Fyi Here's the original character. I can tweak him to a GM's tastes, as well as redo all stats in whatever system is in use:-
Name: IKAWA-736-295A (Fake name: William Blake)
Handle: Cypher
Age: 22
Nationality: British
Origin: Korporate Kid
Class: Hacker
Personality
A friendly and open individual (at least on the surface), Cypher has a tendency to use humour as a defence mechanism.
He has a weakness for a pretty face. He has had a few casual relationships but seems unable to commit. This is likely due to him holding on to a glimmer of hope that 696 is still alive, but that hope is starting to die now so he may be open to a more long term relationship.
Despite the fact that Sato was an evil man, Cypher experienced a lot of guilt when he killed Sato. He dislikes killing. He will only kill if absolutely necessary and will never knowingly kill an innocent civillian.
He has a love of cats and Japanese female fronted metal bands, or whatever the 2185 equivalent is of this:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hraBdfH2xfI
History
Born into the cybersecurity division of the British branch of Ikawa Industries, He was part of program designed to create a new breed of highly loyal cyberterrorists and corporate hackers. He grew into his role well, enjoying the challenge until the program started to take a darker turn and involved creating fatal 'accidents' and destroying the lives of innocent civillians.
From the age of 8, 736 had formed a bond with IKAWA-696-295A, a female Japanese worker with skills to match his own. As he began to question his brainwashing a decision was made that rather than up his medication he should be put in constant close contact with 696 in order to keep him emotionally compliant. This proved to be a mistake.
When 736 reached puberty at 13, his bond with 696 changed from one of close friendship to deep attraction. This coincided with a change of management that saw his team come under the leadership of Yamura Sato, an egomaniacal bully with a perverted taste for young post-pubescent girls. 736 hapilly took the regular beatings from his new 'father' but when 636 kept being called to his office and returning with bruises and cuts he started to question his loyalty again. Eventually he got out of 696 what was going on and the result was them both losing their brainwashing almost overnight.
The pair planned to escape but a few days before 696 was called to Sato's office and never returned. 736 started hacking the corporate network looking for her. He discovered that 696 had been reclassified as an 'expendable asset' and transferred to a project called 'Black Lotus'. He also discovered that he was scheduled for 'disposal'.
Working fast, 736 managed to hack into Sato's office. He locked him in, disabled the air con and increased the thermostat, killing Sato. He then disabled the security system and by a mixture of will and sheer luck he escaped.
736 created a new identity for himself as William Blake, a contract engineer hiring himself out to corporations. Secretly he also took on the persona of Cypher, a hacker for hire. Under this persona and between jobs he has been hunting for any information on Black Lotus and the fate of 696. He is pretty sure that 696 is now dead but he wants to find out what Black Lotus is and put a stop to it.
Recently he landed a job that requires him to travel to the U.S. He hopes to continue his search there.
Attributes
| STR | 11 |
| DEX | 15 |
| CON | 12 |
| INT | 15(17) |
| TEC | 17(18) |
| PEO | 16 |
English, Japanese, Mandarin
Hit points: 8 (Max 8)
Proficiencies
Armor: Light armor, helmets
Weapns: Melee weapons, pistols, submachine guns, shotguns
Saving Throws: Mind
Botnets: 2
Exploits
Comms Blackout
Create Distraction
Vice: Incurable Romantic: Translates to sucker for a pretty face.
Augmentations: Teir 1 - Quick Reflexes (+4 Init)
This message was last edited by the user at 21:58, Tue 26 Mar 2019.
