Ashlee_Sterling

Ashlee was born and raised in a middle-class family living in a british megaplex. Thus, she was given a SIN, and had an as normal life as can be in a dark and dystopian future. Her father worked as law enforcer, and after she finished college, Ashlee wanted to pick up this tradition. She started to go through a three years long training as police officer. Although, like in many larger cities, the police force was a private organization working as contracted security corporation, in this case a subsidiary corp of the american megacorp Lone Star Security Services Inc.

Like most others, Ashlee had no real idea what shady, despicable and manipulative business the big corps did, hidden from the eyes of the naive, unsuspecting general population. She really tried to do well, and finally got a job as the typical 'street cop' who is out on patrols. When she was in her early twenties, her parents did in a train accident, and as Ashlee had not started a family herself yet, that left her without any relatives. She got over the sad period and continued with her work, but she became more and more frustrated. While she definately made the streets safer, Ashlee also noticed things that went against her personal morals and understanding of right and wrong. Several times, her supervisors told her to 'look away' when certain stuff involving big megacorps happened, evidence vanished into thin air, and witnesses disappeared (all without any real traces that would allow an investigation to happen).

Sooner or later, most police members either became corrupt themselves, or would get dull, only do work to rule and loose their enthusiasm. Only very few outright quit their job, or continue to try and give their best, often ending with burnout. Ashlee was one of those who more or less adapted with circumstances without getting corrupted, although she lost a great deal of her idealism and naivety and started to compromise on many things. Despite that, simply by being unlucky (and because someone remembered she had dared to critisize the system once), Ashlee lost her job and perspective. Her employer wanted to increase profit, and so by 'rationalization' it was decided to fire about 20% of the employees, one being Ashlee who was just 26 years old.

After that, the girl had real difficulties finding a proper job again. Without a steady income, she could not afford the rent for her home anymore, thus ending with a miserable flat in a poor district bordering the lawless slums. Ashlee had knowledge about police work, events on the streets and knew quite some folks though, some of which were morally questionable. She also had learnt how to talk with people, handle situations, was relatively athletic and fit, plus she had training with firearms. One day, she was contacted by someone who had a connection to a fixer in her city, asking if she was in need for money. Without any other options, Ashlee decided she might as well check it out, and that was when her 'career' as runner started. She also picked a streetname / nickname, as most runners do, deciding to call herself 'the Legend' with strangers.

Deep down, she feels a bit dirty for doing it, but like in the later days of her police work, Ashlee has gotten to the point that she just adapts to the circumstances and acts practical. There aren't many other options, also since no other security provider worked in her city, and the more she saw on runs, the less she wanted to work in her old job again. As a runner, she is on her own, but can also make her own decisions and live a 'free' life.

She had to give up her SIN and aquire a fake, new one, and about two years ago, when she was 27, she made the aquaintance of some people with whom she formed a more permanent group of runners. Those folks were the other members of NaChAsMa, they went along quite well, their skills made a good, rounded combination, and so they decided to work together for runs from that point on, also getting themselves a location they used as headquarters and residence together. (The location of said HQ might be in the 'Nexus' megaplex...) In the group, Ashlee works as the 'face', and she was also democratically chosen as the one to lead and give orders. Apart from being the 'head' of the mercenary group and their strategist, she is moderately competent with weapons as well and, together with Natasha, the main fighter. She seems to have *a thing* for Matsu due to whatever reason, teases him a bit now and then and is on a sort of 'friends with benefits' level with him.

Ashlee is a pretty, human woman in her late twenties, and of about average height and weight. Thanks to advancements in beauty products, and being gifted with good genetics, she looks more like at the start of 20 though, still young and with firm, youthful skin. She has a beautiful face, adorable green eyes and an unblemished appearance. Her silky, black hair is usually worn open and falls down shortly beyond her shoulders. While she has nice C cup orbs, the girl isn't exactly curvy or sports an hourglass figure - Ashlee looks good, though she also keeps herself fit and had many hours of training, so she is a bit athletic.

Despite being a former cop, and thus previously a figure of authority and decency, she likes to dress in rather frisky, provocative clothes. She tends to wear shirts or jackets (sometimes uniform styled) which leave her midriff free and show quite some cleavage. This is combined with hotpants, shorts or similar things, revealing parts of her thighs. Now and then (and if she is in an area where she won't be controlled by the police), she likes to wear parts of her former uniforms, such as a cop badge, as if she mocks her previous occupation and wants to show police members are not always neat, proper and integer. She also has a habit of breaking stereotypes, as Ashlee has worn neckties now and then. Almost always, she wears what looks like lightly toned, blue sunglasses, which is both for style and actually a part of her equipment.

Mostly, she carries at least a handgun with her, maybe more depending the situation. For serious runs, she dresses in more fitting clothes and also donns some armor, and for meetings with Johnsons or the like she wears less sassy clothes as well.

Ashlee seems to have a natural talent for leading, she is charismatic and intelligent. The girls has wits and is smart, can analyze situations quickly and react according to it. She hates doing runs without a good preparation and a clever plan, and often tries to avoid fighting until it's inevitable, as violence is something she wants to avoid if possible, and only use as last resort. Despite that, she keeps cool in heated situations and is a veritable commander during a battle.

She is good at organizing things, reliable, and does what needs to be done precisely on time (mostly). Ashlee is also a charmer and knows how to express herself well, barter with someone, or sweet-talk others to give her information and so on. She fits in with others easily, and quickly makes friends if need be, although she only shows real loyalty towards her squad members. Her relation to the 'work' that she and the others do is ambigious, Ashlee knows that it's necessary to earn a living, and she doesn't mind that corrupt megacorps have detriments from it. On the other hand, she hasn't simply forgotten what it was to be a cop fighting for justice, and so she has some bad feelings about too illegal jobs, or those where innocent people get hurt or have drawbacks from it.

She keeps a sort of 'moral code' with which she trys to avoid doing all too dirty work, for example she is strictly against pure assassination contracts ('wetwork') with the usage of guns or other, normal, lethal methods. Apart from that, she will adapt to a situation and just do what seems about right in a given context. In her free time, she can be quite open minded, loves to have fun and hang out, and often flirts a bit. She is not opposed to having a good time with some sex, as long as she has someone she likes. Ashlee prefers to be the 'top' position while doing so, and has kinky fun using toys and such now and then, or live out other fetishes (more than once she dressed up in a cop uniform, handcuffed someone to the bed, then fucked them nicely). She likes 'cute' ones as her sexual partners, and she is bisexual, although she has taken a particular liking in her femboy group partner Matsu, who she frequently teases, flirts or makes out with.

Ashlee also is vore-capable, but while she can't help herself and finds the feelings pleasurable and satisfying when it comes to it, she often holds back and doesn't give in to her cravings. Only now and then, in the right situation, she does it, and usually someone spending a night with her will not end in her belly unless asking for it, or somehow managing to get her mad.

Ashlee has a number of uniforms, armors and attires she can wear, most with some sort of built-in upgrades or additonal functions like a vital monitor watching over the status of her body. She carries glasses which improve her vision, has a device increasing her perception, a comparably weak reflex booster making her faster in a pinch, and a low level of articial muscle enhancements. Ashlee also has gone through an operation to grant her tailored pheromones, which subtly lets her appear even more charismatic to others to get them on her side, or make good bargains. As weapons, she uses a shotgun if things go loud, a heavy pistol for less heated situations, or a stun baton if more subtle methods are better. Like almost everybody else, she has a commlink, but it's hardly modified at all and only some general, basic programmes run on it - but that's usually enough for all situations, as her job is not hacking.

Ashlee has gone through intensive training, and even after loosing her job, she didn't slack off. While not on the level of professional athlethes, the girl is fit and has higher than average physical abilities. She is clever and has a keen mind as well. The ex-cop knows how to handle firearms, notably guns and handguns, although she lacks training with automatic weapons. She can drive relatively well, has learned how to disarm and subjugate someone even without weapons, and also speaks several languages almost fluently - including English as her mother language, of course, but she also is proficient in German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish. Apart from that, she also has learned about etiquette, how to negotiate well with others, and what it means to lead. Additionally, she is not as good as a professional medic, Ashlee knows some first aid at least.

Furthermore, after she and her team accidentally got into contact with an experimental chemical during a run gone wrong, she found that her body... changed a bit. She can ingest and process way larger quantities than should be, person sized in fact, as she found out when she instinctively devoured someone trying to mug her in a dark alley. Ashlee has vorish abilties, and while not roaming for prey everyday, she nevertheless makes for a skilled predator. Of course, she could end up on the menu herself sometime...

Char done based on the rules of the 4th edition, using the additonal materials provided by 'augmentation' and 'arsenal'. 600 GP based character aka a 'superior prime runner' by the rules, compared to average starting chars. 'Chummer' was used to create the char more easily and without needing to manually scribble down everything. The datasheet was then saved, converted to pdf, and uploaded on imgur.