Hidden Motives

Booma is an Netrunner not out of a thirst for glory or wealth alone, but driven by a desperate need to protect their family and an accidental entanglement with dangerous corporate secrets. Their skills are a means to an end, a shield against the threats closing in.

Secrets

• Secret 1: Sibling in Debt. Booma's younger sibling, a budding but reckless techie, owes a substantial debt to a violent fixer operating out of 📍The Glen after a disastrous attempt to flip stolen ⚖️Aether Materials Dynamics prototypes. Booma is desperate to protect them and is taking increasingly risky netrunning jobs – often for little profit – making them vulnerable to blackmail or coercion. This debt is the primary driver for Booma's dangerous edgerunning lifestyle.
• Secret 2: Whispers of Project Chimera. Booma recently picked up a faint, highly encrypted signal containing partial schematics for a revolutionary, bio-integrated neural interface, codenamed "Project Chimera." The data suggests ⚖️Aether Materials Dynamics is involved, but the source of the leak is unknown, and the tech seems dangerously unstable, hinting at a new, potentially devastating corporate black project. This accidental discovery has put a target on Booma's back, forcing them deeper into the shadows of the netrunning world to stay ahead of whoever might be looking for the leak.