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Notes
Born in a poor family, on the death of his mother,
Matthew (Matt) Henly was inducted into an educational
program used covertly by Ares Corp as a cover for
recruitment of children with measurable psychokinetic
potential. Although he scored highly on initial tests, he
never fulfilled his potential and was eventually discarded
from the project. Abandoned, he was forced to make a living
on the streets of the 'Zone, first as a ganger, later as a
Street Samurai - a gun for hire. Unlike most street sams, he
is not cybernetically augmented. He survives primarily
because he augments his fairly limited psychokinetic powers
with mind-altering drugs - giving him greater ability, but
at the cost of addiction to the drugs he needs.
Despite the desperate way of life he has chosen, Zero has
a fairly laid-back style. Rather than high-risk, high-paying
combat jobs, he has been mostly content to live in the
'Zone, only working enough to keep himself in comfortable
style. His early stint in the care of Ares has made him
considerably better educated than most street sams, and he
is also known on the street as being considerably less
difficult to get along with (which is to say he's not
downright psychotic). This has enabled him to pick up jobs
working as a "minder" for the sort of people who couldn't or
wouldn't hire normal street sams or gang muscle. Jobs like
retrieving missing merchandise, or acting as "protection"
for some areas in Bartertown. He will also do more
conventional street sam's work, but is known to dislike
outright contract work. This has given him a reputation of
being "too soft for street work" - leading people to
underestimate him, sometimes fatally. Moreover, he has a
vengeful streak - in particular he loathes being lied to or
misled. Kid Zero hates being pushed around and given his
past, and his present skills, isn't going to take that from
anyone.
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