Wanted: NPC's (Low Passage Manifest)

[Fritz_Brown]

On the lone K'kree, perhaps he was travelling with an entourage, but was the only one in Low Berth?
Or, as jappel and RainofSteel noted, maybe he is one of the medical patients? You get two birds with one stone, there.
And, I think a Jewish dog wouldn't be hard. Circumsising an Aslan, though, would be something that would take a great deal of ... fortitude.

 

[plop101]

Jame asks:

So whaddya do, anyways, that requires a one-week stretch?

I try to do as little as possible
Basically, the grave yard shift (10:15pm to 8:30am) for local retail/pharmacy store.

And now, 7 days OFF. YIPPEE!!!

So I come back this morning to see where the thread has gone, and I'm greeted with Vargr Rabbis.
I just don't know, guys. I just don't know.

 

[plop101]

from Jak Nazrith:

2) Ursa. He's actually the back-up saxophone player for the band, sunglasses and all...

Sidebar: Does there exist CT or MT chargen for Ursa?
If anyone knows, drop me a line! I'd be interested.

 

[Spiderfish]

try to do as little as possible
Basically, the grave yard shift (10:15pm to 8:30am) for local retail/pharmacy store.

The robbery shift?

 

[plop101]

I noticed that all the NPC types are human (I'm assuming). I would throw in an alien or three.

Good point. Hmmm... [looks over the manifest]

We'll call the first ten as being human, either Vilani, Solomani, or mixed.

1. a Noble incognito
2. a Miserly Scout
3. a Sinzarmes Merchant in search of his ride
4. a women of questionable means
5. a army man doing the permanent change of station thing
6. a water farmer
7. a priestess
8. and her acolyte assistant
9. an extradited criminal
10. a unbalanced security team member [like the navy seal dude from "The Abyss"]

Now, 11 thru 14 we could turn into aliens...
11. a TAS Journalist [maybe a Bwap]
12. a stowaway[Could be a band groupie, OR, could be a Droyne Sport running off in the deathless state to do something the coyns predicted. Who knows, maybe both!]
13. a professor [will say a Darrian Professor]
14. a possibly contagious medical patient [Vargr with Rabies]

#15 is our MAD Kkree Technician [maybe. I'm rethinking that one].

Then we have 16 and 17. I had a idea about 17..
16. a Susag company drug rep, who has a stash of High Leaf, or some other substance [alien ideas?]
17. an engineering student [Sword Worlder...I'm thinking like the German model airplane guy
from the original "Flight of the Phoenix" movie]

18 and 19 are John and Jane Doe [Grotes!]

and that left 20 as open.

Hmmm.. How about a Saurian Noble travelling with a human psion [notional idea out of "Babylon 5", with the characters of G'Kar and Lyta Alexander]

 

[jappel]

Gotta be room for a Virushi in there somewhere!

I suggest hopping over to Tod Glenn's site, www.travellercentral.com, and looking at his Pikhans (sp). Think of a cross between the little makers from "A Mote In God's Eye" and - well, I'm not sure what, but if you read any of his Regina campaign logs you get an idea of the Pikhan attitude. ("Here, I fixed your cigarette lighter. And you can use the high setting as a cutting torch!")

Hey, what about an Aslan?

John

 

[jhulse]

20) Go with the Ursa saxophone player. A bear with shades in a box holding his sax? Your players couldn't resist!
His name could be Kodi... and he'll play the blues when he finds out his friends in the band are gone... but maybe the Vargr is comic relief enough for one adventure.

 

[Straybow]

How 'bout a child who, if thawed, will get into everything, ask too many questions, wail for parents (not comprehending they are dead), etc

 

[plop101]

from Jak

20) Go with the Ursa saxophone player.

Ok! Ok! Kodi is in. I'll figure out CT stats somehow.

From Straybow:

How 'bout a child who, if thawed, will get into everything, ask too many questions, ..... [snippaged]

Are we speaking from experience?

{except for that dead part of course}

 

[plop101]

Well, I guess this is close to the end. Here is what I'm going to use for tonights massacer.. er ..game.

THE LOW PASSAGE LIST

1: 76B7AC, 26 year old noble
(uh) Baronet James Similir.
Charisma-2 Fencing-4 Equestrian-2
Business-1 Instruction-1 Language-1 Computer-2 Knife-1.
A kind of "black sheep" (not enough to get himself untitled) who makes his living teaching fencing.
Once in a while takes low passage for what he terms "the thrill."

2:A99BA5 28 year old scout, Janice Natial. Pilot-3 Computer-2 Electronics-2 Mechanical-2
Navigation-2 Engineer-1 Gunner-1 Grav Vehicle-1 Medic-1.
Ex-scout who is cheap. Very cheap. So cheap she prefers cold sleep to all other forms of passage -
including working.

3:976889 30 year old ex-merchant Captain Anders Harvick. Leader-1 Commo-1 Pilot-2 Computer-2
Broker-1 Vacc Suit-1 Navigation-2 Grav Vehicle-1 Streetwise-1 Admin-1 Legal-1 Ship's Boat-1.
Is travelling to the destination in order to pick up the Free Trader he got while mustering out (the
middle and high passages were full).

4:397363 24 year old Rogue Malina Kekoian. Dagger-2 Perception-2 Computer-1 Mechanical-1
Camoflage-1 Fast Talk-1 Stealth-1 Survival-1.
Ex-prostitute who managed to get a TAS membership. Is going low passage to avoid certain "troubles" with her origin world's nobility...

5:79A337 22 year old Army Sergeant Oleander Hicks. Heavy Weapons-2 Rifle-2 Battledress-1
Grav Vehicle-1.
Travelling on the Army's dime to his new unit. Knows how to drive and kill things - and little else.

Takes direction easily...

6: 677898 36 year old scientist Shannash Giigaas
Aqua Suit-2 Computer-1 Jack-o-T-1 Horticulture-3 Grav Vehicle-1 Mechanical-1
Small Water Craft-1
An aquaculturalist (water farmer) expert, she is travelling from Roup en-route to a conference on
alternate food production technologies on Regina.

7: 656A6A 38 year old High Priestess of Valerias Eva Kelvin
Philosophy-5 Steward-2 Vice-2* Carousing-1 Leader-1 Jack-of-Trades-1
Property: Church moneys in a offering box; Religous Paraphernalia. Has an assistant.
Eva is doing the low passage to save her order money, thus being able to do good works when she
arrives at her destination. Ref note: Vice-2* in IMTU is Seduction-2

8: AAA6A8 22 Year old Assistant Acolyte
Bar So Long
Philosophy-1
Assistant for Eva. Studying to see "infinity".

9: A97752 28 year old Criminal Ridikilli Sharesh
Brawling-2 Demolitions-1 Knife-1 Linguistics-1 (Trade Vilani) Streetwise-1
Handgun-1 Computer-0 Grav Vehicle-1 Ships Boat-1
Convicted Criminal being transported from Roup to MOJ Headquarters on Regina.

10: 6799DB 42 year old ex-Detective/Marine Captain Sir Nashu Iranii
Pilot-3 Turret Weapons-1 Energy Weapons-2 Heavy Weapons-2 Long Blade-1 SMG-2
Cbt Engineering-1 Stealth-1 Survival-1 Recon-1 Streetwise-1 Jack-of-Trades-1
Computer-1 Robot Ops-1 Admin-1 Vacc Suit-0 Wheeled Vehicle-0 Handgun-0
Military attache to the Imperial Governor-General of Roup. Formerly a Imperial Marine
Pilot, also served with MoJ. Now a mercenary. Carries briefcase SMG with 4 magazines
and a Forensics kit (value Cr9000). Will be suffering from Low Passage sickness once revived,
and that combined with the news of the death of the Governor-General and his detail will send
him over the edge. Ref note: Good luck with this guy, PC's.

11: 879B94 22 year old TAS Entertainment Reporter Duo-anne Mitzusaka
Journalism-1 Vacc Suit-1 Grav Vehicle-1 Wheeled Vehicle-0 Computer-0
New young journalist. Covering the "Screaming Wacker Nutters" concert tour is her second field
assingment.

12: B2E575 18 year old Aslan female Outcast Yooatlaufiw
Jack-o-trades-1 Computer-0 Handgun-0 Grav Vehicle-0
Suffered debilitating accident in youth leaving left leg crippled. Uses cane to walk, though
not very well. Attempted to stowaway aboard the liner, was discovered by the ships captain.
He took pity on her, and allowed her to take one of the low berths.

13. 579AD3 Age:28 Female Darrian Psychology Professor Miryem Lyihdhan
University of Darrian Honors Graduate, PH.D. from University of Regina
Psychology-9 Leadership-1 Computer-1 Grav Vehicle-0 Handgun-0
Returning home from a trip to Efate. Assistated survivors there suffering from PTS disorder.

14: 5B6C66 22 year old Vargr Merchant 4th Officer Khoevengez
Grav Vehicle-0 Computer-0 SMG-1Vacc Suit-0 Pilot-1 Mechanical-1
Khoevengez is a medical patient. He is currently suffering a severe case of rabbies,
and is being transported to the Medic General Hospital on Regina.

15: FDD437 38 year old K'Kree male worker Servant 'Eagriiptixk'
Jack-o-Trades-3 Mechanical-1 Steward-1
Eagriiptixk is considered mad by K'Kree standards. He's not to normal by human standards
either, though most humans will consider him 'flakey'. Ref note: Ditzie taylor type; think Garak from DS9. Without the spy stuff of course.

16: 757AB8 34 year old female SUSAG Sales Representative Doctor Alisa Miikem
Medic-6 Computer-1 Broker-1 Trader-1 Liaison-1 Admin-1 Commo-1 Wheeled Vehicle-0 Handgun-0 Chemistry-1 Mechanical-1
Has Medical Instruments (worth Cr5000), a auto pistol with 1 magazine, a lap top computer,
and, hidden in the cargo compartment, a small stash of High Leaf.

17: 998589 22 year old Merchant Gunter Hamenschlager Native of Narsil
Engineering-2 Mechanical-1Commo-1 Computer-0 Vaccsuit-0 Handgun-0 Wheeled Vehicle-0
Gunter is travelling back to Narsil to attend Engineering School. He's an engineering student strong on classroom theory, but hasn't had much practical application.

18: John Doe (a Grote)
Hits 12/6 Jack Armor Wounds 5 Weapon Hooves F7A8S2

19: Jane Doe (a Grote)
Same stats as John Doe.

20: 77B675 26 year old Ursa Saxaphone player Kodi
Carousing-2 Saxaphone-3 Mechanical-1
Kodi is the back up saxaphone player for the "Screaming Wacker Nutters".

Ref Note: Fudged the stats on Kodi for CT by trying to see what T20 and CT did with Virushi. So, the T20 rolls for Ursa are pretty much the same for CT as the T20 rolls for Virushi are in CT. Kodi comes out kinda weak; rolled 3 plus a +4 dm for strength. He could wack you with the Saxaphone though...

I'll be doing the game, such as it is, sometime tonight or tommorow, before my next 7 day on period at work. Will let you guys know what happens...

 

[Straybow]

It's called "neoteny." Domesticated species often retain features of the immature or juvenile stage into adulthood. Dogs, for example, retain the playfulness and maleable temper of puppies to a great extent whereas wolves generally do not.

Human hairlessness is considered a neotenic feature. Also, comparing human musculature to other apes seems to show some of this effect.

Uplifted bears aren't necessarily going to be half-ton furballs just as humans are nowhere near as big as gorillas.

@@ <- my two cents

 

[Fritz_Brown]

See you decided to go with the Jewish thing....
("rabbies")

 

[plop101]

Well, that was interesting.

The game wrap up... some observations.

1)Never show up at a gun fight with a foil.

2)Always check to see if the low berth is timed to open, and be there when it happens. You'll save yourself alot of heartache.

3)Carousing skill probably won't help you against a deranged psychopath with a SMG.

and finally, the PC's survived, barely.

Thanks to all! It was fun.

 

[mike wightman]

Tell us more...

please.

 

[plop101]

from Sigg Oddra:

Tell us more... please.

As you wish...

We have 2 PC's, Danro (a Scout) and Chrissy (a Merchant).
Danro major skills were Pilot-3 Navig-3
Chrissy's major skill was Medic-3

I'll throw the full stats for both later

More observations:

The pc's only opened pods 1-8. Time issues prevented them from opening the rest. They didn't check to see if the rest would open on a timer, so I opened pod 10 and turned him loose. Hence, the ensueing gun battles. The noble, the priestess, and the acolyte all bought it in the fight, although the noble did get some damage in. The final gunfight involved Captain Nashu with SMG vs Danro with Snub SMG. One shot each, Nashu missed, Danro didn't.

The pc's were involved in a race with another scout who was a friendly rival (named Festus Aakamer). Neither scout ship was armed, so it was a simple race to get to the derelict first (used Starship Operating Manual for this)

The pc's managed to get the ship fixed and moving just as Festus' came out of J space. An attempt at hostile docking was made, but foiled.

The water farmer turned out to be a real pain in the tuckas; she was totally uncooperative.

Sinzarmes had a boarding party on Festus' Scout ship, but they never came into play because of the failed docking attempt. The PC's were able to claim salvage rights for the ship, and they forced Sinzarmes to pay up, primarily because Danro being in the scout service (IMTU, income made from operating a detached duty scout ship is split 50/50 with the Imperuim. Sinzarmes knew better than to skimp money due to the Imperuim). On the downside, Sinzarmes is now highly annoyed with the PC's.

One big issue that the pc's solved was taking care of all the bodies. Remember that we had originally about 30 dead crew and passengers originally. Chrissy came up with the idea of using rescue balls as expedient body bags, so they managed to avoid the bad smell in the starship issue.

 

[jhulse]

Nice write-ups! I'm sometimes amazed at the amount of back ground work a lot of you guys go through to prepare. I tend to play fast and loose with "extras". My version would be ..
"Bob the passenger - pistol-2, random skill -2, what ever I'm in the mood for at the time - 1,"
To many times the PC's don't do justice to all the preparations by ignoring or just missing obvious clues, and by doing things that are completely unpredictable. Still, I would keep the list and use it in other settings if it ever comes up. Even if you need a few random low passengers, you already have a list. Just roll a 20!
By the way, I think I'll start a new link... but how do you get your PC's to "enjoy" all your creations? You sometimes bust you butts for hours and hours prepping for the game, and then they up and go do something completely unexpected, and end up barely scratching the surface of what you had ready for them... any thoughts?
See "PC control" under (IMTU)
Jak

 

[plop101]

Me, earlier:

We have 2 PC's, Danro (a Scout) and Chrissy (a Merchant).
Danro major skills were Pilot-3 Navig-3
Chrissy's major skill was Medic-3

I'll throw the full stats for both later

AARGH! I haven't forgotten about this, just running out of time issues.

I'll post them on my next week off, and put up something new maybe to tinker with.

 

[plop101]

Ok, as promised, my two pc's and a npc.

Name: Danro Aaradane Imperial human male
Home World: Regina/Spinward Marches A788899-A
8B4996 age: 38 apparent age: 38
Career: Imperial Interstellar Scout Service
Branch: Communications Office, Imperial Courier Service
Rank: Field
Morale: [3] High Initiative
Special Assingments:
Field Training, War Mission, Special Mission
Awards and Decorations:
Spacer Certificate, Pilot Certificate, Ships Master 4th Class Certificate,
Pilot Wings, EVA Wings
Equipment Qualified On:
Type S Scout ship, Launch, Vacc Suit, Snub SMG, Carbine, Laser Pistol
Skills:
Pilot-3 Vacc Suit-1 Liaison-1 History-0
Shipsboat-1 Zero-G-Cbt-1 Forgery-1 Grav Vehicle-0
Navigation-3 Zero-G-Wpn-1 Gambling-1 Commo-0
Computer-0 Laser Pistol-1 Carbine-1 Electronics-0
Jack-of-Trades-1

Commander of ISS Cherry Amour (ex-Leilani),
Type S Scout on detached duty.

Name: Chrissy Maxton Imperial human female
Home World: Regina/Spinward Marches A788899-A
643AA7 age: 30 apparent age: 30
Career: Merchant (Sinzarmes Lines)
Branch:
Rank: O1 First Officer
Morale: [3] High Initiative
Special Assingments: NA
Awards and Decorations:
Spacer Certificate, Medic Certificate.
Equipment Qualified On:
Type M Subsidized Liner, blade, medical bag.
Skills:
Pilot-1 Vacc Suit-0 Grav Vehicle-0
Commo-0 Computer-0 Electronics-1
Streetwise-1 Medic-3 Blade-1

NPC
Name: Sir Festus Aakamir Imperial human male
Home World: Regina/Spinward Marches A788899-A
C5989B age: 38 apparent age: 38
Career: Imperial Interstellar Scout Service
Skills:
Pilot-2 Navig-1 Vacc Suit-0
Grav Vehicle-1 Commo-0 Computer-3 Mechanical-3

Commander of ISS Civil Twilight, Type S Scout on detached duty.
________________________________

Presently, Chrissy and Festus or on Hefrey Prime.
Danro Aaradane presently on a chartered Launch near the at 100 Diameter limit, heading for the Hefrey asteroid belt.