Jack Beckett - Street Samurai

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Personal Data

Name/Alias: Jack Beckett/ Vanguard
Metatype: Human
Age: 23
Sex: M
Nuyen: (2d6 + 30)x20Y
Lifestyle: Squatter, One Month
Total Karma:
Current Karma:
Street Cred:
Notoriety:
Public Awareness:

Attributes

Body: 3
Agility: 6
Reaction: 4
Strength: 4
Charisma: 2
Intuition: 2
Logic: 2
Willpower: 3
Edge: 2
Essence: 6
Initiative: 6
Init Passes:

Skills

Active Skills
Blades - 7 = 13
Infiltrate - 4 = 10
Unarmed Combat - 4 = 10
Pistols - 2 = 8
Dodge - 4 = 8
Pilot Ground - 1 = 5
Intimidate - 3 = 5
Artisan - 1 = 3
Perception - 4 = 6
First Aid - 2 = 4

Group Skills
Athletics - 3 = mostly 7
Electronics - 1 = 3
Influence - 1 = 3
Outdoors - 1 = 3

Knowledge Skills
Blade Design - 3
Classical Art - 2
Military Special Operations Tactics - 2
Lonestar Tactics - 1
Safe Houses - 2
Dojos - 2

Qualities
ambidextrous - 5
Aptitude - 10 (Blades)
Guts - 5
Incompetent - +5 (Disguises)
Addiction - +10 (Cigarettes)

Condition Monitor
Physical Damage track = 10
Stun Damage Track = 10

Contacts
Fence (Graeme) = Loyalty 1 Connections 3
Fixer (Henkel) = Loyalty 1 Connections 3

Ranged Weapons
Colt Manhunter - 300Y
> 50 Stick-n-Shock rounds - 400Y
> Spare Clip - 20Y

Melee Weapons
2 Monofilament Swords - 1500Y
3 Survival Knives - 150Y

Armour/ Clothing
Basic Clothing - 20Y
Chameleon Suit - 8000Y
Line Coat - 700Y

Commlink
Sony Emperor - 700Y
> Novatech Navi - 1500Y
> Subvocal Microphone - 50Y

Sins/Licences
Fake Sin, Rating 4 (Get out of Dodge Sin) - 4000Y
Fake Sin, Rating 4 (Restricted Item's Sin) - 4000Y
> Fake Pistol Licence Rating 4 - 400Y
> Fake Sword Licence Rating 4 - 400Y
> Fake Chameleon Suit Licence Rating 4 - 400Y
> Fake Weapons Concealment Authorisation Rating 4 - 400Y
Fake Sin, Rating 3 (Groceries Sin) - 3000Y
Fake Sin, Rating 2 (Back Up Sin) - 2000Y

Vehicles
Harley-Davidson Scorpion - 12000Y

Misc. Items
Sunglasses - 25Y
> Lowlight Vision - 100Y
> Thermographic - 100Y
Geckotape Gloves - 260Y
Respirator Rating 6 - 600Y
Grapple Gun - 500Y
Basic Doc Wagon - 5000Y

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Where does your character come from?
Jack Beckett has lived most of his life within the poorest districts within the boundaries of New York City. Within his life he was adopted into an underground cult of Swordsmen. They taught him how to live, fight and die by the sword, his ethics and his sense of worth.

Does your character have a family?
Jack's parents were originally from the United Kingdom but travelled to the America's seeking relief from their lives. Upon arrival within the New York Airport they found that their troubles seemed to worsen, often finding it hard to gain work, and soon to live with a child. They both decided that if they wanted the best for their son they would have to give him away. They passed him on quickly to a Dojo, hoping the best for the boy. Jack's new parents where not completely within the law, they had a Hacker completely wipe and destroy Jack's legal SIN and began teaching him how to fight for survival within the Shadows.

Does your character have an ethnic background?
Jack is for intents and purposes Scottish, though he holds an American Accent. Sometimes his Scottish Accent will show through but only under heavy stress.

What does your character look like?
Jack Stands a broad 6'3, weighing in at 180 pounds of lean muscle. He's very pale by comparison with some and burns in the sun easily. He has short, cleanly cut hair and is cleanly shaven. His eyes are a powerful blue.

What does your character dress like?
Jack prefers to dress simply. He will usually walk around in basic Flats and his Long Jacket. When working however he will usually don his Chameleon Suit under his clothing until he needs to infiltrate, then he'll stash his clothing somewhere.

Does your character have any physical quirks?
Jack can usually be seen smoking, also he has a few small scars over his chest and abdomen, gained from training with his Masters and other students.

Where did your character learn their Active Skills?
Jack learned most of his skills within his Dojo and from his adopted Parents. He was an absolute natural with a blade and they versed him strongly in the art of stealth and martial arts. Though his shadowing skills are lacking, his natural talent proved his saving grace in this aspect.

Where did your character learn their Knowledge Skills?
One of the important lessons Jack learned from his masters was the importance of his blades, and the best suited styles for his own art. Jack's adopted mother was also a lover of classical art and sought to teach Jack the importance of art for calming and recreational purposes. A major part of Jack's teaching was on the importance of stealth, and one of the techniques to help ferment the importance of such tactics on the field, he was taught about the combat Tactics of the special forces. Recently Jack has been working closely with Lonestar Police force for work, doing some snatch and grab jobs for the police, as well as message runs and small time prisoner escorts has helped him learn a little more about their inner workings.

Where did your character get his goodies?
Jack's twin Monofilament Swords are prized possessions to him, they were given to him by his father and Master after surpassing the old man in a duel, which forced Jack to leave his home but prove that he had learned all he could about Swordsmanship. He would never leave them behind for any man or amount of Nuyen and he would maim anyone who tried to steal them from him. Acquiring the Chameleon Suit was definitely a fantastic step forward in Jack's Shadowrunning career, his Fence Graeme was holding it for an important client, but when it turned out that the client was an undercover police officer for the corporations, Jack earned the rare piece of equipment by assassinating the officer before he could gather enough evidence against Graeme.

Where does your character live?
Jack just now squats in a small cellular hotel, he pays the laughable fees to sleep within his own little slot and generally does not hang around there.

Who are your character's contacts?
Graeme, Jack's Fence is an unscrupulous fellow that Jack deals with in order to sell merchandise and buy the more restricted pieces of equipment from. Jack did a favour and got the police off his back long enough for Graeme to jump SIN and even though it saved his life, he still treats Jack as anyone else being that Jack took his best find as payment from him that he could have sold for more than double it's worth. Graeme is a self centred opportunist, though he is reliable and knows when to push or not in a haggle. Jack's Fixer, Henkel, helps Jack find work, he usually works with bounty hunters and the like but Jack has recently been working with a Shadowrunner called Need Van Suddle's Character name. (See Van Suddle's sheet for more details on Henkel)

Who are your enemies?
Jack has been fortunate, he has only made a single enemy. Their name is Natasha Kornov. She is a Russian Police officer/ come Mercenary that is after Jack for killing her husband, the undercover cop that was trying to finger Graeme. She is a lethal Street Samurai just like Jack and they have clashed on a couple of occasions though found that Jacks Natural talent with a blade is too much. She will stop at nothing to not arrest but kill Jack at any moment. She currently has lost track of Jack, before she managed to trace him, he had an old Fake SIN that she realised was him and until he noticed that was how she was finding him, he would fight and defeat her each time, but could never bring herself to kill the heart broken woman.

How did your character react to magic?
Jack is a little awed by magic, he doesn't understand it in the slightest and when it is used he sometimes is struck by the sheer force of will that one needs to control it. Recently he has taken to wearing a silver cross around his neck, feeling more incline to believe in God when people can mould the fabric of reality.

What are your characters likes and dislikes?
Jack's tastes can be very odd. On one hand he can have quite a refined taste, viewing art within galleries, to enjoying a fine wine when he has the money to afford it. On other occasions he would prefer a whiskey in a downtrodden bar. He has absolute love for the art of Swordsmanship and hates it when he watches others 'butcher' the art, and enjoys schooling those who are arrogant of their failings. He does not like any show of bullying from anyone, no one should be downtrodden just for being different or weak, those with strength, should defend the weak. Saying that though, with those that are strong he can't help but tease and bait them into doing things they may regret, he enjoys the thrill of combat with such foes and he finds it funny to see them burn out in anger at him, though he will surely make it up to them later.

What is your character's moral code?
Jack follows a strict code of honour. He will not kill those that are unarmed unless they are schooled in unarmed combat, he will also prefer to fight with those foes he finds worthy in one on one combat and yet he understands fully the concept of bringing the mission first, his enemies feeling the brute killing power with no flash or flare.

Does your character have goals?
Jack is moving up to raise funds to open his own Dojo and learn how to effectively teach others in the are of the sword. But before he can do that he needs to build his own bank of funds and then find a property that will be suitable for his own Dojo. One of his most important goals at the moment is to make amends with Natasha. He is deeply sorry that he took her husbands life to save another's when he could have tried to derail or slow down the officer in his tracks long enough so Graeme could make his escape. He was not as wise then and now he is struggling to figure out what he could do to appease the woman. One of his more flights of fancy is that he wants to fight a Renraku Red Samurai and prove that he is a match for one of those swordsmen however he is careful and will not rush into this, planing to pick this fight very carefully.

Does your character have personal beliefs?
Jack has two beliefs. The belief in the art of Swordsmanship and his faith in Christianity. Though his Christianity is very much a simple thing, the belief in the art of Swordsmanship is one that he lives by as much as possible. He treats and looks after his bladed weapons very carefully. He also has a disliking to racial groups, he will not pick a fight with them unless what he sees is untold cruelty to one they try and oppress.

Does your character have personality quirks?
Jack is a very proud man, he takes himself very seriously usually and can jump to a fight if he believes his honour has been slighted upon.

Why does your character run the shadows?
Jack uses the Shadows the best way he can, he works to make money in jobs that are far from legit usually to gather Nuyen to equip himself better and to reach his goals.

How does your character see their role as a shadowrunner?
Jack sees himself as a man for hire at the moment. He will stretch himself to perform many different jobs as long as they pay well and he can successfully perform them.

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