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Breakneck
Archetype: Troll Thug
An Urban Brawler who quit the circuit after an LMG round annihilated a
significant part of his brain, Breakneck maintains an impressive
collection of medication designed to dull the constant pain rattling
around in his half empty skull. The injury also made him insanely
violent, requiring the installation of a piece of cerebral cyberware
(specifically, a Psychotic Inhibitor) that prevents the emergence of
homicidal episodes.
Unable to find work after the accident, Breakneck descended into a pit of
depression and heavy drinking. His intelligence (not that there was much
to begin with) was virtually gone, and the Psychotic Inhibitor prevented
him from performing any violent actions, thus knocking him out of the
troll oriented job markets of bouncing, security, etc.
Then, one morning, Breakneck woke up to discover that he couldn't move
most of his body. He managed to drag himself to a clinic where the
cybertechnician discovered a glitch in his Psychotic Inhibitor that
resulted in temporary paralysis. However, the problem could be solved by
simply switching the Inhibitor off and then back on again. The doctor
installed a mental "reset" switch that would allow Breakneck to reset the
system, as well as the ability to mentally set a timer that would
determine how long the system would stay off before it kicked back in.
On his way home, Breakneck encountered a group of drunken racists who
began harassing him with verbal and physical taunts. The racists quickly
realized that this towering mass of muscle wasn't going to fight back and
proceeded to drag him into an alley and beat the hell out of him. Feeling
consciousness slipping from his body, Breakneck set his mental timer for
30 seconds and deactivated the inhibitor. By the time it kicked back in,
two of his attackers were dead..
As time passed, Breakneck learned to use the Inhibitor to his advantage
and even developed a significant amount of control over himself while it
was off. He found he could keep from killing everybody in a room by
redirecting his rage against inanimate objects after the primary target(s)
went down. He began hiring himself out as a freelance thug, finding work
with a variety of organized crime groups.
Breakneck is generally a pleasant individual who possesses childlike charm
and innocence (while the Inhibitor is on, of course). He loves children's
books and spends much of his disposable income at toy stores.
Hammerstone
Archetype: Troll Thug
Hammerstone is an asshole bully with the social graces of a large pile of
dog shit. He is absolutely huge, sporting virtually every dermal and
skeletal enhancement you can think of. While this makes him a bitch to
damage, his slow speed at least makes him easier to try to damage.
Of course, you may not even get the chance since Hammerstone has no
scruples against hitting somebody over the back of the head with a lead
filled aluminum baseball bat before they even know what's coming.
If somebody wishes to argue against trideo violence's effect on
sensitivity, Hammerstone should probably be avoided as a case study. His
living room is filled with about 20 screens, each displaying violent
programming. His tastes include snuff videos, illegal death sport taps,
recordings of executions, war movies, urban brawl, and virtually anything
else that draws blood. Most of Hammerstone's income goes into the
acquisition of violent programming, or the equipment necessary to receive
and play it.
Hammerstone rarely socializes, preferring to watch his three dimensional
death until his commlink rings with an assignment. His jobs include
destruction of property (better pay that property protection money) and
general beatings. Despite his taste for death, Hammerstone rarely kills,
although he can beat you so close to death that you'll swear you smelled
God's cologne.
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