Operator creation

A thread for openly discussing creating the operator characters.

I want to play the recruiter.

How will fulton extractions be handled?

Question, I have the base SWADE book (which I'm reading right now), but not the supplements. How much of a problem would that be?

Not so much of an issue, in fact I’ll see what I can do to share with you some of the missing supplement from the ghost ops book

I think it may be best to assume this is a mechanic that will have to be left out of our game for the moment but I will give it some thought on what ways it can be implemented.

Imagine for now you guys are the soldiers sent on the dispatch missions menu from the game. So the rewards you bring mother base are the GMP and supplies.

After a quick scan, I think I'm interested in playing a sniper, taking into account the overwatch rule for them on page 48 of Ghost Ops and the core book's suppressive fire rules. I imagine them as low Vigor, relying on supporting the team at a distance.

Quick question, what does "Inactive" mean in the Ghost Edge's description?

Quick Q: I have a .pdf for the Ghost Ops SWADE book, but I'm pretty sure it isn't the 2nd Strike version... are there a lot of differences, or is it passable for use?

Shot you a link in pm

As a general heads up the main stay of characters and events will be happening separately to what you as Diamond Dog operators are doing in the other parts of the world. If you need an age, consider the year to be 1989, due to technology being a bit different in the Metal Gear universe this shouldn't really have any impact on the types of equipment you can have as an operator.

For you guys who are thinking about your callsign or nickname, a good rule of thumb is to keep your callsign limited to two, no more than three syllables.

Also a good thing to remember in terms of something you may all have in common is the Diamond Dogs indoctrination. While it's not really stated there's a lot to suggest in Phantom Pain that soldiers who are captured or actively join the soldiers at motherbase will go through some kind of indoctrination, which may include some kind of hypno-therapy via Ocelot, usually on a willing basis (this is not outright stated, and you can choose to see it another way for your character). The principle of Outer Heaven is that warriors of all nations are being abused, and to forge a breakaway pseudo state where the misused soldiers of the world can band together and shift the balance of power in the world to give representation to the common soldiers plight. It's a very common practice to try and spare the lives of as many soldiers as possible (that includes the enemy).

(The actual canon on this has gone through several iterations of what Outer Heaven's goals are but we're going with the Phantom Pain version on this one. You are the goodguys in this story unless you change that.)

I noticed that in Ghost Ops, it mentions Rappelling as a skill you can get from career choices, but I don't see a skill description for it in that book or the core book.

It appears to be an oversight on their part. They have rappelling rules in their standalone version of the game but didn't include it in the SWADE print of the Ghost Ops book. Here's what the other book has to say about Rappelling, we'll just adapt these rules to SWADE.

Rappelling

Either down the side of a building or cliff or from
a chopper, the operator will use their Agility attrib-
ute with the Airborne Assault specialisation if avail-
able. Operators can be shot whilst rappelling as well
as have the line cut. If shot, the player must roll the
operators Reflexes attribute Vs a DN of 4 or let go of
the rappel line, they then must make an Agility test
against a DN of 6 to grab hold of the line and right
themselves. If the line is cut, the operator will fall,
taking falling damage.

Ok, so we have a sniper. Joms, are you still going with a recruiter or what are you thinking?

I just want to minimize overlap.

I don't think there will really be a 'recruiter'.

If you're looking for some of the kinds of roles that would normally be filled out I have a list, and keep in mind some of these roles can overlap or be doubled up, etc. Many like these but not limited to:

- Radioman
- Hacker
- Intel
- Breacher
- CQB specialist
- Machine Gunner
- K9
- Driver
- Sniper (obviously)
- Heavy Weapons Specialist
- Medic
- Sapper/Engineer

I'm more just trying to make sure each PC has a unique role with minimal overlap. We don't need three heavy gunners.

All fire power to the front XD

Checked and Yep. I do have Savage World Adventure Edition. Will be reading soon.

Nice intro there. It does well to focus thoughts for a character.

I would have shared the book with you if you didn't have it.

I looked and can't seem to find that sharing spot. I thought you did too. Can you repost that for me. gesh.

That's because I'm sharing in private message only. ;)

Looking over the material given. Ah. It mentions something about agents and nationality. Is this an issue?