Okay, players! Here's your chance to write up a character as per my
previous posting. Sorry I took so long; I've been rather busy at work.
Listeners/Traveller novices: as always, feel free to post any questions
to the list.
To summarize:
You are to come up with a one-page character description.
Remember that this character is still only 18 years old (or 22
years old if you want to use High Gaurd college rules).
You are to tell me basic physical, emotional, mental, and
societal characteristics of the character. Where was she/he
born, what is her/his home world and why is that choice
appropriate to the character (see subsector listing below)? what
was her/his upbringing was like, what is her/his personality
like, any outstanding traits, etc.
What does the character aspire to become as a profession
(merchant, diplomat, smuggler, gunnery manufacturer, alien
outreach consutant, astronomer, hunting guide, etc.)? Where do
they plan to get their skills in the future (Navy, scouts,
merchants, diplomats, hunters, whatever)?
Remember, I expect about a page. More is fine, I really like
detail and imagination, but remember that I can only pick one or
two of you. I promise to be as 'fair' as possible, but I gotta
pick rather arbitrarily what interests me most.
Okay, the subsector's attached below, preformatted for the ``standard''
66-line printer. Remember I said that I don't follow the official GDW
Imperium campaign, but be aware that I plagiarize very heavily from it
:-). I've been influenced by lots of science fiction, and have most
recently been reading Keith Laumer and Poul Anderson, so you know where
my recent influences lie.
Very Brief Background history:
The "Imperium" I have postulated is called the "Terran Imperium". It is
a feudal society that took up 20 some years after the fall of the Great
Republic. The year your character begins play (after we figure out UPP
and skillify them) will be TI 1105. Chosen Subsector is on the Imperial
Frontier.
Have fun designing! I'll give you until Monday 28 September to send me
your one-page description, or until I get a character from everyone on
my player list, whichever comes first. Oh and by the way, if you want
to contribute to a system's history in Chosen subsector to complement
your character or induce campaign suggestions in your referee, feel free
to and I'll see if I can add it in to individual worlds' histories.
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| |__ | |_| | Tektronix Logic Analyzers, DAS System Software, Display
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Killed processes never die... They just go to the big Bit Bicket in the sky.
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=== SUBSECTOR DATA SHEET ============================== 029-1104 === Page 1 ===
Chosen Subsector contains a variety of inhabited worlds, half of them worlds of
the Terran Imperium, most of the remainder independent buffer worlds between the
Imperium and the Menion Allegiance at the lower border of the subsector. This
is an area of vigorous trading activity, occasional border scuffles between the
TI and the MA, and much quelling of malcontents and shady commerce. The Menions
have always been eager to buy Imperial technology.
This subsector served as the gateway of the Imperial rescue of the Menion
Allegiance, a brief history presented below.
First known contact between the TI and the MA was somewhere in 989, when the TI
sent survey ships to the MA to scout the entire subsector. What was found was a
collection of worlds harried by ruthless human pirates and profit-seekers with
advanced Imperial technology, barely defended by the (TL 11) young spacefaring
navy of the Menion Allegiance. The Menions had had space travel for a bare 150
years, and had been under siege the last 30.
Profit seekers scalped the Menions for cash and often stold the goods back.
Pirates preyed on Menion commerce. Menions were kidnapped and sold by slave
traders throughout the backward, independent worlds in Chosen Subsector and
other Subsectors in Menion Sector.
The Imperial Survey return resulted in a muster of Imperial forces in 997 from
neighboring Johnstone Sector. These forces consisted of the Navy, Army and Navy
Corps of Engineers, Counter-Insurgent forces, Communications networks, Imperial
administrators, intrasystem defense forces and official registered merchant
fleets. These forces came to the aid of the Menion Allegiance, driving out the
profiteers and pirates, and in the process bending the corrupt back of the
roguish world governments militarily, technologically, and economically, until
they snapped. The Imperium was able to install Imperial loyalists governors in
most Independent world governments by 1040.
The massive outflow of Imperial cash nearly bankrupted the treasury of Menion
Sector, but heavy taxation of the extremely lucrative merchant mecca that formed
has resulted in a inflationary but generally recovering economy in the Sector
the last 15 years, another force which is strengthening the Imperial and local
govenerments and economically stablizing the region. The only really
influential criminal efforts left in this subsector is smuggling, which leads to
a very punitive penalty for convicts.
Despite the helpfulness of the Imperium, malcontents in the Menion Allegiance
have continued to beat heavy dislike for humans into citizens of less-advanced
Menion worlds, and it has been only 40 years since human slavery was abolished
in the Menion Allegiance. An officially-unrecognized concordance of rogue
Menion worlds not bordering on Imperial territory, Menios Akas, are still
believed to hold humans in a state of virtual slavery.
The frontier nature and former level of criminal and exploited population in
this region have resulted in an overall negative human attitude toward the
Menion race. Only in the more advanced Imperial worlds has the tide been
reversed, Menions welcomed as citizens and coworkers, free of segregation. In
the past ten years Menions have served admirably in the Imperial Navy, and a
similar opening of the Menion Allegiance to full human citizenship is the prime
focus of the Sector's Imperial Diplomacy Corps.
=== Chosen Subsector ======================================== Menion Sector ===
=== SUBSECTOR DATA SHEET ============================== 029-1104 === Page 2 ===
Coor ---System Name---- ---UPP--- B --Trade Codes-- Al Z GP
0102 Gruenwald B775400-9 N TN NI TI GP
0106 Mel Dawn B575232-8 NI IN A GP
0107 Jackson C000788-A NA AS IN A P
0108 Eldritch B1607CF-B DE IN A GP
0201 Bluesea E877445-7 TN NI TI GP
0203 Astel Tine B655AAC-E N TP TI G
0207 Polender C9D4210-6 S NI IN G
0208 Relsea C667313-8 S TP NI IN G
0209 Smoke A000869-B S NA AS IN G
0301 Gemoric C100246-C NI VA TI G
0303 Parchskif D260A77-7 DE TI G
0304 Arazon A43457B-C NI TI G
0308 AS 289 D000A97-8 S NA IN AS IN
0404 Far Moon C667547-9 TP AG NI TI G
0405 Blue Star A220659-F N NI PO DE TI G
0407 Marn Ali A430421-C NI PO DE IN G
0410 Mel Fah C200300-7 NI VA MA A GP
0503 Mitor C1308CB-B NA PO DE TI G
0504 Helvetia B200236-C NI VA TI GP
0505 Aperhela C210234-9 NI TI G
0506 Joiness E446562-3 AG NI IN G
0601 Galan's Belt B000486-E A NI AS TI GP
0602 Grenadine D9A77A9-7 TI G
0609 Lilan A877665-C TN AG NI MA G
0703 Fine A795253-9 N TP NI TI GP
0705 Barnix C785353-9 S TP NI IN G
0710 Salishan D629431-7 NI MA G
0801 Oceanscape B588300-B N NI TI G
0802 Dusk D240788-6 S PO DE TI G
0803 Dreamis B551611-5 NI PO TI G
0804 Joline D120ABB-C S NA IN PO DE TI G
System alignments (Al column) are as follows:
IN - Independent
MA - Menion Allegiance
TI - Terran Imperium
=== Chosen Subsector ======================================== Menion Sector ===
=== SUBSECTOR DATA SHEET ============================== 029-1104 === Page 3 ===
______ ______ ______ ______
/ 0201 \ / \ / 0601 \ / 0801 \
/ E 7 \ / \ / * B E \ / * B B \
______/ @ . \______/ \______/ ^ % . \______/ @ . \
/ \ Blue Sea / 0301 \ / \ Galan's / \Oceanscape/
/ \ / C C \ / \ Belt / \ /
/ \______/ O . \______/ \______/ \______/
\ / \ Gemoric / \ / 0602 \ / 0802 \
\ / \ / \ / D 7 \ / D 6 \
\______/ \______/ \______/ @ . \______/ ^ O . \
/ 0102 \ / \ / \Grenadine / \ Dusk /
/ * B 9 \ / \ / \ / \ /
/ @ . \______/ \______/ \______/ \______/
\Gruenwald / 0203 \ / \ / \ / 0803 \
\ / * B E \ / \ / \ / B 5 \
\______/ @ . \______/ \______/ \______/ @ . \
/ \Astel Tine/ 0303 \ / 0503 \ / 0703 \ Dreamis /
/ \ / D 7 \ / C B \ / * A 9 \ /
/ \______/ O . \______/ O . \______/ @ . \______/
\ / \Parchskif / 0404 \ Mitor / \ Fine / 0804 \
\ / \ / C 9 \ / \ / D C \
\______/ \______/ @ . \______/ \______/ ^ O . \
/ \ / 0304 \ Far Moon / 0504 \ / \ Joline /
/ \ / A C \ / B C \ / \ /
/ \______/ @ . \______/ O . \______/ \______/
\ / \ Arazon / 0405 \ Helvetia / \ / \
\ / \ / * A F \ / \ / \
\______/ \______/ O . \______/ \______/ \
/ \ / \Blue Star / 0505 \ / 0705 \ /
/ \ / \ / C 9 \ / C 9 \ /
/ \______/ \______/ O . \______/ ^ @ . \______/
\ / \ / \ Aperhela / \ Barnix / \
\ / \ / \ / \ / \
\______/ \______/ \______/ \______/ \
/ 0106 \ / \ / 0506 \ / \ /
/ B 8 \ / \ / E 3 \ / \ /
/ @ . \______/ \______/ @ . \______/ \______/
\ Mel Dawn / 0207 \ / 0407 \ Joiness / \ / \
\ / C 6 \ / A C \ / \ / \
\Amber_/ ^ @ . \______/ O . \______/ \______/ \
/ 0107 \ Polender / \ Marn Ali / \ / \ /
/ C A \ / \ / \ / \ /
/ % \______/ \______/ \______/ \______/
\ Jackson / 0208 \ / \ / \ / \
\ / C 8 \ / \ / \ / \
\Amber_/ ^ @ . \______/ \______/ \______/ \
/ 0108 \ Relsea / 0308 \ / \ / \ /
/ B B \ / D 8 \ / \ / \ /
/ O . \______/ ^ % \______/ \______/ \______/
\ Eldritch / 0209 \ AS 289 / \ / 0609 \ / \
\ / A B \ / \ / A C \ / \
\Amber_/ ^ % . \______/ \______/ @ . \______/ \
/ \ Smoke / \ / \ Lilan / \ /
/ \ / \ / \ / \ /
/ \______/ \______/ \______/ \______/
\ / \ / 0410 \ / \ / \
\ / \ / C 7 \ / \ / \
\______/ \______/ O . \______/ \______/ \
/ \ / \ Mel Fah / \ / 0710 \ /
/ \ / \ / \ / D 7 \ /
/ \______/ \Amber_/ \______/ O . \______/
\ / \ / \ / \ Salishan /
\ / \ / \ / \ /
\______/ \______/ \______/ \______/
=== Chosen Subsector ======================================== Menion Sector ===