Mercury

Mercury

Adept, Infiltration (Close Combat Nerve Strike, Pistols)
A washed up Seraphim-trainee, out to prove worthy of the unit-patch he never earned
Spacedog	[1]
Metatype	Human
Street Cred	0
Notoriety	0
Public Awareness	0
Titles and Awards	0
D.O.B.	3.5.2054
Folder	https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OOUY-o0jRhsSEYFX7A3yoDG7aq8yPEzk
Priority	Metatype - D Attributes - B Magic/Resonance - B Skills - B Resources - E

Character Information

Summary

A human adept, specialized in infiltration and silent take-downs. He wanted to be a Seraphim but lost his mother-corp CatCo to Ares- now, he is out to prove he has what it takes to be a Seraphim, even if he will never earn that patch.

Goals

-Prove he is worthy of becoming a Seraphim -Find a way to join that unit and bring it back to CatCo -Become a proficient runner, and show everyone he was not just a wash-out

Background

Mike Pearson was born into the Cross Applied Technologies (back-then) Megacorporation as a corporate citizen of middle management corporate-citizen parents. He grew up happily and loyal to “his” corp, until the Hostile Takeover by Ares Macrotechnologies shattered CAT into a thousand pieces, most of which were absorbed by Ares. Mike had just been scouted to become part of CATCo’s infamous Seraphim intelligence agency, and departed for one of their secret training camps in the northern UCAS. When the takeover happened, the Seraphim were scattered into other departments, with many deserting, putting up defiant last stands or simply disappearing, and a few going into Ares service. Mike, who had just begun training, tried to play nice and smile when he got new patches issued, now with Ares instead of CATCo’s branding…but the switch in culture and feeling of lost purpose dragged him down, and he ended up partying and drinking too much instead of focussing on his training. It had been a dream of his to become one of the fabled elite Seraphim, but now it felt hollowed out, under new management, an empty shell of the previous promise that CATCo held for him…so Mike ended up washing out of training. On purpose, he told himself time and time again, he washed out on purpose- but that did not make it feel any less like failure on his part. But he knew he could be good at the Seraphims job, knew he had what it took- he just needed an opportunity to show it. So he turned to the shadows, a corporate citizen in “reorientation in the job market” by day, wasting time on apprentice programs he never cares about, but running the shadows by night- truly living, and working hard to live up to the standard of the Seraphim he aspired to join for so long. He was injured on one of those runs, hesitating just a bit too long before leaping out of a third-story building, and catching a bullet in his shoulder. The damaged joint and muscles had to grow back together, with only minimal help from the StreetDoc that patched him up. This ate through most of his savings, forcing him to live in an abandoned construction site for a month- sure, he had corporate health insurance from his Ares Employee Citizenship, but there would be questions if a Sales Apprentice showed up in the Corp Clinic with a bullet wound, questions that Mike could not afford to be asked.

Thus, he slips into the shadows ever deeper, growing increasingly desperate not just to prove himself worthy of the Seraphim, whose patch he still wears under his armor out of a sense of duty and pride even though he knows better- but now also out of the very real and pressing need to keep his lies and deception from spiraling out of control, and costing him the meagre rest of his identity- because Ares will drop him like a hot potato if they find out what he has been up to.

Narrative Significant Qualities

-SIN Corporate (Ares) -Adept -Sharpshooter/Strive for Perfection -Mentor Spirit (Eagle)/Mentors Mask -Allergy (Common, Pollutants)

Run History

You wont hear it on the local grid, 27.04

Affiliations

Contacts

• Bianka Dreschler - Connection 3, Loyalty 2 - Fixer
• Daniel Lufe - Connection 3, Loyalty 2 - Forger/ID Manufacturer
• Bagrak - Connection 1, Loyalty 1 - Street Doc

Organizations

• Lazer Powered Cats -> +3
• Kivanet -> +3
• The Ravens -> +3
• Technicolor Stream -> +3
• The Walking People -> +3

In Character Information

SINs

Argyll Linn (Fake SIN R4, Concealed Carry+ PI License)

Appearance

A tall, slender, blonde and blue eyed human.

Clothing

Often wears a Trenchcoat over his chameleon suit, even when he is not on a job. Other than that? Business casual, black slacks and dark blue shirts.

Matrix Persona

A nebulous ninja, veiled and with static-flickering proportions.