Burst Toffee
Setting
Let us assume we are fucked.
The world is ravaged by climate change, by wars over resources, by bad government, by greed. New technology only seems to make it worse. Robots are taking all the jobs. Every enhancement comes at a cost. New technology makes warfare all the more devastating. The rich people are moving to orbit. The world below is broken. Its skies pitiless blue by day, neo-stained at night. Only a few continue to oppose this twisted system. You are some of those few a group of power armoured mercenaries known as Ark Light
System
Uses MJ's Aberrant 2.0 system.
Characters
Characters are generated using the One percenter stat lineup for baselines, and have 15 nova points worth of additional stuff, representing your built in enhancements.
To represent the data privacy given as part of being a power armour vigilante, everyone gets 3 points of cipher for free.
In order to avoid appearance tax, everyone gets two dots of free appearance.
Each character template also gets some additional benefits.
The Leader
You are the leader of the team, You get free
- Resources 5 (you own a successful business)
- Bioenhancement 6 (You're secretly a transhuman)
- Contacts 4 (various people you know as the team
- Sanctum 5 (the team's HQ)
You should probably take
- Engineering skills
- Mega Intelligence
- A secretive agenda of your own.
The Pop Star
You are a talented singer who got recruited after some tragic incident.
You get for free
- Performance 5
- Contacts 4 (Local people who've seen your shows)
- Fame 2 (You're locally famous)
- 3 points of additional stamina (you're tough)
You should probably take
- High socials
The Every Woman
You're an every day woman who got recruited into this due to your talent for martial arts, which you always wanted to use professionally but never got a chance
- Martial Arts 5
- 7 points of melee and brawl
You should probably take
- Anything really. You're pretty normal
The Mercenary
You're an ex soldier who was recruited by the leader after she had a bad experience in corporate service
- 3 dots of fire arms
- 3 dots of stealth
- 3 dots of knowledge, military
- 3 dots of athletics
You should take
- Military skills!
If there's a ton of interest, I may add additional archetypes, or split existing ones (For instance, two people can be in a band)
The suits
Your primary equipment is your battle suit, built by the team leader
The suits have 12 lethal and 12 bashing soak, and give full mobility.
They give +2 dexterity +2 strength and +2 stamina to their users
In addition, it has 30 nova points worth of powers which can be bought for the individual suit in the usual way.
Please don't push soak over 25.