Trades
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| Archetype: Aspiring Sourceror/Generalist | |
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| Former Otaku, New Technomancer | |
| Discord: Elayda | @Elayne_Malachite |
| Reddit: Elayne_Malachite | [1] |
| Metatype | Human |
| Street Cred | 0 |
| Notoriety | 0 |
| Public Awareness | 0 |
| CDP | 56 |
| D.O.B. | January 14th, 2054 |
| Age | 31 |
| Folder | [2] |
| Sum to 10 | Metatype - E Attributes - B Magic/Resonance - B Skills - E Resources - A |
| # Optional Infected powers allowed | 0 |
Character Information
Summary
Trades is a matrix infiltrator who uses her living persona and extensive augmentations to help her crack systems. She barely has a spark of the resonance in her, but she's eager to develop the new matrix powers to replace what she had before.
Goals
Become a sourceror.
Develop mastery over the resonance alike to what she had as an otaku.
Upgrade and add more ware, Trades is a trans-transhumanist. She started during her days as an otaku, and she's happy to be able to continue on her path as she get's involved in shadowrunning once more.
Get her skillwires geared up. She needs activesofts and better wires if she wants to make something of herself.
Background
Born in Seattle, Trades was identified by her former tribe around the age of 7. She spent the next two years slowly being initiated into the mysteries of the matrix. Finally, it was time for her initiation into the resonance. When she returned from her time in the deep resonance, she could see the matrix in a new way. Where some might have seen the cluttered and patchwork symbology, Trades saw the elegant construction of underlying code. She took to her new skills with a great appetite leading a brief, but successful career as a shadowrunner leading up to Crash 2.0. Crash 2.0 also drew the curtain on her career as a shadowrunner since her abilities didn't translate into her emerging as an early technomancer. As data was gathered on technomancers and their relationship to essence, Trades began to suspect that her extensive augmentation may have been responsible for why she didn't emerge like many of the other otaku. She spent the next 2 decades working in Retrofit's clinic as her assistant using their skillwires.
In late 2084, Trades started to notice that she was able to do more in the matrix than should have been possible with just her datajack. It felt a little like how it had been to be an otaku, so she attempted another pilgrimage to the deep resonance in the hopes that maybe she might find answers. The deep resonance was lost to her like every other otaku, but she did manage to reach the resonance realms. When she arrived at Kernel Panic she was struck by another transcendental moment. It was as if she had been looking at the new matrix through a pair of blurry glasses and things had finally come into focus. Things slotted into place in her brain and her living persona sparked to life for the first time. Now she's back on the streets, and eager to restart her career as a shadowrunner.
Narrative Significant Qualities
Positive
Like a lot of former otaku, Trades has a razor sharp mind.
She's a ronin. If she needs to be in the thick of a situation, then she'll happily go in with her team. She'll never be the first to break under pressure, but if the team decides to leave she'll follow along.
A lot of matrix specialists can't move and hack; Trades can do both at the same time.
She has a teacher who's been helping her master her compex forms.
Negative
Her trip to the resonance realms wasn't entirely safe. She stumbled near some dissonance, and it's influence still clings to her.
What's the meat world even good for? All the cool stuff is in the matrix. Trades can't stand to interact with an un-augmented world
Did you know there was so much cool info on the matrix? Trades sure does, and sometimes she gets distracted by that when she's supposed to be searching for something.
A lot of otaku were weaker than their mundane counterparts. Trades is no exception.
Run History
Affiliations
Contacts
| Contact | Connection | Loyalty | Archetype | Profession | Aspects | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heward Smith | 1 | 6 | Fixer | Street Punk | Unlicensed Vendor, Criminal Connections | Even |
| Retrofit | 1 | 6 | Gear | Shady Street Doc | Augmentations, Cyberware | Even |
Organizations
| Contact | Position | Connection | Faction Rep | Archetype | Health | Location |
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Allies
Retrofit- They've been working with Trades since their days as Ultrabyte the Otaku. Retrofit helped Trades find a new life after crash 2.0 as well as providing gender-affirming care.
Software Sensei - Trades has found a senior technomancer to help teach her how to wield modern complex forms. He's not very involved in her life, but he's always happy to dispense snippets of wisdom to help her advancement.
Enemies
In Character Information
Symbols and Signatures
Matrix Search Table
| Threshold | Result |
|---|---|
| 1 | Until early 2085, she was employed by Retrofit as a surgeons assistant. |
| 3 | Before Crash 2.0, they were a cyberadept of one of the Seattle tribes, and led a brief but successful career as a shadow-runner. She's also somewhat active in trans BBS. |
| 6 | She's got some niche posts in some otaku BBS after Matrix 2.0 about rumors of technomancers. In early 2084, there's a brief resurgence questions surrounding them, the deep resonance, and the possibility of emergence later in life. |
Shadow Community Table
| Threshold | Result |
|---|---|
| 1 | Trades is an up and coming novahot decker. She's started doing some odd jobs for people in early 2085. |
| 3 | Her symbology in the matrix is that of an architect. She makes adjustments to her blueprints in order to alter the fabric of the matrix. |
| 5 | They used to be an otaku known under the alias Ultrabyte. If you want to embarrass her, then bringing up the moniker she chose as an otaku is a safe bet. They fell off the radar for 20 years after Crash 2.0. In early 2085, she began making new appearances under the alias Trades. Nobody has reported her getting a deck, so it's a pretty decent guess that she's finally emerged as a technomancer. |
Assensing Table
| Threshold | Result |
|---|---|
| 1 | Trades is Mundane |
| 2 | Trades possesses a R1 cyberear with antennae and translat-ear, a datajack, an EARRS, a R4 skilljack, and som R2 skillwires |
| 3 | Trades possesses no alphaware |
| 4 | Trades is currently at 2.45 essence. They currently possess R1 Cerebellum, and R2 Cerebral boosters as well as a sleep regulator. |
| 5 | Trades is a technomancer who possesses the Narco geneware as well as genetic optimizations of her logic, intuition, and willpower. She also possesses two R1 nanohives supporting R2 Neocortical and R2 Limbic neuroamplifiers |
SINs
Rating 4 (Eleanor Reeds, UCAS)
Rating 2 (Sarah Breeks, UCAS)
Appearance
Clothing
Matrix Persona
Trades matrix persona is currently an architect. When she is engaging in traditional hacking, she tends to use symbology related to construction. She generally uses a blueprint as a symbolic focus for navigation and interaction. Her MARKs are small glass buildings.
Character Plot Hooks
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