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Cuban Cigar Cammy
Archetype: Human Garbage Collector
Cuban Cigar Cammy (“Triple C” for short) looks more like an extremely
large man than a woman. In fact, there’s more than one rumor floating
around her collection unit that she is, in fact, a man, although nobody
has been adventurous enough to test the validity of this theory. In any
case, Cammy (who is actually of Jamaican, no Cuban, descent) is one of the
roughest, toughest collectors you’ll ever see riding on the back running
board of an Ares TrashMaster. While she is utterly ruthless when it comes
to dealing with garbage cans, in conversation she is extremely pleasant,
although some people find her deep, gritty voice and baritone laugh more
than a little bit unnerving. When not working the cans, she usually hangs
out in her rather large C district house, a 3 story structure filled from
basement to roof with various objects found in her refuse laden journeys.
Cammy also has a rather gruesome side job: She delivers bodies found in
various trash oriented containers to local underground chop shops for
processing. (You didn’t think all those people you dumped in the alley
went to a landfill, did you? Don’t be an idiot.) In addition, she receives
bonuses if any of the bodies happen to contain any recoverable cyber or
body wear. Any external paraphernalia, such as guns or jewelry, she either
pawns or keeps herself. While this may seem like a rather heartless
activity, Cammy does have a redeeming factor: If you’re not dead yet,
she’ll help you get better. The number of lives she’s actually saved
probably equals the number of bodies she’s hauled off to the shop.
Stitch
Archetype: Troll Garbage Collector
Unfortunately, not all collectors are as nice as Cammy when it comes to
finding injured people in piles of refuse. Stitch, a gargantuan mess of
tattoos and scars, is more than happy to ‘end the suffering’ of any
survivors he happens to come across. His personal TrashMaster contains a
hidden compartment large enough to fit two corpses - or one thrashing,
viable body. Since Stitch gets a bonus for bringing in bodies that have
only recently been voided of life, he tends to keep his passenger alive as
long as possible, usually ending their life just blocks away from the chop
shop by opening a small port between the cab and the compartment and
firing in a few shotgun rounds.
The Can Man
Archetype: Dwarf Garbage Collector
The unfortunate result of incest, Can Man experiences an extreme degree of
cognitive difficulties, and can do little more than follow his daily
regiment of trash collecting. However, Can Man has the amazing trait of
being able to remember everything he’s ever seen in his entire life,
although getting him to express this information usually requires a
masters degree in Psychology due to his extensive association of language
with trash related symbols. Those able to communicate with him effectively
can learn pretty much everything that he’s ever seen in his 20 year old
life.
Can Man is often courted by the police for information regarding area
crimes or disturbances. During these times, he is given heavy police
protection on his trash route (he refuses to go to a safehouse), although
this protection always vanishes once Can Man has finished testifying in
court.
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