Earning Potential: Difference between revisions

From RPGnet
Jump to navigation Jump to search
← Older edit
No edit summary
 
(32 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
[[File:Mothership_banner.png]]
[[File:Mothership_banner.png]]
__NOTOC__
=BRIEFING=
A game of surviving in the harsh world of space capitalism


=Characters=
The players were a science team, scientists, their support android and marine guards for Rasmussen WorldSurvey a spin-off from the Rasmussen Technical University a small planetary university desperate to gain commercial funding. Your first contract was on a lush jungle world that had thick, rotting mats of vegetation on top of what proved to be large bubbles of a highly acidic biotoxin mixed with a huge volume of carbon-dioxide gas. Your team returned from a tour of the sensor ring to find the camp full of bleached corpses streaked with blue blood and a large steaming crater where the expensive equipment used to be. Your debt and contracts were bought from the horrifically bankrupt Rasmussen WorldSurvey at a 1 to 1k ratio by Massamor Mining. They generously leased you a ship and have provided you with a contract to start repaying your debt to them.


{| class="wikitable"
=LIVING CHARACTERS=
! Picture
CHARACTERSHEETS SHOULD ONLY CONTAIN MAXIMUM VALUES OF HEALTH WOUNDS AND STRESS. CURRENT VALUES SHOULD BE IN THE POST IN THE IC THREAD.
! UPP
|-
|[[File:Traveller rogue.png|200px]]
|'''Enzo Tameron'''  597899  Age 34  CR 9,400
4 terms Other
;Skills: Forgery 2, Computer 1, Jack-of-all-Trades 1 (modified house rule)
(Service skills at 0: Vehicle TBC, Gambling, Brawling, Bribery, Blade Cbt, Gun Cbt)


;Gear:
==ROM/KON/8247: Konstantin "Snake Eyes" Romasko: MARINE==
Body Pistol and 2x ammo, Rifle and 5x ammo, Mesh, Dagger, Short range comm, Personal computer (software TBC)
Strength: 34 | Speed: 40 | Intellect: 29 | Combat: 48


Sanity: 21 | Fear: 42: | Body: 33


|-
MAX Wounds 3 | MAX Health 13 | MIN Stress 2
|[[File:Traveller_woman.jpg|200px]]
|'''Aniella Baker''' 9459BB Age 46 Cr 39200
:7 terms Merchant (2nd Officer); ''Retirement Pay:'' 8000
:'''Skills:''' Engineering-1, Medical-3, Sword-3, Laser Rifle-1, Steward-1, Helicopters-1, Bribery-2
:'''Gear:''' Sword-1, Low Passage Ticket-2, Mesh Armor, long range comm, medical kit, light intensifier googles, combination respirator/air filter


Aniella (ON yel ah) has put a lot of years into plying trade routes on good and bad ships. Recently retired from the corps with a pension, she is looking for somewhere to apply her diverse skills. Herny Westerly, her son, thinks she should come visit him and help take care of Rulia and Jesse, her grandchildren. But Henry is a tightwad who probably wants her to pay the rent from her pension. She has not heard from Mary, her daughter who joined the Marines of branches, in years and the Marines have never sent a death notice. The less said about Albert Westerly, her ex, the better.
'''TRAUMA RESPONSE: '''Whenever I panic, every close friendly player must make a Fear save
|-
|[[File:Traveller Guard.jpg|200px]]
|'''Zoe Chao Lin'''   847B7B  Age 30  Cr 32,990
3 terms Army (Major)
;Skills: Vehicle (Ground Car) 2, Air/Raft 0, Gun Combat 0 (Rifle) 1, (SMG) 1, Forward Observer 1, Blade Combat 1 (Saber), Mechanical 1, Brawling 1
;Gear: Automatic Rifle (Cr 1,000) 5 Kg 3D damage, Rifle Ammunition x5 (Cr 100) 2.5 Kg (20 Rounds / Clip), SMG Ammunition x4 (Cr 40) 1 Kg (15 Rounds / Clip), Telescopic Sights (Cr 200) .8 Kg, Mesh (Cr 150)
|-
|[[File:Traveller_Naval.png|200px]]
|
'''Chip Lister''': 9C8796 Age 38 CR 30000
;5 terms Scout (Retirement Pay 4000)
;Skills: Engineering 1, Gunnery 1, Jack-of-all-Trades 1, Mechanical 1, Pilot 1, Vacc Suit 1, Vehicle (Grav Belt) 1
;Gear: Broadsword
;Vehicle and Transport Options: Scout Ship, Low Passage Ticket


'''SKILLS:''' Military Training +10, Athletics +10, Firearms +15


''''LOADOUT:''' Standard Battle Dress (AP 7), combat shotgun (4 rounds), rucksack, camping gear


'''TRINKET:''' Pith helmet


|}
'''PATCH:''' Snake Eyes (dice)
 
'''EQUIPMENT:''' shoulder-mounted flashlight (-30 cr), battle dress mounted geiger counter (-20 cr), mylar blanket (-10 cr), paracord (-10 cr), +4 rounds shotgun ammo (-50 cr)
 
'''CREDITS:''' 10
 
==ALM/FRA/8724 Francisco "Chico" Almeida (he/him): SCIENTIST==
Strength: 34 | Speed: 37 | Intellect: 47 | Combat: 36
 
Sanity: 54 | Fear: 26 | Body: 18
 
MAX Wounds 2 | MAX Health 15 | MIN Stress 2
 
'''TRAUMA RESPONSE:''' Whenever I fail a Sanity Save, all close friendly layers gain 1 Stress.
 
'''SKILLS:''' Computers +10, Zoology +10, Pathology +15, Exobiology +20
 
'''TRINKET:''' pair of shot glasses (spent shotgun shells)
 
'''PATCH:''' risk of electrocution symbol
 
'''EQUIPMENT:''' Assorted tools 20cr Flashlight 30cr Paracord (50m) 10 cr Sample Collection Kit 50cr
 
'''CREDITS:''' 0
'''BACKGROUND:''' Raised on old scifi shows and movies, as well as books, Chico dreamed of the stars as adventurous places full of wonder and mystery. Not particularly physical, but reasonably bright, Chico decided science would be his gateway to space. Soon after graduating from college, he signed up with one of the corps that provided colonial support. That's when he found out life among the starts was actually full of drudgery and exploitation.
 
It's been 10 years and Chico has had some close calls. He wants to retire to some paradise world. But where would that be? Does this place even exist?
 
'''NOTES:''' Camélia Camden, professor of exobotany at the Department of Planetary Sciences. Chico and Cammy joined RTE's faculty at the same time and became fast friends over their love of old music. She also lost friends in the team's tragic last mission for the university, and was dismayed when she learned Chico and the others were now working for Massamor.
 
==BOU/URI/2878: Uriah Bouchard (he/him): SCIENTIST==
 
Strength 35 | Speed 30 | Intellect 47 | Combat 38
 
Sanity 56, Fear 27, Body 23
 
MAX Health 14 | MAX Wounds 2 | MIN Stress: 2
 
'''TRAUMA RESPONSE:''' Whenever I fail a Sanity Save, all close friendly layers gain 1 Stress.
 
'''SKILLS:''' Botany and Zoology +10, Pathology +15, Surgery +20
 
'''TRINKET:''' Dodgy blue pills
 
'''PATCH:''' "Take my life (Please!)"
 
'''EQUPMENT:''' Rigging gun with 1 shot and no reload, deals d10 at Close range, Vac-suit, flashlight, sample kit, First Aid Kit, and a Geiger Counter.
 
'''CREDITS:''' 55
 
==BRU/LIL/0023: Lilian Bruton : ANDROID==
 
Strength 30 | Speed 36 | Intellect 58 | Combat 35
 
Sanity: 20 | Fear: 79: | Body: 12
 
MAX Health 14 | MAX Wounds 3 | MIN Stress: 2
 
'''TRAUMA RESPONSE:''' Fear saves made by Close friendly players are at Disadvantage.
 
'''SKILLS:''' Linguistics +10, Computers +10, Mathematics +10, Jury-Rigging +10, Zero-G +10
 
'''TRINKET:''' Trilobite Fossil
 
'''PATCH:''' Travel to Distant Places / Meet Unusual Things / Get Eaten
 
'''EQUPMENT:''' Scalpel, Crew Attire, Bioscanner, Flashlight, Assorted Tools, Paracord (50m)
 
'''CREDITS:''' 0
 
=DEAD=

Latest revision as of 16:44, 30 April 2025

BRIEFING[edit]

A game of surviving in the harsh world of space capitalism

The players were a science team, scientists, their support android and marine guards for Rasmussen WorldSurvey a spin-off from the Rasmussen Technical University a small planetary university desperate to gain commercial funding. Your first contract was on a lush jungle world that had thick, rotting mats of vegetation on top of what proved to be large bubbles of a highly acidic biotoxin mixed with a huge volume of carbon-dioxide gas. Your team returned from a tour of the sensor ring to find the camp full of bleached corpses streaked with blue blood and a large steaming crater where the expensive equipment used to be. Your debt and contracts were bought from the horrifically bankrupt Rasmussen WorldSurvey at a 1 to 1k ratio by Massamor Mining. They generously leased you a ship and have provided you with a contract to start repaying your debt to them.

LIVING CHARACTERS[edit]

CHARACTERSHEETS SHOULD ONLY CONTAIN MAXIMUM VALUES OF HEALTH WOUNDS AND STRESS. CURRENT VALUES SHOULD BE IN THE POST IN THE IC THREAD.

ROM/KON/8247: Konstantin "Snake Eyes" Romasko: MARINE[edit]

Strength: 34 | Speed: 40 | Intellect: 29 | Combat: 48

Sanity: 21 | Fear: 42: | Body: 33

MAX Wounds 3 | MAX Health 13 | MIN Stress 2

TRAUMA RESPONSE: Whenever I panic, every close friendly player must make a Fear save

SKILLS: Military Training +10, Athletics +10, Firearms +15

'LOADOUT: Standard Battle Dress (AP 7), combat shotgun (4 rounds), rucksack, camping gear

TRINKET: Pith helmet

PATCH: Snake Eyes (dice)

EQUIPMENT: shoulder-mounted flashlight (-30 cr), battle dress mounted geiger counter (-20 cr), mylar blanket (-10 cr), paracord (-10 cr), +4 rounds shotgun ammo (-50 cr)

CREDITS: 10

ALM/FRA/8724 Francisco "Chico" Almeida (he/him): SCIENTIST[edit]

Strength: 34 | Speed: 37 | Intellect: 47 | Combat: 36

Sanity: 54 | Fear: 26 | Body: 18

MAX Wounds 2 | MAX Health 15 | MIN Stress 2

TRAUMA RESPONSE: Whenever I fail a Sanity Save, all close friendly layers gain 1 Stress.

SKILLS: Computers +10, Zoology +10, Pathology +15, Exobiology +20

TRINKET: pair of shot glasses (spent shotgun shells)

PATCH: risk of electrocution symbol

EQUIPMENT: Assorted tools 20cr Flashlight 30cr Paracord (50m) 10 cr Sample Collection Kit 50cr

CREDITS: 0

BACKGROUND: Raised on old scifi shows and movies, as well as books, Chico dreamed of the stars as adventurous places full of wonder and mystery. Not particularly physical, but reasonably bright, Chico decided science would be his gateway to space. Soon after graduating from college, he signed up with one of the corps that provided colonial support. That's when he found out life among the starts was actually full of drudgery and exploitation.

It's been 10 years and Chico has had some close calls. He wants to retire to some paradise world. But where would that be? Does this place even exist?

NOTES: Camélia Camden, professor of exobotany at the Department of Planetary Sciences. Chico and Cammy joined RTE's faculty at the same time and became fast friends over their love of old music. She also lost friends in the team's tragic last mission for the university, and was dismayed when she learned Chico and the others were now working for Massamor.

BOU/URI/2878: Uriah Bouchard (he/him): SCIENTIST[edit]

Strength 35 | Speed 30 | Intellect 47 | Combat 38

Sanity 56, Fear 27, Body 23

MAX Health 14 | MAX Wounds 2 | MIN Stress: 2

TRAUMA RESPONSE: Whenever I fail a Sanity Save, all close friendly layers gain 1 Stress.

SKILLS: Botany and Zoology +10, Pathology +15, Surgery +20

TRINKET: Dodgy blue pills

PATCH: "Take my life (Please!)"

EQUPMENT: Rigging gun with 1 shot and no reload, deals d10 at Close range, Vac-suit, flashlight, sample kit, First Aid Kit, and a Geiger Counter.

CREDITS: 55

BRU/LIL/0023: Lilian Bruton : ANDROID[edit]

Strength 30 | Speed 36 | Intellect 58 | Combat 35

Sanity: 20 | Fear: 79: | Body: 12

MAX Health 14 | MAX Wounds 3 | MIN Stress: 2

TRAUMA RESPONSE: Fear saves made by Close friendly players are at Disadvantage.

SKILLS: Linguistics +10, Computers +10, Mathematics +10, Jury-Rigging +10, Zero-G +10

TRINKET: Trilobite Fossil

PATCH: Travel to Distant Places / Meet Unusual Things / Get Eaten

EQUPMENT: Scalpel, Crew Attire, Bioscanner, Flashlight, Assorted Tools, Paracord (50m)

CREDITS: 0

DEAD[edit]

Retrieved from "https://wiki.rpg.net/index.php?title=Earning_Potential&oldid=480382"