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[IcyTea31]

Try to get comms up with the boarding pirates. If successful, speak to them: "Welcome on board the Anaxagoras. I'd heavily recommend you keep your weapons holstered or I will take it as a sign of hostile intention and react accordingly."

Homeworld: Terra United 1.

((You might want to elaborate on this a bit once you return, just the name doesn't tell us a lot.))

[_DivideByZero_]

Name: Jim Leifsson
Appearance: A tall, lean man, with blond hair and blue eyes. He has a few scars on his cheek, but otherwise looks normal.
Homeworld: Terra United 1.
Background: A young boy, Jim always wanted to be a police officer, or a security guard. He wanted to be someone who carried a gun, those looked awesome. So, one day, he snuck away from his family and job and joined the Terran Security Forces at the age of 20.
Attributes: (Put a number by each.)
Diplomacy: 1
Force: 3
Intrigue: 0
Wisdom: 1
Traits:
Crack Shot
Military Mind
Bound by Law
Expendable

((Still on vacation, but I managed to steal someone's laptop for a bit. Is this good enough? I left the crunch for the GM to fill in, since I'm not sure what is too much of a bonus or too little a malus.))

((I prefer for characters not to have combat traits, since combat skill will be governed by a 'Style' system which I will introduce as combat starts occurring (which may be now!). The idea is that characters will have a particular doctrine toward fighting and gain bonuses when the situation fits their doctrine. A character who refuses to fight outside of self defense, for example, need not have a general combat bonus.

If you still want to keep that character archetype, would you mind if I introduce the style system just now?))

vex go look over the now repaired brunt console
((i guess we can like unfreeze new char from the cryo or something))

This is the Systems panel, which Harry is already using. It operates weapons and various mechanisms that can be used to seal off portions of the ship, control life support, or vent people into space.

[Playergamer]

((I wouldn't mind.))

[IcyTea31]

((It'd be nice if you explained this stuff in advance, so we could take it into account before it's absolutely necessary and plan ahead. The same applies for any other mechanics that haven't been introduced yet.))

[Alev]

((It'd be nice if you explained this stuff in advance, so we could take it into account before it's absolutely necessary and plan ahead. The same applies for any other mechanics that haven't been introduced yet.))

((What stuff? Sealing off the ship doesn't really matter, as they will think we are hiding something and fire on us, and same for shooting people into space.))

[_DivideByZero_]

((It'd be nice if you explained this stuff in advance, so we could take it into account before it's absolutely necessary and plan ahead. The same applies for any other mechanics that haven't been introduced yet.))

((True perhaps. I can never predict what happens well in advance, though. The stuff about sealing off the ship and opening airlocks is located in the 'Systems Panel' spoiler at the bottom of the rolls))


Styles are your character's doctrine if fighting. Few people, if any, fight without any reason to. That's called being a psychopath. On the other hand, many people maintain philosophies as to when it's okay to use force, if lethal. You can have multiple styles, but they cannot contradict each other in philosophy (no 'Self Defense Only' type style along with a style that favors offensive combat) and you can learn them as the game goes on. If you attack without a style, you will gain an opportunity to learn a style if you roll a 5.

Styles act like a levelable trait. Styles have a 'mastery level,' which is increased through practice and luck, and determines how effective you are in combat.
When you attack, you specify what style to attack with, unless you don't want to use any.

The style description is usually integral to explaining what it does, however. Certain styles favor hitting certain body parts, life 'One Shot, One Kill' which favors lethal shots such as the heart and chest. If you aim instead for, say, the arm or leg to incapacitate someone, you are going against your doctrine of removing threats as fast as possible and therefore that style won't apply.
Styles furthermore can favor certain weapons. One Shot, One Kill only works for accurate weapons such as rifles, for example, and for weapons with no decent accuracy past a certain distance the style won't count. Marksman rifles get a bonus to rolls.

These are some example styles. Everyone can start off with a style.

Stopping Power [3]
Pacifist [2]
Flowing River [4]
Suppression Fire [1]


Combat is when you attack someone.

-Combat begins with an initiative roll, in which all participants roll a dice and attack in order of their rolls. If two characters roll the same value, then both characters get their attacks in at the same time.
-Afterward, characters will Roll to Dodge an attack aimed at them. All characters have 1 innate Dodge (basically a 1/6th chance), but traits can add to your value and allow you to dodge more often, or even all the time. Having 6 Dodge means that you can dodge any attack unless otherwise debilitated! Additionally, if you have any bonuses or penalties to agility, these will also affect your Dodge. You can only dodge once per turn, but you can have traits that let you dodge more than once per turn, such as Elusive.
-Finally, damage is dealt. Damage is Chunky Salsa, wherein weapons apply a Status Effect that may result in debilitation or death, but values are not normalized back to 6. Bonuses to the damage roll increase the number of sides on the die but don't apply additively. So for example, a 1d6 becomes a 1d8 with a bonus of 2. If you roll a 7 or 8 on a weapon, your weapon will do a lot more damage than a weapon that rolled a 6. Your opponent can perform a reaction roll, which can mitigate or nullify the damage done.

Your style's mastery level gives you bonuses to both your initiative roll and to your damage roll by default.

[IcyTea31]

((How about this for my style?))

The Sweeper

((Yup, it's pretty cliché for a janitor, but my character thrives upon things to lampshade.))

EDIT: ((What about situations where a style doesn't apply? Say, if Harry, with only this style, tries to shoot someone with a handgun? You can't exactly sweep a person's legs with a bullet.))

[_DivideByZero_]

((How about this for my style?))

The Sweeper

((Yup, it's pretty cliché for a janitor, but my character thrives upon things to lampshade.))

((I like it!))

Roll 21 - Matryoshka Dept. of Storage

"Well, as long as they're friendly and not too violent, I guess. I'm gonna go repair that lousy pipe now."

Head back to where that leak was found and attempt to seal the pipe back together, or at least patch it up for now.

You walk back to the leak, and examine the situation. Vex had apparently tried to fix the pipe himself, but the floor collapsed on him as well. That explains why he was wet. The leak appears fixed with nothing coming out. However, two full sections of the floor are now in the water, making this hall particularly difficult to cross. You take note of the rooms further down the hall... a 'Planetarium', a custodial closet, two unmarked rooms, and a room labelled 'Oxygen.'

Hide around the airlock.

You take up a position behind the airlock. If the pirates turn around, they will surely see you, but for now they won't.

Look for anything valuable and hide it! With my mad skills.

-"When we're done with this I'm outfitting this ship with smuggling compartments."

[6] You discover that some of the containers are, in fact, slightly smaller than others. You realize the potential for some fun here.

Placing container inside container, you are able to stack up to ten inside the other, placing single items inside each. In opening the container, you sum up the contents of the cargo bay:

-Small boxes wrapped in tape. They are labelled by what is inside, such as cutlery, radios, power tools, light bulbs, clothes, and batteries, to name a few.
-Large boxes containing spare appliances. These include driers, small freezers, washing machines, and ovens.
-Space probe modules wrapped in reflective foil. You peek inside one and find a large sensor boom inside.

Nothing valuable to speak of. However, if you can hide and watch, it'll be good for a laugh--

It turns out you've been busy for a little too long. Without the warning that sound normally gives you, the two pirates seem to have entered the room already, although you are currently far enough back behind some crates that they might not have seen you, yet.

Try to get comms up with the boarding pirates. If successful, speak to them: "Welcome on board the Anaxagoras. I'd heavily recommend you keep your weapons holstered or I will take it as a sign of hostile intention and react accordingly."

"Oh, um... here I've got the recording. Let me play it back to them...

I'll set them up the comms."

*heavy breathing*

Navajo: We're in the cargo bay. Cap, you hear this?
Zapotec: Hey, I hear static...

*Message Playback*

Navajo: Alright alright. We'll just look around. Care to give us any pointers?
Zapotec: How do I open these crates...


Characters

Spoiler: Varee, AKA Vex (click to show/hide)

Attributes:
1
0
1
3
Traits:
Nearsighted (No bonuses from attributes, traits, styles, and statuses when not wearing glasses.)
Fragile (-1 to injury recovery rolls.)
Space Engineer (+1 to ship/station maintainence and construction.)
Starship Pilot (+1 starship agility.)
Acrobat(+1 agility while airborne.)
Athletic(+1 agility.)
Rescue Operations (+2 to helping people from falls and accidents)
Inventory:
Glasses
Radio Communicator
Basic Toolkit (Can be used to repair electronics and piping)
Miniquests:
Fast Reflexes (Respond to danger: 2/3)
Immunity (Have injuries treated: 1/2)
Exterminator (Kill pests: 1/3)
Statuses:

Spoiler: Samarkand, AKA Sophie Nous (click to show/hide)

Attributes:
1
2
3
1
Traits:
PTSD (When surrounded by 3 or more enemies, roll a dice. If the result is 1, gain a -1 penalty for a number of turns equal to the number of attackers.)
Alcoholic (Gain a stacking penalty without alcohol, starting at -1 at 5 turns and increasing to -3 at 15 turns. Drinking is a major action.)
Decadence (+2 to all actions for 5 turns after drinking)
Kleptomaniac (+1 to stealing small objects. -1 to all other actions if you are able to.)
Vegetarian (-1 to eating meat. +1 to eating vegetables.)
Artistic Intent (+1 to identifying the purpose of objects. DYNAMIC TRAIT: Rolling a 5 increases the bonus.)
Inventory:
Radio Communicator
Basic Toolkit (Can be used to repair electronics and piping)
Glass Bottle Top
 - With stealth holster
Stored Items:
Long Grabber
Miniquests:
Craftsmanship (Create items without 3d printer: 1/3)
Statuses:
Dependence (-1 to all actions starting turn 24.)
Dedcadence (+2 to all actions until turn 24)

Spoiler: IcyTea31, AKA Harry Shine (click to show/hide)

Attributes:
1
1
3
0
Styles:
The Sweeper [1]
Traits:
Ignorant (-1 to actions requring extensive training.)
Butterfly of DOOM! (Getting a 2, 3, or 4 gives you a -1 penalty for a random roll in the future.)
Almighty Janitor (Gain access to secret info about people, specifically the blackmailable kind.)
Hitchhiker (Your life seems to be narrated.)
Existential Crisis(You can force people to consider the meaning of their existence for a turn, temporarily stunning them.)
Inventory:
Radio Communicator
Basic Toolkit (Can be used to repair electronics and piping)
Disinfectant Wipes (x30)
SpacePen™
Scotch
Miniquests:
Resourceful (Perform actions unconventionally: 1/3)
Plot Shielding (1/3 5's rolled)
Statuses:
Ominous Butterfly [2] (Gives a -1 to a random action)

Spoiler: Alev, AKA Philbert Russel (click to show/hide)

Attributes:
1
2
1
1
Traits:
Jumpy (After being startled, gain a -1 penalty for your next action.)
Fat (-1 agility.)
Cook (+1 to preparing food and identifying common spices.)
Security Guard (+1 to counter-agression and capturing opponents in flight.)
Detective (+1 to finding missing things.)
Connoisseur (Gain +1 to all actions for three turns after tasting a new food.)
Inventory:
Radio Communicator
Whacking Stick
2x Sulfuric Acid Can
1x Hydrochloric Acid Can
Lead Dioxide
3D-Printed Seax
Miniquests:

Spoiler: DarkArtemisFowl, AKA Katelyn Materos (click to show/hide)

Attributes:
0
0
2
2
Traits:
Eagle Eye (+1 perception. Effect is lost while not wearing glasses.)
Weak (-1 Force during physical actions)
Structural/Mechanical Engineer (+1 to structure/machine maintainence and construction.)
Visionary (Each time you roll below a 4, gain one point. At 6 points, you may spend all points to roll an automatic 5 (regardless of modifiers) on your next Wisdom-related action.)
Inventory:
Basic Toolkit (Can be used to repair electronics and piping)
Square-Framed Glasses
Short-circuited Radio Communicator
Extended Hook
Miniquests:
Scrupulous (Find small/hidden objects: 1/3)
Direct Approach (Forcibly acquire items: 1/2)
Statuses:
Exhausted (-1 to physical activity)
Vision [7/6]

Bridge Modules Installed:
-Dashboard
-Systems Panel
-Navigation Board
-Sensor Control
-Damage Report

Spoiler: Ship Dashboard (click to show/hide)

Current Transponder Setting:
Anaxagoras
Independent Colonial Vessel

Primary Systems

Fuel
Fuel Supply:
-Hydrogen: 90,000 tonnes
-Hex: 3,000 kg
Drive
Propellant Usage: 50 tonne/sec
Hex Usage: 1.5 kg/sec
Current Mass/Dry Mass: 150,000 / 60,000 tonnes
DeltaV Capacity: 45800 m/s
Reactor
Output (min/current/max): 1MW / 1MW / 1GW
Current Fuel Usage: 25 kg/yr
Fuel Time Remaining: 120 yr

Secondary Systems

Habitability:
Oxygen Pressure: 21 kPa (SAFE)
Cabin Temperature: 21°C
Crew
Current Reserve: 10,000 crew (250 supplies/yr)
Currently Active: 7 crew (7 supplies/yr)
Supplies
Total Supplies: 8,900 tonnes
Recycling Pool: 100 tonnes
Total Spare Parts: 1,000 tonnes
Supply Use:
+ 170 tonne/yr (hydroponics)
- 257 tonne/yr (crew)
y Use:
- 1 tonne/yr (maintenance)
Supply Time Remaining: ~102.3 yr

Spoiler: Systems Panel (click to show/hide)

Current Warning Status: Status Quo


Bulkhead Controls: OPERATIONAL

Atmosphere Pumps: OPERATIONAL

Surveillance: OPERATIONAL

Airlocks: OPERATIONAL

Power Controls: OPERATIONAL


Weapons Systems: PARTIALLY ARMED

Armament:
-Dinyo Gauss Rifle [Type: Kinetic] (Online) (Setting: Point Defense)
-Dinyo Gauss Rifle [Type: Kinetic] (Online) (Setting: Point Defense)
-Dinyo Gauss Rifle [Type: Kinetic] (Online) (Setting: Point Defense)
-Hamaar Industries Railgun [Type: Kinetic] (Offline)
-Anthropos Militarum M-1A Casaba Howitzer [Type: Nuclear Shaped Charge] (Locked--Enter Credentials)

Spoiler: Navigation Table (click to show/hide)

Current Location: Ares IV (desynchronized with moon)

Destinations: Travel DeltaV Cost in m/s (+amount needed to land) [+Travel time (months)]
-Ares I: 4,000 (+2,300) [5m]
-Ares II: 2,700 (+1,700) [5m]
-Ares III: 1,200 (+1,700) [7m]
-Ares IV: n/a
-Low Ares Orbit: 27,500 [4m] <Can save 24,000 m/s by aerobraking>

Spoiler: Sensor Control (click to show/hide)

Current Sensor Power: 20
+20 from base

Curent Available Tasks:
-Take visual readings of the planet's moons (0/3) +1
-Take atmospheric readings of the planet's moons (0/3) +1
-Scan Omicron Illiad 676 a (0/15) (required for travel to target) +5
-Scan Omicron Illiad 676 b (0/12) (required for travel to target) +4
-Scan Omicron Illiad 676 c (0/9) (required for travel to target) +3
-Scan Omicron Illiad 676 d (0/6) (required for travel to target) +2
-Proximity Scanners(-/-) (detects nearby objects in the same gravity well) +2
-Long-Range Scanners (-/-) (detects objects in the outer system) +2

Spoiler: Damage Report (click to show/hide)

Damage Report:
Primary Sensor Boom - Healthy
Impact Shield - Healthy
GravRing A - Healthy
 - Crew Cabin - Healthy
 - Hydroponics - Healthy
 - Sensors - Healthy
 - Elevator - Healthy
 - Life Systems Radiator - Healthy
GravRing B - Healthy
 - Crew Cabin - Healthy
 - Manufacturing - Healthy
 - Equipment Storage - Healthy
 - Laboratory - Healthy
 - Sensors - Healthy
 - Elevator - Healthy
 - Life Systems Radiator - Healthy
GravRing C - Healthy
 - Crew Cabin - Healthy
 - Bridge - Healthy
 - Sensors - Healthy
 - Elevator - Healthy
 - Life Systems Radiator - Healthy
Life Support Bay - Healthy
 - Cryonics Bay - Healthy
 - Water Treatment - Healthy
 - Atmosphere Control - Healthy
 - Life Systems Radiator - Healthy
Cargo - Healthy
Hangars - Healthy
Power Conduit - Healthy

Main Structural Pylon - Healthy

Power Conduit - Healthy
Radiation Shield - Healthy
Hazardous Materials Storage - Healthy
Propellant Tanks - Healthy
Reactor Core - Healthy
Drive Radiator Assembly - Healthy
 - Radiator Fin A - Healthy
 - Radiator Fin B - Healthy
 - Radiator Fin C - Healthy
 - Radiator Fin D - Healthy
Drive - Healthy

[Samarkand]

Hide and enjoy! Look them over for anything I can steal easily.

((My style will be Silent but Deadly. Priority is on staying unseen and unheard, secondary objective is quick kills.))

[Playergamer]

((I decided to edit out my combat trait, then, if you're okay with that.))

[DarkArtemisFowl]

Try to search around the ship for some Engineering supplies and see if that will contain any materials. I'm not jumping across that gap, unless my life depends on it.

[_DivideByZero_]

Check the custodial closet for any materials I can use to patch up or completely replace the floor tiles. If there are none, try to search around the ship for some Engineering supplies and see if that will contain any materials.

The custodial closet is across the hall and cannot be accessed without fixing the floor--unless you want to jump, of course.

[DarkArtemisFowl]

The custodial closet is across the hall and cannot be accessed without fixing the floor--unless you want to jump, of course.

Modified action.

[Varee]

Vex get on the radio and start talking with the other ship
R:-" Hey you who the hell are you and what do you want. Better leave us alone as i dont want to ram this thing into you to get you to leave!"
He also figure out a way to tuen the railgun online

[_DivideByZero_]

((I decided to edit out my combat trait, then, if you're okay with that.))

Perfect!
[6] Being a soldier, you managed to sneak in a weapon aboard the ship, just in case you ever need it.

Spoiler: Playergamer, AKA Jim Leifsson (click to show/hide)

Attributes:
1
3
0
1
Traits:
Well-Studied (+2 to training the ship's crew. Additionally, gain additional information on thawed crew occasionally.)
Tactician (When you make the first strike against the target, gain +3 to all subsequent initiative rolls involving them. Nearby allies in the fight gain +1 instead.)
Bound by Law (-2 to damage rolls against fleeing, unarmed, or non-hostile targets.)
Expendable (+1 to damage rolls against you)
Inventory:
Radio Communicator
Toolkit
Rusty 9mm Pistol (Damage: 1d6. Also, roll a d3 when attacking. The result is subtracted from your damage roll. Less than 1 results in the weapon jamming.)
Miniquests:

Do you wish to enter the game ASAP, or do you have tenuous access to that computer?