Puzzle

## Saito Hiroyuki as "Puzzle"

### Folder Link

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10jPxSFv-QYu\_waN4lDMgBH4lC81mIUy1?usp=sharing

# Character Information

### Summary

Private military contractor turned movie star who found that having a goon squad at your beck and call can make you quite hard to deal with

### Goals

* Continue running.
* Keep his arcology safe.
* Work his team up to the next professional rating.
* Win an Emmy.

## Background

An assassin, a soldier, a crooked exec, a drug dealer, a spy, Saito Hiroyuki has played a hundred roles since his induction into film and television. He'd been fated for fame and glory since birth because of his good pedigree, that's what his parents always told him. A second son to one of the clans of old, old money that had helped build Shiawase into the multinational conglomerate that grew to kick off the megacorporate takeover, Hiroyuki was of a landed pedigree in the kingdom of Shiawase. Born into a caste above the common rabble, he wanted for nothing and was barred from little. While his brother was raised to serve the chief family and eventually continue his father's noble work on the executive board, young Hiro was treated as little more than a backup. One fateful day he decided he wanted to see the world, so he joined up with the company's private military division, Desert Storm Security.

As one of the regular offerings for the annual Desert Wars, the DSS's Nue Company sees some of the best and brightest that the Japanacorp can offer. It's also the most eclectic in the private military company, a choice to better appeal to the international audiences while keeping the more socially unacceptable far from Japanese soil. Puzzle served as sergeant of a fireteam during the company's first year participating in the new, hyped up Rad Wars. While in the midst of a running firefight with Aztech guerreros, 2nd and 3rd platoons were engaged by a massive rad spirit, leaving 3rd platoon's Fireteam Bravo as the only survivors, even including their Aztech enemies. The final blow to the beast was dealt by Puzzle himself, a belt of grenades at suicidally short range that blew him halfway across the block. The damage done to Puzzle resulted in the replacement of his right arm and leg with cybernetic augmentations. The coverage of the event became an online sensation, especially within the Japanacorps, and made Puzzle a company celebrity. Once he was stable, the interviews betrayed a passion for talking and a thirst for attention that would help catapult the man's career from soldier to actor. He was promoted for his heroism and rotated to a meaningless position far off the front line where he could comfortably continue sucking up limelight and selling company merch.

Nowadays, he's little more than a B-list action star to the world, known by all and recognized by some.  With the corporate expansion into Seattle, he requested his team manage the Arcology's security personally, becoming the DSS attache to Shiawase subsidiaries in the region. Unfortunately for Puzzle, Shiawase regional manager Kojima Kiyo had other plans. Kojima was former MIFD and saw an opportunity to make some money for herself while she still had unrivaled power within the Seattle branch. Fireteam Bravo became Kojima's personal hit squad, facilitating a series of ruthless expansions in both corporate and criminal takeovers, building the regional manager a comfortable little retirement fund and inroads into a network to rely on. Eventually, the shadow work became a regular part of team activities, the live fire keeping them sharper than any drill or exercise.

## Narrative Significant Qualities

* Code of Honor (Bushido 2.0)- Being indoctrinated from birth, Puzzle would never think of disobeying his superiors.
* Day Job III- Between his job as an actor and his responsibilities to the PMC, Puzzle has little time for much else during normal work hours.
* Fame: Megacorporate- Japanese nationals, Japanacorpers, and consumers of Japanese media might recognize the action star for his numerous roles in the film industry.
* SINner (Shiawase)- Puzzle was born and raised with blue blood in his veins.

## Run History

- Run I've Been On
- Other Run I've Been On
- Etc.

# In Character Information

## Matrix Search Table

 3
 6+

## Shadow Community Table

 3
 6+

## Assensing Table

 2
 3
 4
 5+

## SINs

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  R5 Tanaka Hirohiko, UCAS

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  R5 Bodyguard License
  R5 Driver's License
  R5 Restricted Augmentations License
  R5 Firearms License

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