Collace: Expansion, Promotion, Logistics

[The Bindoner]

The new hires.

Jess takes:

Firefly Driver

Name: Linzie

Service/Arm: Army/Cavalry

UPP: 798876

Term1
1 Basic Trng: Gun Cbt/Rifles 1, Computer 1
2 Garrison: E2
3 Raid: Purple Heart, MCUF, E3, Grav Vehicle 1
4 Trng: E4, Grav Vehicle +1

Low-pitched voice, very long strawberry blonde hair, blue eyes, B-cup
Scruffy, quiet, loyal

Gamer. Had (has?) an online following.

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Firefly Gunner

Name: Garth

Service/Arm: Army/Arty

UPP: 699685

Term1
1 Basic Trng: Gun Cbt/Rifles 1, FA Gunner 1
2 Ctr Ins: E2, FA Gunner +1
3 Trng: E3, Mechanic 1
4 Garr:

Body Piercings, short brown hair, blue eyes, guttural voice
promiscuous, irreligious

Made an enemy. It’s your fault, you shouldn’t have … seduced the Colonel's wife

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Name: Lydia (“Flip-top Lyd”, “Child-Proof Lyd”)

Service/Arm: Army/Cav

UPP: 7A8786

Term1
1 Basic Trng: Gun Cbt/Rifles 1, Vehicle/Wheel 1
2 Trng: E1
3 Pol Act: Purple Heart
4 Garr:

Term2
1 Raid: Purple Heart, +1 End
2 Garr: E3
3 Pol Act: Purple Heart, MCUF, Hvy Wpns/Auto 1
4 Trng: E4, Gun Cbt/Rifles +1


Whispery voice, Brown hair in braids, Blue eyes, B-cup
Hot-tempered, vengeful, chivalrous

The character’s family is in a long-standing feud with political rivals that has recently turned to
bloodshed

Recent bad break-up with romantic partner.

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Name: “Rowdy Joe” Lowe

Service/Arm: Army/Infantry

UPP: 7B9864

Term 1

1 Bsc Trng: Gun Cbt/Rifles 1, Gun Cbt/Pistols 1
2 Pol Act: E2, Gambling 1
3 Garr: E3
4 Pol Act:

Term 2

1 Pol Act: E4, Gun Cbt/Rifles +1
2 Trng: Tactics 1
3 Garr:
4 X-Trng: Cavalry, Vehicle/Grav 1


Moustache, ginger hair, hazel eyes
Extrovert, optimistic

Family bankrupted when young, business failure.

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Name: Wolfgang

Service/Arm: Army/Cavalry

UPP: 7A8665

Term 1

1 Bsc Trng: Gun Cbt 1, Vehicle/Track 1
2 Pol Act: E2, Hvy Wpn/Auto 1
3 X Trng/Inf: Recon 1
4 Garr: E3

Term 2

1 Garr:
2 Garr: E4
3 Commando School: Brawling 1, Survival 1, Blade 1
4 Pol Act: MCUF, Hvy Wpn/Auto +1


Blue eyes, blonde hair in ponytail, lisp,
Reticent, holds a grudge

Was betrayed by a close friend. Now they are deadly enemies


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Name: Ruth

Service/Arm: Army/Infantry

UPP: 7AB664

Term1
1 Basic Trng: Gun Cbt/Rifles 1, Hvy Wpns 1
2 Ctr Ins: MCUF, E2, Vehicle/Grav 1
3 Int’l Sec: E3
4 Pol Act: E4, Recon 1

Term2
1 Garr: E5
2 Garr:
3 Garr: E6
4 Ctr Ins: Gun Cbt/Rifles +1


Fast-talking, wiry red hair, green eyes, C-cup
Smoker, funny, mischievous

Was a teenage gang member. Streetwise 0

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Name: Sean

Service/Arm: Army/Support

UPP: 98A863

Term1
1 Basic Trng: Gun Cbt/Rifles 1, Mechanic 1
2 Garr: E2
3 Garr: E3
4 Raid: E4, Medic 1

Term2
1 Garr: E5
2 Trng: Hvy Wpn/Launcher 1
3 Intl Sec: E6
4 Ctr Ins: Gun Cbt/Rifles +1


Black hair, green eyes
Tattooed, friendly, insecure

Was in a band as a teenager. Art/Music/Drums 0

These are "spare", available to fill out understrength units:

Name: Alex

Service/Arm: Army/Infantry

UPP: 798762

Term1
1 Basic Trng: Gun Cbt/Rifles 1, Hvy Wpns 1
2 Trng: Mechanic 1
3 Garr: E2
4 Garr: E3

Term2
1 Recruiting: Recruiting 1
2 Garr: E4
3 Trng: Gun Cbt/Rifles +1
4 Pol Act: E5,

brown hair, blue eyes
Shrewd/perceptive, greedy

Profited from a dirty secret, owes any promotion to that secret.

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Name: Bazza

Service/Arm: Army/Infantry

UPP: AA8656

Term1
1 Basic Trng: Gun Cbt/Rifles 1, Hvy Wpns 1
2 Garr: E2
3 Ctr Ins: Vehicle/Grav 1
4 Garr:

Term2
1 Int’l Sec: (PH), Recon 1
2 Garr:
3 Trng: Brawling 1
4 Pol Act: E3, Gun Cbt/Rifles +1


Raspy voice,
Sleeps late, blond, blue eyes
Driven, arrogant, adventurous

Was on the school team at sports, still plays/follows

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Name: Ravi

Service/Arm: Army/Infantry

UPP: 7A9865

Term 1
1 Bsc Trng: Gun Cbt/Rifles 1, Vehicle/Wheel 1
2 Raid: MCG, E2, Recon 1
3 Specialist School: Comms 1
4 Garr:

Term 2
1 Protected Forces Trng; Vacc Suit 1
2 Garr: E3
3 Garr: E4
4 Ctr Ins: Gun Cbt/Rifles+1


Brown hair, green eyes, brown skin
Fearless, foul-mouthed

Foundling. The character was abandoned by their birth parents and brought up by adoptive guardians.


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Name: Sergio

Service/Arm: Army/Infantry

UPP: 798765

Term 1
1 Bsc Trng: Gun Cbt/Rifles 1, Recon 1
2 Protected Forces Trng: Zero-G 1
3 Pol Act: Purple Heart, Hvy Wpns 1
4 Ctr Ins: Gun Cbt/Rifles +1


Humble, Superstitious
Hums to themself

Black hair, blue eyes

Married, Widowed

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Name: Tanya

Service/Arm: Army/Cav

UPP: 979774

Term1
1 Basic Trng: Gun Cbt/Rifles 1, Hvy Wpns/Missiles 1
2 Garr: E2
3 Int’l Sec: E3,
4 Trng: Vehicle/Grav 1

Term2
1 Garr:
2 Garr: E4
3 Pol Act: PH, MCUF, Hvy Wpns/Missiles +1
4 Specialist School: Electronics 1


Accented speech, strange hairstyle, black hair, brown eyes, olive skin, A-cup
Suspicious, charitable

Barracked: The character was brought up by a military organisation. Gain Melee 0

edited

Edited again - now with added backstory.

[BackworldTraveller]

Can I put in a bid for Tanya? - Electronics and Missiles sounds a perfect armed droid operator

[The Bindoner]

Certainly does.

I've added some randomly generated background events (subject to GM approval)

[Tiglath]

All approved!

I have to clarify that the romantic adventures of Gunner Garth "Plunger" Bailey (in a nod to a cohort of the esteemed Milligan) references his previous Colonel's wife!

Attempting to pull off a Collace "Milk Tray Man" routine with Polly (notwithstanding the current state of high alert re "intruders") might actually re-define "reckless"...

[The Bindoner]

He swears it's someone else (but who's going to be brave enough to check?)

It's why he was looking for a new billet with a lot of off-world time.

Unfortunately, there is at least one local military zone where we would be wise not to deploy him - unless he grows a beard and changes his name.

If only I'd rolled background events before hiring him

[The Bindoner]

"Plunger" Bailey is a very appropriate name, being as he's a Gunner.

Which reminds me;

The names are just placeholders - if someone wants one on their team, feel free to come up something better than what came next on the random generator.

[BackworldTraveller]

Are Freya and those at the farm aware of what is going on in town from the comms chatter on the company link?

If so, I'll throw in a comment for those at the farm - otherwise I'll continue, oblivious

[Tiglath]

Battalion HQ and the Tech Unit (Freya) will be monitoring the relayed secure laser comm traffic so you'll have access to that if not tactical transmissions. You (nor anyone else) will be able to monitor the local network when they switch to local comm units.

I'll have a little more action for both you and Kit shortly. However, some genius decided it would really be no extra work to split the party into separate individual threads...

[BackworldTraveller]

Battalion HQ and the Tech Unit (Freya) will be monitoring the relayed secure laser comm traffic so you'll have access to that if not tactical transmissions. You (nor anyone else) will be able to monitor the local network when they switch to local comm units.

I'll have a little more action for both you and Kit shortly. However, some genius decided it would really be no extra work to split the party into separate individual threads...

I was wondering, if we have the staff, if we should set up a trap for anyone pursuing the rescue party somewhere off-farm.

[Tiglath]

I was wondering, if we have the staff, if we should set up a trap for anyone pursuing the rescue party somewhere off-farm.

Well that's the sort of project that would keep Freya out of trouble!

With Grav vehicles it's, of course, as easy as less predictable 4D chess. However, with a decent milspec sensor array (which you have) and a grav equipped QRF (Jess' cavalry) to vector onto an intercept/put into a AT missile ambush it is very doable.

[BackworldTraveller]

I was wondering, if we have the staff, if we should set up a trap for anyone pursuing the rescue party somewhere off-farm.

Well that's the sort of project that would keep Freya out of trouble!

With Grav vehicles it's, of course, as easy as less predictable 4D chess. However, with a decent milspec sensor array (which you have) and a grav equipped QRF (Jess' cavalry) to vector onto an intercept/put into a AT missile ambush it is very doable.

But if we know where the boss will be, anyone trailing will be there too!

[Tiglath]

But if we know where the boss will be, anyone trailing will be there too!

Oh, absolutely!

Setting an AA(AT) ambush that you can lead someone into is a matter of basic deployment and easily within the capability of (for instance Jess' AT missile team) and the sensor suite on one of your vehicles.

[shaidar]

I was stuck between going to the farm to help against the reinforcements and heading to the town to help distract Turner.

In the end I decided on the farm, for right or wrong.

[Tiglath]

FWIW a deliberate option left by myself (with no necessarily right/wrong answer).

Of course it's all about maintaining the illusion that players exist in a world where they can interfere with my megalomania!

All aboard the railroad!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hps6L5vS0sc

[BackworldTraveller]

FWIW a deliberate option left by myself (with no necessarily right/wrong answer).

Of course it's all about maintaining the illusion that players exist in a world where they can interfere with my megalomania!

All aboard the railroad!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hps6L5vS0sc

That's a 1000 times better than gigalomania?

[Tiglath]

That's a 1000 times better than gigalomania?

Isn't that a mania urging the mastery of all trivial laughter?