Here are a couple more of the 10 NPCs that I promised
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Ulysses Stark ,Sgt(ret) Born 12,1160 Arizona Dawn
7-5-8-7-6-6 Soc-7 Age 41
Willpower-2 Streetwise-2 UAMA-4
Computer-0 Whld Veh-1 Slug Rifle-4
Large Blade-1 Small Blade-2 Autogun-4
Riding-4 Survival-2 Tracked Veh-2
Intrusion-2 Slug Pistol-3 Observation-2
Investigation-1 Persuasion-2 Admin/Legal-1
Interrogation-2
Ulysses Stark grew up on Arizona Dawn in one of the more populous
cities. He enlisted in the NeoSol Confederation Marines at the age of 17
and served as an autogunner, MP and various other duties. In 1189
Ulysses, along with a hand (platoon) of Marines were stranded on a
frontier planet due to an accident/oversight. He and his team evaded
hostile locals for 16 months before being befriended by one group of
nomads. The people there talked about something called "Helios?" The
lost platoon was rescued in late 1190 and returned home under relative
secrecy but not before the friendly nomads had given to Ulysses the
tattered remnants of some long dead archaeologists journal...the exact
meaning of its observations still a mystery due to its fractured nature.
He married the Nemon Rebel and fugitive Jana Biesecker on Arizona Dawn in
1193 and retired from the marines in 1197 after 20 years of service. He
then became constable for a small district on Enope and raised riding
animals. When two junior constables were found shot to death in their
ATV in a local wilderness area all fingers pointed to the strange loner
who lived in the hills by the name of Solon Maghib. Ulysses vowed to
hunt the killer down and did so only to discover him held prisoner by the
son of a local wealthy statesman. When challenged the man Aaron Nessus
fired at the Constable who shot him dead. Constable Stark subsequently
found life very difficult on Enope and eventually decided to leave,
trying to find his fortunes working as a security consultant for some
corporation or high port. He still recieves a pension of about 900 Cr/month.
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Strephon Pecorin Born 264,1173 Prima
6-5-6-B-A-A Soc-9
UAMA-1 Willpower-2 Computer-2
Research-2 Act/Bluff-2 Biology-3
Xeno-Biology-2 Farming-2 Music(keyboard)-2
Admin/Legal-4 Leadership-2 Marketing-2
Persuasion-2 Bargain-2 Env Suit-1
Gambling-1 Liaison-2
Strephon grew up a fairly average middle class kid during the hey day of
the NeoSol Confederation before it gave way to the Unified Sphere. He
attended NeoSol Univ and got an undergraduate degree in Agricultural
Science. He moved on the graduate school where he mastered in
agricultural economics. As a bright young wunderkind he was snatched up
by NeoSol Systems Company rapidly emerging agricultural systems
division. The redevelopment of worlds ravaged by the rebellion and hard
times provided ample oppurtunity to whoever got off to a head start. He
was trained and sent to the relatively new automated lowland facility on
Rach where he was part of the analytical team that helped to plan the
facility layout for the future works. He transferred to the planet
Aquilas where he worked as a special assistant to then Facility Manager
Amura Adan. After suffering losses from ocean going pirates there and
the lack of any centralized government on the world, Strephon and Amura
developed the idea of a corporate action team to handle such situations.
After some persuasion the company decided to back the idea although there
were malcontents. Strephon is now Amura direct assistant and handles
much of the administrative and analytical work of the team.
"I was brought up to believe that if you work hard and youre always
honest that youll make something of yourself. Life has taught me that
people lie. Ive developed a sense of bitterness but I still try to be
true to myself through honesty and hard work. Ambition? Yes Im ambitous,
Im looking for that idea, that score that will push me towards the top
but I temper that with compassion and common sense. Being a part of the
team is great, Heck Amura and I are just alike, she's even told me I
remind her of herself 6 years ago. I think we make a pretty good team"
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Belal Hebron Cpt(Marine Reserves) Born 120, 1171 Age 29
Rex High Port
Computer-3 Whld Veh-0 Willpower-3
Swimming-0 Leadership-2 Physics-3
Starshp Arch-2 Slug Pistol-2 Sensors-3
Commo-2 Pilot I/G-6 Grnd Tac-2
Env Suit-4 Observation-2 UAMA-3
Marketing-2 Admin/Legal-2
My father and mother worked in a high port orbiting prima. Thats where I
was born. My mother was a sub-manager and my fathers was a technician.
I attened secondary school planetside and so lived there away from my
parents during the school terms. I went on to university where I majored
in general physics. One summer I got the chance to do a drop from orbit
with a Marine pilot in one of the new Drop Gunships. I was hooked. I
got into the conferderation Marines after graduation and was selected for
a pilots slot. I graduated from flight school with my drop wings on Day
1,1196.
I was in a drop gunship a year later when the Carrier Altair
jumped for the first frontier excursion. Theres nothing like dropping in
from orbit in 40 tons of composites and crystaliron loaded down with half
again that wt of everytype of ordnance you can think of. Its no problem,
the grav negates your weight so you can sit there and hover behind that
tree line for a half an hour until called upon, then you light up 80 tons
of thrust and come roaring across the battlefield. It can really suck
being the other guy. The gunships arent grav tanks but their a grav
tanks worst nightmare.
During my second tour off Midas Prime, my "ground pounder" as
theyre called was hit my some sort of beam which disabled it, (so much
for armor) I egressed and was later rescued off the planets surface. On
the ground I felt very strange about the appearances of things. I cant
quite put my finger on it but it hand something to do with the
geometry?! of the terrain. I took some pictures with my data recorder
that Ive never gotten around to taking to an expert. I left active duty
for the reserves soon after that. I was able to buy a little grav
shuttle on Prima and I fly that around Sol City on charters. Ive got an
offer to join a team from an old friend Strephon Pecorin so Im headed to
the high port to check it out. Adio
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My mistake...make that three NPCs
Tariq
"Cats and Traps can be more fun than a barrell full of monkeys...
..as long as youre not the one in the barrell and the monkeys keep their
hands to themselves...."
From Naval Aviation News