Character Creation

Looks like we get the most out of explorer.

Don't Zeke and Sy have Recon?

Sy has Recon at 0

@Knighthawke - totally use the CSC.

Also, here's the core rulebook 2022 and CSC -

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ry0y3tw48okxdzu/AABOSp_CGcQlDxaZzqfwVTe9a?dl=0

Thanks!

I've got a copy myself, so all good. :)

We could toss a coin if we can't decide between Traveller or Explorer skill packs.

I'll flip the coin if no one else will

Seems like an appropriate way to decide :)

Cas doesn't have a single Cr to spare so she doesn't have a coin to flip. I'm good with @Jomsviking making the call.

1 = Traveller
2 = Explorers

And that's that.

Traveller skills it is. What does everyone want for their characters. I’ll take Pilot and then whatever is left after y’all pick your two - if that seems good to everyone.

Deception Gun Combat and Medic seem to be the best choices for Sy. With a +6 to medicine you might even Survive if he needs to do surgery.

@Esidrix could you clarify? This is how I think the package skill levels work:

The skills are listed at level 1, so we only get them at level 1, i.e. no benefit from choosing a skill you already have at level 1 or higher.

But for skills like Gun Combat or Electronics which have specialities, we can take a new speciality at level 1 even if we already have the skill in another speciality at a higher level?

If that was the case Explorer was the clearly superior option and I regret nothing. But I'm surprised there was any deliberation

@geoffenzed - Correct on all counts. They are listed as "Skill 1" - so if you have it, then taking the skill doesn't help. Specialties count as different skills - You'll only ever have Pilot 0 and when you earn a 1, it becomes Small Craft 1 or Spacecraft 1, etc. :)

The Skill packages are intended to round out the party's missing skills, not to level up stuff. That's why they are listed with the 1.

So, pick an order and start picking skills.

@Knighthawke - have you had a chance to fill in a character sheet. Can you submit it when it's done?

Roll to determine order (2d6 highest total goes first)?
BTW it might be more useful to the party if we have two characters with Pilot skill. So, if someone wants to take that skill before me that’s fine.

As Sy is already well rounded I'll pick last.

Gun Combat would fill a gap in Avi's skill set, but I'm happy to play him without any combat skills too.

This is Avi's contact from his Term 2 life event "New contact". She might not ever come into play, but I figure it can't hurt to know an expert:

During his career Avi happened to meet Dr. Mareesha Ramprasad, a scholar working at a university school of archaeology. Avi has agreed to let her know of any local news or rumors of archaeological interest that he comes across in his travels. (She probably has a whole network of travellers like Avi gathering information for her.)

Dr. Ramprasad has been known to travel (or more often, to send a student or two) to some quite out-of-the-way places to investigate sites of potential archaeological interest, the type of journey an ex-scout ship could be well suited for. She might also be willing to help identify or authenticate any unusual items we find ourselves in posession of, Avi would trust her to give honest advice on such things.

Wait do we define contacts I thought those were for Esidrix if we do I have a lot of work to do