Joe Rolack

"Tiny" Joe Rolack stands about 6' 7", weighs in at 260 pounds, likes to bench press scrap steel, and is perpetually eating a bag of Garlic Sour Cream 'N' Bar-B-Q Mesquite™ Kibble Chips (brought to you by ConAg Corporation). He's also EMT-certified, fully competent in street surgery, familiar with cyber-grafting, and legally licensed to perform emergency medical services on the spot When he's not doing that, he's running himself into debt in one of several Chinatown gambling pits.

Tiny grew up in Las Salinas, a decaying California beach town. Tourism, the town's only industry, didn't survive the Collapse; nobody had money for vacations anymore and the highways leading to Las Salinas were too dangerous. The golden beaches and blue waters which made the town so popular were knee-deep in toxic sludge and bristling with medical waste. His family left, joining the mass of refugees along the California freeway system. At 17, tired of the nomad life, he left on his own for San Francisco.