Ex-Los Z Recon

The Ex-Los Z Recon is a potential recruit for the mercenary squad.

Backstory

Worked with the Los Zagales for years running recon and casing targets, but you never agreed with the gang's short-sighted aims of scrapping for drug routes and Ward 4 and eventually left without ever officially pledging in.

+1 Strength, +4 Reaction, +3 Will, +2 Tech, -10 Hit Points, +1 Initiative and +2 Legwork Success

Source

This Vanguard can be recruited after being introduced by another merc. The name is randomly generated.

Starting Attributes

These Attributes come from the character Backstory and may be modified by the Starting Traits during the recruitment process.

• Reaction: 4
• Strength: 1
• Will: 3
• Tech: 2

Starting Traits

The Vanguard will start with one of the following Traits, generated randomly:

• Grokkit 1: +1 Tech and +2 Legwork Success
• Street Smart 1: +1 Will, +1 Initiative and +6% XP Gained
• Longshot 1: -3% Close-Quarters Accuracy (Shotgun/E-Rifle/UAR) and +3% Long Range Accuracy (Sniper/Railgun)

Recruitment Dialog allows the player to choose another Trait from the following:

• Thief 1: +1 Reaction, -2 Move Detection Radius and +0.1 Move Points
• Agile 1: +1 Reaction, +0.2 Move Points and +5% Move Speed
• Sleuth 1: +1 Will and +3 Legwork Success

Tags

The Vanguard will start with the following Tags:

• Faction Insider [unless Betrayed selected below]: Due to your connections and history, you are capable of executing Legwork inside Los Zagales territory without undue attention.
• Faction-Ex [unless Betrayed selected below]: Left Los Zagales without burning bridges and is still able to operate within their territory.
• Friend: Has a friend, <other merc on the squad>.

Recruitment Dialog allows the player to choose an additional option from the following:

• Stole From: Once stole from <random Que Milieu Contact>. <Vanguard> stole from <Contact> to fund their Chameleon Sheathe Implant, even though the Que Milieu's reputation for thorough justice precedes them.
• Obligations: Owes 2 Obligations to <random UltraTek Contact>
• Betrayed [replaces Faction Insider]: Once betrayed <random Los Z Contact>. <Vanguard> sold <Contact> out to the Fenians for being a scumbag and a Brave Star informant. The Fenians failed to finish the job.
  • PLUS: Faction Traitor [replaces Faction-Ex]: Betrayed Los Zagales.
  • PLUS: Respects: Has professional respect for <random Fenian Contact>. <Vanguard> sold out their past Los Zagales boss to <Contact>, knowing <Contact>'s Fenian sense of honor would hold the risky deal together.

Starting Cybernetic

The Vanguard will start with the following Cybernetic:

• Chameleon Sheathe: grants Vanguard class, +20% Stealth Crit Bonus Dmg, stealth or light armor only

Recruitment Dialog

Fang: Let me introduce Angellina.

Oni: So you ran recon for Los Zagales raids and hit squads?

Angellina: I like to say that I cased targets. Places, people, operations. Anything the team needed to know -- entrances, exits, security routines.

Oni: Fang said you were good at what you did you always noticed the most important things.

Angellina: I am good at what I do. That's why the bosses kept me so busy, even though I wasn't more than hired help.

Blur: You never pledged to Los V?

Angellina: Heh, I'm sure they probably feel like I did. I hung around enough years. But to be honest, I never liked their larger agenda.

Blur: What part wasn't to your taste?

Angellina: Most of it the drug running, the bravado, all the fighting for what, Ward 4?

Oni: But you'd pledge to our agenda, Angellina?

Angellina: I feel like my agenda and your agenda are much more aligned. So I would.

Oni: Fang said all the crews used to ask for you to run recon. What makes you so good?

Further define this merc by picking one of the following Traits:

• I grew up stealing things to survive. I am a Thief through and through. (-2m Move Detection Radius and +0.1 Move Points)

• If you move quick enough, they never know you were there. Quiet, clever, Agile. (+0.2 Move Points and +5% Move Speed)

• I pay a lot of attention to the details. It takes a real Sleuth to properly case a joint. (+1 Will and +3% Legwork Success)

Angellina: I grew up stealing things to survive. I am a Thief through and through. Once you've broken into enough places, you start to know how they think. You have to stay one step ahead of them.

Oni: In our line of work, that can be the difference between a score and a disaster. What do you think, Blur?

Blur: I've got one more question - I want to know about your Chameleon Sheathe. Fang said you just recently had it spliced in. That's not cheap chrome. You didn't earn that kind of money doing intel sweeps for a street gang. Where did you get the money?

Oni: And before you answer, let me be clear -- if you want in this company, trust is our baseline. So, even if you don't like your own answer, it better be the truth.

Further define this merc's Backstory by picking one of the following complications:

• I took a big risk on a personal job but pulled it off without being made. I stole from the Que Milieu Syndicate.

• I got a lucky break off the street and did a few gigs for a mid-level UltraTek exec. He offered the implant... now I owe him some obligations.

• I sold out one of my Los Zagales bosses to a rival in the Fenians. I can't go back.

Angellina: I got a lucky break off the street and did a few gigs for a mid-level UltraTek exec. He offered the implant... now I owe him some obligations.

Blur: It is good you have connections. It is less good that we'd be sharing in your obligations.

Angellina: I am sure the exec will have more work it could be a profitable connection.

Oni: And eventually, they will want to call in the obligations you owe them. That could be expensive, as they'll expect us to honor them. A private word, Blur?