As promised here are the rest of the NPCs I said that I would post. As
before the stats ate in GDW house form but common sense conversions are
easy enough. Once again some names have been shuffled for security
purposes..
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Iwo Lyon Born 1180 Giga, Frontier
Str-7 Agl-A Con-8 Int-6 Edu-4 Chr-5 Soc-4
Iwo was born and grew up on the planet Giga which is located in the
region of sparse stellar population at the edge of NeoSol subsector known
as the frontier. When he was 12 raiders? or a scout force from an
mini empire across the frontier raided his Windrider village. Led by a
man known only as Gushmegne, they massacred almost everyone they could
find including Iwo's father, mother and brothers. In 1193 he was found
by a NeoSol Federation Scout wandering through the desert regions of Giga
in a catatonic state. The scout took him in and carried him back to his
home on the planet Aurigae. The trauma on Giga had awakened Iwo's
nascent Psi abilities and contact with a secret order on Aurigae served
to develop them further. The members of this order are the gaurdians of
a merging of Psi Abilities and Martial Arts known simply as The Way.
There are 5 facets of the way that are inherent in an individual just as
Psionic abilities are inherent. Trauma and training awaken them. When
the Union of Senled invaded Nemo in 1198 his adoptive family was killed
by a ballistic missile attack(conventional) on their home city. This
trauma awakened the second way in Iwo. After this he joined the crew of
a far trader owned and operated by BJ Eyzaguirre. He has used this
position to smuggle TL 10 weapons to the TL 6,7 Nemon National League.
His life filled with tradgedy he no longer smiles and always has a look
on intensity on his face. He has devoted himself to practicing the two
Ways he knows and seeks adventure to awaken the others. He also will
look for ways to assist the Nemon National League and hates any
representative of the Union of Senled.
Iwos conventional skills should be appropriate to a junior spacehand.
Added to these skills
UAMA-6 Stealth-3 Riding-2
****Iwo only has experience with the first two ways****
The Five Facets of the Way are
1)The Way of the Shining Path( Hand Strike -4)
Microtelekenesis combined with hand strikes, gives a hand strike some
penetration ability. Say Pen of 2 if it penetrates then does full
damage, otherwise no damage.
2)Way of the Breeze (Enhanced Stealth treat as Stealth-8)
This way enables the user to move about being very difficult to see or hear
3)Way of the Comet (Super Speed)
Using teleportation this allows super fast movement. Say Psi Level *
10m/turn)
4)The Way of the Hurricane (TK Blast)
This is simply an area effect TK Blast of great power. Car flipper, wall
buckler at higher levels.
5) The Awareness of Reality (Ultimate Way--Masters Only)
The Awareness of reality is the most difficult and possibly the most
powerful way. It enables the practitioner to "fold" things in and out of
reality. It is in a sense sort of a PsiTransfer that functions as a
black globe sort of thing. It absorbs energy impacting it (up to some
max) and the user can store this energy of short periods of time then
dumping it into his or her own Psi based attacks, actions etc. I havent
quite figured out how to formulate this but suggestions are welcome.
Just like a globe it can be overloaded and prevents communication across
it. This included Psi communication?
Each way requires one combat action to activate and pulls from some pool
of UAMA and Psi-Level. I havent had the chance to really sit down and
work this out in detail but I have the main idea pretty much to my
satisfaction. I think that I havent introduced anything in direct conflict
with any era of traveller. It certainly adds an element of space opera
to the universe. Can you imagine Masters of the Way battling it out in
some high port while the PCs get caught in the middle. I know some of
you might say I should play champions for this but as I said there is no
direct conflict with the Traveller Universe here and I think it adds to
my campaign (at least in my head).
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Solon Maghib Born 50,1168 Prima
8-9-A-9-8-4 Soc 4
Navigation-2 Slug Rifle-5 Slug Pistol-2 Energy Rifle-1
Zero Gee-3 Commo-2 Computer-2 UAMA-4
Farming-1 Small Blade-2 Observation-1 Trauma Aid-2
Env Suit-3 Act/Bluff-1 Pilot I/G-2 Language-1
Willpower-3 Grnd Tac-2 Survival-3 Interrogation-2
Sculpture-2
Solon Maghib enlisted in the Navy at the age of 17 where he soon
expressed an interest and aptitude for the Special forces. He joined the
SPACR (Space Planetary and Atmospheric Combat Regiment) at the end of his
first term and distinguished himself. At the end of his 2nd term he was
selected to attend OCS. Graduating from there he was soon promoted to
the rank of Sub-Lt. Much of his activity is classified but he did
recieve a commendation for his part in closing down the Gamma project. A
geneering experiment initiated by a private consortiun whose subjects
where kidnapped from low tech worlds. During his 4th term his family was
killed in the well known Icarus incident where the Destroyer Icarus
vented its thrusters inside a docking bay killing 518 people. (See Ammel
Brodrig) He left the Navy at the end of this term and move to Enope
where he spent his time carving stone and wood, living off of the land.
While on one of his treks through the wilderness of Enope he discovered a
diamond. It was not long after that he was framed for murders of two
junior constables. The local Chief Constable Ulysses Stark was on the case
and he discovered evidenve that Solon did not commit the murder. It was
Aaron Nessus, the son of a man who was regionally(planetwise) powerful.
The Constable came upon Nessus holding Solon at gunpoint bragging about
how he framed him for the murders. When U Stark ordered him to drop the
weapon Nessus instead aimed for the Constable, He was shot dead by The
Constable U Stark. Far from being heros both Solon and U Stark found
life very difficult on Enope after that. When given the oppurtunity to
leave Solon joined Amara Adan of NeoSol Systems Corp and her Corporate
Action Team.
From an interview of Solon Maghib by a local news service on Enope
For some reason people have this concept that the SPACR drops from orbit
on top of the enemy and starts blazing away. Wrong. Thats very unlikely
and happens only when something has gone very wrong. We are much more
likely to spend two weeks hiding in the rafters of some warehouse on a
clandestine spotting and observation mission. You never know when
there's one of us around. Could be one reading this over your shoulder
right now. Don't look! too late you're DEAD! They teach us so much, but
they don't teach us how to cope back in the real world. When my family
was killed in the Icarus incident. I broke from what I thought was
real. I left the Navy and moved to Enope where I formed reality from
stone and wood through sculpture...
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Thats gonna have to be it for today, Ill try to get the other 3 or 4 on
tomorrow.
Tariq
"We found this book in some old building on one of those pigpen worlds on
the frontier....the Sgt had to kill a few of the natives who were trying
to stop us from taking it...makes a nice souvenier for children"
Adios