Adam-R-LKY-1 Male Armed Forces Service Firm: Combat Bots & Motor Pool Service Firm Type: Armed Forces Security Clearance: RED Credits: 1,000 Tics: Speaks about people nearby as if they couldn't hear him Example of Tic is use Adam-R: I wonder if she's mad at me for forgetting the directions. Dorene-R: Hello? I'm right here? Adam-R: Yep, she's mad at me all right. ACTION SKILLS & SPECIALTIES Management: 07 Intimidation: 11 Oratory: 01 Annoying other people by getting commendations from superiors: 13 Stealth: 04 Security Systems: 08 Sneaking: 01 Violence: 10 Energy Weapons: 14 Hand Weapons: 14 Agility: 14 Fine Manipulation: 01 Thrown Weapons: 01 KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & SPECIALTIES Hardware: 06 Bot Maintenance: 10 Chemical Engineering: 01 Software: 08 Vehicle Programming: 12 Bot Programming: 01 Getting bots to permit reprogramming despite an obvious lack of skill: 14 Wetware: 05 Winning a game of cards without really trying: 11 Open slots for narrow specialties: 3 (Stealth, Violence and Hardware) Adam-R-LKY-1 Male Armed Forces Mutation: Telepathy Secret Society: Corpore Metal (degree 2) Secret Skills: Cyboging 08, Botspotting 07, Bioweapons 10 Background: You never liked the Armed Forces life, but it liked you. Basic training was a breeze, and you were easily the best shot in your platoon. Sergeant Amy-Y-LAE would always scream, "Why can't you maggots be more like Adam-R here!" After the platoon beat you up for the tenth time, you requested a transfer to the Motor Pool where you can work with bots and vehicles instead of people. After the motor pool staff beat you up for the tenth time, you were relieved to find The Computer selected you for Troubleshooter duty. Hopefully, your teammates won't treat you as badly as your squadmates. And if your lucky, you'll get to work with bots. Oh, how you love bots! They're so much more simple than clones, and easier to reprogram. Your interactions with people tend to end in violence (directed at you), but not with bots. That is, if you ignore that incident with the Armed Forces warbot ... and the parade autocars ... and the Vulture Squadron docbot .... At least bots don't yell at you like people do. Secret Society Mission: Something unusual is going on within Troubleshooter HQ. Rumor has it that they're thinking of replacing Troubleshooter teams with bots. If only! We managed to get you assigned as a Troubleshooter so you can investigate this rumor. We will contact you after your briefing but before your actual mission to give you more specific information. The code phrase will be, 'Little orphan bottie.' Listen to your contact and follow their instructions. We've seen what happens when you try to reprogram a bot, so take this coder. It's magnetic, so just stick it on the bot close to it's brain and you'll be able to delete the Asimov blocks from it's operating system. Even you won't screw this one up. Or else. Personal Equipment (1) E-Z Bot OS Magnetic Coder (YELLOW: allows Bot Programming skill at 10) (1) Pack of Vulture Squadron-Style Playing Cards (RED) (1) Hallway camouflage jumpsuit (ORANGE: camouflage in various shades of gray) (1) Scrubby the Scrubot(tm) plush doll Assigned Equipment (1) RED laser pistol body (2) RED laser barrels (1) RED reflec armor (1) Series 1300 PDC (1) ME Card Chris-R-WLK-1 Male PLC Service Firm: Algae Vat Skimmers Service Firm Type: Food Vat Control Security Clearance: RED Credits: 1,000 Tics: Sees mystical numerology in normal, everyday numbers. Example of Tic is use Chris-R: Wow! If you divide the room number by today's date and add 113 ... you get 214! Dorene-R: So it adds up to this year, so what? And why 113? Chris-R: Because 1+1+3=5. Today is the 40th day in the year, and 5x40=200, and if we add the sector's alphanumeric code .... ACTION SKILLS & SPECIALTIES Management: 04 Con Games: 08 Intimidation: 01 Blaming a malfunctioning device on probability: 10 Stealth: 08 Sneaking: 12 Shadowing: 12 Disguise: 01 Concealment: 01 Violence: 06 Energy Weapons: 10 Calculate the odds of being summarily executed: 12 KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & SPECIALTIES Hardware: 05 [No specialties] Software: 09 Hacking: 13 Data Search: 13 C-Bay: 01 Financial: 01 Wetware: 08 Biosciences: 12 Pharmatherapy: 01 Identify a safe batch of Hot Fun by their production codes: 14 Open slots for narrow specialties: 3 (Stealth, Hardware and Software) Chris-R-WLK-1 Male PLC Mutation: Corrosion Secret Society: Communists (degree 2) Secret Skills: Demolition 07, 5-Year Planning 14, Commie Propaganda 10 Background: Sweet, sweet numbers. They never fail you. You really enjoy going to the food vats everyday and looking over production schedules, skimming collection times and vat cleaning rotations. Maybe there's the occasional problem of corroded keyboards and circuit boards, but you can't be held responsible for shoddy Tech Services work. Give you a terminal interface and some numbers to crunch and you're a happy clone. Except for credits; they always confused you. You used to think all clones were idiots, running after the almighty credit, until you saw a simple symbol drawn on the bottom of vat #322: a hammer-and-sickle logo. So you 'explored' some databases beyond your clearance and found more information than you anticipated. Finally, you found some clones that you can relate to. They even taught you some valuable skills for avoiding people. Too bad it could get you killed but you calculated the odds of summary execution at less than 3%. Secret Society Mission: Rejoice, comrade! The People's Glorious Spies have infiltrated the very heart of the capitalist pig-dog lackeys of the Computer: the Troubleshooters! As a loyal tovarich, you have been assigned to spread the Inevitable Upcoming Glorious Revolution by sabotaging Troubleshooter missions. There is some new kind of training for Troubleshooters and we will try to get you assigned to that. After your briefing but before your actual mission, a People's Spy shall contact you with the code phrase, 'RED looks good on anybody' for some specific information. Listen to the comrade's instructions and the People shall prevail! Don't forget about the Glorious People's Propaganda Plan. Draw the symbol of our inevitable movement wherever you can without getting caught. It worked with you so it should work with other clones. Power to the people! Personal Equipment (1) INFRARED-colored very permanent marker (illegal) (2) Hot Fun Flavoring Pack (YELLOW: Sugarbean, Pineapple and Beverly flavor powders) (1) Surpass program for the PDC (ORANGE: spreadsheet software) Assigned Equipment (1) RED laser pistol body (2) RED laser barrels (1) RED reflec armor (1) Series 1300 PDC (1) ME Card (1) Algae vat hydrometer (RED: measures density of liquids) Dorene-R-GZY-1 Female CPU Service Firm: Bathroom Activity Monitors Service Firm Type: Facility Surveillance Control Security Clearance: RED Credits: 1,000 Tics: Makes autocar noises while walking. Example of Tic is use Adam-R: Hurry up! We're already late for the briefing. Dorene-R: Vroooooom! Ehhhh-ehhhh! Adam-R: Will you stop that? Dorene-R: Screeech! ACTION SKILLS & SPECIALTIES Management: 08 Oratory: 12 Moxie: 12 Hygiene: 01 Intimidation: 01 Convince people they really do not need to use the bathroom: 14 Stealth: 09 Security Systems: 13 Surveillance: 13 Sneaking: 01 Sleight of Hand: 01 Guess the name of the person watching a security camera feed: 15 Violence: 05 Energy Weapons: 09 KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & SPECIALTIES Hardware: 06 Vehical Maintenance: 10 Habitat Engineering: 01 Squeezing an extra few kilometers out of an autocar battery: 12 Software: 08 Vehicle Programming: 12 C-Bay: 01 Wetware: 04 [No specialties] Open slots for narrow specialties: 3 (Violence, Software and Wetware) Dorene-R-GZY-1 Female CPU Mutation: X-Ray Vision Secret Society: Purge (degree 3) Secret Skills: Autocar Upgrading 14, Video Games 05, Forgery 10 Background: Autocars! Is there anything better? Tweaking engines, driving really fast ... it's all so much fun! Sure, your days are kind of boring: sitting around, watching monitors and reporting treason to your supervisors. You try to have fun with scaring clones who just want to go to the bathroom, but that's getting old. If only you didn't have this stupid job. If only you could work on autocars. If only you could choose your job. But that's won't happen in The Computer's utopia anytime soon. But when the workcycle is done, look out! It's time to meet your buddies and work on rebuilding that old 198 Autocar Model 14-Y EX. You've been working on it for years, and you finally got the engine to turn over. It's typical, though. Now you've been reassigned to Troubleshooter duty. No telling when you'll get back to the ol' 14-Y EX. Secret Society Mission: We know you love autocars, but listen up, will you? You want to free Alpha Complex from the evil grip of The Computer? Now you'll have a chance to help out. We've pulled some strings and gotten you into Troubleshooter duty. Why? Something’s gone wrong in Troubleshooter HQ and we want you to make sure it gets worse. You'll get more instructions from our agent once your team has been assigned a mission. He'll use the code phrase, 'Power plus surge!' Follow his instructions and we'll be one step closer to a Computer-free utopia! So put that picture of your stupid autocar away and get moving! Personal Equipment (1) Fuel Battery Thumper (YELLOW: increases autocar acceleration and top speed) (1) Pair of fuzzy dice (illegal) (1) Autocar Mini-Tool Kit (YELLOW) (2) Pictures of a 198 Autocar Model 14-Y EX (INFRARED) Assigned Equipment (1) RED laser pistol body (2) RED laser barrels (1) RED reflec armor (1) Series 1300 PDC (1) ME Card (1) 117 Signs of Treasonous Activity paperback book (RED) Kevin-R-HSS-1 Male HPD&MC Service Firm: Military Vidshow Researchers Service Firm Type: History Purifiers Security Clearance: RED Credits: 1,000 Tics: Suggests grand, nonsensical battle strategies for mundane activities. Example of Tic is use Kevin-R: I suggest we use a three-prong pincer movement and keep the cavalry in reserve. Chris-R: Cavalry? We're getting in line for the transtube. Kevin-R: You're right. We'll sweep the cavalry right to hit the transbot's flank. ACTION SKILLS & SPECIALTIES Management: 08 Moxie: 12 Bootlicking: 12 Interrogation: 01 Oratory: 01 Get others to refer to you as, 'The General': 14 Stealth: 05 Disguise: 09 High Alert: 01 Violence: 08 Energy Weapons: 12 Unarmed Combat: 12 Thrown Weapons: 01 Walk around with a confident swagger: 14 KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & SPECIALTIES Hardware: 07 Weapon and Armor Maintenance: 11 Bot Maintenance: 01 Name weapon manufacturing firms by just looking at a weapon they produced: 13 Software: 05 [No specialties] Wetware: 07 Medical: 11 Suggestion: 01 Open slots for narrow specialties: 3 (Stealth, Software and Wetware) Kevin-R-HSS-1 Male HPD&MC Mutation: Uncanny Luck Secret Society: Frankenstein Destroyers (degree 2) Secret Skills: Demolition 09, Botspotting 06, Old Reckoning History 14 Background: History is great. It's like a long, never-ending vidshow but without bots, lasers or other modern annoyances. While editing modern history for bookfiles and documentaries, you sneak peaks at history before The Computer. Now that was history! None of this, "Armed Forces bots killed a nest of mutants" junk. Wars back then were fought by real clones! Generals like George-B-PTN, Ulysses-U-GRT, and Alexander-G-RET could never have been replaced by some bot. If only you had been born back then, you know you'd have been a great general just like them. Commanding armies, sweeping across the terrain, taking victory laps ... history is great. Too bad you can't talk about them. You shouldn't even know about them at your clearance, but you can keep a secret. Generals had to keep their battle plans secret, right? Now that you've been reassigned to Troubleshooter duty, you might get a chance at leadership under fire. You'll be just like Napol-I-ONN: strong, brave, and victorious! Secret Society Mission: Troubleshooters always deal with bots, so we try to stick our people in there when we can. But something weird is going on in Troubleshooter Headquarters. Our agents haven't gotten past the guardbots yet, so we're sending you in to figure out what's going on. After your briefing, a senior member will contact you with the secret phrase, 'Dirty scrubots.' Listen to her instructions, and keep fighting the good fight. You still got that picture book we gave you? You'll probably have to eliminate any bots you find, and that'll help you figure out which bots should be your primary target. Go for the ones that are trying to make us obsolete first: jackobots and scrubots are perfect targets. We'll teach those metal bastards a thing or two! Personal Equipment (1) Gordon-G's Guide to Bots, Abridged (GREEN: allows Botspotting skill at 14) (1) Taktiks program for the PDC (ORANGE: software that gives tactics-level warfare advice) (1) Silver-plated laser pistol grip plates (YELLOW: fits over standard laser pistol grips) Assigned Equipment (1) RED laser pistol body (2) RED laser barrels (1) RED reflec armor (1) Series 1300 PDC (1) ME Card Lee-R-HAU-1 Female Power Services Service Firm: Reactor Powerline Adaptors Service Firm Type: Circuit Maitenance Security Clearance: RED Credits: 1,000 Tics: Gets distracted by a strange hum that no one else can hear. Example of Tic is use Lee-R: Wait ... hear that? Sounds like a G3 power coupling is unaligned. Kevin-R: I can't hear anything over the laser fire! Lee-R: [puts ear to the ground] Or maybe it's a class 12 adapter that's not on all the way. Kevin-R: Will you please shoot at the mutants! ACTION SKILLS & SPECIALTIES Management: 07 Hygiene: 11 Moxie: 01 Stealth: 04 Hide near the back and get overlooked by supervisors looking for volunteers: 10 Violence: 06 Energy Weapons: 10 Agility: 10 Unarmed Combat: 01 KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & SPECIALTIES Hardware: 10 Electronic Engineering: 14 Nuclear Engineering: 14 Habitat Engineering: 14 Vehicle Maintenance: 01 Weapon and Armor Maintenance: 01 Software: 05 Financial Systems: 09 Vehicle Programming: 01 Reroute monitor video feeds to show reruns of Implausible But Funny Situations: 11 Wetware: 08 Suggestion: 12 Cloning: 01 Eat more Hot Fun than others thought was humanly possible: 14 Open slots for narrow specialties: 3 (Management, Violence and Hardware) Lee-R-HAU-1 Female Power Services Mutation: Electroshock Secret Society: FCCC-P (degree 2), actually Illuminati (degree 1) Secret Skills: Alpha Complex History 13, Confession 08, FCCC-P Propaganda 14 Background: You remember the simpler times when all you had to worry about were ungrounded wires and the occasional near meltdown of reactor #14. That was before you were accidentally pushed into a 'confession booth' and inducted into a secret society (Shhhh!). Then someone came by your bunk in the middle of the nightcycle, told you that was no accident, and now you were also part of the Illuminati. All you want to do is fix some wires, eat some Hot Fun, and watch a little video. Is that too much to ask? Fat chance that's going to happen, because now you've been transferred to Troubleshooter duty. Lasers are fun to take apart and see if a class L fuse would fit inside; shooting people isn't fun. But like a lot in your life, what choice do you have? Secret Society Mission: (FCCC-P) The Computer be with you, my clone. Truly your faith has been rewarded with your new assignment. Do not worry about the future, for it has all been programmed. Stay alive, keep the faith, and turn any clone who hates The Computer into ashes. Ashes to ashes, as we say. Go in one piece. (Illuminati) We arranged this. Remember, you are our puppet. Do as we command and we will reward you. Disobey and you will suffer the consequences. A neophyte will contact you after your mission briefing. She will say, 'Fnord.' You will follow her instructions to the letter. Do not fail us. Personal Equipment (1) Happiness Necklace (FCCC-P rosary beads – mildly illegal) (2) Sinners in the Hand of an Angry Computer pamphlet (FCCC-P propaganda - illegal) (1) Circuit board soldering gun (ORANGE) (4) Class L fuses (RED) Assigned Equipment (1) RED laser pistol body (2) RED laser barrels (1) RED reflec armor (1) Series 1300 PDC (1) ME Card