===== Character Sheets ===== TL10, 250 points, genemods exist (but ask if you want to play something nonhuman) Laura: [[:rpg:granite_city_limits:enzo|Enzo DiGregorio]], shooter Nathan: [[:rpg:granite_city_limits:chelsea|Chelsea Costello]], martial artist Austin: [[:rpg:granite_city_limits:ellie|Ellie Lancaster]], tech whiz NPCs: [[:rpg:granite_city_limits:zara|Zara Leesome]], urban explorer [[:rpg:granite_city_limits:clara_montana|Clara Montana]], former journalist and prostitute [[:rpg:granite_city_limits:wafer|Wafer Nekochan]], former maid turned freedom fighter [[:rpg:granite_city:limits:valerie|Valerie Prower]], monster slayer [[:rpg:granite_city_limits:the_lair|The Lair]], an Agency-provided secret hideout with space to store all of the equipment not currently being used/owned by a character. [[:rpg:granite_city_limits:group_loot|Group Loot]]: Where items picked up during an adventure go. ===== General Notes ===== * [[:rpg:homebrewery:near_future:equipment|Gear and Equipment]] * [[:rpg:homebrewery:near_future:corporations|Corporations]] * [[:rpg:homebrewery:near_future:locations|Locations]] * [[:tower:worlds:granitecity2155:encyclopedia|Encyclopedia]] * [[:rpg:homebrewery:near_future:miscellaneous|Miscellaneous Materials]] for background filler. ===== Rules and When to Break Them ===== * [[:rpg:gurps:other:pulling_rank|Pulling Rank]]: The party has Rank with the Agency and ALF, and this modifies the chances of receiving assistance as well as what level of assistance will be provided. In return, the Agency and ALF may occasionally provide a mission for the PCs. * [[:rpg:gurps:other:basic_abstract_difficulty|Basic Abstract Difficulty]]: Abstraction of difficulty in circumstances where it would simplify matters or to evaluate the present intensity of the PCs' situation. * [[:rpg:gurps:other:complementary_skills|Complementary Skills]] - For those times when one skill should rightfully aid another. * [[:rpg:gurps:other:teamwork|Teamwork]] - Handling situations where an entire team only gets one success roll. * [[:rpg:gurps:other:getting_rolling|Getting the Ball Rolling]] - So you need a job? A mission? An objective? Let's get things started. * [[:rpg:gurps:other:SOP|Standard Operating Procedure]] - Before you charge into trouble, you may want to go over a few things with your buddies first. * [[:rpg:gurps:other:gathering_intel|Gathering Intelligence]] - Now that you know the job, you may want to know more about it before you charge in guns blazing, hmm? * [[:rpg:gurps:other:planning|Planning]] - You know enough to do something big and actionable, but before you hit the big target, you need a plan! * [[:rpg:gurps:other:getting_in|Getting In]] - You've got a target, you've got a plan, now you've just got to actually get in there. * [[:rpg:gurps:other:grabbing_the_goods|Grabbing the Goods]] - You're in - now you just need to get what you came for. * [[:rpg:gurps:other:destruction|Destruction]] - Now that you've got what you want, it's time for some good old-fashioned destruction to wreck everything else. * [[:rpg:gurps:other:deception|Deception]] - The truth is a weapon, and deception is an excellent defense against those who might try to reveal your skullduggery. * [[:rpg:gurps:other:getting_away|Getting Away]] - You've got the goods, you've destroyed the evidence, and you've planted false evidence pointing to your enemies. Now you just need to get away... * [[:rpg:gurps:other:providing_security|Providing Security]] - Now that you've got the goods, you've got to protect them from anyone who might try breaking in on YOU. * [[:rpg:gurps:other:cinematic_chases|Cinematic Chases]] - Handling cinematic chases where how many yards ahead you are doesn't matter quite as much as the action. * [[:rpg:gurps:other:cinematic_combat|Cinematic Combat]] - Handling cinematic fast-paced combat without letting things drag down. * [[:rpg:gurps:other:hit_locations|Hit Locations]] - Hit locations and the effects of targeting them, as well as how different stances affect the difficulty of hitting them. * [[:rpg:gurps:other:fight_or_flight|Fight or Flight]] - Providing a general 'morale' handler for determining NPC responses under tense circumstances. ==== Useful Contacts ==== * Alexander Wolf: Private eye in Granite City, often available to look into things. ==== Enemies ==== * Aslan Fontaine: A member of AZA at their college who seems to be singling out Ellie (and now Chel) for particular harassment. * Wulfe Fontaine: Aslan's brother who has been seen by the party as the driver of the car of gunmen that were chasing after them. ==== Others ==== * Security Chief Ian Reynolds: Charlemagne's security chief, theoretically responsible for recovering Chel, current employment status unknown. ==== Graveyard ==== * Samuel Luke: An architect acknowledged as the designer of at least 152 buildings between 2025 and 2042 in the Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri region, who utilized gothic architecture and elements of Jewish, Catholic, and Gnostic mythology and mysticism in his works. The majority of buildings acknowledged as influenced by Samuel Luke are government-owned, with only eight known residential structures and no known commercial structures. * Milo Prower: Found dead at his home from a 'heart attack' shortly after purchasing the cylinder from the party. Former financier of his daughter, Valerie Prower. ===== Important Organizations ===== ==== The Fontaine Family ==== Backing Organization: The American Mafia The Fontaine Family operates in the Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas regions as an extension of the American Mafia, and is typically no-nonsense, brutally aggressive, and highly focused on profits. The Fontaines are known to work under-the-table with corporations to provide security or to do their more underhanded work directly, and often distribute low-level work to street gangs and other undesirables. Their 'legitimate business' is in programming for bioroids, including several popular Edusoft lines, but they are known to have illegal birthlabs and bioroid programming software in their wheelhouse as well. ==== The Agency ==== Backing Organization: ? The Agency is a shadowy military organization that is providing the party with equipment and a base to operate from. They also have a formal rank and file structure that controls how much help the party can call in when they need it.