TechnoRATS

TechnoRATS

Nezumi Rats
"Pip-squeak!"
Contact Owner	EnigmaticOxygen
Owner's Discord Name	Keeper M
Connection	1
Public Contact?	Yes
Archetype	Service
Location	Puyallup, Seattle
Metatype	Nezumi Rats
Gender	Male & Female
Awakened/Emerged	Emerged
Preferred Payment Method	Food, Datachips, Pettings
Hobbies/Vice	Social Habit (Food), Bad Habit (Tech Nomming)
Personal Life	Familial Relationship
Aspects	Technocritter Troubles L33TSP37K Ohhh Shiny! Taking a Crack at Cracking Urban Jungle Rat King(s) Resonance Depths Blink of the Screen

Overview

This clan of nezumi rats used to live in the Hong-Kong Free Enterprise Zone, specifically the outskirts of Kowloon Walled City. Then, runners befriended them and helped them go globetrotting all the way to Puyallup, Seattle. Their numbers are constantly rising. They speak solely in emoji-based Matrix messages and typical rodent squeaks, cheeping and hisses. Their passions involve playing together, munching on food, data and tech, using the latter in ways the producer never intended and spamming who they're afraid of or who annoys them.

Aspects Description

Aspect	Description
Technocritter Troubles	The TechnoRATS are technocritters, which means no full understanding of Cantonese and societal norms. Getting this contact to do things might require an Animal Handling check with Loyalty as a bonus and the threshold of 6 - Loyalty or bribing with appropriate snacks, datachips, toys - especially tech - at GM discretion. They do understand limited Cantonese from living in Kowloon, but usage of complex terms and ideas may not go over well.
L33TSP37K	The TechnoRATS cannot speak. They communicate strictly in emoji-based Matrix messages and typical rodent squeaks, cheeping and hisses. Use your creativity and innovation to get them to do what you actually want them to do. If the GM believes the message could be easily misinterpreted, they will ask for Animal Handling (3) boosted by Loyalty.
Ohhh, Shiny!	They're smart, but your lowly metahuman needs are often beneath them. They tend to view interactions less as straightforward requests and more as a group collaboration. When contacting them and leaving them unchecked, the GM secretly rolls a D6. If they roll a 1, the task or idea asked of them "evolves" in a direction that they feel is either more effective, interesting or profound - or just gains them tasty new snacks. They can be turned back on tracks with Animal Handling (3) boosted by Loyalty.
Taking a Crack at Cracking	They're nezumi rats, so the Matrix and the Resonance are their turf. +2 to skills in the Cracking and Electronics groups as well as digital legwork (GM discretion). Two complex forms and RES 3 minimum (GM discretion for more, which should scale with Loyalty): Diffusion of Firewall, Static Bomb. Emerged critter powers: AR Parallelism, Cozenage, Gremlins, Tunnel.
Urban Jungle	Because they cannot feed off of the Resonance, they're skilled at finding food otherwise. +2 to skills in the Outdoors and Athletics groups as well as Perception. +2 to knowledge skills relating to surviving in a sprawl like Critters, Sprawl Life or Matrix Threats.
Rat King(s)	They can't really be trained - they're their own creatures. However, they can work with other rodents (including Awakened and Emerged versions). +2 to Animal Handling and knowledge skills about animals.
Resonance Depths	Not that they really understand it, but the TechnoRATS relish digging up popculture trivia from the depths of the Resonance. You never know when they can dig up something about mysterious names like Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley or Terry Pratchett and when you can use the esoteric knowledge. +2 to knowledge skills like Popculture, Literature, Music, Sports, Entertainment etc.
Blink of the Screen	Who's Dominic Toretto anyway? The TechnoRATS can't answer this, but they know three things about him: he's a bald human, he knows the importance of family (an honorary rat, really!), and he goes fast. They can respect that, so over time, different drones have become vehicles worthy of furry butts. +2 to Pilot Groundcraft, Aircraft, Watercraft and Walker - thankfully, no Pilot Aeronautics. Yet. Gunnery is also boosted, but the GM has final say what size of a weapon mount can be operated and by how many rats.

Dicepools

Dicepools
Knowledge Checks	5 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety
Active Checks	9 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety
Gear Acquisition Checks	1 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety
Networking Checks	-1 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety

Network

Player Characters with This Contact

Name	Loyalty	Chips
GX7	1	Even
Heart of the Tempest	4	0
Katherine Tyler	4	Even
Ragamuffin	2	Even

Narratively Significant Runs

Name	GM	Metaplot	Date of Run
What Is Lu-(i)ck	Keeper M	It's a Small Underworld After All	12 August 2084