conversations.from: system
conversations.value: The future sucks.
  
  Quite some time back, America was an urban sprawl -- a single "megacity" where you could traverse subways and pedwalks from the Atlantic to the Pacific without ever seeing a tree or flower. Vat-grown meat and oxygen processing plants kept everyone healthy, though quality of life never seemed to skyrocket.
  
  Now, 99% of the world's wealth is in the hands of 0.001% of the population, who live luxuriously in immense walled *Cities.* The remainder of us are stuck out here in the *Sprawl,* eking out a life amid the crumbling ruins of civilization. Life is cheap and "the law" is what you make it -- either you protect yourself or you have a contract with someone who can.
  
  **Life In The Sprawl**
  
  We still use currency, if only because no one can imagine life without it; one *megabuck* (MB) is a million U.S. dollars, about enough to buy a bottle of soda. There are businesses, ranging from street-cart vendors to magnates with dozens of stores, but the largest corporations all trace back to one of the *Citizens* (residents of a City).
  
  The air is perpetually smokey and the water is tainted, but everyone alive today has adapted to deal with it. In fact, we've done more than adapt -- splicing clinics are ready to "cyber you up" for the right price, as long as you don't question who, er, *where* the parts came from. And just to be clear, there's no "cyberspace" that you can jack your brain into out here in the Sprawl; just be glad the Internet datalines are still up.
  
  **Game Concept and Characters**
  
  You are a group of friends who watch each other's backs and occasionally work together as freelance "troubleshooters." The story will start with all of you gathered in an office, talking with a client about a potentially lucrative job.
  
  Before the beginning of the first scene, I will be giving each player a specific Asset card-set representing cyberwear, gear, or other external resources that make sense for your character. Be sure to choose the most important things about your character as your Strength and Weakness -- the Asset will be an extra, secondary resource that doesn't automatically refresh.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cybersamurai: You’ve got your own honor, your own steel, your own code in an ugly, dangerous world.
  
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  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: Street Samurai: You’ve got your own honor, your own steel, your own code in an ugly, dangerous world.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Tough As Steel
  
  Suggested Weakness: Honorable
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Acquisition Specialist: Because "thief" is such an ugly word. When you do your job right, no one knows you were even there until you're long gone.
  
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  Suggested Strength: Sneaky
  
  Suggested Weakness: Cold-Hearted
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Independent Journalist: People need information if they’re going to fight for what’s right! You provide it, uploading news every time you can get to a 'net access point.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Acute Senses
  
  Suggested Weakness: Inquisitive
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cyberlinked Eye/Guns (copy): You have a cybernetic eye and custom guns that link directly to it. This allows you to easily shoot OR peek around corners, under doors, etc. - and see infrared and more.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Grease Monkey: Who says there isn't plenty of good gear in the Sprawl? You just have to know how to fix it up is all. When you do, it's more reliable than most people.
  
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  Suggested Strength: Electronics Whiz
  
  Suggested Weakness: Slapdash
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Warden: Without law, the weak have to hire the strong, and that's you. You excel at protecting others and heading off danger before it happens.
  
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  Suggested Strength: Hot Reflexes
  
  Suggested Weakness: Broken-Down Body
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Urban Urchin: You know the Sprawl — the places, the people, and the shortcuts — like the back of your hand. Better to make friends (or at worst acquaintances) than enemies!
  
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  Suggested Strength: Streetwise
  
  Suggested Weakness: Broken Memories
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Private Investigator: Other people’s business is your business. You’re in the intrusion racket, cracking privacy and tracing "skips."
  
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  Suggested Strength: Intuition
  
  Suggested Weakness: Guilty
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Splicer: An expert back-alley surgeon, you're adept at treating people, upgrading them — or stripping them down for parts.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Scalpel Skills
  
  Suggested Weakness: Addicted
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Internet Rockstar: A cutting-edge culture punk, you keep the masses entertained while trying to reshape the world through your art.
  
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  Suggested Strength: Famous Charm
  
  Suggested Weakness: Notoriety
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Marauder: Tough, ruthless, and violent — you've earned your street cred the hard way and have no intention of losing it.
  
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  Suggested Strength: Gang Leader
  
  Suggested Weakness: Angry
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Use Your Strength: Sometimes answers come when you crack some skulls ... or, more often, seem WILLING to crack them. Intimidation works!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Stash of Megabucks: You've squirreled away quite a nest egg. You can afford to throw a few bucks around when necessary.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Use Your Wits: You're going to see everything, hear everything, hell, even smell everything. And then put it together using nothing except your own gut feeling.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Use Your Charm: You're going to sweet-talk or fast-talk your way through this. Who wouldn't want to open up to you?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Use Your Tech: Why pore over data when a program can do it for you? Why ask questions when you can plant a bug? Why talk to people when you can ask strangers on the Internet?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Robotic Limbs: Some of your limbs are mechanical, allowing you to achieve great speed, strength, and durability when necessary.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Get to the Bottom of This: This is starting to get personal. You're going to figure out what's happening and take care of it.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Battery and Chains: This surprisingly small battery was electrifying Phobos' chains. If you detach the whole setup (gross, but easy), you could use this for anything from torture to shorting out electronics.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Fistful of Megabucks: This isn't enough to retire on, but the HotRS obviously gave these freaks enough to cover their expenses.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Underground Contacts: You know people in low places. They aren't your friends, but you can trust their information as long as it's "street" knowledge.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Recorder/Playback Microchip: It survived the fight! Neil Canatha's voice is still on it - that might be useful. Plus there's room to record your own sounds for diversions and distractions.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cyberlinked Eye/Guns: You have a cybernetic eye and custom guns that link directly to it. This allows you to easily shoot OR peek around corners, under doors, etc. - and see infrared and more.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Needler Gun: Small, fairly quiet, and deadly. It makes bad people go away ... but don't use it if you're trying to take prisoners.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Skillset Jack: You have a brain implant that allows you to upload new skills. They're not "natural" or "practiced" but it's usually better than being untrained!
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Use Your Friends: You can't do this alone. You're going to talk everything through with your teammates, get their insight and ideas, and help them come to the conclusions needed.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: High-End Tablet: This is actually cutting edge, not a piece of junk made from recycled parts. You still need a datapoint for 'net or voice access, but once online you can act quickly and safely.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Use Your Honor: If someone won't help willingly, you won't hesitate to GUILT them into doing so. Maybe you'll play on their morality, or maybe you'll imply that they could be connected as an accomplice.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Smartphone with HotRS Info: These freaks only had low-level access to the House of the Rising Sun forums, but that could be incredibly useful. No more hacking!
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Grenade Launcher: It's loaded with both nonlethal flash-bangs and lethal shrapnel bombs. Pretty versatile ... but loud as hell! So just don't use it when you're being stealthy.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Under My Thumb: Some normal folk - not gangbangers - either owe you or are afraid of you enough that they'll do small favors for you.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Broken-Down Body: Your body is suffering from a life of hard use, and old wounds are wearing you down.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Gang Leader: If someone picks a fight with you, they pick it with your whole gang — so the smart ones don't even try to mess with you.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Electronics Whiz: It's like machines speak to you — you understand their purpose, their weak spots, and more. You can jury-rig them pretty quickly, too.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Intuition: Your gut rarely leads you astray, especially when it comes to whether you can trust someone. It's surprising how often your "hunches" pan out.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Chelsea Heights Hotel: Its extremely high expense is for its high security and "look the other way" attitude more than its service or appearance.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Inquisitive: Some would call you nosy, even intrusive. Every locked door is a challenge and every button should be pushed.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Oscar Hsai: A crisp, consummate professional - smart and focused, though his mind is currently preoccupied with something important.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Organlegging: It's a terrible, though very uncommon, practice. How much do you know about it? (Or how much can you get Oscar to talk about it?)
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Stash of Megabucks (Layla): You've squirreled away quite a nest egg. You can afford to throw a few bucks around when necessary.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: High-End Tablet (Myra): This is actually cutting edge, not a piece of junk made from recycled parts. You still need a datapoint for 'net or voice access, but once online you can act quickly and safely.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Robotic Limbs (Paul): Some of your limbs are mechanical, allowing you to achieve great speed, strength, and durability when necessary.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Slapdash: You'd rather do something fast and sloppy than careful and neat. Sure, you often have to go back and fix it, but that's a problem for Future You — Present You has other things to do!
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Underground Contacts (Sulivan): You know people in low places. They aren't your friends, but you can trust their information as long as it's "street" knowledge.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cyberlinked Eye/Guns (Malcolm): You have a cybernetic eye and custom guns that link directly to it. This allows you to easily shoot OR peek around corners, under doors, etc. - and see infrared and more.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Eavesdrop on Operations: What are those employees monitoring and cross-referencing?
  
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conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Grease Monkey: Who says there isn't plenty of good gear in the Sprawl? You just have to know how to fix it up is all. When you do, it's more reliable than most people.
  
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  Suggested Strength: Electronics Whiz
  
  Suggested Weakness: Slapdash
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Independent Journalist: People need information if they’re going to fight for what’s right! You provide it, uploading news every time you can get to a 'net access point.
  
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  Suggested Strength: Acute Senses
  
  Suggested Weakness: Inquisitive
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Marauder: Tough, ruthless, and violent — you've earned your street cred the hard way and have no intention of losing it.
  
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  Suggested Strength: Gang Leader
  
  Suggested Weakness: Angry
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Private Investigator: Other people’s business is your business. You’re in the intrusion racket, cracking privacy and tracing "skips."
  
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  Suggested Strength: Intuition
  
  Suggested Weakness: Guilty
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Street Samurai: You’ve got your own honor, your own steel, your own code in an ugly, dangerous world.
  
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  Suggested Strength: Tough As Steel
  
  Suggested Weakness: Honorable
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Internet Rockstar: A cutting-edge culture punk, you keep the masses entertained while trying to reshape the world through your art.
  
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  Suggested Strength: Famous Charm
  
  Suggested Weakness: Notoriety
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Urban Urchin: You know the Sprawl — the places, the people, and the shortcuts — like the back of your hand. Better to make friends (or at worst acquaintances) than enemies!
  
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  Suggested Strength: Streetwise
  
  Suggested Weakness: Broken Memories
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Acquisition Specialist: Because "thief" is such an ugly word. When you do your job right, no one notices until you're long gone.
  
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  Suggested Strength: Sneaky
  
  Suggested Weakness: Cold-Hearted
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Splicer: An expert back-alley surgeon, you're adept at treating people, upgrading them — or stripping them down for parts.
  
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  Suggested Strength: Scalpel Skills
  
  Suggested Weakness: Addicted
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Warden: Without law, the weak have to hire the strong, and that's you. You excel at protecting others and heading off danger before it happens.
  
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  Suggested Strength: Hot Reflexes
  
  Suggested Weakness: Broken-Down Body
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Arsenal: Guns, knives, custom ammunition — you know how to get it and know how to use it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Skillset Jack (Zora): You have a brain implant that allows you to upload new skills. They're not "natural" or "practiced" but it's usually better than being untrained!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: June the Hospitality Manager: In charge of the Dauphine's bar and restaurant, she's a busy person.
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: Sneaky: You'd rather tiptoe than walk, rather lie than argue, and rather filch than buy. Fortunately, you're good at it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Scalpel Skills: Skilled and equipped, you can practice medicine, get drugs, and repair meat and metal.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Streetwise: You know the landscape of the streets, who to talk to, and how to get around alive.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Honorable: You have a personal code of honor that you follow to the letter — even if that puts you at a disadvantage.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hot Reflexes: You're wired for speed, reacting to things before most people know they've even happened.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Acute Senses: Whether they’re cybernetic or all natural, your eyes and ears are razor sharp.  You never miss a thing.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find a Contact: Hit the street, trying to find someone in (or connected to) the organlegging trade who can answer some questions.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Penetrate the Dark Web: The 'net knows what's going on, but finding the underground forums where they talk about it? That's not so easy.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Pat O'Brien's Pub: Large, inviting, and within walking distance of the Dauphine Hotel. This is no dive bar; it caters to professionals and corporate types.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Dauphine Hotel: Three stories, a courtyard out back, big bay doors ... it adds up to an informal elegance appealing especially to tourists and executives.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Neveah the Bartender: Blond, 50ish, cybernetic hand.
  
  She was on duty last night. Maybe she saw something?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Dauphine Staff: They're friendly and willing to talk, but can you find someone who *knows* something beyond just rumors and speculation?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dauphine Security: A separate company, with well-armed, disciplined officers. Regional Director Roger Hylan is at the Dauphine today.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Insurance Wardens: Roger Hylan thought they knew something. You can walk into the local office, try to hack it, or something else - decide what!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dravis: Street agent who deals with a lot of different things, occasionally including organ-legging. Quick-witted, but scared of splicers.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Yusef South, Head Agent: Tom's boss. A real hardass - trained in self-defense, interrogation, and accounting.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Bodyguards: They're big, tough, and street-smart enough to not fall for any obvious ruses. That said, they're not brain surgeons OR unstoppable badasses.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Stake Out Dravis and Prepare a Plan: Who's he meeting? Why? You need to get him alone and willing to answer questions.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Infiltrate "The New Flesh": They know more, but it's obviously a sensitive subject. Can you convince them you're someone safe to open up to?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Under My Thumb (Gabriel): Some normal folk - not gangbangers - either owe you or are afraid of you enough that they'll do small favors for you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Generations Parking Garage: Low ceilings with parking spaces jammed as closely together as possible.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Phobos and Deimos: These two mute enforcers for the House of the Rising Sun have finally caught up with you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Generations Public Dance Hall: This is where the chic, the young, the rich, and the beautiful go to spend money and forget about the Sprawl for a night.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Assess the Maxwell Situation: Is Dr. Maxwell inside? Can you get to him? Is he guarded? Are there any other concerns?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hack House of the Rising Sun: You can find their site, but it's well secured. Can you get in to learn the truth?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Defend Yourselves: You're not going to do anyone any good if you're dead!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Defend Maxwell: You really want to question him, and he can't talk if he's dead.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Take Care of Phobos and Deimos: These two are fanatics! If you let them go, they'll just regroup and return in the future.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Damocles: Dr. Maxwell's attache and private security consultant. Very heavily cybered, though discreetly so. No sense of humor.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Edward Monroe: Missing his kidneys, heavily sedated, and just not having the best week overall.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cocytus, the "Tragedy Club": Converted warehouse with bare cement floors and cheap track lighting. Slow funeral dirges play in the background.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Explore Cocytus: Try to fit in, get the lay of the club, and either find Emily or someone who knows her.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Mini Rebellion: Don't like the way things are? Kick it's ass. Until it kicks yours. Fight the power.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Purdging: It's time to start over. But first, everything must burn...
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Rigid Determenation: Anytime someone questions you or your motives, you hold your ground and seem more capable.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Too Damned Cocky: Your quick to act and sometimes you step in over your head. But that doesn't stop you you fake it till you make it.... or get shot.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Friends in low places: You know what underground racers, smugglers, hit men, and high class drug dealers have in common? Most of them need a damn good mechanic. Maybe a few favors are owed.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Infamy: You have a nasty rep for doing nasty things and it’s not wholly undeserved. How ever being infamous still gets a fanbase.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You Want It? I Got It.: You are adept at acquiring information and goods. You're naturally subtle and have a keen eye and sharp mind for getting into even the most remote areas physically or digitally. You can get it done.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Impatient: You're a very busy person and waiting is not on your list of things to do today.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Alcoholism: The drink calls to you. Not really much you can do once it has its talons into you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: observant : Ability to notice things others might not. noticing if someone is hiding a gun, seeing tells , or finding evidence.              
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Bullseye: You have an uncanny knack at putting bullets right where they need to go. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Fear: Sometimes fear is a healthy response, this time not so much.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: calming voice: Abiliry to calm down irrationality or snap someone back to reality.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: stealthy : Ability to go unnoticed in close quarters. Quiet like a ninja.