Y'know those conspiracy nutjobs that insist birds aren't real, they're all secretly spydrones for the government and the Megacorps? Some even claim different species are all tied to different corps. Why they think the seagull are from Ares... Anyway, before I go on a tangent, just know this: Dove decided to deliberately mess with those folks. So her spydrones are disguised as birds. The monster.
You heard it right, this rigger is deliberately taunting conspiracy theoristers by spying on them with fake birds. And of course she uses them on runs as well. Nobody notices when there's a bird more, watching their every move from a distance. Which makes for perfectly stealthy surveillance, and a perfectly sadistic teammate.
— Hound
Metatype
Dwarf
Skillset
Rigger (Combat, Surveillance)
Helix Rep
Very Positive
Helix Standing
Very Positive
Dove (don't call her Pigeon...) is a rigger who knows how to be subtle, while also bringing enough firepower to take down threats when things go south. She disguises her espionage drones to look like real animals, weaving a surveillance web that nothing slips past. If a target ever managed to realise what she was doing, they sure didn't ever tell.
On top of espionage with flyers and crawlers, she also has a few combat drones that pack a proper punch. Non-lethal usually, but with armour-piercing rounds to fall back on if push comes to shove. The only thing to keep in mind when hiring her, is that it takes time to carefully set up an espionage network. If you're in a rush, don't expect her normal subtlety.
While she will spend her time on a run hiding elsewhere, as riggers are wont to do, her combat drones are smart enough to run on their own. So if drek hits the fan and jamming shields go up, you'll still have that extra bit of firepower on your side.
Testimonials
When the mark suddenly pulled out a gun, I thought I was a goner. Then blam, out of nowhere he hits the ground with a big bruise. Saved my hoop, Dove did.— A happy fellow runner
I'm telling you, I saw it. Pigeons looking straight at me, into my soul. She did it, I know it. I still see those pigeons everywhere, all the time. She has eyes on all of us, I tell you! All of us!— A freshly born conspiracy theorist
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I had character named Dove, but she was no rigger. Rather a pheromoned full simrigged spendlove who would record everything and then sell the data recorded and other things she stole after giving people narco laced lipstick kisses.
Whelp, a girl's gotta make a living, is how I believe the expression goes.
Too low they build who build beneath the stars - Edward Young