New Angeles

The Citizens of New Angeles
A record of official (and unofficial) citizens of New Angeles.

• Lenore Gauvreau
• Jane Doe
• Lina 19
• Dr. Evangeline Lux
• Nadia Avaline
• Ven Garcia-Estravez
• Leo Knight
• Diana Harper
• Roger 09

Lenore Gauvreau
The Bloodhound

Affiliation: Jinteki
Age: 29
Identifies as/Biological sex: Female
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Green
Height: 1.72m
Build: Sinewy
Occupation: Clone Retrieval Specialist
Marital Status: Single

Appearance
A bit older than she acts and looks, this fits her overall lackadaisical attitude. This overall lack of professionalism, even when in full company uniform, stretches the boundaries of Jinteki policies. Her rationale is that this puts the "units" at ease during a pursuit, that they won't be expecting a drifter-type to come for "collection."

She'd be in better shape if she took better care of herself. Some makeup and glasses help conceal the bags under her eyes, helping her conceal the restless nights after constant abuse of her body's systems. A bit of exercise, youth, and a passable diet (despite her other antics) will only serve her for so long.

Despite her job description, she does not carry any open weaponry most of the time. However, with typically baggy clothing, one could reasonably expect her to be hiding some on her person.

Hooks
- Corporate exchanges might be a total hassle but they must be attended nonetheless. Perhaps you go there too?
- Do you engage in, shall we say, bad habits? Try to keep that a little on the down low though, okay?
- Perhaps you've seen her skulking about the city, standing around somewhere for a bit too long?
- There are a few occasions where she actually cleans up a lot and it's not work. What's up with that?

Name: Jane Doe
Gender: Female Presenting
Sub-Group: Human? Loonie? Some weird sort of Clone?
Marital Status: Married to the job
Age: ??? Appears late 20s to early 30s
Height: Slightly taller than average
Build: Lanky but appears to change on the daily
Hair: Brown with green, changes often.
Eyes: Light Blue, unknown if that’s her actual eye colour

"Doooooooooooooooooooooooooooe!”

- Matias Torres, CEO of Iberian Holdings, as federal police arrive to arrest the man on human trafficking charges

"What a nice woman, can’t believe they’ve got someone like that on the board of directors. Real pleasure to show her through the finances so she could check it all.”

- Cynthia Brown, chief accountant for the Weyland Consortium - Europe

"Hmmm…there was a girl like that up here a long time ago, she left though. Who did you say you were again?”

- Julian Wu, Hab 6, Heinlein.

Information Collected from ‘Jane Doe’s’ registration for the Delgado Planning Committee:

“Jane is one of our most promising young executives. A real go-getter with a great sense of teamwork and a strong work ethic. We believe she will make a fine addition to the Planning Committee.
Jane joined us a decade ago and worked her way up from the ranks. She has experience with integrating seamlessly into new teams, research and data synthesis on a variety of topics and on how to extract corporate assets from dangerous situations.
Ms Doe works in our Corporate Relations team and has worked alongside members of Haas-Biodroid, Jinteki, NBN and the Weyland Consortium. We urge you to pair her with representatives of those corporations if you wish to achieve increased synergy.”

-Optical Fundamentals

Lina 19

Serial number: NAG Mk3-19
Product model: New Angeles Government Mark 3 ('Angelina')
Affiliation: New Angeles Government
Model purpose: Overseeing and monitoring proceedings
Years since assembly: 9
Identifies as: Female (model specification); varies depending on situation in practice
Hair: Silver-white, clearly synthetic, often braided
Eyes: Coral blue with a silver sheen and an unnatural iridescent glow
Height: 1.77m
Build: Strong, somewhat lanky
Marital Status: Error - Category not applicable

Model description
The NAG Mk3, or "New Angeles Government Mk 3" model, is the third version of a line of bioroids commissioned by the New Angeles Government for the purpose of observing, overseeing and monitoring negotiations, political dealings, protocols and committees. The product line was first commissioned some fifteen years ago, and has a focus on social function, political and legal knowledge, programmed in to easily follow and monitor the intricacies of a variety of legal proceedings, protocols, agreements and other political and practical matters.

Unlike the previous Mk 1 ("Angie") and Mk 2("Lily") versions of the product line, the NAG Mk3 version ("Angelina") has features specifically designed to operate better in less friendly and more challenging or hazardous negotiation and monitoring environments. This includes a more clearly synthetic design, built-in capacity with nonlethal weaponry, increased resistance to damage and specific programming to deal with non-cooperative interactions.

Unit information
NAG Mk3-19, or "Angelina 19", was the nineteenth unit of their product line to be built. As others of its make, it has a clearly artificial female-like appearance. Unit 19 has a deep, pleasing but unmistakably synthetic voice, coral blue eyes with a silver sheen and the model's telltale iridescent glow, silver-white synth-hair, and rather light plasteel-covered synthskin which shows details in a clearer metallic silver in notches between the main skin plates.

Unit 19 has been operating in overseeing and monitoring political dealings, protocols and committees since their assembly 9 years ago. Many who have worked with them or witnessed her work before say they are able at assessing and re-analysing morally ambiguous situations, perhaps more so than other bioroids. Those in the New Angeles Government who most often deal with "Lina 19" (as the unit came to be called fondly by those closest) commend the unit's performance and consider them a valuable and reliable coworker (equipment?), despite (or because of) their having apparently developed something like an AI-generated "collateral moral code" while dealing with ambiguous situations.

Lina 19 often acts and performs as a woman - as expected given the appearance and inbuilt programming of NAG overseer models. However, Unit 19 has apparently increasingly behaved differently according to the situation, especially outside official occasions. This does seem to make some - human and android alike - uneasy, since it seems like a deviation from the model's expected performance... but 9 years of records of good services for the government seem enough for most to not think much of these oddities.

The selection of the adaptable and trustworthy Bioroid as a Government overseer for the Mayor's Planning Committee for the Heinlein revitalization and expansion projects seemed like an obvious choice given their precise and serious work in previous projects. Of course, the Bioroid's strictly programmed restrictions on what could or could not be accepted also means the Government should not have to worry about them prioritising "personal" interests.

Right?

Hooks

• Keeping all dealings proper and according to the laws is always important, of course. Please do not stray from the correct proceedings.
• Do you ever wonder why this law is what it is, though?
• Oh, my programming includes... whirrs 150 variations of this cultural standard. Which one do you subscribe to? Human culture is fascinating, isn't it?
• That's an interesting point of view. Why do you favour it? How do you get favoured by it? Whirring and clickling.
• Have you ever wondered what it means? To exist? To be someone? Who can, who should and who cannot be?

Dr. Evangeline Lux
The Activist

Affiliation: Haas-Bioroid, Simulant Abolitionist Movement
Designation: Natural
Occupation: Doctor of Android Sciences and Android Psychology for Haas-Bioroid
Age: 32
Identifies as/Biological sex: Female
Height: 164cm
Build: Soft feminine curves, not much muscle tone
Hair: Auburn, short and thick
Eyes: Aqua
Marital Status: Unmarried

In a world of androids and genetically modified humans, Dr. Lux doesn't really stand out. She's somewhat plain-looking, not particularly tall, and just pretty average physically. She dresses in rather simple clothing, rarely catching an eye in her fashion choices. Surprisingly, she is well-spoken and mannered, as one might expect from a socialite, but she otherwise doesn't show much of being anything like a pampered dilettante.

Evangeline was considered a child prodigy in her youth, graduating high school years before her peers and pursuing higher education in multiple subjects. Among academics, some attention was given to her dissertation of android psychology, but overall it has been glossed over for her years of working for Haas-Bioroid.

Recently Evangline has been more outspoken of her support for the Simulant Abolitionist Movement, and for equality between androids and humans. Normally this would probably cause someone to be fired from Haas-Bioroid, but it seems like the corporation is tolerating it for now while pushing Dr. Lux forward as an example of their own "awareness of the ever-evolving subject of android rights", even connecting her to the New Angeles mayor's project for Heinlein.

Hooks

• Evangeline is an activist for the rights of androids, particularly bioroids.
• Evangeline has a great interest in many academical topics and loves to learn more.
• Do you play the piano too?
• A member of SAM too?

Nadia Avaline
White Fox

Archetype: Clone
Age: Appears to be in her early 20's, young for a clone.
Height: 5'6"
Build: Average, Well Maintained
Hair: Brown, Long.
Eyes: Silver, Cybereyes.
Occupation: Net-security Attaché for Elizabeth Mills [Clone Systems Operator, Avaline Series]

From business to business casual, Nadia would appear to many at first glance to not even be a clone. Of course, for those who frequent association with VIP's or corporate sysops divisions would be more familiar with the Avaline series they're not a common sight on street level. Often unspoken, she would almost seem more comfortable at Elizabeth's side than on her own. Nadia is a relatively young clone whom has been in service to Elizabeth for the last year or so. A relatively fresh face, and mind, she's as skilled and equipped to handle the construction or defense of systems as any of the other Avaliine's.

Avaline models are produced and trained in the constructive uses of the net, but also in defense. At an appropriate time in their growth they are augmented with Cybereyes and state-of-the-art Skulljacks with wireless capabilities. These augmentations allow them to perform their duties almost regardless of where their physical body is. While their use in Sysops units for corporate entities could be accomplished easily without such augmentations it is these augmentations that make the Avaline series unique for the VIP class. A dedicated Avaline hooked into a VIP's personal PAD or other mobile data system could become alerted to, and immediately defend, any intrusions while making one's daily endeavors. For this reason the model is often popular among those individuals with the wealth to afford the peace of mind.

Affiliation: Jinteki
Nationality: Dual American/Ecuadorian
Age: 20
Identifies as/Biological sex: Male
Hair: Varies
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5'2"
Build: Twink
Occupation: Senior Sysops
Marital Status: Single

Ven, no one calls him Venancio, is not your normal Jinteki employee. He's outgoing, unashamedly gay, friendly, feline, too friendly, fun loving, and did we mention overly friendly? He's a Senior Sysops at Jinteki's IT Division. Very young for the role, rumours abound he slept his way to the promotions and considering how much he flirts with all the male employees at Jinteki, he probably did. Still he's good at his job and just loves getting to 'play' in the Net all the time.

He dresses in whatever he likes and thinks he looks cute in, not caring of the clothing is intended for the male or female body. He's as likely to turn up to work in skaterboi shorts and t-shirt as he is in a skirt and crop top. Likewise his hair could be in various styles and colours depending on his mood. His ears and tail are always the dark blue he had them modded to, except for the tip of his tail which is white. His G-Mod has also added more than a few feline mannerisms to his life, and there is always a can of Diesel somewhere within easy reach.

His apartment door, in Nihongai, really needs a revolving door considering the number of men that have passed through it. Few do so for more than one night though and none have made it for more than a week.

Hooks
Are you in mandatory counselling . . . I mean totally voluntary therapy? Me too! Perhaps we can chat over a drink after our sessions?
Skating is cool! Parkour! too!
You know what's even better??? Skating in the Net!!!! Nya!
Wanna lie in the sun and watch birds? Or the cute lil giraffes at the park?

Name: Leo Knight
Gender: Male
Sub-Group: Natural human (mostly)
Affiliation: Weyland Consortium
Marital Status: None
Age: Fourties
Height: Around six feet tall
Build: Slim, obscured by jacket/rumpled formalwear
Hair: Black, hints of grey
Eyes: Deep brown, one cybernetic

Every corporate group has a few employees like Leo. Someone who takes care of problems. Someone who is introduced simply as "Mister Knight". They don't have a title, they just "work in security". Even the clothing, formal suits and jackets, gloves but no ties, might as well come from a corporate assassin's catalog. Although Leo's tend to be rumpled enough that someone should get him an ironing board for his birthday. Not that anyone knows when his birthday is. Maybe Christmas or something.

Fitting the persona, Leo tends to be quiet, speaking only occasionally with a rough voice, weathered by age and smoky bars. He is polite, methodical, generally cold, generally distant. Sometimes he watches a sports game at the sports bar, but he doesn't tend to drink much, or say much. He doesn't seem to have many hobbies, except that he'll sometimes sit in a quiet place, information flashing across his cybernetic eye. Perhaps a city park, or a cafe without too many flashing neon signs.

Leo has been attached to the Heinlen project as a "facilitator", which could mean any number of things. He is approaching it with more enthusiasm than he has most of the recent projects he'd been assigned to. Which equals... some enthusiasm.

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HOOKS:
Do you, uh, need anyone killed? Do you know anyone who was killed? How do you feel about killing for money? Look, it's a living, and those are hard to come by.
Leo is an avid reader. All sorts of subjects! But he's not a very good reader, and he hasn't been doing it for long. You could recommend books, or hear his recommendations!
If properly encouraged, Leo might complain about corporate life. It beats the alternative, but maybe not by a lot.
Are you in a tight spot? Do you need help? Leo is surprisingly willing to help those in need.

Name: Diana Chang'e Harper-Zhao
Gender: Female
Sub-Group: G-Mod (modified for FABULOUSNESS)
Affiliation: Weyland Consortium
Marital Status: Free spirit (so far)
Age: Early twenties
Height: 187 cm
Build: Slim and sculpted
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Green

Diana hails from THE MOON, descended from a family associated with Weyland, and deeply involved in all kinds of lunar development. Due to her ties, it should be no surprise to see someone form the family here. In fact, the surprise is that only one member was sent apparently. Where are the other lobbyists and cronies?! Whatever.

On the MOON, Diana is known for partying and living a luxurious life free of obligations. Apparently that life is over, judging by her presence on the committee. She now has to work for her trust fund. Whatever.

Hooks:
- Are you from THE MOON? So is Diana!
- She enjoys all kinds of substances, so perhaps that could be a common topic?
- Are you part of the higher echelons of society? Yay! If not, that's okay! Wait, why are you waving that pitchfork and guillotine?

ROGER, unit 09
Built For War

Affiliation: Simulant Abolitionist Movement
Designation: Bioroid
Occupation: Tough-guy
Age:
Identifies as/Biological sex: Male
Height: 2m
Build: Strong-Man bodybuilder type (rectangular torso, broad shoulders. Built for strength)
Hair: Black
Eyes: Chromium Silver
Marital Status: Unmarried

ROGER, Unit 09 stands out. Even as he dressed to hide himself, in a dark trenchoat over his tank top and dark blue combat fatigues and boots. The fedora worn with it to further add to the 'Disguise' somehow makes him look more imposing. Yet if one were to see him out, they would have to wonder about the biorois as he looks to nature, where it can be seen.

He has a fondness for birds.

Hooks

• Worlds War Vet - If you served you may have seen an odd looking line of Bioroids on the front lines. But they can't harm people, right?
• SAM - Roger is glad to be emancipated, even if the powers that be believe his line retired, and he must be in hiding. He'll fight for freedom for all