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What follows is a chart that a Game Master can use to generate random occupations for non-player characters, and to flesh out friends, enemies, and contacts. Follow die-rolling instructions, or pick an entry, and proceed to sub-charts as indicated. Determine the NPC's gender by rolling 1D10. On an odd roll, it's a male. On an even roll, it's a female.
Roll 1D100 -
01 - 20 : Legally Employed (Roll 1D100) :
01 - 06 : Accountant 07 - 13 : Clerk (Retail or Otherwise)
14 - 19 : Construction Worker 20 - 25 : Courier
26 - 31 : Doctor/Nurse 32 - 37 : Engineer/Technician
38 - 44 : Janitor 45 - 50 : Pilot
51 - 56 : Secretary 57 - 61 : Scientist
62 - 68 : Social Worker 69 - 75 : Student, College
76 - 80 : Student, K-12 81 - 87 : Teacher, College
88 - 93 : Teacher, K-12 94 - 00 : Truck/Bus Driver
21 - 35 : Street Trash (Roll 1D100) :
01 - 02 : Assassin 03 - 07 : Bartender
08 - 11 : Bodyguard 12 - 15 : Bouncer
16 - 20 : Cab Driver 21 - 23 : Con Man
24 - 26 : Convict 27 - 28 : Counterfieter
29 - 30 : Drug Cooker 31 - 36 : Drug Dealer
37 - 40 : Ex-Convict 41 - 44 : Fixer/Fence
45 - 49 : Gang Member 50 - 53 : Hooker (Non-Licensed)
54 - 58 : Junkie 59 - 62 : Mercenary
63 - 65 : Netrunner 66 - 69 : Nomad
70 - 72 : Prostitute (Licensed) 73 - 74 : Ripperdoc
75 - 78 : Ronin 79 - 82 : Smuggler
83 - 88 : Street Vendor 89 - 90 : Techie
91 - 94 : Thief/Burglar 95 - 00 : Vagrant
36 - 50 : Legal/Emergency (Roll 1D100) :
01 - 05 : Bounty Hunter 06 - 20 : Cop (Go To 1.1)
21 - 36 : Fireman 37 - 40 : Lawyer
41 - 55 : Paramedic 56 - 61 : Prison Guard
62 - 75 : Private Investigator 76 - 90 : Rent-A-Cop
91 - 95 : Retired Cop (Go To 1.1) 96 - 00 : Vigilante
51 - 65 : Organized Crime (Roll 1D10) :
1 : Assassin 2 - 3 : Bodyguard
4 : Bookie 5 : Counterfieter
6 - 8 : Enforcer 9 : Minor Boss
0 : Netrunner
(Go To Chart 1.2)
66 - 79 : Corporate (Roll 1D10) :
1 : Assassin/Ninja 2 : Corp Cop/Security
3 : Doctor/MedTech 4 - 5 : Employee (Clerk, Secretary, etc)
6 : Junior Executive 7 : Senior Executive
8 : Netrunner 9 : Samurai
0 : Technician
(Go To Chart 1.3)
80 - 89 : Entertainers (Roll 1D10) :
1 : Actor 2 - 3 : Artist
4 : Athlete 5 : Disk Jockey
6 : Media (Go To 1.4) 7 - 8 : Rocker
9 : Dancer 0 : Writer
90 - 00 : Government (Roll 1D10) :
1 : LEDivAgent (Go To 1.5) 2 : Assassin
3 - 6 : Military (Go To 1.6) 7 : Netrunner
8 : Official/Politician 9 - 0 : Techie
1.1 - Types of Police
(Used only if "Cop" or "Retired Cop" was rolled on 1.0 to determine which division the NPC is/was with.)
Roll 1D100 -
01 - 03 : Internal Affairs Division (IAD) 04 - 08 : Administration 09 - 13 : Net Security Section (NetSec) 14 - 18 : Homicide 19 - 23 : Vice 24 - 28 : Robbery 29 - 33 : Special Investigation (SIn) 34 - 37 : Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) 38 - 41 : Cyborg Suppression Unit (CSU, MaxTac, C-SWAT) 42 - 46 : Riot Section 47 - 50 : Airborne Patrol 51 - 67 : Cruiser Patrol 68 - 82 : Traffic Patrol 83 - 98 : Beat Patrol 99 - 00 : HiWay
1.2 - Organized Crime
(Specifically West Coast Organizations. Used to find out what group an NPC is affiliated with.)
Roll 1D10 -
1 - 4 : The Yakuza (Japanese) 5 - 7 : The Mafia (primarily Italian) 8 - 9 : The Triads (Chinese) 0 : The Columbians (and other South Americans)
1.3 - Corporations
(Used to see which corporation the NPC is affiliated with.)
Roll 1D100 -
01 - 03 : Arasaka (CP, CR1) 04 - 05 : BioMass Laboratories Group, GMbH (ERI) 06 - 08 : Biotechnicia (CP) 09 - 10 : Consolodated Agriculture (IF1.4) 11 - 13 : Diverse Media Systems (RB) 14 - 16 : Dornier AeroSpace (NO) 17 - 19 : Euro-Business Machines Corporation (CP) 20 - 21 : Fujiwara (PRS) 22 - 23 : Hilliard Corporation (RGUK) 24 - 25 : Imperial Metropolitan Agriculture, PLC (RGUK) 26 - 28 : InfoComp (CP, ERI) 29 - 31 : International Electric Corporation (CR1, DS) 32 - 33 : Kendachi (PRS) 34 - 35 : Lazarus Military Group (CR2) 36 - 37 : Matsushima-Kiroshi (PRS) 38 - 40 : Merrill, Asukaga, & Finch (CP) 41 - 43 : MicroTech (CP) 44 - 46 : MiliTech (CP, CR2) 47 - 49 : Mitsubishi/Koridansu (DS) 50 - 52 : Network News 54 (CP, RB) 53 - 54 : No-Ahme Caldwell Genetic Engineering & Biochemicals (NO) 55 - 56 : Ocean Technology & Energy Corporation (IF1.1) 57 - 59 : Oribital Air (CP) 60 - 61 : Peak & Derrera (ERI) 62 - 64 : PetroChem (CP, CR3) 65 - 67 : Raven MicroCybernetics (ERI) 68 - 69 : RepliTech (DS) 70 - 71 : Revolution Genetics, Inc. (IF1.3) 72 - 73 : SegAtari (PRS) 74 - 75 : Soviet World Oil Industries (CR3) 76 - 77 : Storm Technologies Inc. (NT) 78 - 79 : Sungan Industries (PRS) 80 - 81 : Tanson Group (PRS) 82 - 83 : Terra Nova (DS) 84 - 85 : Tiger Medicines Corporation (PRS) 86 - 88 : Trauma Team International (CP) 89 - 90 : Tsunami Design Bureau (ERI) 91 - 92 : Utopian Corporation (DS) 93 - 95 : World News Service (CP) 96 - 98 : WorldSat Communications Network (CP) 99 - 00 : ZetaTech (CP)
Source books which list details on named corporations are given in parentheses. Abbreviations follow : CP = Cyberpunk 2020; CR# = Corporate Report, where "#" is the volume; ERI = Edgerunners INC; RB = Rockerboy; NO = Near Orbit; PRS = Pac Rim Sourcebook; RGUK = Rough Guide to the UK; DS = Deep Space; NT = Neo Tribes; IF#.# = Interface magazines, where "#.#" indicates Volume and Issue, respectively.
1.4 - Types of Medias
Roll 1D10 -
1 : TV News Reporter 2 - 3 : Journalist 4 - 5 : PhotoJournalist 6 : Anchor Person 7 : Cameraman/-woman 8 : Sound Techician 9 : Sports Caster 0 : Combat Correspondent
1.5 - Types of LEDiv Agents
Roll 1D10 -
1 : Administration 2 : Corporate Investigation 3 : Criminal Investigation 4 : Drug Enforcement 5 : Intelligence 6 : Organized Crime 7 : Records 8 : Science/Tech 9 : Secret Service 0 : Special Operations
1.6 - Government Jobs
Used to find affiliations of Military NPC's.
Roll 1D100 -
01 - 17 : Air Force, Enlisted 18 - 20 : Air Force, Officer 21 - 37 : Army, Enlisted 38 - 40 : Army, Officer 41 - 57 : Marines, Enlisted 58 - 60 : Marines, Officer 61 - 77 : Navy, Enlisted 78 - 80 : Navy, Officer 81 - 97 : State Forces, Enlisted 98 - 00 : State Forces, Officer
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