Bastion

*This article is on a resident of Neotropolis. It contains an in universe bio and is subject to change, head cannon, or the whims of the creator.*

Overview:

Sebastian Audry, Callsign Bastion is a certified exo-repair operator, currently working as an independent contactor. Secretly he is the coleader of the Neotropolis cell of the SLF (Sentient Liberation Front). Using his broad experience and poorly regulated contractor credentials, he moves freely around the city supposedly under the cover of gig and contract work, but actually facilitating the rescue of intelligent constructs and others caught in barbaric corporates servitude.

Background:

Bastion is thought to have been born to space carvaners, groups that form small tight knit communities around low investment interstellar shipping. The upbringing on board ships or port towns gave him a wide baseline knowledge of machinery and computers. Caravaers are experts in keeping things running long after they should have broken or repurposing and recycling existing tech. When he came of age Bastion worked on dangerous space mining operations in the Dacian Belt far from more populated areas. He quickly gained a reputation for resourcefulness and speed ran certifications for exo suit and zero-gee tug operations. This made him ideal for some of the most distant and dangerous work and he was soon headhunted by Pentex industries asteroid mining subsidiaries. Many of the crews on the asteroid mining ops were bioroids with no human rights made for harsh environments and limited lifespans.

The experience changed Bastion. Soon after arriving he was contacted by SLF members and went on to assist in faking an accident on the rig allowing many Bioroids to escape. Under scrutiny by Pentex, Bastion was put on leave, then pulled up stake and left the Dace region. The SLF has helped him clean his reputation with forged work histories and he eventually found his way to Neotropolis, where he believes his work is desperately needed.

Skills and Attitudes:

Bastion is termed as an "electronic warfare specialist" by his official O-12 wanted records. He has a wide understanding of tech, and is a competent hacker. He also has a wide knowledge of industrial operations, particularly the back end and utility sections and this gives him an edge in monkey wrenching and sabotage actions. Bastion prefers arranging accidents and getting out before they happen to direct conflict. While he has small arms training he knows he is much more valuable in a support role than a fight. Certified on exo-mechs, space tugs, and common air-cars he is a phenomenally poor driver tending to prefer vehicles large enough that they can tank the inevitable collusions. Bastion is known for a sunny disposition despite his dire work, and a genuine love of bots of any kind.

Bastion at Neotropolis 23

Based in Outpost-66, Bastion and his Bioroid wife Sugarwrath were contacted by a powerful AI calling itself Autumn Blind. It was seeking a exit from it's corporation. Unable to directly intervene, thanks to increased presence from Endline, Bastion was forced to seek assistance from likeminded (or financially incentivized) SLF sympathizers to seek info about the AI. With the help of others he was able to locate the AI's dead drops and stenographed rescue coordinates. Leaving a decoy of the AI's personality behind, he and Sugarwrath smuggled it to safety ahead of hunters, who believe they deleted Autumn Blind. The AI is now safely running a cloud based advertising firm and taking advantage of Neotropolis' lax zoning laws to spread vending machine trojan horses all over the city.

Bastion also took part in minor operations for the Resistance, propaganda operations against Endline and Helix Industries, and Mariner Memorial vigils. He also led a street protest against the Three Sea Shells corp for their terrible treatment of androids. With the fall of Outpost-66 Bastion was forced into hiding before returning to the city. Upon his return he was contacted again by Autumn Blind, who has come into contact with the mysterious toaster liberati seeking aid in rescuing their intelligent comrades.