As the ship bores its inexorable way through Jump-space, Princess Rao leaves the operation of the ship to those on board. After all, you'll soon be on your own anyway.

One of the things you find in the computer is the Standard Operating Procedures for a Harrier-Class Commerce Raider. There's nothing that says you have to run things this way, but the ship was designed around it, such as the Captain's Walk on the Bridge.

To take full command of the ship, the roster needs to be filled out and entered into the computer.

Here are the 12 ship positions and what their responsibilities are:

Captain

     The senior officer aboard the ship is her captain, though his or her actual rank might vary. The captain is usually, but not always, a qualified bridge officer who can replace an injured crewmember or one who has been sent off as part of a prize crew. Occasionally, the captain’s role is taken by a non-spacer who might be a ground combat specialist or political leader. Some of these individuals have proven to be shrewd tacticians and effective raiders, but a ship’s captain should be the conductor of an orchestra. It is hard to do this effectively without understanding music, so to speak, and ships whose commander is not an experienced spacer have generally under-performed in action.

First Pilot

     The first pilot role is traditionally assigned to the executive officer of the ship, though this can vary. The thinking behind this practice is that a successful executive officer will next progress to captaincy of his own ship, and since the first pilot is responsible for controlling the ship in combat, an understanding of this role is essential to commanding a ship. Many navies consider the mathematics-heavy role of astrogator to be more senior than that of the pilot, but the Sindalian Empire and its successors felt that a captain should have recently been a pilot in order to fully understand how a ship behaves in combat. The first pilot is often referred to as the first lieutenant if he is the executive officer, and to many Drinaxians the terms are interchangeable.

Navigation Officer

     The navigation officer is responsible for astrogating the ship in normal and jump space, and for overseeing all sensor tasks during combat and other spaceborne operations. The navigation officer is usually the ship’s second lieutenant.

Engineering Officer

     The engineering officer is responsible for overseeing all maintenance and repairs as well as monitoring the drive systems. The role is largely managerial aboard a Harrier-class vessel, with the engineering officer normally visiting the drive rooms only to carry out inspections. Most tasks do not require physical presence aboard a high-tech vessel, so this arrangement is entirely workable unless the ship takes damage that requires a hands-on approach. In that case, the delay in getting to the engineering spaces has doomed some Harriers, but the fact there is an engineer outside the machinery spaces has at times saved ships from losing their entire technical complement. The practice remains controversial, with no hard-and-fast conclusions either way.

Second Pilot

     A fully-crewed Harrier carries a backup pilot, who is not normally an officer. This role is often taken by officer cadets or personnel being trained for a command role, but this is by no means universal. The second pilot is usually assigned a duty station away from the bridge when the ship is in action, typically leading the damage control party or standing ready to assist any personnel who need it. The second pilot is often an odd-job-man aboard a Harrier, especially when other crewmembers are busy at their specialist tasks. This gives rise to various figures of speech such as ‘busier than a second pilot’ or ‘leave that for the S-P’.

Drive Chief

     The drive chief is a specialist non-officer, typically a rating of considerable experience. He is in charge of the machinery spaces when the engineering officer is not present, which is most of the time, and is assisted by the marines and gunners not required for combat duties. The second pilot is often co-opted to assist with engineering tasks when others are unavailable.

Gunners

     A fully-crewed Harrier carries two gunners, of whom one is normally a missile specialist and the other a beam gunner. Maintenance of the turrets and any missiles carried falls to the gunners, but in action their duty stations are normally on the bridge, with loading of weapons left to the autoloader or any personnel who can be reassigned to bring fresh missiles in from the magazine.

Medic

     The ship’s medic is (hopefully) a part-time post, and most of the time the medic acts as chief steward. Even in combat, his role is more commonly to supply the bridge crew with sandwiches and coffee than to patch up wounded crewmembers. However, his duty station is the common room/galley area where casualties can be brought to him at need.

Marines

     The ship’s three marines must be competent in ground-side combat and vacc suit operations, of course, but most of the time they act as additional technicians and maintenance crew. Marines may be tasked with anything from assisting with cargo handling through food preparation to helping out in the engineering spaces. Their combat duty station is officially close to the main airlock, but more commonly marines will be encountered rushing from one necessary task to another or helping the drive chief. Properly qualified marines are trained to at least a basic level in a non-officer shipboard skill such as Engineer, Electronics, Gunner or Mechanic. All marines should also be capable of conducting damage control operations.


This message was last edited by the GM at 15:55, Tue 28 July 2020.

I will take Marine #1 spot

Moving the conversation here to better focus our talks.


Captain: Varca
First Pilot: Teddy
Engineering Officer:  Ingrid
Beam Gunner: Viridian
Navigation: Aaron
Quartermaster: Zhouth
Marine 1; BB
Marine 2: Reijj


The reason for this is that Teddy is a really good pilot and Varca isn’t but they have the same Leadership score and let’s be honest, Varca’s probably going to be doing a lot of the talking. Teddy is in charge but Varca seems capable of relaying orders to the rest of us in combat.

This means Teddy can pilot which frees up Viridian to man the beam lasers

BB can handle the marine squads with her tactics and leadership.

I suggest we move a Vexsper into being a backup engineer, a missile gunner, and another marine. Zhouth as quartermaster becomes the general gopher; steward/admin/medic/coffee getter.


The big diff is that Teddy is actually captain and Varca is more like an XO in this situation but because Teddy is flying the ship he gets to make the decisions of where we are going on his own without waiting for Varca due to his naval tactics skill.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:48, Sun 28 June 2020.

Damn it, BB! I'm a Doctor, not a gunner!

Oh, okay, Aaron's a better medic than I am. Guess I'm a gunner... *sigh*

  Zhouth doesn't have any Steward skill for making those sandwiches, y'know!

  On the other hand, his rank-1 Carouse means that the marines can be properly sloshed when they engage the enemy...

In reply to Viridian Starfire (msg # 4):

Oh I get it. I don’t like it any more then you do but nobody else even has the gunnery skill let alone ranks in it. As soon as you can find a suitable replacement you can go right back to your med-bay.

In reply to Zhouth (msg # 5):

I'm making the sandwiches. I've got Steward, and more importantly, I'm a Sword Worlder.

  You're the ship's engineer, though! Need you full time on those drives and power when things are getting crazy. That is, crazier.

In reply to Zhouth (msg # 8):

First of all--and this isn't an "objection", it's just an observation--that list of "Ships Positions" is what we're finding in the ship's database.  It is partly a "Legacy" list from the Drinaxi Star Guard (Pre-Aslan Attack), and partly "Modern" Drinaxi Star Guard.  And both, as Zhouth has pointed out, are descended from he "legacy" of the (much) older Sindalian Imperial Star Guard.

Having said that, and adding that a few of us do have military backgrounds--including a couple of us having actually served in the (Modern) Drinaxi Star Guard--I would now point out one very important point....

We're farging Pirates!

That means most of he "Traditional Rules" go out the airlock.

A lot of the points that have been made, however, are quite relevant.  Some are also quite contradictory.

For example, Ingrid is the only one of us (unless any of the new Vespexers we just brought aboard has it) who has the Steward skill.  This is more than just "babysitting passengers"--in a lot of ways, this skill covers what we (at least, what I) think of as the duties of the Ship's Quartermaster. I.e., making sure there's enough food on board, making sure there's enough Life Support materials (air, drinking water, recycling/reprocessing necessities, etc.), "Housekeeping" (bedsheets, laundry materials, cleaning supplies, uniforms, etc), even stocking the bar.  Everything we need to live aboard the ship.

And this crosses over to the duties of a Ship's Purser--the person who takes care of the ships finances--payroll, paying port fees, arranging for connectivity to planetary internet and comm-systems, etc.

Now, admittedly, that could fall under Admin skill.  And it very well might, with us.

So, Ingrid has the skill to keep our ship supplied.  She will likely be assisted in this by Zhouth, with his Admin skill, and his (Tech/16) Electronic/Computer skills.

But Ingrid also has the widest range of Ship Engineering skills among us--J-Drive, M-Drive, and Life Support.  These skills would make her the ideal candidate for the "Drive Chief" position, I think.  But, are "Drive Chief" and "Steward" incompatible?

I don't think so.  Especially if we think of these "positions" as Supervisory.

Being the "Drive Chief" doesn't mean that Ingrid has to be down on the drive deck 24/7.  She can tell someone else what to do, and oversee their work.  For example, Varca does not have "Engineer/M-Drives", but he does have "Mechanic".  With Ingrid "supervising" him--she with M-Drive Engineering, and Varca with Mechanic--Varca can work on the M-Drives.  He just has a Higher Difficulty Number, and he doesn't have to "know what to do", because Ingrid is telling him what to do, he only has to know how to do the work.  Which Mechanics gives him.

That's how Varca fixed the Fuel Processors, remember?  Varca used Mechanics, while Teddy supervised with Engineering.

I'm sure a couple of our Newbies will probably have Mechanics.  We make them "Engine Wipers" under Drive Chief Ingrid.  Ditto with putting a couple of them to work for "Ship's Services" under Ship's Steward Ingrid and Ship's Purser Zhouth.

Theodore is this ship's Captain.  He may not have the highest Pilot/Starship skill, but his Background is a Naval Officer.  His background, in this case, is more important than his actual skill.  Even though he may not have an actual skill in, say, Tactics, or Steward, or Leadership, he can still say "Oh, yes, as a Naval Officer, I received training in..."

Now, if he doesn't have a skill listed, after saying that, he obviously slept through that training, but he can still make the point that he received it!  So, while there may be better Pilots among us, there are no better Ship Operators...

Varca, on the other hand, isn't much of a Pilot, he can barely Astrogate, doesn't know his way around a Turret, and his Engineering skills suck.  He's a Survivalist, and his military career was as a Scout--which, oddly, explains his wide range Electronics skills.  When he wasn't wandering around the wilderness of alien planets, Varca was an Electronic Warfare Specialist aboard Star Guard Scoutships.  He wasn't the best, but he was okay.  And that's a Ship's Position not on that list, even though we have Electronic Warfare Suites onboard the ship.

Varca has Leadership skill, Tactics (Military), he's Combat trained, a veteran of the Drinaxi Star Guard, and he's loyal to the King of Drinax....well, okay, no he isn't.  But he is loyal to Princess Rao.  And Planet Drinax.  That's why Varca created his own "position"--Mission Commander.  Teddy is in charge of running the ship, Varca is in charge of running the Mission.  The whole mission.

Anyone have an issue with that, Varca is willing to discuss your issues--outside.  After you...

And if anyone is dumb enough to actually turn their back on Varca, then after he tosses their dead body out the airlock, we'll get on with the Mission....

  Turning her back on someone murderous is, I'm sure, exactly what those rear-mounted autocannons in BB's suit are for...

  And I'm sure that everyone is quite happy to let Varca go on thinking he's in charge. After all, it keeps him rushing around and bellowing importantly, thereby acting as our Obvious Distraction!

  ;)


  On the other hand, the Vespexers that we've just recruited probably won't see loyal to Princess Rao as being meaningfully different than loyal to the king, and they're the ones that Varca really has to worry will seek 'expedited promotion'.

  **


  No matter the oversight options, we're still going to need people who know what they're doing covering specific systems under pressure. We can cover certain things with software in a pinch - the ship comes with Fire Control 2 if we're short a gunner, at least - but if we're about to make a jump then we want Ingrid actually doing the J-Drive job, not telling someone else how to do it (thereby sending us off into dispersed-particle-land)!


  Since we're on the subject: the Drinaxian Companion book covers situations of skilled people overseeing unskilled ones for extended tasks. You need Leadership 0+ to do it (BB, Theodore, and Varca currently) to oversee up to 2 + (2 x Leadership) people, and their skill rank is treated as two points lower than your own while being led.

  That won't help with most skills at the moment, but notably, Theodore could oversee up to 6 people working on extended J-Drive or Computers tasks, giving them an effective rank of 0 - enough to do basic work like repairing them, albeit probably not very quickly.
This message was last edited by the player at 08:21, Mon 29 June 2020.

I got demoted?

  No, you're still operating captain. Unless you don't want to be!

In reply to Zhouth (msg # 12):

Got to stroke my ego! lololololol

I don't give a rat's ass about what official titles are attached to which positions or roles. What I care about is when the drek hits the fan, who's doing what. In that case I don't give two flying fucks what you think you are, I want the best people in the best position to keep the ship from being atomized.

Teddy is the best pilot. Stop.
Ingrid is the best engineer. Stop.
Viridian is the best beam gunner. Stop.
Aaron is our best Sensors operator. Stop.

So the rest of us have to figure out how to be useful. When we're in space combat Rejj and I are ship's bitches with the rest of you. Whoever needs assistance is who's getting it.

Varca can bark out orders so he can make those leadership support rolls for us during space combat.

Once boots hit the ground I edge out Rejj via tactics and leadership which is why I took Marine 1 and gave him Marine 2. He runs point, I run support. Someone else can be cannon fodder.

You want to worry about who's keeping the crisper drawer full during space combat, be my guest but I want to see the best people in the right roles.

So here's the thing, we have three main areas to consider:

Non-Combat Flight

Combat Flight

Boarding/Ground Action.

---

Non-Combat Flight
Teddy - Captain/Pilot
Aaron - Navigator/Co-Pilot (i.e. working sensors/comms etc.)
Varca - Mission Commander
Viridian - Medic/Backup Pilot
Zhouth - Science Officer/Administrator
BB - Ship's Security
Rejj - Whatever he wants or we need him to be. Gopher? Cargomaster? Personal Trainer?

Combat Flight
Teddy - Pilot
Aaron - Sensors
Varca - XO
Ingrid - Engineering
Viridian - Beam Gunner
Zhouth/BB/Rejj - Ship's Bitch. Assisting wherever we can.

Ground/Boarding Operations

Team 1
BB Nova
Vexsper Recruit
Vexsper Recruit

Team 2
Varca
Rejj
Vexsper Recruit

Ship's Defense (i.e. keep the doors locked and engines hot)
Teddy
Ingrid
Viridian
Zhouth
Aaron

Now you'll notice that for ground operations we are keeping all our key ship's operators in reserve. This is important if we go pirating and decide to do a boarding action where we might have to also be flying and shooting.


SO IN CONCLUSION I say as long as we can agree what we're going to do during combat and we know how to pull our weight out of combat then fuck it, make up your own title or role. As long as we are rolling in the credits you can call yourselves BB's Boss as your job title :D

OOC: Hard-ass marine jargon aside I think we should address this from first principles. When push comes to shove, what ship's action are you going to be taking. Are you in the gunner's seat? in the pilot's seat? Don't worry about titles because that just messes everything up.

If we put Teddy in the captain's chair so he's issuing leadership rolls that means viridian is now our best pilot which is a huge downstep from Teddy (no offense) which means we have nobody on board who can operate a turret. Just to fill an artificial title we've now shot ourselves in the foot twice.

But if we put Teddy in the pilot's seat then that frees Viridian up for the turrets and Varca can make leadership rolls. Or maybe we put Varca at a sensor station and I'm the one barking orders.

Anyway I'm the new gal so I don't really consider myself having a vote. IC BB is going to assume that you guys know what you're doing and keep her mouth shut until it proves otherwise. Given her skills and background assuming you guys want to keep her on she'll be looking at running a team of marines as she was a gunnery sergeant in the marines.

Saucy!

We'll train others for other jobs too. Missile maggot, turret beam man, Power Plant and maneuver and jump drives too as well as life support. Ingrid can't do it all. ;-)

In reply to Theodore McFarlane (msg # 15):

I'd like to apologize about the tone of my last post in this thread--I didn't realize it at the time, but now that I re-read it, I feel I may have come off a bit too "hard ass" sounding, there at the end.

It's no excuse, but I was having a "hard day" IRL when I wrote that, and while I try not to let that stuff come thru in my posting, well, sometimes I fail at that.

So I'm sorry if anyone thought I/Varca was trying to "throw my weight" around, and was offended or put off by that.

No harm, no foul.

  I can see a certain amount of comedy arising from trying to train various people in skills that don't mesh too well with their personality or culture...

In reply to Zhouth (msg # 18):

You mean something like....


"...And then, after you've checked the connections of the molecular circuitry bundle, take your nano-manipulator and..."

"Back on Drinax, we'd just smack it with a spanner until the light on the test module chamged to green!"

"*sigh* Right.  Yeah.  Okay.  But we're not on Drinax, right now, and..."

"But it's Drinaxi Tech!  We dug it up on Drinax, so, shouldn't we..."

"NO!  No.  You do not hit electronics!  That's just...Bad!  Bad Vespexer!"

Just wanted to say hi. Soren here, Danish guy living in the US. Played RPG's since the early 80's and very much into scifi games. Have been a longtime GM for various genres including Fading Suns, 2300 AD and Coriolis. Played one other Traveller adventure long ago but still a novice mostly for this system.

Hoping to join in at an opportune moment as a Scout/Rogue named Kira  :)
This message was last edited by the player at 22:13, Sun 26 Feb 2023.

In reply to Kira Cerise O'Neill (msg # 20):

Well ... when the Vargr points a weapon at you and shouts "Drop yer weapons or Die!" (our official recruitment slogan) just keep your hands away from your weapons.  Actually trying to draw a weapon in the heat of the moment will start the discussion about our Retirement Benefits ... it's a short and loud discussion...

But don't worry, either the Vargr or the red-eyed maniac will get around to bunk arrangements in a minute... ^_^

New blood! Nice..! Welcome aboard..! I'm relatively new to the group as well.

Have GMed a few home brews and Star Wars SAGA edition / Starfinder.

Greetings Soren, welcome to the game.

So one of my hobbies is creating PC's in a program called HeroForge. Here's Aaron, Kira, and Varca :)

Was going to say, wow look at them mini and the paint job!!

But still wow! Nice.

In reply to Kira Cerise O'Neill (msg # 24):

Frikkin Awesome!!!

You captured Varca in his Hazard Suit perfectly! I had no idea HeroForge could produce this kinda quality!


Now just swap out that head for Bob Marley's and lose the flairing, Duster-like flaps, and you'd have Rejji Harrasyn... ^_^

Thanks! :)

Here are the links to Varca and Aaron in case you want to mess with them. I'd be happy to do any other PC's if I get a description/image :)

https://www.heroforge.com/load_config%3D38400705/   Varca

https://www.heroforge.com/load_config%3D38401124/   Aaron

https://www.heroforge.com/load_config%3D36514763/   Kira

And Varca with his helmet  ;)

https://www.heroforge.com/load_config%3D38413346/

In reply to Kira Cerise O'Neill (msg # 28):

Very nice!

And I like the added touch with the nostalgic toxic mists of home, in the background  ^_^

Well, alright. Here you go. Don't say that I didn't warn you...

https://www.heroforge.com/load_config%3D508872717/


Of course, it's all wrong, because this is yet another example of a tool/site that subscribes to the "always barefoot" theory of anthro characters, and Zhouth definitely wears shoes or boots.

I mean, aside from the fact that it's the civilized and safe/sanitary/comfortable thing to do, how are you supposed to put together a properly fashionable ensemble without them?

Sheesh.



This message was last edited by the player at 08:52, Wed 01 Mar 2023.

Whaaaaaat?!  Wadda ya sayin, here?

All this talk about being barefoot?  This is just Zhouth kickin back and being comfortable aboard Vultan.  That's just a bulb of Cognac he's got in his right hand--not a Thermal Detonator!  Right...?

Very cool Zhouth :)

I attempted Krrsh as well; https://www.heroforge.com/load_config%3D38423976/

Ha! Krrsh wishes he looked so good!

I was picturing him more in brown fur. Maybe this is his new Captain look?

Things are going.. zhouth! Fast!
This message was last edited by the player at 01:16, Thu 02 Mar 2023.

     Well, it has been suggested that we spread the word that "Captain Krrsh" is dead, and that Krrsh then adopt a new alias...

And here's Taliesa. Dunno what kind of weapon she uses but I'm going with 'large'  :)

Of course it's big, she's a marine! ;-)

Point Of Information:

The most dangerous soldier I ever met preferred a simple Combat Knife.

Nice guy, very friendly, very "normal looking"--until he frowned.

You ever hear the phrase "Dead Eyes"?  When "Little Steve" frowned, his eyes went "dead", and guys I thought of as "brave" (including me) started pissing themselves.

That Man was scary good with a knife in his hand.

Of course, he was a Ranger, so it goes without saying...

Tried for Krrsh again  :)

Nice. Fits better.

Kira

I can't believe I missed the above -- HAWT..!!

Ignore details after POSITION as this is a work in progress. Feedback requested.

========== CREW OF THE VULTAN ==========
-----NAME-----	POSITION	SPECIES	GENDER	AGE	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	UPP	--------------------NOTES--------------------
Theodore McFarlane	Captain	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
Varca Lexand	Sensors/EW	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
Zhouth	Science Officer	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
Aaron Lancaster	Pilot/Medic	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
Rajjaynul Brown	Comms	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
Donio Scarte	Security	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
Ingrid Sigar	Engineer	Sword Worlder	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
Kira Cerise O'Neill	Pilot	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765	hawt redhead pirate
	Comms	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
	Comms	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
	Comms	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
========== CREW OF THE MERCIFUGE ==========
-----NAME-----	POSITION	SPECIES	GENDER	AGE	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	UPP	--------------------NOTES--------------------
	SKILLS:	Computers-1, Sensors-1, Engineer 0, Gun Combat (slug) 1, Gunner (turret) 1, Mechanic 1, Pilot (spacecraft) 1, Stealth 0, Recon 1, VaccSuit-1
Grunge	Captain	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	687753	D
Viridian Starfire	XO/Pilot	Human	Male	30	5' 10"	175 lbs.	6B9966
Taliesa Dieros	Security	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
Rejji Harrasyn	Comms	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
Drem	Pilot	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
Frad	Gunner/Security	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
Gwyr	Engineer	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
Pelgrel	Comms	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
========== CREW OF THE JANAL TORSK ==========
-----NAME-----	POSITION	SPECIES	GENDER	AGE	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	UPP	--------------------NOTES--------------------
Ghent Bel-Andis	Captain/Pilot	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
Collyn Ramburton	XO	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
Lu	Electronics	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765	Smart One; never call him Bebopalulu...
	Comms	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
	Comms	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
	Comms	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
Jarvyn	Sensors	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
Orvark	Gunner/Security	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
Quinzyr	Pilot	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
Zestro	Engineer	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	575765
Rain Goron	Marine	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	969565
Sten Drago	Marine	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	969565
Torm Varlyn	Marine	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	969565
Um Theros	Marine	Human	Male	36	5' 9"	186 lbs.	969565

This message was last edited by the GM at 17:55, Sun 26 Mar 2023.

FEEDBACK:

     I like the look of this, StarMaster.  My preference would be for the format that you seem to be trying out on the Mercifuge Crew list--that being the Name/Position/Etc. data being the first/top line, and then the Skills line next/below.  Also liked what you did for the Notes section with Lu--any notes listed here would just be Quirks/Habits/Things that are obvious, which would help us remember who they are.  Not stuff like "Secret Child of The Emperor", more like "Hair in a Mohawk" and/or "Picks Nose; even tries to when wearing helmet" ^_^

     "Dammit, Sten!  You're wearing a space suit!  Out in space!  Stop poking your faceplate!"

     "Wha-?  Oh, uh, right Boss..."

Anybody gonna forget who Sten is now??  ^_^

Put Kira down as 'hawt redhead pirate/pilot'  :)



This message was last edited by the player at 17:51, Sun 26 Mar 2023.

I love how Varca is sensors —- eewwww…. Lol

In reply to Ghent Bel-Andis (msg # 46):

;-) Good old Electronic Warfare. Ingrid is Engineer.

 Did you draw that? If so, you need to teach! That is absolutely lovely.

My daughter is quite the artist, but is shy about drawing people proper. I’m hoping she’d jump into graphic for college when she graduate highschool in June.

Ah no, must confess, it's AI. If that offends people, I'll take it down.

Not offended, art is art.

Nah, AI's just another tool, given time people will realize this and profit from it instead of acting like Luddites.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:53, Sun 26 Mar 2023.

I find it kinda amusing that the mods of the Traveller Facebook group are vehemently opposed to this new technology - you'd think they'd be more open-minded.

Collyn is smitten!

Character Name: Collyn Ramburton    |     Height: 6'02"    |
       Species: Solomani            |     Weight: 190lbs
        Gender: Male                | Hair Color: Black
           Age: 34                  | Hair Style: Short/wavy
    Handedness: Left-handed         |  Eye Color: Green
         Speed: 30ft                | Skin Color: Tan
Distinguishing Marks: long scar on his back

In reply to Kira Cerise O'Neill (msg # 52):

On the occasions that I've put forth the concept of Ingrid assuming the cover identity of being our "Pirate Queen", I have always suggested she wear a red wig ^_^

Oh!  There's an idea--Ingrid becomes a red-headed Pirate Queen and all the other women on the Crew become her Red Court--because they all sport Red Hair!

Maybe "The Pirate Queen and her Bloody Court"...?  Still playing on the red theme...


As for the image--it's incredible.  Really fantastic.  As far as I'm concerned, Art is Art, whether by the Hand of a Human or the Mind of a Machine.

I'm thinking the objections are more about the quality of AI Art being so good (or too good) versus "man-made" art--so much so these folks fear that it may (somehow) devalue their human artwork.

And then a SkyNet aspect occurred to me...  ^_^

I've always heard it said that "true art" will invoke an emotional response from the viewer.  What emotion that is, is unimportant.  But "good" art will invoke something!

So, I got to wondering, if AI Art is good enough to evoke emotion from the viewer...what's that saying about the emotional state of the "Artist", itself...?

This message was last edited by the GM at 23:51, Thu 13 Apr 2023.

     Hey Kira!

     Can I steal use those two images you made of Varca?  The two that looked like tabletop miniatures?  The more I look at them, the more I think they look better than the images I stole captured "acquired" from a video game design site...

a few minutes later....

     Jesu Kristi!!

     I just now found out the image of Varca with helmet was in FULL 3D!!  I can spin the image around to look at the sides, the back, even the top of the head!!

     Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
This message was last edited by the player at 01:21, Sun 30 Apr 2023.

Knock yourself out! :)

In reply to Kira Cerise O'Neill (msg # 58):

Um...How do I download said images without having a HeroForge account?

I'm gonna get one...I'm gonna get one...eventually.  Just not now...!

You can create an account for free. Subscribers just have a few more advanced options.