153: Kora von Raan

ENTRY 153: Kora von Raan

In contemporary times, “ghost-hunting” has nothing to do with parapsychology or the supernatural. Ghosts are a class of morph designed for infiltration; and somewhat confusingly sometimes the name for those invisible shells and identities that they seem to step into and out of—ghost people, using assumed names and identification, and then disappearing once again. Ghost-hunters are the people that track them, keeping tabs on the datatrails, sharing information in their own networks, pinning down who the egos are behind the morphs, and what they are up to. For some, this is a hobby; surveillance as recreation, snooping on the spies. For Kora von Raan, it is a mission.

Von Raan hunts TITAN sympathizers and collaborationists from the end of the last war. The secret people that aided and abetted the horrific crimes of the TITANs, who received their orders and their counsel, and who may yet work toward their goals. In this work, von Raan receives the discreet patronage of Firewall, but is otherwise left to their own methods and devices, traveling from habitat to habitat, sorting through digital records, interviewing individuals, collecting all the facts. Von Raan has saved some lives, ruined others. There are many dead ends, a few violent successes, and more than a few that begged for von Raan’s non-existent mercy as they stared down the barrel of an energy weapon. Always, von Raan simply scratched one more name off their list, and moved on.

COG	COO	INT	REF	SAV	SOM	WIL	MOX
23	25	25	15	15	20	30	-
INIT	SPD	LUC	TT	IR	DUR	WT	DR
6	1	60	10	120	40	8	60

Morph: Synth

Skills: Academics: History (Dutch) 80, Academics: Sociology 50, Academics: Statistics 50, Deception 40, Hardware: Robotics 40, Interests: Dutch Books 60, Interests: Exsurgent Threats 70, Interests: Ghost Morphs 60, Interests: TITANs 75, Interfacing 50, Investigation 50, Kinesics 55, Language: Native Dutch 95, Language: English 90, Language: French 90, Language: German 90, Networking: Criminals 75, Networking: Scientists 75, Perception 55, Profession: Tracer 55, Programming 60, Protocol 50, Research 55

Implants: Access Jacks, Basic Biomods, Basic Mesh Inserts, Cortical Stack, Cyberbrain, Mnemonic Augmentation

Mobility System: Walker (4/20)

Traits: Armor (6/6), Patron (Firewall), Social Stigma (Clanking Masses), Uncanny Valley

Using Kora von Raan

Methodical, hardnosed, unswayable and incorruptible, von Raan has seen more horrors than most, and has no compunctions about tracking down every last ego that had anything to do with the TITANs. While not cruel, von Raan is eminently practical and utterly unwilling to compromise; torture is acceptable, as is summary execution. While a specialist in hunting ghost morphs, von Raan has burnt neotenics to death without flinching, and stood straight and unmoving against rampaging furies. As an ally, von Raan is steadfast so long as the player characters abide by the same code—Kora will not tolerate weakness or sympathy for suspects. Kora von Raan will only be fully opposed to player characters if they believe the PCs are former TITAN collaborators; though given von Raan’s limited contact with Firewall, it may be easier to frame them than the PCs might like, particularly if one of the group is in a ghost morph.