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“You can have peace. Or you can have freedom.” - R. A. Heinlein

Attributes

|| Physical d8 || Mental d8 || Social d8 ||

Trained Skills

Fight [d6]

Influence [d10]

Move [d6]

Notice [d10]

Operate [d8]

Shoot [d12]

Survive [d6]

Treat [d10]

Untrained Skills

Craft, Drive, Fix, Fly, Focus, Know, Labor, Perform, Sneak, Throw, Trick [All d4]

Distinctions

London Jack [d8] You are a rake among rogues, a true Londinium scoundrel.

• Step Back: Roll d4 instead of d8 for 1 PP

• Devil You Know: You got a ruthless reputation, but you might just be better than the alternative. When convincing someone to see or do things your way, step up or double Influence. 1s and 2s count as complications.

• Jack Be Nimble: Your eyes are always moving. You know the best route to take and the best time to take it. When you need to get out of a situation in a hurry, spend 1 PP to include your Notice die in your Move roll and add it to your total.

Highlighted Skills: Influence/Move/Notice

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Former Field Medic [d8] You ain't go to no fancy school to learn doctorin. You went to war.

• Step Back: Roll d4 instead of d8 for 1 PP

• Battlefield Triage: You know how to get folk stable til you can see to em proper. Spend 1 PP to step back another character’s medical or injury related complication.

• Head on a Swivel: A battlefield medic has to be aware of his surroundings at all times. Step up or double Treat when tending to someone under adverse circumstances. Take or step up a Complication to do both.

Highlighted Skills: Operate/Survive/Treat

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On the Way to Meet the Buddha [d8] If you should meet the Buddha upon the road, kill him.

• Step Back: Roll d4 instead of d8 for 1 PP

• Misplaced Nirvana: Every man carries a fist in his hand. When you violently Take Out an opponent you may spend 1 PP to step back a mental or social based Complication.

• Walk the Earth: Folk ain't so hard to read. When you assess someone’s emotional state, spend 1 PP to step up or double Notice for the Action.

Highlighted Skills: Fight/Notice/Shoot

Signature Assets

Steady Hands [d8] Your hands don't flinch or shake, and they don't hesitate. No matter what is going on around you, your hands know what they are about.

• My Hands Never Betray Me: Reroll all dice in a roll that used this Signature Asset. On the reroll, all dice that roll 1s or 2s are considered Complications.
• Soothing Touch: When you successfully step back another character's medical or injury based complication, spend a PP to step back a social or mental complication as well.

Mule Hoof [d8] Favored for its heft and unparalleled stopping power at close range, this heavy, compact pistol was popularized by medics, comm officers, and other Independence soldiers not issued rifles to carry into battle.

• Point Blank: Once per scene, when you shoot someone who is fleeing or has surrendered, double Shoot for the action. Take the d8 complication Cold Blooded after the roll.
• Back Alley Gun Club: When you club someone with the heavy reinforced butt of your pistol, spend 1 PP to double Mule Hoof for the action.

Medic's Satchel [d6] Everything you need to treat afflictions and wounds in the field.

• Medic! Coming Through!: When you use your status as a trained medical professional to push your way into somewhere you shouldn’t be, double Medic's Sachel for the action.

Character Bio

Birth Planet: Londinium

A battlefield medic, Bean attained the rank of corporal in the war. Xiàshì. And people trying to kill him to death notwithstanding, it had been good for him, siding with the Independents, fighting for folk to be free. It had given him a place and a purpose in ways his posh and mannered Londinium upbringing never had.

But the war had ended. Freedom gave way to an uneasy peace, and life lurched forward again. Mostly in spite of him.

He drifted aimless about the 'Verse in the aftermath, hopping from planet to planet, station to station, experience to experience, at one point even earning himself a name among the Tong. Duìzhǎng. Captain.

Turns out he was more adept at clawing his way up through their ranks than he had ever been in the military.

He ever ran into that crew again, explanation would be demanded, and Bean suspected the simple truth was not going to sit square in that reckoning.