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Magician
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Oct 6, 2015 05:09
I think his name will be Francis. Lets find out what he's like. Aptitude is...
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Brawler. Something new!
Native tongue is...
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Polyglot
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Punjabi, actually.
Sandwich
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Oct 6, 2015 05:11
I was just guessing :P
Magician
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Well. Punjabi called Francis. Why not.
Youth will be...
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> Split Youth: Roll twice on Table 3.1: Background; take the results as two 1 PP packages.
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> Rimward Hab. Go to Table 3.7: Rimward Childhood (next page)
Earthborn. Go to Table 3.2: Earth Childhood (below)
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Oct 6, 2015 05:13
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> Anarchist colonist; Colonist: Tech Staff (p. 16); 1–6 Splicer, 7–0 Bouncer; Table 6.2: Autonomist
Raised on the street; Street Rat (p. 21); Flat; Table 6.4: Criminal
Francis has had an interesting childhood. Started off in the family of anarchist colonists in a rimward hab (further from the Sun than Earth). In a...
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Splicer morph. Then, somehow, ended up on the streets of Earth.
Just in time for the Fall, ouch.
> Colonist: Tech Staff:
Suggested Motivations: +Hard Work, +Problem Solving, +Survival
Free Fall* 15, Hardware: (Choose One) 40, Profession: (Choose One) 30

> Street Rat: You were raised in a gang, syndicate family, or cartel workforce. You are used to the ways of violence and routing
around the law.
Suggested Motivations: +Black Markets, +Cartel/Gang/Family, +Survival, +Wealth, –Law and Order, –Police
Networking: Criminals 15, Profession: (Choose One) 30, Unarmed Combat 40
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Hardware(Robotics), Profession(Appraisal), Profession(Surveying)
It sounds like something went horribly wrong with his native hab, and he had to move back to Earth with his family. I have an idea, but lets see what childhood event is like first.
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Oct 6, 2015 05:20
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> Gain +1 Moxie and roll on the Story Event table (p. 72).
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> After a long stretch of bad, you hit bottom. No way left to go but up.
...that does seem to fit the situation
Current theory: Francis had been reinstated on Earth after, presumably, expiring, along with his entire hab. Due to some cricumstance, he had backup insurance, even if the backup's outdated. He's missing a year of his life. His family didn't have a backup on file.
No one knows what happened with the hab. It being an anarchist hab, one of the earliest ones, barely anyone knew about it to begin with. No regular communications. Something must have gone wrong, and a condition on his backup insurance activated.
And Francis was thrust out, on the streets of Earth, with nothing to his name.
Of course, there's another possibility. That Francis is alive and well on his hab, and it's simply become even more isolationist. Which makes this Francis-B.
He's probably pissed at Francis-A, who doesn't even know there's two of them now.
How old is Francis, anyway?
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Francis is 21, and so doesn't have an adult path before the Fall.
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Oct 6, 2015 05:28
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> You hide your body away in cold storage on Earth before farcasting off to safety. Roll randomly on the Choosing a Morph table (p. 44).
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> Pod Biomorph
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Ayah. Which is...
> Despite the advances in biotechnology, the hyperelite still need caretakers for their children and infirm. The ayah pod morph is designed to fulfill all nurse and caretaker functions. Rather than trust lower-class transhumans, hyperelites prefer AGI servants sleeved into ayah morphs, especially in polities where AGIs have few, if any, legal rights. Ayahs are almost always female with pleasant but not stunningly beautiful features.
> Most of the enhanced features of an ayah are built under the hood, so to speak. Their enhanced olfactory capabilities help them monitor the health and emotional state of their wards, as well as alert them to potential environmental dangers. Their ability to withstand temperature extremes and survive without air for short periods helps them protect and rescue their charges in an emergency, such as a hull breach or a fire.
> Ayahs are often modified with bioweave armor and implanted weapons so they can act as a last line of defense against potential attackers.
...wow.
The Fall is the time of chaos, of course. But still. Did Francis just pretend to be an AGI to get sleeved into a nurse bot?
He's going to be one kick-ass nanny.
Did he stay with the hyperelite family for long? I kind of want that to be the case, for him to maintain the deception for a while, and gradually be discovered by the children.
Lets find out. Adult post-fall path is..
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Oct 6, 2015 05:34
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> You get the job done. 1pp Faction, 5pp Focus.
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> Table 6.5: Elite
(That's my focus)
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Ah, only one die.
> Psychosurgeon (p. 34)
> You help people stay sane and/or be whatever they want to be in their mind.
> Suggested Motivations: +Helping Others, +Neurodiversity, –Madness
> +5 COG, +50 Rep (Your Choice), Academics: Psychology 50, Academics: (Choose One) 30, Deception 20, Interest: (Choose One) 30, investigation 25, Kinesics 40, Medicine: (Psychiatry) 40, Networking: (Choose One) 35, Perception 30, Persuasion 30, Profession: Psychotherapy 50, Psychosurgery 50
Academics, Interest, Networking
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Oct 6, 2015 05:37
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Academics(Memetics), Interest(X-Casters), Networking(Criminals)
This is all over the place, but at the same time kind of fits. What's our faction?..
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Still Elite.
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> Extropian (p. 24)
> You are an Extropian because you believe in the unfettered potential of transhumanity. Too many saw the Fall as a cautionary tale to slow down or even stop entirely, but you believe that the only way for transhumanity to survive is forwards and upwards to greater things.
> Suggested Motivations: +Extropianism, +Morphological Freedom, Personal Development, –Bioconservativism
> Interest: Cutting-Edge Technology 30, Networking: Autonomists 30, Persuasion 40
Yet again, Francis has reinvented himself. From autonomist child to a street rat youth, to a brief stint as an "AGI" nanny, to a somewhat extreme psychosurgeon.
He must have actually enjoyed his time as an ayah, and the way he's had to change his thinking to pass off as an AGI. That's obviously the foundation of his interest in the field.
He may even have kept his biopod morph. Yeah, I think he did. Most people think it's very weird. He doesn't care.
Since he's only got 8 PPs so far, he'll have to pick up some more.
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Oct 6, 2015 05:45
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> Roll a Customization package.
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> Student
> Academics (Choose One) 40, Interests (Choose One) 30, Research 30
Makes sense, he had to pick up a lot.
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Academics(Political Science), Interests(Weapons)
He's... politically aware gun nut. Of course he is. He's got to be prepared.
And one more PP...
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Oct 6, 2015 05:49
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Another focus
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Stay on the path.
Still Elite.
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> Medic (p. 33)
> You are a biotech specialist.
> Suggested Motivations: +Helping Others, –Violence
> Medicine: (Paramedic) 40, Medicine: (Choose One) 30, Profession: Medical Care 30
He really took his time as a nanny to heart.
Adeptus
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Oct 6, 2015 05:51
@Magician Maybe nurse rather than nanny
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Francis is a freak and proud of it. Dedicated to helping others be freaks, too.
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At least he's not on the cob
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@Adeptus Probably, yes.
He's still in an ayah morph. A "female" ayah morph. And his name is still Francis, thank you very much.
Post-fall life event.
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> One of your resleeves goes particularly poorly, and now it haunts you. Gain the Morphing Disorder (Level 2) trait (p. 150, EP).
Oh no. Oh no. He likes the idea of changing morphs. Of expressing himself through it. But now he's afraid of something going wrong. Of waking up from a year-old backup somewhere else.
And his current morph is starting to show signs of wear.
A biomorph showing signs of wear would be incredibly creepy.
An eye doesn't quite turn all the way. Flesh has thinned a bit too much on one of the arms, and metal can be seen through it.
Adeptus
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Oct 6, 2015 05:57
Biomorphs are cyborgs?
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He's an underground psychosurgeon in a creepy robo-nurse morph. Of course Firewall wants him.
Biomorphs are biological bodies. Pods are robotic bodies. Bio-pods are unnatural organisms with bits of tech in them. So, yes, cyborgs.
Ah, I'm not quite correct.
> Pods (from “pod people”) are vat-grown, biological bodies with extremely undeveloped brains that are augmented with an implanted computer and cybernetics system. Though typically run by an AI, pods are socially unfavored in some stations, utilized in slave labor in others, and even illegal in some areas.
> Because pods underwent accelerated growth in their creation, and were mostly grown as separate parts and then assembled, their biological design includes some shortcuts and limitations, offset with implants and regular maintenance. They lack reproductive capabilities. In many habitats, their legal status is a hotly-contested issue. Unless otherwise noted, pods are also considered biomorphs for all rules purposes.
Here's what ayah looks like:
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So, Firewall event. If I get 48 or less, I'll add 50 to it.
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75 it is.
> You discover a lost cache on an isolated asteroid. Firewall actually lets you keep some of the find. Gain 1d10 x 5,000 credits.
I suspect Francis went looking for remnants of his native hab. What he found left him with more questions. But hey, money. He can repair his morph!
And one last roll, story event.
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> You receive a wake-up call that challenges your current priorities.
Adeptus
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Oct 6, 2015 06:02
> grown as separate parts and then assembled
Bride Nurse of Frankenstein
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Hah, indeed.
Wake-up call... Yeah. Francis-A has shown up on the net. Briefly. That's what's prompted Francis-B to go looking.
Francis-B has dedicated his entire existence to choosing who he is. And now he may have to face who he was.
Rogue psychosurgeon on the quest to find his fork. I like it!
And his morph is heavily modded, of course. He looks like a (creepy) robo nurse. He's also a brawler at heart, with all sorts of useful implants and weaponry.
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