1.1 Backgrounds List

Choose one background from the list below.

Background	Benefits
Anarchist You spent years working to undermine corporate authority and have clashed with Milsec police more times than you can count.	Culture: Underworld Favored Skill: Melee Signature Trick: Dazzling Strike
Apocalypse Cultist You belonged to a doomsday cult that claimed to have special knowledge about the end of times.	Culture: Street Favored Skill: Intimidate Signature Trick: Frighten
Arcology Athlete You had a position on one of several professional sport teams fielded by the city's arcologies.	Culture: Corporate Favored Skill: Athletics Signature Trick: Acrobatic Stunt
Arcology Denizen You were born in a corporate arcology and spent your entire life inside its confines, first as a student and then as an employee. You've had a long time to study people.	Culture: Corporate Favored Skill: Perception Signature Trick: Read Lips
Bodyguard You were dedicated to protecting your client and would have given your life to protect theirs if necessary.	Culture: Corporate Favored Skill: Perception Signature Trick: Overwatch
Busker You played music on street corners downtown to make enough creds to pay for basic food and shelter.	Culture: Street Favored Skill: Persuade Signature Trick: Entertain
Celebrity You were a famous pop star, movie star, or held celebrity status for some other reason. People may recognize you.	Culture: Corporate Favored Skill: Persuade Signature Trick: Captivate
Combat Medic You joined Milsec and were deployed overseas to the Forever Wars, where you learned field surgery and saved as many lives as you could.	Culture: Milsec Favored Skill: Medicine Signature Trick: Surgery
Corporate Spy You got a job working for a corporation where you secretly stole their company secrets and sold them their competitors.	Culture: Corporate Favored Skill: Stealth Signature Trick: Disappear
Dock Worker You worked on the docks, flying massive drones used to assist the unloading of cargo containers from incoming ships.	Culture: Street Favored Skill: Piloting Signature Trick: Manipulate Object
Delivery Operator You worked as a delivery drone pilot for a fast food chain where you learned how to avoid being jammed.	Culture: Corporate Favored Skill: Piloting Signature Trick: Initiate Countermeasures
Drone Striker You joined Milsec and got sent to the Forever Wars overseas where you learned to be a striker, a combat drone specialist.	Culture: Milsec Favored Skill: Piloting Signature Trick: Strafing Run
Ex-Con At a young age, you were arrested and sent to prison, an experience that has shaped your outlook on life.	Culture: Underworld Favored Skill: Brawl Signature Trick: Silent Takedown
Hellion Hacker You were a precocious youngster who picked up hacking quite easily and used it to cause mischief to entertain yourself and your friends.	Culture: Street Favored Skill: Hacking Signature Trick: Street Hack
Joker You were always the funny one, good for a laugh, but your jokes masked a darkness inside of you, an ability to deceive.	Culture: Underworld Favored Skill: Deception Signature Trick: Impression
Mafia Soldier You were part of an organized crime family and served as muscle for one of the underbosses in the family.	Culture: Underworld Favored Skill: Intimidate Signature Trick: Shakedown
Makeup Artist You worked for a media personality or Policorp exec and used makeup to perform the miracle of making them beautiful.	Culture: Corporate Favored Skill: Deception Signature Trick: Disguise
Milsec Soldier You joined Milsec and were deployed to the Forever Wars overseas where you saw fierce combat.	Culture: Milsec Favored Skill: Firearms Signature Trick: Crippling Shot
Patrol Cop You drove a Milsec squad car, or "squaddie," and patrolled the neighborhoods and stretches of highway you were assigned.	Culture: Milsec Favored Skill: Drive Signature Trick: Pit Maneuver
Petty Thief To survive on the street, you learned how to move about unnoticed and steal a thing or two along the way.	Culture: Street Favored Skill: Stealth Signature Trick: Pickpocket
Poli Candidate You ran for a seat on the Policorp council that would have given you voting power to affect changes to corporate law.	Culture: Corporate Favored Skill: Intimidate Signature Trick: Shred
Private Investigator In a world dominated by corporations, you decided to become a private investigator, taking cases from people off the street.	Culture: Street Favored Skill: Stealth Signature Trick: Shadow Target
Smuggler You had a relationship with organized crime and used your vehicle to smuggle illicit goods in and out of Ridgeworld.	Culture: Underworld Favored Skill: Drive Signature Trick: Driving Stunt
Street Ganger You joined a street gang at a young age and rose through the ranks developing a reputation along the way.	Culture: Street Favored Skill: Firearms Signature Trick: Dual Shot
Bartender As a bartender, you quickly realized that you get better tips when people are having fun. To amuse your customers during downtimes, you learned how to do close up magic.	Culture (choose one): Corporate, Street, Underworld Favored Skill: Deception Signature Trick: Close Up Magic
Street Rat You were on your own at a young age and have survived on the streets by finding safe places to stay and scrounging or begging to feed yourself.	Culture: Street Favored Skill: Perception Signature Trick: [Extra Luck]
Street Vendor You owned your own Chorky food cart and sold your product to pedestrians daily to make a living.	Culture: Street Favored Skill: Firearms Signature Trick: Dead Eye
Sysop You were a system operator (sysop), an admin for a host of Layer 2 services offered by your organization, but Level 3, the Network Foam, is where your interest truly lies.	Culture (choose one): Corporate, Milsec, Underworld Favored Skill: Hacking Signature Trick: Droptrip
Underground Fighter You were a fighter in underground blood fights, cage matches backed by organized crime and supported by fierce gambling.	Culture: Underworld Favored Skill: Melee Signature Trick: Leaping Strike
Yakuza Soldier You were a soldier in the Yakuza, the Tokyo-based crime organization that has spread itself throughout the civilized world.	Culture: Underworld Favored Skill: Melee Signature Trick: Finishing Move
Young Doctor You worked your entire life to become a cybernetic specialist and managed to secure a spot at a major hospital.	Culture: Corporate Favored Skill: Medicine Signature Trick: Cybernetic Installation