[OCC] Strange Neighbors - Page 10

ericthered · 07-21-2012, 12:46 PM

details:

Language is not written, but if this guy is American, he speaks english.
Cultural familiarity is "Western" by default.

TL is +0. I'm not using the standard TL system. Borderline TL 9/10 is a good choice though.

Where did he pick up his G-experience? I suppose he could have picked it up on the L-cities while working on the drive, but its unusual for his background

The disadvantages may not come into play, but if they do the character is in a pickle. And as a heads up, X-rays behave a little differently than in UT here, they do little damage but have an insane divisor. They hit people in the center of the ship all the time.

So you know, hacking is possible, but you're up against people who live in a virtual world. good luck.

Gyroc's don't exist in this setting. They use Chemical Guns and lasers. This character shouldn't end up using either, but its good to have. There are some funny rules in play, but this character at least shouldn't have to worry about the rules. Pick between the four (riffle, pistol, chemical, laser) and I'll give you the appropriate stuff. Be warned, the Lasers aren't particularly light, which is an issue here.

Where did he pick up intelligence analysis? He may nominally be in the military, but he's not trained for that. I'd actually put that point in warp navigation or warp piloting, which he is certainly exposed to.

Note on bio-engineering: you can have it without biology, but what you can do will be limited. If you're saving it for when you guys hit aliens (very soon, I promise!) then thats fine. Otherwise you learned the techniques, how to operate the equipment, and where told if you ever needed to use it to go find a biologist.

Armory (Vehicular armor) is for tanks, armored cars, helicopters, and the occasional plane. The roles used here will be (Space Ship armor) and (Battle Suit Armor). The FTL/STL paradigm is such that armoring a warp capable ship doesn't protect the drive. You may want to change that to Armoury (Combat Warp drives). In FTL, the warp field is your engine, shield, and primary weapon.

If you could sort the skills into categories, I would appreciate it: Combat, Engineer, Computer, Social, Scholar, Miscellaneous, and so forth.

The IQ bugs me. I'm charging an 10-point UB for it, as it is beyond exceptional, even if the 10 points come off IQ. I'm not trying to be unreasonable, someone tell me if I am.

You will also pick up a series of influence modifiers for "free"
-2 (military and spacers) "green civilian" you have no experience in the wood wars, yet have a pretty high rank in spite of it.
+2 (intellectals and engineers) "genius". I wonder why.

You're going to have courtesy rank 3 on the ship. No giving of orders, your orders just come from pretty high up.

I hope thats not too much. If those changes are made (And I assume the UB comes off the IQ, then he can start playing immediately)

Lamech · 07-21-2012, 03:32 PM

Things were smoother just removing a level of artificer, although I can take the extra points from IQ if you want. I'm not sure how Gyroc got into the character sheet, but it got turned into warp navigation. The intelligence analysis was turned into biology. I guess G-Experience just represents being naturally comfortable in gravity mostly. Especially in higher ones.

Strange Neighboors
Chief Engineer
Weight: 145 Hieght 5'10"
Age: 28

Spoiler:

ericthered · 07-21-2012, 05:17 PM

Nitpick: earthlike isn't a biology specialization at this point. choices include micro, botanty (which is really seed bearing plants), and various phyla in the animal kingdom. If you want to keep earthlike I'll work with it, but you want it for bio engineering, so I'd advise at least picking a kingdom. As a note, Vertebrate genetic manipulation is almost exclusively mesubrain technology.

just change the entry above though. You can start playing Blackwing, the form of the biology just needs to be decided before you reach your destination.

momothefiddler · 07-21-2012, 05:17 PM

I see Lamech is in the final stages of joining (hi Lamech!) - does that negate the still recruiting note? If not, I'm interested in joining.

I'm thinking maybe

The Chief of Mining: A rather large, gregarious man who's fond of parties and gambling, and

The Sniper: a rather gruff native of {Europa or Io} whose childhood wonder about space and technology remains, but is hidden behind years of war and disillusionment

ericthered · 07-21-2012, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by momothefiddler

I see Lamech is in the final stages of joining (hi Lamech!) - does that negate the still recruiting note? If not, I'm interested in joining.

I'm thinking maybe

The Chief of Mining: A rather large, gregarious man who's fond of parties and gambling, and

The Sniper: a rather gruff native of {Europa or Io} whose childhood wonder about space and technology remains, but is hidden behind years of war and disillusionment

right now we have 18,000 people on this ship (though players seem to love a particular 1500), and recruiting is up.

comments about character ideas:

sniper: he's viable, but be aware you won't spend much time on anything larger than 10 miles diameter (unless you guys really surprise me). Front line doesn't mean combat, it means the people doing the work rather than making desicions.

His back ground is interesting. As a heads up, his experience would have been during the Wood wars, and his side would have either switched alligences half way through or been conquered.

For equipment you'll want this post: Lazer table. UT is not canon in this setting, though if you want anything just ask.

Chief of Mining: Permissible, but you probably want to be closer to the top of the command chain. Definitely a civilian, rather than being attached to the ship.

momothefiddler · 07-21-2012, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ericthered

sniper: he's viable, but be aware you won't spend much time on anything larger than 10 miles diameter (unless you guys really surprise me). Front line doesn't mean combat, it means the people doing the work rather than making desicions.

His back ground is interesting. As a heads up, his experience would have been during the Wood wars, and his side would have either switched alligences half way through or been conquered.

Right. I chose that on purpose - he was on the losing side. In retrospect, it might be implausible that he'd be on such an important mission after serving under Wood. I'd hoped the promised aliens would help to break him out of his shell of cynicism and he'd do more discovery than actual sniping. Both the reawakening and the social repercussions of being conquered are entirely available without the actual 'sniper' part, though, so between <800' horizon distances and the service issues, maybe he shouldn't be military. What'd be a better fit? Also: Do you have established stuff on Europa and Io? I was gonna choose between the two based on that if there is any.

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Originally Posted by ericthered

Chief of Mining: Permissible, but you probably want to be closer to the top of the command chain. Definitely a civilian, rather than being attached to the ship.

Fair enough. Would Outpost Director be better?

ericthered · 07-21-2012, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by momothefiddler

Right. I chose that on purpose - he was on the losing side. In retrospect, it might be implausible that he'd be on such an important mission after serving under Wood. I'd hoped the promised aliens would help to break him out of his shell of cynicism and he'd do more discovery than actual sniping. Both the reawakening and the social repercussions of being conquered are entirely available without the actual 'sniper' part, though, so between <800' horizon distances and the service issues, maybe he shouldn't be military. What'd be a better fit? Also: Do you have established stuff on Europa and Io? I was gonna choose between the two based on that if there is any.

Fair enough. Would Outpost Director be better?

Its not implausible, there was a series of defections throughout the war. Though If he's attached to the ship he's IAH, which will take some explaining (a solitary defection?)

I have not established stuff on Jupiter's moons. They aren't backwaters though, support multiple colonies each, and were the site of most of the ground fighting of the war. If he's an experienced sniper, that certainly where he got it. You could build him as a "space wilderness expert", experienced to living in the suit for days and navigating unfamiliar terrain in it.

I would LOVE an Outpost Director! It gives someone for the captain to argue with.

Lamech · 07-21-2012, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by ericthered

just change the entry above though. You can start playing Blackwing, the form of the biology just needs to be decided before you reach your destination.

The way biology is written there are two ways to specialize. One you must do, the planet type. Obviously my only choice for this is "earth-like" (GURPS Character Assistant makes you choose), the second is normally optional. If you specialize the skill drops difficulty a tier, and other uses of the skill are at -2; as written I don't have an optional specialty, and biology is still very hard for me.

Therefore I must ask: are you doing it differently? If you're not I can change it to something more specialized to help counter the overboard skill categories that GURPS likes to use. If you are doing it differently may I ask what the change is?

ericthered · 07-21-2012, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Lamech

The way biology is written there are two ways to specialize. One you must do, the planet type. Obviously my only choice for this is "earth-like" (GURPS Character Assistant makes you choose), the second is normally optional. If you specialize the skill drops difficulty a tier, and other uses of the skill are at -2; as written I don't have an optional specialty, and biology is still very hard for me.

Therefore I must ask: are you doing it differently? If you're not I can change it to something more specialized to help counter the overboard skill categories that GURPS likes to use. If you are doing it differently may I ask what the change is?

I'm not familiar with the "specialize to drop it a difficulty tier", and I don't own assistant (I use openoffice calc for sheets). When skills normally have specialties, I consider the unmodified form to be "specializing in everything". You will always get unfamiliarity penalties on anything specific, though reduced from the normal. If you want to go with that, thats fine.

Lamech · 07-21-2012, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ericthered

I'm not familiar with the "specialize to drop it a difficulty tier", and I don't own assistant (I use openoffice calc for sheets). When skills normally have specialties, I consider the unmodified form to be "specializing in everything". You will always get unfamiliarity penalties on anything specific, though reduced from the normal. If you want to go with that, thats fine.

Oh the optional specialties are on 169, I pretty much never use them on a PC. I think I'll just go with the broad specialization.

07-21-2012, 12:46 PM	#91
ericthered Hero of Democracy Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: far from the ocean	Re: [OCC] Strange Neighbors details: Language is not written, but if this guy is American, he speaks english. Cultural familiarity is "Western" by default. TL is +0. I'm not using the standard TL system. Borderline TL 9/10 is a good choice though. Where did he pick up his G-experience? I suppose he could have picked it up on the L-cities while working on the drive, but its unusual for his background The disadvantages may not come into play, but if they do the character is in a pickle. And as a heads up, X-rays behave a little differently than in UT here, they do little damage but have an insane divisor. They hit people in the center of the ship all the time. So you know, hacking is possible, but you're up against people who live in a virtual world. good luck. Gyroc's don't exist in this setting. They use Chemical Guns and lasers. This character shouldn't end up using either, but its good to have. There are some funny rules in play, but this character at least shouldn't have to worry about the rules. Pick between the four (riffle, pistol, chemical, laser) and I'll give you the appropriate stuff. Be warned, the Lasers aren't particularly light, which is an issue here. Where did he pick up intelligence analysis? He may nominally be in the military, but he's not trained for that. I'd actually put that point in warp navigation or warp piloting, which he is certainly exposed to. Note on bio-engineering: you can have it without biology, but what you can do will be limited. If you're saving it for when you guys hit aliens (very soon, I promise!) then thats fine. Otherwise you learned the techniques, how to operate the equipment, and where told if you ever needed to use it to go find a biologist. Armory (Vehicular armor) is for tanks, armored cars, helicopters, and the occasional plane. The roles used here will be (Space Ship armor) and (Battle Suit Armor). The FTL/STL paradigm is such that armoring a warp capable ship doesn't protect the drive. You may want to change that to Armoury (Combat Warp drives). In FTL, the warp field is your engine, shield, and primary weapon. If you could sort the skills into categories, I would appreciate it: Combat, Engineer, Computer, Social, Scholar, Miscellaneous, and so forth. The IQ bugs me. I'm charging an 10-point UB for it, as it is beyond exceptional, even if the 10 points come off IQ. I'm not trying to be unreasonable, someone tell me if I am. You will also pick up a series of influence modifiers for "free" -2 (military and spacers) "green civilian" you have no experience in the wood wars, yet have a pretty high rank in spite of it. +2 (intellectals and engineers) "genius". I wonder why. You're going to have courtesy rank 3 on the ship. No giving of orders, your orders just come from pretty high up. I hope thats not too much. If those changes are made (And I assume the UB comes off the IQ, then he can start playing immediately)

07-21-2012, 03:32 PM	#92
Lamech Join Date: Mar 2011	Re: [OCC] Strange Neighbors Things were smoother just removing a level of artificer, although I can take the extra points from IQ if you want. I'm not sure how Gyroc got into the character sheet, but it got turned into warp navigation. The intelligence analysis was turned into biology. I guess G-Experience just represents being naturally comfortable in gravity mostly. Especially in higher ones. Strange Neighboors Chief Engineer Weight: 145 Hieght 5'10" Age: 28 Spoiler: Name: Andrew Blackwing Race: Human Attributes [100] ST 8 [-20] DX 10 IQ 18 [160] HT 10 HP 8 Will 14 [-20] Per 14 [-20] FP 10 Basic Lift 13 Damage 1d-3/1d-2 Basic Speed 5 Basic Move 5 Ground Move 5 Water Move 1 Social Background TL: 9 [0] Cultural Familiarities: Western Languages: English (American) Advantages [72] Appearance (Attractive) [4] Fit [5] G-Experience (All) (10) [10] Gadgeteer [25] Improved G-Tolerance (0.5G) [10] Less Sleep (4) [8] Unusual Background (High IQ) [10] Courtesy Rank 3 [0] Disadvantages [-40] Curious (12 or less) [-5] Easy to Read [-10] Low Pain Threshold [-10] Overconfidence (12 or less) [-5] Bad Eye Sight (farsighted) mitigated (glasses -60%) [-10] Quirks [-5] Attentive [-1] Broad-Minded [-1] Quirk Level Workaholic: Tends to work the 12 hour day if there ever seems to be a need for it, but can take a break. [-1] Quirk Level Callous: "For the greater good" [-1] Quirk Level Megalomania "The mission will change everything" [-1] Skills [74] Social Skills Savoir-Faire (Military) IQ/E - IQ+0 18 [1] Acting IQ/A - IQ-1 17 [1] Remember the IQ modifier Diplomacy IQ/H - IQ-2 16 [1] Fast-Talk IQ/A - IQ+2 20 [8] Remember the +2 to reaction rolls Engineer type skills Electronics Repair/TL9 (Computers) IQ/A - IQ-3 15 [0] Engineer/TL9 (Electronics) IQ/H - IQ+0 19 [1] Engineer/TL9 (Warp Engine) IQ/H - IQ+4 23 [26] Machinist/TL9 IQ/A - IQ-1 17 [1] Housekeeping IQ/E - IQ+0 18 [1] - I swear this is the repair for some system somewhere. Mechanic/TL9 (default) IQ/A - IQ-5 13 [0] Armoury/TL9 (Combat Warp Drives) IQ/A - IQ-1 17 [1] Armoury/TL9 (Heavy Weapons) IQ/A - IQ-1 17 [1] Scholarly Bioengineering/TL9 (Genetic Engineering) IQ/H - IQ-2 16 [1] Biology/TL9 (Earthlike) IQ/VH - IQ-3 15 [1] Electronics Operation/TL9 (Scientific) IQ/A - IQ-5 13 [0] Mathematics/TL9 (Applied) IQ/H - IQ-1 17 [1] Physics (warp)/TL9 IQ/H - IQ-2 16 [1] Astronomy/TL9 IQ/H - IQ-2 16 [1] Teaching IQ/A - IQ-1 17 [1] Writing IQ/A - IQ-1 17 [1] Computer Computer Hacking/TL9 IQ/VH - IQ-3 15 [1] Computer Operation/TL9 IQ/E - IQ+0 18 [1] Computer Programming/TL9 IQ/H - IQ-2 16 [1] Soldier/Combat First Aid/TL9 (Human) IQ/E - IQ+0 18 [1] Free Fall DX/A - DX+1 11 [4] Guns/TL9 (Rifle) DX/E - DX+2 12 [4] Soldier/TL9 IQ/A - IQ-1 17 [1] Misc Artist (Drawing) IQ/H - IQ+0 18 [4] Autohypnosis Will/H - Will+0 14 [4] Navigation (Warp) IQ/A [1] Spacer/TL9 IQ/E - IQ+0 18 [1] Strategy (Space) IQ/H - IQ-2 16 [1] Tactics IQ/H - IQ-2 16 [1] Stats [100] Ads [72] Disads [-40] Quirks [-5] Skills [68] + Unspent CP [5] = Total [200] Backstory: Andrew was born to a family without much money, in New York City. They weren't direly poor, but they didn't have enough money for a good college. In the end however he got into a government sponsored program. Fairly simple, the government takes the best and the brightests, sends them to a top tier school to study warp engineering, and then pays off the massive loans if you work for them for about six years. In college itself he spent the majority of his time working, taking not only the engineering courses but numerous other courses as well. He did excellently, and in despite not spending much time on a social life, did start dating Abigale Nightroad. When he graduated the government ended up assigning him to a lab near to Abigale's residency. There he was able to make significant improvements and progress of building a better warp drive. The whole situation worked out great for Andrew, with his girlfriend in medical school his obsessive work habits weren't as bad, he got to make contacts with the people at the top of the tech world. Then he got called into look at what they were going to use the warp drive for: a trip to Alpha Centuri. He decided that he wanted to go. Be the first to see the new worlds. At first, the military was at first reluctant to let him on, after the third time the military asked him to help solve their problems with the drive (which technically were introduced by him, but lets not tell anyone that), they found a way for him to be hired as a "special contractor" with only minimal combat training. As soon as he was able to establish decent connections with the military he convinced them to do the same for Abigale. Then both of them were on the mission. Appearence: Yonger version of this guy, with hair dyed blue: http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/wnele...0/original.jpg __________________ John Cee Martel Hiriko Andrew Last edited by Lamech; 11-17-2012 at 04:19 PM.

07-21-2012, 05:17 PM	#93
ericthered Hero of Democracy Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: far from the ocean	Re: [OCC] Strange Neighbors Nitpick: earthlike isn't a biology specialization at this point. choices include micro, botanty (which is really seed bearing plants), and various phyla in the animal kingdom. If you want to keep earthlike I'll work with it, but you want it for bio engineering, so I'd advise at least picking a kingdom. As a note, Vertebrate genetic manipulation is almost exclusively mesubrain technology. just change the entry above though. You can start playing Blackwing, the form of the biology just needs to be decided before you reach your destination.

07-21-2012, 05:17 PM	#94
momothefiddler Join Date: Mar 2012	Re: [OCC] Strange Neighbors I see Lamech is in the final stages of joining (hi Lamech!) - does that negate the still recruiting note? If not, I'm interested in joining. I'm thinking maybe The Chief of Mining: A rather large, gregarious man who's fond of parties and gambling, and The Sniper: a rather gruff native of {Europa or Io} whose childhood wonder about space and technology remains, but is hidden behind years of war and disillusionment