How do you know each other?

Jul 7, 2022 8:56 am
Once we have made our characters we need to link them together.

We will need a summary of your Terms, Careers, and Events, and anything interesting that came up during the Character Creation Process. Links to the posts in question could help a lot too.

Everyone should add a post below with a summary of their characters. If you have questions, put them in the General Chat for now so we can keep the character summaries at the top of this thread.
Jul 7, 2022 9:20 am
*Rank = the rank after rolling for advancement.
Ronny
TermAgeCareerSurvived?Rank*Event
Ronny was a street kid and started his own gang of hoodlums. He fenced stolen goods and got in contact with shady traders.
118-22Merchant (Free Trader)Yes1Gambled and lost 1 benefit on a possibly lucrative deal
222-26Merchant (Free Trader)Yes2Got into some legal trouble, but diplomatically got out of it
326-30Merchant (Free Trader)Yes3Opportunity to smuggle illegal items onto a planet. Managed to succeed and got 1 extra benefit.
The smuggling busyness got Ronny interested in doing more stealthy jobs. He decided to go for a spy career.
Mustering out rewards: money + 1 gun + 1 blade
430-34Agent (Spy)Yes1Got special training to gain more skills, but I failed and got nothing.
No ageing effect
534-38Agent (Spy)Yes2Ronny went above and beyond the call of duty. Gain +2 on your next advancement roll
Ageing: reduce 1 physical stat by 1. I picked Str (from 8 to 7)
Mustering out rewards: Money + A ship share + a cybernetics implant

Lio
TermAgeCareerSurvived?Rank*Event
Lio is the son of 2 well known doctors. They have performed surgery on many important persons in the galaxy. The name Heartgrave still opens many doors. Being who he is, Lio was pushed to pursue a medical career too, at first he was rebelling against it, but later on, he saw the potential and started to like the job and the fact that helping people is extremely satisfying. His interest in computers gave him the chance to perform remote surgery a couple of times.
118-22UniversityYes0A Tutor in Uni didn't like Lio's face, he ended up competing with him on a major breakthrough and found the proof before the Tutor. Making him a Rival
222-26Scholar (physician)Yes0Had an easy first term as a scholar, took an interest in rescue missions and learned how to fly a helicopter. His navigational skills improved on this missions.
326-30Scholar (physician)Yes2In his second term as a scholar, Lio worked towards a considerable breakthrough in the field of computerized surgery making him climb the hierarchical ladder quickly. He was contacted by the Navy to come and work for them.
He left with a prize for his breakthrough being a considerable cash amount. Of course his intelligence improved a lot. (int+2)
430-34Navy (crew)Yes0Navy was hard on Lio, he specialized in as a mechanic and he tried to become an officer but failed everytime. During his time in the navy he still performed surgery and executed numerous rescue missions. Both as a pilot and as a medic.
No ageing effect
534-38Navy (crew)Yes1A comanding officer took in interest in his career (probably because of his famous name) and helped him increasing his rank. But he didn't get promoted and that was a dissapointment. He quit the Navy after his second term.
Ageing: no effect
Mustering out rewards: TAS membership + A ship share + a weapon
[ +- ] retired characters
Last edited July 16, 2022 9:03 pm
Jul 10, 2022 9:11 am
I'm gonne try to use TheGenerator's template, I will notify everybody when it's ready (or when I give up and put everything in plane text :) )
Jul 10, 2022 9:21 am
*Rank = the rank after rolling for advancement.
TermAgeCareerSurvived?Rank*Event
Lio is the son of 2 well known doctors. They have performed surgery on many important persons in the galaxy. The name Heartgrave still opens many doors. Being who he is, Lio was pushed to pursue a medical career too, at first he was rebelling against it, but later on, he saw the potential and started to like the job and the fact that helping people is extremely satisfying. His interest in computers gave him the chance to perform remote surgery a couple of times.
118-22UniversityYes0A Tutor in Uni didn't like Lio's face, he ended up competing with him on a major breakthrough and found the proof before the Tutor. Making him a Rival
222-26Scholar (physician)Yes0Had an easy first term as a scholar, took an interest in rescue missions and learned how to fly a helicopter. His navigational skills improved on this missions.
326-30Scholar (physician)Yes2In his second term as a scholar, Lio worked towards a considerable breakthrough in the field of computerized surgery making him climb the hierarchical ladder quickly. He was contacted by the Navy to come and work for them.
He left with a prize for his breakthrough being a considerable cash amount. Of course his intelligence improved a lot. (int+2)
430-34Navy (crew)Yes0Navy was hard on Lio, he specialized in as a mechanic and he tried to become an officer but failed everytime. During his time in the navy he still performed surgery and executed numerous rescue missions. Both as a pilot and as a medic.
No aging effect
534-38Navy (crew)Yes1A comanding officer took in interest in his career (probably because of his famous name) and helped him increasing his rank. But he didn't get promoted and that was a dissapointment. He quit the Navy after his second term.
Aging: no effect
Mustering out rewards: TAS membership + A ship share + a weapon
Last edited July 10, 2022 10:00 am
Jul 10, 2022 10:03 am
done.

how do we know each other. I guess the timeline is important.
Lio could have been on a rescue mission, rescueing one of the party members.
Lio could have performed surgery, maybe implanted cybernatics?
Did Ronny do some freelance spy-work for the Navy? Maybe they were part of the same mission team?

thank you for the template @TheGenerator
Last edited July 10, 2022 10:03 am
Jul 10, 2022 10:08 am
Or Lio could just be ''known'' because of his famous name.
Jul 10, 2022 11:02 am
Airshark says:
thank you for the template
No problem :)
I added your table to my first post, so we need less scrolling to find connections. I'll add TrailHead's one too when we have it.
Airshark says:
Did Ronny do some freelance spy-work for the Navy? Maybe they were part of the same mission team?
that could work. Though, Ronny has always been a bit of an outlaw, doing shady deals and such. Not sure how he would have ended up working for the navy. Maybe the navy needed someone without a connection to the military for a special mission? Something off the books.
Airshark says:
Lio could have performed surgery, maybe implanted cybernatics?
Any chance Lio would do some clandestine surgery, maybe? If so, yes!
Jul 10, 2022 3:49 pm
TheGenerator says:

Airshark says:
Lio could have performed surgery, maybe implanted cybernatics?
Any chance Lio would do some clandestine surgery, maybe? If so, yes!
Maybe far fetched. But being somewhat of an outlaw. What if the implant was part of a blackmail deal, or a reward for keeping his mouth shut on a navy mission that has gone bad which he witnessed.
Lio may or may not have been part of said mission. But he was picked to perform the surgery + do the follow up.

Or

Ronny went above and beyond the call of duty. I don't know who you were spying for but maybe we can work with that?
Jul 10, 2022 4:22 pm
The Generator, thanks for the template. I will copy and rewrite for my character, Benny Adam. I will let you know when it’s done. There are a couple of points in his backstory that I think will make good opportunities for making connections.
Jul 10, 2022 4:25 pm
*Rank = the rank after rolling for advancement.
Benny Adam
TermAgeCareerSurvived?Rank*Event
Benny grew up on a space station, where he was homeschooled but picked up some basic mechanic skills and got used to wearing a Vacc suit. He was also social and partied with his friends. He tried to get into university, but there was a mix-up with his paperwork, so he signed up for the Scouts.
118-22Scouts (Explorer)Yes1Spent a great deal of time on the fringes of Charted Space and made an alien contact. Due to the sensitive nature of this mission, was required to re-enroll in the Scout service for another term.
222-26Scouts (Explorer)No1Near the end of his second term he was found in his ship, drifting on the fringes of friendly space, with no idea how I got there. Was it a setup? In any case he was discharged from the Scouts.
Mustering out rewards: 20,000 Cr and a TL11 Laser Pistol.
326-30Army (Support)Yes0Worked as a mechanic for the Army. Was given a special assignment or duty in his unit. Gained DM+1 to any one Benefit roll. Failed to earn a commission. Failed to advance in rank.
430-34Army (Support)Yes0Gained some experience maintaining armour and weapons. Failed to advance in rank. Moved to another world.
Eight years in the Army and still a Private. He decided to become a Citizen.
Mustering out rewards: +1 END and +1 INT
No ageing effect
534-38Citizen (Worker)No0Moved to an industrial planet and took on a job as a mechanic. A revolution, attack or other unusual event threw his life into chaos, forcing him to leave the planet and become a traveller.
No ageing effect
Last edited July 16, 2022 1:12 am
Jul 10, 2022 5:50 pm
TrailHead says:
The Generator, thanks for the template. I will let you know when it’s done.
No problem :) take your time.
Jul 13, 2022 8:26 am
Possible plot/connection for our group
Benny (TrailHead) has this event at the end of his career: A revolution, attack or other unusual event throws your life into chaos, forcing you to leave the planet.
Our careers are:
- A doctor/navy man
- A smuggler/trader/spy
- A scout/army man/citizen

Seems like a good group of people to do some kind of covert operation on a planet in turmoil. Smuggling in weapons, helping the resistance, eliminating a prominent target. Something like that.
What if this mission went bad and we ended up getting burned. After that, Benny had to leave the planet (and his career) for his safety.

Now we work as soldiers of fortune.
If you have a problem. If no one else can help. And if you can find them. Maybe you can hire...
https://i.imgur.com/saZVzU6.png
In space!
<This is where the theme music would start>
Jul 14, 2022 2:52 am
TheGenerator says:
Possible plot/connection for our group
Benny (TrailHead) has this event at the end of his career: A revolution, attack or other unusual event throws your life into chaos, forcing you to leave the planet.
Our careers are:
- A doctor/navy man
- A smuggler/trader/spy
- A scout/army man/citizen

Seems like a good group of people to do some kind of covert operation on a planet in turmoil. Smuggling in weapons, helping the resistance, eliminating a prominent target. Something like that.
What if this mission went bad and we ended up getting burned. After that, Benny had to leave the planet (and his career) for his safety.

Now we work as soldiers of fortune.
If you have a problem. If no one else can help. And if you can find them. Maybe you can hire...
https://i.imgur.com/saZVzU6.png
In space!
<This is where the theme music would start>
Love this idea!
Jul 14, 2022 10:42 am
A-Team... in space...?

Think about the sorts of stories we can tell with this sort of arrangement. It could work.

Remember that Traveller is mostly about 'everyday Joes' struggling to get by. And that --aside from your exceptional doctor-- you are all fairly average (+1s) at this point.

We will pick a Skills Package (page 50) once we know what we want to play and what we need. You can all take a look and suggest which ones you think we should take. This might be able to specialise your characters a bit, but they are Skill 1, so still pretty 'average'.
Jul 14, 2022 11:02 am
vagueGM says:
A-Team... in space...?
you are all fairly average (+1s) at this point..
That's true. I guess we'd be more like the D+Team :S
We'd have to start small and not rely on plot armor.
I didn't mean it to be exactly A-Team style, btw. That just popped into my head while I was writing. :D
vagueGM says:
It could work.
I think so, but I'm also open to other suggestions/options
Jul 14, 2022 11:32 am
Instead of limiting ourselves to the predefined Skills Packages (page 50), we could also each suggest three Skills we think the party would need and toss them into a custom Package to pick from.

We can always hire on people (or robots) to do jobs we are not capable of, like Engineering, and Sensor Operators, and Gunner if you need such things, (and even Piloting since your only 'pilot' has -1 DEX:).
Jul 16, 2022 1:13 am
Okay, A D Team, I finished editing Benny's summary above.
Jul 16, 2022 9:04 pm
TrailHead says:
Okay, A D Team, I finished editing Benny's summary above.
Added it to my first post
Jul 17, 2022 1:11 am
Maybe we should chat about if we are from the same 'place' (world, system, emporium, whatever).

Maybe the Navy and Army were for the same 'king/commander in chief/whatever', maybe our Spy was spy for the same?
If not: Were we enemies?
There is some overlap 4-8 years ago when we were all 'in the service'.
Jul 17, 2022 2:24 am
Maybe Benny and Ronny knew each other as youths? Where did Ronny have his gang? Maybe the space station Benny grew up on was bigger than I’ve been thinking of — big enough for gangs of hoodlums. Certainly a space station could make sense as a base for the type of shady merchant trading Ronny got into in young adulthood.
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