Character-Creation Thread

Thanks, Kaneda!

1) His parents were killed when he was quite young, and he was placed into a foster care system for his childhood. No one wanted to take him in, so he left when he was old enough to, there he lived in hostels, on the streets, begging, stealing, whatever he could to survive.
He then met a gang that would take him in, that's where he learned computers and found he was quite good with them. To make money, that was heavily taxed by the gang, he would get info for blackmail, freeze and hold systems up for payment, that kind of work.
He was caught and arrested, was sentenced to a number of years in prison before he was recruited by the department to help solve computer based crimes. He would be given a small payment, and a reduced sentence. When he got out, they kept him, allowing him to live in a small apartment and enough to pay rent and food.
His old gang left him a present for when he got out, debt, a large amount of debt, and the banks want it back with interest.

2) Currently does IT work for small businesses where he can be paid under the table.

3) Fascism killed his parents, they were outspoken of their hate for their leader and it had them killed, publicly. His entire life was changed that day and he blames them for everything.

4) Currently lives in LA where there are plenty of small businesses that could use his skills and allow him to survive in the world he lives in, away from his old gang, away from his old life.

What department are you referring to?
This is fine. I might change it a bit, though . . . .
Hm. This is a little vague: what do you mean by "fascism killed his parents"? They lived in a country where fascists are a lot more open, violent, and wealthy than they are in North America? Someplace like Brazil under Bolsonaro? Current Russia or the Ukraine? I don't think you're telling me that his parents were killed by Germany's Third Reich, right? THat would mean your PC is _really_ old.

Hahaha, oh dear, for some reason I believed that I our setting was a fair bit later into the future, but I see that we are playing in 2025 and that is definitely going to change some things. They were definitely not killed by Hitler and his nazis haha.

Would it work if he was wanted and arrested by the FBI, cyber-crimes do fall into their jurisdiction and it's no secret that they will use the people that they have arrested to help them solve other crimes. Or that he sold out his old gang in order to come to America.

I'm not against changing it, would it be more reasonable that when he came to the states, he wasn't exactly taught well about credit scores and the risks of taking out loans and credit cards, built himself a lot of debt, and is now paying much of what he makes to the banks.

Russia seems appropriate for his origins.

OK, he could've gotten into trouble with the FBI.

Owing to a bunch of banks is fine.

If he's going to be from Russia, you'll need to give him at least Language (English) at at least rank 2 (Rank 3 allows communication and understanding pretty much like a native).

Kaneda, let me know whether or not you're good with that Russian origin.

I'm good with the Russian origin.

OK, so swap out some points for English.
Now it's just money and stuff then first post. Hopefully, this will at least get started tomorrow.

Furmyr: your PC has $1500 US in cash. You can divide that up any way you like among your wallet, your bank account, investments, etc. If you want, you can pay $200 and start with a 9mm pistol and 2 clips of ammo (you bought it used from a friend in the military), but it's not legal

Kaneda: your PC has no money whatsoever at this point, either on hand or "stored" elsewhere.

You both have places to stay according to your incomes, some clothes, and something to carry things in when travelling. Let me know if there are small things you think your character should or would have, and I'll tell you if they do indeed have them.

Questions?

I have one, though: where are your character sheets?

I tried to make a character now. Put in all the info scattered around in different posts here, but when I pressed save it was all deleted. Too furious to continue right now, but will try again later.

Wait! It looks like it came through!
Checking . . . .
Yes! it's up!

Had to repurpose another character for a now defunkt game. Still can't make a new character, but seem to be able to mod old characters.

Ok, will work on my character sheet to get into the game! Sorry, I went camping and thought that I had service, we did not, and it snowed lol!

Wow!
Were you up in that part of the US mountains where snowstorms were predicted?