Blackjack's People #074
Possible Solutions
By Blackjack [Blackjack's Shadowrun Page: www.BlackjackSR.com] [BlackjackSRx@gmail.com] [@BlackjackSRx]

Posted: 1998-12-21

Control

Archetype: Human Street Samurai

Middle aged and constantly enraged. He has a perpetual scow on his scared face and has gold plating on one of his front teeth. He never talks, he always argues or yells. He is not a nice person to hang out with. He is Chinese and speaks broken English.

Control worked for the government in a province of China on a special population control project which involved population caps on sectors of the country. If the cap was succeeded then the overflow was randomly killed off. It secretly went into effect in a remote village, in which lived his wife and family. The cap was exceeded and one of his children happened to be randomly chosen and killed. His wife committed suicide the next day. Control quickly lost a majority of his sanity, becoming bitter and vengeful against himself and people in general. He is one step below a mass murderer in the way he and his team indiscriminately execute residents of Seattle's squatter communities.

Midland

Archetype: Elven Rigger

A strung out, drugged up shell of his former self. He doesn't like to speak, when he does it is with his teeth clenched and in a seething tone. He drives like a maniac.

Midland raced professionally until a opponents car spun out of control and wiped out the section of the stands his family was sitting in. After "taking care" of the car's driver he went under ground and later hooked up with Control. They have worked together ever since.

Fife

Archetype: Human Mage Burn Out

Ghost white, her clothing black and heavily armored. She carries high tech weaponry obtained god knows how. She has mastered one type of spell.

Fife plays a black flute when she centers. Her only spell is one which causes the beating of the heart to accelerate, sometimes to the point of blowing up. She is only loosely associated with Control and Midland, mainly due to their association with The Officers and Last Enforcer. She can be as ruthless as any of them, however.

Officer Jack

Archetype: Human Security Officer

A gun happy pervert. He has a specific rifle and pistol for each day of the week. He stutters severely, and shakes violently on occasion, accidentally firing his gun if he has it in his hands. He is skinny and wears an old beat up Phillies hat on his head.

Jack loves to beat information out of people, even if he doesn't really need any. He has killed many, many people and is heartless towards anybody's dilemma. Most people tend to underestimate his ruthlessness and usually don't live to regret it.

Officer John

Archetype: Human Security Officer

Short and big, Officer John is a despicable human being. He has a disposition for little boys and girls, tortures animals, pushes over baby carriages. He never brushes his teeth which have now nearly rotted away. He never bathes, therefore he reeks to high hell. He sucks.

Officer John harasses everyone. He is a degenerate. He is also a very good security guard. He has extraordinary senses and a seeming second sight for danger. If he gets into a fight he can be brutal, not caring about innocents or overkill. He becomes a wretched, rotting animal.

Last Enforcer

Archetype: Human Assassin

Last Enforcer's skin and clothing are black as night. Most magicians can sense his evil just by being around him. He speaks in a low voice and gets right to the point with his words. Last Enforcer carries a brightly chromed pistol which he can whip out at lightening speeds and which appears blinding when contrasted with the rest of his presence.

Last Enforcer rides in a chauffeured limousine to wherever he has to get things done. He only does as much as he is hired to do, no less no more. Control saved him from death one time in the past which is the only reason he even associates himself with their group. After his services are no longer needed he vanishes as mysteriously as he appeared.