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Sludge
Archetype: Dwarf Sewer Cleaner
Why in the world would anybody even want to clean the sewers? Well, unless
you want a backed up drainage conduit spilling shit laced vile into the
business district of downtown Wherever, somebody’s gotta unclog the works.
Due to their ideal size and build, this job usually falls to underpaid,
but dedicated Dwarven workers such as Sludge. Sludge, a gruff man in his
early 40s with a ZZ Top beard and an elderly cassette player slung over
his shoulder playing 1960s doo-wop, hasn’t been above ground for more than
three hours in the past five years. While he constantly complains that
he’d like to see a little bit more light every now and then, the fact that
his basement dwelling is directly attached to a sewer seems to indicate
that these statements are just another of his irrational bitchings. Like
many other sewer workers, Sludge isn’t drawn to the job simply because
it’s a job, but because he’s hoping that, someday, he’ll find a ‘treasure’
down there that will allow him to retire in the good graces of financial
security.
You see, a lot of people lose stuff in the sewers. It could be a frantic
wife who inadvertently flushed her wedding ring, a drug dealer who dropped
his 50k certified cred down a street drain, or a sammy who misplaced his
hundred thousand nuyen Crypto transceiver during a subterranean gunfight.
All of this stuff ends up sliming its way through a city’s vast sewage
system and, sometimes, a sewer worker finds it. Usually they get to keep
the stuff with no strings attached. But, sometimes, that sammy wants his
Crypto unit back - especially if it has the plans to a multi-million
dollar experimental laser hidden inside.
Digger
Archetype: Dwarf Sewer Cleaner
Digger is in the game solely for the thrill of the hunt. He works silently
and efficiently, tearing through clogged pipes and conduits with grace and
speed, all the while hoping that he’ll make the big find. And, unlike many
sewer workers, Digger is acutely aware of the possibility that somebody
might want to ‘re-acquire’ any treasure he might find. For this reason,
Digger also carries an extensive, but compact, array of ordinance in his
‘sewer pack’, a large, waterproof bag about half the size of Digger
himself. It contains not only his tools, but also an SMG, mini-grenade
launcher, flash pack array and other assorted paraphernalia. Digger is
also personally armed with a heavy pistol and several defensive grenades.
In addition, Digger’s eyes have been augmented with a variety of detection
gear and his skin and bones have been hardened with bio/cyberware in order
to endure the strain of his work - and the possible repercussions of being
run down by a street sam.
Amy Crapp
Archetype: Human Sewer Cleaner
Amy Crapp is a fairly repugnant individual and is bitter towards the sewer
dwarves who are able to work with more efficiency than herself. She keeps
this loathing subdued and it usually only surfaces in the occasional
inappropriate action of calling one of her colleges ‘shorty’. Amy hasn’t
changed her clothing in god knows how long and revels in her ability to
disgust people by doing nasty things such as drinking raw sewage. But
behind her bedraggled exterior, Amy has a rather startling secret: She’s a
former Street Samurai.
Disgraced due to an extraction mishap and discarded by her former group,
Amy was all but banished to the sewers by the shadowrunning community.
Over the years her bitterness towards the former friends who dumped her
has developed into a near homicidal rage, and Amy is just waiting for the
opportunity to regain her honor by disgracing those who put her
‘underground’. While her vast array of ware is still functioning
perfectly, she still doesn’t have the monetary resources to mount the
complicated campaign of disgrace and death she believes will elevate her
once again to a respectable position in the Shadowrun community. After her
work day is done, she simply stomps around her hidden, weapons filled,
sewer based dwelling, whipping her shit laced red hair in all directions,
and issuing curses to the ceiling through cracked lips. She knows she has
to wait to seek her revenge until she finds her treasure - or until
somebody else finds one so she can steal it.
Since Amy never once gave anybody anything other than her first name,
‘Crapp’ was added as a nickname by her fellow workers. Needless to say,
Amy isn’t especially pleased about this and it would be most unfortunate
if a runner, working off the information Amy’s coworkers game them,
accidentally addressed her by her full name.
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