The Katerpillar “When you need to take a trip in Night City, the Katerpillar is your lady. Just don’t make a fuss, don’t stare, and whatever you do, don’t take offense when she says “Bite me”...” The Katerpillar comes from some seriously mysterious background. No-one knows where you even would get the kind of full-body borg mods that turn someone into a twenty-eight-foot-long gigantic caterpillar with thermal lenses for eyes, servo claws, and hazard stripes, let alone who’d be the target market for that. And certainly, no-one would expect it to come with an honest-to God warm Tennessee accent. All that people know is that the Katerpillar turned up in Night City a few years back and quickly established herself as *the name* in the exotic and designer pharmaceuticals market. She’s occasionally contracted to some of the Corps, but she doesn’t talk about it. When you need something that’ll turn your enemy’s insides into outsides, blow your mind without blowing a workplace drug check or impairing your trigger finger, let you feel sound on your skin as the latest technothrash, or let someone keep functioning at -32°F body temperature, the Katerpillar is the lady you need to talk to. Plus, it’ll come as a pot of Gingko tea, or a polka-dot cupcake, or a blue mushroom, wrapped in brown paper with a neatly handwritten label. Statistics: The Katerpillar’s full-body borg-mod has an enormous amount of mass, and although she doesn’t have combat training, she is quite dangerous. She is owed favours by some big names from big corporations, and has no compunction about calling them in, as we as providing full-spectrum scans of any customer who’s harmed her. She is an absolute genius at any kind of chemistry, and can synthesize or invent just about anything, given time and a budget for it. She is occasionally quixotic, and a sucker for a sob story, but insists on one thing from each and every client, or the intended target- a blood sample. She says this is to make sure there won’t be any interaction issues, and all her drugs are guaranteed to function perfectly. How you can use the Katerpillar in your game: • Designer drugs can create, and solve, an awful lot of problems. Maybe a friendly Fixer can put in a good word for you? • The Katerpillar doesn’t just make drugs- she can synthesize anything made of chemicals, given the resources. If you’ve been hit up by some dirty Mr Johnson with some kinda filthy toxin, she’s your best bet- but she won’t be cheap. Hell, if you’re lucky, she made the original poison! • The Katerpillar may also arrange services through a Fixer herself, if there’s something she needs for a job. If that’s the case, she may turn to people she already knows can be confidential and reliable. (Originally posted on Game Masters Stash 19 January 2019) Categories All Comments are closed.
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