conversations.from: system
conversations.value: In 2048 the first computer to interface directly with a human nervous system, *Encephalon*, was born. Simulations that are indistinguishable from reality became not just possible but were quickly a reality. With the introduction of the cheekily named "Matrix" in 2056 came the idea of a world that was Better Than Life. That was their slogan. Immerse yourself in a virtuality that was more real than reality and be the person you want to be.
  
  Even while in the real world amazing advancements in medicine and warfare resulted in people who were more machine than man performing impossible feats the real future of humanity was always in Cyberspace. Learn a language in a matter of weeks. Learn to box or shoot in days. Bored, wealthy kids growing up to think they're veterans of a dozen bloody campaigns before they are old enough to drink.
  
  By this point Humanity has realized privacy is a myth. Fame is is fleeting but shame is eternal. The world loses interest but never forgets. Anything that is on a computer can be accessed and information has become the real currency of a future in which property prices are skyrocketing and the only right a person has that still matters is the right to their own estate. Crime has exploded in the poorest areas of the USA. Chop shops sell stolen organs and skilled operatives infiltrate corporate server farms to steal technical data worth millions on the open market.
  
   In 2036 Congressman Jonas Mitchell, R-Arkansas, decided it would be a bad idea to privatize cyber security and national surveillance and, due to tireless political battles and ultimately the assassination of Mitchell in 2038, it came to be that Mitchell's Law was enacted in 2039. Federal Law Enforcement remains the sole jurisdiction of the government and through it - and intense campaigns of digital surveillance by the NSA - the monoliths of the last age retain some of their relevance.
  
  There are rumors of some full conversion cyborgs going insane. *Cyber Psychosis* is what they call it on the streets. More troubling still are the claims that people can use your neural jack to crack into your brain; worse, if you have an actual computer in your skull. And what, pray tell, happens when these crackers decide to kill?
  
  The year is 2077 and a body just turned up in Glittertown. His name was Daniel Werner, and until a few hours ago he was one of the wealthiest Corporate moguls in the world. Emails have been sent to certain individuals, people whose only real uniting trait is that they are, without a shadow of a doubt, not involved in his murder - and aren't likely to talk to those who are. Mr. Werner's son, Anthony Werner, wants answers and he's willing to pay. Computers might be everywhere but nothing beats boots on the ground.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cybersamurai: You’ve got your own honor, your own steel, your own code in an ugly, dangerous world.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Tough As Steel
  
  Suggested Weakness: Malfunctions
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Razorkid: You cut and you kill for money — sometimes for more than money.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Deadly Accuracy
  
  Suggested Weakness: Cold-hearted
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Digital Courier: A high-capacity encrypted databank in your head makes you valuable — and a target.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Dataport Programs
  
  Suggested Weakness: Broken Memories
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Matrix Cowboy: The electric rush of cyberspace is why you go on living, job to job, challenge to challenge.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Hot Reflexes
  
  Suggested Weakness: Broken-Down Body
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Rockstar: A cutting-edge style hacker and culture punk, reshaping the world through your art.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Famous Charm
  
  Suggested Weakness: Notoriety
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Private Investigator: Other people’s business is your business. You’re in the intrusion racket, cracking privacy.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Streetwise
  
  Suggested Weakness: Guilty
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Soldier of Fortune: Your military history and training make you valuable. Your experience makes you dangerous.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Arsenal
  
  Suggested Weakness: Old Wounds
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Corporate Officer: In your bespoke suit, with that smile, you can change the planet.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Sterling Connections
  
  Suggested Weakness: Obligated
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cybersurgeon: Saving lives is your trade and business is booming.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Medical License
  
  Suggested Weakness: Addicted
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Freelance Journalist: People need information if they’re going to fight for what’s right. You give it to them.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Great Sensors
  
  Suggested Weakness: Angry
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tough As Steel: You can take it. Whatever the beating, whatever the heartbreak, you can take it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Deadly Accuracy: You’re accurate with blades and bullets and words. You break hearts as easy as bones.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dataport Programs: That collection of stolen programmed skills you have serves you well. Plug and play.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hot Reflexes: You’re wired for speed in cyberspace and meatspace alike. Real life’s almost too slow now.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Famous Charm: People are dying to meet you, to impress you, to be charmed by you. You’re so cool.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Streetwise: You know the politics and the landscape of the streets and how to get around alive.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Arsenal: Whatever it is — if it’s got an edge or ammo, from katanas to lasers — you can get it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sterling Connections: You know people in high places. You’re owed favors. You make things happen.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Medical License: Skilled and equipped, you can practice medicine, get drugs, and repair meat and metal.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Great Sensors: Whether they’re cybernetic or all natural, your eyes and ears are razor sharp.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Malfunctions: Without regular upkeep, all those fancy cybernetics start to hiccup and misbehave.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cold-hearted: You’ve got to keep your feelings disconnected to do your job. Makes you distant. Cold.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Broken Memories: Your head’s not right, riddled with blank spots and holes where memories should be.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Broken-Down Body: The parts of you that aren’t wired and rehabbed are wearing down from hard use.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Notoriety: You have a nasty rep for doing nasty things and it’s not wholly undeserved.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Guilty: Cold guilt keeps you up, makes you doubt, gets you down. Can’t undo what you did.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Old Wounds: Your meat and your metal are plagued by the side-effects of old wounds from old fights.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Angry: Your anger and spite hold you back, cause you troubles, make you less than you are.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Addicted: Whether hungry or fed, your addiction causes you constant problems.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Obligated: You’ve got to act a certain way to be the best you — it’s like fighting with one hand tied.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Score Your Escape Funds: Earn the funds necessary to get away, even for a little while, even if it’s hard.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Do The Job Right: You draw your strength from knowing you do the job right. The whole job. Do it right.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Repair Yourself: Maybe it’ll take money, maybe medicine, maybe something else, but you gotta get right.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Break A Big Target: You’ll know you’re worthy when you can bring down a big target and survive.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Make A Hit: Write and perform something that’ll make you a star again — or a bigger star, finally.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Get Out of This Trap: This could be the job that helps you break free of this life for something better.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Reclaim Your Honor: What is honor? How will you know when you’ve got it back? How will you keep it when you do?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Change From Within: Fix what’s wicked in the world by enacting change from within. Make something better.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Get Someone Clean: Get someone clean. Get someone a fresh start. Maybe it’s you?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Expose A Big Story: The world needs to open its eyes and look at itself. Make that happen.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Score A Fix: Get a couple of good doses of whatever passes for your drug.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Upgrade Your Guns: Get better guns.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Upgrade Your Mind: Get the software, stims, or downloadable memories that’ll sharpen, heighten, brighten your mind.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Upgrade Your Flesh: Maybe your meat’s old or rusty, maybe you just want to look better. Get on that. That means you need cash, of course.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find A Safe House: You need a safe retreat, a place to hide or crash, where you can close your eyes.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Learn the Truth: Someone’s lying to you. Learn something new.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Survive the Attack: People want you hurting or dead. Rise above and strike back.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Remember Why You’re Doing This: Close your eyes, recall the reasons, the faces, the feelings. Why are you doing all this?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Crack That Hostile Mainframe: Break the shell on that bad mother and watch what spills out into cyberspace.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Get A Raise: Score more money than you’ve got coming to you. Make them think you’re worth it.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Carbon Arming Sword: A gleaming sword created from composite materials and edged in carbon to ensure it is both incredibly hard and incredibly sharp.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Flechette Gun: A rapid-fire dart gun capable of delivering drugs and toxins - or simply shredding an unarmored person.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Memory-Corroding Chemical: Black-market mycotoxin capable or eroding human memory engrams.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Electron Powerbike: Big but sleek, quiet but quick, adorned with glowing paint and a hybrid engine.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cutting-Edge Anti-Security Program: The new cutter program meant to overwhelm and confound defenses in cyberspace.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A Kung-Fu Datapin: A data-stick encoded with kung-fu lessons. Load time is about 9 seconds.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Full-Suite Recorder: Records audio, images, atmospheric data, chemical traces, and more.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Microtablet: Unfolding fabric micro-computer for portable functionality wherever you go.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Stolen Data: Personal data stolen from some corporate bigwig or secure database, maybe worth killing for. Taken from Daniel Werner's neural computer.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Laser-Cutter: A simple hand-held device with a three-inch laser torch emitter.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Noodle Bar: Cheap, filling, and quick to make and eat noodle houses have been popping up all over the country as a go-to restaurant for people who are on a budget.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ride The Duck: Not really a duck at all but an amphibious boat tour wagon. Trips are used to conduct discrete exchanges of information with a faceless owner. Strictly offline.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Gleaming Corporate Office Suite: Polished concrete, transparent glass, perfectly white walls and black furniture — the paperless office once promised.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cyberspace: The free wilds of the digital consensual hallucination yawning between fortified servers.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Projects: Ramshackle apartment buildings and worn out houses crisscrossed with escape hatches and secret passages. Crime runs rampant but there's a sense of community here.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Popular Nightclub: A crowded club crammed with holography and fake smoke.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Posh Hotel Suite: A place of deep carpets and soft sheets high above the city.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Gray-Market Cybernetics Shop: A display of metal limbs sits at the back of what could otherwise be an ordinary medical clinic. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Precinct: A busy place full of underpaid enforcers of the law who are, unfortunately, also the enforcers of corporate will.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Street: Luminescent paint glows on the black top, wet with rain.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Night Club Riot: Don’t think of them as people. Think of them as things between you and freedom.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Navigating Cyberspace: [Challenge for Eveniency]
  Daniel's computer is basically fried. What is left is a harrowing network of fragmented code. It's dangerous.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Rooftop Getaway: Run, jump, climb, drop — it’s time for some parkour-type stuff.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hacker's Lair: A cyber jockey's body is defenseless in meat space.  But computers are everywhere...
  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dirty Crime Scene: Flickering lights continue to glow on crime scene tape wrapped around a forgotten crime scene. Find what they missed.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Kill Squad: Looks like the local corporate "police" just got new orders.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The FrontierSpace Mainframe — Cyberspace: Like a 3D playing-card diamond gleaming in the matrix. Hardened with lethal ice.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hot Security Systems: Black lens cameras, security bulkheads, automated turrets, and invisible lasers want you out. They want you dead. Too bad for them, right?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hacker's Hideout: Who knows what kind of security they keep here?  It *looks* like an ordinary flat.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Seizing Up: The tech inside you is hanging, chugging, struggling to run. Get it right.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Alexa Carter: She says her name’s Alexa Carter which means her name is anything but Alexa Carter.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Anthony Werner: Newly minted CEO of Biologique Unlimited.  Also your employer.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Musashi Gozen: Known for his weird hairdo and being the head of the violent, anti-corporation "Cyber free" nomadic biker gang known as "Electron".
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lillian Wu: Hotshot tech and UI designer responsible for the newest designs and features in cyberspace.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Javier Savalas: CEO of FrontierSpace, owners of the biggest network of Matrix servers in the world. Victim of a degenerative nerve disorder which has left him wheelchair bound.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Kell Glasner: Private bodyguard. Soldier for hire. Expert with blades. Call her “Kelly” and she’ll show you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Muscular Cyborg Dude: High on something and aching for a fight with anyone fool enough to try him.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Electron Rider: The Lectrons are dangerous but deceptively well-organized and loyal to Musashi Gozen.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Corporate Assassin: An anonymous, off-the-books assassin with lethal skills. Sent by...?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Break: Nefarious and brilliant cyberspace code-hacker and ice-breaker known only by his handle.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Shanty Town: Layers of ramshackle favela crisscrossed with escape hatches and secret passages.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Gray-Market Cybernetics Shop: Metal arms and faux-flesh legs dangle from hooks drilled into a low ceiling.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cyberspace: The free wilds of the digital consensual hallucination yawning between fortified servers.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Gleaming Corporate Office Suite: Polished concrete, greenish glass, shiny chrome — the paperless office once promised.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Posh Hotel Suite: A place of deep carpets and soft sheets high above the city.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Crowded Noodle Boat: Not a boat at all but a roving five-seat wagon and noodle bar. The owner’s connected.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Street: Luminescent paint glows on the black top, wet with acid rain.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Coffin Hotel: A cramped, cheap coffin hotel in the city’s red-light district.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Zaibatsu Assassin: An anonymized, off-the-books corporate assassin with lethal skills. Sent by...?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Alexa Carter: She says her name’s Alexa Carter which means her name is anything but Alexa Carter.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Kell Glasner: Bodyguard for hire. Expert with blades. Call her “Kelly” and she’ll show you.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Kell Glasner: Cyborg Mercenary. Expert with blades. Call her “Kelly” and she’ll show you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hot Security Systems: Tinted-black cameras and white-hot lasers want you out, want you dead. Too bad for them, right?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Rooftop Getaway: Run, jump, climb, drop — it’s time for some parkour-type stuff.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dirty Crime Scene: Flickering light-up crime-scene tape around a forgotten crime scene. Find what they missed.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Suzuki Kanon: Head of the Lectron biker gang known for anti-corporate activism and street violence.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Javier Cruz: Former CEO of a genetics company sold to Biologique. Looking for his next startup.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lectron Rider: The Lectrons are dangerous but highly organized and loyal to Suzuki Kanon.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Javier Cruz: Former CEO of a genetics company sold to Biologique. Looking for his next startup. Victim of a degenerative nerve disorder which has left him wheelchair bound.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lectron Rider: The Lectrons are dangerous but highly organized and loyal to Musashi Gozen.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Musashi Gozen: Known for his weird hairdo and being the head of the violent, anti-corporation nomadic biker gang known as "Electron".
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Frederix Wu: Hotshot tech and UI designer responsible for the newest popular cyberspace HUD.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Break: Nefarious and brilliant cyberspace code-hacker and ice-breaker known only by his handle.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Break: Nefarious and brilliant cyberspace code-hacker and ice-breaker known only by his handle.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Javier Savalas: Former CEO of a genetics company sold to Biologique. Looking for his next startup. Victim of a degenerative nerve disorder which has left him wheelchair bound.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Crazed Mob: People, collectively, are animals — furious, ferocious animals. Get out of here.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Biologique Mainframe — Cyberspace: Like a 3D playing-card diamond gleaming in the matrix. Hardened with lethal ice.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Night-Club Brawl: Don’t think of them as people. Think of them as things between you and freedom.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Smoke It With Laser: It’s time to cut. Destroy evidence, steal the prize, whatever. Cut. Then run.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Kell Glasner: Private bodyguard. Soldier for hire. Expert with blades. Call her “Kelly” and she’ll show you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Muscular Cyborg German Dude: High on something and aching for a fight with anyone fool enough to try him.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lectron Rider: The Lectrons are dangerous but deceptively well-organized and loyal to Musashi Gozen.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Virgil Cross: CEO of Biologique Unlimited, allegedly cloned from the old Cross crime family.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lock-Up: The tech inside you is hanging, chugging, struggling to run. Get it right.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dead Channel Nightclub: A dirty, popular club crammed with holography and digital games.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Dead Channel Nightclub: A popular club crammed with holography and fake smoke.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dirty Crime Scene: Flickering light-up crime-scene tape around a forgotten crime scene. Find what they missed.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sway the Crowd: They want to love you or hate you. Make it work for you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hostile Highway: Get off this roadway alive. Don’t let the motorgangs stop you.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Spacious Limousine: Tinted dark and shiny, brimming with Japanese whiskies, and almost certainly bugged.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Flechette Gun: A rapid-fire dart gun capable of delivering drugs and toxins.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Flechette Gun: A rapid-fire dart gun capable of delivering drugs and toxins and shredding an unarmored person.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Lectron Powerbike: Big but sleek, quiet but quick, adorned with glowing paint and a hybrid engine.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Monokatana: A shiny, curved sword with a fine, delicate edge.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Zaibatsu Officer: In your bespoke suit, with that smile, you can change the planet.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Sterling Connections
  
  Suggested Weakness: Obligated
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Anthony Werner (copy): Newly minted CEO of Biologique Unlimited.  Also your employer.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Evidence of a Crime: Anthony Werner is convinced someone killed Daniel. His body is right there. You don't have long to find a lead.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Stolen Data: Personal data stolen from some corporate database, maybe worth killing for.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cyberspace Warfare: A battle fought entirely with the strength of your processors and the power of your mind.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Navigating Cyberspace: Daniel's computer is basically fried. This is a harrowing network of shredded data and floating code. It could even be deadly.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Navigating Cyberspace: [Challenge for Eveniency]
  
  Daniel's computer is basically fried. This is a harrowing network of shredded data and floating code. It could even be deadly.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Navigating Cyberspace: [Challenge for Eveniency]
  
  Daniel's computer is basically fried. What is left is a harrowing network of fragmented code. It's dangerous.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Navigating Cyberspace: Daniel's computer is basically fried. What is left is a harrowing network of fragmented code. It's dangerous.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Upgrade Your Flesh: Maybe your meat’s old or rusty, maybe you just want to look better. Get on that.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Silent Cyber: Those legs of yours mean that you're never unarmed, and you've put a lot of work into making sure they're as hard to detect as possible.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Wanted: Not by the cops - although what you do is certainly illegal, it solves more trouble than it causes them. Shrike, on the other hand, would still very much like to see you dead. Along with quite a lot of other people.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Conspiracy Theorist: Secret plots lie hidden everywhere and you're determined to uncover them. Some secrets are best left unknown, however.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Knowledge of Hidden Things: You've been doing this conspiracy theorist thing for a long time. No matter how big the cooperation or how influential the person, chances are you've got dirt on them. The things you know could ruin countless lives...or save them.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Paranoid: You feel eyes staring at you from every shadow and ears listening to you at every corner. Trust no one. *They* are out to get you. Everything that speaks will eventually betray you.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Truth: Whether for good or ill, the truth is always right. You want to uncover the hidden truths of the world. Whether or not you share it with others is another matter entirely.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Self Modification: If it's new, she wants it. And she wants it in /her/! She'll go out of her way to pick up new tech, and then try and install it in herself.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Black Market Ties: She's got her finger in the Black Market, it's the only way she can keep up with cutting tech. After all, cyber-implants aren't free!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Oddly Specific Ai: Thoth is advanced, but can only do a very small number of specific things. And they're relevant - who'd have though it?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Unfazed: You've worked in forensics for the police and performed autopsies on countless bodies. No amount of gore can unnerve you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tool for Every Occasion: With the merging of human and machine, there's no end to the surprises a well-equipped cyborg can pull out of her sleeve. Or limbs. Or eye. You get the point.
  
  Sometimes it might make you look like a bit of a tool, though.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Playing the Game: Augments aren't normally /required/ for life. So sales of the top shelf stuff require a bit of patter - it's second nature now to pander to the big-wigs.