Published in GURPS Cyberpunk Adventures (Steve Jackson Games, English); GURPS Cyberpunk Der Medusa Virus (Pegasus Spiele GmbH; German)

Personal Data: Neko is a Biotech Chulan-designed Bast III pleasure android: her face is feline, with slit-pupil green eyes and large furry ears. Her athletic body is covered by a tiger-striped black and silver pelt of soft fur. She's flamboyant, outgoing, sexy and passionate, just as she was grown to be. But underneath the sex-kitten chassis, she's a custom-modified killer.

She didn't start out that way. She was created for the Music Box, an Osaka rock superstation that wanted a unique VJ. Neko's charm and interviewing skills (male rock stars turned to jelly in her presence) were popular with viewers, but she was the only thing on Music Box worth watching. When the station went out of business Neko was sold to "snuff-rock" star Andreas Brecht.

Neko was owned by Brecht for two years, which she describes as "psychedelic hell." Brecht was a Sin addict, and given to fits of sadistic paranoia; he wanted a unique body-guard-mistress to show off at parties, so Neko was given a head full of implants, some designed to augment her skills, others to keep her enslaved. Usually, Neko was the instrument of Brecht's rage - he liked what her claws and fangs did to people, and even used her in his videos; she danced, sang backup vocals, and killed. But even as Brecht's favorite pet, Neko could not always escape him. The night that Brecht's broadcast satellite was shot down, he flew into a rage and his vicious beating fractured her skull.

Brecht didn't want to lose his expensive toy, so he called a doctor. The surgery jarred her control implant loose: Neko was her own woman again. When she recovered, Brecht tried to resume his games. Neko killed him and ran. Hiding from police, Neko met androids rights activist Ivan Ruskov, who helped her build a new life. As "Catseye" she sings at small underground clubs like the Twisted Helix. As Neko, she's the Android Liberation Front's most effective commando.

-- text copyright ©1991 Steve Jackson Games. Thanks to John W. Nowak and David L. Pulver