Rising Stars SPANNER

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Rising Stars SPANNER

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Beginning Hero's Journey Roll
D20 Result
SPANNERS HJ TABLE

Beginning Hero's Journey Roll
D20 Result
1-3: after serving in a military, paramilitary, militia, or security force for some time, your hero has some solid combat training. She gains +3 Skill Points which may be spent on Athletics, Fighting, or Shooting in any combination.

4-6: He’s traveled far and wide, and he knows a lot about the world that could come
in handy. Your character gains a +2 on any Common Knowledge rolls related to
geography and understanding the people and places of North America. He also
gains a +2 on Survival and Networking checks in North America.

7-9: Though few and far between, the cites of Rifts Earth are the hubs of what remains of civilization, vital as sources of information. Your character understands the ebb and flow of the streets and alleys, gaining the Streetwise Edge. She is also good at creating fakes of necessary papers, badges, and the like; she’s got experience and training in forgery (treat as Common Knowledge), with a +2 to related checks.

10-11:Functional machines and technology often mean the difference between life and death in the world of Rifts®. Fortunately for any group your hero runs with, she’s pretty good with tech, giving her a one die type increase for the Repair skill, and the Mr. Fix It Edge.

12-14:Your character is inherently gifted at larceny, possessing the Thief Edge without concern for requirements. He also gains +1 Skill Point to spend on Athletics, Stealth, or Thievery as he chooses.

15-16: With a nose for opportunities, horse-trading, and five-fingered discounts, your
hero is the go-to person for getting what’s needed in a crunch. He has the Scrounger
Edge.

17-18: Though lots of folks can jump behind a wheel or grab a stick, your hero understands the nuances of guiding a machine effectively through the worst conditions. She gains the Ace Edge, or Combat Ace, if she already has Ace, as well as a one die type increase in her choice of Boating, Driving, or Piloting.

19-20: You may choose any one of the results on this table.

Spanner
Novice Female Bradford Crypto-Clone, Robotnik

Iconic Framework: Robotnik

Attributes: Agility d8, Smarts d8, Spirit d4, Strength d4, Vigor d8
Skills: Athletics d6, Common Knowledge d4, Driving d4, Electronics d8, Fighting d6, Hacking d4, Language (Native) d8, Notice d6, Persuasion d4, Piloting d6, Repair d8, Science d8, Stealth d4, Weird Science d8
Pace: 6; Parry: 5; Toughness: 9 (2)
Strain: 4/4
Hindrances: Arrogant, Driven (major, ), Mania (major, ), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (major), Secret (major, )
Edges: Arcane Background (Weird Science), Beast Master (), Common Bond
Armor: Armored Cloak (Armor 2)
Weapons: Unarmed (Range Melee, Damage Str), Stun Gun (Range 5/10/20, Damage 2d4, ROF 1)
Gear: NG-S2 Survival Pack
Language: Native (native, d8)
Current Wealth: 500 credits
Arcane Background: Weird Science (Rifts® TLPG, p121)Power Points: 15Powers: (none selected)
Special Abilities
Racing Thoughts: Always Thinking, Rarely sleeping.
Crypto- Clone: Implanted mind blocks make it impossible for the character to accept the truth of their own nature, They simply cannot comprehend that they are a clone regardless of evidence. Mistaken Identity can also lead to complications.
Hidden Instability: Bradford Boys become more and more unhinged as they age. Roll on the Psychic Degragation table each time a rank is gained
Iconoclast: By nature, Bradford Clones are driven to excel. They have difficulty working within any static chain of command. They tend to respect meritocracy but have little tolerence for unqualified leadership.
Attribute Increase - Smarts: During character creation, the species increases a particular attribute (Agility, Smarts, Spirit, Strength, or Vigor) one die type. This increases the Trait’s maximum by one as well.
Inhuman Physiology (-1): The species has unique physiology, causing problems for those unfamiliar with their biology, and medical supplies or cybernetics designed for human use. For 1 point the race has Near-Human Physiology giving a −1 penalty to Healing skill rolls and cybernetics checks involving installation, repair, and modification.
Skill (d6) - Electronics: The character starts with a d6 in a skill inherent to her race and the skill’s maximum increases to d12+1.
Skill (d6) - Repair: The character starts with a d6 in a skill inherent to her race and the skill’s maximum increases to d12+1.
Skill (d6) - Science: The character starts with a d6 in a skill inherent to her race and the skill’s maximum increases to d12+1.
Adaptable: The race has great variation among its people and cultures. Characters start with a free Novice Edge of their choice (and must meet all the Edge’s Requirements).
Narrative Hook:


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Current Load (normal/combat): 27 / 7 (21)
Books In Use: Savage Worlds: Adventure Edition, Rifts®: Arcana and Mysticism, Rifts®: Blood and Banes, Rifts®: Empires of Humanity, Rifts®: Savage Foes of North America, Rifts®: The Tomorrow Legion Players Guide, Rifts®: Tomorrow Legion Field ManualSetting Rules: Character Frameworks, Cyberware (w/Strain), Rifts® M.D.C.Validity: Character appears invalid
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Re: Rising Stars SPANNER

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@High Command HJ above
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Re: Rising Stars SPANNER

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The SPANNER (revised)

The Spanner
Novice Female Bradford Crypto-Clone, Robotnik

Iconic Framework: Robotnik

Attributes: Agility d8, Smarts d8, Spirit d4, Strength d4, Vigor d8
Skills: Athletics d6, Common Knowledge d4, Driving d4, Electronics d8, Fighting d6, Hacking d4, Language (Native) d8, Notice d4, Persuasion d4, Piloting d6, Repair d8, Science d8, Stealth d4, Thievery d6, Weird Science d8
Pace: 6; Parry: 5; Toughness: 9 (2)
Strain: 4/4
Hindrances: Driven (major, Iconoclast: By nature, Bradford Clones are driven to excel. They have difficulty working within any static chain of command. They tend to respect meritocracy but have little tolerance for unqualified leadership), Habit (major, Habitual Criminal), Impulsive, Mania (major, Hidden Instability: Bradford Boys become more and more unhinged as they age. Roll on the Psychic Degragation table each time a rank is gained), SECRET (custom), Secret (major, Crypto- Clone: Implanted mind blocks make it impossible for the character to accept the truth of their own nature, They simply cannot comprehend that they are a clone regardless of evidence. Mistaken Identity can also lead to complications)
Edges: Arcane Background (Weird Science), Innate Robot Control (custom), Robot Brawler League Controller (custom, )
Armor: Armored Cloak (Armor 2)
Weapons: Unarmed (Range Melee, Damage Str), Neural Baton (Range Melee, Damage Str+d6, M.D.C.), Vibro-Zaw-Saw (Range Melee, Damage Str+d8, AP 8, M.D.C.)
Gear: NG-S2 Survival Pack (Contains: Repair Kit, Field)
Language: Native (native, d8)
Current Wealth: 5,500 credits
Arcane Background: Weird Science (Rifts® TLPG, p121)Power Points: 15Powers: Deep Defense (Deflection; SWADE p157-158), SNAP-BOT (Summon Ally; SWADE p169)
Special Abilities
Racing Thoughts: Always Thinking, Rarely sleeping.
Crypto- Clone: Implanted mind blocks make it impossible for the character to accept the truth of their own nature, They simply cannot comprehend that they are a clone regardless of evidence. Mistaken Identity can also lead to complications.
Hidden Instability: Bradford Boys become more and more unhinged as they age. Roll on the Psychic Degradation table each time a rank is gained
Iconoclast: By nature, Bradford Clones are driven to excel. They have difficulty working within any static chain of command. They tend to respect meritocracy but have little tolerance for unqualified leadership.
Attribute Increase - Smarts: During character creation, the species increases a particular attribute (Agility, Smarts, Spirit, Strength, or Vigor) one die type. This increases the Trait’s maximum by one as well.
Inhuman Physiology (-1): The species has unique physiology, causing problems for those unfamiliar with their biology, and medical supplies or cybernetics designed for human use. For 1 point the race has Near-Human Physiology giving a −1 penalty to Healing skill rolls and cybernetics checks involving installation, repair, and modification.
Skill (d6) - Electronics: The character starts with a d6 in a skill inherent to her race and the skill’s maximum increases to d12+1.
Skill (d6) - Repair: The character starts with a d6 in a skill inherent to her race and the skill’s maximum increases to d12+1.
Skill (d6) - Science: The character starts with a d6 in a skill inherent to her race and the skill’s maximum increases to d12+1.
Adaptable: The race has great variation among its people and cultures. Characters start with a free Novice Edge of their choice (and must meet all the Edge’s Requirements).
Narrative Hook:


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Current Load (normal/combat): 44 / 14 (21)
Books In Use: Savage Worlds: Adventure Edition, Rifts®: Arcana and Mysticism, Rifts®: Blood and Banes, Rifts®: Empires of Humanity, Rifts®: Savage Foes of North America, Rifts®: The Tomorrow Legion Players Guide, Rifts®: Tomorrow Legion Field ManualSetting Rules: Character Frameworks, Cyberware (w/Strain), Rifts® M.D.C.Validity: Character appears valid, but not optimal
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Re: Rising Stars SPANNER

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The Spanner

INTERLUDE #1

LIVING SPACE

The rear mezzanine of the operator's shop shows signs of rehabilitation.

The warehouse style rear windows look out to an abandoned Elevated Train platform. Any Intact glazing is covered with ragged pages from old books and magazines. A mostly intact sequence of panels is a Fenoddi codex on the alien martial art of Nodox

Where light spills onto the floor threw paper is a yoga mat and a bizarre look heavy bag

The Kitchenette is a hazard of hot plates and Bunsen burners. Nestled among the heating elements is a coffee maker that has been converted into a reverse osmosis filter. A chaotic network of PVC tubing conducts water from innumerable leaks in the badly compromised roof to the apparatus and sink drain.

The glazing that looks out to the shop floor is an ever changing note board of glass and sharpie. The handwriting is the blocky sans serif of a trained Draftsman. The notes are a hodgepodge of differential equations, lewd drawings annotated in Technocan and project timelines.

There is a nearly unused cot covered with stolen electrical components. The intermittent 4 hours of required sleep happens in a broken down recliner at the edge of the yoga mats
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Spanners Convo log
1st entry


Hey, It's me....Things are flush AF!...

No, waaay better than they have been, for truth…

We did a real job. Hyperfluid FTW! It really scratched the itch…

Nooo, not spotting for some pervy Octogent…

Just some kids from the block. In and out, like we were meant to be there…

Yeeah,yeeah, Just like you taught me…

I like them. They have four eels potential!...

Well,first is the Ops daughter, She's not just some Grease-Monkey. She can talk the chrome off of a Gee-Boy.
She's a stepping razor. A real Tower of Babel type…

You know that type of person that can do whatever they set their mind to…

Of course she's danger! that's why I dig here…

The other one? He is country AF. But he's got a real Chumba Wumba inside just waiting to chest burst...IDK. Somewhere up north where they can't grow clues?...

Yeah I gotta go too, I have some E-clips to balance out my hustle with my flow.
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VACCEINE HEIST INTERLUDE

Task 2. Survey the outside with the cameras and review the footage with Lester. This is a Technical or Stealth Task. This does not require going onto site (just around it). Failure or Critical Failure here means being identified.

Spanner uses a combination of Technical skills along with Piloting HexCAT to place hidden cameras, review footage and create a spreadsheet of identified individual schedules and regular deliveries.

Spanner prepares by scrounging up the material to make a "burbs gullisuit" for the HexCAT. It is a tangled mass of neutral colored cables, the finest locally sourced, garbage and dead rats.

To expedite review, she attaches motion sensors to the cameras that are linked to LesterCAM

Spanner makes use of HexCATs climbing claws and SwapBot's short range flight to place cameras in hard to reach places.

rolls WEEEERD SCIENCE =14

The Effect is four individual routs are known and a bonus is applied to future "on site" checks.

Spanner does these things in the cocky, VERY enthusiastic manner that the others have grown used to. But, she is a bit more amped up than usual. Her brain brain topography literally changes! As it snaps into its new configuration it dumps a cocktail of euphoric brain chemistry not all of which is entirely human.
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SPANNER F&G TABLE

1) Paper Route: Add two die types to either the Boating, Driving, Piloting, or Riding skill and start with one vehicle or mount of choice (no robot combat vehicles).

2)Wearable Robotics Platform: Spanner has upcycled a old style, analog Brawl Bot control rig. Your hero may choose any one suit of Body Armor and one of the modifiers listed on the Body Armor table in the Hero’s Journey section.

3)Platonic Solid State of Mind : Spanners unique brain chemistry matures. She adds one die type to Smarts and two die types to any three Smarts-linked skills.

4) Anomalous Metabolism: Your hero is a survivor. Begin with the Fast Healer Edge, gain a free reroll on the Death & Defeat Table, and halve all recovery times from the table

5) Charmingly Fluent: Begin with the Linguist Edge. Gain +1 Persuasion with native speakers of a language foreign to your hero, and Reactions begin two steps higher

6) Custom Chrome: Spanner redesigns custom cyberware to better mesh her unique physiology. Choose up to 2 Strain of Cybernetic Systems, and add two points to maximum Strain

7): Robotic Resurrectionist. Your hero has an uncanny affinity with upcycling robots. Gain the Robot Brawler League Controller Edge twice and increase the default Size of companion robots to 3.

8) Student of Alien Martial Arts: Spanner is fascinated by the Fernoddi martial art Nodox. Add two die types to Fighting. Your hero gains a personal Close Combat weapon of choice or Trademark Weapon for a starting melee weapon.
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Spanner Interlude.
THE FIGHT

Robobrawl pilots have a few ways to insure their value and longevity. One of those ways is that their own piloting macros (PMAC for short) It is much like how in demand Chefs guard their recipes.

Team SILVERBACK has a reliable, veteran ,champion pilot named Dr. Avalanche.
DR. A , was beginning to show signs of Juice Psychosis so the team Body Fixer declared him unfit for the fight.
None of this was a big deal. SILVERBACK was already in the Playoffs. The opponent, RAZOR-TOAD had already been eliminated. The match Purse and pride were the only stakes.
The back up pilot had died last month from the Tolkeen virus. Coach reluctantly gave Spanner a chance to fill in as pilot. Since she had no PMACs loaded on SILVERBACK she opted to use the Analog Feedback Control Rig (AFC).

AFC is unpopular because it can really beat up a pilot. Without PMACs it is even worse. So, when when Spanner climbed into the Rig even her ,less than friendly, teammates cringed.

Dr. Avalanche and SILVERBACK are not known for evasive maneuvers. That added to the surprise when Spanner, using Deep Fake Reflex Technology evaded taking a single serious blow the whole match. That said, without PMAC she could not access SILVERBACKS special attack to bypass RAZORTOADS Damage Shield.

In the end of this truly bizarre match, The split decision went to SILVERBACK for the points that Spanner was able to score via the Environmental Hazards in the Cage.
Although it is a near certainty that the match was a one off, the novelty of it has made it the top selling , boot leg, Holo-disk this week.
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Spanner PCO
+1 Spirit (2pt)
+2 performance(2pt)
+1 Fighting(1pt)

Edge: Extra powers(2pts)
Operator Vehicle with 5 mods(3pts
4 strain Cybernetics (6pts)Cyber-Wired Reflexes (U): Raise Agility one die step. Core Electronics Package (1): A computer with universal jack—grants +2 to Common Knowledge, Electronics, Hacking, Research, and Repair rolls. Radio (20-mile range), gyro-compass, clo
Vehicle Interface Package* (1): Grants +2 to related Boating, Driving, Piloting, and Electronics checks.Hand-to-Hand Reaction Wiring (1): Grants +2 to all Fighting checks and
+1 Parry, requires Cyber-Wired Reflexes.


EM-106 AT HOVER CAR
Sold throughout the Coalition States, the EM-AT106 is the civilian version of the CS AFC-105 manufactured by Empire Motors, one of the premier civilian automakers in the Coalition. The AT variant is the Auto Taxi with a built in civilian autopilot for assistance getting around the 'Burbs and the megacities. (1.5 tons, Rarity −3, 200,000 for the electric).
EM-AT106 Hover Car: Size 4 (Large), Handling +1, 150 MPH, Toughness 22 (10), Crew 1+4, Remaining Mods 4
Notes: ECC, MDC Armor, Electrical Engine, STS, VTOL, Civilian Vehicle Autopilot.
Civilian Vehicle Autopilot
  • Attributes: Smarts d6(V), Spirit d6
    Skills: Notice d6, Piloting d6
    Special Abilities: Construct and Fearless
GM Note: Autopilot counts as one of the beginning mods
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FRIDAY NIGHT
Spanner had made a miscalculation. She had been running a Ringer Con and spanked one of the Hosts sycophants. The Host, More than a little butthurt, Intervened and set the next match. It would be a 2 on 1 rematch, “Winner take Bot”.

Spanner new that she couldn't turn down the match or cough up her winnings without loss of credentials. After weighing her options she raised the stakes. “Okay ,okay” She says, “ But if I win...I get to drive out of here in any car on this lot!
Mr. CRAZY HIGH PERFORMANCE laughed. Everyone else laughed. Amazingly, being fond of CRAZY wagers. the Host agreed.


Spanners 1 on 2 strategy worked better than anticipated. Thanks to holographic disguise nanites Her offense Boosted opponents took each other out.

The sketchiest part of the wager was claiming the prize. If she claimed a Showroom import there would payback. She needed a prize that would save face for the Host.
Luckly she had worked out her play ahead of time. Waving her hand vaguely at the Scrapyard behind the dealership....”I'll take that old Taxi”,she said wickedly.
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SPANNER MONTAGE

Spanner is a manic overachiever who requires only half the sleep of a neurotypical human. Day and night mean very little to her as she runs multiple hustles, Works the Silverback Pit-Crew, Pilots HexCAT on the street level, Practices Nodox, and cultures Nanites.
E-Clip reclamation is her most profitable business. It represents around half of her scrounger rolls. The others are refills on medical supplies for a local Free Clinic. She doesn't think of it as a Donation.(which it is) It is an investment to keep a BodyFixer on retainer.
The money goes to, brand new, imported, TRIAX Cyberware. There is no scavenging or corner cutting. She has the chrome installed by the same Cyberdoc used by Team SILVERBACK.

CRAZY HIGH PERFORMANCE is the name of a upscale Vehicle Dealership over in (someplace not Roadside). The business is owned by a Crazy named “Mr. CRAZY HIGH PERFORMANCE” He is “(Burbs-rich)” into Fast Cars, Bling and Strippers.
He also hosts a off the hook, Robo-Brawl event every other Friday. Not all Robo-Brawls are hosted. Many happen in a empty field or among common ruins. The Host of a Robo-Brawl is expected to provide a location as well a security fore the event. They also settle disputes in exchange for a healthy kickback from the Bookies take.
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