[K5pbem] Character idea

[Michael Surbrook]

On Dec 13, 2005, at 1:04 AM, Kurt Markuson wrote:

> Well, for those who don't know me, I'm Kurt and I played John "Rev"  
> Sizemore in the last game. The character idea I had this time out  
> was a replicant character named Shiro. The idea was for him to be  
> created by one of the megacorps, possibly Jinsei, to be an  
> infiltrator and assassin. Too bad for them, he didn't care for this  
> idea and vamoosed.

Suggestion -- if you link him to Jinsei, you might want to go with  
the idea that his handlers are gone. Lost in the Jinsei purges and/or  
bloodletting after the Zero Zone debacle. So instead of him suddenly  
getting all moral and overriding her hard-wired programming, he's  
lost, a ronin almost, with all these skills and no one telling him  
who to use them on. makes a nice twist on the "replicant on the run"  
theme that seems so common in this setting."

> Essentially, I was thinking he'd have enhanced speed and agility,  
> have a bunch of martial arts and stealth techniques hard-wired into  
> his brain, and a suite of wetware that would make him difficult to  
> detect by the usual means.
>
> Character wise, Shiro would be uncertain of his place in the world,  
> knowing only that he doesn't want to spend his days being someone  
> else's weapon. He'd be hiding out from his creators in Hong Kong,  
> and might provide an interesting plot hook for anyone who might  
> want to either aid him in eluding his creators, or helping his  
> creators track him down.

One thing might be to borrow from Battle Angel. Shiro is on a journey  
of self-discovery, trying to find a purpose in the world. He is a  
weapon yes, but does he need/want someone else pulling the trigger,  
or can he make up his own mind on that.

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