NAIS Military actually since I started Fed Suns.

Yeah the regular enlisted route lets you cut out two years worth of time since the AIT is wrapped into Basic from what I can see. It would open a little time but without the advantages I can get via event which would be wrapped up in using edge threshold to get into a non-standard path that would take a whole bunch more esplainin to do. :)

Let us know if you need help with character generation Greg.

With that little modification, a friendly flashed smile, some further background on those key moments when he froze to give more life to him missing some fingers and having that lame forearm.

All I got left is spending some c-bills for personal equipment...I think.

you guys got a character sheet template?

also example books have +0 skills why do you write down skills with a +0 modifier?

It means youre trained in the skill.

If youre trained you use two dice.

If youre not trained you use three or four and take the worse two.

ahha.

I got one year left. Can i take a path that has 1d6 years and just 'take 1' on my roll?

So now i am on the following life path.

Affiliation: Periphery, Magistracy of Canopus
A Small backwater planet renowned for the ideal wheater to be naked and having a lot of 'love' in the air.

Early Childhood: White Collar.
Mom and dad own a Resort
Event: And they love to travel taking the kid along.

Late Childhood: Prepatory school.
After all he is supposed take over.
Event: Run into a lover that has some serious bad influence pissing everyone off.

Advanced Learning: Military Academy
Sub Path Cavelery and
Everyone has to enlist and mom and dad hope it pulls him back on the straight path.
Event: School costs to much and nearly drives mom and dad to bankruptcy. They no longer like me.

Real Life: Tour of Duty
Mandatory after completing mil Academy
Event: Get into a nasty fight and though more experienced he turns addict to.
This message was last edited by the player at 06:26, Sat 16 July 2011.

In reply to Gregory Asgard (msg #33):

no you cant just take a '1' on the roll.

if you dont roll a 1 you dont 'finish' that path and you dont get a benefit from it, so you dont want to take the path with those odds.  Be a year 'young' is not a bad thing.

Dont forget you can spend edge to twink those events.  Just let me know that you are.
This message was last edited by the GM at 07:14, Sat 16 July 2011.

Nah the events build character and push him to where i want him naturally.

Okay its four in the morning here, and i'm off to my sisters after being up all night.

(allergies killing me.)

So i dont have the mental focus to sift through the sheets, will give them a good look on Monday.  Will try and get roleplaying post up for everyone soon though.

Teaser scenario is in the works, not finalized though.  I'm  mulling things over.
This message was last edited by the GM at 07:55, Sat 16 July 2011.

As monday i so far away i let you experts take a peek to see if i messed up somewhere.

Name: Gregory Asgard
Affiliation: Periphy, Magistrate of Canopus

Att  Val Tre Max Min
Str   5   5   8
Bod   5   7   8
Dex   6   6   8
Ref   7   7   8
Int   6   6   8   3
Wil   4   7   8   3
Cha   4   6   9
Edg   8   9   9
Soc   5   8   9   4

Traits:

Stigmata/Hedonist
Wealth (2) Weatlh (3) - Poverty (1), Vehicle (2) turned to Wealth (2)<i>
Well Equipped (1)
Rank (2) <i>from Promotion (2)
G-Tollerance
Brave
Addiction (2) Thats more severe then booze i found out. So Cocaine or Speed?

Skills:                         Init.
                                Bonus Ranks Left
Language: English (Native         +1   +3    0
Language: Spanish                 +1   +3    0
Language: Romanian                +1   +3    0
Language: Greek                   +0   +1    0
Streetwise/Periphery              +0   +1    0
Fast Talk                         +0   +1    0
Perception                        +1   +3    0
Academic/Tourism                  +0   +2    1 to Perception
Academics/Law                     +0   +1    0
Academics/Mil. History            +0   +2    1 to Spanish
Zero-G Operations                 +0   +2    1 to Swimming
Computers                         +0   +1    0
Protocol/Periphery                +1   +4    1 to Romanian
Swimming                          +1   +3    0
Brawling                          +0   +1    0
Engineering                       +0   +1    0

Basic Training Cavalry
- Artillery                       +1   +3    0
- Gunnery/Ballistic/Conventional  +1   +3    0
- Gunnery/Laser/Conventional      +1   +3    0
- Gunnery/Missile/Conventional    +1   +5    2 to Tech/Mechanics
- Pilot/Hover                     +2   +7    0
- Sensor Operations               +1   +3    0
- Tech/Mechanics                  +2   +7    0

12 Leftover Skills left the ones i moved in place for reference.

OK, a few mistakes, but all for the good. Pretty much.

Vehicle (2) turned to Wealth (2)I don't know about this, I presume you asked the GM.

You have:
Enemy
Leadership +2

You forgot the entire basic training field, +3 to each.
Basic Training
Career/Soldier
First Aid
Navigation/Ground
Rifles
Martial Arts/Military

Then you get
+1 to three Basic Training Skills and +1 to any one other skill

Cavalry
- Artillery +1 +3 0
- Gunnery/Ballistic/Conventional +1 +3 0
- Gunnery/Laser/Conventional +1 +3 0
- Gunnery/Missile/Conventional +1 +5    2 to Tech/Mechanics (should be +3 I think)
- Pilot/Hover +2 +7 (Not sure if you're allowed to put two bonuses on the same skill) 0
- Sensor Operations +1 +3 0
- Tech/Mechanics +2 +7 (should be +5 because there's no extra +2 to put here) 0

Then the good news is, you didn't use +2 to all skills in one Military Field. That would be either Cavalry or Basic training. Then you get those extra points to shift around, I'm not sure if you forgot this or the +2 to 3 skills, but I'm going this way it works out the same.


My suggestion for the cav skills, if it helps at all:
- Artillery +1 +5 2 to laser
- Gunnery/Ballistic/Conventional +1 +5 2 to missile
- Gunnery/Laser/Conventional +2 +7
- Gunnery/Missile/Conventional +2 +7
- Pilot/Hover +2 +7 0
- Sensor Operations +2 +7 0
- Tech/Mechanics +2 +7 0
This message was last edited by the player at 13:53, Sat 16 July 2011.

The ranks are the points i got from the whole life event thingy.
The first colum is what the table says you have when you take 3

And yup forgot basic training totally.

Vehicle is the trait that was not in use from the RTJ so i shifted it to what the boss suggested.

I read +2 to A skill *blushes* thats the extra +2 you see in mechanics.

So this is better?

Name: Gregory Asgard
Affiliation: Periphy, Magistrate of Canopus

Att  Val Tre Max Min
Str   5   5   8
Bod   5   7   8
Dex   6   6   8
Ref   7   7   8
Int   6   6   8   3
Wil   4   7   8   3
Cha   4   6   9
Edg   8   9   9
Soc   5   8   9   4

Traits:

Stigmata/Hedonist
Wealth (2) Weatlh (3) - Poverty (1), Vehicle (2) turned to Wealth (2)
Well Equipped (1)
Rank (2) <i>from Promotion (2)
G-Tollerance
Brave
Addiction (2) Thats more severe then booze i found out. So Cocaine or Speed?
Enemy <i>Parents

Skills:                         Init.
                                Bonus Ranks Left
Language: English (Native         +1   +3    0
Language: Spanish                 +1   +3    0
Language: Romanian                +1   +3    0
Language: Greek                   +0   +1    0
Streetwise/Periphery              +0   +1    0
Fast Talk                         +0   +1    0
Perception                        +1   +3    0
Academic/Tourism                  +0   +2    1 to Perception
Academics/Law                     +0   +1    0
Academics/Mil. History            +0   +2    1 to Spanish
Zero-G Operations                 +0   +2    1 to Swimming
Computers                         +0   +1    0
Protocol/Periphery                +1   +4    1 to Romanian
Swimming                          +1   +3    0
Brawling                          +0   +1    0
Engineering                       +0   +1    0
Leadership                        +1   +3    0
Tech/Electronis                   +0   +1    0

Basic Training
- Career/Soldier                  +1   +3    0
- First Aid                       +1   +3    0
- Navigation/Ground               +2   +7    0
- Rifles                          +1   +4    1 to Tech/Electronis
- Martial Arts/Military           +1   +4    1 to Navigation/Ground

Basic Training Cavalry
- Artillery                       +1   +5    2 to Pilot Hover
- Gunnery/Ballistic/Conventional  +1   +5    2 to Pilot Hover
- Gunnery/Laser/Conventional      +1   +5    2 to Pilot Hover
- Gunnery/Missile/Conventional    +1   +5    2 to Navigation/Ground
- Pilot/Hover                     +3   +13   0
- Sensor Operations               +2   +7    0
- Tech/Mechanics                  +2   +7    0

Yep. Looks good to me, you took the '+1 any' and put it in leadership, and now you have the same as I do. :P

Anyhow, I see no mistakes (well maybe a couple typos, but my secret ID is Captain Typo so it doesn't matter I can still read it), whether the GM says anything about the character is another story altogether. :)

Although Captain Typo's arch nemesis, Spell Checker, seems to have been winning lately... Hmm...

Thanks.

And yeah its an integrated part of many browsers nowadays. pre that time you'd cry your eyes out.

Nope. Everyone else would. :P Although I think some of the people who don't bother with a checker but really (really, really) should might get me to gouge my eyes out with a spork- then I don't need to read it at all. ;)

So how about a name for our tank?

I was thinking of 'The Gator'. What's everyone think about that?

What about we do a few runs in it and have it earn its name?

We can do that. I still think Gator's good, though- I got some puns waiting, just to warn you. ;)

Think of something ambhibious. Or at least that hovers... floats like a butterfly... hummingbird... stings like a bee... horsefly...

I still like Gator. :P

Hey can I use gear from Classic BattleTech 35017 - Combat Equipment? Some cool stuff, not sure if I want anything, haven't looked in a while but all sorts of extra personal gear. On a case-by-case basic even, but all the ratings are there so it shouldn't be a problem.

Not sure to be honest.  3023 is an odd year, and is argueable the most primative time period in the battletech universe.  Stuff before it is more advanced and stuff after it is more advance.

Again.  I'm still at my sisters so i cant comment on anything.  Off the cuff i'm going to have to decline since i'm not even sure i have the book.  (I need to be home to confirm and check)

Not a big deal. Most of the stuff I was probably going to use is common sense stuff that matter too much. There's a lot of 'F' rated stuff, and even as well-equipped as I am, I couldn't buy it. But all those things that you wished 'man I wish I had a write-up for that' is pretty much in there, IIRC.

Hey- did you tell your sister, "Some guy you don't know- and well, I don't really know either- said 'Hi'." Hmm? Didja? :P

Hope it's going well. Travel safely.

Say, when you get a minute, let me know which book you're grabbing stats from. I'm not sure if I have all of the tech readouts, I start in 3025 and it doesn't have the stuff I'm looking for. There's all sorts of later variants, too, but I guess I'm just kind of interesting in how big they are and how fast they go, which should be the same. I should be able to know that, probably, just from looking right?

We officially have our fourth player.

Please welcome Caitlin Mallory of the Lyran Commonwealth, who will be 411's gunner.  Final ranks will be worked out as i approve character sheets, tentatively Tony is a captain at the moment.

I believe Crispin is a 2nd Lt. but i might be wrong.

I've concluded given the direction i plan on taking pegasus 411, that having a davion liason/officer/technician in 411, is not inappropiate.

I have yet to decide on her personality function yet.  She'll be there to work on the EW being installed.  About 300 pounds of your cargo space will vanish to make room for her presence.  That leaves about 200 pounds of cargo space for personal equipment.  Keep in mind this cargo space is used for things like FOOD and WATER.  Rule of the thumb, a person will go through a pound of food, and two pounds of water in a day.  With a crew of (5) that's 15 pounds a day.  you can probably find water in the field, or forage for food but that might not always be possible or practical.

Anything worn and sidearms used is not counted against the weight used for the Cargo.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:16, Mon 18 July 2011.

For the record, (those of you that know me from other campaigns) know that i like to tinker with rules... ALOT.  Not to the point that they're broken but they're interesting.

I'm hoping to make this a roleplaying game and as such i'm going to stay away from alot of 'stock' books and stuff.  less is better, simplier is better.  It keeps me from being confused.

New 'stuff' to play with has always been a focus of the game though.  So you can expect things like the new EW installed on 411 to come into play now and then.

Crispin take a good look at the EW section for the Pegasus.  I'm still tweaking them, a little but for the moment they look okay to me, subject to typo corrections, they're at least ready to play test.

I've assigned everyone 'roles' they're expected to work with in the scope of their role in the tank.  In 'unit operations' NPC allies will be assigned to you to play out as well.

link to a message in this game

Next thing i plan to work on... character sheet approval and commander options stuff like what you can spend prestige/reputation points on.  Things like calling down artilary support or something.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:24, Mon 18 July 2011.