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	If it runs programming, you can make it dance.		If it runs programming, you can make it dance.
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|style="background: navy; color: white;" colspan="4" align="center"| '''Human Systems Technician'''
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|'''STR/STA ''' ||45/55 ||'''PS'''|| +3
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|'''DEX/RS'''|| 50/50 ||'''IM'''|| +5
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|'''INT/LOG'''|| 50/55 ||'''Ranged'''|| 25
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||'''PER/LDR'''|| 50/50 ||'''Melee'''|| 35
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|style="background: #eeeeee;" colspan="4"|'''Special Abilities:'''<br/>
''None''
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|colspan="4"|'''Skills:''' ''(Technological PSA)'' <br />
''Computers 1, Robotics 1''
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|style="background: #eeeeee;" colspan="4"|'''Equipment:'''<br />
''Robcomkit, Standard Equipment Pack, Auto Pistol, 4 Credits''
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If it runs programming, you can make it dance.
Computers and robots share many of the same
systems, and you know them all. Out on the
Frontier, your skills are worth a lot of money to a lot
of people, and can lead you down a path to
adventure!

==Character Concepts==

===Robot Queen===
You’ve always liked being the center of attention,
even from your youth. Your parents considered you
the cream of the crop, and your siblings were
always jealous. When you went to the university to
study computers and robotics, everyone had the
highest hopes for you, and you didn’t let them
down.

After graduation, you began building yourself a little
empire. You utilize your skill with computers and
robots to create flexible and powerful networks with
you at the center, guiding every move. You write
many of your own programs instead of purchasing
canned ones, to keep others from being able to
easily do your job.

Unfortunately, several megacorp headhunters have
recognized your skill, and are looking to recruit you
for spying, security and military work. You’re not
sure who to trust, so you hide behind the technology
you know so well. Your universe is getting
dangerous, but just like when you were little --
you’re still at its center.

===Mr. Fix-It===
You love walking into an industrial site, spewing
buzzwords and techie jargon, waving your state-ofthe-
art tools around and typing away at the
keyboard. Nothing beats that amazing feeling of
walking away from the site feeling like you’re
wearing a big red cape, having just fixed the
machine that nobody else could figure out.

If something electronic breaks down, you can repair
it with little difficulty. Computer and robot systems
are all the same to you, making you a whiz at
keeping everything running no matter what
happens.

You like to keep a list of the programs you’ve
worked on, edited, or created. You keep a toolkit of
code snippets that rivals the most experienced
programmers. When you come across a new
problem that needs an innovative solution, you’re all
over it whether you’re bringing an old solution out
and dusting it off or coming up with a new one onthe-
fly. You’re that guy that everyone goes to when
their computer isn’t working, and you love every
minute of it.

Some people do it for the money, you do it for the
knowledge that you’ve fixed the unfixable, done the
impossible, and saved the day.

===Hacker===
You went to the university, studied with the best of
them, and dropped out right before graduation.
Getting a piece of paper isn’t important to you – you
just wanted to learn the basics. From there, you
taught yourself what you really enjoyed.

Rather than repairing or modifying systems, you
specialize in infiltrating them. Your ability to get
past security, set up watch-guards, establish links
between unrelated systems, write protocol
translators and network monitor scramblers all
make you valuable to any corporation that would
have you.

But you don’t like the idea of working for a corp.
They won’t let you do what you want – and will take
credit for what you do. You want to remain in the
shadows of society, hiding from the masses at large,
while at the same time letting all other hackers
know your work on sight.

You have a secret hacker name, a buzzword, a
handle. Hacker friends – whom you’ve never met in
person – all have one of these. It’s how you keep in
touch, exchange tricks, form alliances. In the
middle of the night, you might get a call from
“Sleeper” asking you to slam the mining servers at
Streel with information requests – no questions
asked. You’ll do it because you’ll need help from her
some day. Teams of people like you are most
corporation’s worst nightmares.

When you hacked the Data Repository at Circe,
corporate security came down on you like a
nightmare, led by the noted Yazirian agent,
Detective Wivol. You had suits with guns all over
your apartment, as you fled the scene. They took
everything, and you were mad as hell.

You’ll show them, though. You’ll get online today at
the local library, hack into their personnel directory,
and change Detective Wivol’s status to “on
suspension.” We’ll see who gets the last laugh.

==Development==
The most obvious development technique is to work
on your technical skills... but there are other less
obvious ways for you to develop your character.

===Developing Abilities===
Begin working on your Intuition and Logic scores as
you have the points to afford it. While your skills
are more paramount to your career, these basic
ability scores will help you with those subtle ability
checks the referee throws at you to figure out what
a rival hacker is up to, understand alien
programming and engineering, or sense that
security system before it’s too late.

Working on your Personality score would be nice, to
help formulate relationships with NPCs in your field
of study. You never know when it will be helpful to
call in a favor from some contact.

===Developing Skills===
You should work on your robotics and computer
skills right away, but don’t underestimate the
usefulness of the Technician skill. It will help you
use your technical expertise on vehicles and other
machines.

Technology is technology, and you’re good with it.
In the modern day, there are correlations between
all forms of tech – they all can be programmed in
one way or another. Lines blur between science and
technology, and you like to live in that blur.

==Equipment==
You need to get a computer, whether it’s from a
corporate sponsorship or purchased with credits.
The more money you can dump into it, the better it
will be. But remember you can always start off
small and work your way up through upgrades.

You have a gun but you don’t really rely on that
much. It’s probably a better idea to invest in a
security bot as finances permit. Nothing beats a
security robot programmed by you as a bodyguard.
You can teach it secret command word recognition
(your voice only, of course) to do special maneuvers
or actions. With the right programming, you might
even have yourself a handy assistant. Have your
security robot restrain an enemy bot while you
remove its security plate!

You’re a techie in the purest sense, and love to
accumulate gadgets. You probably like to collect
various toolkits, even for skills you have no direct
ability in yet. With your referee’s permission, you
might even invest extra money on a toolkit that
might provide bonuses to your skill use.

==Edges and Flaws==
If using this optional system found at the back of the
Alpha Dawn Remastered book, you might want to
consider some of these ideas.

===Edge: Works Well Under Pressure===
Whenever you’re in the hot seat, and people are
waiting for you to get the job done quickly, your
concentration and innovation soars to new levels. You
can call on this edge once per session to get a bonus to
some task when timing is crucial.

===Edge: Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Job===
You’ve mastered the art of not needing a job in order
to support yourself. When you need something that
doesn’t cost too much, and have access to a computer
with a subspace link to a planet that contains a large
enough network, you can get what you need and have
it shipped. Of course, if you do it too often or for
something that costs too much, corporate security will
catch on!

===Edge: Robotics Whiz===
This is an example of using the Edge and Flaw system
to hone one aspect of your abilities. Use this edge to
get a bonus to a roll when making any one of your
Robotics skill checks. Like all Edges this may only be
used once per session, but having it to use at the right
moment might save the day!

===Flaw: Mistaken Identity===
Some skilled hacker has somehow caused all of his
crimes to be put in your name. You have a record and
didn’t do anything to deserve it! The referee can
invoke this Flaw to be a general pain in the butt to
your mission or adventure.

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