NightCrawlers

"Sure babe. Looking for a good time?"
"And how do I know you are who you say you are..?"

The lowest of the low, as low as you can go. Almost poetic... just a shame the NightCrawlers aren't themselves. If you've ever been busted at a party, and seen all the scum being carted away in police vans, you'll know who the NightCrawlers are.

Pretty hard to get much worse, really. They spend all day getting into trouble, being in places they don't want to be, but have to. Drugs, crime, prostitution, and above all, petty theft. Come nightfall, they swarm in droves from every corner of every seedy bar across town, looking for work or a quick fix.

What You Look Like

It depends on your trade.

A rogue dealer usually goes about his business in a casual black suit, not too scruffy but not too tidy either. A streetwise hooker will wear whatever the occassion demands. It all depends on who you are at that time, how you are surviving, what you're doing to survive. As sad as it makes you feel, you've beat up a few tramps in your time just to keep yourself clothed. When you have no food, clothing becomes irrelevant.

SubCulture

NightCrawler culture is anarchic and random. The many types of misfits and rejects who call themselves NightCrawlers share little in common - so shared activities and desires are few and far between. Most Crawlers, though, feel they can rely on another in times of need. Some retain the desperate habits that brought them here in the first place. Since everyone is in the same boat, there will usually be someone ready to help.

Many haunts are shared. You've found that seedy nightclubs are the best place to find work, but they're also the most likely to be raided by cops and other Gangs. So, you usually hang out in old warehouses or abandoned buildings, which you've rejuvenated into meeting places and pick-up joints. There you are safe from those that abandoned you.

NightCrawlers represent the dark side of YoGang culture. Not everyone has affluent parents - not every straggler is picked up by the Revolution. Those that don't, become NightCrawlers - they have no choice. This is the best life for them... although they may have something to say about that.

Belonging

It seemed easy to belong to the NightCrawlers. You had no-one else to go to. So you went to the Bar el Shady, sat alone for a while, turned away a dozen pushers and pimps, then a guy approached you. He asked how you were, you said not too good. He asked if you'd like to come for a look around, you said yes. When you got to the factory, you were initiated.

Your clothes were stolen, you were mugged and raped, but you knew then what the NightCrawlers were about. You became one anyway, and pulled the same trick a few times yourself. You don't like what you do, but you have to do it. It can be no other way.

Allies & Enemies

Most YoGangs think you stink. The moment they hear you're a NightCrawler, they expect to be mugged or conned, and flee. If there is anyone who seems to understand you, it's the Squats. You run into them a lot, and they don't try to kill you as often as the others.

The ArcoRunners don't particularly like you - you intrude on their space too much to warrant their affection. You don't like the Guardians much, because they think you're their business, a point of view you disagree with. The end result is often a sore head and a trip to the police station, but what's so new about that? Guardians are, to you, sad, sad people.

Slang

Holed: high on drugs
Cleaner: whore
Downer: completely buggered
Welcoming: initiation
De-rezz: make a quick exit
Ped-ler: seller of drugs to BoardPunks

YoGang Skill: NightLife (COOL)

Your hard experience of life on the streets and everything that comes with it. You know all the best joints, from the top nightclubs to the safest Arco to spend the night. You don't set out looking for this information - it's your life, you can't help it.

NightLife can be used as a substitute for Streetsmarts in any shady situation. If you're trying to find the wherabouts of the nearest soup kitchen from another Crawler, use this. It covers everything to do with the night, and the life you have because of it.

If You're a NightCrawler

Pick four things...

Stun Gun
Shades
Decent-ish clothes
Flick-knife (DC3)
Contraceptives
Box in an Arco
$50 cash
Lock-pick Kit (60%)