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Once we have characters posted, we can decide how to proceed. With just two players (and four PCs), we should go with a Scout ship. I could either just grant you a Scout ship (we have one Scout PC), or I can set you up with a scenario where you have to find and salvage a ship.

Another option is to hire on to an NPC ship, one option might be a Noble in his Yacht looking for a crew to help him go explore, the disadvantage would be somewhat less freedom.

If you wanted more of a merchant campaign (to be more Firefly like), I have also posted one Merchant PC with a ship that one of you could take (perhaps sirravd since the two PCs he rolled are one term each) instead of one of the PCs you rolled.

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Manon Abe was a first officer in the merchant core though he and his shotgun have seen quite a bit of action dealing with pirates and smuggling deals gone wrong. He retired to get away from formal authority and all of the bureaucracy, hoping to find some like-minded souls to discover their own path. He took an able but too outspoken young officer with him who was more likely to follow his orders than the commander's. Shotguns and electronics are his specialties but he has dabbled in everything from bribery to mechanics to piloting, not to mention his aptitude at picking skills up cold (JoaT skill 1).

Stefan Pérez is a smart, inquisitive officer who has authority issues and an often too keen curiosity. He found someone he could respect and follow in Manon Abe and so "left" with him (ignoring that his re-enlistment would have been denied had he tried as the merchant core had had enough of Mr. Pérez). Stefan was moderately able medic (skill 1) and also has a knack for being a decent jack of all trades (skill 1).

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ffilz wrote:@eris indicated an interest in playing also. We may start things going and have him join once he has a character generated.
Well, I DO want to play. I've just been swamped the last month or so. I've posted a character submission, Merchant 1st Officer Andy Sokolov, just now.

Andy is 46, just mandatory retired from the Merchant Service, but not looking to settle down anywhere. He is looking for a tramp merchant ship to sign aboard. He is a crack Navigator-4 and picked up Pilot-1 when he was last promoted. Andy is also good in engineering (Engineering-2 and Electronics-1). On the business side Andy has picked up Bribery-2 and Admin-1. Over his 28 years in service he's had to become skilled with firearms (Shotgun-2 and Revolver-1), but would rather avoid a fight than not. He's got a revolver, shotgun and a couple of Low Passage vouchers to go with his 8 Kcr retirement pay. Andy has saved KCr50 that he hopes to use to "buy into" a ship or start buying spec cargoes. He'd also like to buy some supplies...like a vacc suit.
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ffilz wrote:Ok, time to get a bit rolling here...

Tegel is a balkanized world with a dense tainted atmosphere.

Merchant Senior Captain Baron Wen Rodríguez has recently mustered out, and taken papers for the Free Trader {fill in name} with a 30 year mortgage remaining. The ship has recently had it's annual maintenance.

The other characters have also recently mustered out.

Unfortunately, this was perhaps the wrong time and place to muster out.

Ryefield was the capital city of the Roglaroon Federation, but has recently been captured by forces from the dictatorship Modron. Imperial forces are holding the Modrones at bay for the moment, but the situation is somewhat dicey. A leadership team from the Roglaroon Federation has set up in one of the nicer taverns in the starport. They have been begging the imperial forces to intervene and bombard the capital of Modron.

You may purchase equipment (up to TL 12) at the starport, but some items may be in short supply or more expensive.
Andy walks into the bar and pulls down the filter mask he was using outside in the dense but tainted air. The outside air that leaked in with him burns his eyes and makes him blink a few times as he looks around the half filled bar. People who look up see a short broadly built man of middle age with close clipped salt and pepper hair and piercing blue eyes...now with red rims around them. He's wearing a pair of brown pants tucked into his spacer boots with a brown leather jacket over a light blue crew necked shirt. There is a circle of lighter colored leather on the jacket where a patch has recently been removed. A filter mask hangs around his neck.

"I'm supposed to be meeting a Baron Wen Rodríguez here?" Andy says loudly enough to be heard across the bar while he stands just inside the door and looks around the room. Andy's voice is higher than you might expect from such a solidly built man and carries a nice tenor note to it.
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Manon Abe and Stefan Pérez, already in the bar and quietly nursing drinks, pay attention at the newcomer's announcement. They were there for the same reason but were sizing up the crowd first. If this newcomer gets a response, then they will follow him over. Manon scans the crowd to see if anyone else reacts to the query- for good or ill.

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coil23 wrote:Manon Abe and Stefan Pérez, already in the bar and quietly nursing drinks, pay attention at the newcomer's announcement. They were there for the same reason but were sizing up the crowd first. If this newcomer gets a response, then they will follow him over. Manon scans the crowd to see if anyone else reacts to the query- for good or ill.
After looking around and waiting a minute, Andy shrugs and strolls over to the bar. He noticed that a pair of men seated at a table seemed to pay attention to him after everyone else had gone back to their drinks and conversations. He intends to keep an eye on them, but that's all for right now.

"I'll have a beer."Andy slaps down a coin on the counter and smiles at the bartender adding, "The brand you'd drink if you were having one."

He then turns and leans against the bar surveying the room, giving the pair at the table a nod, if they are still looking at him. He'll stand at the bar and take small sips of the beer. Andy can make that beer last an hour, or more, and he plans to do just that.
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Manon gives a nod to request the man at the bar (Andy) join them at their table. Hmm, so another out to join this Captain Rodríguez. He is mindful of potential Modron surveillance here but the sooner the group can gather-n-git, the better. Buying supplies will be next on his list.

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coil23 wrote:Manon gives a nod to request the man at the bar (Andy) join them at their table. Hmm, so another out to join this Captain Rodríguez. He is mindful of potential Modron surveillance here but the sooner the group can gather-n-git, the better. Buying supplies will be next on his list.
Andy interprets the nod as "come on over", so he does. He strolls over to the table holding his beer in one hand.
"Evening, gents." he asks, "Mind if I sit?"

Andy leans forward and asks quietly after he sits down, "You two wouldn't be looking to meet up with Rodriguez would you?"
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Manon raises his cup to take a drink in order to have it front of his mouth before answering to block lip-reading. Aye, we are. You as well, I take it. The Imperium will be taking its usual stance of hands-off the important crises until it's too late, no doubt. With that in mind, the sooner we are off this rock the better. Not sure when Modron will clamp down and how hard.

Manon and Stefan are used to working in tandem (and of being paranoid) so without needing to state it in advance: as Manon talks, Stefan is stretching and yawning to give himself a chance to surreptitiously scan the room.

Manon continues, I was hoping to buy some supplies before we left but only if we feel we safely have the time.

GM edit - replaced Federation with Imperium

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coil23 wrote:Manon raises his cup to take a drink in order to have it front of his mouth before answering to block lip-reading. Aye, we are. You as well, I take it. The Imperium will be taking its usual stance of hands-off the important crises until it's too late, no doubt. With that in mind, the sooner we are off this rock the better. Not sure when Modron will clamp down and how hard.

Manon and Stefan are used to working in tandem (and of being paranoid) so without needing to state it in advance: as Manon talks, Stefan is stretching and yawning to give himself a chance to surreptitiously scan the room.

Manon continues, I was hoping to buy some supplies before we left but only if we feel we safely have the time.
Andy nods,"Yeah, politics is a bitch. Personally, I'm much happier to plot courses and fix engines."

Adding with a grin, "And earn enough credits to keep the ship jumping, of course."
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Manon nods. Any idea what our captain looks like?

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coil23 wrote:Manon nods. Any idea what our captain looks like?
"Not a clue!" Andy says with a shrug, "All my dealings have been by comm so far. I guess you don't know either?"
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ffilz wrote:
coil23 wrote:Manon nods. Any idea what our captain looks like?
OOC: I've been trying to get @sirravd's attention, maybe I'll try and catch him on another board/ooc]


Dibs!!! :lol:

Manon shakes his head. No idea. And I've had enough shady dealings that I know what can go wrong trying to meet up with someone when you don't even know what they look like. We may need to make other arrangements if our good captain fell afoul of the internecine mess around here. Stefan, that gentleman over there is going to be the source of the problem if we need a diversion and quick exit. Understood? We will meet up at the place under the sign beside that location across the street from that whatsit. You remember.

Stefan nods with an impish grin.

Manon gives a curt nod to finish the business. Now, with contingencies taken care of, shall we have another drink?

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Player Eris: Merchant 1st Officer Antony "Andy" Sokolov 787AA8 Age 46
7 terms Cr50,000. Skills: Admin-1, Bribery-2, Electronics-1, Engineering-2, Navigation-4, Pilot-1, Revolver-1, Shotgun-1. Benefits: 8,000/yr Retirement Pay, Low Passage, Low Passage, Revolver, Shotgun

Player Coil23: Manon Abe, retired merchant 1st officer (6 terms), 42yo, 756A94.
Skills: bribery 1, electronics 3, gunnery 1, jack-o-T 1, mechanical 1, pilot 1, shotgun 2, streetwise 1, vacc suit 1. Benefits: Cr40,000, Cr6,000/year pension shotgun, halberd

Player Coil23: Stefan Pérez, retired merchant 3rd officer (4 terms), 34yo, B78CCA. Skills: jack-o-T 1, medical 1. Benefits: Cr65,000.

Player NPC: Merchant Senior Captain Baron Wen Rodríguez 12796C Age 46
7 terms Cr16,000. Skills: Blade-1, Bribery-2, Electronics-3, Gunnery-1, Jack-o-T-1, Mechanical-1, Medical-2, Navigation-1, Pilot-1, Steward-1. Benefits: 8,000/yr Retirement Pay, Free Trader (10 years old, 30 years mortgage remaining), Low Passage, Low Passage, Low Passage.
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Ship Skills: I think we have Ship Skills handled.

Baron Wen Rodríguez: Electronics-3, Gunnery-1, Mechanical-1, Medical-2, Navigation-1, Pilot-1, Steward-1

"Andy" Sokolov: Electronics-1, Engineering-2, Navigation-4, Pilot-1

Manon Abe: electronics 3, gunnery 1, mechanical 1, pilot 1

Stefan Pérez: medical 1
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Are we in Ryefield or somewhere else?

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Ramona wrote:Are we in Ryefield or somewhere else?
You are in a starport bar. The starport is a but outside Ryefield.
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So from your intro Ryefield just fell.

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Ramona wrote:So from your intro Ryefield just fell.
Yea, within the past week or so.
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Ana Jones stood outside the starport bar watching the Modron transports come and go pretty much unopposed. Occasionally a stream of tracer rounds would light up the evening sky followed by the staccato rattle of COACC artillery. It was a bad situation all around and it was probably about to get a whole lot worse before it got better, the Imperials were unlikely to intervene, it was to expensive, to dangerous, and outside of the Imperial mandate of simply keeping the trade ways open. As a result a whole lot of civilians were going to die because some bureaucrat a hundred light years away had written half this sector off as, acceptable losses, while trying to balance their budget.

Defend the starport, protect the staff and keep the infrastructure intact. Twenty years of service had drilled the mantra into her head. Imperial assets were the priority and anything outside the fences was on its own. Ana frowned but beneath the filter mask, goggles and long scarf she had wrapped around her head it was pretty much impossible to tell. She’d always hated those orders, soldiers were supposed to protect civilians, and so she’d snuck troops outside the wire after dark to hunt down snipers. It was a small gesture but every little bit helped.

A salt and pepper haired spacer pushed past her and into the bar as a massive fireball lit up the horizon. A handful of seconds later the windows of the bar shook as the shockwave rolled over the starport. She took one long last look at the burning city in the distance and the troops watching nervously from inside the wire before turning and heading into the bar.

Inside she waited for the door to seal before removing the long scarf she had wrapped about her head and shoulders. Ana folded in quickly into a square and tucked it into a pouch on the outside of her black military issue go bag, she pulled her goggles and respirator off with one hand and quickly brushed her chin length black hair back with the other.

The air was thick with the smell of frightened people and stale beer, she briefly considered putting her respirator and goggles back on before deciding against it and hanging them on an attachment point on the go bag’s strap. Somewhere in here was a job and a way off planet, scuttlebutt was some minor lord named Rodríguez was looking for a crew and that was as good a place as any to start.

Ana walked up to the bar and leaned forward to talk to the bartender, “Rodríguez,” she said loud enough to be heard, “Baron, Lord, something or other, you know where I can find him?”

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Ramona wrote:Ana Jones stood outside the starport bar watching the Modron transports come and go pretty much unopposed. Occasionally a stream of tracer rounds would light up the evening sky followed by the staccato rattle of COACC artillery. It was a bad situation all around and it was probably about to get a whole lot worse before it got better, the Imperials were unlikely to intervene, it was to expensive, to dangerous, and outside of the Imperial mandate of simply keeping the trade ways open. As a result a whole lot of civilians were going to die because some bureaucrat a hundred light years away had written half this sector off as, acceptable losses, while trying to balance their budget.

Defend the starport, protect the staff and keep the infrastructure intact. Twenty years of service had drilled the mantra into her head. Imperial assets were the priority and anything outside the fences was on its own. Ana frowned but beneath the filter mask, goggles and long scarf she had wrapped around her head it was pretty much impossible to tell. She’d always hated those orders, soldiers were supposed to protect civilians, and so she’d snuck troops outside the wire after dark to hunt down snipers. It was a small gesture but every little bit helped.

A salt and pepper haired spacer pushed past her and into the bar as a massive fireball lit up the horizon. A handful of seconds later the windows of the bar shook as the shockwave rolled over the starport. She took one long last look at the burning city in the distance and the troops watching nervously from inside the wire before turning and heading into the bar.

Inside she waited for the door to seal before removing the long scarf she had wrapped about her head and shoulders. Ana folded in quickly into a square and tucked it into a pouch on the outside of her black military issue go bag, she pulled her goggles and respirator off with one hand and quickly brushed her chin length black hair back with the other.

The air was thick with the smell of frightened people and stale beer, she briefly considered putting her respirator and goggles back on before deciding against it and hanging them on an attachment point on the go bag’s strap. Somewhere in here was a job and a way off planet, scuttlebutt was some minor lord named Rodríguez was looking for a crew and that was as good a place as any to start.

Ana walked up to the bar and leaned forward to talk to the bartender, “Rodríguez,” she said loud enough to be heard, “Baron, Lord, something or other, you know where I can find him?”
Andy had been watching the woman that just entered. No way she was Rodriguez, she had military written all over her, but she bared keeping an eye on anyway.

When she said "Rodriguez..." Andy's head whipped around and he grinned saying loud enough for the woman to hear him,"That's just what I was asking. Doesn't appear to be here yet."

Andy stands and waves to the woman, "Come on over and join us and we'll wait together."
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