They say everyone gets fifteen minutes of fame. The Titanium Saint, heroine of the Fourth Corporate Wars, is certainly getting hers. Gloria Ordóñez was born in Los Angeles, shortly after the ‘Diez Punto Cinco’ earthquake of ‘98, a city ravaged by natural disaster, crime, and abandonment by the failing government. She had a decent home life, as much education as she could get, and membership in a gang by age ten. It was at age fifteen that she was grabbed in relation to a shooting, one she had nothing to do with, and given an option of service with Militech, or jail. In nine years she had reached the rank of Staff Sergeant, taking lead of a squad of power-armoured soldiers and dropping into some of the hottest fighting in the Fourth Corporate War. She fought all over, battles in Hong Kong and Rio de Janeiro before both were ruined, and then at the battle of Night City. There, at the foot of Arasaka Tower, she and her squad fought a furious action against Arasaka hit squads, which was filmed by several huddling wageslaves with commlinks. Their desperate holding action was recorded, and the image of SSgt Ordóñez, helmet shattered, sliding on one knee through the rubble, her sword almost glowing in the reflected neon, was captured and went global. Her squad was obliterated in the subsequent nuclear explosion deep beneath Arasaka Tower, but SSgt Ordóñez survived and was retired from Militech with some cyber replacements, and became a celebrity of sorts. These days, she’s become a Runner, and plays on her reputation. She’s a deadly combatant, a gifted small-unit tactics commander, and the owner of a JetFlix account with an astounding amount of Telenovelas. How you can use the Titanium Saint in your game: • Gloria might be hired on for a job with your PCs. Her fame, skill, and tactical knowledge will certainly help your players in their mission, but they’ll have to be careful that they’re not too expendable- they need to pull their own weight. • Running on a mission against Gloria will be a lethal prospect- any smart runner will look at taking her out of the contract without drawing her ire. As a professional, she’ll take this with a certain amount of respect, and return the favour if she can. • As someone publicly recognizable, she has vulnerabilities in her family and friends. If they’re threatened because of something she’s drawn fire over, she’ll need allies, and she’ll try to call on people she’s dealt with in the past- old military buddies, people she’s run with, or against. • Finally, if your PCs reach a high enough level of power, they might want to hire her on. Doing so will cost them dearly- and be worth every nuyen they spend. (Originally posted on Game Masters Stash 17 January 2019) Categories All Comments are closed.
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