I think that would still work. Either they met a couple of times at parties, possibly years apart, or Heike had a part (small or large, Singing or just Acting) in one of his Holos (like famous musicians sometimes do).

Yep.  That's a distinct possibility.  The Nurse in Romeo and Juliet for example.

Works for me. Be warned that (part of him being bad at hiding who he is) he's carrying his entire back catalog with him :)

In reply to Alyx Karoll (msg # 112):

When we start, we aren't going to be moving this fast! Three times a week to once a day, give or take. Don't be scared of now.
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:48, Thu 27 Aug 2020.

In reply to Alyx Karoll (msg # 112):

Ahh well, Heike isn't really hiding at all.  The people she has pissed off in Arden make visiting the Federation of Arden a bad idea but are unlikely to have the power to stretch their hands further (she hopes)

  Khuevaengh isn't bringing any rivals or enemies into the picture. Good thing too, because it sounds like we've got more than enough of those already!

My Character's family is  not speaking to him and his is not planning to go back home. For any other problems he just needs to lay low for a bit

Edit: My mistake. It is his trouble with the scouts shouldn't cause any grief if he lays low.

On the other hand one of his cousin may still hold a grudge against him after all these years. Andrew hopes that his cousin will have other distractions at this point in time.
This message was last edited by the player at 09:46, Fri 28 Aug 2020.

Is this going to be a game-in-the-present-tense or a game-in-the-past-tense?

  I prefer past tense but I can handle either.

Time for me to hash out some connections

Nobel Two terms
Andrew made great strides in combating rampant corruption. This unfortunately cut into one of his family's unofficial income streams. One of these efforts he helped a rival noble and her family in a property dispute because he thought theirs claim more worthy than his family's. This and his other efforts earned him the enmity of the heir apparent. While his efforts earned him acclaim in the subsector he knew that if he stayed with his family it would be a matter of time before the heir arranged an "accident".

His rival (now ally) offered a place with her family  He regretfully declined. He had heard some of her family whisper that he only helped them out of self interest and was frankly tired from the uphill effort to do the honorable thing. He decided to serve the imperium in a new way by joining the Scouts and leave the intrigue behind.

 Scout four terms

Andrew would spend much of exploring near and beyond the border of the imperium. He also took part in scientific expeditions to study (and sometimes fight) alien lifeforms, such as the infamous ghodbear.

He also to performed recon and recovery missions for the scout service and the navy.

The last few years in the scouts he was involved with the security branch of the Scout service. He commanded a group with the Special Security Service that was known as the <Redacted> who were responsible for  <Redacted>. and  <Redacted>. Recently his unit was disbanded due to  <Redacted> and he is now on detached duty and trying to keep a low profile until things cool down. He hopes
This message was last edited by the player at 09:49, Fri 28 Aug 2020.

Use what you want, it is all 'present', you do it as you type it. ;-)

My vote is also 'A'.
It is better if we had one more (second) gunner.

My vote is H but that's just because I find it the most amusing.

In reply to Heike Ubangi (msg # 122):

Once you got your contacts and allies, you can select one skill off of either 'A' or 'G' to start with. How am I f**king this up Syrris?

From what I understand, we have 1 Marine + Gunner, 1 NPC Gunner, and a couple of people, including myself, with basic gunnery skill.


@Nerull: My reckoning was, we all vote for one skill package. Then when everyone has their character, we all choose one skill from that package.

Finally, there is a general consensus that if there are still skills available from that package, the characters with the least amount of skills >1 get to choose a second skill from that package.

In reply to Carver Arvel (msg # 124):

You are correct and I stand corrected.

Feel free, if I err, to let me know. I appreciate it. I'm not perfect and don't know the rules that well yet myself. I'm old! ;-)

KEEP OFF MY GRASS! ;-)

In reply to Nerull (msg # 125):

I think the same 10-15 people are filling ALL of the Traveller games!

Could you update the roster then?

Quoted here for convenience.

I didn't add myself as gunner; mainly because I don't know who else could function as basic gunners. Everyone who had navy as their first career should have gunnery 0 at-least.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:49, Fri 28 Aug 2020.

Thanks Carver, appreciate it!

In reply to Nerull (msg # 129):

This one has to be here, does someone want to be captain?

In reply to Carver Arvel (msg # 128):

I think I can double as a Marine too.

We have covered gunnery then. Still a dedicated Medic is an issue (though I have Medic 0 at least).

In reply to Danila (msg # 131):

Khue has medic 1

I favor package G. I am however curious if the GM envisioned a definite direction for the campaign. If, for example if the GM envisioned a lot of exploration (B) or Trading(E) then those should be considered. Otherwise we can work with what the majority decides.

I'm good with whatever package, as I said before.

Is Bickle going away as captain? The NPC roster keeps changing...

Alyx could be captain but it wouldn't make much sense at all :)