Bolt

Bolt

Gang Leader
Relentless Guts & Nitro Addict
Contact Owner	Asmodeus
Owner's Discord Name
Connection	3
Public Contact?	Yes
Archetype	Fixer
Location	Glow City, Redmond
Metatype	Human
Gender	Male
Awakened/Emerged	Mundane
Age	Middle Aged
Preferred Payment Method	Nuyen
Hobbies/Vice	Drugs
Personal Life	Single
Faction	West Coast Monolith
Aspects	Fixer's Fury HTR Harrier Stealth & Subterfuge Retired Yet Sharp

Overview

Assensing Bolt feels bad to one's third eye. He's filled with negative emotions, substance abuse and foreign-looking ware. He's the de facto leader of the West Coast Monolith, a paramilitary assassination gang that wages a quiet war against other gangs that run protection money racketeering operations on the ghettos of Seattle. The WCM doesn't demand payment from neighborhoods and for most intents and purposes leaves the civilian populace alone, instead raiding gang supply caches and occasionally hiring themselves out as assassins during gang wars.

Bolt finds this a better retirement than cozying up on some beachfront property in Florida or growing senile in an old folks' home. He's no longer a badge, but he's still keeping civilians safe and putting bullets between the eyes of street scum. While he and the founder of his gang never saw eye to eye, he's a fierce and unrelenting leader that doesn't back down when things get rough. Some even say he's bloodthirsty, a mad dog, drugged up serial killer. Nobody ever said he can't be both bloodthirsty and a folk hero, however.

Not that most neighborhoods really even know the WCM exists. Their discreet modus operandi means their efforts often go unrecognized. Bolt was used to busting down doors and hitting opposition like K-E's sledgehammer tactics dictate, so he started off in unfamiliar territory with stealthy operations like the WCM's default. He has by now networked with a few sympathetic suppliers here and there and is more than happy to get some runners working with him to get more funding for the WCM. Despite Vichnozeleny dumping tens of thousands of nuyen into the gang while she lived, that funding runs dry without drug trafficking giving steady income like it does for other gangs.

Since he refuses to squeeze payment out of civilians, other sources must be considered. Shadowrunning is just fine for that, albeit risky.

Notes For A GM

• Consider him friendly for social checks if runners offer him one of his favorite drugs -- Guts or Nitro respectively.
• Bolt was one of the angriest Knight-Errant heavy assault troops during his career. He relies a lot on rules, nowadays those of his gang.
• He's an incredibly aggressive and uncompromising kind of leader, although he's learned to appreciate his late co-founder's subtler methods when the situation calls for it.
• His primary values are loyalty to one's group, avoiding civilian collateral and hatred of typical street trash thugs.
• Bolt likes wetwork jobs and will prefer sending people to do wetwork or hooding, but dislikes getting people on heists and corp sabotage jobs.
• All in all, consider him a drugged up vigilante ex-cop who loves murdering gangers, but hasn't given up on his law enforcement ideal of protecting bystanders. He hates organized crime with a passion. Don't point out his hypocrisy, though.

Aspects Description

Aspect	Description
Fixer's Fury	Bolt's psyche is off kilter from constant Guts and Nitro abuse. He has no fear. No. Fear. +2 on checks that involve getting runners out of nova hot situations.
HTR Harrier	As an HTR veteran himself, Bolt knows how to work with or against the grain. +2 on HTR-related activities.
Stealth & Subterfuge	Monolithians rely heavily on the element of surprise. +2 on procuring gear that permits sneaky things.
Retired Yet Sharp	Due to having long roots in Knight-Errant, Bolt can make a few calls and get you in touch with a relatively co-operative officer if necessary.

Dicepools

Dicepools
Knowledge Checks	3 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety
Active Checks	1 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety
Gear Acquisition Checks	7 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety
Networking Checks	11 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety

Players with this Contact

Name	Loyalty	Chips
Asura	3	Even
Blackhawk	5	Even
Eidolon	6	Even
Geodesic	4	Even
Lady Argentum	2	Even
Red Ribbon	3	Even
Swerve	1	Even
Veles	2	Even
Čarivnýk	4	Even

Narrative Significant Runs

Name	GM	Metaplot	Date of Run
The Great Wave	Asmodeus	The Arrival	22 March 2085
Borg Betatesting	LHOG		4 October 2084
Finally In The Middle of Some Calibrations	Asmodeus		10 July 2084
Monolithium Powers	Asmodeus	The Arrival	26 April 2084
Scale And Prophet	Asmodeus	The Arrival	27 January 2084
Blub Blub Blub	Doc Mnc		16 July 2083