Temptress has withdrawn, and it looks like we have 4 (at least partially complete) sheets in the character thread and Hexed has posted his here.  So hopefully we will be good to start soon.  Let me know when you're sheet/background is finished.<br/><br/>I've been going back and forth on some of the details of the boss, and debating how much detail to include.  I pruned it a bit but hopefully it isn't too short.  Hopefully I didn't butcher the setting too much.  I included some knowledge checks in italics which I was debating how to handle.  My current thought is that I will trust people to keep character/OOC knowledge separate, and let people decide what might fit their character background/skills.  If people want to figure out a way to tie in their character background let me know, I can always modify some details if needed.  If anyone thinks it won't work with their background let me know and I'll see what I can do.<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Background on the Boss</div><div class="spoiler_body">Mr. John Stone, at least as he refers to himself these days, is a Seattle businessman who came to prominence in the local community with his purchase of the Tacoma Commerce Center in 2068.  A series of rapid construction and renovation projects followed, and the center has been a local landmark since.  <br/><br/>Mr. Stone is a green-skinned ork who is always well dressed in a tailored suit.  His eyes are clearly implants that are usually a matte black in appearance but occasionally shift to a more normal look.  He is always flanked by a pair of massive, well dressed, troll bodyguards and at least one attractive woman usually in a tight dress.<br/><br/><em>--Knowledge Checks<br/><br/>Mr. Stone operated in the late 50s and early 60s under the pseudonym ‘Grunt.’  He is said to have been a violent runner with a penchant for leaving a wake of collateral damage and a habit of blowing all his earnings in brothels and bunraku parlours.  There is a debate among those familiar with him about whether he retired willingly, or whether no one was willing to work with him any longer.<br/><br/>--</em><br/><br/>The Tacoma Commerce Center is located near Charles Royer Station and is comprised of a trio of ten story buildings built to form the edges of a triangle around a small central park.  The Tacoma Hotel, Casino, and Conference Center occupies one building and caters to mostly middle-income customers.  The Tacoma Business Tower occupies a second building and supposedly caters to a mix of non-aligned small businesses.  Tacoma Heights occupies the third building and has been billed as a modern upscale apartment building but suffers from a chronic lack of tenants.<br/><br/><em>--Knowledge Checks<br/><br/>The Tacoma Commerce Center, although officially owned by Mr. John Stone, is a front for the Gianelli Family.  How deep his ties are with the family is unknown to any but a select few.<br/><br/>The Tacoma Business Tower hosts a number of fake businesses, Mafia businesses, and businesses owned by Mr. Stone.  This includes a street doc and chop shop.<br/><br/>Tacoma Heights is where Mr. Stone likes to encourage his new hires, especially struggling wannabe actresses, to live.  The entire place has more cameras than a prison and sleazy producers can buy access to the feed to shop around for their next mark.<br/><br/>--</em><br/><br/>Mr. Stone is known to be the CEO of Stars are Born, a reasonably successful entertainment agent firm.  The firm has ties to a number of non-Megacorp aligned entertainment companies, and has a number of prominent actors and actresses on its books.<br/><br/><em>--Knowledge Checks<br/><br/>The agency is tied to the sleaziest of the sleazy business men and women.  If a star does get anywhere after signing up with the agency it is because they caught the eye of the right person, and were willing to degrade themself enough to win said person’s favour.<br/><br/>If a star doesn’t make it big they will often find themselves starring in Hollywood Simsense Entertainments BTLs.  If they’re lucky it will just be for the porn and not the snuff.<br/><br/>--</em><br/><br/>‘The Cavern’ is Mr. Stone’s pride and joy.  It is a downtown night club with a heavy ork theme, and a rumoured entrance to the Ork Underground, that caters to the rich and famous who want to pretend to slum it.  The overall theme is rock hewn underground with the staff being almost exclusively attractive orks.  <br/><br/><em>--Knowledge Checks<br/><br/>Mr. Stone is rumoured to have extensive ties with the Skraacha, and is known to broker deals between the gang and anyone who wants to do business with them.<br/><br/>Mr. Stone operates a bunraku parlour in the back of the Cavern whose puppets are primarily attractive elven women.  It is rumoured that his prize puppet is a woman he formerly ran with.<br/><br/>--</em></div></div>