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<blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8221476" data-attributes="member: 30538"><p><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: purple">Giasper</span></span></p><p><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-dX6rVJS/0/ac589ff8/S/yicat-S.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">Art by Yicat (<a href="http://Courier by Yicat https://www.reddit.com/r/Cyberpunk/comments/bcgj5c/courier_by_yicat/" target="_blank">source</a>)</span></p><p></p><p>"Privacy" is one of many concepts, like 'representative democracy' or 'pollution controls', that the denizens of the Sprawl have been forced to live without. The best that can be said is that the absence of privacy cuts both ways -- just as any of the corps can easily determine what's going on pretty much anywhere in the Sprawl, they find it difficult to keep secrets from each other, too. Digital security is largely imaginary, and so when the corporations need to send confidential information between their various tentacles, it has to be done by a human courier.</p><p></p><p>The woman who uses the name Giasper Kasey is one such courier, or rather she was until two days ago. She likes to think that she was pretty darn good at her job, efficient in her pickups and deliveries and very practiced in making sure that the package -- whatever it might be -- did not get taken away from her in transit, whether that meant fighting her way through the people who were trying to take it from her, or sneaking past them. She was doing well enough in that job to be able to afford top of the line equipment, like her skycycle and her headware, that gave her an edge on the competition. And she always followed one simple and inviolable rule -- never, ever, under any circumstances, do you peek at the package.</p><p></p><p>So two days ago, when she was <em>told</em>, explicitly, by the secretary who handed her the dataslug that she was supposed to take through the barrens to some remote outpost operated by a subsidiary of Zantech that was supposedly studying time travel, that if worst came to worst she was supposed to scan the slug and <em>verbally</em> deliver the message contained within it, Giasper treated this like the joke that she thought that it was. Problem was, he wasn't joking. After losing the slug twice to opposition forces and regaining it the same number of times, all within the first hour of what was supposed to be a three hour trip, Giasper decided that she should probably make some sort of backup for the data. So she copied it to her own headware.</p><p></p><p>And then the strangeness started. As soon as she did that, the attempts to steal the slug tapered off. She had an easy run of it until she got to the outpost and handed over the package, and was asked whether she'd looked at the contents. Lying to the person who would authorize the back half of her payment didn't seem like the greatest idea, so she admitted that she had, and quickly mentioned that the secretary had told her that she could.</p><p></p><p>"He's dead," said the recipient, and tried to inflict the same condition on Giasper. She managed to get out of the building and get away from the ambush, but nothing that has happened since then has made any sort of sense. People are trying to kill her over nothing! The message consisted of seven words, which didn't make any sense to her. What's Osiris, what does it mean that it's a black god, who is Nephren-ka, and what does it mean that he's awakened? Nobody will explain anything about that, much less why she now has a ridiculous price on her head! She needs help, and she's not really in any position to refuse it from any possible source ...</p><p></p><p><strong>Giasper -- PL 6</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Abilities:</strong></p><p><strong>STR</strong> 1 | <strong>STA</strong> 2 | <strong>AGL</strong> 2 | <strong>DEX</strong> 4 | <strong><strong>FGT</strong></strong> 5 | <strong>INT</strong> 2 | <strong>AWE</strong> 1 | <strong>PRE</strong> 1</p><p></p><p><strong>Powers:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Cyberware:</em></strong> Enhanced Advantages 9 (Close Attack 4, Defensive Roll, Eidetic Memory, Evasion, Improved Initiative 2, Quick Draw); Senses 6 (Accurate Hearing, Analytical and Extended Vision, Danger Sense, Infravision) - 15 points</p><p></p><p><strong>Advantages:</strong></p><p><em>Close Attack 4, Defensive Roll, Eidetic Memory,</em> Equipment 8, <em>Evasion,</em> Fearless, Improved Initiative <em>3</em>, Move-by Action, Precise Shot (ranged, concealment), <em>Quick Draw</em>.</p><p></p><p><em>Equipment:</em></p><p>Concealed Armor (Protection 2, Subtle), Light Blaster (Ranged Damage 4), 5 points of equipment as needed</p><p><strong><em>Skycycle:</em></strong> Size Medium; Strength 4; Speed 7 (air); Defense 15; Toughness 5; Features Remote Control, Senses 3 (direction sense, radio, time sense), Subtle Flight - 24 points</p><p></p><p><strong>Skills:</strong></p><p>Athletics 5 (+6), Deception 8 (+9), Insight 6 (+7), Investigation 6 (+8), Perception 6 (+7), Ranged Combat: Blaster 4 (+8), Sleight of Hand 4 (+8), Stealth 5 (+7) Technology 6 (+8), Vehicles 6 (+10).</p><p></p><p><strong>Offense:</strong></p><p>Initiative +14/+6</p><p>Unarmed +9/+5 (Close Damage 1)</p><p>Light Pistol +8 (Ranged Damage 4)</p><p></p><p><strong>Defenses:</strong></p><p>Dodge 6, Parry 5, Fortitude 4, Toughness 6/4/4/2, Will 5</p><p></p><p><strong>Totals:</strong></p><p>Abilities 36 + Powers 15 + Advantages 12 + Skills 28 + Defenses 10 = 101 points</p><p></p><p><strong>Complications:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Survival--Motivation. Enemies</em></strong> (oh so many.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Davies, post: 8221476, member: 30538"] [SIZE=7][COLOR=purple]Giasper[/COLOR][/SIZE] [IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-dX6rVJS/0/ac589ff8/S/yicat-S.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=1]Art by Yicat ([URL='http://Courier by Yicat https://www.reddit.com/r/Cyberpunk/comments/bcgj5c/courier_by_yicat/']source[/URL])[/SIZE] "Privacy" is one of many concepts, like 'representative democracy' or 'pollution controls', that the denizens of the Sprawl have been forced to live without. The best that can be said is that the absence of privacy cuts both ways -- just as any of the corps can easily determine what's going on pretty much anywhere in the Sprawl, they find it difficult to keep secrets from each other, too. Digital security is largely imaginary, and so when the corporations need to send confidential information between their various tentacles, it has to be done by a human courier. The woman who uses the name Giasper Kasey is one such courier, or rather she was until two days ago. She likes to think that she was pretty darn good at her job, efficient in her pickups and deliveries and very practiced in making sure that the package -- whatever it might be -- did not get taken away from her in transit, whether that meant fighting her way through the people who were trying to take it from her, or sneaking past them. She was doing well enough in that job to be able to afford top of the line equipment, like her skycycle and her headware, that gave her an edge on the competition. And she always followed one simple and inviolable rule -- never, ever, under any circumstances, do you peek at the package. So two days ago, when she was [I]told[/I], explicitly, by the secretary who handed her the dataslug that she was supposed to take through the barrens to some remote outpost operated by a subsidiary of Zantech that was supposedly studying time travel, that if worst came to worst she was supposed to scan the slug and [I]verbally[/I] deliver the message contained within it, Giasper treated this like the joke that she thought that it was. Problem was, he wasn't joking. After losing the slug twice to opposition forces and regaining it the same number of times, all within the first hour of what was supposed to be a three hour trip, Giasper decided that she should probably make some sort of backup for the data. So she copied it to her own headware. And then the strangeness started. As soon as she did that, the attempts to steal the slug tapered off. She had an easy run of it until she got to the outpost and handed over the package, and was asked whether she'd looked at the contents. Lying to the person who would authorize the back half of her payment didn't seem like the greatest idea, so she admitted that she had, and quickly mentioned that the secretary had told her that she could. "He's dead," said the recipient, and tried to inflict the same condition on Giasper. She managed to get out of the building and get away from the ambush, but nothing that has happened since then has made any sort of sense. People are trying to kill her over nothing! The message consisted of seven words, which didn't make any sense to her. What's Osiris, what does it mean that it's a black god, who is Nephren-ka, and what does it mean that he's awakened? Nobody will explain anything about that, much less why she now has a ridiculous price on her head! She needs help, and she's not really in any position to refuse it from any possible source ... [B]Giasper -- PL 6 Abilities: STR[/B] 1 | [B]STA[/B] 2 | [B]AGL[/B] 2 | [B]DEX[/B] 4 | [B][B]FGT[/B][/B] 5 | [B]INT[/B] 2 | [B]AWE[/B] 1 | [B]PRE[/B] 1 [B]Powers: [I]Cyberware:[/I][/B] Enhanced Advantages 9 (Close Attack 4, Defensive Roll, Eidetic Memory, Evasion, Improved Initiative 2, Quick Draw); Senses 6 (Accurate Hearing, Analytical and Extended Vision, Danger Sense, Infravision) - 15 points [B]Advantages:[/B] [I]Close Attack 4, Defensive Roll, Eidetic Memory,[/I] Equipment 8, [I]Evasion,[/I] Fearless, Improved Initiative [I]3[/I], Move-by Action, Precise Shot (ranged, concealment), [I]Quick Draw[/I]. [I]Equipment:[/I] Concealed Armor (Protection 2, Subtle), Light Blaster (Ranged Damage 4), 5 points of equipment as needed [B][I]Skycycle:[/I][/B] Size Medium; Strength 4; Speed 7 (air); Defense 15; Toughness 5; Features Remote Control, Senses 3 (direction sense, radio, time sense), Subtle Flight - 24 points [B]Skills:[/B] Athletics 5 (+6), Deception 8 (+9), Insight 6 (+7), Investigation 6 (+8), Perception 6 (+7), Ranged Combat: Blaster 4 (+8), Sleight of Hand 4 (+8), Stealth 5 (+7) Technology 6 (+8), Vehicles 6 (+10). [B]Offense:[/B] Initiative +14/+6 Unarmed +9/+5 (Close Damage 1) Light Pistol +8 (Ranged Damage 4) [B]Defenses:[/B] Dodge 6, Parry 5, Fortitude 4, Toughness 6/4/4/2, Will 5 [B]Totals:[/B] Abilities 36 + Powers 15 + Advantages 12 + Skills 28 + Defenses 10 = 101 points [B]Complications: [I]Survival--Motivation. Enemies[/I][/B] (oh so many.) [/QUOTE]
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