GURPS Sector General

[SydneyFreedberg]

A bunch of the books are affordably available on Amazon as used paperbacks or Kindle editions.
What I'd like to know is where fans recommend a new reader should start the series -- is it Book 1, or is there another one that's actually a better entry point?

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by SydneyFreedberg

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What I'd like to know is where fans recommend a new reader should start the series -- is it Book 1, or is there another one that's actually a better entry point?

This is a collection of the first three oooks published and is probably best place to start.

https://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Ope...ps%2C99&sr=8-4

[dcarson]

Do you have these as GCS templates or should I maybe do them when I get back from Chicon?

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by SydneyFreedberg

What I'd like to know is where fans recommend a new reader should start the series -- is it Book 1, or is there another one that's actually a better entry point?

I'd start at the beginning. The original books are thin by modern standards, so getting the modern compilation is the better option.

That said, the first books, based on short stories, are a bit dated and have some silly premises. The later books are better in terms of basic scientific premises and writing quality.

The second book in the series (included in the first compilation), Star Surgeon, is possibly the best entry into White's mindset - a civilian trapped in a war zone for much of his life, just desperately wanting the conflict to end. It's also a highly gameable setting - heroic medics, first contact with a sinister alien empire, a sympathetic alien NPC, and a desperate battle to protect a peaceful interstellar federation. With some minor tweaks, it could be ported directly over to any space opera setting.

Book 4 - Ambulance Ship, introduces the EMS as diplomacy concept. The penultimate book in the series, Mind Changer, is probably his best.

It's also an utter pain getting copies of his short stories, but very much worth it. In particular, try to get "The Aliens Among Us." Tableau and Operation: Warrior are great military/anti-war SF stories.

White's best known work, "The Watch Below" is also worth reading.

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by SydneyFreedberg

I will say that I find the format confusing : the way optional traits are mixed in with mandatory ones makes it harder to see at a glance what the essential nature of the species is like. I’m also curious how the Orligians can have the “missing finger” disadvantage, which implies they normally have five but all lost a finger in a species-wide wood shop accident….

Optional Traits are clearly marked as such and have their own sections. Yes, alternating blocks of optional and required traits can be confusing, especially given the imperfect text layout allowed by the forum software. It looks better as a properly-formatted word processor/pdf document.

Missing finger is a mistake. I wrote the template up years ago, before GURPS Furries came out. That established the racial feature of having four fingers which work just as well as five.

Before that, I used the hack of Missing Finger + High Manual Dexterity. Net point cost is zero.

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Rhabwar Class Ambulance Ship

Description

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The Rhabwar is a unique ship, loosely based on the Monitor Corps Light Cruiser design, which was chosen because it was the largest ship in the Corps fleet capable of aerodynamic flight. It has an airfoil design with wings which can be configured for space or atmospheric operations.

Its primary purpose is short-duration “deep-space rescue, retrieval, and preliminary treatment of lifeforms in distress whose physiological classifications were hitherto unknown to the Federation.” Its secondary mission is as short-duration deep space rescue and mass disaster command and control ship. While it is theoretically capable of longer-duration operations its limited stores and fuel supply require regular support by other ships.

Unknown-species deep space rescue is much more complicated than ordinary rescue operations since rescue personnel must not only make first contact under extremely challenging circumstances but also rapidly diagnose and treat badly injured members of an unknown species. Rescuers must be aware that, in addition to being traumatized by the accident itself, survivors are also likely to be frightened by the sight of the rescuers themselves. For this reason, its crew consists of the finest other-species technology experts and medics who are also cross-trained as first-contact specialists.

Template

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Front Hull Systems
[1] Hull, Armor, Light Alloy 7 dDR
[2] Control Room, Complexity 8, Comm/Sensors 8, 3 Control Stations, 1 supernumerary passenger seat. Workspaces 0.
[3!] Enhanced Sensor Array - Science, Array Level 17, Workspaces 0.
[4!] Batteries, Tertiary. Two fine (powerful) fixed-mount tractor-pressor beams, Beam Output 30MJ, 6d D-damage, Workstations 0, +90 tons cargo.
[5-6] Cargo Holds 300 tons total. (Note: This hit location represents Deck 2.)

Central Hull Systems
[1] Hull, Armor, Light Alloy, 7 dDR
[2] Habitat - Crew Areas: 7 Crew cabins, 1 Briefing Room, 1 Rec room, 1 Minifac (Fabricator, $.5k/hr, Workspaces 0), 1 Office, 1 Engineering Lab (+1 to skill), 35 tons of Steerage Cargo. (Note: This hit location represents Decks 3 and 4).
[3] Hangar Bay (100 tons capacity, SM+5, 50 tons launch rate, Workspaces 0). Note: Communicates directly with Sick Bay.
[4] Habitat - Sick Bay Deck; Labs - Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Toxicology (Poisons) (+1 to skill), 2 Minifac (Fabricator, $.5k/hr, Workspaces 0), Sickbay (10 beds, “Clinic,” +3 to skill, Automed option.), Steerage Cargo 5 tons.
[5!] Force Screen - Light (100 dDR).
[6!] Enhanced Sensor Array - Communication, Array Level 10, Workspaces 0.
Core Contragravity Lifter. 10 G Lift. Workspaces 0

Rear Hull Systems
[1] Hull, Armor, Light Alloy, 7 dDR.
[2] Engine Room. Workspaces 2.
[3-4] Fuel Tank (300 tons).
[5] Reaction Engine, Very Fine Advanced Fusion Torch with High Thrust option (14G acceleration, 126 mps, 82.1 hr. fuel, each tank of supercondensed hydrogen gives delta-V of 220.5 mps), Ram-Rocket option.
[6!] Stardrive - Hyperdrive (FLT-2), Workspaces 0
Core Power Plant, Fusion Reactor, Overrated (30 year fuel, 3 Power Points)
Features 2 Airlocks, Artificial Gravity, Distress Beacon, FTL Communications, RAM Rockets, Streamlined, Winged.

Notes

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Batteries: While its tractor pressor beams are technically capable of doing serious damage, given Rhabwar’s mission they are never used as lethal weapons. Instead, they are used to immobilize hostile ships, deflect missiles, or non-violently deter aggressive individuals by blinding or baffling them. On the ground, it can use its tractor pressor beams to push loose materials around, lift and move solid objects, or catch falling people. See Double Contact for examples of the ship’s tractor beams in action. [Note: According to canon, Rhabwar has just one tractor-pressor beam but, since it is capable of using its beam in any direction, given its shape it must have two. The limited number of crew stations limits it to using just one at a time, however.]

Cargo Holds: Rhabwar has at least two cargo areas. Deck 2 is entirely devoted to cargo and rescue gear. Deck 5 is partially dedicated to medical cargo. Smaller storage areas are located on other decks.

Communications Array: This entry represents Rhabwar’s powerful FTL transmitter and receiver arrays.

Contragravity Lifter: The ship is capable of vertical takeoffs and landings using just contragravity systems. See general notes on spacecraft Power and Propulsion, above, for more information.

Control Room: Rhabwar’s flight deck is relatively small, with just three control stations and a single passenger station. See Ship’s Systems, below, for further information.

Engine Room: Rhabwar’s lower decks are filled with sensor, communication, power generation, and propulsion systems which can be serviced from within the ship while it is in flight.

Force Screen: Rhabwar is equipped with a light anti-meteor deflector screen. This provides protection against microparticles when flying at sublight speeds and provides limited protection against attacks. It isn’t rated for long term use, however. Keeping the screen on for more than 72 hours drains sufficient power that the ship can’t take off using just contragravity lift systems and must use its reaction drive.

FTL Drive: The ship carries a pair of hyperdrives, allowing it to jump anyplace in the galaxy. See general notes on spacecraft Power and Propulsion, above, for more information.

Fuel Tanks: While, canonically, ships in the Sector General universe never described as carrying fuel tanks, the fact that they are using reaction engines and maneuvering thrusters implies that they must carry some sort of reaction mass. Total burn time represents a minimum. The books allow the ship to say on station for up to a week, performing lots of short range maneuvers, and still have power to get back home.

Habitat: These entries cover the two crew decks, part of the medical operations deck, and the sickbay deck. See Ship’s Systems, below, for further details.

Hangar Bay: Rhabwar can carry an orbital landing vehicle, variously called a Lander or a Pinnace, and multiple Pressure Litters.

Hull: Technically, Rhabwar is unarmored, but its exterior is sufficiently tough that it can absorb limited damage. Eventually, however, determined attackers can damage it, even using low tech attacks. The GM should feel free to reduce dDR.

Powerplant: Since it is a ship designed for peaceful, short-duration use, Rhabwar’s powerplant is undersized. It has limited ability to power all its systems continuously for long periods of time. See Force Screens, above, for details.

Reaction Engines: The ship carries a pair of reaction engines to provide thrust when operating at sub-light speeds. Since use of reaction engines is dangerous and destructive to nearby objects, contragravity takeoffs and landings are preferred whenever possible, and maneuvering thrusters and tractor beams must be used when operating near other space vehicles. The reaction engines have at least 10x efficiency over standard GURPS Spaceship engines, which allows Rhabwar to stay on station for over a week without problems.

Sensor Array: This entry represents Rhabwar’s extensive sensor suite, which is capable of performing fast, detailed, long range scans in space or in planetary orbit.

[Pursuivant]

Pathologist or Physician (85 points)

This template represents a typical Galactic Federation pathologist or physician.

It uses slightly different terminology for the various medical specializations and assumes a high-tech or ultratech character. Depending on species, physicians and pathologists might receive academic, military, or religious training as well as scientific and technical training.

One conceit of the Sector General universe, which has aged very badly, is the notion that only males can be Diagnosticians - physicians and surgeons. Females get tracked as nurses or pathologists - medical researchers. This idea gets blown up in later books in the series, however, so it could be treated as a limitation in the technology rather than the science behind the technology.

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Attributes: ST: 10 [0]; DX: 10 [0]; IQ: 12 [40]; HT: 10 [0].

Optional Attributes: Altered ST [±10/lvl]; Increased DX or IQ [20/lvl]; Increased HT [10/lvl].

Secondary Traits: HP: 10 [0]; Basic Speed: 5.0 [0]; Move: 5 [0]; Will: 12 [0]; Per: 12 [0]; FP: 10 [0].

Optional Secondary Traits: Increased Basic Speed or Move [5/lvl]; Altered Per or Will [±5/lvl]; Increased FP [3/lvl].

Advantages: Up to 20 points in increased attributes or secondary traits, or any of the following traits: Allies [Varies]; Appearance [Varies]; Charisma [5/lvl]; Claim to Hospitality [1-10]; Contacts [Varies]; Contact Group [Varies]; Cultural Adaptability or Xenoadaptability [10 or 20];

Cultural Familiarity [1 or 2]; Eidetic Memory or Photographic Memory [5 or 10]; Empathy or Sensitive [5 or 15]; Fit or Very Fit [5 or 15]; High Manual Dexterity [5/lvl]; Language Ability [10]; Fearlessness [2/lvl]; Less Sleep [2/lvl]; Languages [Varies];

Lightning Calculator or Intuitive Mathematician [2 or 5]; Rank [Varies]; Reputation [Varies]; Resistant (Disease, Influence Skills, or Poison) [Varies]; Social Regard [5/lvl]; Status [5/lvl]; Talent [Varies]; Tenure [5]; Wealth [Varies].

Disadvantages: Up to -20 points in decreased attributes or secondary traits, or any of the following traits: Absent-Minded [-15*]; Addiction [Varies]; Bad Temper [-10*]; Bully [-10*]; Callous [-5]; Chummy or Gregarious [-5* or -10*]; Clueless [-5]; Code of Honor [Varies]; Compulsive Behavior [-5 or -10*];

Delusion [-5*]; Dependents [Varies]; Disciplines of Faith [Varies]; Duty [Varies]; Enemies [Varies]; Greed [-10]; Honesty [-10]; Intolerance [-10]; Jealousy [-10]; No Sense of Humor [-10]; Oblivious [-5]; Obsession [-5 or -10]; Odious Personal Habit [-5 or -10]; Overconfidence [-5*];

Overweight, Fat, or Very Fat [-1, -3, or -5]; Phobia [Varies]; Reputation [Varies]; Sense of Duty [Varies]; Shyness [Varies]; Truthfulness [-5*]; Unfit [-5]; Vow [-5 or -10].

Primary Skills: Physician/TL (Same Species) (H) IQ+2 [12] - 14; Physiology/TL (Same Species) (VH) IQ [8] - 12.

Secondary Skills: Diagnosis/TL (Same Species) (H) IQ [4] - 12; Electronics Operation/TL (Medical) (A) IQ [2] - 12; Pharmacy/TL (H) IQ [4] - 12.

Background Skills: Biology/TL (VH) IQ-2 [2] - 10; Chemistry/TL (H) IQ-2 [1] - 10; Computer Operation/TL (E) IQ [1] - 12; Mathematics/TL (Applied) (H) IQ-2 [1] - 10; Poisons/TL (H) IQ-2 [1] - 10; Research/TL (A) IQ-1 [1] - 11; Writing (A) IQ-1 [1] - 11, and 7 points in improved or Optional Skills.

Optional Skills: Administration (A); Anthropology (H); Area Knowledge (E); Bioengineering/TL (H); Boating/TL (A); Carousing (A); Connoisseur (E); Current Affairs (E); Diplomacy (H); Driving (E); Electronics Operation/TL (A); Electronics Repair/TL (A); Engineering/TL (H);

Expert Skill (Epidemiology, Xenology, or similar) (H); First Aid/TL (E); Games (E); Geography/TL (H); Geology/TL (H); Hiking (A); Law (H); Mathematics/TL (H); Musical Instrument (H); Naturalist (H); Navigation/TL (A); Philosophy (H); Piloting/TL (A); Psychology (A);

Politics (A); Public Speaking (A); Savoir-Faire (E); Sociology (H); Sport (A); Streetwise (A); Theology (H); Veterinary/TL (H).

Variation: Pathologist (+0 points)
This variation represents a typical “pathologist” - a physician and medical researcher.

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Skills: Increase Biology/TL (VH) IQ-1 [+2] - 11; Chemistry/TL (H) IQ [+3] - 12; Electronics Operation/TL (Medical) IQ+1 [+2] - 13; Poisons/TL (H) IQ [+3] - 12; Research/TL (A) IQ [+1] - 12. Add Bioengineering/TL (Any specialization) (H) IQ-1 [2] - 11; Expert Skill/TL (Epidemiology) (H) IQ-1 [2] - 11; Electronics Operation/TL (Scientific) (A) IQ-1 [1] - 11.

Variation: Physician (+0 points)

This variation represents a typical “physician” - a physician and surgeon.

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Skills: Add Surgery/TL (Same Species) (VH) IQ+2 [16].

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Psychologist (80 points)

This template represents a typical Sector General or Monitor Corps “psychologist.”

Description

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Monitor Corps and Sector General psychologists aren’t psychological counselors in the typical sense, since neither organization is intended to be a psychiatric hospital. Instead, they are “psychiatric evaluation officers” whose job is to monitor the behavior of others to detect any signs of antisocial behavior or psychological instability. While they don’t typically use electronic surveillance they regularly conduct background checks, in-person evaluations, and job site monitoring of their subjects.

Sector General psychologists are the most unorthodox group within the hospital, drawn from highly intelligent and independent people who don’t fit well into other parts of the hospital’s hierarchy. Several are former physicians who for various reasons gave up the study of medicine. They vet potential recruits for fitness to serve and monitor the behavior of trainees to determine if they are successfully progressing in their studies and adapting to life at Sector General. They also evaluate fully-qualified staff for signs of psychological stress or xenophobia which might impair job performance.

Finally, they work with physicians and diagnosticians to install and remove educator tapes and to help tape recipients adapt to newly installed donor personalities. They also monitor physicians’ mental stability to determine how well they are adapting to long-term use of educator tapes and whether they have sufficient mental stability to advance to Senior Physician or Diagnostician rank. It is against professional ethics for psychologists to download educator tapes themselves. Doing so is grounds for immediate dismissal.

Monitor Corps psychologists presumably evaluate recruits and corpsmen of their own species to determine their psychological fitness for duty.

Template

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Attributes: ST: 10 [0]; DX: 10 [0]; IQ: 12 [40]; HT: 10 [0].

Optional Attributes: Altered ST [±10/lvl]; Increased DX or IQ [20/lvl]; Increased HT [10/lvl].

Secondary Traits: HP: 10 [0]; Basic Speed: 5.0 [0]; Move: 5 [0]; Will: 12 [0]; Per: 12 [0]; FP: 10 [0].

Optional Secondary Traits: Increased Basic Speed or Move [5/lvl]; Altered Per or Will [±5/lvl]; Increased FP [3/lvl].

Advantages: Up to 20 points in increased attributes or secondary traits, or any of the following traits: Allies [Varies]; Appearance [Varies]; Charisma [5/lvl]; Claim to Hospitality [1-10]; Contacts [Varies]; Contact Group [Varies]; Cultural Adaptability or Xenoadaptability [10 or 20];

Cultural Familiarity [1 or 2]; Eidetic Memory or Photographic Memory [5 or 10]; Empathy or Sensitive [5 or 15]; Fit or Very Fit [5 or 15]; High Manual Dexterity [5/lvl]; Language Ability [10]; Fearlessness [2/lvl]; Less Sleep [2/lvl]; Languages [Varies];

Lightning Calculator or Intuitive Mathematician [2 or 5]; Rank [Varies]; Reputation [Varies]; Resistant (Disease, Influence Skills, or Poison) [Varies]; Social Regard [5/lvl]; Status [5/lvl]; Talent [Varies]; Tenure [5]; Wealth [Varies].

Disadvantages: Up to -20 points in decreased attributes or secondary traits, or any of the following traits:

Absent-Minded [-15*]; Addiction [Varies]; Bad Temper [-10*]; Bully [-10*]; Callous [-5]; Chummy or Gregarious [-5* or -10*]; Clueless [-5]; Code of Honor [Varies]; Compulsive Behavior [-5 or -10*]; Delusion [-5*]; Dependents [Varies];

Disciplines of Faith [Varies]; Duty [Varies]; Enemies [Varies]; Greed [-10]; Honesty [-10]; Intolerance [-10]; Jealousy [-10]; No Sense of Humor [-10]; Oblivious [-5]; Obsession [-5 or -10]; Odious Personal Habit [-5 or -10];

Overconfidence [-5*]; Overweight, Fat, or Very Fat [-1, -3, or -5]; Phobia [Varies]; Reputation [Varies]; Secret [Varies]; Sense of Duty [Varies]; Shyness [Varies]; Truthfulness [-5*]; Unfit [-5]; Vow [-5 or -10]; Xenophilia [-10*].

Primary Skills: Psychology (Own Species) (A) IQ+2 [8] -14; Psychology (Comparative) (A) IQ+1 [4] - 13.

Secondary Skills: Administration (A) IQ [2] - 12; Detect Lies (H) IQ [4] - 12; Expert Skill/TL (Xenology) IQ [4] - 12; Interrogation (H) IQ [4] - 12.

Background Skills: Diagnosis/TL (Same Species) (H) IQ-2 [1] - 10; Intelligence Analysis/TL (H) IQ-2 [1] - 10; Computer Operation/TL (E) IQ [1] - 12; Observation (A) Per [2] - 12; Pharmacy/TL (H) IQ-2 [1] - 10; Research/TL (A) IQ-1 [1] - 11; Writing (A) IQ-1 [1] - 11, and 6 points in improved or Optional Skills.

Optional Skills: Anthropology (H); Area Knowledge (E); Biology/TL (VH); Bioengineering/TL (H); Boating/TL (A); Carousing (A); Chemistry/TL (H); Connoisseur (E); Current Affairs (E);

Diplomacy (H); Driving (E); Electronics Operation/TL (A); Electronics Repair/TL (A); Engineering/TL (H); Expert Skill (Epidemiology or similar) (H); First Aid/TL (E); Games (E); Geography/TL (H); Geology/TL (H); Hiking (A); Law Enforcement (A); Literature (H); Musical Instrument (H);

Mathematics/TL (H); Naturalist (H); Navigation/TL (A); Mathematics/TL (H); Philosophy (H); Physician/TL (H); Piloting/TL (A); Poisons (H); Politics (A); Psychology (A); Public Speaking (A); Savoir-Faire (E); Shadowing (A); Sociology/TL (H); Sport (A); Streetwise (A); Surgery/TL (VH); Theology (H); Veterinary/TL (H).

Variation: Chaplain (+10 points)

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This variation represents a psychologist who primarily counsels hospital patients, helping them come to terms with impending death or the life-changing consequences of a serious accident or illness. They are much closer to being typical psychotherapists, but place more emphasis on acute psychiatric care.

Skills: Add Fast-Talk (A) IQ [2] - 12; Diplomacy (H) IQ [4] - 12; and one of Philosophy (Comparative) or Theology (Comparative) (H) IQ [4] - 12.

[Pursuivant]

Space Rescuer (75 points)

Description

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This template represents the spacefaring ultratech equivalent of a firefighter or paramedic, a first responder trained to deal with accidents and health crises in space. The template is deliberately somewhat vague to allow customization, depending on whether the rescuer is employed by a military, paramilitary, civil service, or corporate organization and the exact nature of space travel in the campaign.

Template

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Attributes: ST: 10 [0]; DX: 11 [20]; IQ: 11 [20]; HT: 11 [10].

Secondary Traits: HP: 10 [0]; Basic Speed: 5.5 [0]; Move: 5 [0]; Per: 11 [0]; Will: 11 [0]; FP: 11 [0].

Advantages: 20 points chosen from one or more of Increased Attributes, Secondary Traits, or 3D Spatial Sense or Absolute Direction [5 or 10 points]; Breath Holding [2/lvl]; Fearlessness [2/lvl]; Fit or Very Fit [5 or 15]; Danger Sense [15]; Extra Flexibility or Double Jointed [5 or 15];

High Pain Threshold [10]; Intuition [15]; Luck or Extraordinary Luck [15 or 30]; Radiation Tolerance [Varies]; Rank [5/lvl]; Security Clearance [5/lvl]; Talent [Varies]; or Unusual Background [Varies].

Disadvantages: 20 points chosen from one or more of Bad Temper [-10*]; Bully [-10*]; Callous [-5]; Code of Honor [-5 or -10]; Disciplines of Faith [Varies]; Duty [Varies]; Guilt Complex [-5]; Lecherousness [-15*]; No Sense of Humor [-10]; Overconfidence [-5*]; Sense of Duty [Varies]; Vow [-5 or -10].

Primary Skill: Professional Skill/TL (Space Rescue) (A) IQ+1 [4] - 12.

Secondary Skills: Crewman/TL (Spacer) (E) IQ+1 [2] - 12; Environment Suit/TL (Vacc Suit) (A) DX+1 [4] - 12; First Aid/TL (Own Species) (E) IQ+1 [2] - 12; Forced Entry (E) DX+1 [2] - 12; Free Fall (A) DX+1 [4] - 12; Mechanic/TL (Aerospace or Spaceships) (A) IQ-1 [1] - 10.

Background Skills: 6 points chosen from one or more of Administration (A); Armoury/TL (A); Axe/Mace (A): Beam Weapon/TL (E); Brawling (A); Climbing (A); Diplomacy (H); Electronics Operation/TL (Communications, Life Support, Matter Transmitter, Medical, Security, Sensors, or Tractor Beam) (A);

Electronics Repair/TL (Communications, Life Support, Matter Transmitter, Medical, Security, Sensors, or Tractor Beam) (A); Expert Skill/TL (Planetology or Xenology) (H); Explosives/TL (Demolitions, EOD, or Nuclear Ordinance Disposal) (A); Freight Handling/TL (A);

Hazardous Materials/TL (Biological, Chemical, or Radiological) (A); Gunner/TL (E); Guns/TL (E); Judo (H); Karate (H); Knots (E); Lifting (A); Piloting/TL (Aerospace, High Performance Spaceship or Low Performance Spaceship) (A); Professional Skill/TL (Firefighter or Space Salvage) (A);

Navigation/TL (Hyperspace or Space) (A); Savoir-Faire (Criminal or Military) (E); Search (A); Soldier (A); Survival (A); Wrestling (A).

[Pursuivant]

Sector General Staff Lens (+23 points)

Description

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Experienced Sector General personnel are adept at finding their way around the gigantic hospital complex, navigating a multiplicity of different atmospheric and gravitational conditions as they travel. Additionally, they have at least passing familiarity with all the species which make up Sector General’s staff as well as the technology required to keep them alive and communicate with them. Some of them even know how to make friends with their alien counterparts.

Beyond the space station’s hull, and with patients, most Sector General personnel have a reputation as miracle workers, although this reputation doesn’t necessarily extend to their colleagues.

This lens can be applied to any medical or technical template.

Template

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Advantages: Claim to Hospitality [1]; G-Experience [10]; Reputation (+1, Efficiency and Skill, Federation Citizens (Large Group), All the Time) [5].

Optional Advantages: Cultural Adaptability or Xenoadaptability [10 or 20]; Fearlessness [2/lvl]; Social Chameleon [5]; Rank (Administrative, Medical, or Military) [5/lvl]; Security Clearance [5/lvl]; Talent (Artificer, Healer, or Smooth Operator) [Varies].

Disadvantage: Duty (Sector General, 12-, Non-Hazardous) [-5].

Optional Disadvantages: Disciplines of Faith [Varies]; Duty [Varies]; Odious Personal Habit [-5]; Overconfidence [-5*]; Pacifism [Varies]; Sense of Duty [Varies]; Xenophilia [-10*]; Vow [-5 or -10].

Skills: Area Knowledge (Sector General) (E) IQ [1] - 10; Crewman/TL (Spacer) (E) IQ [1] - 10; Electronics Operation/TL (Communications) (A) IQ-1 [1] - 9; Electronics Operation/TL (Life Support) (A) IQ-1 [1] - 9; Electronics Operation/TL (Medical) (A) IQ-1 [1] - 9;

Environment Suit/TL (Diving Suit) (A) DX-1 [1] - 9; Environment Suit/TL (NBC Suit) (A) DX-1 [1] - 9; Environment Suit/TL (Pressure Suit) (A) DX-1 [1] - 9; Environment Suit/TL (Vacc Suit) (A) DX-1 [1] - 9; Expert Skill/TL (Xenology) (H) IQ-2 [1] - 8; Free Fall (A) DX-1 [1] - 9; Swimming (E) HT [1] - 10.

Optional Skills: Administration (A); Biology/TL (VH); Carousing (A); Diplomacy (H); Driving/TL (Hovercraft) (E); Engineering/TL (H); Fast Talk (A); Freight Handling (A); Hazardous Materials/TL (A); Gesture (E); Piloting/TL (Low-Performance Spacecraft) (A); Psychology (A); Scrounging (E); Wrestling (A).

Optional Cultural Familiarities: Any Federation species [1].

Optional Languages: Any Federation Species [Varies].

Features: Taboo Traits (Addiction, Alcoholism, Berserk, Bloodlust, Compulsive Lying, Intolerance (Racial or Species-based), Phobia (Astrophobia, Claustrophobia, Demophobia, Teratophobia, Thalassophobia, Xenophobia, or any animal-related phobias), bad Reputation, Sadism, Social Stigma (Criminal or Outcaste)).