Man with Only a Torso

Nicholas "Nick Sarge" Smith's page

80 posts. Organized Play character for EmissaryOfTheNorth.


Full Name

Sargent Nicholas Smith "Nick Sarge"

Race

Human

About Nicholas "Nick Sarge" Smith

Nick Sarge during his police days
Crouching behind the table, Private Investigator Nicholas Smith was wondering if his current case was going to pay off.
Typical stuff, mind you, the daughter of a local chum had ran off with a ganger.
Modern Romeo and Juliette with less pedantic words and a couple more drugs.
"How can people be so stupid because of love? You ain't no one to judge, Nick. You get real stupid when involded with babes." the man said to himself with a sad smile, a picture of a beautiful redhead appearing in his mind... and in his cybereyes.
Hope she does better without me, my job was slowly killing her inside...

The literal flashback cut by another bullet slamming in the opposite wall, Nick started the link on his smartgun and prepared for the metaphorycal drek to hit the not so metaphorycal fan.
"Oi, bo! I ain't getting paid enough to bleed for you, but I will kick your drek in for free if you don't handle the chick and stop this bulldrek!"
For answer, another burst slammed around him.
Should have studied to be a lawyer... but no, I had to follow Lieutenant Smith's path. Mama was right: Ain't no luck for the Smiths, only the one they make for themselves.

The table started to look like cheap soycheese, and Nick was starting to regret having woke up that morning when the proverbial luck appeared to his eyes: rolling down the floor a bottle of nice scotch stopped against his foot. Bottled courage, his poison of choice.
Opening the bottle, Nick Sarge smiled before drinking.
"It won't be another s@!+ty day in this hellhole of a city afterall..."

And he stood.

Nicholas Smith's Dossier: Frank Dornstone peoperty. DO NOT STEAL:

Former Sergeant Nicholas Smith, 38 years old, retired from service with dishonour after disobeying a direct superior's order.
"Bastard Lieutenant got the balls to involve me in his dealings and kick me out after refusing."

Previously married to Rosalynd O'Connor, 34 years old, wageslave to Ares Co. Divorced after the accident.
"She had the brain of a decker with the beauty of an angel... but my luck ran out."

Obtained a Legal Private Investigation License, coupled with the usual Firearm Possesion and Concealed Carry. Office declarated as his own residing flat.
"I wore the blue for 19 years, old dogs learn no new tricks... plus you gotta admit having no boss is pretty wiz."

While on investigative duty, Nicholas Smith suffered multiple moderate burns in his face, as well as serious muscle tissue damage. The incident involved a explosion inside a chemical storage building. No additional survivors found, only three corpses. Nicholas Smith was cleared of all guilt after reviewing security footage of nearby buildings.
"I remember the burning sensation, and the itching... next time I WILL geek the mage first."

As a result of said accident, Nicholas Smith had to endure surgical processes to replace and repair damaged body parts. Both eyes were replaced with cyberware, as well as the tissue affected and a section of his spinal cord.
The costs were fully payed by former partner Sebastian Hollowitz, known friend of Nicholas Smith.
"Hey, at least I am no chrome. And gotta give that to augs: they do work. But the pain... I can't shake the pain off."

Frequent visits to nearby gambling and booze-selling establishments. Daily buying of liquours.
Diagnosed alcoholism, albeit of a not so advanced state.
"Frag off. I won't comment on that: My liver, my live, my ruling."

Nick knocked on the door, but he wasn't going to wait, it was a polite way of telling he was going in.

Nick walked inside and straight to the glasses and bottles sitting on a table to his right.
"The chick is back at his dad's. Next time tell me who am I dealing with, Frank. But there will be no next time." he said without looking as his interloper.
"And what you gonna do, Nick? Wear the blue again? Don't drek me, chum. You need this as much as you need that." answered the dwarf, pointing at the whiskey glass Nick was downing.
"I've got nuff of these hoop fragging chums on these hoop fragging hood. I ain't getting payed enough to die. Gotta look for a plain old job, Corps pay well to security officers with ample experience and- "
"And being a wageslave? Don't s~$# me, Nicholas, you won't last a week. You aren't used to being directed. And Corps tie short lashes to their workers." interrupted him the dwarf as he lighted a cigar. "Look, I know an elf that knows a man... that man knows another man. What I'm getting at is you can make fat stacks... but job won't be easy."

"Shoot already, Frank, I won't waste my whole day with your dramatic sense." he said before putting down the glass.

With a wicked grin, the dwarf named Frank noted down something on a paper and passed it to former PI Nicholas Smith. "Tell me, Nick... what do you know of Runners?"

Nick grabbed his glass again and downed the rest at once. "F#+% my life..." he muttered "Gotta make my own luck, ain't it?"

Attributes:

PHYSICAL
Agility: 3 (4) 20 BP
Body: 4 30 BP
Reaction: 5 (6) 40 BP
Strength: 2 (3) 10 BP
MENTAL
Charisma: 2 10 BP
Intuition: 5 40 BP
Logic: 2 10 BP
Willpower: 4 30 BP
SPECIAL
Edge: 3 10 BP
Essence: 4.5
Initiative: 10 (11)
Magic: 0

BP Total: 200

Qualities:

POSITIVE
Guts: A character with Guts is not easily frightened. He receives a +2 dice pool modifier on tests made to resist fear and intimidation, including magically induced fear from spells or critter powers
5 BP

High Pain Tolerance(Rank 2): High Pain Tolerance enables a character to better shrug off the distraction of pain from his concentration. A character who possesses this quality can ignore one box of damage per rating point when calculating wound modifiers. So a character with this quality at Rating 2 can take 4 boxes of damage without suffering a wound modifier
10 BP

Photographic Memory: A character with Photographic Memory rarely forgets anything he has experienced. The character can instantly recall faces, dates, numbers, or anything else he has seen or heard. When making Memory Tests, the character gains a –1 threshold modifier to the test.
10 BP

Toughness: Characters with the Toughness quality shrug off damage more easily than others. Such characters gain a +1 dice pool modifier to their Body when making Damage Resistance Tests
10 BP

NEGATIVE
Addiction(Alcohol, Mild): [i] The addiction is omnipresent but not blatant or intrusive; it may not even be recognized or acknowledged. At this stage it is easier to seek help, but very few recognize their addiction as something needing help at this stage. Addicts experience cravings at least
once a week (if not every few days), but can ignore them if necessary without too much difficulty. The addict suffers a –2 dice pool modifier
to Willpower and/or Body Tests to resist the craving.
5 BP

[i]Bad Luck: [/b] This character is cursed—his own luck often turns against him. Whenever this character uses Edge, roll 1D6. On a result of 1, the Edge
is spent, but it has the exact opposite effect intended. For example, if a
character hopes to gain additional dice, instead he loses that many dice
from his dice pool. If a character spends Edge to go first in an Initiative
Pass, he ends up going last. If a character spent Edge to negate a glitch,
Bad Luck turns it into a critical glitch.
20 BP

[i]Incompetent(CON): A character who is Incompetent possesses a total lack of knowledge or ability with a certain Active skill. If this quality is taken, the player must specify an Active skill in which the character is Incompetent. Incompetent may not be applied to Language or Knowledge skills.
The character is treated as having a skill level of “unaware” for that particular skill. In some cases, a Success Test may be required to perform certain tasks that most people take for granted. Characters may not possess that skill, nor may they default on it.
5 BP

SINner: The character was born with or somehow acquired a legal System Identification Number, or SIN. This means the character’s real identity, personal history, biometric data, credit records, medical history, travel history, etc. are stored and accessible in numerous databanks. This does not mean the character is required to use that SIN, merely that a legal record of him does exist (and may serve as a detriment some day). At 5 BP, the character has a standard SIN and is a bona fide citizen of the nation or
extraterritorial megacorp of his choice.
5 BP

Total: +35 - 35 BP

Skills:

Active
Dodge 3: Ranged Attacks 14 BP
Longarms 2: Shotguns 10 BP
Pistols 6: Semi-Auto 26 BP
Unarmed 3: Subdual 14 BP
Athletics(Sk. Group) 2 20 BP
Perception 3: Scent 14 BP
Tracking 2 8 BP
Navigation 2 8 BP
Shadowing 3 12 BP
Intimidation 4: Interrogating 18 BP
Negotiation 4: Sense Motive 18 BP
Pilot Ground Craft 2: Wheeled 10 BP

Knowledge
(LOG+INT)*3 Free Ranks: 21
Street Security Comp. 4,
Street Stolen-Goods Market 3
Street City Street Gangs 2
Professional Journalism 3
Professional Security Procedures 4

Language Orc 1
Language Legalese 2
Language Cityspeak 2

BP Total: 14+10+26+14+20+14+8+8+12+18+18+10 = 172

Contacts:

"Underground" Doc: Loyalty 2, Connections 2. Patched up Nick more than a couple times, and he is the one who augmented him after the accident.
Street Snitch: Loyalty 3, Connections 4. Old Snitch back from his time wearing blue, Nick has managed to maintain him close and useful.
Police Officer, Ex-Coworker: Loyalty 5, Connections 3. Job buddy, a really good buddy and a really good cop. He was the one who gave Nick some of his PI cases, and helped him where he could.
Total Cost: 20 BP

Gear:

9 BP = 45.000 Nuyen

Colt Manhunter 300 Nuyen
·Laser Sight. Free
·Smartgun System. 300 Nuyen
·Skinlink. 50 Nuyen
Remington 990 550 Nuyen

Quick-Draw Holster. 100 Nuyen

[i]10*Fully Loaded Spare Clips(Colt, Regular Ammo) 16 bullets `per clip. 10 clips. 160 bullets. 320 Nuyen for the bullets plus 80 Nuyen for the clips

40 Regular Shotgun Shells 4*20 Nuyen = 80 Nuyen

Armor Jacket 900 Nuyen
Micro-Transceiver 600 Nuyen
CMTClip Commlink 300 Nuyen
·CommonUse Software 3 150 Nuyen
Licenses
•Legal Firearms License.
•Legal Private Investigator License
•Legal Concealed Carry License
•Fake SIN 1 1000 Nuyen
Cybereyes 3 1.000 Nuyen
•Recording Unit. Free
•Image Link. Free
•Smartlink. 1.000 Nuyen
•Protective Cover. 100 Nuyen
•Flare Compensation. 750 Nuyen
•Low-Light Vision. 1000 Nuyen
Muscle Enablers 1 5.000 Nuyen

Reaction Enhancers 1 10.000 Nuyen

Harley Davidson Scorpion 12.000 Nuyen
Lifestyle: 4 Months Paid in Advance: 8.000 Nuyen
44.000 Nuyen

Combat(WIP:

Initiative
Initiative: 11
Initiative Passes: 1

Defense
Physical Condition Monitor: 10
Stun Condition Monitor: 10
Ranged Defense: 6d
Ranged Full Defense: 11d
Melee Defense (Blocking): 6d
Melee Defense (Dodging): 9d
Melee Full Defense (Blocking): 12d
Melee Full Defense (Dodging): 12d
Armored Jacket Damage Resistance: 13/11 (Armor 8/6)
No Armor Damage Resistance: 5/5 (Armor 0/0)

Offense
Smart Colt Manhunter
-Semi-Automatic: 14d, 5P, -1 AP, 1 round
-Semi-Automatic Second Target: 13d, 5P, -1 AP, 1 round

Remington 990
-Semi-Automatic: 8d, 7P, –1 AP, 1 round, 1 recoil
-Semi-Automatic: 7d, 7P, -1 AP, 1 round

Unarmed Attack: 7d, 2S, 0 reach
-Subdual: 9d, 2S