076: Lois Wylie

ENTRY 076: Lois Wylie

If you believe the hype, genefixing freed transhumanity from the forces of natural selection; “intelligent redesign” eliminated genetic diseases and predisposition to obesity, alcoholism, male pattern baldness, and hundreds of other negative aspects of the old human condition. The first splicers fulfilled the celebrity image of thin, fit, healthy, and symmetric that had been force-fed as icons of beauty for the last couple centuries. What most transhumans don’t acknowledge is the general creative sterility of the genefix process—splicers were crafted by careful screening and filtering of genes, the removal, amendment, and replacement of markers for genetic disease, but nothing new was ever added to the process; the gene hackers simply worked with what nature had already made available. Theoretically, natural breeding could throw up a “superflat” who, without genefixing, possesses genetic advantages equivalent to a splicer.

Of course, as superflat Lois Wylie will tell you, having all the genetic advantages in the world doesn’t mean much if you’re not in a position to exploit and develop them to their full potential. Raised in poverty and having spent the last decade moving from scum barge to scum barge, Wylie is a rootless jack-of-all-trades that seems to gravitate toward the shadier deals, never quite earning enough to make her passage onto a proper habitat.

COG	COO	INT	REF	SAV	SOM	WIL	MOX
17	16	17	16	16	19	17	-
INIT	SPD	LUC	TT	IR	DUR	WT	DR
7	1	34	6	68	30	6	45

Morph: “Superflat” (Splicer)

Skills: Beam Weapons 55, Blades 44, Climbing 44, Clubs 55, Fray (Full Defense) 45, Free Fall (Microgravity) 67, Hardware: Armorer 33, Infiltration 44, Intimidation 55, Kinesics 44, Kinetic Weapons 55, Language: Native Dutch 86, Language: Cantonese 55, Language English 55, Language: Spanish 55, Neworking: Autonomists 44, Networking: Criminals 55, Perception (Hearing) 56, Persuasion 33, Profession: Bodyguarding 44, Profession: Drug Dealing 44, Profession: Escorting 44, Profession: Military Ops 44, Profession: Profession Rackets: 44, Profession: Security Ops 44, Profession: Smuggling 44, Unarmed Combat 66

Implants: Basic Biomods, Basic Mesh Inserts

Traits: Innocuous, No Cortical Stack

Using Lois Wylie

In today’s world, Lois Wylie would be a badass bordering on superhuman. By the standards of Eclipse Phase, sometimes being just human isn’t enough. Denied a big break and passed over as just another flat, Wylie moves from job to job and syndicate to syndicate, frustrated and more than a little violent if pushed. Gamemasters can use Wylie as mercenary muscle, either for the PCs or the NPCs, but a little respect for her skills will go a ways farther than just credit—though she expects to be paid, too. As an antagonist, Wylie likes to plan out jobs ahead of time and in detail, disguising her real objectives with as much noise and chaos as possible, with back-up plans and escape routes rigged with traps to discourage pursuit. As a contact, Wylie is more loyal than most of her acquaintances will give her credit for, but maybe not the most forthcoming if there isn’t something in it for her.