Technika
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| Technologist | |
|---|---|
| A Techie Fixer | |
| Rigger's Dream | |
| Drones, Cyber, and Wheels | |
| Contact Owner | Bagelsworth |
| Owner's Discord Name | bagelsworth |
| Connection | 5 |
| Public Contact? | Yes |
| Archetype | Gear |
| Location | Downtown |
| Metatype | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Awakened/Emerged | Mundane |
| Age | 38 |
| Preferred Payment Method | Cash (Credsticks) |
| Hobbies/Vice | Vehicles (Drones) |
| Personal Life | None Of Your Damn Business |
| Faction | MCT |
| Aspects | MCT Whistleblower "Bioware is Corruption!" "I Don't Know You!" "You Are Complicit!" Cyberware Fanatic Cyberware Upgrades Are Cool Machines Are Cool Mechanized Army "Help Me Help You Help Me.... Help You..." "Suck It Bioware!" "MCT Drones Are Superior" Mechanized "Arm-y" |
Overview
A Cybertechncian that works in an MCT factory, but is extremely dissatisfied and angry with MCT due to some of their less savory actions and cruddy moves. Technika continues to work for the Megacorp as it gives her access to their information, inventory, and allows her to be a better Fixer when it comes to jobs related to MCT. Technika enjoys modifying, inventing, and repairing almost any sort of cybertechnology - especially if it is cyberware - and is more than happy to help particularly competent Runners get their greedy little hands on some good upgrades or drones and is all the more happy if it comes directly from MCT stock.
On the flipside, Technika is not a big fan of bioware due to MCT's alleged and known actions in the development of such genetic modification and is not likely to be very helpful when it comes to obtaining bioware. That said, if designs or copies of bioware happen to be "misplaced" and then "found" in Technika's possession after a Run, she may be open to granting favors. Usually she will destroy such items, but if they may prove useful to someone in dire need, she may give it to someone who can put it to good use for free to stick it to MCT. Anyone who helps her in that will likely gain a Favor.
While she definitely hates bioware with a passion, this hatred does not seep into her willingness to work with Runners who use it. She might try to talk you out of using it or occasionally look at you judgementally, but as long as you prove yourself reliable and not an MCT Bioware shill, she will be amicable enough.
Aspects Description
| Aspect | Description |
|---|---|
| "Bioware is Corruption!" | Technika's radically negative opinion on Bioware is almost exclusively thanks to MCT. While she understands how it can help others, she struggles to justify its existence to herself due to the many atrocities - especially towards Technomancers - that MCT and likely other corporations have committed. Technika absolutely refuses to make any Gear checks to obtain Bioware of any type or grade. |
| "I Don't Know You!" | Technika rides a fine line between "respected employee" and "loose end" within MCT. If they ever found out she was involved in something that hurt the corporation, she'd have to disappear for a while or at the very least she would be very unlikely to be particularly helpful beyond the bare minimum. If you botch a Run involving screwing with MCT in some way, or MCT Security catches you/finds you after a Run, Technika may require some recompense to continue working with you. Make a Loyalty Test. If you fail, you will owe Technika a number of Chips based on the Threat Level of the Run (1 for Low, 2 for Medium, 3 for Hard, etc). |
| "You Are Complicit!" | While she is a willing employee for MCT, it is solely for the cybernetic and non-biological technology side of things. Her disdain for Bioware and MCT's hand in it is so strong that she will assume that you sold out to MCT and helped them with their research and development of bioware (and the likely associated torture of Technomancers and other individuals of metahumanity) if you do work for the Megacorporation. She believes so strongly in her morals that she believes that her working for MCT and you working for MCT are two very different, very opposed things. As a result, if you do a Run on behalf of MCT and Technika finds out somehow, Technika's Loyalty score is reduced by 1 point. |
| Cyberware Fanatic | Technika absolutely enjoys working with and using cyberware and wants to spread the joys of cyber-enhancements to everyone. Gear checks made by Technika to acquire cyberware get a +2 bonus. |
| Cyberware Upgrades Are Cool | Where Technika adores cyberware, she absolutely craves getting a hold of the best kinds of cyberware all in the name of improving the lot of metahumanity. Technika gains a +2 bonus to Gear checks made to obtain Alphaware Grade Cyberware. |
| Machines Are Cool | Technika's skills and interests are not limited only to cyberware, and she enjoys all sorts of technologies - especially the kind that gets one from one place to another or can do the work of a person without the risk of life. Technika gains a +2 bonus to Gear checks made to obtain vehicles of any kind. |
| Mechanized Army | Technika really enjoys tinkering with drones when she's not tinkering with cyberware. She absolutely adores the versatility and adaptability such machines have - especially in the hands of a skilled user. Technika gains a +2 bonus to Gear checks made specifically to obtain vehicles of the Drone type. |
| "MCT Drones Are Superior" | Despite the fact she hates Bioware and that MCT active develops and researches it in terrible ways, Technika does have a lot of love for the more cybernetic and robotic products from MCT. Even though she wants the entire Bioware Department to die in a fire, Technika is loyal to MCT in most other morally unquestionable areas, and while she loves all drones, she has a lot of love to give MCT's Brand of drones in particular. Gear checks to obtain MCT Brand drones gains a +2 bonus. |
| MCT Whistleblower | While she admits that MCT makes really good cybertechnology and computers systems and is more than happy to use it and sell it, Technika despises their morals and values when it comes to developing biotechnology and the potential disregard for metahuman life involved. As a result, Technika is all too willing to assist in encountering and accessing the important people at MCT to increase exposure to both the wonders of cybertechnology and the dangers and corruption of Bioware research and development. Networking checks Technika makes get a +2 bonus when related to MCT employees, executives, and partners. |
| "Help Me Help You Help Me.... Help You..." | Technika is a businesswoman first and a moral warrior second. She understands that in order to fight for her values and to bring MCT's wrongdoings to light (and secure more cybertech), she needs to network and make that sweet Nuyen. She is more than happy to work as a Fixer - especially for the magically mundane. |
| "Suck It, Bioware!" | Technika's growing disdain for MCT's Bioware Departments has made her rather bold in her efforts to take down the corrupt corpos from within the fold as she will ask for bioware-related items obtained from Runs so that she may destroy them (or occasionally give it to someone desperately in need pro bono). If you manage to steal designs, plans, or copies of bioware items and projects from MCT or anyone it was working on such projects with and bring it to Technika, you will earn Chips on her (value of which is up to GM discretion). Alternatively, doing this may get Technika to forgive a Chip she has on you. |
Dicepools
| Dicepools | |
|---|---|
| Knowledge Checks | 3 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety |
| Active Checks | 5 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety |
| Gear Acquisition Checks | 13 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety |
| Networking Checks | 9 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety |
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