NOW LIVE! Today's the day you meet your new best friend. You don’t have to leave Wolfy behind... In 'Pets & Sidekicks' your companions level up with you!

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deuce Traveler" data-source="post: 6565162" data-attributes="member: 34958">Here is your mission's background: No other Runners wanted this job you are on, despite the sizable promised payment.  You don't know much about the details, but the bits you were given sent off alarm bells in your head.  Even your Fixer suggested walking away from this one.  But you can't.  After that last botched job (a complete cluster that one), offers have been scarce and bills are coming overdue.  So you've got to take drek run to prove your team's got what it takes.  All you were given was this address to a supposedly abandoned warehouse near the shipping district of your city, a warning that there might be some antiquated security still active inside, and a request to bring back all research files stored in a mainframe at the center of the structure.  But that brings up greater questions, such where is a supposedly abandoned facility getting its power, why did a research facility choose one of the worst sections of town to put up shop, and what type of experiments were being conducted?Also, I was interested in trying something I saw from another indie RPG.Each one of you please look at the other characters (six total) and pick a positive connection for one fellow PC and a negative connection for another character.  This won't affect gameplay, but will give you a background for your relationships.Positive Connection Examples:- Introduced you to your recent boyfriend/girlfriend, and got him/her out of trouble with some biz out of rare kindness.- You thought you were a goner on that last run, wounded, losing consciousness and bleeding out.  But <player character> pulled you fat out of the frier, got you patched quick with a doc box, and later helped carry you to the clinic.  You get shakes just thinking about it.  You really owe that Runner.- <Player Character> took you in recently when you were just a newbie who didn't know jack.  Showed you the Shadows and how to survive in them.Negative Connection Examples:- Told you to buzz after you made an awkward pass on him/her while at the bar celebrating a recent good run.  Both of you laughed it off, but secretly you didn't take the let down well.- You owe them some money from a poker game.  You need to pay up, but man you need that nuyen.- They messed up a while back and Kim got to dirtnap because of it.  Hey, it's the life on the edge and no one can be wavy all the time, but Kim was special and the mistake was a bit-brain one.  That loss hurt, man.</blockquote>

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