I will post all rewards here. It will be the players responsibilities to keep character sheets up to date, though I will check in from time to time. Rewards are for each player named.

Reason                                                            Who                          Points
Getting the Fuel to the Base                            (all characters)         4 points.

In reply to Fate (msg # 1):

Tanya learns Camouflage, Free Fall and Low Vilani (Broken, Written and Spoken) after using one of the 'Learn Vilani' books she grabbed on a Markhashi.

In reply to Tanya Weaver (msg # 2):

Duke also learns Low Vilani, borrowing Tanya's Book and practising with her.

Kat worked on her Low Vilani and maybe she learned something of their culture after hanging out with the miners. Maybe she worked on Carousing?

In reply to Katherine 'Kat' Steele (msg # 4):

For the mission on Mershan, all those in the team that went in the speeder got 4 cp, and 2 cp for the other NPCs.

In reply to Fate (msg # 5):

All officers in the Khulampu mission performed well. All officers got 4 cp.

In reply to Fate (msg # 6):

Marcus will take some of the off-duty security personel for practices to learn to drive the new vehicle and use the Gauss HMG in the Turret.

In reply to Petty Officer Marcus (msg # 7):

Tanya will learn to use the new vehicle as well, after fitting a Mortar in her Grav bike, which now has just one seat for the driver. She trains Hancock and Jo to act as forward observers.
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:19, Sun 11 Oct 2015.

In reply to Tanya Weaver (msg # 8):

In addition, each officer receives $332,526 cash.

Remember that if your personal wealth increases significantly, you should put some cp into wealth, or signature gear.

Or you could all put the cash back into your ships fund to try to buy the ship as a crew...
This message was last edited by the GM at 12:12, Tue 13 Oct 2015.

Question on Points-  You granted four CP, which I expended on things I have done in past game sessions, to improve those skills.. We just spent two weeks working with this APC and Gauss cannon ... I realize thath's no where near the 200 hours needed for a point in either, but would like some credit toward these skills.  My suggestion is opening the skill at 0 points and adjusting the default to skill-  one more than you'd have at 1 point.
Default is supposed to do that but doesn't alwys, in my experince.

In reply to Cyril Zotmund (msg # 10):

Older versions of GURPS had half a skill point, which from memory improved on the default by 2. So an easy skill with half a skill point was at att -2, average at att-3 and so on.

The problem with introducing such a change now is that there are many times it would have been very useful in the past, but they were not used because they were not options then. I could consider that as a house rule only if all the players want it, but I suspect it was dropped from GURPs for a reason.

Familiarity or lack thereof with items used with skills should cover that. So you are now familiar with Gunner(Machine Gun), negating the -2 penalty that would have applied on top of skill default, but the basic skill still needs to be learnt.

Yes, I remember the half point and have complained about losing it... but losing the -2 does much the same, just harder to track. Entering the skill at zero points 9if it will let us) will do that.

In reply to Cyril Zotmund (msg # 12):

Keeping track of familiarity is both GMs and players task, but it makes more sense when using gear you may have skills for but are unfamiliar with.

With text editor, you can do anything!
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:21, Tue 13 Oct 2015.

Not if your desktop took a dump and is in the Apple store... they think the power supply went ... hopefully nothing more. A newish iMac is way expensive.

In reply to Cyril Zotmund (msg # 14):

lol, true. But I do a lot of text editing from my phone nowadays anyway. Perhaps you can tell...

I use the phone in a pinch, but the screen is too small to be very useful ... younger eyes probably help a lot.
They showed me the iPhone 6+, but I don't want a mini-tablet for a phone.

I haven't forgotten about updating my CS, just haven't had any time to sit and think...

In reply to Cyril Zotmund (msg # 17):

Thats cool. You can save them up...

Any way to build on the Psi talent?
Not sure how useful it might be... but curious...

In reply to Cyril Zotmund (msg # 19):

Practice...it does not officially exist so there is no teaching!

So sit quietly in a corner and try to do Psi things until one or more work?
Needs a Crit?

So far, nothing works... but maybe Telepathy has potential.

14:07, Today: Secret Roll: Cyril Zotmund rolled 15 using 3d6 with rolls of 4,5,6.  Teleportation efforts.
14:07, Today: Secret Roll: Cyril Zotmund rolled 12 using 3d6 with rolls of 4,6,2.  Telepathy Efforts.
14:06, Today: Secret Roll: Cyril Zotmund rolled 18 using 3d6 with rolls of 6,6,6.  TK Efforts.
14:06, Today: Secret Roll: Cyril Zotmund rolled 14 using 3d6 with rolls of 6,5,3.  ESP Efforts.

In reply to Cyril Zotmund (msg # 21):

You can be assumed to be practising in your spare time. I would say you can roll once per week, and if you roll 5 or under for any group, we can say you mastered it. It might sound like a tall order, but you are breaking new ground with it, and actually quite likely to learn all within a year game time...

Seems fair... let me know when I can roll again...

In reply to Cyril Zotmund (msg # 23):

Despite having duties, anyone who is willing to devote the time during the 75 days (maximum 600 hours) you are here can  improve one skill. Remember, it takes 200 hours of Learning to gain one point in a skill (I include languages in this).

Work normally counts as 1 hour of learning in 4, but in Dukes case, since you have easily worked 200 hours in the game so far on fusion reactors, you can add 1 point to Mechanic (Fusion Reactors). Most of your time here was working with fusion reactors.

Self teaching counts 1 hour every two. With the language of the Talz, I would consider this as self teaching, since none of them are professional teachers, and the benefit of amateur teachers is offset by the very unusual language they have. Any other teaching they offer is offset by language difficulties...

Note that if you spend all your time with the Talz, you can learn the language and Culture, gaining 1 point in each as per B294, as well as learning a skill from them. But that means spending ALL the 75 days with them, only sleeping on the ship!
This message was last updated by the GM at 08:56, Thu 12 Apr 2018.

I’ll stick with the Psi efforts

In reply to Cyril Zotmund (msg # 25):

OK, then I would say about 10 weeks pass. That is a lot of rolls, but go for it...

In reply to Fate (msg # 26):

In reply to Cyril Zotmund (msg # 27):

Wow.

Clairsentience [50]
Danger Sense [14]
Detect Psis or psionic activity [10]
Medium [10]
Oracle [15]
Para-Radar [40]
Penetrating Vision [10]/level
Precognition [23]
Psychometry [18]
See Invisible [15]

Telepathy
Animal Empathy [5]
Empathy [15]
Invisibility (Substantial only, Can carry objects, unencumbered) [40]
Mind Control [45]
Mind Probe [18]
Mind Reading [27]
Mind Shield [4]/level
Possession [90]
Speak with Animals [25]
Special Rapport [5] (Other party must also be a psi with this advantage!)
Telesend [27]
Terror]
This message was last edited by the GM at 08:14, Fri 13 Apr 2018.

OK, I have 3 points to spend, so lets go with Psychometry (18 points) and Telesend (27 points) (alternatively Mind Link w/ Kat for 5 Points)
I assume ESP level 1 and Telepathy Level 1? I don't think I have enough points to buy those too... the each cost 5 points per level.
I did buy Telekinesis at some point, so that could be converted to Telepathy... basically 8 points to work with and would need 33 minimum as I read GURPS, less any GM mandated waivers.  Not sure how the self taught weighs in ... as obviously I have spent quite a while (from before the games start) trying to learn/do these things, and there was only a cost in personal time.

In reply to Cyril Zotmund (msg # 29):

Neither Telepathy nor ESP exist as advantages in GURPs, hence I had to look deeper.

The critical success means you have worked out the basic principles of one ability. The ability does need to be developed though.

I am happy for you to use the Telekenesis advantage since I cannot find when you got it. So the three cp spare, =5 from Telekenesis and 2 from time training, to give you 10 points.

Psycometry and Telesend are worth quite a bit more...you should have at least one point tin each, but the advantages would not be usable until they are fully paid for. The do not have to be paid for evenly, though. The other option is to choose abilities less costly...

If we work of developing these in your personal time, then we should probably go with no more that 10 hours self-taught per week, on average. Some more (such as in warp), but some not at all, as building a relationship with Kat will take a LOT of time. So we are looking at 1 point every 40 weeks...since the game started in January 2170, and it is now November 2171, that would be about another 2 points...but you only got the critical success now! So we cant really backdate it to character creation or before, or points should have been spent on it then! Not to mention the attention that secret psi colleges should have paid you then!

Really, we have to keep this balanced with all the other folk who might be spending their time developing other skills or abilities.

Telepathy and ESP exist... look at pages 256-257 of CHARACTERS

The way it works in GURPS is you buy an area (TELEKINESES for instance) and then develop skills with in those areas. Clumsy and expensive, but it's their way.

Most of the cheaper skills are cheap for a reason, they are mostly of little value. Some have other side affects (Animal Friend wants you to be a Vegetarian)... so I'll work on my skills.  the 10 points will grant the areas of ability; then I'll work on the skills; although how you know you have achieved an area w/o being able to use any skill escapes me.

May I suggest that the 10 points grant the areas, and a crit allows you to use the skill. As you put points into it, your die roll for success increases. To start, my skill in Psychometry would be 13+1 (IQ + Level) - 18 [succeeds on a crit] after I put 2 points in it, I succeed on a 3,4,5 or 6 and each additional 2 points adds another +1 to my success roll. The difference between 5 and 14 is 9, so at 2 points per +1, I eventually work up to a normal skill level.

For telesend, it would be 3 points [because 9x3=27]; Mind Link with Kat would be MUCH cheaper, as we are close (married). Per the rules only 1 point if she is close.

In reply to Cyril Zotmund (msg # 31):

They exist as talents, not as advantages.

Reading through, you suggest that a psi buy at least one level as a talent, and is then free to work on the abilities associated with it? That makes sense, then. So 1 level of Psycokinesis and 1 level of ESP then, and you can now start working on an ability of your choice for each. That sounds reasonable.

The side effects are often associated with the advantages for other reason. I see no reason someone with the psi talent 'Animal Friend' was vegetarian...carnivores would not like them at all!

For Minklink, Kat must also develop the psi ability or it is limited to one way communication! Simply being married is not enough to allow her to send thoughts to you without a similar ability of her own. Telesend is worth 27 points, but is transmit only, and Kat does NOT require the ability for that. Sending to her receives a +3 to skill because of the relationship, but does not reduce the cost of the advantage.

Note that Mind Reading, part of Mindlink, requires you to be able to see the target. Mindlink also reduces the maximum range possible for Telesend, which is theoretically unlimited.Cost of Mindlink also does not depend on the value of the other person to you, but I would think it rather would increase the skill in a similar way to Telesend.

Incremental increases sound reasonable. I would go with 10% increases corresponding to the cost of the ability/10, rounding up. So for Telesend, worth 27 points, 10% rounded up is 3 points. Once you have 3 points, you have only a -9 to your ability, and for every 3 points thereafter, the penalty drops by one. This will mean that the jump is from -2 to zero for the last three points, from 24 to 27, but this can represent fully mastering the ability. This principle will then be easy to adapt for any ability.

OK Talents... I said Areas, not Advantages but your way will work... I used nine as it fit better and I like simple round numbers.
but ten is doable too...  We'll stick with telesend and Psychometry ... I understood the Mind Link was one way...  but for the difference, Telesend offers more flexibility.
This message was last edited by the player at 03:56, Sat 14 Apr 2018.

In reply to Cyril Zotmund (msg # 33):

True, so Telesend [27] and Psycometry [18], with increments of [3] and [2] respectively.

Yup...seems workable...

Alright, soryr for the minor absence, working onsite this week... I'll figure out where i'd like to spend the extra 400hrs too :) My guess is he wouldn't be so dedicated to anything in particular, after working so much.

In reply to Raymond 'Duke' Vurhund (msg # 36):

Most of Dukes hours would be spent with work, indeed! I would have a hard time letting you do something not related to your work in that time!

In reply to Fate (msg # 37):

Ok, in addition to the character points from time spent training, you also get 4 cp each for the roleplaying n the last mission.

It seems that we may have lost Sterran. Whilst his last logon was 18 April, his last post was in February. Sterran, unless I hear from you before next Sunday, 29th of April, I will assume you no longer wish to be part of this, and will put your character at the colony on Aegis, in case you later want to come back to him. You will be missed.

In reply to Fate (msg # 34):

Having serious issues trying to do what we talked about... frustration is up.

In reply to Cyril Zotmund (msg # 39):

I think this is a good time for Gloria to spend 5 cp for her previous adventures...

OK ... not following?  Her bedroom escapades? so 5 cp for ???

In reply to Gloria Flake (msg # 41):

No, lol, 5 cp for the trip to Lemrukiri!

OK, so she gets 5 CP for whatever... OK

In reply to Gloria Flake (msg # 43):

Checked through with Sdian, he did that side mission while at Vland, for which he earnt 4 cp as well. He can put that as desired.

OK,  will adjust and let you know... likely merchant skills I'd think is one...

How about:
Detect Lies - 1
Erotic Art - 1
Merchant - 1
Piloting/TL10 (High-Performance Spacecraft) - 1
This message was last edited by the player at 18:44, Tue 08 Dec 2020.

In reply to Sdian McGuire (msg # 45):

All reasonable.

In reply to Fate (msg # 46):

On returning to Ishnar, Sdian and the crew get an additional 4 cp, since they received some at Vland and some on the way back.

OK, So Sdian gets 4 CP... do you want me to take care of the Girls as well?

In reply to Sdian McGuire (msg # 48):

I took care of all the NPCs, though with the time spent, perhaps a HT roll is in order.

I will be pretty busy this weekend... not sure how often I will be on.

In reply to Fate (msg # 49):

Gloria and Brutus get 5 CP to spend on skills used or removing disadvantages not used. New advantages need a justification.

Bought off Callouss [-5]

In reply to Brutus Cartwright (msg # 51):

Reasonable. Done.

TY!

Appreciate the 5 CP, but will need a day to get to it... just finished getting new computer up and running.

OK, this is my proposed adjustment using 6 already saved CP lus this 5 ...

Body Language                        1 point
Expert Skill (Comp. Security)        1 point
Search                                         1 point
Strategy (Space)          2 points
Vacc Suit/TL10                  1 point


Buy off bad temper  5   a -5 disadvantage

In reply to Gloria Flake (msg # 55):

Done. Sheet updated.

In reply to Fate (msg # 56):

Noting Sdian and his crew have finished a mission (well, nearly, when the court case at Girii ends), they will receive 10 CP, since it has been a long time since they get CP.

You can make suggestions for NPCs, but I will give to them.

Bonny would like these:
Learn Terran (Anglish) -broken, read & write, 2CP
Learn Cooking, 1CP
Learn Lockpicking, 1CP
Learn Piloting, (?Spacecraft?), 1CP
Storm Rifle, 1CP
Learn Initial buy-off for Social Stigma (Minority Group), 1CP
Romove Quirk (Minor Addiction), 1CP
Sex Appeal, 2CP

In reply to Bonny Taching (msg # 58):

Piloting(Aerospace) would be used to land on a planet, while piloting (High Performance Spacecraft) would be used to fly a starship.

Guns(Rifle) would be the skill for a storm rifle.

The social stigma (minority group) can't be bought off; it is a function of Vilani Society, but you can buy Acting and Disguise skills to hide your heritage.

The rest are fine.

For Sdian: 1 Point each
Computer Programming
Cooking
Cryptography
Guns - Pistol
            - Rifle
Piloting Contragrav
Search
Shiphandling Spaceship
Stealth
Strategy

For Jurelda - 1 point except Stealth -2
Accounting
Counterfeiting
Law- Criminal, Merchant and Space (1 each)
Locksmith
Stealth - 2
Smuggling
Vacc Suit

Luretha-
Beam Weapons (pistol) - 1
Engineer Starship - 1
Machinist - 1
Mechanic (Fusion Reactor)  -   2
Mechanic (Jump Drive)    -     2
Mechanic (Manoeuvre Drive) - 2
Vacc Suit - 1

Nelaroi - 1 point each except for Sex Appeal [3]
Area Knowledge - Girii
Astronomy
Biology (Human)
Language , English Spoken  & Written
Navigation Hyperspace
Pharmacy (vilani)
Sex Appeal   - 3
This message was last edited by the player at 18:30, Tue 30 Aug 2022.

How does "Piloting -Contragrav" compare and contract with Piloting(Aerospace) &/or Piloting (High Performance Spacecraft) ?

Bonny want to claim the looted Stoemrifle. Is that ok? Is so, where do I find the stats for it, please?

Also, Bonny has had the Perk "Passing Appearance [1]" for a long while. Is that disallowed?
    (PU2p4: Ethnicity not readily apparent. May buy off racial stigma)

In reply to Luretha Setlock (msg # 61):

Passing appearance is fine; it does not change her ethnicity, but she looks like a Vilani. She still has a Geonee accent and habits though.

Interesting, it actually states that this allows buying off racial stigma? I will have to think that through.

Storm Rifle stats are in Ultra-tech,

Fine Storm Rifle with HUD sight, ST:10, Weight 10 lbs, LC3, $5,400, -$1800 trade in for carbine
   10mm CLR Rifle rounds: Acc: 6+3 (With Helmet), Dam: 9d pi+, Range 1,300/5,800, RoF: 3, 12+1(3) shots, 1.2 lb mag

Piloting(Contragrav) is used for vehicles with contragrav drives, like many Vilani vehicles, typically air rafts and G-Carriers
Piloting (Aerospace) is used in atmospheres for starships and starship-drives, typically many AK small craft.
Piloting (HP Spacecraft) is used for starships > 1G speed in space.

Sdian, good to add yours, I have done the girls though. Suggestions will be noted.

"Passing Appearane (Passing Compelexion): Your ethnicity isn't readily apparent to onlookers".

Bonny character notes have said from very early on:
"2) Work on her mannersims to eliminate non-verbal clues to her Geonee origin.
    (In mechanics terms, the Passing Appearance Perk would allow the Disadvantage Social Stigma -Minority Group to be bought off at usual cost).>
    In narrative terms may inclune body-scupting.
    Going to assume that this is progressive, so will buy it off in 5 stages: 1CP, +2CP, +3CP+, +4CP & +5CP; total 15.)

So I'm thinking like, IDK, Madonna, folks can change how they look.**
If you recall, this was step #2 of an 11 step programme and was devised very shortly after character introduction (as a PC).

======
 **OK, so almost all of this is off stage but is captured in CP expenditure. I've phased it to be in 5 awards of CP before this comes home, i.e. reflects time invested, and it's fundamental to Bonny's pysche. If you disallow it, then it's fine. (Actually means the player gains 1CP to spend (from the perk) but this was all deep-background RP driving the mechanics. It's how I do this on characters I'm  really invested in. i.e. put the stats together and then use those to inform the motives and use that to drive the RP and that to tune the mechanics. I'm not imaginative enough to do it the other way round. It why I've come to love GURPS - you can do that level of ultrafine tuning. I've reached that level of investment (aka connection) with Hannatti and Roahfustion, getting there with Kenyan, but still quite a way off with Brutus.)

======
Sorry for the lengthiness; I hope I haven't been a bore
This message was last edited by the player at 20:24, Tue 30 Aug 2022.

In reply to Bonny Taching (msg # 64):

Happy with the staged progression, yes we did discuss it at char gen. Sometimes it takes me time to dig it out/recall, so thanks for the reminder.

In reply to Fate (msg # 63):

I was offering suggestions, not more. Hopefully it helped. I do think Nel needs a boost in her Sex Appeal, given her shopping and girl talk ;-)

In reply to Sdian McGuire (msg # 66):

Lol, taken as such. Nel boosting Sex Appeal... possibly when the kids get a bit older!

In reply to Fate (msg # 67):

Well how will she have any more then? She now has all these young twerps involved. ;-)

In reply to Sdian McGuire (msg # 68):

Well, usually with three, there is not much time to work on the appeal side...

But she has so much help...

In reply to Fate (msg # 65):

All good.
Also, TY for the storm rifle details

In reply to Sdian McGuire (msg # 70):

At Bonny: you are welcome.

At Sdian: Ah, true. But still no time for foreplay!

Poo... I don't believe that!

In reply to Sdian McGuire (msg # 73):

Brutus gets 6 CP, Gloria 3 for the events on Hela.

TY!
The following sound ok?
1) Acrobatics +1CP
2) Beam weapon +1CP
3) Gunner (Beam weapons) +2CP
4) Sex Appeal +1CP (with Gloria in mind)
5) Buy off Perk "Does not drink" which also clears the way for later to buy down a disadvantage to perk level.

Was going to put 1CP into Leadersi but just spotted it's listed twice so I'm going to combine them.

In reply to Brutus Cartwright (msg # 75):

That all sounds fine.

Proposed point use:
Cryptography/TL10   2
Fast Talk                     1
Stealth                        1
Strategy (Space)     4

which leaves 0 points unspent

In reply to Gloria Flake (msg # 77):

That is 8 by my count. You have 5 unused?

TY
This message was last updated by the player at 21:10, Mon 14 Nov 2022.

In reply to Fate (msg # 78):

I did indeed.

In reply to Gloria Flake (msg # 80):

Gloria, they are not on your character sheet. You are welcome to pick three from that list, but can you point me to where the unused 5 are before adding them?

The top line:  Captain Gloria Flake 226/226 total  (Includes 5 more to rank and 10 wealth from GM)   8 CP unused

In reply to Gloria Flake (msg # 82):

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year everyone.

For presents, for each character you play (ie not Ally!) roll on a D6

1: +10 CP
2: +5 cp
3: An alien artifact will be found soon! You get to have some say in what it will do.
4: You get to choose a type of Ally to be added soon. No more than 8 cp worth, but you can choose the FOA and strength, as well as type. I will then mix them into the storyline! They don't have to be human, or even sentient, but must exist somewhere in this universe (ie no Robots, but pets are fine!)
5: Remove/reduce one disadvantage worth up to 5 cp. This may take a side quest...
6: News from Home! A Terra intelligence officer will give you a piece of information you would have no way of knowing. It can be about the war, family members, lost lovers, etc.

Ho, Ho, Ho!
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:45, Fri 30 Dec 2022.

Gloria Rolled a 5

I guess she ditches the Chummy disAd... the only 5 and she hasn't played it much either.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:19, Fri 30 Dec 2022.

Sdian rolled  a 2

I think we should add Area Knowledge for Girii, Shulishishi , Apshlun and Arkhaaru, since he has been bouncing around in those.
Put the Last point into Current Affairs/TL10 (Geo-Politics)
This message was last edited by the player at 23:28, Fri 30 Dec 2022.

In reply to Sdian McGuire (msg # 85):

Re: Gloria, you can. You can also increase the self control roll for Lecherousness too. Your call.

Re: Sdian, that sounds reasonable.

Boring rolls! 50-50 chance of something unusual, and you just get CP!

Bonny: 5CP.
Want to put this towards moving from Comfortable to Wealthy.
(Yes, I know this is probably sub-optimal but it's part of her deep background development plan.
Hoping for some scenes where Bonny can earn some CPs rather than 'merely' keep engines running smoothly, important though that is.)


Brutus: lose -5CP disadvantage
Would like to lose "Shyness (Mild) [-5]" on the basis that Gloria has really brought Brutus out of himself in various ways. he is now more confif=dent as as result of his vastly increased experiences.

In reply to Bonny Taching (msg # 87):

Happy with the use, but I am not seeing rolls for Brutus or Bonny?
This message was last edited by the GM at 00:20, Sat 31 Dec 2022.

It's late and I've had lots of very nice red wine, sooo:
I rolled one in travesty and response:
"00:08, Today: Roahfustion rolled 5 using 1d6.  Brutus Seasonal Award. – [roll=1672445295.79673.360423]"

God knows (pardon me) where i rolled the other.
I'll go look.

Edit:
Can't find Bonny's roll and fed up with looking, so rolled agai nthis time in the right channel. (I'm really tired.. But nicely so).
here it is:
00:27, Today: Bonny Taching rolled 2 using 1d6 with rolls of 2.  Bonny Seasonal Award roll #2. – [roll=1672446449.87831.361675]
This message was last edited by the player at 00:29, Sat 31 Dec 2022.

In reply to Brutus Cartwright (msg # 89):

ROFL.

How very appropriate!

Almost tempted to get you to roll again here, but will just give you the option to do that instead!

5 is fine for Brutus.. Haven't had much RP out of "Shyness (Mild) [-5]" and doesn;t feel like it's a great fit for him anyway after working under Gloria. (sic). I know mechanics-wise it only removes a -1 on one skill for him ,but I'm doing the Rp thing rather than the min-max thing.
I'm going to have a bad head in the morning.

The reroll for Bonny (msg #89 above) is the same result. happy with that. Just need to find a way to gain another 5Cp to become wealthy. Again, not min/max thing, just another step towards being able to 9eventually0 be able to go back and face oof her family "I am nobody's property!" sort of thing.

***
You would not believe how hard I've had to concentrate to put these posts together. pleae e excuse if I've rambled onn. off to bed now. NN!

In reply to Bonny Taching (msg # 91):

Lol, I get that! They are fine, we can work with that.

Yes, I am working on ways to get Bonny a more active involvement. Brutus too, though that seems more difficult...

Edit, I have modified Sdian, Brutus and Bonny.
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:08, Sat 31 Dec 2022.

In reply to Fate (msg # 86):

Nah, Gloria is still itchy at times... maybe when she gets a bit older.

In reply to Gloria Flake (msg # 93):

5 cp for full 200 point characters with Sdian and his crew. I will do NPCs.

TY!
For Bonny, would like to spend it as follows:
  a) Social Stigma -Minority Group^R [-10+1] => Social Stigma -Minority Group^R [-10+3]; Delta +2
     Notes: Buying this off in stages (which is enabled by the Perk: Passing Appearance [1]).
  b) Independent Income [0] => Independent Income [1]; Delta +1
     Notes: Might be income from investments.. Do we need to go down the rabbit hole for details or can this just be in the
     background? The money actually is pretty irrelevant it's just RP towards demonstrable independence from her family.
  c) HP:  12   [2] => HP:  13   [4]; Delta +2

How's that sound?

Sdian wants to spend it as follows :
Diplomacy  2
Shiphandling/TL10 (Starship)   2
Sex Appeal   1

In reply to Bonny Taching (msg # 95):

2 points towards reducing Social Stigma, no problem.
2 points to add to HP, no problem.

1 point towards interdependent income...this should be as a result of purchasing shares or something. It is not just paying for it with cp. There has to be something associated with it.

Base starting wealth for this tech level is $50,000, and this is 1% of that per point, so $500 per month, modified for wealth level as is the starting wealth. Given most investments are about 2% of the capital investment after tax (of course they vary widely, but this is probably a good base figure), you should spend about $25,000 on investments per point. The cp ensures it continues.

Buying a business with Allies does achieve this, but it also achieves a whole lot more (Providing a place to use as a base, allies and contacts, etc.) Hence buying a local business costs more as well...both in cash and cp. it is a bigger personal investment in all respects.

No problems with Sdians choices, but I have to question the value of his Allies. 100% of your value for Ally is 5 points, -1 point for a dependent. Frequency of appearance of 9 or less when you use them to control your starship all the time seems pretty minimal, no?

No doubt, since they are really all much more like family ... they aren't exactly dependant on me or me on them, but close. The loss of one of them would be heartbreaking as well as hard to replace. I am assuming the relationship is mutual as well. (I think we paidoff a good bit of it by balancing the cost of the ally off against them being dependant to some extent. I am not sure of why Leticia and Gulzina are any less valuable in points at this point either.  Who the unnamed Ally Dependants are, is the children i assume, so they should just be dependants right now.

In reply to Sdian McGuire (msg # 98):

Ah, loved ones, so value as dependants is doubled. That would explain that. Leticia and Gulzina are younger, hence their value is just 75%, but that could be increased any time.

They depend on you for income, so that is very regular. However, you also depend on them very frequently for day to day stuff, as we would any family member, so accurately representing their frequency of appearance as Allies I would think would be well over half the time...you use them pretty much every mission in crucial roles! Hence my thinking that FOA should involve a multiplier of 3x, meaning each should cost 12 cp. They represent a pretty big part of your life!

I concur... Nelaroi is our pilot, Kuretha is our Powerplants and drives technician, and Jurelda is our cargo & business expert.
Jureldais also our Master at Arms it would seem, and manages the gunnery teams and the anti-boarding efforts.
Gulzina seems to be on track to become our physician, although Nelaroi is also quite competent.
Leticia seems to be on track to cover Navigation and any outdoor skills.
Both Leticia and Gulzina are progressing well and get a raise to $8000 a month.

So now all I need is a large chunk of points to upgrade everyone.

Bonnie is a separate character and not a wife, so while she is extremely important as the Engineer aboard, I have limited say.

In reply to Sdian McGuire (msg # 100):

Yes. You do not have to pay pints for PC allies...they are well beyond your control!

Can you do an audit of your character points?

In reply to Fate (msg # 101):

I can try, we will see what we come up with.

In reply to Sdian McGuire (msg # 102):

Merry Christmas everyone! Hard to think about what to get folk that have enough money to buy what they want, but here is an attempt...

For a present, roll a D6:
1- Get 5 cp to spend as you wish!
2- Remove a disadvantage worth up to 5 cp (or reduce one by that much)...with a mini-adventure to do it!
3- Get an Ally worth 5 CP (I will create them...they will not be an existing crew member!)
4- Write your own mini adventure, to be introduced in the next six months, that will be worth 5 cp!
5- Spend 5 cp on skills only, related to very effective learning for any skill you have a teaching program for.
6- Get an enemy worth 5 cp that may be dealt with, but you get to spend 5 cp to spend in related abilities/ advantages/skills (and keep once they are dealt with).

Nice, TY! Bonny rolled 5, and would like to spend 1CP in each of these:

Armoury (Hvy Weapons)
Cooking
Cultural Failiarity (Vilani)
Driving (Motorcycle)
Mechanic (Fusion Reactor)

Season's greetings to all reading this!

Brutus rolled 2, and would like to eliminate:
Skinny {-2STvKnockback. HT<15}    [-5]

Adventure - perhaps putting on body mass through removing lots of stuff from the bug ship?
Or find something that drives the bugs to kill everything - maybe a pulsing "thing" that has a psionic or pheromonal effect on those it encounters. With Brutus, it causes him to add body mass.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:21, Sun 24 Dec 2023.

Rolled 5, a welcome addition to some skills

Rolled a 6, Some how, it seems approprite.,.

In reply to Gloria Flake (msg # 107):

Bonny, yep, all good.

Brutus...we can include this on your current excursion.

Sdian will gain an Enemy worth 50% of your points. They had better be good at running, or it will be very short.

Gloria, what skills?

In reply to Fate (msg # 108):

You have them reversed, Sdian gets the skills, Gloria gets an enemy…

In reply to Sdian McGuire (msg # 109):

So I did. Sdian, what skills?

Gloria, you will gain an enemy worth 50% of your points...I have something in mind.

For Sdian-  Diplomacy 2; Tactics 2; Electronics Operations-Security 1