202: Jhassa Autumnbringer

ENTRY 202: Jhassa Autumnbringer

“Autumn is coming.”
-- Mesh graffiti

Earth-life adapted itself to seasonal cycles. In the western hemisphere, autumn was the season when the days began to fail, the nights were longer and colder, and everyone prepared for the winter knew was coming. Sacrifices were made: herds culled of animals that would not survive the cold; practical decisions made to preserve precious resources during the period of want to come. The cruelty of the farmer was a kindness, to spare both individual suffering and the group suffering of the herd.

Jhassa is one of the Autumnbringers, ideological assassins that cull the transhuman herd, They target the weak and traitorous, those who will not fight for themselves, those who will not work or produce. In this way they hope to better prepare transhumanity for the conflict they feel is coming—when the TITANs return, or the Factors turn against them, or whatever other existential threat may arise. When that happens, some brave fools will seek to save all of transhumanity. The Autumnbringers know better. They see a long winter and hard decisions, where synthmorphs will need to scavenge each other for parts and biomorphs not bother to recycle the dying and the dead before they consume them. In their cruelty, they hope to spare transhumans the pain of making some of these decisions. Every where Jhassa goes, death and a message are left behind:

Beware. Autumn is coming.

COG	COO	INT	REF	SAV	SOM	WIL	MOX
23	15	17	16	19	23	20	-
INIT	SPD	LUC	TT	IR	DUR	WT	DR
7	1	40	8	80	45	9	67

Morph: Ghost

Skills: Academics: Memetics 40, Academics: Political Science 60, Academics: Psychology 50, Art: Acting 36, Art: Writing 44, Deception (Acting) 56, Fray 50, Freerunning (Microgravity) 45, Infiltration 40, Infosec 42, Interests: Existential Threats 45, Interests: Survivalist Groups 45, Interests: TITANs 45, Interests: Triage 60, Interfacing 45, Intimidation 25, Investigation 44, Kinesics 44, Language: Native Urdu 86, Language English 40, Language Hindi 40, Medicine (Euthanasia) 50, Networking: Autonomists 55, Networking: Criminal 55, Networking: Hypercorps 35, Networking: Media 55, Perception 55, Persuasion 35, Pilot: Aircraft 44, Pilot: Groundcraft 33, Profession: Social Engineering 66, Protocol 44, Research 44, Spray Weapons 27, Unarmed Combat 43

Implants: Adrenal Boost, Basic Biomods, Basic Mesh Inserts, Chameleon Skin, Cortical Stack, Enhanced Vision, Grip Pads

Traits: Allies (Autumnbringer cell), On the Run

Using Jhassa Autumnbringer

Not quite a “survival of the fittest” type, Jhassa targets individuals and populations that she sees as burdens to transhumanity in the event of the apocalyptic long war the Autumnbringers believe is coming. Individuals on perpetual life support, criminals incarcerated for life, any traitors or collaborators that worked with the TITANs, advocates of de-militarization, individuals that refuse to work and exist only as a drain on a habitat’s resources, etc. Her occasional terrorist bombing garners all the attention, but for the most part are rare; her specialization is euthanasia, sitting down and convincing individuals that it is in their best interests to die, and providing the means to do so—easily, and painlessly. Of course, if the victim resists she’ll put a bullet in them, erase their cortical stack, and release a digital virus to hunt down and exterminate as many forks as she can find—but she likes to at least make the offer.