conversations.from: system
conversations.value: Ever since it was the first colony to chafe at the British yoke, New Hampshire has held rebellion in high esteem. Off its coast sit the Shoals, cutting edge bubble cities, self-sustained and seemingly independent. Closed off from the toxic Atlantic, they think they're immune to the wars, famines, plagues, and general malaise that threaten to overwhelm modern civilization.
  
  They're dead wrong.
  
  Inspirations include *Akira*, *Blade Runner*, *A Clockwork Orange*, *Demolition Man*, *Dredd*, *Fahrenheit 451*, *Outland*, *Robocop*, *Ronin*, *The Running Man*, *Series 7: The Contenders*, *Soylent Green*, and others I'm sure I'm forgetting.
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: Zaibatsu 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.
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: Monokatana: A shiny, curved sword with a fine, delicate edge.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Flechette Gun: A rapid-fire dart gun capable of delivering drugs and toxins.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Memory-Corroding Chemical: Black-market mycotoxin capable or eroding human memory engrams.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lectron 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 database, maybe worth killing for.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Laser-Cutter: A simple hand-held device with a three-inch laser torch emitter.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Coffin Hotel: A cramped, cheap coffin hotel in the city’s red-light district.
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: Gleaming Corporate Office Suite: Polished concrete, greenish glass, shiny chrome — 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: Shanty Town: Layers of ramshackle favela crisscrossed with escape hatches and secret passages.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Dead Channel Nightclub: A dirty, popular club crammed with holography and digital games.
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: Metal arms and faux-flesh legs dangle from hooks drilled into a low ceiling.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Spacious Limousine: Tinted dark and shiny, brimming with Japanese whiskies, and almost certainly bugged.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Street: Luminescent paint glows on the black top, wet with acid rain.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Night-Club Brawl: Don’t think of them as people. Think of them as things between you and freedom.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hostile Highway: Get off this roadway alive. Don’t let the motorgangs stop you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Rooftop Getaway: Run, jump, climb, drop — it’s time for some parkour-type stuff.
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: Dirty Crime Scene: Flickering light-up crime-scene tape around a forgotten crime scene. Find what they missed.
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: Hot Security Systems: Tinted-black cameras and white-hot lasers want you out, want you dead. Too bad for them, right?
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: Lock-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: Virgil Cross: CEO of Biologique Unlimited, allegedly cloned from the old Cross crime family.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Suzuki Kanon: Head of the Lectron biker gang known for anti-corporate activism and street violence.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Frederix Wu: Hotshot tech and UI designer responsible for the newest popular cyberspace HUD.
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: Kell Glasner: Bodyguard 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 highly organized and loyal to Suzuki Kanon.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Zaibatsu Assassin: An anonymized, off-the-books corporate 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: Your "Plus One": Congrats! You've scored an invite to the hottest event of the moment. You can give this secondary invite to some other poor soul who is not so fortunate, but choose wisely, because you will be judged on the company you keep.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Some Other Person's "Plus One" (copy): You've managed to ride into the event of the moment on the coattails of another. Describe your benefactor and what horrible pact you've made to obtain such a boon.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Some Other Person's "Plus One": You've managed to ride into the event of the moment on the coattails of another. Describe your benefactor and what horrible pact you've made to obtain such a boon.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Engraved Invitation: Congrats! You've scored an invite to the hottest event of the moment. Don't dare squander the opportunity to rub elbows with the glitterati. You can stand on their shoulders to rise above, or on their necks to keep them down.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Distress Beacon: Either you or someone close to you has been able to isolate this particular signal from all the noise that clutters the airwaves. It seems to be coming from the Vermont Wasteland. Do you dare track the signal to its source?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Locate Kelan Perry: Kelan Perry is ostensibly a big nobody, a street rat from Smuttynose with a fondness for pigeons. There are some important people looking for him, however, and the "why" of it might be just as valuable as the "where."
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Gone Fishin': Everyone needs a break to indulge in a little leisure activity. This is yours, don't squander it.
  
  Ironically enough, it seems relaxation can sometimes be hard work. Don't be afraid to break a sweat.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Bunny's Pocket Gridpad of Gossip: "You've Got (Black)Mail!" Down this rabbit hole lies idle gossip, vicious rumor, and outright scandal. Some would hurt you to unlock its secrets, but more would kill you to keep them.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Wreckers: Marine salvage isn't always a noble pursuit, and wreckers don't always wait for a ship to be abandoned before laying claim to salvage rights. Armed and dangerous.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hollis Krüger: Hollis Krüger is a veteran maintenance technician for the White Island Lighthouse on the New Hampshire side of the Shoals. Seems capable enough.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Augustin Bouchard: Bouchard is an extreme fisherman, specializing in catching the mutant fish that somehow live in  the Atlantic.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sonar Fish Detector: This technology has been around a while, but now it's more accurate than ever. They call it "fishing," not "catching," but this little gadget will give a significant advantage to the lucky user.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sea Creature: Mutated by the corrosive sludge that is the Atlantic Ocean, this tentacled monstrosity cannot be reasoned with. It just wants to shove you into its gaping maw.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Chief Fabrizio Valdemaras: Never seen without his trademark cowboy hat, Valdemaras is the Maintenance Chief for the Shoals Marine Laboratory.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Failing Atmospheric Reprocessor: It's grinding to a halt, and once it does, this wind you're sucking is going to get stale fast. Don't breathe deep.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Bubble Rupture: Uh-oh, we've sprung a leak. Toxic sludge is leaking in at an alarming rate. Somebody better do something about it.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Blackbeard's Treasure: Seriously? The technology is now available to salvage this cache of silver and gold from the murky depths of the Atlantic. Just don't spend it all in one place, Guv'nor.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Master Security Key Codes for Shoals Marine Laboratory: It's all access, and it's untraceable. No one will even know you were ever there. Now, what you do with it is your business. Use it for good or evil?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Shoals Marine Laboratory: Owned and operated by Titan Group, this lab is dedicated to investigating the toxic soup that is now the Atlantic Ocean.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The White Island Lighthouse: There's still a need to warn mariners about hazardous conditions around the Shoals, otherwise the unwary would run aground.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Shoals: The Shoals are a small grouping of domed cities off the coast of New Hampshire. Most local industry revolves around aquaculture research controlled by the Titan Group.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Voytek: "The Old Bear" is a fixture around Danzig, a street preacher with a mean streak a mile wide. The basilica is his one true love and woe to any would-be defilers.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Customs Official: The City of Danzig strictly monitors any goods or tech coming across their borders. Prepare for search and possible seizure.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Nikodem Filipek: Filipek is a Polish businessman who opposes the Regional Synodal Federation. Blah Blah.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: "Papa Lubo": Father Lubomir Kumiega is a Polish Roman Catholic priest and counselor to the downtrodden of Smuttynose. He is a warm, genial old man with a lust for life.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Smuttynose: Technically part of Maine, neither they nor New Hampshire have much interest in this urban sprawl of poverty-stricken tenements contained under a leaky dome.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Nia Kiprotich: When not shouting, she's chain-smoking retro analog cigs or guzzling rum. Word on the street is that she works for  compliance at the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE).
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Free City of Danzig: "Free?" The city doth protest too much. Formerly Gdansk, Poland, it's now in the grip  of the Regional Synodal Federation.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Street Gang: They think they're bad, but they've never been truly tested... until now. Dangerous in numbers like a pack of wolves, the key to defeating them is to divide and conquer.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ennui: Day-to-day life in the late 21st Century generally consists of interminable boredom punctuated by brief moments of sheer terror. How do you pass the idle hours?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Elliot Chase: Chase is a nearly legendary architect and urban planner. His designs have allowed him the financial freedom to join the Upsiders who live on the top rung.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Mystery Suit: This guy has been lurking on the fringes all night. Facial recognition software fails to identify him. Now, he's got a pistol taken from Chase Tower Security staff.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Penthouse of the Future: Chase's posh prison cell. What do you get the man who  has everything and knows too much? How about a taste of freedom?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: "Edge": To either sharpen your senses or to dull the pain, it's a multipurpose drug. There was a time when taking one was enough. Now, the dosage is however many you can quickly shake out of the bottle and choke down.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Identify Beacon Target: Someone in the herd is receiving a distress beacon transmitting from the Vermont Wilderness, of all places, but who?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Party Crasher: Access via the balcony... Why didn't you think of that? This clever little fellow even seems to have escaped the notice of Chase Tower Security. He's quite talented.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Rachel Winchester: Rachel Winchester is an advocate for the underprivileged of Smuttynose. She has successfully annoyed the powers that be.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Chase Tower Security: They're very well compensated to be polite and efficient. They'll ice you in a heartbeat, but they'll do it very discreetly.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Aimee Ling: Aimee is a supporting cast member of the popular holovid comedy *Green Irene*, about a talking mutant cactus that becomes a waitress.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Bunny Winter: Bunny's flashblog keeps the norms updated about the comings and goings of the truly important people in America. Gossip and scandal are her stock and trade.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Odhi Aveskamp and Peri Pixel: Aveskamp is a digital security specialist. Peri hangs around his neck like an expensive scarf, and could just as easily be cast aside.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hipster Blackbeard: He fancies himself some kinda pirate scholar, a pretentious douchebag hacker, as if there's any other kind. Hardly unique.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Waiters with Big Guns: Spitting in your food is the least of your worries. These guys have high-powered handguns and the element of surprise.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Peri Pixel: Wait. What? She seemed like the trophy girlfriend. Some even know her father, a decorated veteran. Maybe he's the one who taught her how to shoot.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Rescue 911: There's a whole lot of bullets, blood, and beluga caviar flying around the penthouse right now. If you want a say in who lives and who dies, you'll need to act fast.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Server Room: This used to be temporary storage for old luggage, galoshes, golf clubs, and bongo drums. Now it houses the blueprint servers for Star Island's most secure facilities.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: JonahTown: They call it JonahTown because it looks like the hollowed out interior of a whale carcass. Sunlight filters down through the presumed “blowhole” at least.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Krüger: He looks like some kind of technician. Doesn't seem too keen to talk to strangers, but that doesn't make him particularly unusual down in JonahTown.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Locked Doors: Cori, the AI that governs penthouse security, is DOA. All that's left are some fragments of OS waiting for a helping hand to piece them back together.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Too Long Without a Pretty Face: Fact of the matter is, getting asked to do something by someone attractive is preferable to just being asked to do something.  Especially if you've been surrounded by combat troops for 20 years.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Schmooze: You have an uncanny knack of making insipid people feel special with your sugary words.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Impatience: When you have a plan and it needs executed, you can't stand to sit idly. It needs done and it needs done NOW.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Bad Trip: Some dataport executable files contain hidden instructions, incomplete code and viruses. Buyer beware.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Residual Benefits: All those years of patching have left behind tiny, irremovable fragments - bits of skills, esoteric and unpredictable, that some times come in handy.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Brute Force Attack: It's kind of like high-explosives.  If it doesn't work, then you aren't using enough. 