Sunday, March 30, 2008

The numbers behind the man

Nathan Fletcher -- Our Captain and Hero:

Merchant 1st Officer 686CE9 Age 46 7 Terms Cr 46000

Administration-1, Bribery-1, Electronic-3, Gunnery-1,
Medical-2, Navigation-1, Pilot-1, Vacc Suit-2, Merchant-0

Blade, Low Passage x2


Linda Stone -- The Engineer:

Merchant 2nd Officer 685599 Age 34 4 Terms Cr 75000

Electronic-1, Engineering-2, Gunnery-1, Pilot-2, Steward-1, Merchant-0

Gun x2, Low Passage

Notes: In my game, I assume an average human lifespan that's easily twice as long as today's and plenty of anti-aging drugs are available meaning that aging rolls don't come up as soon as they normally would. I also give everyone a [Service]-0 skill which basically acts as a Jack-of-all-Trades skill for anything that you might expect an average member of a given service to know. So everyone with Army-0 can shoot a gun, for example. In this case, Merchant-0 basically means knowing how to use a VaccSuit, being able to make crash landings in ship boats, repair small technical problems and just generally be useful aboard ship and on shore leave. Although Nathan and Linda are both pretty damn competent, the [Service]-0 skill makes everyone not a complete doofus at things they really should know how to do (even if it's without any real skill).

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