Blackjack's People #011
Short Haul
By Blackjack [Blackjack's Shadowrun Page: www.BlackjackSR.com] [BlackjackSRx@gmail.com] [@BlackjackSRx]

Posted: 1996-07-22

Margie

Archetype: Human Smuggler

A rather tiny woman in her early sixties, Margie looks like the kind of person who should be in a Betty Crocker commercial, not running contraband by boat. But smuggling is her profession as it has been for her and her family for the last twenty five years. Originally in the fishing business, pollution and the loss of fishing stock forced the family into their current profession of running drugs, banned goods, and people short distances, usually from off shore ocean going ships to the coast. She is extremely pleasant to be around, never swears, and handles any boat she's given with mellow skill. She and her family owns a fleet of boats ranging from powered rowboats to ECM equipped Nightrunners.

Earl

Archetype: Human Smuggler

Earl is still pissed off at the megacorporations who destroyed his original trade and will do nothing but bitch about them while navigating. The up side of this is that he never gets upset about anything but the corporations, taking such incidents as having his ship perforated by an autocannon round in calm stride. Earl rarely runs people, especially corps, and tends to stick to drugs and other inanimate objects which won't ask him to stop bitching.

Lindsey

Archetype: Human Smuggler

One of the three children of Margie and Earl, Lindsey posses the personality of both of her parents, causing her to get pissed off about something and then immediately apologize and ask everybody if they'd like some tea. Aged 30 years, she's short and a bit overweight and prefers to take missions requiring little personal movement. She has virtually no ambitions beyond completing her current smuggling run and spends her off time at her parent's island home watching trideo, eating Doritos, and being lethargic.

Silverfish

Archetype: Human Rigger

Unlike Margie, Earl, or Lindsey, Silverfish and her twin brother, Saberfish, are full fledged riggers, each actively involved in the shadowrunner world and consider smuggling goods as a "vacation". Silverfish, age 27, is still shorter than average but is very fit and strong, being an excellent swimmer and hand to hand combat fighter. She "owns" a B&V River Commander which she managed to steal from a corporation during an extraction and which she keeps in excellent shape through the utilization of he vast technical and repair skills. Although she will usually keep this vehicle hidden at her parents island home, Silverfish will pull it out when power is needed.

Saberfish

Archetype: Human Rigger

Saberfish looks almost exactly like his sister except for the fact that his hair is extremely long and hers is kept relatively short. And, although they are twins in the physical sense, Saberfish got the shit end of the sanity stick, resulting in irrational, almost suicidal behavior which has his family, and most of all his twin sister, sick with worry. He always wants to take on the high octane, high risk runs, going into violent screaming fits when people prevent him from participating in them. So far Saberfish has trashed three boats, including a Nightrunner, and has messed himself up so badly time after time that he spends an average of two months a year in the hospital.