Cyberpunk/Transhuman Group (Interest Check, LGBT friendly)

[vanTheMad]

@KaylaM: The target will be aiming for Bondage at most for wider appeal, so feel free to make a character if you are still interested.

@Angiejuusan: Take whatever time you need, making a character isn't always a short process and we're still recruiting!

[Angie]

Notes from the Myth-Weaving: The Infolite's "half off Computer skills" is awesome, and the Hypercorp Faction's two free Networking skills counteract the Infolife drawback quite nicely.

[Wajin]

What I have so far

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Name: Evangeline Bailey (Created as Subject Ghost #0035121)
Age: 90, Created before the fall.
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Pansexual

Background: Infolife. Evangeline was created as an AGI before the fall under "problematic" circumstances.
Faction: Hypercorp. Evangeline has for the past 15 years been employed as a Hypercorp assassin/security expert
Morph: Ghost. Evangeline's morph of choice is a rather tall yet nimble Ghost with long white hair, alabaster skin and purple eyes. Her musculature is finely shaped, purposefully appearing a bit "fitter" than most other Ghost Morphs.

Bio:
Evangeline was created under a "governmental" program, actually run by a TITAN. This particular TITAN's goal was to test the possibility of implanting AGIs within human society without them being discovered due to implants, etc. The program was dubbed Insertion, and of all the trials, the only Morphs that yielded any sort of progress, was the Ghost Morph projects. Focussing all assets from this point on, it didn't take long for the creation of the first successful case, codenamed Adam. Adam however quickly turned insane, his biological brain unable to process the insane amounts of data that the TITAN has flash imprinted within the AGIs beforehand. A number of other cases were initially successful, but like with Adam, they suffered from mental illnesses, seeing hallucinations as such. That was, until Evangeline. While all the other AGIs had been suspended since getting their data imprinted, the TITAN had left Evangeline online. Seeing her "brothers" and "sisters" fail, Evangeline began indexing the information that had been given to her, finding duplicates, or cases that were overly similar and purging them from memory, leaving only one case. So it was, that Evangeline was implanted into her first morph, sent out to a hospital for tests, the results saying she was virtually indistinguishable from a regular human, except for her brain patterns, which, if anyone was to actually look at them, would look too different from baseline humanity.

After the fall, Evangeline discovered that, as a last act to its prodigal child. the TITAN that had created her had, rather uncharacteristically for a TITAN, left her with enough funds to ensure that she would, in the future, have enough Morphs, when/if her old one needed changing.

Postive Traits: Limber, Eidetic memory
Negative Traits: Mild Allergy (Plant pollen), Modified behaviour (Unable to talk about TITANs)

Likes & Ons:
Dislikes & Offs:

[Rook Seidhr]

What I have so far

Interesting!

[Angie]

If Evangeline works for Exocorp, then hr and Lyscaris (me) probably know each other. Exocorp is the Hypercorp that has the most market share in AIs and Robotics, so it makes a little sense that they'd welcome an ex-AI now Ghost.

[Rook Seidhr]

Oh great, all these hypercorporate types. You and Cielo are going to get along like two things that don't get along at all.

[Wajin]

If Evangeline works for Exocorp, then hr and Lyscaris (me) probably know each other. Exocorp is the Hypercorp that has the most market share in AIs and Robotics, so it makes a little sense that they'd welcome an ex-AI now Ghost.

Seems like a cool idea :P

Oh great, all these hypercorporate types. You and Cielo are going to get along like two things that don't get along at all.

Try to think about what a TITAN would need with AI's in Assassin Bio-morphs, then contemplate what sort of information was put into her brain, and then think about whether Cielo would wanna mess with the result that comes up in your brain ;)

[Rook Seidhr]

Try to think about what a TITAN would need with AI's in Assassin Bio-morphs, then contemplate what sort of information was put into her brain, and then think about whether Cielo would wanna mess with the result that comes up in your brain ;)

Cielo doesn't wanna mess with anyone. He's not one of those Firewall types from the game book…he has all the combat skills of an eggplant…

[Angie]

Lyscaris really only has Hypercorp background because her creator was Exocorp-why don't they just call it EVO, you're the same team that made Shadowrun 4th Edition, theoretically the guys who made EVO Corp just fucking call them EVO! They're the same damn corporation! With less weird crazy fucked up magical mutations, but the spirit's the same :P

Anyway, I'm thinking of playing the Real World Naivete trait that she gets for being an Infolite Background as "she's watched way too much damn porn/hentai and thinks that's how it works". Other stuff that she just doesn't get would be included, but that would be the primary 'don't get it' thing.

[Rook Seidhr]

Anyway, I'm thinking of playing the Real World Naivete trait that she gets for being an Infolite Background as "she's watched way too much damn porn/hentai and thinks that's how it works".

Hee hee hee! OMG.

[Angie]

Hee hee hee! OMG.

It gets lonely on company servers at night, just sayin'.

[wander]

Lyscaris sounds awesome... xD (Shame they're a Hypercorper ;D)

A Japanese Dane, here's a timeline briefly of AI development and Transhuman development that may help with your character (and with anyone else still wondering on their bios ^^);

BF 60+
Computer intelligence capabilities equal and exceed that of the human brain. True AI not yet developed.
Robotics become widespread and start to replace/invalidate many jobs.
Medical advances improve health and organ repair. The rich pursue gene-fixing and transgenic pets.

BF 60-40
First non-autonomous AIs are secretly developed and quickly put to use in research and netwar.
Genetic enhancements, gene therapies (for longevity), and cybernetic implants become available to the wealthy and powerful.

BF 40-20
Human cloning becomes possible and available in some areas.
Development of first transhuman species.
Personal AI aides become widespread.

BF 20-0
Uploading and the digital emulation of memory and consciousness made possible.
Transhuman species become widespread.

The Fall
The TITANs evolve from a high-level distributed netwar experiment into self-improving seed AIs. For the first few days, their existence is unsuspected. They advance their awareness, knowledge, and power exponentially, infiltrating the mesh both on Earth and around the system.

I gotta say, I'm loving hearing about the awesome character concepts here so far, I can't wait to see how this game comes along! :)

[Wajin]

Lyscaris sounds awesome... xD (Shame they're a Hypercorper ;D)

A Japanese Dude, here's a timeline briefly of AI development and Transhuman development that may help with your character (and with anyone else still wondering on their bios ^^);

I gotta say, I'm loving hearing about the awesome character concepts here so far, I can't wait to see how this game comes along! :)

It's Dane, not dude :P

[wander]

Edited, my apologies...  :-)

[vanTheMad]

Alright, I think we're getting down to the closing stretch here, just Angiejuusan and KaylaM left to post (assuming KaylaM is still interested)

@Japanese Dane: I read your character blurb and it looks fine to me, you are accepted. Just in case it was an error, it looks like whatever picture file was added to the post is a broken link, though.

[Wajin]

Alright, I think we're getting down to the closing stretch here, just Angiejuusan and KaylaM left to post (assuming KaylaM is still interested)

@Japanese Dane: I read your character blurb and it looks fine to me, you are accepted. Just in case it was an error, it looks like whatever picture file was added to the post is a broken link, though.

No pic yet :P don't know if there'll ever be one, hence why I described her a bit in the Morph part :P

[Rook Seidhr]

I really don't know what Cielo's morph looks like. I should find a pic.

[Angie]

Name: Lyscaris Hasi
Age: 30
Gender: Considers herself female
Sexuality:Pansexual, female preference (Blame all the hentai)

Background: Infolife
Faction: Hypercorp
Morph: Synth

Bio: Lyscaris was your usual splicer, studying for a double degree in Accounting and Computer Science and intending to join her father as a member of the Exocorp family. Intending to hire her on, Exocorp took charge of keeping her backup data safe. This ended up biting them in the ass-hard.

A group of criminals calling themselves the "Data Hounds" (because they specialized in stealing data) raided the Exocorp office and not only swiped the data they needed, but also hit the servers with a scrambler that deleted everyone's backups. No big deal, right? Well, it would have been no big deal if by some accident of fate, Lyscaris didn't run across them on their way out. The Data Hounds had been quiet up until then, and the newest member of the crew panicked, opening fire on Lyscaris, blowing her entire body to smithereens with a shotgun packed with High Explosive shells.

This of course set the alarms off, and in retribution, the Data Hounds left the panicky member behind to be captured by security. They believed in no civilian casualties and did not fuck around when it came to that part of the creed. This, however, was small comfort to Lyscaris's father. Thanks to the High Explosive rounds, her Cortical Stack was damaged beyond repair/beyond pulling the data off, and with no backup, it looked like Lyscaris was gone for good.

Her father, heartbroken, dedicated himself to programming an A.I. with Lyscaris's personality. He forced himself to learn how to make an A.I. and spent his free time to making her. Several months later, Lyscaris was reborn. He presented the new A.I. to his superiors, who happily took the A.I. in and promoted her father for his performance. But, less then a week after his promotion, he vanished. Exocorp threw quite a bit at trying to find him, but he had simply disappeared.

Lyscaris was edited to forget about her Creator, and spent 30 years on company servers, jumping between various departments and doing what needed to be done-though she stayed mostly with the bean counters and egg heads in the Accounting and CS divisions. Recently, however, someone left a server unlocked that revealed to Lyscaris that her creator had gone missing. Though she does not know about her true relationship with him, she wishes to find him and succeed where her superiors failed.

With the help of another A.I, she managed to sleeve into a Synth body, finding the body incredibly easy to adapt to, before grabbing a cache of gear that had been left by a hijacked robot and heading out to find her creator.

Postive Traits: Right At Home: Synth: Despite being an Infolife for most of her existence, Lyscaris immediately picked up on how to operate and work with a Synth body. This only applies to the actual morphs KNOWN as Synths, not other synthetic morphs like the Reapers.
Expert: Interfacing There is not a computer she cannot use (note: in game terms, this means she would have a 90 rating in Interfacing)
Negative Traits: Real World Naivete: She doesn't know a lot about how the real world works. A big component of it is all the bloody porn/hentai she's seen, and she thinks that's how real sex works. Granted, with the way tech is, it MIGHT work that way...
Social Stigmas: AGI and Clanking Masses: As if being an AI wasn't enough, being a Synth morph also carries a social stigma. Expect Luddites to really hate her electronic guts.
Uncanny Valley: Synthetic people look creepy!
Edited Memory: She does not know that her "creator" is actually the father of her human self.

Motivations: +Find Creator
+AI Rights
-AI Slavery

Likes: The hum of computer systems, the soft glow of the monitor, video games, and jokes (even really bad ones)
Ons: Futanari, electric toys, oral, group activities...
Dislikes: Prejudice against AIs, deletion of archived information (gee, wonder why...)
Offs: Aside from the usual extreme stuff, not a whole lot.

[vanTheMad]

Just quickly stopping in to say I'll likely be off-site until Monday due to the holiday. For everyone who celebrates, happy Easter, and for any who don't, enjoy your day regardless!

[Blobbe]

First character draft. Comments, feedback, etc appreciated

Name: Kari Durant
Age: 35 in non-consecutive lumps
Gender: Born female, in a female sleeve
Sexuality: Androphillic. Kari is attracted to biological males. While she has spent most of her time post-reinstatement in a female sleeve, she has spent time in a male one and engaged in homosexual intercourse while doing such

Background: Reinstated
Faction: Extropian
Morph: Furie

Bio: Kari Durant was born on Earth before the Fall and was infocast off-word in its last days. Captured and kept in storage, she wound up being reinstated ten years later on Mars, tasked with serving as the backup/muscle to a private investigator. What started out as a promising partnership turned sour as her partner turned out to be (in her words) a “self-important control freak who actively alienated those around her.” After several misadventures (and an impromptu re-sleeving and then a re-re sleeving…) she found herself with a top of the line combat sleeve and with a few contacts that pointed her in the direction of some better opportunities.

Positive Traits: Sixth Sense; Tough
Negative Traits: Identity Crisis

Likes & Ons: Being allowed to do what she wants; things that remind her of Earth and her old life; a sense of ‘normalcy’ every now and then; gay/bi males (at least, biological males); otherwise as per my O/O page
Dislikes & Offs: Control freaks; the overly preachy or self-important; slavery of any sort; otherwise as per my O/O page

[Rook Seidhr]

Sexuality: Hetronomitive. However, one time Kari was in a male sleeve, she found she enjoyed homosexual intercourse; as such, she’s attracted to (biological) males

There's a word for this: androphilic.

[Blobbe]

There's a word for this: androphilic.

I have learned a new thing

[Rook Seidhr]

Yeah, my char Cielo is analogously gynecophilic.

I should get a pic of co up.

EDIT: Done. Isn't co pretty? I think that's a boy.

[wander]

Yeah, my char Cielo is analogously gynecophilic.

I should get a pic of co up.

EDIT: Done. Isn't co pretty? I think that's a boy.

I'd have said the person pictured was a lady myself, though nice pic either way! :)

The characters coming in are looking really good... This game looks like it's gonna be fun! ^^

[Rook Seidhr]

I'd have said the person pictured was a lady myself, though nice pic either way! :)

It is in fact a male model named Sasha something. Sasha Knezevic, I think.

The characters coming in are looking really good... This game looks like it's gonna be fun! ^^

I am so eager to get going.