Deltic

Name: Deltic Andolt

Species: Anthropomorphic Highland Bull

Age: Early 40s

Appearance Build: Almost seven and a half foot tall, muscular but not toned. More Strong Man than Mr Olympus

Fur: Coarse brown coat, shaggy around his wrists and ankles, and on his chest

Eyes: Coffee Brown, deep and warm

Clothing: Flannel tops, denim jeans, brown leather boots

Augmentations: Limited to stabilisers in right knee following an old sports injury.

Personality Core Traits: Tinkerer, analytical, distractable

Temperament: Laid back. Excitable about his projects, but easily hurt by others dismissal of his work. Generally introverted, he prefers to work alone, and will dominate a team in pursuit of his idea of perfextion.

Humour: Filthy, innuendos, used as a defence

Flaws: Overly critical of his own work; not quite a perfectionist but nearly. Pushes boundaries and can be seen as overly familiar

Motivations: Deltic enjoys tinkering and developing technology. He does it for himself, chosing not to work with any corporation and instead works fir himself.

Quirks: Often has several projects on his workbench in various states of disassembly, including at least one piece of old hifi or computer tech. Enjoys using his size to impose on others, but does so playfully rather than maliciously. His tail often tells his mood: like a cat, swishing is a sign of irritation.

Background Origin: Grew up in a middle class family. Both parents worked for one of the corps but he refuses to say which. Life wasn't always easy, but it was never hard

Career: Learned how to fix things by breaking them, and turned this into a career. By the time he left high-school he was already proficient at repairing most consumer tech, and took a job at a local repair shop fixing everything from PDAs to Televisions to Washing Machines.

Current Status: Technically unemployed, but does still do the odd repair job if it interests him. He also makes a but of cash selling old tech such as games consoles and audio equipment. He seems to live beyond his means until you check how much some of the old Hi-Fi components he refurbishes actually sell for.

Era & Tone Timeframe: Near-future, late 21st century. Tone: Gritty realism with corporate dominance, systemic inequality, and species tension. No flashy neon cyberpunk, think utilitarian tech, militarized streets, and omnipresent surveillance.

Species Premise Humans and anthros evolved side by side, forming distinct cultures but sharing the same world. Centuries of uneasy coexistence led to integration but not equality. Today, megacorporations rule everything: law enforcement, healthcare, infrastructure. Governments are hollow shells; justice is a subscription service.

Echelon City A sprawling metropolis built of steel, glass and concrete. Some older areas have brick-built tenements and factories, but most was cleared and redeveloped Corporate towers dominate the skyline, casting shadows over slums and industrial zones. Streets hum with delivery drones, armored patrols, and the desperation of those living paycheck to paycheck.

Society Humans: Dominant in the board rooms, and use the money and power this gives them to remain there. However, despite corporare power being weilded primarily by humans, there is little solidarity between executives and the rest of humanity; some 98% of humans are economically endangered: no- or low-income work, no job security, no savings. Anthros: Valued for physical attributes and adaptability. Larger, predator species are often employed in security and enforcement roles, with smaller anthros finding roles in more detail-oriented, delicate work. Prides and Prejudices: Many humans distrust anthros; centuries of media manipulation have this deeply engrained. Anthros are equally as wary around humans; learned experience being hard to shake, even if the vast majority of humans have more in common with them than the rich elites. Discrimination against cuts both ways, with in not being uncommon for bars, restaurants, hotels, and shops to be officially human or anthro only. This has bled into the false narrative that some areas are 'no go" zones for humans, again perpetrated by the predominantly human owned media Law & Order: Corporations own police forces, courts, and prisons. Dissent is punished harshly, and loyalty rewarded (at least until those loyal are no longer needed)

Technology Cybernetics: Commonly available but ofter utilitarian as provided to assist with work. Reinforced limbs, joints and bones are common amongst labourers. Ocular implants tend to be used by security personnel. Neural links find a home with white-collar workers of all types. Many companies will advertise their augmentation program as a benefit of working for them, despite the reality being they oblnly provide them as a deep cost-benefit analysis shows they improve productivity and, more important for some, tie staff to roles; it's hard to quit a job when their technology is embedded so deep it needs intrusive surgery to remove. Fashion-focused implants do exist, but are rarely seen outside if celebrity culture due to cost. Surveillance: Omnipresent. Between CCTV, an overbearing security and police presence in the streets, and digital tracking, privacy is as good as dead. Facial recognition camera report of where you go. Digital payment providers track what you buy and where. Algorithmic analysis of what you say and type identifies underlying attitudes, thoughts and predicts what you will do next. Analog Resistance: Amongst all this, a subculture clings to old tech - things like paper notes, dumb phones, cd players, physical cash - as a way to evade the ever present tracjing. It's a broad church, with members having their own reasons for being a part of the subculture. Some use old tech to regain some semblance of a private life, whilst others are using it to try and evade detection of their crimes.