Character Generation Process

[Stirling]

Sure if that fits in with any plot hook.

Iku Pupa. Is that a pirate ship or a pirate person?

[BackworldTraveller]

Iku Pupa

[BackworldTraveller]

As at the start of the 8th November.

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And the various associations declared to date

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[cybersavant]

Indrani & Reven
Indrani & Pranit
Noor & Pranit
Noor & __________
Arnwulf & Tiberius
Arnwulf & Nalani
Tiberius & ____________
Reven & ____________
Nalani & _______________


thoughts? being a courier in my last two terms, i could potentially have connections with anyone
who is most restricted in their possibles? perhaps we should start there

thoughts ??

[Monsieur Rose]

Tiberius: How about: Noor was looking into the money trail between nobles and Iku Pupa. She found some irregularities and enlisted Tiberius and others to help her run things down. Possibly they ran a sting operation, her event involved her charming her way through high society. Maybe Tiberius went undercover and wore a wire to gather incriminating information? Posing as high society and meeting powerful and dangerous people while trying to get them to cut us into deals. Assuming we learn the same skill, we could learn deception, investigate, persuade, or streetwise.

Pranit: How do you feel about being a personal trainer for Noor? They could have met, as you say, during some ceremony and hit it off. She had some unpleasantness a few years earlier and asked Pranit to help train her in self-defense. Another possibility is the gambling angle. Noor gambled. She was exposed to high stakes and high-class casinos while dating a powerful noble during her first term as an Administrator. Maybe she and Pranit were in a regular game for a few years? We learn melee, athletics, or carouse. For the gambling path, we could learn gambling, carouse, streetwise, or deception.

Bidding: Noor has many of the package skills. I'd like to toss her hat in the ring for melee and science.
For the additional stuff: Contact(media) is incredibly easy for her. The locked equipment case would also fit, it could have been in the car she escaped in.

If we link Noor and Tiberius, then it looks like Reven and Nalani are the final pairing.

[cybersavant]

Reven may have met Indrani & the Sparks Navy in an official capacity or been under escort by them
Reven may have met Nālani, who kept up contact with the Queen of the Belt after her smuggling days


Package Skills
Once associations are complete the following skills package is available. Each item in the list may be chosen only once. Each person gets 2 skills. The first is at level 1, the second at level 0. You cannot use this to increase a skill you already have. None of the skills in the list may be allocated to more than one person.

Admin
Advocate
Art(Any)
Battledress (Experience with the cargo loaders at the docks NOT the fighting gear they are trying to invent) would fit Reven's backstory
Carouse
Diplomat
Gun Combat(Any) Reven could use
Mechanic
Melee(Any)
Navigation
Recon
Science(Any)
Streetwise
Vacc Suit

[BackworldTraveller]

Admin: Not Noor or Arnwulf - Nalani if her first pick!
Advocate: Anyone
Art(Any): Anyone
Battledress: Anyone
Carouse: Not Noor or Nalani - Arnwulf only as first pick
Diplomat: Anyone
Gun Combat(Any): Not Arnwulf
Mechanic: Only Noor or Pranit/Nalani only on first pick - This looks like a bad choice by me. Option to take instead - Science(Physics): Anyone except Reven only as first pick
Melee(Any): Anyone
Navigation: Not Arnwulf
Recon: Not Tiberius or Arnwulf
Science(Any): Anyone except Reven only as first pick
Streetwise: Again, a bad choice by me. Gunner instead: Anyone but Indrani would have to take it as first choice if it's her
Vacc Suit: Noor for either pick, Arnulf for first pick only. No one else.

[ateno]

Noor, I would like the idea of me teaching you zero G movement. I could add Melee to my list, which might me more useful thantremote operations I was looking at.

Done as far as I am concerned.

[BackworldTraveller]

Any objection to my posting a skills matrix?

[Bluetongue]

It would. It is difficult to read back through many posts and find links or bid choices that are not contradicting each other. Battledress would suit Arnwulf though another expressed the preference first, Pranit I think. Not sure. I think certain picks are going to be more popular or character functional, melee for example.

If it helps with choices. I will take Vacc Suit.

Do we still get a 'team package' to choose ir is this bidding it?

[BackworldTraveller]

This is the team package

[Stirling]

I don't think connections have to choose same skills. So I can go with the Nalani connection amd stick with learning Electronics (comms) and if no one else takes it I will take

Navigate 1 and Diplomat 0

[BackworldTraveller]

I don't think connections have to choose same skills.

That is correct. You don't have to learn the same thing. These relationships imply you have spent some time together.

[cybersavant]

skills matrix would be good

[ateno]

Sterling wants Navigation - 1, that's fine.

I'll update my request to
Admin-1
Science (geology) - 0

Ill be taking Melee -1 and Remote Operations - 1 thru connections.

Also I would like the TL12 Vacc Suit.

Eric / Pranit

[cybersavant]

H) Package Skills
Once associations are complete the following skills package is available. Each item in the list may be chosen only once. Each person gets 2 skills. The first is at level 1, the second at level 0. You cannot use this to increase a skill you already have. None of the skills in the list may be allocated to more than one person.

Admin Pranit
Advocate Tiberius
Art(Any) Arnwulf
Battledress (Experience with the cargo loaders at the docks NOT the fighting gear they are trying to invent) Reven
Carouse
Diplomat Tiberius
Gun Combat(Any) Reven
Mechanic
Melee(Any) Noor
Navigation Tiberius
Recon
Science(Any) Pranit // Noor
Streetwise
Vacc Suit Arnwulf

J) Additional stuff
The party also has the following things and associations at the start: Decide which character has each of these connections/things - one each. And come up with a good excuse of why you have it!

Network(Merchant):+1
Contact(Forensics) Tiberius
Contact(Media) Noor
A locked equipment case (Contents unknown) Tiberius
TL12 Vacc Suit (Experimental) Pranit
Deeds to some land on New Earth (Never visited)
A genuine Fijian War Club - from Old Earth.

[cybersavant]

did i get those bidding requests correct?

[Bluetongue]

Arnwulf

Upgrades: Vacc Suit 1 and as he has most of the other skill will take Art 0 (specialising in 'calendar girls' and 'bronze busts of the All-Stars Baseball league').

He has Network (Merchant) 1 as a character gen contact.

The battledress and TL Vacc Suit he passes on.

Sheet updated.

[BackworldTraveller]

Arnwulf

Upgrades: Vacc Suit 1 and as he has most of the other skill will take Art 0 (specialising in 'calendar girls' and 'bronze busts of the All-Stars Baseball league').

He has Network (Merchant) 1 as a character gen contact.

The battledress and TL Vacc Suit he passes on.

Sheet updated.

Has Noor agreed to your taking Vacc Suit?...It leaves her as totally unable to use one!

[BackworldTraveller]

Draft skills matrix
Note it doesn't include connection skills from last nights discussions or package skills allocations

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