[Pursuivant]

Galactic Citizen (25 points)

This is the "background template" for virtually all citizens of the Galactic Federation, and is required for anyone in a position of responsibility or who might have dealings with aliens.


Description:

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This template represents a typical “citizen of the galaxy,” an inhabitant of a reasonably wealthy, well-governed, law-abiding, and technologically advanced planet within the Galactic Federation who has completed the necessary course of study to become a Galactic Citizen. It can be used as a “base” template when combined with other templates. On its own, it can be used to represent ordinary citizens of the Galactic Federation.

“. . . in the case of Earth, which was a fairly average one, over ninety-five percent of the population consisted of Galactic Citizens. Apart from a small proportion of scientists and medical men, who admittedly did useful work, they were nothing but a great mass of ineffectual, pleasure-loving aesthetes who did not feel strongly about anything, least of all who ran things in the Galaxy.”
- “Occupation: Warrior”

“His parents were not there to stop him yelling, or to remind him that the pretend targets he was shooting down had imaginary people inside them, and that it did not matter what kind of horrible monsters he was pretending to shoot at because they were still people.”

“Some of their other-species neighbors really were horrible monsters, at least to him, and if any of them had visited the house and found him shooting down things that looked like the visitors, his parents had said, they might take offense and consider the whole Hewlitt family to be less than civilized and not call again.”
- Patient Hewlitt (Final Diagnosis)

Template:

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Attributes: ST 10 [0]; DX 10 [0]; IQ 11 [20]; HT 11 [10]. Secondary Traits: HP 10 [0]; Basic Speed 5.25 [0]; Move 5 [0]; Will 10 [-5]; Per 10 [-5]; FP 10 [-3]. -13

Advantages: Resistant (+3, Disease) [5] and 15 points from one or more of improved Attributes or Secondary Traits. Allies [Varies]; Ally Group [Varies]; Appearance [Varies]; Charisma [5/lvl]; Contact Group [Varies]; Contacts [Varies]; Cultural Adaptability or Xenoadaptability [10 or 20];

Eidetic Memory [5]; Empathy or Sensitive [5 or 15]; Fashion Sense [5]; Fearlessness [2/lvl]; Fit or Very Fit [5 or 15]; Intuitive Mathematician or Lightning Calculator [2 or 5]; Pitiable [5]; Reputation [Varies]; Social Chameleon [5]; Talent [Varies]; Versatile [5]; Voice [10]; Wealth [Varies].

Disadvantages: -20 points from one or more of reduced Attributes or Secondary Traits or Absent-Minded [-15*]; Bad Temper [-10*]; Bully [-10*]; Charitable [-15*]; Chronic Pain [Varies]; Code of Honor [-5 or -10]; Compulsive Behavior [-5* or -10*]; Cowardice [-15*]; Delusion [-5 or -10*];

Fat, Overweight, or Very Fat [-1, -3, or -5]; Gluttony [-5*]; Guilt Complex [-5]; Gullibility [-10*]; Hidebound [-5]; Honesty [-10]; Incurious [-5*]; Intolerance (Ignorant, Violent, or Xenophobic People) [-10]; Jealousy [-5]; Laziness [-10]; Maintenance [Varies]; Obsession [-5 or -10];

Odious Personal Habit [-5 or -10]; Overconfidence [-5*]; Pacifism [Varies]; Phobia [Varies]; Reputation [Varies]; Selfish [-5*]; Selfless [-5*]; Sense of Duty [Varies]; Truthfulness [-5*]; Unfit or Very Unfit [-5 or -15]; Workaholic [-5]; Vow [-5 or -10]; or Xenophilia [-10*].

Skills: Area Knowledge (Galactic Federation) (E) IQ [1] - 11; Computer Operation/TL (E) IQ [1] - 11; Diplomacy (H) IQ-2 [1] - 9; Expert Skill (Political Science) (H) IQ-2 [1] - 9; Expert Skill (Xenology) (H) IQ-2 [1] - 9; Geography/TL (Physical) (H) IQ-2 [1] - 9; History (Galactic Federation) H) IQ-2 [1] - 9;

Philosophy (H) IQ-2 [1] - 9; Sociology (Comparative) (H) IQ-2 [1] - 9.

Optional Skills: Choose 3 points from one or more of Administration (A); Anthropology (H); Architecture (A); Area Knowledge (E); Artist (H); Astronomy (H); Carousing (A); Cartography/TL (A); Cooking (A); Connoisseur (E); Driving/TL (E); Electronics Operation/TL (A); Electronics Repair/TL (A);

Engineering/TL (H); Environment Suit/TL (A); Jeweler/TL (H); Gardening (E); Group Performance (A); History (H); Hobby Skill (E); Leadership (A); Machinist/TL (A); Mathematics/TL (H); Mechanic/TL (A); Musical Composition (A); Musical Instrument (H); Naturalist (H); Navigation/TL (A);

Piloting/TL (A); Politics (A); Psychology (A); Poetry (A); Professional Skill (A); Sex Appeal (A); Singing (A); Sport (A); Survival (A); Theology (H); Writing (A).

Language: Own Species [0].

Cultural Familiarity: Own Species [0].

Features: Taboo Traits (Intolerance (Aliens), Phobia (Teratophobia, Xenophobia, or similar), Social Stigma. Any physical disadvantages not listed above.)