Lo Puska entered the "Borton Orphanage and Correctional Facility" in Eastern Europe at the tender age of four. Whether he was abandoned by his parents or actually orphaned is still a mystery to him, and one that he's less concerned with the older he gets. Spending fourteen years in such a place obviously had some influence on the young man. In order to survive in such a harsh environment one needed 'friends' and the better armed your 'friends' were the better things could be.
Starting off as a simple mule for The Bandas, one of the established gangs within the facility, he quickly proved his worth. Moving contraband throughout the facility was easy for him, he was small, and didn't draw a lot of attention to himself. And who would suspect a four your old of moving cartons of smuggled cigarettes about the place? The older he got, the more dangerous (and lucrative), the contraband became. Cigarettes, fermented drinks of various types, drugs, and every type of hand-made or smuggled-in weapon one could think of.
Of course rival gangs would occasionally catch him on a run and give him a good beating (while nicking the goods as well), but he was soon able to dish out as much punishment as he was receiving (with the help of a few choice concealed blades of course) and started to make a name for himself. He quickly rose through the ranks of The Bandas reaching second in command before it all came crashing to an end.
When he awoke on his 18th birthday, or at least what the authorities in the facility told him was his 18th birthday, he was greeted by the Wartron (Warden/Matron) and handed a certificate stating that "Lo Puska has been fully rehabilitated and/or reached adulthood." Given a few basic necessities and a few nuyen he was unceremoniously taken to the entrance of the facility and booted into the street. Before he could even comprehend what had just happened he was approached by a well dressed and neatly groomed man on the street calling himself Ross Ficko.
Ross apparently had what he called 'talent acquisition' people within the facility and a few of them thought that Lo's skills would be useful for the type of business Ross needed taken care of. The jobs were simple at first but quickly became more difficult and it wasn't long before Lo put two and two together. All of the jobs he worked for Ross in some way, shape, or form benefitted the interests of Saeder-Krupp. Through some of his own connections he had made since leaving the BOCF Lo was able to determine that Ross was a low level SK executive, most likely part of the 'Competitor Deterrence' division. This information didn't keep Lo from working jobs for Ross, the money was good, and the man always provided Lo with quality equipment to use.
One such job, however, would signal the end of Lo's employment and his subsequent fleeing to the UCAS. From the very start Lo had a bad feeling about this particular job, it wasn't the type of work he would normally do for Ross, and the intel he had been given was obviously rushed and incomplete. Walking into the ambush confirmed his suspicion. How he escaped is a mystery even to him, but with some of the contacts he had made since leaving the BOCF, and help from the 'Former SK Employee Underground Network' he somehow ended up in Tacoma. His only contact was another former SK 'employee'.
Rinse: Lo admires Marcus' business like attitude when carrying out a run and considers him an ally among those he has met during his time in Tacoma. Enjoys the occasional after run beer but has very little contact with the man outside of their work.
Vision: Doesn't know much about Vision other than she does a damned fine job during their runs; and that's good enough for him.
F4d30ut: Another fine team member but one that Lo has a hard time pinning down. Lo's not entirely sure, but every now and then he seems to catch a suspicious glance directed his way, but writes it off to F4d30ut being a snob towards a lowly ruffian. Doesn't have a problem working with F4d30ut as long as the runs keep going well.
Andy: Lo considers Andy to be the only irreplaceable member of the team, himself included, but he'd never actually admit that. Andy's shop is a regular stop for Lo when not occupied with runs or 'work' with one of the local gangs. He enjoys talking about weapons and bouncing ideas about gun and drone modifications back and forth with her.
EDIT: It appear that I am unable to edit my Notoriety value. I can enter a '1' for the value but it seems to set back to '0' when I save.
Last edited February 13, 2016 1:57 am