In reply to Khuevaengh (msg # 33):

No worries, I think you and Florence completement each other very well. In addition, some overlap is good, but we should try to let everyone have their niche I think.

Edit: I would suggest one of you to change your proficiency in life support to power, if that makes sense for your character.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:49, Wed 26 Aug 2020.

Florence is a Baroness. Steward, Broker, Admin, Advocate, Diplomat are where she should probably be.

Ideas for a Baroness?

Connections anyone?
Florence in a nutshell:

born in space (parents were rich travellers)

5 terms ago: university (Hydroponics): Tutor rivals her (jealous of her success)
4 terms ago: navy (saves the whole ship --> gets a noble title)
3 terms ago: scientist (moves to a new planet)
2 terms ago: scientist (distracted by paperwork, I think it was my rival)
last term: scientist (distracted by paperwork, I think it was my rival, again); gains the title of Baroness

I don't mind her being a steward, but I'd need the steward skill, either through connection or through package.

Maybe Medic? Doctor is Medic 3, dex of 9 or better and you're a surgeon. You can diddle in engineering too since you were navy, you liked using your hands. ALL is good. It works just fine and only the captain will know, and the doctor, they know everything in your records.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:09, Wed 26 Aug 2020.

Danila Bodrov, retired Navy Lieutenant. Pilot 2, Tactics (Naval) 1, Gun Combat 2, Mechanic 1, Astrogation 0, plus some other stuff.

Do we have any "Skill Package"?

In reply to Danila (msg # 38):

Your contact and ally connections have skills, you want a specific? If you get two, update or choose anything up to two skills EXCEPT JoT, You can't gain that one. Syrris, chime in, you're the expert. There are no specific skill lists for the adventure.

In reply to Nerull (msg # 39):

Ok, so we do not get to choose from a skill package as described on page 48 (CRB)?

In reply to Carver Arvel (msg # 40):

You can.

I have just seen Alyx character jack of all trades 2 and int 15 and edu 15. I think this character is too good. I also think my own character (which I rolled without any cheating) is on the unbalancing side.

So as a gesture of good faith, I will reroll mine and I hope Alyx will do the same. I also suggest we houserule that jack of all trades can only be got once - for the sake of balance.

Everyone pick a portrait and write a short description. Include your UPP in the description.

I've replaced Florence.

She's Leroy now. Her-->His skills are different now: Trader/Steward/Agentish.

No longer will they share the same niche as the rest of you guys.

The high Int/Edu on Alyx comes largely from the fact that the Entertainer mustering out table dumps those on you. I'm certainly OK with an restrictions we want to put on characters. I don't think it will be too unbalancing unless the adventure relies heavily on it. It's not like Alyx is much use in a fight or other physical situations (I suppose that's where the Jack-o-t 2 is an issue and I'm fine with lowering it to one. The character generator doesn't have a way to tell it to reroll anything, but I'm Ok with taking a different result on the table (though that's likely to be Int/Edu, so maybe on a different table. A chance at Broker would be good.)

He overlaps a fair bit with Alyx it sounds like, though with a notably different focus, since I rolled an entertainer to fill the Steward spot, but maybe we can work with that.

Gotta get back to work for now, back in a couple of hours, most likely.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:53, Wed 26 Aug 2020.

In reply to Alyx Karoll (msg # 45):

I'll let you play pretty much what you want. The generator does not allow re-rolls and does not cheat. I'll not accuse anyone of cheating, you're all folks of integrity. GM fudges die rolls! ;-) No I don't.

@Alyx: I didn't accuse you of cheating. I just want us all to be able to fill different niches.

Leroy can also Astrogate (2).

In reply to Leroy Ogambe (msg # 49):

Oh, you're astrogator then. 5000cr a month. Plus you're a broker!
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:29, Wed 26 Aug 2020.

It's all good. That's not what I was trying to imply and I apologize if it sounds like I was upset with you. What I was attempting to say was that I couldn't opt out when it rolled the second Jack-o-t (though if I'd paid more attention to the tables, I wouldn't have been rolling on that one anyway, should have rolled on Advanced Education).

Sounds like we have distinct roles even if we have some overlap on skillset.

In reply to Alyx Karoll (msg # 51):

Some overlap is good, you don't want to be limited to one job each, you couldn't cover for one another.

I don't think I saw anywhere, but where is the game starting? I want a sense of where to put my homeworld. I've got an enemy who, for the character to make sense, will likely be a higly placed Noble, so I want them to be close enough to have an impact.

In reply to Alyx Karoll (msg # 53):

Starting on Aramis, 1105.

Sorry I didn't understand that, could you give a broader explanation?
This message was lightly edited by the player at 22:23, Wed 26 Aug 2020.

In reply to Nerull (msg # 54):

Cool. Close enough to Regina that Alyx is from there (at least his rise to stardom and eventual fall would have been there, I may pick a nearby homeworld). How high up in the Court at Regina can I go for an enemy and not have it derail anything too badly?

  Allies and Contacts don't give skills. There was another game allowing Allies and Contacts to be traded in for skill ranks, but that's not a standard rule.

  Connections between PCs do allow up two two additional skill ranks to be added to the character, however, and there is generally a campaign package to choose from at the end.

I'm happy to connect up with anyone who would have been near the Sector Capital at Regina. Alyx has been around Navy and Marines as part of research for Holofilms and to support the troops. He's been around nobility and celebrity circles throughout the Regina subsector. Of late, he's been on the run (betrayed!) and keeping a low profile and has been around less savory characters as they are less likely to have their movements tracked.

@Khuevaengh: Connection idea

My character worked as a manager for a company selling starmaps. They could have easily met during their last term when Khuevaengh was hired as a Sensor expert.

@the other players: The more we know about each other's characters, the easier it will be to make connections. I've put all the details about mine in the character description.
This message was last edited by the player at 06:55, Thu 27 Aug 2020.