LotS/GHOST Equipment Set

GHOST Equipment Set:

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Lore:

Main Hand:'

1. "Sweeper: A term for those who kill the deviants of mercenary, the defectors from militant groups, the "loose ends" when a mission goes wrong. Not all assassinations go smoothly, some kidnappings get botched, or a myriad of other failures happen. Some messes have to be 'swept under the rug'." -- Excerpt from Bizarre Universe, a popular urban myth and conspiracy theorist net board

Off Hand:'

2. "Initiates into most sweeper sects are typically robots with just enough artificial intelligence to make them adaptable in any situation, but not enough to produce empathy or compassion for those that they are sent to destroy. That, or more rarely, a non-robot with the same emotional capacity. When not on mission, they are kept in cryogenic sleep -- kept devoid of a life outside of their line of work. Defecting is never a temptation for sweepers; as robot or otherwise are kept finely programmed." -- Excerpt from Bizarre Universe

Helmet:'

3. "GHOST: the exception." -- Excerpt from Bizarre Universe

Chest:'

4. Urban legend fanatics love to link unexplainable incidents to the mysterious woman occasionally caught on security cameras, winding through crowds with such a diminutive presence that people around her never seemed to notice she was there. But her appearance on a security camera always lead to, or away from, some sort of disaster. Enthusiasts spent their time trying to find out her identity, but turning up dead ends. One video surfaced, hacked from the records kept in a law enforcement office on Novocastria, and it gave her her name.

Gloves:'

5. "No identification, no record of citizenship, no credit cards, no communication device. You have no identity on the 'nets, not even an alias on a hotel guest book. How is it you've remained so anonymous? You're like a ghost." -- Unnamed Officer, Kenton Police Station Video Archive # 78461.

Pants:'

6. "Employed by the Republic of Lensada as a... a sweeper? Sweepers are myth and folklore. Nobody actually believes in them, nobody but conspiracy theorist nut jobs. And no one's had contact with Lensada in years -- didn't they pull from the UHW and closed their galactic neighbourhood? There's no way you'd be able to leave their restricted space unnoticed. Your story is full of holes." -- Unnamed Officer, Kenton Police Station Video Archive # 78461.

Boots:'

7. "Kenton Police refused to comment on the woman's disappearance from their secure facility, nor why all records of her incarceration (minus one video and one record of seized evidence) disappeared." -- Excerpt from Bizarre Universe

Trinket:'

8. "A replica of the one that was seized from GHOST upon her incarceration in Kenton -- created from the leaked documentation of her personal items. It's one of the few things that GHOST left available for us to hack, we assume she wanted us to see it." -- Description of a pendant for sale on Bizarre Universe

Utility:'

9. "Two questions I have to ask, though. If sweepers are meant to kill without question, obey orders without fault, and are apparently the perfect invisible killing machines, like a bunch of folk on this website like to say... What would make a 'finely programmed' sweeper defect? And how many sweepers would it take to take down another sweeper? I wonder if GHOST is just always on the run from her peers." -- Excerpt from Bizarre Universe's chat board