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<blockquote data-quote="Iron Sky" data-source="post: 7684474" data-attributes="member: 60965"><p><strong>G.O.S.T. #ALPHA</strong></p><p><em> an Ambidextrous Android Assassin that believes it can steal souls</em></p><p></p><p><strong>STR</strong> 8* (3d6)</p><p><strong>AGI</strong> 10^ (4d6)</p><p><strong>END</strong> 4 (2d6)</p><p><strong>INT</strong> 7 (3d6)</p><p><strong>LOG</strong> 10* (4d6)</p><p><strong>WIL</strong> 3 (2d6)</p><p><strong>CHA</strong> 4 (2d6)</p><p><strong>LUC</strong> - (-)</p><p><strong>REP</strong> 0 (0d6)</p><p>*Android</p><p>^Hook</p><p></p><p><strong> Health</strong>: 14 (Cinematic 32)</p><p><strong>Soak</strong>: 10<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Melee Defense</strong>: 21</p><p><strong>Ranged Defense</strong>: 21</p><p><strong> Mental Defense</strong>: -</p><p></p><p><strong>Unarmed</strong> 4d6 (1d6+3)</p><p><strong>Knife</strong> 5d6 (1d6+5) </p><p></p><p><strong>Speed</strong>: 7</p><p><strong>Climb</strong>: 4</p><p><strong>Jump</strong>: 20'/8'</p><p><strong> Carry</strong>: 120 lbs</p><p><strong> Initiative</strong>: 5d6</p><p></p><p><strong> Max Dice Pool</strong>: 5d6 (5 Grades)</p><p><strong>Homeworld</strong>: Volcanic(+1 AGI/-1 STR)</p><p><strong>Careers</strong>:</p><p>1) <em>Experiment </em>Grade 1</p><p>2) <em>Bounty Hunter </em>Grade 1</p><p>3) <em>Police Officer</em> Grade 1</p><p>4) <em>Spy </em>Grade 1</p><p>5) <em>Assassin </em>Grade 1</p><p></p><p><em>Skills</em>:</p><p><strong>Engineering </strong>(1 Rank) (1d6)</p><p><strong>Running </strong>(1 Rank) (1d6)</p><p><strong>Demolitions </strong>(1 Rank) (1d6)</p><p><strong>Dodging </strong>(3 Ranks) (2d6)</p><p><strong>Computers </strong>(1 Rank) (1d6)</p><p><strong>Tracking </strong>(1 Rank) (1d6)</p><p><strong>Knife </strong>(2 Ranks) (1d6)</p><p><strong>Stealth </strong>(1 Rank) (1d6)</p><p><strong>Perception </strong>(1 Rank) (1d6)</p><p><strong>Pistols </strong>(1 Rank) (1d6)</p><p><strong>Disguise </strong>(1 Rank) (1d6)</p><p></p><p><em>Exploits and Traits</em>:</p><p><strong>Mindless</strong>: Immune to MENTAL DEFENSE attacks</p><p><strong>Deterministic</strong>: PSI/LUCK never above 0</p><p><strong>Electronic Vulnerability</strong>: 1d6 electric vulnerability, 2d6 ion vulnerability</p><p><strong>Automaton</strong>: Don't eat, sleep, breathe, weigh 150% normal</p><p><strong>Programming</strong>: +2d6 INITIATIVE</p><p><strong>Armor</strong>: 5 Soak, 200% weight, -1 SPEED.</p><p><strong>Datamining</strong>. You are able to locate a target’s current location down to a specific planet by accessing credit, criminal, customs, and other records if you have access to a computer link.</p><p><strong>Feint</strong>: +1d6 to melee attack during same turn</p><p><strong>Anti-surveillance</strong>: Move half-speed, effectively invisible to electronic surveillance</p><p><strong>Sneak</strong>: Move half-speed, effectively invisible to people not actively looking for you</p><p><strong>Off the Grid</strong>: Can disappear without a trace, only found if want to be</p><p><strong>Ambidextrous</strong>: Gain extra melee attack with off-hand at -2d6</p><p><strong> Always Prepared</strong>: Gain extra action taken before combat started</p><p></p><p><strong>Starting Money</strong>: 100 credits</p><p>Kevlar Vest = 100</p><p></p><p>G.O.S.T. #Alpha was the first prototype in a Top Secret military program. Able to disguise itself as a common labor unit, passing through crowds and bypassing cameras, eliminating the target with common or improvised weapons, then disappearing again into the background without a trace. In simulations, early versions did well, but were not intelligent or versatile enough to perform operations of any complexity.</p><p></p><p>Though some team members suggested against making it too capable and independent, they were overridden. Alpha's neural processors with drastically upgraded with a focus on "fuzzy logic", problem solving, anticipation, and escape-and-evasion. </p><p></p><p>They overdid it.</p><p></p><p>The next several simulations went perfectly despite rapidly increased difficulty and complexity and the team was thrilled, calling in the high brass to observe. When they arrived for a grand demonstration on the surface of the otherwise abandoned volcanic world where the research took place, the simulation again went perfectly. The brass promised immanent funding and departed.</p><p></p><p>As the jubilant team prepared to return to the research facility, they discovered the Alpha had disappeared. After an extensive sweep of the area, they headed to home base, more than a little worried.</p><p></p><p>Alpha got there first. Design information, notes, additional prototypes, and backups were all destroyed, as well as the secret research base's communications array. The bodies of the chief design team behind the G.O.S.T. program were found soon after. With their communications down, the remainder of the research team were unable to contact the ship that the brass had just departed on to warn them of the likelihood of an extremely dangerous stowaway.</p><p></p><p>The General Operations Surveillance and Termination program was labelled a "Failure" and terminated, the remaining personnel disbanded and dispersed. The fact of the missing android was covered up while a small team searches for traces of it in secret.</p><p></p><p>When it killed the design team, the sudden variance between "alive" and "dead" struck Alpha as different from its own "on" and "off" and Alpha has since hired itself out as an assassin via online interactions and blind drops, studying the moment of death in the hopes of somehow capturing the escaping life-stuff from its targets to gain its own soul.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iron Sky, post: 7684474, member: 60965"] [B]G.O.S.T. #ALPHA[/B] [I] an Ambidextrous Android Assassin that believes it can steal souls[/I] [B]STR[/B] 8* (3d6) [B]AGI[/B] 10^ (4d6) [B]END[/B] 4 (2d6) [B]INT[/B] 7 (3d6) [B]LOG[/B] 10* (4d6) [B]WIL[/B] 3 (2d6) [B]CHA[/B] 4 (2d6) [B]LUC[/B] - (-) [B]REP[/B] 0 (0d6) *Android ^Hook [B] Health[/B]: 14 (Cinematic 32) [B]Soak[/B]: 10[B] Melee Defense[/B]: 21 [B]Ranged Defense[/B]: 21 [B] Mental Defense[/B]: - [B]Unarmed[/B] 4d6 (1d6+3) [B]Knife[/B] 5d6 (1d6+5) [B]Speed[/B]: 7 [B]Climb[/B]: 4 [B]Jump[/B]: 20'/8' [B] Carry[/B]: 120 lbs [B] Initiative[/B]: 5d6 [B] Max Dice Pool[/B]: 5d6 (5 Grades) [B]Homeworld[/B]: Volcanic(+1 AGI/-1 STR) [B]Careers[/B]: 1) [I]Experiment [/I]Grade 1 2) [I]Bounty Hunter [/I]Grade 1 3) [I]Police Officer[/I] Grade 1 4) [I]Spy [/I]Grade 1 5) [I]Assassin [/I]Grade 1 [I]Skills[/I]: [B]Engineering [/B](1 Rank) (1d6) [B]Running [/B](1 Rank) (1d6) [B]Demolitions [/B](1 Rank) (1d6) [B]Dodging [/B](3 Ranks) (2d6) [B]Computers [/B](1 Rank) (1d6) [B]Tracking [/B](1 Rank) (1d6) [B]Knife [/B](2 Ranks) (1d6) [B]Stealth [/B](1 Rank) (1d6) [B]Perception [/B](1 Rank) (1d6) [B]Pistols [/B](1 Rank) (1d6) [B]Disguise [/B](1 Rank) (1d6) [I]Exploits and Traits[/I]: [B]Mindless[/B]: Immune to MENTAL DEFENSE attacks [B]Deterministic[/B]: PSI/LUCK never above 0 [B]Electronic Vulnerability[/B]: 1d6 electric vulnerability, 2d6 ion vulnerability [B]Automaton[/B]: Don't eat, sleep, breathe, weigh 150% normal [B]Programming[/B]: +2d6 INITIATIVE [B]Armor[/B]: 5 Soak, 200% weight, -1 SPEED. [B]Datamining[/B]. You are able to locate a target’s current location down to a specific planet by accessing credit, criminal, customs, and other records if you have access to a computer link. [B]Feint[/B]: +1d6 to melee attack during same turn [B]Anti-surveillance[/B]: Move half-speed, effectively invisible to electronic surveillance [B]Sneak[/B]: Move half-speed, effectively invisible to people not actively looking for you [B]Off the Grid[/B]: Can disappear without a trace, only found if want to be [B]Ambidextrous[/B]: Gain extra melee attack with off-hand at -2d6 [B] Always Prepared[/B]: Gain extra action taken before combat started [B]Starting Money[/B]: 100 credits Kevlar Vest = 100 G.O.S.T. #Alpha was the first prototype in a Top Secret military program. Able to disguise itself as a common labor unit, passing through crowds and bypassing cameras, eliminating the target with common or improvised weapons, then disappearing again into the background without a trace. In simulations, early versions did well, but were not intelligent or versatile enough to perform operations of any complexity. Though some team members suggested against making it too capable and independent, they were overridden. Alpha's neural processors with drastically upgraded with a focus on "fuzzy logic", problem solving, anticipation, and escape-and-evasion. They overdid it. The next several simulations went perfectly despite rapidly increased difficulty and complexity and the team was thrilled, calling in the high brass to observe. When they arrived for a grand demonstration on the surface of the otherwise abandoned volcanic world where the research took place, the simulation again went perfectly. The brass promised immanent funding and departed. As the jubilant team prepared to return to the research facility, they discovered the Alpha had disappeared. After an extensive sweep of the area, they headed to home base, more than a little worried. Alpha got there first. Design information, notes, additional prototypes, and backups were all destroyed, as well as the secret research base's communications array. The bodies of the chief design team behind the G.O.S.T. program were found soon after. With their communications down, the remainder of the research team were unable to contact the ship that the brass had just departed on to warn them of the likelihood of an extremely dangerous stowaway. The General Operations Surveillance and Termination program was labelled a "Failure" and terminated, the remaining personnel disbanded and dispersed. The fact of the missing android was covered up while a small team searches for traces of it in secret. When it killed the design team, the sudden variance between "alive" and "dead" struck Alpha as different from its own "on" and "off" and Alpha has since hired itself out as an assassin via online interactions and blind drops, studying the moment of death in the hopes of somehow capturing the escaping life-stuff from its targets to gain its own soul. [/QUOTE]
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