Shaitan is a character featured in Cyberpunk 2020 and briefly in a memory in Cyberpunk 2077.
Biography[]
Shaitan is a full borg freelance black-ops specialist with a special hatred for Arasaka.
He will take any job he can get away with, but it must be against Arasaka, and it must have serious collateral damage possibilities. In the last few years Shaitan has gone from a good Solo with a reasonable reputation, to a great Solo with a phenomenal success record.
He has even been known to occasionally create or modify jobs just so he can destroy Arasaka property. Why? No one is sure. But he has honed his mind and rebuilt his body for this task only. His type of singlehanded crusade would be laughable, had he not managed to somehow elude capture and accomplish these objectives for over three years.[1]
In 2023, Shaitan joins the team to infiltrate the Arasaka Towers. The team was ambushed by Adam Smasher and a large number of Arasaka soldiers. Shaitan attacked Adam in order to provide an escape for the team. He was critically wounded by Adam but still managed to escape before the nuke went off. He rejoined his surviving teammates after the battle.[2]
The continued existence of Arasaka despite their losses in the 4th Corporate War, tormented Shaitan, pushing him to recklessly install new cyberware. The process led to him suffering from cyberpsychosis. An unspecified time later he awoke on an autonomous cargo ship stranded in the Pacific Ocean, surrounded by autonomous mines. The cargo ship was overflowing with high tech Militech gear such as prototype weapons, cyberware, etc. He spent years on the ship, fueled by memories of his mother and hatred for Arasaka, teaching himself surgery and installing new cyberware. He even created a new faceplate for himself from a salvaged Eclipse. Most importantly, he sought to overcome his weakness in close-quarter combat that allowed Adam Smasher to beat him. He began mastering a variety of martial arts such as Muay Thai, Arnis, Silat, Krav Maga, etc. He even mastered PanzerFaust, a martial art specifically designed for Borgs. Years later a Nomad vessel discovered the ship, and he convinced them to take him to the Japan. He used the money from selling the supplied of the cargo ship for to establish a network of safe houses on the mainland and across the Pacific Rim. In Japan, he began making plans to strike at Saburo's Arasaka in a more 'personal' manner.[3]
Stats & Equipment[]
| Stats | Source(s): Solo of Fortune 2 (p.60) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INT | 8 | REF | 15 | DEX | — | TECH | 8 | COOL | 9 |
| ATTR | N/A | LUCK | 6 | MA | 20 | BODY | 12 | EMP | 9/3/7 |
| Skills | Combat Sense +9, Aikido +8, Athletics +10, Awareness +10, Basic Tech +8, Cybertech +4, Demolitions +6, Driving +7, Education +4, Tactics +5, first Aid +5, Handgun +9, Heavy Weapons +9, Hide/Evade +9, Intimidate +7, Melee +10, Pilot Boat +4, Pilot fixed Wing +6, Pilot Vectored Thrust +7, Rifle +10, Shadow/Track +8, Stealth +10, Strength Feat +2, SMG +8, Swimming +6, Weapons Tech +7, Wilderness Survival +6. | ||||||||
| Cyberware | Eclipse Covert Operations Full Conversion, with added +2 REF (total of 15), +7 MA (total of 20), Shielding, +5 SP (total of 30 all-around), +10 SDP (total of 30 all-around). audio add level damper, sound editing. Optics add image enhancement. and tele-optics. Legs add heavy pistol (hidden holster), and MML. Arms add digital recorder, techscanner, electronics toolkit, weapons toolkit. A LOT of therapy. | ||||||||
| Gear | United Armaments CLAW with four clips of mixed of APFSDS and HEAT rounds, Militech "Cowboy" u-55 Grenade Launcher with 36 rounds of mixed frag and concussion. Militech Avenger (smart with eight clips) for soft targets. Emergency cybertech tool kit. | ||||||||
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ TAYLOR, S. Solo of Fortune 2. Berkeley, CA, R. Talsorian Games, 1994. (p.60)
- ↑ ACKERMAN-GRAY, D. Firestorm Shockwave. Berkeley, CA, R. Talsorian Games, 1997. (p.140)
- ↑ Interface RED Vol. 4 (pp.83–4)