174: Typhoid Jane

ENTRY 174: Typhoid Jane

Latisha Mehmeton Jane was orphaned in the Fall, and her foster family killed by the TITANs on Mars, leaving her to fend for herself at the age of thirteen. She has spent the last several years as a playtester, moving from one contract to the next, one habitat to the next, slowly accumulating academic credits from online courses, making friends and enjoying noncommittal non-monogamous relationships with men and women she meets online. L. M. Jane likes to get lost in crowds, and makes a hobby of being a pickpocket and groper. Her therapist said she had issues making connections with others.

Then he turned into a monster. Just like the others.

What L. M. Jane knows of her life is a lie. She is a sleeper agent for the TITANs, designed as a vector the exsurgent virus, which is spread by close contact with her. L. M. Jane is unaware of her nature, and attributes her propensity for brief relationships, being touchy-feely with others, and keeping constantly on the move to her upbringing—the artificial memories built specifically to support and rationalize those traits. So she moves through life, leaving monsters in her wake.

COG	COO	INT	REF	SAV	SOM	WIL	MOX
13	15	12	10	15	13	10	-
INIT	SPD	LUC	TT	IR	DUR	WT	DR
4	1	20	3	40	30	6	45

Morph: Splicer

Skills: Academics: Art (Abstract) 35, Art: Digital Media (Virtual Reality Games) 37, Art: Painting (Abstract) 21, Art: Sculpture (Abstract) 25, Art: Writing 24, Free Fall (Microgravity) 33, Infosec 26, Interests: Ethical Nonmonogamy 40, Interests: Gambling 27, Interests: VR Game Design 36, Interfacing 50, Language: Native English 82, Language: Arabic 46, Networking: Autonomists 28, Networking: Hypercorps (VR Games) 43, Palming 50, Perception (Touch) 48, Profession: Playtester 56, Programming (VR Games) 33, Unarmed Combat (Touch) 23

Implants: Access Jacks, Basic Biomods, Basic Mesh Inserts, Cortical Stack, Sex Switch, Skinflex

Traits: Edited Memories, Innocuous, Modified Behavior (Touching, Encouraged), Psi Chameleon

Mechanics

Typhoid Jane carries dormant versions of the xenomorph exsurgent virus (Eclipse Phase, p.367) in specialized sweat glands in her skin and orifices—she can infect a biomorph with a kiss or a grope or through her bodily fluids (tears, saliva, etc.) L. M. Jane has no control over when the virus is released; treat each contact as a chance infection (MOX x 10 Test, see Eclipse Phase, p.363)

Using Typhoid Jane

Not all enemies are malevolent. M. L. Jane just lives her life, but because of who and what she is, the xenomorph virus spreads. Her victims are sufficiently spread out that up until now she has gone unnoticed, but before long Firewall or someone else (perhaps the player characters?) will make the connections. Typhoid Jane presents the players with both a tangible threat and a moral dilemma—how do they handle this woman who is an obvious but unintentional threat to others? How will she handle it if they confront her with the news? The easy solution would be to resleeve her into an uninfectious morph, but that just begs the question of how many more Typhoid Janes are out there.