartment where he keeps his Running supplies.
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IC Thread (http://role-player.net/forum/showthread.php?p=311488)
No longer open to new characters! Sorry!
"The world is an advanced place, now. I hope you know that. There are all kinds of guns and walls that are going to get in your way while you're on this assignment." The Mysterious Man smiles gently at you, "But you already knew that, didn't you? I don't need to explain all of this to you."
It's 2054. The world has developed incredibly rapidly over the past 44 years due to the unification of all nations under one single government, eliminating all war so that the greatest minds of the world can focus on the advancement of technology for the good of mankind.
The expansion of the internet, or The Network, as it is now called, throughout the world has spread into every single aspect of everyday lives. Currency is entirely processed electronically, which makes it both harder and easier to steal. Paper has become obsolete and now all information and data is stored in The Network.
Physical "Enhancements" have been created, and the addition of electronic body parts is now mainstream, though still found to be a bit strange in the eye of the general public. Things like electrobiotic eyes or ears enhance a person's senses, and things like electrobiotic hands allow a person to access The Network even more easily than another person, or to be stronger than the natural human could be.
In short, this is the future.
You are what is called a "Runner". You're a mercenary, out to get money for whatever job is called in - robbery, assault, sometimes even assassination.
As little war as there is in the world, the world's still a corrupt place, and you're here to reap the benefits of that corruption.
Your newest assignment is from a man, yet to have supplied an identity. He has sent you messages through The Network requesting that you meet him in Phoenix Down Bar, in downtown Berlin.
This story is set in Germany, near and in Berlin. Keep in mind that this is not present-day Berlin. The world is very advanced.
There are 5 different professions your character can be involved in:
Hacker: Advanced in the skill of hacking into The Network, accessing bank accounts and data mainframes, the Hacker is a formidable Runner to have on a mission in which electronics are involved. Generally, Hackers are less able to fire weapons effectively due to the fact that most of their time is dedicated to understanding and getting past the latest technology.
Shadow: The stealthiest of all the Runner professions, the Shadow is probably the most ruthless and cold-blooded of all Runners. He specializes in long-range weaponry and remaining unseen while picking off enemies from a distance. He is the most useful of the Runners in an assassination-type mission, though they are usually withdrawn and precise people who don't work well with others. As a result, their coordination with groups isn't as good as it should be.
Brute: This Runner is the most physically capable of all of the Runner professions. Brutes tend to use their muscle to get around anything and everything. As a result of their incredibly large amount muscle mass and the great deal of time they spend maintaining that muscle mass, Brutes are generally 'less intelligent' than other Runners, being that they're incapable of both expanding their mind and muscles to the height of their ability.
Gun: The Gun is the Runner you'll want if you have a mission that you want done via the use of projectile weapons, explosives, etc. For weaponry, the Gun is your man. Not necessarily the biggest, brightest, or fastest, but the Gun can shoot far better than any other Runner other than Shadows with a scoped rifle. However, the Gun is a much better team member than a Shadow.
Jet: The Runner who truly earns the title of "Runner" would be the Jet. The Jet is the Runner who focuses entirely on speed, whether it's firing rate or the speed the Jet is talking or running, how fast is of great importance. Hard to bear for longer than a few minutes at a time due to their incredibly short attention span, Jets are generally bad at carrying out planned maneuvers or coordinated attacks. The phrase "They can't see me and therefore can't shoot me" applies to any Jet while they are dashing across the battlefield. A valuable, if irritating ally.
CHARACTERS:
Username: Hunter
Name and/or Callsign: Tsuki Vanile
Sex:Female
Age: 25
Profession: Jet
Weaponry: She has a pair of claw blades for close combat and a futuristic machine gun for long ranged.
Appearance: http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g211/youkoselementalkitsune/anime%20girl/DarknessSurrounded.jpg
Implants: Tsuki has metallic implants on her left ankle.On her right foot,she has implants that goes up to her knee.She also has a glasses-like lens on her left eye that she is able to take off.
History: Tsuki,as a young child,learned how to handle a gun.Little did she know,she barely knew how to use it.As a little,defenseless child she ran away from danger.After years of running,she finally discovered that she runs fast and then her dream was to become the fastest Jet ever.Years have past and she finally became a fast Jet,but,not sure if she was the fastest.
Username:Redriak
Name and/or Callsign: Jake "Bolt" Black
Sex:Male
Age:23
Profession:Jet
Weaponry:
Lightning: A electrically enhanced pair of blades, designed to stun an enemy, even if the enemy's skin isn't pierced. They're about 8 inches in length and fit into two pockets inside Jake's jacket sleeves, specially made to hold his blades.
Appearance: Jake doesn't worry too much about whether the enemy can see him with his outfitting - mostly it's about mobility. His general clothing consists of tank-tops and shorts, and, most recently, his new favorite pair of sunglasses. His hair is short and blond and his eyes are blue. He's about 5'9" tall and a fairly skinny build due to the amount of running he does.
Implants: Because Jake believes in having a natural balance in his body, he's avoided implants, but over time for various reasons (mostly relating to his jobs), Jake has added implants in his eyes to allow him wireless access to The Network. He has also had a reflex stimulant implanted to give him better reflexes while running, though this simply adds to his impatience a lot of the time, making the world seem to move more slowly than it really moves.
History: Jake is - and has always been - a person who strives for speed, but he has made it his goal to keep his running speed entirely natural, and has refrained from the use of any implants to stimulate his speed or ability. Some of his employers have argued that this is why he is so fast - that he doesn't rely on his implants to make him better - but there are still Jets whose implants allow them to be better.
Username: erebus
Name and/or Callsign: Issac "Talyn" Daevison
Sex: Male
Age: 32
Profession: Shadow
Weaponry:
Primary: Issac's main weapon is a custom-made, precision rifle. Fed from a removable, revolver style, 6 round clip, the bolt-action rifle has been designed with an extended barrel length to maximize projectile accuracy and speed, at the cost of increased recoil. The sights, along with the addition of a range-finder, have been computerized to help compensate for weather conditions and bullet drop by receiving data from his personal Network connection.
Sidearm: Used primarily for protection on the way to his hide and during extraction following a job, Issac carries his back-up M9-SD. His particular model is fitted with a suppressor and laser sight.
Misc: The only weapon Issac carries on him, at all times, is his trusty combat knife. Kept in a sheath on his hip, this knife is balanced for throwing, but sturdy enough to be used in close quarters if a job goes south in a hurry.
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/thanatos10/rp_pictures/VC32SniperRifle.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/thanatos10/rp_pictures/m9-sd_sidearm.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/thanatos10/rp_pictures/combat_knife.jpg
Appearance:
Civilian Attire: Issac stands around 6'-0", with a fairly nondescript build. He likes to keep his average length, jet black hair very precisely unkempt, as a sort of inward rebellion against his time spent in the military. Since he sees no reason to dress for combat during his daily life, Issac often leaves the tools of his trade at home. If you were to see him walking down the street, odds are he'd be wearing a black trench coat over a plain white buttoned-up shirt and black slacks. Around his neck, he wears a harpy eagle talon on a chain, as a reminder of his old unit. Really, the only remarkable thing about his appearance are his electrobiotic eyes, which shift between a deep blue and a light grey color as various filters engage.
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/thanatos10/rp_pictures/sniper04civilian.jpg
Running Gear: To say the difference between his daily appearance and his running gear is like night and day would be a bit of an understatement. When on the job, Issac is clad in a full-body (head-included) combat suit. The suit is made of smart camouflage meta-materials, which are able to roughly color shift to better blend with his surroundings when stationary, in his hide. When in motion, the suit defaults back to its normal dark grey color. In terms of tech, Issac uses a wrist mounted firing computer, which feeds information into his rifle. He also wears a flip-up visor, which acts as a HMD for his firing computer, while still allowing him limited vision through the use of the two small visual light cameras and the larger IR sensor.
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/thanatos10/rp_pictures/sniper02.jpg
Implants: Due to the generally less physical nature of his specialty, Issac has limited his implants to his eyes and right arm. He had both his eyes replaced, granting him limited light amplification, as well as the ability to switch over to basic IR, if necessary. They also allow him up to 2x optical zoom, when not looking through a scope. His right arm has been enhanced to allow him improved fine control over his aim through servos which are able to network with the firing computer on his wrist. Finally, his right shoulder has been fortified with a framework, which spreads around his ribcage, to help absorb the extra recoil from his rifle. Unfortunately, this has led to mildly decreased mobility in that shoulder.
History: Issac grew up in what was once called the New England area of the old USA. Born to parents who both served in the armed forces, he was groomed for military life from a young age. Despite his excellent grades and distinct intellectualism, Issac decided to skip out on college, and instead joined the Global Peacekeeping Forces almost immediately after he turned 18. After going through Spec Ops training right out of boot camp, he spent the next 10 years as a sharpshooter assigned to the Raptor Unit, a deniable ops team called in when a problem 'absolutely, positively, has to go away tomorrow.' It was here that Issac was given the callsign "Talyn," as he was the one who would 'reach out and touch' the target.
However, after complications arose during the course of what would turn out to be his final mission, back-up was denied when the Forces disavowed all knowledge of his team's existence, leaving Issac the sole survivor of his unit. After spending what money he had on his enhancements and custom gear, he was forced to find a new means of employment. Since he was left without a job history, he set about making use of the only thing he knew how to do well. Over the past 4 years, he's made a name for himself as a Shadow who frequently votes for discretion, attempting to finish the job with the least number of unnecessary casualties, and, on rare occasions, has been rumored to show compassion towards civilians caught in the thick of it.
Username: Kamakazikid8
Name and/or Callsign: Min Li Ng
Sex: Male
Age: 26
Profession: Hacker
Weaponry:
A SOCOM pistol with a laser sight
http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/img/user/24/35/5782435/6.jpg
Programs that can overload electronics, causing a variety of effects ranging from electronic crashes to violent explosions, though crashes were the most common. These programs are carried in a small hand-held device created by Min Li. What is essentially created a single target EMP. A small handful of these programs can affect implants, interfering with the more delicate bits and possibly harming the person connected to it.
Appearance: Min Li stands at average height and has short black hair and dark eyes. His skin is slightly paler than average. He is usually seen wearing wears plain black loose-fitting shirts and blue jeans, and occasionally an olive green zip-up. On his feet he wears white tennis shoes.
Implants: Min Li carries implants in his arms and legs to help him defend himself, whether he chooses to fight or run. They increase his strength and reaction time, as well as making them sturdier.
History: Min Li lived in what used to be China before the unification, growing up not even knowing the name of his country. His father was an office worker and his mother a housewife. He excelled in school, ranking in the top five for all his classes. He became a runner because any other job felt too easy.
Min Li would spend day after day on the Network, figuring out how it worked and what did what. Soon he was bypassing firewalls and installing different protection systems just to find ways around them.
Username: Wattz
Name: Roxana Wilde
Sex: Female
Age: 33
Profession: Brute
Weaponry: Has a standard gun and a knife at her hip in case of emergencies, but isn’t one to actually use it. She much prefers a good old fashioned beat ‘em up.
Appearance: Big, tall, and muscular, Roxana is a more than intimidating individual. Her skin has a slight tan and she has a reddish hue in the cheeks. Her eyes are hazel and her face has a usually dull expression. She keeps her greasy brown hair about shoulder length, and it often falls in front of her face. She keeps quiet most of the time and isn’t particularly vocal. She wears simple clothing, usually a black t-shirt with an unofficial bullet proof vest underneath, and gray pants with black boots.
History: Learned early in life that she was better at getting the things she wanted with fists instead of words. Roxana took to life by building her muscles and utilizing her naturally tall stature to the best of her abilities. Though not the brightest crayon in the box, she’s smart enough to realize that people were willing to hire pure muscle for body guards and other side jobs. As far as she’s concerned, being a Runner is the only thing she’s cut out for.
Username: splicer407
Name and/or Callsign: Splicer
Sex: Male
Age: 25
Profession: Hacker
Weaponry: Dual 9mm pistols with extended clips and 3 shot burst fire mode.
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Implants: Splicer has various implants and ports on him, most of which attach things like extra appendages and other devices.
Iris implants, like contacts but just under the surface of the eye, which allow for viewing of the network without an external screen.
Interface ports mounted on his back near his shoulder blades used to attach anything from decorative robotic wings, to backpacks that carry CPUs and network nodes.
A single interface port at the base of his spine primarily used to attach a robotic segmented tail, but can also be used to interface with other items.
Various computer chips and drives connected to his nervous system to help control the other implants and interface with the net and computers in general.
History: Splicer is an odd person to say the least, he is gifted with an enhanced intelligence which comes at the price of extremely odd views. Although he would never admit it his family, which nobody knows he belongs to, is extremely wealthy and he used his money to purchase and install the various implants that he has.
After finding out what he was up to his family disowned him and he went off the books, eventually gathering a considerable income with his own skills and busying himself with creating his own range of Electrobiotic appendages and attachments, using himself as a test subject.
Username: Sool777
Name and/or Callsign: Elliot Smith, Callsign Eagle 1
Sex:Male
Age:46
Profession:Gun
Weaponry: Elliot has 3 hidden blades located on his suit, 2 are in his inner wrists and one is located inside the his right boot. Also on his suit are built in slots to put on holsters and strap other important equpment on. He also has a rifle that has a wireless link to his helmet's HUD and a pistol from pre-unification ( HK MK23 .45 cal)
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Appearance: His appearence is unknown as he is covered with a strange metalic suit that has bonded to his body.The suit is covered with a matte black (nonreflective) paint and he has a matching helmet. The Helmet however is removable and reveals his face, a bald black man, with all white eyes. His expression almost always never changes and he is somehow always cleanly shaven. He has the body of a 28 year old, muscular man.
Implants: Upgraded eyes, mucle reflexes, a non-aging implant that lets him live double the lifetime of a normal, or what used to be normal human. During this lifetime his body will not decay, but his mind will eventually. Also a metal suit bonded permanently to his body.
History: Elliot Smith was in the army for the United states when the unification happened. The military cut most of its soldiers from any connection or pay from the military so Elliot was left with no job, home or family to stay with. Scientists preyed on people like Elliot to test their new devices and they pressured Elliot into volunteering for one of the tests in exchange for a home and a steady pay. Elliot spent 3 years being tested and "improved" until he became the first version of a Shadow, however he had many design flaws so they modified him into a Gun. Pairing him with a experimental self repairing suit and modifieing some of his skills givin to him by implants he became a Gun, version 2.0. After being tested and let loose a private military company (PMC) called Eagle Corps. came to him offering a job, a job with very good pay and that could use his skills. He accepet the offer and now is the head of their leading field operations team, hence his callsign Eagle 1.
Username: Redriak
Name and/or Callsign: Hawk "The Eye" Pierce
Sex:Male
Age:28
Profession:Shadow
Weaponry: Lucifer (A long-range sniper rifle, colored entirely black with a special non-reflective paint. Fires bullets.) Andarius (A side-arm pistol for only the most dire situations when Hawk is in a tight spot. Again, colored entirely black in special non-reflective paint.)
Appearance: The Eye is commonly found to be wearing a tight black tee-shirt, black jeans and black combat boots. His hair is black and the eye that isn't electrobiotic - his left one - was engineered by doctors to be entirely black as well. The rest of his skin Is well-tanned to be sure that it doesn't reflect enough light to be seen well in the dark.
Implants:Hawk's right eye is electrobiotic. It has been engineered to automatically scan through The Network when he sees someone to find information on that person. It is also engineered to help him see very well in the dark and he has a special extra eyelid for his right eye to block out the light from his electrobiotic eye, but to still allow him to see. When Hawk shuts this eyelid, his right eye looks exactly like his left eye.
History:Hawk has no memory of his birth, but the earliest he knows is that he grew up on the streets of Berlin, left to fend for himself in the slums. In this time, he grew learning to trust no one but himself, and to always make sure that if things went bad, he was the one to come out on top. This was the reason why later in his life he became more withdrawn and separate from the world, and he now lives by himself in his small apartment where he keeps his Running supplies.