The Night Reaper

Justice among the juve population is usually something enforced from within. Since law enforcement is corporate controlled it usually only cares about juves when they are the perpetrators of crime. In most areas the local Guardian gangs pick up the slack but there are limits to even what they can do. Sarah Gantly was a member of a Guardian gang called the Night Watchmen when she was brutally raped by a GoldenBoy named Holden Armstrong. After the ordeal she went to the local LeDiv office only to find them unwilling to do anything once they found out that her attacker was the son of an influential corporate man. Even her own gang was refused to take action after the local police made it clear that Armstrong was protected.

Dejected she left the Night Watchers in hope of finding justice on her own. She began tailing Holden and his goboys and investigating their activities. It didn’t take her long to find a host of other girls who had been victimized in the same fashion. The gang rapes had become a weekly activity of the group since they were secure in the knowledge that they were beyond the reach of the law. Most of the girls never reported the attack and those that did were met with the same resistance that Sarah was. The brave few, who didn’t take no for an answer, found themselves the subject of various levels of harassments until they realized that there was no hope. Moved by the suffering of these young girls she was convinced that the time for retribution had come. The only question was how do you bring someone to justice who is above the law and how to do it without revealing herself and endangering the other victims?

Taking a cue from the comic book heroes of the previous century she decided to become a hero herself. She embraced the idea of an alternate identity to hide her own and inspire fear in her enemies. Thus the Night Reaper was born. To confuse her target she developed a costume that purposely hid her feminine features so they would think she was a boy. Baggy pants covered her hips while an armored vest concealed her chest. She bought a cyberbike helmet with a heavy tinted visor that covered her entire face and painted on a pair of red eyes using luminescent paint. The final component was a vocal modulator that amplified her voice and made it sound like a boy’s. In addition to her standard Guardian equipment she added a few specialty ninja items she picked up from a Streetfighter friend. Once Sarah had the costume she began developing a whole new persona to fit the image. She asked some of Holden’s other victims to help learn the skills she would need for the fight and most were more than willing to teach her. A FaceDancer taught her how to change her mannerisms and act like a boy when she was wearing a costume. A Streetfighter taught her how to use an opponent’s strength against them and how to fight multiple opponents at the same time. Finally she learned the art of stealth, subterfuge and the way of the suburban ninja from a BeaverBrat. Armed with her new knowledge and equipment the hunt was on.

It didn’t take Sarah long to find Armstrong and his crew. Although the group had easily overpowered her before they had relied on surprise and brute force. With her newly honed fighting skills the Goldenboys were no match for her and easily subdued. She then video tapped Holden confessing his crimes and begging for his life. When she was satisfied with his humiliation she told him that if he ever harmed another girl the “Night Reaper” would return for him. With those ominous words she disappeared into a cloud of smoke. In the hopes that if Holden were humiliated enough his father would cut off support and distance himself from his disgraceful son, Sarah took the tape to the Night Crawlers for them to distribute on the pirate airwaves.

Word quickly spread about this mysterious new defender of the streets. Just as Sarah had hoped, no one was able to recognize her and people had no clue as to the real identity of the Night Reaper. Originally she had planned on only using the costume this once and then letting the incident fade into street myth, but the more she thought about it the more she was drawn to the thrill of it. She sought out other people like Holden who used power or position to commit crimes against the kids of Night City. The girls who had been victimized by Holden Armstrong continued to help her and formed a support network for gathering information and acquiring equipment. However even with the support of the other girls Sarah was being stretched to the limits.

After sixth months of fighting crime Sarah was a mess. Her grades were slipping, she was only sleeping a few hours a night and her parents were beginning to worry about her. As her parents became more concerned about their daughter they made it harder and harder for her to slip out at night. As the Night Reapers presence on the street became less frequent word began to spread that the Reaper had been beat. Too proud to let her alter ego’s reputation be trashed Sarah made contact with her support network and asked if anyone would be willing to wear the costume until she could get her parents off her back. Not one, but four girls volunteered for the duty. They were all close enough to Sarah’s height and the received training from the same juves that taught her so that it was almost impossible to tell that it was someone else in the suit. At first they took turns wearing Sarah’s costume but after a few weeks each of them made their own suit exactly like hers. Now Sarah could relax a little while still feeling secure that the Night Reapers presence would be felt on the streets. The effects on the streets have been pretty impressive. With five Night Reapers all covering different parts of the city at different times it allows for greater impact while still giving the illusion that it is only one person.

Sarah Gantly is a relatively none descript 14 year old girl. She is average height for her age and while she has a slender figure it hides an agile strength honed from countless hours training. While she appears youthful and vibrant her eyes hide a steel that could weather a hurricane. She is very warm and open around girls her age but like most girls who have been raped sometimes feels uncomfortable to outright afraid of the opposite sex. However in an almost dual personality once she assumes the role of the Night Reaper she feels no fear of anything and the confidence to perform any task. She is fair skinned with green eyes and natural red hair kept almost boyishly short so it fits easily under her helmet. The other girls who wear the Night Reaper suit are all close to the same height and were all victims of violent crimes but other than that have almost nothing in common. They come from different backgrounds and different yogangs drawn together by the desire to protect other juves from what happened to them.

Sarah Gantly (Night Reaper)

INT	5	REF	8	COOL	7
TECH	5	MOVE	6	LUCK	4
BODY	7	EMP	5	ATT	4

Blend	5	Go Go	2	St. Fight	6
Fear. Ldr.	5	Jockstuff	4	St. Smart	4
Genspeak	3	Lil Angel	4	Thiefstuff	2
Get a Clue	5	Schoolin	4	Good Guy	6

Equipment: Night Reaper Suit (AR 5 to Torso, helmet has built in vocal modulator), snap baton (DC 5), 10 striptape binders, ZapMan Taser Pistol, Kendachi MonoClaw*, 5 smoke pellets, 10 shirken, 20m SuperString, 20 caltrops, MonoGrap Cybernetic Claw Grapple

Kendachi MonoClaw The mono claw is a modern version of an ancient weapon used by the ninjas for fighting and climbing. The claws come as a set one worn on each hand and consist of two small 4” blades set an inch apart and secured by a leather loop over a persons knuckles. The primary purpose of the blades was to assist the wearer in climbing trees and wooden buildings, but in a pinch they could be used as a weapon of last resort. The MonoClaw adds a mono edge to the blades allowing them to bite into steel and even concrete. The size of the monoclaw allows them to be hidden easily in pockets or even the sleeve of a coat for quick access. Its the must have item for the techno ninja on the go.

Melee +1 P C DC4(AP) NA 1 VR

The other Night Reapers all have similar stats with only a few minor point variations and all have the same equipment and their yogang specific equipment. Gang wise there is a BeaverBrat, a MegaViolent, a Squat, and a Streetfighter. All of them have their yogang skill at 6. Also since they are all pretending to be Sarah sometimes they can rely on people to give them the same respect they give her. In game terms if the situation warrants it the GM may allow any of the Night Reapers to make a Good Guy roll using Sarah’s skill of 6 with their own Emp stat.