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The Ephemeral Life (Profile of Korban) by Michael Bird


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SUMMARY: Just a add-on to my story just a little about the main Character. http://koncept.blog.com

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wRite<<<\: As inscribed bY Artificial Construct #af-29z1-0x33, knoWN colloquially as "IXER", dictated to by my ever-so-benevolent owner/creator, the indiVidual to be herEAfter known as "Shryke". Since nO other name for thIS being has ever bEen divulged 1 , and all rEcordS of birth, CITizenship, etC. having been doubtless long eraSed it is unCertain whether this mONiker is a pseudonym; or, unLiKely as it seeMs, ÒShrYkeÓ is actuallY the name he was giVEn at birth. This assuMvidUal in question was in fact BorN, and not mereLy spawned in a test tube somewHere.:
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1 Other thAn the myriad netmatrix peRsonas and handlEs typicalLy used by such persons as my oWner.

PROFILE # 0001-FILE://KORBAN_PRoF.sCb1
OPEN>: . . .
READ>. . .
NAME: Korban (No Last Name Given)
AGE: 21 Years Terran Standard (At the time of this inscribing)
DOB: ??? (unknown)
GENDER: Male
NATIONALITY: Assumed to have been born inside MegaCity territory. No way of knowing
PRESENT APPEARANCE: . . .[No Holo File currently on Record].
PRESENT APPEARANCE DESCRIPTION
(Includes current dimensions):
Caucasian male; shaved head(apparently to facilitate better electrode contact); Several small facial scars from various altercations with rival gangs and Law Enforcers; clothing style of choice seems to run towards ÔPseudo Militaryware, with the requisite black, armored Longcoat with the "GateCrashers" logo emblazoned on the back in pink FlorEs paint; Long armored Kevwear pants, with a thin vertical stripe of pink FlorEs going up the outside of each leg; Spiked combat boots with pink FibeOp laces; Equipment harness inside of longcoat with techware attached; studded full gloves, the left one a ZapTrodeTM Shokgauntlet, the right one an augmetic with individual Cephlinks on the fingertips and palm;
HEIGHT: 5' 10"
WEIGHT: 152 lbs. [Note: Given that the subject]

Various Piercings and Glowtoos.

AVATAR APPEARANCE [May be subject to change]:
Data Druid
Best described as a Cyber-Monk, Korban's Net Avatar appears to be a hunched, hooded male figure, wearing a long dragging robe that obscures his face from the nose up. The robe is interwoven with wires and FibeOp strings.
SPECIALTIES:
Cyber: Processing, Light Programming, Data Collection, Prog Tracking, Cyberguises, Exploration.
Real World: Close Quarters Combat (No Particular School or Style, but instead a ragtag mixture of street fighting, Judo, and close-range weapons training); Impersona
WEAPONS OF CHOICE: Shock Weapons (Autoshok Baton, Shokgauntlet, Electrode Bat); Projectile Weapons (The Manufacturing/Use of Firearms is Illegal in the MC, however they can be occasionally acquired from underground Factories or Forges. Korban trains extensively with VirImage Comprogs, and thusly can handle a pistol or rifle with a rather high level of skill).
DESCRIPTION: The defacto leader of the GateCrashers, Korban is the brains, such as they are, of the group, handling all their various jobs, as well as the Credits such business entails. An extremely skilled Netdiver, Korban has an incredible knack for finding trapdoors, side paths, backways, and hidden passages, both in the Net and out of it.ts in his Netlog, combat training, and hanging out at the Cyber Dungeon.
[[Notes: Korban has an antisocial streak, even more pronounced than most juves and sublevelers, and dislikes crowds and any large groups of people. However, despite this, he can often be found browsing through the BizArre for console parts, weapons, and other oddities.]]
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