Character submitted to Kid Vid.
Shade in Shades is 1/4 James Bond, 1/2 Batman, and 1/2 Dwarf. He also has trouble with fractions.
He's a Infiltrator/thief. (Covert Opsy) Uses gadgets when skill won't cut it. Easygoing, smooth talking, and a generally agreeable little guy.
Shade is a dwarf, with mousy brown hair, neatly combed, and a soft manner of speaking. His skin is caucasian, but dark, as though it were tanned frequently. Not gruff or grungy like some other dwarves, he seems to try be removing all the bad dwarven stereotypes in one go. Short for Shade in Shades, he is nearly never without his trademark black visor, which, while not stylish in modern fashion, has a classic look on him. He has a datajack, like nearly everyone, as well a vehicle rig jack. On jobs, he tries to fill infiltrator roles, and he has a fair hand at lock-cracking.
Over time, you've learned that he does decent work with a pistol, and likes the finer things in life, like art, good music, and other expensive pursuits. Not for himself, though, he fences many of the things he "acquires". After being with the group for a while, he has admitted that he takes things when the opportunity presents itself, but he's getting better at it. He considers himself a romantic, and a gentleman thief. Suprisingly athletic for a dwarf, he runs and jumps well too. He dabbles in a variety of langauges, but isn't really fluent in any except English. He's mentioned that his parents work for Novatech as paperpushers, and his sister is still in school. He has kept his distance from them lately to keep him and them safer.
You know that he claims he has spent a fair some of his money fixing up a house, although you haven't seen it yet. He alternates between using a Ford Americar and a BMW Blitzen bike on jobs, and he tinkers with them occasionally. He disappeared for a short time to "go to school". He has enhanced himself in small ways, like adding taser abilities to his hands, but he dislikes overt and complete cybering, like the loss of a limb. He is jealous of magic users, and probably too curious about them too.
He's mentioned getting enough money to life out the rest of his days as he pleases, but he hasn't put a number next to that statement, yet. He's mentioned that he always thought it would be fun to try to crack a bank, if you could find one that dealt in "real money". . .
