Ruby

Cyberpunk2077: 5th Corporate War

@Hellion has been added as a coGM.

Cyberpunk2077: 5th Corporate War

Interesting character concepts so far here and floated in the Discord.

Is worth noting when crafting your character that they'll want to be a Merc a Fixer would hire for a serious job.

Cyberpunk2077: 5th Corporate War

Fixer NPC posted.

Cyberpunk2077: 5th Corporate War

Discord is down, for those curious:

https://discordstatus.com/

Cyberpunk2077: 5th Corporate War

I have family visiting all week and won't be able to do anything productive outside answer questions until Saturday.

Cyberpunk2077: 5th Corporate War

@Ruby I sent one to you via pm didn't follow the fancy format but it still has all the same info and i still haven't gotten a reply.

@vancexentan

Sorry! I'll have a look.

Cyberpunk2077: 5th Corporate War

Sora

S O R A H A Y A M I
S O R A H A Y A M I

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^{_{"Look the other way while I work, alright?"}}

C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y Sora Hayami _________________________________________________________ 34 | ♀ | Bisexual _________________________________________________________ Unattached | Arasaka Ninja | Arasaka P H Y S I C A L P R O F I L E P H Y S I C A L P R O F I L E [+] ▼ P H Y S I C A L T R A I T S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ► Build - Petite ► Ethnicity - Japanese ► Hair Colour - Black ► Eye Colour - Brown ► Other - Nothing she's revealing - C H A R A C T E R N O T E S C H A R A C T E R N O T E S [+] ▼ C H A R A C T E R I T E M S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ► Katana - Luxury ► Rifles - MilSpec, various types ► Handguns - MilSpec, various types ► Cyberware - Bleeding edge Arasaka chrome ▼ K N O W N A S S O C I A T E S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ► Michiko Arasaka - Arasaka 'patron' ► Yui Hayami - Mother ► Kaoru Fujioka - Chief Arasaka POC in Night City ▼ S K I L L S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ► Investigate - Sora has a natural detective's mind ► Combat - An expert in how to kill with nearly any weapon ► Technical - A high level technical operator ► Stealth - Emphasis on 'ninja' in Arasaka ninja -

C H A R A C T E R H I S T O R Y C H A R A C T E R H I S T O R Y A native of Yokohoma, Japan, and daughter to two Arasaka lifetimers. Her father was nothing more than a production manager after a long life of being a machine operator. Her mother began life as a teacher, before eventually gravitating to a low-level accounting clerk within Arasaka, eventually making it to mid-level accounting clerk later in life. A model student, but a poor daughter; while self-discipline and intellect were no problems for Sora, the girl would always buck at the traditionalist society in which she found herself. More than once she brought dishonor by breaking the hand of a man in the female-only train car touching her, or blackening the face of a bully. The grades may not have been enough to counter-balance the bad, but the fact that Sora was a truly gifted athlete more than made up for all of that to her father. Though he wished she'd been a boy, there was no denying the immense pride he gained from watching his daughter excel at every single athletic venture. From tennis, golf, to martial arts, to football and field hockey. Despite success in everything, despite representing her nation on an international level, it was martial arts where Sora would find a true passion. More than anything, she enjoyed the empowerment of martial arts. She wasn't just a girl, she was a weapon. Her combative, aggressive attitude would do her no favors. Due to various non-disclosed incidents, she would be booted from international competition teams. Despite her mother's understanding due to the nature of the incidents, her father would beat her savagely in rage at the loss of his pride in her. What was he to be proud of now? The immense shame she had brought them by not getting-along? She was ornery, fickle, ill-tempered, and far too aggressive. It wasn't, he would tell her as she allowed him to beat her, his fault that she wasn't born a boy. When she corrected him based on the science of genetics, the resulting temper explosion would be enough to have her mother throw herself over Sora, begging the man to have mercy. Sora wasn't thrown out, per-se, but she was no longer welcome. Her mother acted behind her father's back to set-up a bottom-level clerical job for Sora in an Arasaka accounting branch in Tokyo. It was barely enough for Sora to afford a room, feeding herself off left-overs and office food spreads, mostly. Her attention to detail and intelligence gained her attention, she believed, and most notably by a mid-level accounting manager. In truth, the male manager had eyes on her as a new mistress. From the day she began her new role as his personal assistance, the sexual harassment and degrading treatment was nearly unending. Unwilling to fight back and risk not being able to pay for the most meager of lives, Sora used her brain. The man's attempts to impress her by talking more than he should led her to a suspicion that he was embezzling Arasaka funds in order to pay for a life that, he believed, would position him to one day be a low or mid-level executive. His goal of executive level promotion was what he often told her, how likely that was, and how lucky Sora would be just to be his mistress when that happened. Her access to his documents as his assistant, in combination with resources her mother's mid-level accounting position could get her, was enough for Sora to detective the case. She never showed an ounce of gratification when she presented the evidence of the man's embezzlement to his superiors, and word of her harassment would never had come out had one of the superiors not specifically asked about the man's behavior in the office. It didn't shock Sora when the harassment was largely dismissed out of hand, but the embezzling was a different matter. It allowed Sora a ticket to reassignment. Using that ticket and the recognition of her former athletic achievements, Sora was permitted reassignment to counter-intelligence. Sora would send the now fired and jailed man a video of her fucking his wife and other mistress in his own bed, at the same time, as a final fuck you. The next phase of Sora's time in Arasaka would see her crisscross between counter-intelligence and military assignments. Finally, Sora had found her calling in life; using the natural investigative detective skills and her intellect, combined with the natural athletic gifts and propensity for violence, Sora would rise quickly. When her father tried to reach out, having heard of his daughter reaching a height in Arasaka he never could, she denied him the pleasure. Sora began funneling money into a secret bank account, in her mother's name. Last Sora heard, her mother had left the man. At a time when most in her position would be offered a prestigious assignment within Arasaka, Sora was offered the training of an Arasaka ninja, but not the assignment that usually followed such training. In it's place would come an unusual offer from an unusual, if notable, source: Michiko Arasaka needed talent for her Danger Gal venture. Talent that could get anything done, talent as smart as they were dangerous. Michiko would arrange for Sora to retain Arasaka employ, but in truth she would begin working for Danger Gal as a problem-solver. The blood and money that followed Sora's new role would help build the very foundation of Danger Gal, and by extension, place Michiko Arasaka into new levels of respect within Arasaka. When Michiko returned to the Arasaka board, Sora requested a return to Arasaka's active employ. The request was granted, and Michiko offered Sora the prestigious position that was denied her before: Michiko's personal bodyguard. Sora declined, opting for a position of her own making within counter-intelligence. Here Sora would be a lone-wolf for Arasaka, surprsingly empowered by Michiko's grandfather, Saburo. Whatever task she wanted to pursue, with nearly unlimited resources at her disposal. Sora immediately launched into a campaign to stop hemorrhaging of Arasaka influence and money in Europe. There she would begin a cat-and-mouse game with a group of Edgerunners used by European corporations to hamper Arasaka's ambitions for the Continent. The chase would lead around the world, into space, and back. While she was able to eliminate most of the group, two of the Edgerunners would ultimately escape her and disappear. Obsession, lust, competition, respect, violence, money...it is hard for Sora to know where the lines between any of these stopped and others began. Sora has come to Night City in the wake of the failures of other Arasaka security and counter-intelligence operatives, at the personal request of Michiko Arasaka. Though her true reason for coming to Night City has more to do with personal business than Michiko's request: the obsession of the Edgerunners she never got to. A mysterious new Fixer in Night City might just be one of those former rivals, and Sora is determined to fuck, fight, or kill to a satisfying ending of the obsession. Even if it means the death of her. D E T A I L E D A P P E A R A N C E D E T A I L E D A P P E A R A N C E Sora is a tall, lithe figure. A world-class athlete in almost any metric, even before the Arasaka cyberware modifications. Her beauty is classic, her dark hair straight and long, her dark eyes sharp and unflinching. She carries herself with a non-chalance that belies just how incredibly aggressive and dangerous she really is. A bit understated, but sarcastic to the bone. There's a too-cool-for-school nature to her appearance. Unlike Arasaka ninjas, she doesn't load up on Arasaka logos, or the Japanese ultra-modern style. In fact often times she looks like she's walked straight out of a Tarantino movie: slender cut suit, tie, black and white, synth-leather boots with a cigarette hanging from her lips or fingers. Sora has a fitting attitude to match, often she appears outwardly bored and disinterested in Arasaka or luxury settings. It isn't uncommon to find her in a dive-bar, enjoying solitude and her own thoughts. The only obvious sign of her cyberware are thin rosegold lines along her arms, legs, and chest. She favors katanas, and sneers at mantis-blades as clumsy attempts to make-up for a lack of real skill. She hasn't settled on a single katana just yet, as her original, 'Dākusutā', was "stolen." A pistol and a sniper rifle are her other traditional kit, though she has easy access to whatever the job calls for. P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) In a game where Arasaka seems to be on the ropes, Sora Hayami represents a top tier of their talent that other characters to date just haven't lived up to. Easily one of the most capable characters in the game, and unlike most corporate characters she doesn't glorify the corporate world and sees it's flaws and weaknesses for what they are. Where one corpo may be fooled by a neat trick or blinded by arrogance or pride, Sora will see right through it. Sora is an antagonist that can create struggle for our protagonists in ways few others in the setting can, with the ultimate goal to turn strength into weakness and force your characters into hard choices regarding the soul and future of your characters, and Night City itself. Sora is no devil. She has been a victim for most of her life, her own strengths more of a weakness in the society in which she was born and raised. She has people she cares for, such as her mother, and people she is linked with for good or bad, such as Eddie. A dangerous past is dangerous for Eddie and the Merc group, but it's also dangerous for Sora. In her own way, she's kind of a hero, as her aims aren't evil by nature and there are certainly darker forces in the Cyberpunk setting than her.

Cyberpunk2077: 5th Corporate War

Just a friendly reminder:

The CS format in this thread differs in terms of info asked for from the one found in Wraith's personal thread.

Cyberpunk2077: 5th Corporate War

Can I create a character not from the N.U.S.A? I've already read up on his home country and made sure my idea fits what lore there is.

@Sad Ogo

Yes you can.

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'Eddie'

E D D I E
'E D D I E'

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^{_{"Love is watching someone die"}}

C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y 'Eddie' _________________________________________________________ 30s? | ♀ | Bisexual _________________________________________________________ Unattached | Fixer | Unknown Clients P H Y S I C A L P R O F I L E P H Y S I C A L P R O F I L E [+] ▼ P H Y S I C A L T R A I T S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ► Build - Athletic ► Ethnicity - Caucasion ► Hair Colour - Blonde ► Eye Colour - Blue ► Other - None - C H A R A C T E R N O T E S C H A R A C T E R N O T E S [+] ▼ C H A R A C T E R I T E M S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ► Cars/Clothes - Multiple (Prefers bikes) ► Weapons - Multiple MilSpec (katana 'Dākusutā') ► Safehouses - Multiple unknown ▼ K N O W N A S S O C I A T E S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ► Varied - Obvious contacts throughout Night City, lesser known contacts outside it ▼ S K I L L S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ► Linguistics - She has a tongue for languages without needing software ► Bankrolled - Either those behind her or she, herself, has deep pockets ► Mechanical/Technical - Knows her way around machines and the circuitry that guides them ► Edgerunner - An experienced Solo with weapons and combat skills to back it up ► Survival - Someone who spent a lot of time surviving out on their own -

C H A R A C T E R B I O C H A R A C T E R B I O "Let me preface this information with the following warning: you aren't going to be satisfied. Most of the information here is from trustworthy sources, talking corporate counter-intel agents, talking NCPD investigators, some netrunners, and the high dollar Fixer or two outside of Night City itself (all those in Night City just say ask her yourself). Still... It may go without saying, "Eddie" is not their given name. No one knows what is. One of the European Fixers I contacted claims it's Etta, but they didn't have a surname to go with it. Etta, Eddie? Maybe, if you're going for an alias to use in Night City it's not the worst. Where is she from? We know she's not from Night City. We know she wasn't born in NUSA, or any other corporate zone. Arasaka counter-intel believes she's from a former Free State, where it's easier to make all records of people disappear. Why would you want to make someone disappear? Your guess is as good as mine, choom. She ain't Asian, she ain't a Euro. Her history is a little more known. You can tell just by watching her and reading her this is a former Corpo. The weird thing here is the same Arasaka source that believes she's from a Free State also believes she ain't former Arasaka, or Militech. NCPD believes she's never operated out of Night City before, so she's a new kid to the Night City streets. Biotechnica, maybe? Another European Corp? Hard to say, but one of those high dollar Fixers can tell you for certain she was at one time an Edgerunner operating within Europe. So, to review: probably some kind of military or law from a Free State, maybe even a Nomad. She has some level of mechanic and technician skill, some basic first aid, and is very familiar with weapon handling. None of that in isolation is all that telling, but not many backgrounds combine all of those self-sufficiency skills in the kind of package that also includes a wiped identity, and mystery Edgerunner work in Europe. So...military, law, Nomad. Take your pick. We know from a Fixer that claims to have worked with her in Europe she has chrome, and serious fucking chrome, but in the European style it's all very concealed. I'd rule out Mantis Blades, wrist-launchers, Gorilla arms...but the rest is on the table. That's background. What about current? 'Eddie' is a new Fixer to the scene. Not unusual given the explosion of new Fixers and Mercs running through the door V smashed open by showing what a single Merc and some good Fixers could achieve with the all-but-downfall of Arasaka. One of those netrunners I contracted claim Arasaka is worried about her, giving me part of a data file supposedly written by an Abernathy that was a list of 'must watch' individuals in Night City. She was on the list. (The rest of the file got corrupted, probably the netrunner had to slide from Black ICE before they could get the rest.) She isn't on NCPD's radar at all, which seems really odd to me. Read between those lines what you will. The streets tell of a Fixer who appeared, got some shadowy contracts done, helped some low-level Mercs take a leap in terms of employment. But 'shadowy' be the operative term there; whatever her clientele she's not saying. She typically uses low to mid-level Mercs, but everyone who has worked for her says she has them very prepared and well stocked. Pay is good, terms are fair. She was too mysterious for high level Mercs to work with, but she's now been around long enough that some of them want to. But weird thing...she doesn't want to work with those high level Mercs. And after you hit a certain Street Cred, she doesn't work with the Mercs she's worked with before. Makes sense if you're keeping a low profile, or wanting to avoid egos and primadonnas. Or want to make sure you set the terms, not the talent. But still weird. Put it together with everything else we found out, and it's a bit suspicious.." - Unknown Source, datashard for Dino Dinovic D E T A I L E D A P P E A R A N C E D E T A I L E D A P P E A R A N C E 'Eddie' carries herself like someone full of the kind of confidence that only comes with knowing something few others do; or someone who's hiding a gun just under the table. She's mostly seen in the expensive threads of a Corpo executive, except the rare times she's been spotted using a more 'hands on approach'; when that happens it's all black quilted leather and tights. Armored, modified, but the subtle kind of armor you wouldn't know until bullets and blades started. At five feet and seven inches, flat-footed, she's closer to average than tall but doesn't shy away from a heeled boot or a fancy high-heel. When she has been spotted with iron it's always MilSpec, but nothing customized in appearance or gaudy in decoration. Her hair is a darker blonde, straight, and usually shoulder-length or pinned tight to the scalp. Sunglasses are black, square framed, classic but not as cliched as a set of aviators. Her walk is graceful, her shoulders straight and head up high. Fond of not speaking much in a crowded room, and anything above a few people seems to classify as crowded to her. No overt chrome, but everyone just assumes it's there. According to the Afterlife's resident Netrunner, Nix, he's only seen her wear three colors: white, grey, or black, "Colors of truth...something to that shit, I think." P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) Her past, in true Night City fashion, will come back to find her eventually. Her current will either lead to a new beginning, or a final ending of her story. The mysteries around her will fade, revealing a woman who has dug lies deep enough to bury her soul in. From a meta-perspective, 'Eddie' is a Fixer in the Rogue-vain. An Edgerunner in her own right, trying to escape to a higher calling. She can guide characters, both in personal quests or larger group efforts, and isn't afraid to enter the field from time-to-time, but at the end of the day she answers to clientele. Both for her own actions, and the actions of those she employs.