GM Wanted--Star Wars Solo
I've been looking for a fast-paced solo game for a bit, and unfortunately I haven't had anything truly solidify yet. I saw the Force Awakens when it released and I found it enjoyable, despite a few flaws. It certainly rekindled my interest in the universe. My favorite part about the Star Wars universe is probably the physics-defying World War II style dogfights and space battles. They may not be realistic, but they are so much fun to watch. I thought it might be fun to play a game where that's heavily featured, but that also left room to explore other stuff. Thus, I came up with the idea below.
This can really fit into the universe anywhere around the Rebellion Era, though it's set more on the Fringe side of things. I've put some work into fleshing out the setting and NPCs to lighten the load of a potential GM. It's all below under the character sheet.
I built the character using Fate Core (altered some skill names to make them more setting friendly) and the Armour rules from Camelot Trigger (Worlds in Shadow) to represent the Return to Sender and starship combat.
If somebody likes the idea and wants to GM for me, hit me up via rMail.
Spacers who have seen Rilon Bralt pilot a starship say he must have been born with flight controls in his hand. The thought is not far from the actual truth. Rilon was born in a shuttle cockpit out in the Mess. His mother had been working on repairs to a stalled freighter adrift at the edge of the system when she'd unexpectedly gone into labor. The shocked freighter captain had attempted to fly her back to Siccar station, but they didn't make it in time. Thankfully, mother and baby were both fine. Maybe it was coming into the galaxy during that turbulent shuttle ride, or maybe it was just growing up on a space station. Either way, Rilon always wanted his own starship.
Rilon grew up elbow deep in machine grease as he helped his parents with their Starship repair business. He was helping his father repair docking rings on a GX1 at six, and retooling the hyperdrive of a YT-2400 with his mother at nine. Rilon knew the ins-and-outs of starhip repair by the time he hit his teens, but what he really wanted to do was fly one. When he was thirteen he borrowed, with encouragement from his best friend Sienn, the Portmaster's shuttle for a joy ride through The Mess. Rilon had a wonderful time twisting and swooping the clunky old shuttle through the thickest debris while Sienn laughed and squealed with delight. When he docked back at the station, Rilon expected to be in a world of trouble, but the Portmaster offered him a job as a harbor pilot before turning him over to his angry father.
As a harbor pilot it was Rilon's job to pilot vessels safely through the Mess when their Captains were either unwilling or unable to do so. He delighted in plotting the most challenging course possible and he never had an accident, though there were a few close calls. An old friend of Rilon's father and frequent visitor to Siccar Station, Captain Terral Drubus, aka Uncle Terral, took notice of Rilon's piloting skills and he promised to take Rilon onto his crew when he came of age. But Captain Drubus's freighter, Endless Horizons was hit by pirates before it could come to pass. Captain Drubus and several members of his crew, including Sienn's older sister Tuula who served aboard the vessel, were killed.
Seeing the grief of the Rha family, Rilon's parents made him promise that he wouldn't sign on to a freighter. Worried about his aging parents, Rilon reluctantly agreed and stayed aboard Siccar Station. Piracy steadily increased in the Outer Rim, especially along the Triellus Trade Route which was far from any legitimate authority. Though guarded Hutt-backed convoys still made the trip, spacer crews and smugglers who couldn't afford the protection fees were understandably reluctant to travel the route and the lack of commerce began affecting Siccar station considerably. Meanwhile, driven by her grief over the death of her Sister, Sienn began to make even more reckless decisions than usual.
Knowing the station wouldn't last if things continued on their current course and determined to help Sienn heal by finding a focus for her grief, Rilon came up with a plan. As discreetly as he could, he reached out to his contacts in the Smuggler community with a deal. He was willing to conduct repairs and make less-than-legal modifications to Starships in exchange for a space worthy starship and a few military grade armaments. At first, he didn't get many offers, but once he let slip his intentions, he found himself with more than enough interest. He meant to take the fight to the pirates. He intended to take back the Triellus Trade Route or die trying.
He slowly collected weaponry, necessary ship parts, but a ship was almost impossible to come by without cold-hard credits. An associate of Captain Drubus contacted him with a bargain deal on a ship. He'd received an old prototype vessel as collateral on a business venture and rather than going through the expense of refitting it, he was happy to give in to the cause in Captain Drubus's memory provided that Rilon could cover his losses. Even with such a good deal, and Sienn's Sabaac winnings, Rilon couldn't afford the ship, though a last minute donation for Haup covered the difference. The ship, a HWK-1000, arrived within the month. Once his parents learned what he meant to do, they were furious and upset, but, despite their protests, Rilon couldn't be dissuaded from his course. He put ever ounce of free-time and every credit he had into the ship.
While the stock HWK-1000 was an impressive ship, it completely lacked armaments. It would be impossible to hunt pirates with an unarmed ship. Rilon heavily modified the HWK-1000 to suit his needs. He replaced the cargo berths with black-market weaponry—quad laser cannons, twin ion cannons, and an ordnance launcher. This firepower is careful concealed giving the ship the appearance of an unarmed freighter until it is time to open fire. Rilon also installed advanced targeting arrays to support the new weaponry. He worked tirelessly to tweak every bit of performance he could from the already high-output Ion Turbine and ensured the ship's handling didn't suffer at higher speeds by handcrafting an engine stabilizer ring of his own design. The result was an incredibly fast and maneuverable gunboat well-suited to dealing not only with starfighters, but larger vessels as well. After adding the finishing touch of a one-of-a-kind paint job, Rilon christened the ship Return to Sender. He is ready to show the sector, maybe the whole Rim, his skills as a pilot.
Rilon Bralt
High Concept
Hotshot Pilot - Rilon is a talented and daring pilot. He is eager to prove his skills to the galaxy at large.
Invoke: Prove your piloting skills, make a difficult shot with a spaceship's weapons, know something about well-traveled Hyperspace Routes or infamous Pirate clans.
Compel: Be a Showboat
Trouble
A Lot On My Shoulders – Rilon has taken on a lot expectations lately and he feels the weight of them on his shoulders. He feels responsible for the people of Siccar station, for Sienn, for his parents, for the Traders trying to make a living along the Triellus Route and he doesn't want to fail them.
Invoke: To succeed when failure is not an option
Compel: One of Rilon's responsibilities complicates his life, feel the pressure of his choices, Feel responsible for taking care of someone else.
Aspects
Sienn Has My Back- Sienn is Rilon's co-pilot, his life long friend, and his sometimes lover. Though their relationship can be tempestuous they have always been there for each other, especially when things were at their worst. Sienn always has Rilon's back no matter what and he has hers.
Invoke: Impress Sienn, Have Sienn as backup where she isn't expected, have the two of them make a great team.
Compel: Sienn's temper causes problems, put Sienn in danger.
Starship Technician- Rilon knows practically everything there is to know about how to operate, maintain, repair, and upgrade a starship. He's certain this gives him an edge over pilots who don't know the difference between a phase converter and a stabilizer.
Invoke: Tweaking the shields for maximum output, know something about the workings of a particular type of starship, make a jury-rigged repair.
Compel: Take extra time to do a job right, Upkeep costs exceed current income.
Return to Sender- Rilon's custom HWK-1000. Rilon has customized the ship using every ounce of his technical know-how to turn the light freighter into a sleek and well-armed gunboat. He is extremely protective of the ship and won't let anyone work on it but himself.
Invoke: Get every bit of performance out of the ship, Have the Ship earn a positive reputation, Give as good as you get.
Compel: Refuse aid in making repairs or modifications, repairs require custom parts, have the ship be the victim of sabotage.
Skills
+4 Pilot
+3 Blast, Mechanics
+2 Notice, Vigor, Will
+1 Athletics, Contacts, Empathy, Rapport
Stunts
Made Some Improvements: Rilon has spent his life working with his parents to repair starships and he's learned a thing or two. Whenever he succeeds with style on an overcome action to repair a piece of machinery, he can immediately give it a new situation aspect (with a free invoke) reflecting the improvements he's made, instead of just a boost.
Nothing Compared to the Mess Most of the galaxy's asteroid fields seem tame compared to The Mess, and Rilon has been flying that since he was an adolescent. He receives +2 on Pilot to Overcome aspects or obstacles that hinder movement.
That all you got?: Rilon is an excellent pilot, and not one easily out-flown. Once per conflict, he may stack an additional free invoke on an advantage he's created to represent out-flying an opponent (like On Your Tail).
Brilliant Evasion: Rilon is a brilliant evasive pilot making good use of his craft's capabilities as well as the environment to elude opponents. He receives +2 on Pilot to Defend if his last Pilot defense roll was a success with style.
Koiogran Turn: One of Rilon's favorite tactics surprising his opponent by turning a defensive posture into an offensive and gaining an advantage. On a success with style when defending with Pilot, Rilon may inflict a 2-shift hit on his attacker instead of getting a boost.
Stress
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Mental : [ ] [ ] [ ]
Refresh: 1
Return To Sender-- CEC HWK-1000 Light Freighter
Though the advent of the Clone Wars virtually doomed the sales of HWK-series light freighters, designers at Corellia Engineering never gave up the idea of a sleek, fast transport to match their own love of speed. Encouraged by advances in ion drive technology, CEC instituted plans to revive the HWK-series, constructing several prototypes designated the HWK-1000. While both initial performance and marketing tests delivered promising results for the HW-290's possible successor, CEC executives scrapped the project after Imperial authorities objected to the speed and performance of the freighter, which rivaled some military starfighters. While the HWK-1000 never went into production, a clerical error resulted in several hundred prototype models rolling off the line at CEC's factory on Halyard II. To recoup their losses CEC surreptitiously sold the ships through various Outer Rim networks.
While the stock HWK-1000 was an impressive ship, it completely lacked armaments. It would be impossible to hunt pirates with an unarmed ship. Rilon modified the HWK-1000 to suit their needs. He replaced the cargo berths with black-market weaponry—quad laser cannons, twin ion cannons, and an ordnance launcher. This firepower is careful concealed giving the ship the appearance of an unarmed freighter until it is time to open fire. Rilon also installed advanced targeting arrays to support the new weaponry. He worked tirelessly to tweak every bit of performance he could from the already high-output Ion Turbine and ensure the ship's handling didn't suffer at higher speeds. The result is an incredibly fast and maneuverable gunboat that is well-suited to dealing not only with starfighters, but also larger vessels as well.
Return to Sender has a distinctive silver and yellow paint job designed to attract attention in space. It's noise features a snarling mouth giving the vessel the impression of some great devouring beast.
Reverse Telemetry Targeting Array: +2 Blast to attack a target who has attacked you first.
Twin Light Ion Cannons: +2 Blast to create Disabled advantages on opponents.
High-Output Ion Turbine: You move two zones for free in a conflict without rolling, instead of one, provided there are no situation aspects restricting movement.
Engine Ring Stabilizer: +2 Pilot to Defend provided you moved at least two zones last turn.
Reinforced Shield Generator: +2 bonus Mechanics to create advantages related to activating, restoring or boosting shields.
Siccar Station
Astrogation Data: Siccar System, Baxel Sector, Outer Rim Territories
Orbital Metrics: 350 days per year / 24 hours per day
Government: Local
Population: 400 (53% Human, 17% Twi'lek, 30% assorted other species)
Languages: Basic
Terrain: Urban, space station
Major Cities: ---
Areas of Interest: Dor's Emporium, Idle Fancy Casino, Bralt's Repair
Major Exports: Starship fuel and repairs
Major Imports: Food, water, technology, information
Trade Routes: Triellus Trade Route
Special Conditions: none
Background: Originally built as a mining outpost to harvest the valuable mineral resources of the densely packed asteroid field known by locals as The Mess, Siccar Station is a small space station with no particular claim to fame other than its location at the midway point between Teth and Aduba along the Triellus Trade Route. It's mining operations long defunct, it now provides a convenient port for Captains to refuel, rearm, and collect information in an otherwise desolate section of space. The constant flow of traders and smugglers ensures that Siccar Station occasionally sees interesting or exotic good pass through on their way to the bustling markets of less backwater ports. Siccar station is home to several hundred people and a number of ships and their crews at any one time.
The bulk of Siccar Station consists of large docking facilities for the storage of cargo and starships. Crowded in between the sprawling docks and the necessary infrastructure of the station are the individual shops and dwellings (the two are often one and the same) of the settlement proper. A few traders have set up businesses in the spaceport selling foodstuffs, water, weapons, and the sort of equipment required by fringers, smugglers, and spacers.
System Geography
The Triellus Trade Route: The Triellus spans more than seventy-five thousand light years from Centares to its endpoint at Enarc and forms one leg of the infamous Spice Triangle with Death Wind Corridor and the Rimward length of the Correllian Run. Travel along the so-called “Hutt Highway” is slow, hazardous, and frequented by smugglers, pirates, and worse. Many would prefer to avoid this route altogether, but those down-on-their-luck often have no choice.
The Mess: While the Siccar system isn't home to any habitable celestial bodies, it is home to a a bevy of barren planetoids, and judging by the widespread debris fields, it was once home to a lot more than that. All that remains of those ancient planets is an incredibly dense debris field that stretches through a wide swath of the system. The composition of the debris plays havoc on starship sensors making flying in or through the The Mess very dangerous. The erratic movement of the system's many planetoids often plays havoc on the debris fields often slinging lose asteroids through the system, until they too are caught in an erratic orbit around the system's sun. The Mess does provide Siccar Station with a natural defense versus attack, but it can also makes the approach to the station treacherous for those not used to making it.
Personalities
Sienn Rha: A blue-skinned Twi'lek, Sienn is Rilon's copilot and on-again/off-again girlfriend. They have a volatile relationship where they are either passionately in love or fighting like wild Krayt dragons. Thankfully, they are “on again” at the moment, because the modifications to the Return To Sender make the crew accommodations decidedly cozy. Rilon and Sienn have known each other their entire lives as both of their families are fixtures on Siccar Station. They started out as best friends and, once they were older, became more.
The sixth of seven children, Sienn is as rough and tumble as they come--a scrapper through and through. She's soundly beaten opponents two or three times her own size, usually after they've accused her of cheating at Sabaac. Sienn doesn't cheat, she's just a very skilled player, and she never appreciates the accusation. Every resident and traveler on Siccar station willing to gamble has been cleaned out by her at least once. Few make the mistake a second time.
Sienn worked as the bouncer of the Idle Fancy for a time until it was discovered that she and Haup had organized an underground fighting ring. The ring was closed down nearly as soon as it had opened, but Sienn had gotten enough of a taste to know she wanted more out of life than what she could find on the station.
Dor Rha: Sienn's father and owner of Dor's Emporium, Dor Rha is the closest thing that Siccar Station has to a magistrate or governor. A shrewd business man, he is well-liked, and has the station’s best interests at heart.
Keesa Rha: Sienn's mother and the station's only doctor. She had hoped that her daughter Sienn would follow in her footsteps, but Sienn's proclivities run in the opposite direction. Rilon gets the distinct impression that she blames him for being a bad influence on Sienn.
Wilm and Thelna Bralt: Rilon's father and mother, a pair of skilled starship repair technicians. They maintain the aging Siccar Station and are available for hire to repair any ailing starship that comes into port.
Haup Ywe: The Neimoidian proprietor of the Idle Fancy Casino does well for himself and he lets it show. His fingers are adorned with gaudy rings, he wears elegant clothing, and carries a gilded blaster at his belt. Some people resent him, but like him or not, he has a near monopoly on leisure on Siccar Station.
Xizam:Xizam, a wizened Nikto, serves as the nearest thing to the Law on Siccar Station. He keeps the peace, helps break up the bar fights, and takes care of the occasional passing trouble maker. On the occasions he has been forced to, Xizam has proven himself an incredibly capable combatant. Some folks whisper how odd it is that such a seasoned warrior would stay in a place like Siccar Station, but none are inclined to pry in Xizam's business.
Places of Interest
Dor's Emporium: The Emporium offers all the basic sundries any spacer could ask for, basic arms and armor, as well as bulk trade goods that might interest the traders and smugglers passing through Siccar Station. If it can be found on Siccar station, Dor has it.
Bralt's Repair: First opened by Rilon's paternal grandfather, now owned and operated by his parents. They mostly repair starships, but they'll work on anything that needs fixing for a paying customer.
Idle Fancy Casino: A live band, gambling, and a full bar ensure this dimly lit casino and cantina does as brisk a business as any place can on Siccar Station.
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