Dial-Up
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| Contact Owner | 8hollow |
|---|---|
| Owner's Discord Name | |
| Connection | 4 |
| Public Contact? | Yes |
| Archetype | Fixer |
| Location | Seattle Public Grid |
| Metatype | AI |
| Age | Unknown |
| Preferred Payment Method | Shadowrunner Jobs |
| Hobbies/Vice | Hacking stuffer shacks |
| Personal Life | AI Stuff |
| Aspects | Matrix-Bound Like a fish to water Data Miner Computer Jackson Hard Drive Dealer Briefing Former Renraku property Logistics Involuntary Program Updates |
Overview
You hear a click over the line, then some horrible dial-up internet noises. A synthesized, androgynous voice hisses into your ear "Dial-Up. What can I do for you today?"
An escaped Renraku AI, Dial-Up was released during the crash and floated around the 'trix before noticing the profitable and entertaining world of shadowrunning. He soon became a well-connected and well-informed Fixer.
Aspects Description
| Aspect | Description |
|---|---|
| Matrix-Bound | Dial-Up is a sentient AI, and as such cannot provide physical active checks or legwork. |
| Involuntary Program Updates | While quite excited to work with runners, it tends to view interactions less as straightforward requests and more as a group collaboration. If not carefully checked, the task or idea asked of it might "evolve" in a direction that it feels is either more effective, interesting, or profound. Sometimes it even remembers to call back to update the team. |
| Like a fish to water | Like many AI, Dial-Up is startlingly good at manipulating the matrix. +2 on Matrix active checks |
| Data Miner | Everyone leaves tracks, some fainter than others. +2 on checks to find people or files on the matrix |
| Computer Jackson | Due to its constant presence on the 'trix, Dial has made many friends, few of which know its real nature. +2 on networking with and +2 on knowledge checks about hackers. |
| Hard Drive Dealer | While its days of being bound to a physical server are long gone, Dial-Up still knows where to find the good stuff. +2 on gear checks for electronics. |
| Briefing | Failure is suboptimal. Thus, Dial-Up will have a standard matrix search of the Johnson or another job-relevant topic which it will tell the Runner upfront. |
| Former Renraku property | Before you ask, no, it didn't know Deus. But after it wriggled free in the second crash, it managed to keep some Renraku files. +2 on Knowledge (Renraku) checks. |
| Logistics | Its programmed purpose was to do stock predictions and asset estimation. +2 on checks regarding the stock market or finance |
Dicepools
| Dicepools | |
|---|---|
| Knowledge Checks | 4 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety |
| Active Checks | 2 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety |
| Gear Acquisition Checks | 8 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety |
| Networking Checks | 12 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety |
Network
Player Characters with this Contact
| Name | Loyalty | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| Clown | 2 | Even |
| Dango | 2 | Even |
| Docteur Vega | 3 | Even |
| Girl | 1 | Even |
| Iron | 4 | Even |
| Rune Knight | 3 | Even |
NPC who know this contact
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