003: Stacks Staxon

ENTRY 003: Stacks Staxon

Staxon is a man who got as far away from it all as he could without going through a Pandora Gate. Even in the future, Piss Poor Prior Planning can fuck up life for a lot of people. In Staxon case, his parents were early splicers--very early, before all the kinks were worked out. They were never supposed to be together, and he was never supposed to be born—half his genome was held under copyright to big corporations that never intended them to be passed on in the traditional manner. He spent a fair part of his youth as a labrat, then as a soldier. Came away from the war with a head full of bad wiring and a dozen genetic time-bombs ready to go off—exotic cancers, autoimmune diseases, the works.

Now he’s a rimwalker, cutting the fastest, loosest deals on the edge of space, every credit and bit of goodwill going toward his “retirement fund”—a new body, a perfect body, waiting for his ego once the one he’s got finally pops its clogs. To habitats from Neptune to the dwarf planets at the edge of the solar system he’s a backwards freak, but Stacks doesn’t mind if egos underestimate him. Stacks Staxon prefers to plays it cool and keeps his head down, playing the long game—but if push comes to shove, he has nothing to lose but a body he never wanted and a life he never asked for, with a brand new morph when he finally does kick the bucket.

COG	COO	INT	REF	SAV	SOM	WIL	MOX
18	13	12	18	13	13	30 (35)	-
INIT	SPD	LUC	TT	IR	DUR	WT	DR
6	1	60	12	120	30	6	45

Morph: Flat

Skills: Academics: Linguistics 47, Academics: Genetics 53, Beam Weapons 40, Blades (Knives) 67, Clubs 60, Fray (Full Defense) 56, Free Fall 55, Infiltration 50, Interests: Exalt BIomorphs 50, Interests: Exhumans 40, Interests: Scum Gangs (Rim Gangs) 50, Interests: The Rim 50, Intimidation (Verbal) 67, Kinesics (Sense Motive) 45, Kinetic Weapons (Pistols) 45, Language: Native Finnish 87, Language: Norwegian 73, Language: Danish 62, Language: Swedish 68, Language: German 81, Language: French 37, Language: English 53, Networking: Criminals 55, Perception (Visual) 50, Persuasion (Negotiation) 56, Profession: Investigator 65, Scrounging 44, Unarmed Combat 40

Implants: Basic Biomods, Basic Mesh Inserts, Cortical Stack

Traits: Addiction (alcohol, painkillers, Minor), Brave, Danger Sense, Exceptional Aptitude (WIL), Genetic Defect (exotic cancers, autoimmune diseases), Implant Rejection (1), Unfit (2)

Using Stack Staxon

Staxon is hardboiled and hardheaded, and should be played as someone competent, even if nowhere near as able as even a starting flat in terms of most stats. As a player in the criminal underworld of the rimwalkers, he prefers tenacity and guile, and isn’t above losing or even dying if it means he can take someone else with him. He’ll die for his friends, and he’ll die with his enemies if he has to, and it’s a wise transhuman that can tell which is better or worse off for his efforts. Of course, the hard part isn’t killing Staxon—it’s dealing with him when he comes back in a morph that isn’t a broken-down piece of genetic trash.