[HOMEBREW] Cretin Catalogue.

    'sup gang I'm back! Who missed me?

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    Any-who I have some more enemies for you to use in your TRA game. This time we're looking at shell collectors. In the core rules, we're assumed to be playing as shell collectors, but what if instead the player characters found themselves the target of shell collectors? Why are the players being hunted? What did they do? Perhaps one of the characters owes a substantial debt to a very affluent person and the shell collectors are sent in as an incentive for them to get them their money. Or maybe the players are android rights activists whose activities have made them enemies of a big money robotics company who have convinced a shell collector agency they are terrorists. Or perhaps the characters are themselves shell collector who, for one reason or another, have decided to aid their former quarry and now have their old comrades on the hunt for their new ally and them!

    There could be a million other ways you could incorporate these battle hardened warriors into your games. The only certainty is if you meet one to these guys, you have stepped on some very powerful toes.

1. Novice Shell Collector

    These fledglings collectors have yet to receive their license. They typically take low risk (and low reward) jobs; malfunctioning industrial drones, lost robo-pets, cyber embezzlers, the works. Of the scores of those who seek entry into an established shell collector agency, only a handful of the most promising candidates will accepted into the agency's ranks. the greatest value of these newly inducted apprentices is that they are utterly expendable. Sometimes they are utilized as support for their established, more experienced collectors. Other times they're just used as cannon fodder against better protected or better armed enemies. Novices possess only a modest amount of bionic enhancements so they're rather easy to defeat alone and will typically flee if their Core Capacity has been knocked down enough or if the fight looks hopeless. That's why novices will take on targets together and (sometimes) split the reward between themselves. In lieu of signing on with an agency, some will apprentice themselves under an established independent shell collector in hopes of proving themselves worthy outside of guild membership.

Size: Medium, Structure: 0, Core: 50.
Combat Skills: Ranged 45, Dodge 35.
Fighting Style: No Style.
Abilities: Increased Speed 10, Slow Fall 10.
Skills: Language (English) 40, Driving 36, Investigation 34, Stealth 38. Armour: Core Armour 1, Hand Held Shield 1.
Upgrades: Charge, Personalized Avatar, Point Blank.
Weapons: Arc Pistol (Power Level 2, Electricity Element, Range 15 yards, Ray 2).

2. Journeyman Shell Collector

    Journeyman have been accepted into the ranks of a collectors agency and are fully licensed to pursue serious robotic threats. They represent the rank-and-file of most shell collector organizations and typically take on jobs that are too dangerous for novices but not lucrative enough for more higher ranking collectors.They are mostly free to pick and choose what jobs they pursue but also receive assignments from their superiors. Sometimes multiple journeymen take on the same target, in which they help each other out during the mission, join in the firefight and decide amongst themselves how to split the reward; hopefully without starting yet another fight.

Size: Medium, Structure: 100, Core: 100.
Combat Skills: Melee 45, Ranged 50, Deflect 40, Dodge 45
Fighting Style: Marksman.
Abilities: Increased Agility 25, Increased Jumping 30, Increased Strength 15, Increased Speed 25, Slow Fall 25, Wall Jump 25.
Skills: (English) 46, Language (Japanese) 38, Language (Mandarin) 34, Language (Spanish) 40, Demolitions 40, Driving 52, Hacking 36, Investigation 50, Lockpicking 38, Mechanics 40, Stealth 46, Survival 44.
Armour: Structure Armour 2, Core Armour 2, Hand Held Shield 2.
Upgrades: Charge, Dash, Energy Scanner, Overcharge, Personalized Avatar, Point Blank, Registry Blocker, Wireless Brain.
Weapons: Maser Rifle (Power Lever 3, Magnetic Element, Range 25 yards, Ray 3, Shockwave 2), Pacification Rod (Power Level 2, Electricity Element, Range 0, Homing 1, Rapid Attack 2).

3. Master Shell Collector

    You know you've stepped on some very powerful toes when one of these brutal badarses is on your tail. Master shell collectors are at the top of their field. They have their pick of whatever jobs they want, a reputation that will make a harden marine shudder and would probably have millions of women ready to bed with them if they weren't so gnarly and scarred. Agencies don't so much give them orders as they do requests. They have several resources at their disposal; such as a vast arsenal full of deadly weapons, their own fully customized vehicle for long chases, they even accrued a decent amount of favours from many former clients, as well as fellow hunters. While they often work alone, their agency will sometimes assign some journeymen collectors to work under them as staff. They are also authorized to deploy novice collectors as necessary to finish a job.

Size: Boss, Structure: (Power Level X 100), Core: (Power Level X 100).
Combat Skills: Melee 55, Ranged 60, Deflect 45, Dodge 55, Combat Analysis 50.
Fighting Style: Heavy Hitter.
Abilities: Increased Agility 40, Increased Durability 25, Increased Jumping 30, Increased Strength 30, Increased Speed 50, Slow Fall 20, Wall Jump 40, Wall Run 20.
Skills: Language (Afrikaans) 40, (English) 56, Language (German) 40, Language (Japanese) 50, Language (Mandarin) 40, Language (Russian) 46, Language (Spanish) 40, Demolitions 50, Driving 60, Hacking 48, Investigation 64, Lockpicking 48, Mechanics 54, Stealth 58, Survival 56.
Armour: Structure Armour 4, Core Armour 4, Hand Held Shield 4.
Upgrades: Charge, Counter Measures 2, Dash, Energy Scanner, Jump Dash, Limited Flight, Martian Crystalline Reinforcement, Overcharge, Personalized Avatar, Point Blank, Reflex Dash, Registry Blocker, Reinforced, Wireless Brain.
Weapons: Bot Scrambler Grenade (Power Level 2, Electricity Element, Range 15 yards, EMP), Blue Star Plasma Cannon (Power Level 4, Neutral Element, Range 30 yards, Blast 3, Ray 3, Full Power), Ripper Blade (Power Level 3, Metal Element, Range 1 yard, Armour Piercing 4, Shred 3, Start Up 2).

Thank you for reading. I hope you enjoy using these enemies in you game as much as I enjoyed creating them.