Joe Q. Public

And here is a listing of the hospitals in chicago.

Just link your way thru

Chicago Hopsital List

A few grocery stores are Domincik's

Or Jewel/Osco

But there are also many many more, these are just two of the biggest

Poke poke

Aren't bitter are we....

hell if they run the fuzion like they said and don't improve the dynamics (like, drugs, fighting, healing, all the things that really suck (BTM for example)., then I'm w/ Phipps.

Why fucking bother.

Since I alluded to it just a minute ago, here is the link to Leona's

Leona's

It is a pretty generic Itallian Rest. as things go, but everyone has eaten there at one time or another....

The location I alluded to is on N Sheridan

The Drake Hotel has been a fine establishment in Chicago synonimous with the upper crust and luxury for as far back as anyone can remember. The service is five star all the way and with a bit of work or pull it is known as the universal meeting place for all business, politics, and people insearch of conducting a meal w/ out a care for the needs of thier guest.

here is the linkThe Drake

All price besides being turn to Euros is the same....

Eat up folks, you may not see fresh like this again in your lifetime

Hey folks,

After a bit of debate and dynamics rustling, there is actually a dynamic made that works real well for both realism and shock,

Just go to ApoStasis, make sure that you veiw From the Beginning and look over Shoulder bone connected to... post

Run you numbers and reply reply reply

Yes the year is 2025, it's late March (since thast is the best transitional time for you folks to get aquainted w/ teh chicago weather...)

OK folks,

Alot of you I have already looked at and given suggestions and editings to you characters, You are done w/ developement. Edit you character and send the final copy to me w/ teh subject title the name of you r character.

Those that aren't final sign off yet.

so far we have mainly solos, a medtechie, and a ganger. You may want to vary your character to help w/ teh flow of skill, althought the character should stand on thier own merits as well (all good characters should, and so far, have)

How you will all meet, well ask Eraser and he will confirm that it usually takes a few post off board via mail and always seems to flow well.

Part of the story, y'know?

In a few word to CC, well the romany side of me is Polish, so let's just say that I wanted to go for realism instead of a fluffy ideal....

and To those who ignore the revelution, let just point out.

The subvert of yesteryear is not like the one of today.

We are you police officer, you fry cook and in my case, your medical provider.

It's not that ther revolution isn't here, we're just smarter than before.

so then what it all boils down to is what I've known to be true all this time:

The boogeyman doesn't live in your closet, he or she lives in your nighborhood.

Oz really is over the rainbow.

And Midion isn't where the monsters live, we live all around you. Some in uniforms, other making your food and watching you children. Others like myself are caring for you in you local medical establishments.

is the Revolution a lie, no. It's jsut alot nmore quiet than you will ever imagine.

The Future is Now.

OK assholes! (and I say it w/ the fondest smile)

Listen up. Citysearch Chicago has a link to apartments in the Chicagoland area, as well and the Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun Times, and the Chicago Reeder.

None of the above are links, go to google and find the home pages for each one yourself.

Even though it would be easier to state the money dynamic as SA cash X 2.4, I broke it down to give a logical rhyme to the reason instead of pontificating and droping a number you may not understand...

Got it.

And No, no I didn't, so fuck ya back at ya

So so far i have characters from Freeplay, Rocky, and Encanta has the concept back to me.

Damned dropped out (band is taking too much of his time) and an inkling from the rest of ya.

Time to send it in to me so we can get this ball rolling...

many of the maps are good (heck they are a map afterall) but I suggest the Chicago Transit Autority's map as well as the neighborhood map (i'll look for it again to pass it on...)

but any map you find and since I will be using many places currently in existance, things ought to be pretty square whereever you go.

OK so the topic of years and the sheer amount of skill points that you may end up starting w/

Let's answer it simple, no characters over 30 w/o approval, OK.

That will keep the sheer math of the dynamic under control for the masses

anything else?

Ask

Nothing non standard on prices at the start OK folks, it's just too much to work w/ in the dynamics end and frankly since I am waiving surgery cost for Cyber, I figure that's enough of a lean...

Huskin Food Supply

Huskin Food Supply is a food and perishable goods distrubtion house in the lower S Loop area.

the Proptietor Nick Huskin, is a bit of a reclusive andinthe business world, usually only being spoken to through one of his associates by the name of Brian (rumor has it Brian is either a white man, but others say african) and has been know to do freelance jobs onthe side for various reasons. Some say it is usually money, other say it could be for a variety of enterrainment or political reasons that the public is unaware.

Regardless, Huskin Food Supply truck have run for businesses as large as NIFDA and SYSCO and as small as mom and pop grocers and nomad packs.

Nick is usually firendly when met, but very to the point. he is rumored to work with elements of organized crime and various freelance entrepenuers and is always good for his word as of yet.

48 hour Lou's

48Hr Lou's is a chain of boltholes for quick and effective Asylum. Lou's can be used by appointment,(they actually advertise on bus benches, "48hr Lou's because baby you gotta go!, OR Because somethings it's just to hot, Real R&R, etc, real innocuos things that get the point across) w/ an 800 toll free number. Once the number is called, the operator will ask for a cred #, location (Country, city, address) and then give you an address for pick up. Lou's only takes one client per call, per pick up, so if you are die hard needing commpany, forget it.

Usually the pickup will come within 10 minutes, calling out "Lou's pizza, you order a pie?" at whcih the cleint will use a code pharse that the operator will have given them.

Then it's off to an innoucous sedan w/ one way glass -in (all drivers have cybereyes or an equiptment equivalent) and off to one of millions of one room studios for asylum.

The price is 1000EB per 48 hrs, security is tight, no one in, and you not out w/o the driver for the final drop. No enterrainment, 8X10, one bed, one toilet and a closet shower. All meals are Prepak for Nifda Foods, Chicago IL, USA reguardless of given city. All drivers are roughly Ref 6, bod 7. w/ Aware of 5, drive 4, Expert:person transfer 4, and will not talk to clinet except for the work lines in and "Thanks for using Lou's" at the drop.

Lou's claims to have never lost a client, but no one you know has used them.

Hey folks well since sh!t really does happen, here is a spot for you all to post OOC as well as say if you are leaveing the area for a while and unable to post for a time (much appreciated BTW)

So me first, Rocky, E, sorry guys, Chat won't let me back in.

Talk to ya later

Many other services will be posted, or hey, for Reality, use the real Chicago Yellowpages and pass it one to me in an Email.

All effort to this will be rewarded!!!

Public's Parts is a inocuous looking store front just North of the Metro on Sheffield St in Chicago that is known to supply the working class w/ fun and enjoyable cyberenhancement since 2019. Proprietor Joe Q. Public and his wife Erin have been running the store since the good Mr. Public has taken himself off the list of hustling and repossessing to become as he would say it, "A legitimate businessman."

Publics parts is a plain looking place, the storefront looking like merely an armoured exterior door w/ a large videoscreen and a 3' X 6' scanner sheet facing the street. The View on the screen is always the same whenever someone get within 3 feet of it, an animated yellow smiley face that declares "Public's Parts, please place item against the scanner please."

Once it has been determined the type of service one is after, the armoured door opens revealing a 8 X 10 cage cell w/ 3" bars of some grey metal. Once the door is entered by the party in question, it will atuomatically shut, at which time they will be scanned for hazards (weapons, disease, contaminates vs a 20+d6) and if anything portable is found a drawer will put out for the deposit of said items.

Once the intial scan is done, then the business can begin. Mr. Public, being a personable type of guy attends to each customer personally by having them walk down a hallway from which a door will open on one of the sides (never seems to be the same spot twice for some reason) at which the sales or service can begin.

Dealing in a limited variety of new, and an almost endless variety of "gently used" 'ware, Publics parts has a stock that is both wide and sporatic. In new stock ther is a 15% chance that anything legal will be there, 80% used. And a 10% chance that anthing illegal and new and 90% used will be available, barring genetic enhancment (kinda Uptown for us y'know?).

The prices are usually plus or minus 10% of book, w/ a sliding scale on the demeanor fo the client. Having a Streetdeal of 7 and a trained weapon system onthe clientel at all times make the good Mr. Public if nothing else, a bit frank and to the point. Most simple installations will be done in the office (switching out options on cybereyes for example) w/ the more complex being done in the back after drugging the client asleep.

All equiptment is paid for in either cash, gold, or service, with the Public exclusive 90 days same as gold credit line.

Repossession of delinquent accounts is reported to be about 100%

Update in Services at Public's parts!!!!

After a recent acquisition of a certain peice of equipment, the good folks at Publics parts can now do a Biopod Upgrade for FBC!!!!!

Why walk around in that roving target you call a body, paid for and hunted by for former employer when the good people of Public's parts can upgrade your conversion to a poortable model and size you up for a brand new You!!!

NO more running from bounty hunters!

NO more falling throught the floor or your old Conapt!

NO more wishing you had just thought a bit more before signing your life away for a Dragoon conversion!!!

Yes for the sale price of $20,000 in cash or gold bullioon, Dr. Public will get you into a a pod and ready for a new you!

Just think, cocktail parties, intercourse, and sweet-sweet anynomity once again could be yours.

(new model body and treatment extra)

"Hi, I'm Hungry Jack, your mac-daddie in training. Welcome to the intercourse bar."

"the intercourse bar, the first establishment that couples the ethic of fast food eateries w/ the endless supply of lusty young tarts in the job pool."

This fine establishment is a new occurance in the city, run by Happy Jack, a long standing pimp (the one in the polyester leisure suit w/ the leopard print fringe) who believes that not desire is too odd and no customer should be unsatsified.

He peddles in flesh of various sexes and genetic origin. Supplying not only whole subjects to pleasure his clients, but also gives the option for the busy runner to select from the a-la-part menu, (after all you need a break, from the rest of her...)

Fronted by the Church of SIN (see Dark Metropolis source book-ianus games) Happy Jack has provided SIN to the few edgerunners and such who find this little cesspool sanctuary in the bowels of the Hell we call the combat zone.

Security is veiled and lethal (for a fiver, I'll blow your head clean off) but never seems to get in the way of full scale debauchery of the clientel (for two more, they'll swallow the bullet). The building looks like a blasted brick structure from the outside but once one passes through the DUMPSTER and through the basement back room (through the Green Door) and tunnel there in one will arrive in a 60 room (old multifamily dwelling?) building w/ a 30'x50' reception hall of green neon and animal patterned rug and faux-velvet wallpaper to meet up w/ a mack-daddy on call to meet the character's needs. Be it flesh or intoxicating substance, it all can be had at the intercourse bar for a price.

The private room are standard fare, 10x14 and outfitted w/ beds and various apparati for varying taste but al lit in green neon or red lights (excluding the occasional spot light) and mirrors. The average worker has a Vamp of 3-7 and is willin to please (chance of contracting disease is 3-15% depending on pleasure sought) and all billing is done by the hour and paid for by inserting either cred chop or smudgies into a reader in the wall, at which time the transaction will be recorded as Hungry Jacks Burger Bin, Las Alamos, USA.

Cameras are affixed to te corners of this grand hall and it seems that although one can see that some effort has been given to remove them as such, nothing but a bit of red-brownish stain on the wallpaper is left as evidence of the outcome.

Laws do not reach this Asylum for the wandering mind and if a assault were to be attempted the copious tunnels leading to the underground systems of the city would allow a 90% exscape success for all who work here.

The Intercourse Bar has a neon green float every year during ExihibitSIN and this would be the way most charcters would come to know of it's existance.

Thai Me Down is a thai eatery of some renown on Division and Halstead. Besides the silly name attracting allthe flesh that vinyl can wrap, they serve one heck of a good consistant menu.

Setting is limited to about 12- 14 tables and they frown deeply on folk taking too long to eat thier meal.

Mi Doun, fe-chef fatale of Thai Me Down, is a slight asian woman of approximately 40yrs of age (although her resturant has been there of 20 years and she never really seems to age). Known throught the city for the fastest good noodles in town she offers all meals within 6 minutes of ordering and HOT!!!

The Menu is as follows:

Appetizers:

Gai Satay(4) Skewers of BBQ CHick-soy ina light curry, served w/ peanut sauce and hydo-cucumber salad $6.50

Porpia Tod(2) Gold fried rice paper salad and kelp rolls $3.25

Fresh Wrapped(2) As above but not fried and served w/ Plum sauce $3.50

Main Dish ($8.50 for each)

Chick-soy Green Curry House Special curry(House Spec. meat)

Beef Mussamun Curry Pad Thai (Shrimpkrill $1 more)

Pad Kee Mao (think noodle Pad Thai)

Lovely Ginger (Chicken and ginger hot stir fry) #HOT!!!)

House Tea:$5 pot

Well not to sound like dead horse, but for semantics

Concepts will have to be vivid and flavorful. Jobs will be obtuse and mysterious.

Looking for any roles except Cop, Netrunner, and Nomad (though if you wanted to do it, just use the base for flavor and set up a new type)

Suspension oif disbelief is a must, If I can't believe your background or history, no one else will (considering all told I am pretty liberal on this) just keep it realistic and all munchkins stuff will be expeled w/ joy)

Roles from ApoStasis for SA's except that Solo :Combat sense will only be applied to weapons and not to initiative rolls.

Money will be plentiful for development, but character substance willbe expected to be full and encompassing.

Luck Stat will be used and is advised for interest...(ask if you wanna know more)

so what's the char gen like joe?

Here you go

60 stat, 35 base(+ 4/yr over 18) skill points, no skill over a 6, ditching the psy stat. same money formula as before (monthly pay, broken down by sa level progression, x.2 for 20 % retention in cash, ware or durables)

i'm wondering how combat sneak (from stormfront) would work. normaly it acts like half level sneak (+ 1/2 level to stealth and hide/evade) and half level combat sense. would this remain the same under your rules change, with the half combat sense just going to weapons skills instead of innitiative+awarness ? YES, round down

How much metal do you want for play balance?

As much as you wanna carry in your body, but I roll HL and if you lose out, The character is yet another of my NPCs. No Full Borgs w/o first clearing them through me, but if you really think you can pull it off, I invite you to try (just remember who you are talking to...)

Same w/ arms. If you wanna carry it, remember everyone may know... If it is blatantly illegal for the neighborhood (which changes in 10 block increments avg) it will be taken away by the friendly CPD (who are very much like they are currently)

For Streetflavor and hardness, it's up to you. Everyone has a strength and a weakness. Just build them realistic and nature will fix the rest.

will there be any change as far as the brawling skill is concerned?

yes, hand to hand will either be Brawling or Martial arts. and bonus and such will be handled by me, but don't worry, when have you seen me throw a bad dynamic..

is your no ETErule still in effect (just curious)?

the standard ammo only ruling from before?

Yes and you betcha!!! (don't wanna have everyone wanna start w API ETE ammo)

some custom rules on armor layering, and btm. still in effect?

yes, one layer, w/ penetration as usual, just remember that every layer adds that -EV

and BTM... What BTM? (you get the picture?)

special ability included in that 6 skill level cap?

Yes, trying to not have crimelords and long standing pros here, considering the mix of experienced and not so much...

Getting around: traveling inthe Chicagoland area

considering that all things are a bit different in various areas, I think I should explain a bit about the various way to get around town.

First, on foot: Considering atht the realtive population density and the speed at which the neighborhoods in Chicago change, on foot, one can see these changes gradually and up close and personal.

The way that the city has grown up has left it in the pattern of goo neighborhood for 10 blocks, a 5-10 block transition zone of housing and businesses, then 5-10 blocks of utter hell on wheels housing and busniess (w/ a slight 3-4 block variation for some indutrial areas, but more on that later).

On foot, one has some adavantages that one could get no other way. Firstly, one will become intimately involoved inthe day to day workings of the area. Be it festivals, sidewalk sales, girls scout cookie selling time, or some crook out to sell you pleasure, crime, or drugs- nothing can beat the knowledge gleaned just from walking around the 'hood. But also one must be aware that it gives none of the bonuses of transit either (shelter from bullets, weather, harrassing sales people and religion peddlers). By and large one just has to remeber a few things when on foot in the Windy City:

1)Dress for the weather. Cold or hot and steamy, if you don't dress correctly, the weather will try to kill you off, and if it doesn't succeed, well then you are just one uncomfortable mofo.

2)Dress to blend w/ the neighborhood, or dress totally neutral. As they say, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. So don't tote that SMG intot he nice zines unhidden and don't dress like a poof in the projects. Either one will get you noticed, and therefore, make you a mark.

3)Know how and where you are going, if ya don't you will end up in just the wrong spot doing the wrong things, then you are a target for the locals, or folks just wanting "the bad element" out of thier 'hoods.

THE L Train:

To ride the L (elevated subway, except fot the lower RED and Blue lines downtown) you must consider a few things:

1) the fare is $1.50. Try to cheat the fare, or don't have it, you better forget riding amigo.

2)The CTA is the safest place to sleep in Chicago. Harrassing a person on the L will end one up in Braindance for 3 years. Minimum.

3)If you are going the L route, expect at least 10 to 15 minutes travel time PER STOP. Between the bad switching and people being offed on the next platform by being thrown onto the 3rd (electric) rail, nothing gets done too fast on the L. The bus on the other hand, factoring traffic ans stops, goes about 2 blocks per minute, but is not as friendly nor as climate controled.

4) there is NO restrooms on the L. There in explains the constatnt smell of wet, old urine.

The Metra:

The Metra is the commuter train that leads through and out of the city proper. It is varing in cost from $2 to 14 bucks depending on how far you go. The metra pick up each stop about every hour or so during commuter times and is VERY Safe and Very Clean. The Metra takes itself seriously and so do it's clientel (mainly business people and folks w/ money) ensuring it's sanitation and low tolerance for disruption.

Cabs (Taxi's)

There are roughtly 6 cab companies in town and the burbs, each owning first rights to each sector of the city and metro area. Just to get in cost $5 plus $2 per person, and an additional $1.50 per mile/5 minutes waiting. Not all cabbies are honest, but some are genuinely driving in your best interest. The only way to know the difference is to know the routes and traffic pattern (i.E. the hard way)

Driving: (you knew it was coming eventually)

Chicagoland is not the most condusive to the american motorist. The highway system is a radial one for the most part, tolls onthe expressway ate $1 a booth, and traffic during peak times moves at roughly 10 to 30 mph. parking is bad onthe the north side and inthe burbs up to 10 miles from the city border. Good onthe South side, but as parking gets better in some rough areas, crime gets thicker. People in Chicago take thier cars, parking and driving SERIOUSLY.

If you can't park quick, drive fast or keep your car looking great, don't do it, the other motorist will bury you at hte worst possible moment and if you get in an accident there has been reported a solid 20% chance of being shot and killed out of frustration and road rage.

CHOOH is approximately $2.50 a gallon -+ 80 cents.

Cash or credit or...?- buying and selling inthe Windy city.

As you have gathered, the City of Chicago, being a thru port for anything running coast to coast or local, or global and beyond for that matter, is one of varying currency. Of course the standards of Coprorate script will always be good inthe coprzones and other tourist areas, as well as the predonerence of the credit chip (looking more like a American Exp. Blue card) being the standard for day to day purchases having the backing of either the issuing unit (Company that sells ones for a given amount) or Banking centers throughout Chicagoland (BancOne, First of Chicago, LaSalle Bank, or BancoIntern'tl for example), Cash or trade is till widely used and where as it is sometimes frowned upon in other large metroplexes, it is actually King in the Windy City.

Now I hear ya say "smudgies are King? Oh how primitive.." The reasoning behind this is that throughout the history of the fair metro area, there has always beenm, and still is, a Sales Tax. Currently it is about 11% in the City Borders and 8% inthe suburbs and sprawl. Considering that this tax keeps the streets under control. The water reclamation district running, and the city as a whole running at a profit, no one seems to want to complain too loudly for fear of being 'erased' by the Dailey political machine. Instead, by paying for merchandise and services w/ cash, trade or barter, the merchant doesn't have to declare the sale and keeps the extra for pure profit.

Now this isn't saying that all shoops will cut you a deal, chain stores, for example, will DEFINATELY not, but considering that 80% for shops in the Metro area are still smaller Mom & Pop types, it is a very viable option.

When making transactions from a Bank secured credchip, one will usually be ascked to either give a SIN number, along w/the account number. These numbers help to verify that this is indeed th account and owner that the money belongs to, not rely caring if the info is stolen or not (that is what Bank insurance it for silly).

Barter is usually of the amount off that is covered by either all or part of the approximate sales tax. If in the form of goods or service, usually it can be expected that the value of the good or service to be worth about 75% of what the retail cost would be for said bartering item.

Flavor to savor: eating in Chicago-

the Chicago diet is one of much diversity and variation. In not too many cities will one be able to find the great influx of international recipies and food stands mixed so cohesively w/ the day to day fare of the Infamous Chicago Style Hotdog (a Vienna Beef frankfurter covered in everthing from the standard ketchup and mustard to such oddities as hot peppers, sauerkraut and carrots. Pretty much anything that can be shredded or spread wil be fair game for the Chicagosytle dog, and usually, when couploed w/ frenchfries and a soda, it usually comes to around $3.

Another staple of the Chicago food industry is the Gyro. The Gyro is in comparison, quite standard, varyying only inthe amounts of topping and level of grease on the grill. It is a sandwhich on flat bread (a pita) w/ pieces of process meat (once it was goat and lamb or chicken) and tziki sauce, tomato and cucumber. These stands if onthe street will have one or the other, but if a building type resturant, will have usually both plus an assortment of BBQ chicken, ribs, tacos, sausages, and various fried foods (pizza pockets and burritos abound), all bad for you (i.e very fattening).

These stands are usually open either 24 hrs or 20 hrs (you gues which 20) and are truley ubiquitous in all Chicago neighborhoods.

The other flavors available depend highly on the neighborhood's ethnicity, which I will provide you upon reaching a new area each time in a little side note along w/ various geographical tid bits to help orient you to the Windy City. All resturants work on a cash or credchop system, sometimes differing onthe price betweent he two (cash is usually no all reported).

I recommend tha each of you have a copy ofhte CTA elevatedrailsystem map available to help you get situated. If you can't find them on the Chicago Tansit websites, then I will provide a link later for you (or I can email them instead it you all prefer).

All places to eat, if subpar, or a health hazard for more than 6 months will close. Having tighly populated, weather assulted, opinionated people in a area that depends highly on meals out nearly demands this to be fact, so most places are totaly safe (food poisoning is still a factor, but passing a bad product usualy results in closure then assult on the business owner by upset patrons.

The Alley is a punk rock mainstay in the Chicago area since 1977, and has readily supplied said group for almost 50 years now. It is known as both a wonderful cornicopia of goods ranging from clothes and the patented "$68 Biker jacket, to all sorts of footwear new and used.

In the last few decades it has been a repository for jacket that not only supply the Punk scene, but also the Chicago PD, having the reputation that was earned since 86 when they made the patented Chicago Police leather jacket and gave 20% discounts tothe boys in blue.

In the last 20 years it has also been an area that one could, w/ the right connection either buy, or find a person to buy from, the vast array of marginally legal good ranging from drugs, guns, melee weapons that actually can take the use, to ID's and fresh food.

It has been a place for all, and for none of the squeamish or pigheaded.

Entrance being on the alley off Belmont, W of Clark, it is well fortified VS gang rushing, and armed and partoled by all who shop there.