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Full Name	Unknown
Race	Human
Classes/Levels	Technomancer
Gender	Male
Age	Looks 20
Special Abilities	Accessing the Matrix with his mind
Occupation	Entertainment drone maker

About Peter PANdora

Build Points breakdown:

Stats = 190
Race = 0
Edge = 10
Magic/Tehnomancy = 71
Skills = 130
Know/Lang Skills = 1
Positive Qualities = 25
Negative Qualities = -35
Resources = 5
Contacts = 5 (+8 Free Points)
Total = 400

Basic:

Race: Human
Special: Technomancer
Resources: 25000
Essence: 6/6.0
Initiative Passes: 1/4

Stats:

Natural(Modified):
*Body 2/6(2/9)
*Agility 3/6(3/9)
*Reaction 3/6(3/9)
*Strength 2/6(2/9)
*Charisma 4/6(4/9)
*Intuition 4/6(4/9)
*Logic 5/6(5/9)
*Willpower 4/6(4/9)
*Edge 3/7(3/7)
*Resonance 5/6(5/6)

Skills:

*Cracking 4/4
*Electronics 3/4
*Tasking 3/4
Pistols 2/6
Perception 2/6
Industrial Mechanic 1/6 (Robotics)
Exotic Melee Weapon 2/6 (Monowhip)

Knowledge Skills:

Engineering 5/6 (Mechanical)
Small Robotics 3/6
Cyber Torture Techniques 1/6
White IC Source Code 5/6
Cutesy Skin Modification for Drones 1/6

Language Skills:

English N
Japanese 3/6
Arabic 2/6
Spanish 2/6
Russian 2/6
French 2/6

Contacts:

Name * Loyalty * Connection
Tinker DLL 6/6 1/6
Widow 3/6 1/6

Qualities:

Amnesia partial -10
Enemy (15) -15
Records on File -10
Analytical Mind 5
Juryrigger 10
Linguist 5

Complex Forms:

Common:
*Reality Filter 4
*Analyze 1
*Scan 1
*Command 1
Hacking:
*Armor 4
*Attack 2
*Stealth 5
*Exploit 5
*Decrypt 2
*Spoof 2
Sprites:
*Courier Sprite 1
*Machine Sprite 2
*Data Sprite 1

Gear:

Forthcoming

Mini-story:

The only other name Peter PANdora remembers from before four years ago is Tinker DLL, an AI who is always in the Matrix around him. Peter PANdora has only erratic memories before this time. He knows he was once a test subject of a division of some company, but can't remember the name of it. Peter had no trouble remembering his amazing ability to access the Matrix with his mind, and at once located a suitable location to try and disappear: Las Vegas. Peter arrived and set up a small robotic toy shop using his apparently strong knowledge of engineering and robotics. He made a special drone for Tinker DLL to inhabit in the shape of a robotic fairy. At some point he was approached by a man who had heard he was good with the Matrix and machines. So began the shadowrunning. Always cautious not to expose themselves to whomever would be seeking them, Peter PANdora and Tinker DLL do what they must to keep Peter hidden...

Questionnaire:

Quote:

We are shaped by our heritage. Facial features, skin tone, height,
build, metatype, even aptitudes are influenced by the genes
passed from parent to child. Attitude, too, is taught by parents,
informed by their own lives and their cultural heritage. Where
does your character come from, what is her lineage, who were
her parents, and what did she inherit from them?

Inheritance:

Most of the memories Peter has of his parents has been damaged or purged. What could qualify are the memories of the doctors, researchers, and the other patients. Behaviors Peter absorbed was a natural inclination to be curious and methodical when testing, repairing, or creating something. When confronted with challenges, Peter may swing wildly from confident and encouraging when helping others face their issues to hopelessness and indecisive when situations similar to those he endured while sequestered arise. On rare occasions, a very malevolent and cruel side of Peter can surface, one which would be able to perform atrocities and horrible acts with which he is disturbingly familiar and do so with utter remorselessness.

Quote:

Parents can be proud of their children or regret ever bringing
them into the world. Some are loving, and some are indifferent.
All of them are only metahuman and have their own opinions
of their children. Assuming they could speak, what would each
of your character’s parents say about her?

Parents:

I assume they would be thrilled and confused to know their son is alive as the megacorp responsible for treating their son of that strange “Matrix” sickness informed them the “disease” had killed him. They even think his corpse was buried in the plot that was generously donated on their son’s behalf.

Quote:

Many people remember certain historical events for the rest of
their lives. For those alive in the first decade of the 21st century,
it could be the assassination of John F. Kennedy, or the
Tiananmen Square protests, or the fall of the Berlin Wall, or
the attacks of 11 September 2001. People remember where they
were, and what they were doing when they first heard of these
events. Shadowrun history has significant events as well, such as
the assassination of President Dunkelzahn, the Crash 2.0, and
the emergence of technomancers and artificial intelligences.
Pick a few events from recent Shadowrun history and ask where
the character was at the time, what does he remember about the
event, and what was he doing at the time?

Memories:

Peter remembers very little of these due to his amnesia, but he has a pretty good recall of the past few years as he is intentionally using memorization techniques to absorb as much as he can. He has a lot of holes in his memory, and intends to fill them with memories of a much more recent variety.

Quote:

Very few people choose to become shadowrunners. More
likely, they are thrown into the life by a chaotic and uncaring
world. Even if she made a conscious decision to enter the
shadows, her decision is influenced by the world around her.
How did your character get into shadowrunning, and why did
she take that path?

Shadowrunning:

Shadowrunning offered Peter and Tinker DLL the chance to improve their resources. Being a technomancer, playing with the Matrix is almost a compulsion for Peter, and Tinker DLL certainly enjoys her little pranks as any good “pixie” program does. As Peter tries to stay off the grid as much as he can, legitimate work is hard to come by. Yes, he gets by making little drones and robotic toys. But it is barely enough to cover basic expenses, and if he is ever to acquire enough to give him the security he probably needs to stay hidden (and hopefully begin his own investigation into his past) he will have to take some risks. And that’s what shadowrunning is all about isn’t it?

Quote:

People have control over their own living arrangements. From
the child young enough to use crayons and tape all the way up
to the elderly shut-in who plasters her walls with family photos
and cat pictures, everyone makes their living spaces more personally
pleasing. What is your character’s living space like, and
what has he added or changed to make it his own?

Living Space:

With a decent size space in the half-sunk flat in a not-so-nice neighborhood, the most unusual thing about the space is the plethora of small flying drones or ambulatory robots roaming around. Usually cartoonish in appearance with exaggerated eyes and smiles, these little critters are somewhat ubiquitous and humorous. Exaggerating the effect of numbers is the fact most if not all electronic device one would expect to find in a home has been modified with legs, wings, hover jets, whatever. The rare few people who have seen inside Peter’s home seem slightly off put when the holoview decides to meander into the cramped restroom or the hydrator tries to crawl onto the sofa.

Quote:

Everyone has beliefs, and many have beliefs strong enough to
be convictions. Some are religious, some are political, some are
social, and some are just about why people are here. What does
your character believe in, what are her convictions (if any), and
why does she hold them?

Beliefs:

The one prevailing belief Peter maintains is that the megacorps cannot be trusted and will try very hard to put as many filters and/or buffers between himself and them when shadowrunning in order to try and protect himself from being discovered. Not knowing which of them is responsible for his past lends itself to a healthy paranoia of corporate backstabbing.

Tinker DLL on the other hand definitely keeps her interests very close. Only the belief that Peter must remain alive seems to be a constant.

Quote:

Everyone has aspects of their personality that grate on someone.
Even the best of friends annoy one another from time to time.
The flaws in a person’s character are as important as the qualities.
What do you dislike most about your character’s personality?

Personality:

Sometimes Peter is inappropriately cheery, and he seems to be very desensitized to some things which would disturb or cause others to become ill. Sometimes the cheeriness will slip and the comments made in regards to these types of moments might be heard as sardonic or jaded, and something can be seen in his eyes which is both terrifying and sad. It’s these moments when that cruel and sadistic side of Peter is at its closest to the surface of his emotions.

Additionally, Peter sometimes has an annoying habit of “borrowing” other people’s memories. After hearing or seeing a story, anecdote, eBook, holosim, whatever Peter may later regurgitate this information as if it is or was something he lived and experienced. Whether it’s an intentional fib to hide his secrets or an unconscious absorption to fill the void of his own past is unknown. But one thing is for sure, it’s damn irritating when you’re about to tell that hottie that awesome story which will be sure to impress only to hear that you shouldn’t be stealing that cute blue-haired boy’s stories since he just got done telling that one!

Quote:

The Sixth World is considered by many to be spinning out of
control. If anyone could exert control over it, it would be the
“Big Ten” triple-A megacorps. These transnationals exert a lot of
influence on everyday life in the 2070s. Which of the Big Ten
does your character hold in the highest (or least low) regard,
which does he like the least, and why?

Megacorp-uption:

Peter considers Saeder-Krupp to be the least offensive of all the megacorps. Since it is owned and run by a dracoform, Peter considers the megacorp the least likely perpetrator of the laboratory where he spent most of his life. While he doesn't necessarily rule out the possibility, deep down Peter wants to believe a dragon would never have done this. Dragons were his favorite things when he was a boy. Well, he thinks they were. Maybe they're just his favorite thing now.

Peter also finds himself considering the notion Aztechnology wasn't involved since a large portion of their business is focused on magic and consumables. Other than that Evo seems somewhat "decent" as they seem to promote that all metahumans deserve good products, but Tinker DLL suggested this could be due to heavy testing on said metahumans, and Peter recognizes this could be true.

The one of most concern to Peter is Neonet. Peter and Tinker DLL find their readiness to help "restart" the Matrix in a new and super-improved format was just too quick, too perfect. That they had potentially already been waiting for something like this or were somehow involved in causing the Crash 2.0 to begin with was something Peter couldn't ignore. Peter strongly suspected that Neonet's bright star might have begun by burning the lives of thousands, and that could only be done with research of a most secret kind...

Quote:

People make acquaintances and friends; we’re hardwired for it.
Humans are social animals. This is especially true in the shadows,
where often it is not the power you have, but the power you
can borrow, and not who you, are but who you know. There’s a
story behind each and every one of these relationships. What is
the story with your character and her contacts?

Tinker DLL:

Tinker DLL was just there concerned and damaged somehow when Peter first woke up inside the laboratory. They have surfed the Matrix together ever since. And as her curiosity of the real world became increasingly apparent, Peter made her a robotic drone and created a node for rigging which she could use. Ever since she seems determined to protect Peter as well as she can. Part of her is damaged as if so encrypted even she cannot access it. A part of this also seems to link her to Peter as if her encrypted parts are also encrypting certain portions of Peter’s mind. He is unaware of this so far, and anyone who attempts to hack this part of either of them will swiftly discover that the further in they go, the more powerful Tinker DLL seems to become.

Most of those who may have foolishly stumbled on the pair’s PAN in search of spamming or identity theft and decided to give cracking that blurry node inside their PAN a go have awoken with sections of their mind damaged horribly, become comatose, or even died. Those who may have tried only half-heartedly or out of idle curiosity may have gotten off with what could be called a slap on the wrist, cursed with night terrors from which they awake screaming “She knows, she knows! I had to do it! She told me to!” Many for whom concerned loved ones have sought treatment have been found to exhibit unusual brain activity similar to the way devices communicate to and from the Matrix. All tests to show latent technomancy have proven inconclusive, and the activity seems to be unconscious on the part of those affected. No one is quite sure what to make of it, but when a particular doctor heard about one case from one of their medi-clinics, the megacorp he worked for began to quietly investigate this unusual situation. A new lead had been found. And these new “loose ends” couldn’t be allowed to remain…

While it is clear to him Tinker DLL has her own designs and intentions, Peter knows that she is utterly reliable. Any compiling task he asks for assistance with she is usually willing to comply with and has brought him information regarding shadowruns, their employers, and fellow runners. All in an effort to make sure none of these could compromise them. Unfortunately she is damaged, and as such she may not catch everything…

Widow:

How else would a technomancer first acquire a conbtact except in the Matrix? Their relationship is extremely guarded on both sides, but so far Peter's business relationship with the drider persona has been mutually beneficial.

Quote:

It’s Sunday morning, and your character has no commitments
until tomorrow afternoon. What does she do for the day?

Lazy Sunday:

Peter might watch some holosims or play games. Inevitably he tinks around with his little robots, he just can’t seem to help it. He might step out to enjoy the weather or visit a club or two, but those are treats and usually at the insistence of Tinker DLL when she’s being extra curious about “real world”

Quote:

Your character has a specific skill set, a list of Active and
Knowledge skills that define what she knows and her areas of
expertise. How did she come to learn those skills, and how did
she develop them to those levels?

Skills:

No real answer here. Peter doesn’t know why he seems to know as much as someone with a Phd in engineering and he has an affinity with machines. The only thing he can assume from the little he remembers and what Tinker DLL is able to tell him is that somehow this knowledge was acquired during his internment however many years that was.

Peter also attributes his multilingual capabilities to having been surrounded by other test subjects who must have spoken those languages. Having been rather young, Peter imagines he must have been able to pick up a smattering of all of them as time passed .

Quote:

Everyone has their limits. People can be dark, but most people’s
instinct is to draw the line at certain actions and thoughts, and
they keep to their own moral convictions. Is there a moral limit
that your character enforces on the jobs she takes, and in what
shadow work would she refuse to engage?

The Line:

Peter absolutely cannot abide experimenting on metahumans against their will. Any job that involves assisting in this deplorable practice will probably illicit the opposite response in Peter, and he may choose to actively undermine any run being made by his own team or the team that is chosen in place of his if Peter’s comrades wisely choose to pass on such an offer.

Quote:

If you have an Awakened or technomancer character, consider
your character’s tradition and streams. Even within the major
established magical traditions and the recently emerged technomantic
streams, there is room for personalization. Ask yourself
what drew her to that particular paradigm, how does it affect
the way she views the world and her magic, how does it translate
into choice of mentor spirit or paragon, and how does it affect
the appearance of the spirits or sprites you conjure or compile?

Technomantic quirks:

Simply put, Peter is broken. Trauma has left him with certain eccentricities when it comes to the area for which has the most control. He prefers things to be cartoonish or cutesy and his reality filters work to make these types of skins all that surrounds him in the matrix. Similarly, the sprites he compiles will resemble cartoonish versions of fairies, gnomes, wide-eyed animals, and occasionally anime-style buxom young women (a persona style in which Tinker DLL often seems to be seen in, especially when Peter is in the Matrix)

I admit I haven’t read the section on Paragons, so if you think I should include that, I can do so, and adjust my build to include that Positive Quality.

Quote:

While acceptance and bias vary from place to place, augmentations—
be they bio-, cyber-, gene-, or nanoware—are increasingly
common and available in the Sixth World. However, personal
technological enhancement is rarely cheap, and many implants
that runners possess are restricted. How did your character
come to have the enhancements she has, how were they paid
for, and what motivated the choices she made (if she did make
the choices)?

Implants:

Peter is not aware of any. And for the sake of his Resonance, I hope he has none ever!

Quote:

Life as a shadowrunner is by definition outside the bounds of
“normal” life. Shadowrunners do not truly fit into the lives of
ordinary people, whether they live in slums or mansions. What
does your character think of ordinary life, mainstream culture,
and those who abide by it?

Normalcy:

Peter wishes he could live it. Well, to be specific, he likes to convince himself he wishes he could live it. Realistically, Peter wouldn’t even know how to do so. Considering the last normal day he spent with anyone was sometime when he was a preadolescent, Peter has no concept of normal life except what he sees through the glass of what the media tells him normal should be. He probably would never admit it to himself, but Peter frequently self-sabotages anything that would actually take him on the path to a “normal” life.

Quote:

Everyone has nightmares. Sometimes, we forget the dream
completely on waking. Sometimes, the nightmare haunts us or
even recurs. If your character had a lingering nightmare or a
deep-rooted fear, what would it be, and why does he find it so
terrifying?

Nightmare:

Absolutely rooted in the experiments perpetrated on him during his years in the lab. All the things done to him in order to try and exploit his technomancy were cruel, sadistic and terrible. He will probably be haunted by dream memories forever.

Quote:

People tend to attach sentimental value to items in their possession
or people they are close to. They make an effort to
keep these close by and safe. What is your character’s “sacred
object” or “close one,” and how did they come to be so important
to him?

Importance:

In a word combination, Tinker DLL. Peter feels drawn to the AI almost as if he couldn’t function without her. And that is exactly what she wants.

Quote:

One of metahumanity’s greatest assets is its ability to look toward
the future and imagine a better life. Even small children
have dreams about what they want to be when they grow up.
What did your character want to become when he was a child,
and what are his goals now?

Goals:

Unbeknownst to Peter, his dream career was to become a sim star. With his shattered memories, Peter no longer recalls this clearly. Now his goals are merely to survive and stay hidden. He feels a strong urging to find out what happened to him and if there were any others, but Tinker DLL discourages this tremendously as she fears they would be located and captured if Peter begins to poke around.

Quote:

A person’s appearance can say volumes about him. From fashion
sense, to the colors he prefers, to the way he walks and speaks.
Sometimes, his personality determines his appearance, and,
sometimes, the appearance he chooses to present the world effects
his personality. What does your character look like, and
what inspired his choices?

Appearance:

Peter appears as a hip young man who typically has goggles on his head that never seem to be over his eyes. He comes across as fairly cheerfully and likable. His general appearance seems to match an animated simtoon that was popular about seventeen years ago leaving many of the metahumans he meets amused at Peter’s apparent eccentricity. Peter isn’t quite aware that this simtoon was his favorite as a boy, and as a result of his trauma identifies himself with this character since the simtoon always prevailed with a laugh and a smile no matter what hardships faced him. The fact that the character’s name was Petey Pansy is not something Peter remembers, and when asked about the similarity, he is genuinely confused.

Quote:

Everyone has a name, but a runner’s street name is a representation
of his connection to the shadows. Sometimes runners
choose their own moniker, but more often it is given to them as
a nickname or earned through some (mis)adventure. How did
your character come to be known by his street name?

PANdora:

When Peter first emerged back into society, his technomancy was out of control and unexplainable powerful. He remembered the name Pete which he repeated when he encountered people. Inevitably, his persona would “break” their PANs, rending their nodes to digital ribbons. No one realized it was him, but it came to be understood it only happened when he was around. Thinking he was carrying a virus in his own PAN or was one of “those” people who had that effect on machines, he acquired the moniker “Peter PANdora”. Eventually, the way word gets around, people began to assume that someone “who broke PANs” was some kind of elite hacker and while their reasoning was off the truth was coincidentally true which led to a rather timid first contact from a Matrix persona named Widow.