Beard is a head-banginā, hard mother. He
rides the spacelanes on his Brough Superior 119, looking for the next cool vibe. Living
life in line with the 'bikers ethic', Beard is a loyal dude who never blows out on his
buddies.
The fact that he travels everywhere with his long dead partner ĪMad-dog McCoyā is
testament to this fact. Mad-dog was involved in some hard-core police action that left him
hanging with Elvis, and Beard short of a partner. Beard decided that a dead McCoy was
better than no McCoy and promptly bundled him back in the sidecar... together forever in
metal heaven. Let's rock!!!
Cerbero is an outworld bounty-hunter who
preys on the scum of the universe. The fact that he is little more than scum himself is a
detail he prefers to overlook. Cerbero specialises in taking down the ĪTube-Dudesā,
genetically engineered humanoids, which he finds particularly distasteful. However, in
order to maintain his edge, Cerbero has been under the bio-surgeons knife several times
himself, a titanium heart, toxin resistant lungs, and IR sensitive eyes being his most
recent enhancements.
Cerbero often severs the heads of his victims to ensure that they are no longer active, in
these days of high-science you can never be too sure.
Cuvel Clark is your average, cunning, double-crossing, gambling, swindler... and then some. He knows where thereās money to be made and how to get it. Why work for something when you can steal it?
Wanted throughout most of the Imperial systems for a variety of nefarious acts, Cuvel
manages to avoid the dumbass authorities with uncanny ease, leaving them choking on his
exhaust fumes and cursing his ever-present sardonic smile. Cuvel has connections
throughout most of the criminal underworld; thereās nothing he canāt get his hands on
for the right amount of cash.
Extremely arrogant, Cuvel considers himself far superior to the fools around him.
Cruising into town, bass drums driving home a P-funk groove, Earl
Sleek, the purveyor of fine gems and jewellry is back.
Packin' a nine at his side, Earl is the dopist, flyest, clubber come DJ in effect. There
'aint nothing going down in town that Earl don't know about, he pulls the strings of most
of the local hoods and takes a cool slice of their profits.
Earl has dealt himself into the freeloading mercenary business sensing an easy profit.
There 'aint a guy alive who's got the balls to take out The Earl, this man's suit is
sharper than most people's brains.
Stand aside, the man's in town, baby.
A hideous genetic mutation contained within a life-sustaining steel womb, the thing
known as the Foetoid brings death and
destruction to all who would stand in it's way. No human conscience clouds itās
thoughts, and no shred of morality hinders it's actions.
A product of the archaic cloning vats, Foetoid was left abandoned by his creators soon
after they realised the error of their ways. Lying in a pool of nutrient enriched syrup,
Foetoid's malevolent, fully formed mind, festered for over a decade. When Foetoid finally
forced itās saurian body from the chaotic primordial slime, humanity had cause to
shudder.
Intended as the last word in cyber controlled attack craft, the HK-5
was a disaster waiting to happen. Programmed for total self-sufficiency, it soon concluded
that the inadequacies of the human mind could hinder the logical process of robot
domination. This outcome was not a desired option, those of inferior intellect would have
to be suppresed. HK-5 has since embarked upon an eradication program of genocidal
proportions.
Despite HK-5ās high intelligence, itās warped cybermind is infected with megalomania,
greed and loathing for all humanoid lifeforms. In essence, standard programmer traits; no
doubt passed on by HK-5's less than sane creator.
Jo is the ultimate computer-junkie with a
laid back sleazeball character. A lifetime porn subscription coupled with a hard core
techno overdose have shaped him and his slacker attitude.
Jo is in this line of work for just one reason, his love of cyber-junk; computer hardware,
smart weapons, and gadgets. Easy won gems and jewels are for the brain-drained, greaser
mercenaries. Over the years it has been Joās pumping brain, rather than his trigger hand,
which has been the undoing of his adversaries.
Yo! Bum rush the show!
L. A. Jay has long been surfing the solar
waves, a man whose over-the-top attitude is matched only by the brightness of his shirt.
L.A. is not so concerned about what he's doing, so long as he looks cool while doing it.
A repeat fraud offender, L.A. has spent a large proportion of his life behind bars,
although this only seems to have intensified his Ītake it to the maxā outlook on life.
Lokasenna hails from one of the many
Martian settlement cities. Years ago she worked tirelessly for the Government as an
administrator in a mining facility. It was here that Lokasenna first came into contact
with a group known as Pro:Borg, a secret society obsessed with the evolution of mankind
through the symbiotic integration of mind and machine.
Loka was initially repulsed by the doctrines of Pro:Borg, but this soon changed. Years
of exposure to the harsh radiation of the Martian mine pits left her with a simple choice,
death, or immortal existence encased in a prosthetic body. Life would never be the same
again.
The year 2212. The Transtec Robotic Corporation has just been found guilty of gross
negligence in the design of their latest multi-purpose combat droid, the Ttec IV. In an
effort to cut down on production costs, the company had neglected to install the mandatory
emotion control circuits. The company was disbanded and all active Ttec IVās were ordered
destroyed by Imperial law.
Mephistofun was a Ttec IV. A veteran of a
dozen droid combat wars. The news of his imminent shut-down didnāt sit too well with his
survival code. No carbon based arsewipe was gonna take him offline!
Pure-pumping-metal-devastation just hit the streets!
Being a wild and violent psycho, it is no surprise that Nim
Soo Sun has earnt herself the nickname ĪThe Babe with the Bladesā.
An ex-member of the extremely ostentatious and gruesome xeno-circus, Nim used her knife
wielding skills to further her career and satisfy her desires, until even the tolerance of
her decadent employers was pushed beyond breaking point. Her act centred around carving up
hapless individuals who had been tempted from the audience by the promise of mega cash
should they prove her equal. It went without saying that none ever were.
Now Nim works freelance, peddling ancient relics which she plunders from Condemned worlds.
Earth is her next destination...
Nubia was once part of a very profitable
partnership, she bootlegged her way across the stars in the company of a bizarre
biomechanoid known only as ĪThe Nibā. They lived on the profits of their stolen
merchandise and kicked arse when the heat came on. But nothing lasts forever, Nib got
taken out by a stray heatseeker on the last looting job, so now she gets her kicks alone.
Nubia learnt long ago that it's far more satisfying being paid to kill the arseholes of
this world, than to find yourself being paid to work for them. Nubia specialises in armed
robbery and contract killings, but she has also dabbled with computer crime and fraud. No
one has crossed her and lived to tell the tale.
A meaner bitch youād be hard pressed to find.
The doctor was once an eminent physician and a model citizen. A man of taste and
refinement, he quickly became a well respected figure amongst the glitterati of society.
And yet beneath all this lay a tortured and deranged mind. Nepenthe
was the classic case of the manic depressive transvestite with homicidal tendencies! A
doctor by day and a devil by night, fate finally caught up with him when he was caught
anaesthetising a patient... with a sledgehammer.
At Nepenthe's trial much of what he'd done before was uncovered, and only his raving
insanity saved him from the death penalty. The doctor remained institutionalised for nine
long years before being released, apparently cured, upon an unsuspecting world.
"A man is only worth the cargo he's carryin', and I'm carryin' a large
load"
Anyone who has passed through some of the seedier interstella truckstops would most
definitely have heard the above words of wisdom; personified by the baddest trucker of
them all... Rex Hardy.
Born in the back of an old 18-wheeler, Rex has quite literally spent his life on the road.
Making his name running the long-haul operations into condemned systems, a practice
shunned by most other truckers due to the high risks involved.
Rex is prone to acts of violent depredation, elevating him to the status of despised, yet
feared, trucker God.
An outcast on his home world, Septre was
the victim of a debilitating genetic disease. A disease which left his body bloated by
unusable fat, and his skin white and flaky, unable to withstand the radiation of even the
weakest sun. Eking out an existence on the streets, he led a tortured life of drug
dependence and violent, bloody minded crime. In his more lucid moments he saw visions of
future dominance, lusting for the day when thousands would fear his name.
In a few short years, such dreams had become reality, and many had cause to ruefully
reflect upon the time when they had once mocked him.