Still In Progress

This message was deleted by the player at 00:30, Thu 19 Aug 2021.

Just submitted my benefit rolls to the GM for approval, so that's still up in the air, but here's what I've got as far as an actual character goes.

Ignatius Drenn, noble of high birth and a terrible congenital condition that makes him extremely allergic to work. Gambler, womanizer, playboy, charmer, scoundrel, rascal, rake. He can wield social skills like an ortillery piece, which should make him perfect for navigating Drinax's impenetrable high society.

He 'died' twice in 4 terms. he's sad, but I'll do it! ;-)

No doubt he'll get captured and executed!
This message was last edited by the player at 12:32, Thu 19 Aug 2021.

Well... I know where your luck went. Sorry.

Here's where I am so far:

Character Name: Duke Ignatius Drenn
Player: NowhereMan

Species: Human
Age: 46
Height: 1.83 m
Weight: 79 kg
Rads:

Homeworld:


Characteristics:



Skills:



Finances:

Pension: Cr14,000/Year
Debt: None
Cash: Cr250,000

We doing connections game master?

Benedict is from Tech-World, his parents from Neumann, they were/are part of the society maintaining the robots there.

He served two tours in the Scouts and two in the Navy, 'killed' in both and had to muster out.

I'm good with you setting up connections. 2 improved skills maximum as per the rulebook. I would suggest you use the connections to round out the skills to cover the roles on the ship if necessary

Thanks!

Who wants to know Benedict? 2 term scout who had to be rescued, 2 term navy was wounded severely.

Whelp, I didn't end up getting any actual Leadership skill during creation, so I'm afraid I'll have to cede the big chair to dragonrider912. Given Iggy's talents and social clout, I'm sorry to say that this leaves me as...

Well...

Filling roles, like Benedict!

In reply to NowhereMan (msg # 27):

Don't feel that let down. I was surprised I made Captain at all. I usually get ejected from a career much earlier.

As for Events and making them match up, I posted them up in my character rolls earlier, but I was a part of a Diplomatic Mission at some point, and I foiled a Sabatoge Attempt on one of the ships I served on. There were several life Events too, but the only one of note I can think of was the Ancient Technology one.

I think I could have met up with Benedict during that scrap on board the, let's call it the Horizon Guardian, a heavy corvette, where in the engineering bay, I had to rapidly repair a degrading j-drive while you had taken down the real threat, getting yourself injured pretty badly in the process.

In reply to dragonrider912 (msg # 29):

That's one for us, must have been the Navy career. I still have room for a doctor or a salvager that rescued me from when I was a Surveyor scout.

Wait, do the events need to line up?

In reply to dragonrider912 (msg # 31):

Uhhh, yea, at least a little bit. ;-)

Precisely the opposite of Benedict, really. Failed to get into university, then nothing bad ever happened to him again. Granted, it's pretty hard to fail a Survival roll with a target of 3.

Iggy's highly specialized towards the social part of the equation, just lacking leadership ability. Which I may pick up through Connections, come to think of it. Would at least make a serviceable backup to El Capitan, and that +3 SOC makes even Leadership 1 fairly decent.

As for events, most of mine are fairly mild, since Noble doesn't lend towards much excitement.  Here's the list:

Term 1: Life Event, Improved Relationship: A romantic relationship involving you deepens, possibly leading to marriage or some other emotional commitment. Gain an Ally.

Term 2: Your reign is acclaimed by all as being fair and wise – or in the case of a dilettante, you sponge off your family’s wealth a while longer. Gain either a jealous relative or an unhappy subject as an Enemy. Gain DM+2 to your next Advancement check.

Term 3: You manipulate and charm your way through high society. Gain one level of Carouse, Diplomat, Persuade or Steward, as well as a Rival and an Ally.

Term 4: A conspiracy of nobles attempts to recruit you. If you refuse, gain the conspiracy as an Enemy. If you accept, roll Deception 8+ or Persuade 8+. If you fail, roll on the Mishap Table as the conspiracy collapses. If you succeed, Gain one level of Deception, Persuade, Tactics or Carouse.

Term 5: New Relationship: You become involved in a romantic relationship. Gain an Ally.

Term 6: A conspiracy of nobles attempts to recruit you. If you refuse, gain the conspiracy as an Enemy. If you accept, roll Deception 8+ or Persuade 8+. If you fail, roll on the Mishap Table as the conspiracy collapses. If you succeed, Gain one level of Deception, Persuade, Tactics or Carouse. (Yep, this happened again.)

Term 7: You become deeply involved in politics on your world of residence, becoming a player in the political intrigues of government. Gain one level in Advocate, Admin, Diplomacy or Persuade, but also gain a Rival.

That diplomatic mission of yours, dragonrider, could be a possible connection, what with the Dukedom and all. Or perhaps one of those romantic entanglements was a relative of yours?

Events
You qualified for the Scout career.
You survived this term in Surveyor in the Scout career.
Scout Event: You perform an exemplary service for the scouts. Gain DM+1 to any one Benefit roll.
You have been promoted to rank 1 in the Scout career
Scout Rank Bonus: You gained Vacc Suit-1
You've gained the skill Survival
Aging: At the age of 22 you are not old enough to feel the effects of age.
You signed up for another term in the Scout career.
Your Intellect increased by 1
You failed to survive this term in Surveyor in the Scout career.
Scout Mishap: You have no idea what happened to you – they found your ship drifting on the fringes of friendly space.
Aging: At the age of 26 you are not old enough to feel the effects of age.
You have served 2 terms and achieved rank 1 as an Scout.
You have earned 2 total benefit rolls with a DM of 1 to your first roll plus any rank bonus and still have 3 lifetime rolls on the Cash Table.
Scout Benefit: Cr50000
Scout Benefit: Cr20000

You qualified for the Navy career.
You survived this term in Engineer/Gunner in the Navy career.
Navy Event: You are given advanced training in a specialist field. Roll EDU 8+ to gain one level in any skill you already have.
You fail to take advantage of the training and learn nothing new.
You have been promoted to rank 1 in the Navy career
Navy Rank Bonus: You gained Mechanic-1
You've gained the skill Engineer
Aging: At the age of 30 you are not old enough to feel the effects of age.
You signed up for another term in the Navy career.
You've gained the skill Flyer
You survived this term in Engineer/Gunner in the Navy career.
Navy Event: You join a gambling circle on board. Gain Gambler 1 or Deception 1. If you wish, throw Gambler 8+. If you succeed, gain an extra Benefit roll from this career; if you fail, you lose one Benefit roll from this career.
You decide to gamble some big money and gain an extra Benefits roll from this career.
You have failed to earn a commission as a Navy Officer
You failed to earn a promotion in the Navy career
Aging: At the age of 34 age has no effect on you.
You have served 2 terms and achieved rank 1 in the Navy.
You have earned 4 total benefit rolls with a DM of 0 to your first roll plus any rank bonus and still have 1 lifetime rolls on the Cash Table.
Navy Benefit: Cr20000
Navy Benefit: EDU +1
Navy Benefit: INT +1
Navy Benefit: two Ship Shares

90,000Cr, 2 ship shares!
Ben is from Tech-World, his father and mother worked for GeDeCo and are from Neumann

In reply to zagygthemad (msg # 32):

Well then, I think that the foil sabatoge still lines up decently enough with your Naval career.

I do like the Bad Romance lining up with your Duke stuff. I did start with a fairly high SOC rating, so it could have been your character telling him to square his shoulders and ignore her returning his focus to his Naval Career. Granted, seeing as he left for a better offer right after he made Captain, obviously he wasn't going to stick around to pull a pension when he had 1 last hurrah for glory, and to find romance on his terms.

Edit: So that would be Leadership 1 due to the Duke, and Engineering (j-drive) 1 due to Mr. Rapp.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:57, Thu 19 Aug 2021.

Shooting for Astrogation and gun cbt if I can get them.

In reply to zagygthemad (msg # 36):

Well due to helping me foil that, I'd argue that required you to grab something out of the weapons locker to take down that Corporate spy.

Yep, that sounds like Iggy's bad influence.



...Wait, you should have gotten Leadership 1 from your Naval rank when you hit Sublieutenant.

True to that that. I think I meant I would gain 1 level of the Leadership skill.

I'll probably be grabbing Leadership from that Connection as well. Depending on what your end-result is, we may actually end up with the same DM for Leadership.

If the ship wasn't a loaner, I'd suggest an Owner/Captain partnership, but I unfortunately had to sacrifice my 1¼ yachts in the name of game balance. Came out with 12 ship shares, though, so we're getting all those fittings replaced.

That's how things usually go. Someone owns the ship, and then someone else has to be in charge of the crew and running things.

Yep, thus Fozzy. The "financier", as it were, since Iggy technically won't own the Harrier, he'll just have dumped a mind-boggling amount of credits into it.

In all honesty, he wouldn't want to be in charge, but "Pirate Captain" would look nice on his lifetime achievement roll. I'm sure there's technically a term for a noble attached to a privateer without being its captain, because that sounds precisely like something one  of the major powers would have pulled during the Age of Sail.