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|style="background: navy; color: white;" colspan="4" align="center"| '''Yazarian Cyber Cop'''
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|'''STR/STA ''' ||40/50 ||'''PS'''|| +3
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|'''DEX/RS'''|| 55/55 ||'''IM'''|| +6
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|'''INT/LOG'''|| 55/55 ||'''Ranged'''|| 28
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||'''PER/LDR'''|| 50/50 ||'''Melee'''|| 28
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|style="background: #eeeeee;" colspan="4"|'''Special Abilities:'''<br/>
''Night Vision, Gliding, Battle Rage 5%''
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|colspan="4"|'''Skills:''' ''(TechnologicalPSA)'' <br />
''Computers 1, Psychosocial 1''
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''Security Skeinsuit, Gyrojet Pistol, 24 Credits''
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The bigger computer systems get, the more
vulnerable they are to attack. Your job is to
investigate computer crimes and track down the
perpetrators. Your familiarity with both computers
and people lends you a sharp edge, sorely needed in
the wild Frontier... and leads you down a path to
intrigue, deception, murder, and adventure.

==Character Concepts==

===Innovative Street Cop===
You talk your way past the thugs at the door to the
warehouse, and let them search your body. You left
your gun in the skimmer, just in case you were
searched. Once inside you try to ignore the illegal
use of minors for labor as you approach the man
with which you’ve arranged this meeting: suspected
crime lord Namon Mor. As you approach him with
your fake smile, you take mental notes of the crimes
going on around you. You sure hope nothing
happens you can’t talk your way out of...

In the busy streets of Port Loren, you are the law.
You do the grunt work, prowling the cities and the
undergrounds, frequenting the local crime hot-spots,
checking on the legalities of local businesses and
clubs. At first it was all business, dressed in your
uniform and flashing your badge like everyone else
on the force. But you soon noticed that your knack
for computers could help you even in this
occupation.

By using your computer skills to gain information –
and pass yourself off as someone else through
fronting an alternate identity – you’ve been able to
gain access to locations that other street cops have
failed. You’re starting to gain a reputation as a
force to be reckoned with, and that paves golden
ways through the ranks of Star Law. Unfortunately,
it also makes enemies...

===Fortress Security Agent===
From your seat high up in the upper offices of
PanGal’s corporate headquarters, you overlook the
streets below and are thankful not to be a part of
that droning, mindless throng. You tap at your
computer, checking on the safeguards you’ve set on
the company network, confident in your ability.

Then you notice something’s changed... a security
timestamp you put on a personnel file. Unsure how
that can happen at this time of the day, you check
for log-ins and find nothing. Was it a glitch? Or has
someone gotten in and changed something?

Within minutes your comprehensive scan is
complete. Someone WAS in, but left no trace. The
only thing that was modified, however, was the
status of Detective Wivol, switched from “active” to
“on suspension.” Either the database was hacked or
the system administrator modified it at the captain’s
request... either way you better set up a tracer
program on that file, in case it happens again, you’ll
know.

The consummate computer defense specialist, you
know how hackers and criminals think, allowing you
to overcome their attacks. Perhaps you’ve done
some hacking in the past, or been part of an
organization that laundered money. Maybe you
were even caught, rehabilitated, then recruited by
Star Law. Or maybe you’re just an excellent
student and learned about criminal profiling and
detective work while studying tech at the university.
Whatever the reason, you think like a criminal and
can often outthink them.

===Pattern-Program Profiler===
You didn’t sleep again last night. You were too
busy, too preoccupied. You couldn’t relax as you sat
at your table rubbing your head, staring at the
photos of the crime scene. How could someone do
this?

You know there’s a pattern, but you just can’t see it.
Two other profilers at the office failed to see a
pattern, but you are certain it’s here. You pull your
computer towards you from across the table and
begin tapping out a program, complete with all the
parameters you can think of. If you can’t figure this
out, more people will die.

You graduated with a degree new to the frontier:
Patterned Programmed Profiling. Using computers
and traditional state-of-the-art forensic and
psychological profiling methods, your job is to get
into the mindset of a criminal and figure out what
his next step is. You often find yourself at crime
scenes, walking through the muck and applying
forensic skills to help you understand the criminal.

It’s a rewarding job when someone gets caught. It
makes your spirits soar. But when you can’t figure
it out it wears you down. You’ve made your share
of enemies, and made your share of contacts within
Star Law. Some people think you’re a heartless
freak for surrounding yourself with all this stuff
every day, but if you don’t do it, who will?

==Development==
Here are some suggestions for how to continue to
develop the abilities of your Yazirian Cyber Cop.

===Ability Development===
Work on your character’s Intuition score, it’s
probably the most important aspect of a detective.
You need to be able to second-guess others, to
sense their motivations and moods. Personality is
another important ability, as it will sometimes help
you to get information and valuable permissions.
And don’t forget that when things go bad,
sometimes it’s your skill in your pistol that sees you
through the day.

===Racial Ability Development===
Battle Rage isn’t all that helpful to a cyber cop.
Normally, if you have to resort to raging, all of your
basic abilities have failed. You like to keep in
control, in order to succeed in your life’s calling.
Don’t put a high priority in increasing this ability.

===Skill Development===
Depending on your general professional focus, you
may want to concentrate on increasing either your
Psychosocial or Computers skills, but don’t
underestimate the value of dumping points into a
good weapon skill.

It’s not even a bad idea to invest some skill points in
Technician. Technicians have some valuable skills
for detecting and bypassing locks and some forms of
electro-mechanical security measures that you
simply won’t get through your computer knowledge.

Finally, you might want to consider getting the
Environmentalist skill. While tracking criminals
doesn’t normally happen in the wilderness, it’s not
unheard of. Additionally, knowing how to prowl
around stealthily can help any detective when he’s
decided to take infiltration beyond the constricting
boundaries of the computer screen and keyboard.

==Equipment==
It wouldn’t help to round out your abilities by
purchasing a decent computer system and the
necessary programs to do your job effectively. As it
stands, you need to rely on existing systems to pull
off your skills. Getting one of your own that you
personalize and program would make a lot of
difference.

You need to protect yourself better. As it stands,
you have a gyrojet pistol for which you have no
special skill. When you can afford it, get a beam
weapon. Star Law agents are often trained in their
use, and their stopping power cannot easily be
ignored. A few doze or tangler grenades might help
detain or bypass the thugs and mooks of the larger
crime bosses, letting you get away... or in.

Of course, nothing beats having a good skeinsuit to
protect yourself, but you’d probably be better off
with a holo-screen than an albedo- or inertiascreen.
Being able to provide a quick disguise or
attention diverter would be a good help to someone
with your career.

==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: Get Outta Jail Free===
You have people high up who trust you. They know
you often have to get in close with criminals, in order
to do your job, and they accept that you sometimes
have run-ins with the law. Because your job is
important to them, they’ll come get you out once per
game session if necessary! If the referee permits, you
can invoke this Edge to get out of any kind of trouble,
somehow saved because of your value to those from
whom you need saved.

===Edge: Gut Instincts===
You get hunches that often turn out to be right.
Invoke this skill to ask the referee a single plot-related
yes/no question, and he’ll answer it honestly. Like all
Edges, you can only use this once per session, so use it
wisely!

===Flaw: Outcast Cop===
You’re always getting the oddest cases, and people
think you get them because you’re odd, too. Since
you’re always working with crime and murder, you
often have a very dour demeanor. This causes some
people to treat you as an outcast, living on the outer
perimeter of legal propriety. The referee can invoke
this flaw to make dealing with other cops more
difficult.

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Terl obar at 02:14, 3 March 2010

Terl obar: moved Yazarian Cyber Cop to Yazirian Cyber Cop

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