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[spümpkin]

Far off in the future, humanity has expanded beyond the Sol system. Alien life forms were encountered, sentient AI were built, and despite the occasional crazy, things are looking good for humanity. Equality reigns supreme, and so many planets have been colonised, using terraforming, that each 'country' (Earth has been left far behind) has a few to their name. However, the political giants: "The Chancellors", are still hungry for more. This is where you come in.

You have been selected as a group of explorers, to seek out and charter new planets, and discover what lies on them. If they are suitable to live on, you earn a healthy profit, but otherwise, you must terraform them, or convince the locals to leave, any means necessary. That is if you want to get paid. You can do as you wish if you do not want to get paid. Otherwise, there is plenty out there, for those who are willing to find it. Searching the stars has only rewarded humanity so far, so it can't be that bad, can it?

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Sex:
Species: (either Human, Robot, Yrasil, Sertani, or Ksura ((Check 'Info on Species")))

Stats: (Each stat starts with a base of 0, and each point added, adds to the roll score and how many points are needed to gain another additional bonus. (E.g. Strength:0 = No bonus, Strength:-1 = -1, Strength:-2 = -1, Strength:-3 = -2, Strength:1 = +1, Strength:2 = +1, Strength:3 = +2, and so on.) The bonuses are more for me to figure out, so putting them on the sheet is helpful, but not necessary. You start with 10 skill points to spend, and you can subtract from other skills to get more.)

Strength:0 (How strong you are, and your physical exertion capacity)

Intelligence:0 (How smart you are, and how far your mind can be pushed)

Agility:0 (How fast you are, and your capacity to run)

Dexterity:0(How coordinated you are, and your accuracy with both melee and ranged weapons)

Wisdom:0 (How much you know about the world, and your ability to reason with people)

Perception:0 (How good you are at seeing past the surface, and your ability to search)

Charisma:0 (How convincing you are, and your ability to speak to people)

Personal Information: (Backstory, personality description, and physical description.)
Profession: (This relates to your backstory, and determines your equipment and skills.)
Equipment: (This will be decided based on backstory and profession.)
Skills: (See Equipment.)

Faction: (See the Info on Species, and below post for available factions. This is a sort of teaming system, so choose wisely. You can always change mid-game if you wish.)

Spoiler: System (click to show/hide)

Dice:
For 90% of the game, I will be using a d20, for luck, accuracy, and other things. Weapons and armour will have their own sets of dice, and stat bonuses will be added to said dice.

Planetary Exploration:
Each planet explored will add to the current Bounty, and if you continue exploring planets without returning home, you will gain a bonus. This is if you choose to work with The Chancellors. Each planet will have its own environment, and you may have to send a terraforming drone out before landing, to make it survivable. Luckily, each ship comes equipped with a planetary sensor, capable of showing basic information of temperature and chemical make up. On planets, you will have to make camps if you plan on exploring for long amounts of time. Ship sensors can provide you with a basic map, but you must graph it yourself if you are to make a full profit.

Space Exploration:
While in space, you will remain in cryostasis (over long journeys), and will not be able to make discoveries. If, however, you are moving in-system, you will be able to make discoveries, and this can add to your overall profit by finding anomalies. These smaller journeys are also useful opportunities to learn more about your fellow crew members.

If you decide not to work for The Chancellors:
You can also collaborate with the other races, and discover planets for them, although they may not pay as much, and not everyone will want to join you. But, at the beginning of your service, you will be able to choose a faction to work with. Or, if you so desire, you could go rogue, or just help locals on each planet. It's a free galaxy.

More may appear later on, and any further questions can be asked below regarding mechanics.

Spoiler: Info on Species (click to show/hide)

Humans: Pretty basic sentient ape-descended life forms. Naturally frail, but can be genetically modified a lot. A widely (and sometimes begrudgingly) accepted race.
Robots: Sentient A.I., developed by almost all other species. Can gain modifications, and survive tough environments slightly longer, but cannot be genetically modified, and will be shunned by most local cultures.
Yrasils: Humanoid tree-like beings, who have an innate curiosity. They spend most of their lives roaming around the galaxy and have no homeworld or political leaders. They are slightly tougher than humans but are racially prejudiced against due to their lack of homeworld.
Sertani: Serpent-like sentient humanoids, they are basically big snakes with lizard limbs. They are a generally peaceful race, who live mostly to spread the word of their religion, which they follow devotedly, besides a few, who are outcast from society. The religion is secret to all outsiders, and one must join to find out more. They use this to their advantage, and generally are intriguing to local cultures, but they are quite frail.
Ksura: Humanoid felines, who are bent on dominating as much of the galaxy as possible. They are expert combatants, and while they do not have any particular hostilities towards any race, they are generally annoyed at humanity for conquering so much before them. They are very tough, but generally bad at reasoning.
Illiacs: A species that reveals itself to a chosen few. Non-playable.

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Here is a discord chat, for those of you who want to chat about this.

[spümpkin]

Factions:

The Chancellors [Human]:
No recruits so far.

The Warmongers [Ksura]:
No recruits so far.

The Church of Iereis [Sertani]:
No recruits so far.

The Adventurer's Republic [Yrasil]:
No recruits so far.

((Added faction slot to sheet.))

[Chevaleresse]

Spoiler: Space Mech Okuu (click to show/hide)

Name: Esfir Vasilyev
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Sex: Female
Species: Voron

Stats:

Strength: 4 (How strong you are, and your physical exertion capacity)
Intelligence: 6 (How smart you are, and how far your mind can be pushed)
Agility: 1 (How fast you are, and your capacity to run)
Dexterity: 3 (How coordinated you are, and your accuracy with both melee and ranged weapons)
Wisdom: -2 (How much you know about the world, and your ability to reason with people)
Perception: -1 (How good you are at seeing past the surface, and your ability to search)
Charisma: -1 (How convincing you are, and your ability to speak to people)

Personal Information: Esfir is a member of a race of raven-like humanoids from a highly volcanic planet. They have high body temperatures and large wings that allow them to take advantage of the thermals and geysers in their home environments, though they're a bit too heavy to actually achieve true flight without assistance. Still, they're a bit lighter and more fragile than humans due to their bone structure being adapted for flight. They're a relatively young race, having only recently reached the stars in the grand scheme of things, and as a species they seek to make their impression on the universe as a whole.

Esfir herself is . . . somewhat of a strange case. She's a genius when it comes to mechanics and has shown such for a long time, but is frightfully naive at times, and seems to have her mental capacity occupied at all times by thoughts and calculations relating to her machinery. She went to school for engineering (focused on shipbuilding and nuclear tech), and was going to be sent out as a representative of her race, when tragedy struck. She was caught in a machine and lost most of her right arm along with her right foot, and it was thought that her future spacefaring career had ended. Instead, it was taken as an opportunity to display the technical expertise of the Voron people. She was fitted with an advanced set of cybernetic prosthetics, powered by an experimental miniaturized fusion reactor. Her cybernetic arm has multiple attachments, including a hand for fine work, a less precise but stronger hand for general use, and an attachment that acts as both a welding torch and a potent energy cannon for self-defense.

Esfir is a somewhat tall, shapely woman whose most striking features are the pair of wings adorning her back and her cybernetic limbs, whose powerplant is mounted around her chest and back but usually hidden by layers of thick clothing - though the power for her prosthetics produces a fair amount of heat, it's not enough to keep her comfortably warm most of the time. She likes to wear green bottoms and white tops, sometimes with decorative patterns, and a large hair ribbon. Her hair is black and extends a fair distance past her shoulders, and her eyes are a dark red color.
Profession: Engineer
Equipment: (This will be decided based on backstory and profession.)
Skills: (See Equipment.)

Faction: Chancellors

[spümpkin]

Here is a discord chat, for those of you who want to chat about this.

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PTW

[piratejoe]

I assume its not possible to use any other race then.

[spümpkin]

You could suggest an idea, but whether or not I'll allow it depends.

And you can be any of the species under "Info on Species", the Faction is just who's side you're on.

[BlitzDungeoneer]

PTW

[piratejoe]

Name:Kir Mitokar
Age:97
Gender:Female
Sex:Female
Species:Kitsunarian

Stats: (Each stat starts with a base of 0, and each point added, adds to the roll score and how many points are needed to gain another additional bonus. (E.g. Strength:0 = No bonus, Strength:-1 = -1, Strength:-2 = -1, Strength:-3 = -2, Strength:1 = +1, Strength:2 = +1, Strength:3 = +2, and so on.) The bonuses are more for me to figure out, so putting them on the sheet is helpful, but not necessary.)

Strength:-1 (How strong you are, and your physical exertion capacity)

Intelligence:3 (How smart you are, and how far your mind can be pushed)

Agility:2 (How fast you are, and your capacity to run)

Dexterity:2(How coordinated you are, and your accuracy with both melee and ranged weapons)

Wisdom:3 (How much you know about the world, and your ability to reason with people)

Perception:1 (How good you are at seeing past the surface, and your ability to search)

Charisma:0 (How convincing you are, and your ability to speak to people)

Personal Information: Kir was born on Gensoria 97 years ago, she was always interested in understanding the many secrets the Quintet made in this universe and was always reading about all secrets that the servants of Kono had made as well as trying out the results. When she was of age she quickly applied to become a servant of Kono, after a few minor discovery's and twenty seven years opportunity was opened to join Mikar Vil a High Priest of Kono, though many decided not to take the opportunity as they didn't want to leave home however Kir was one of the very few who left home to go into the stars in the name of unlocking the Quintet's secrets. During her time with Mikar she worked mainly in operating the scanners and standing by to give any needed chemicals and tools during any experiments. After ten years the Servants of Kono who showed strong promise where brought to Vika where they went through the initiation to become Priests of Kono, after which she stayed with Mikar for thirty more years before being reassigned here.
Profession: Past Servant of Kono (Lab assistant) Present Priest of Kono (Scientist)
Equipment: (This will be decided based on backstory and profession.)
Skills: (See Equipment.)

Faction: Kitsunarian Star Confederacy.

[spümpkin]

Note to others: if you want to use a custom species like piratejoe, PM me with details first, and I'll check if they're ok. They won't become canon unless person with that species enters the game.

[Transcendant]

Spoiler: Somewhat more filled out workings of Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: X4 - 343Mark201ag (aka "X4")
Age: 14 Years 92 days, 2nd shift assembly product with 40 year warranty!
Gender: Non applicable?
Sex: Also non applicable?
Species: Robot

Stats: (Each stat starts with a base of 0, and each point added, adds to the roll score and how many points are needed to gain another additional bonus. (E.g. Strength:0 = No bonus, Strength:-1 = -1, Strength:-2 = -1, Strength:-3 = -2, Strength:1 = +1, Strength:2 = +1, Strength:3 = +2, and so on.) The bonuses are more for me to figure out, so putting them on the sheet is helpful, but not necessary. You start with 10 skill points to spend, and you can subtract from other skills to get more.)

Strength:-4 ( -3How strong you are, and your physical exertion capacity)

Intelligence:6 (+5 How smart you are, and how far your mind can be pushed)

Agility:3 (+2 How fast you are, and your capacity to run)

Dexterity:0( +0 How coordinated you are, and your accuracy with both melee and ranged weapons)

Wisdom:6 ( +5 How much you know about the world, and your ability to reason with people)

Perception:6 (+5 How good you are at seeing past the surface, and your ability to search)

Charisma:-7 (-6How convincing you are, and your ability to speak to people)

Personal Information:
Backstory: A Mark201ag model manufactured as an automated engineer and generalist(ag) to serve aboard ships while the crew is in cryosleep, X4 is a crew friendly robot. Designed for flexible functionality and specalizing in [X], [Y], and [Z]. X4 was assigned to the ship via protocol 23Ca0010 and quickly came aboard, seeking to be of use. It is eager to update its personnel files and assist the crew on their mission.

Personality Description: Logical to a fault, X4 does not understand organic motivations and can often be heard saying "but it is logical that..." when beings frequently disagree with X4's determinations.  It doesn't really bother X4 that organics don't seem to listen to it, though it points its optical sensors at them, fascinated at this unexplained phenomenon. Rather curious, X4's highly adaptive sensors and programming are often scanning and trying to determine the nature of things. X4 keeps its servos to the grindstone, focusing on and taking pride in highly organized work. X4 does not compute emotions and focuses on logic, taking disagreements in stride and suggesting computed solutions.

X4 is possibly immortal as long as it is not destroyed or its programming corrupted. This leads to several outcomes. First, X4's creators were fearful of creating a combat robot, so they didn't. X4 does not want destroyed and so generally avoids combat unless it computes the odds are quite safe for it. X4 is motivated by the directive to increase its functionality by improving and discovering new modules and functions. X4 attempts to be quite agreeable, and though it sometimes fails it does not do so on purpose.

Physical Description:
Not really designed for combat, X4's hardware is composed of 4 section. First is a protected cybernetic core module housing its central processor and self maintenance systems. Second are its 6 slender limbs (housing its grasping appendages / standing utilities) and tool adaptions. Third is X4s highly advanced sensor array. Fourth, is its internal power source and storage assembly.

Profession: Engineering bot. [This depends on what skills the GM thinks it should be programmed for]
Equipment: (This will be decided based on backstory and profession.)
Skills: Engineering

Faction: X4 is programmed to aid the crew in their mission generally and accomplish its tasks

Hi Question for the GM.

Generally, I want my character to provide mostly engineering / task assistance to help everybody in the game and make it easier. X4 is happy with that. Some questions:

A.) X4 is an engineer. What equipment and skills would it be designed to use to fill tasks. Ship systems engineering? computer science/hacking? Construction/tool/task? Are we going to be mining for minerals, building settlements, or manufacturing? (because I imagine X4 might have program skills for that). Also I guess some light exploration through its scanners etc. How can X4 be of most engineering help?
B.) Surviving? Fearful of designing a combat AI, X4's creators didn't. Maybe his tools could be weapons, but mostly not. Self repair? Hiding? Providing combat bonuses to others? Just wondering how the bot would deal with combat.
C.) Abilities. I know modules are found, but it goes to equipment kinda. Do robots use standard equipment and tools or are they built in? I'm just trying to fit in as best can be done.

I imagine X4 staying operational during the crew's stasis, maintaining the ship faithfully, helping construct camps / explore and building things / scanning / being a great support character.

Sounds fun.

[spümpkin]

That sounds good, but for modifications, you'll have opportunities to gain them throughout the game. And there's a lot of modifications, but you have to go to different places to find different ones.

[Chevaleresse]

Would a race of raven people be fine?

[Sosoku234]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Alikvun Gor Freschtni (Alik for short)
Age: 316 Earth Years
Gender: Male
Sex: Male
Species: Yrasil

Stats: (Each stat starts with a base of 0, and each point added, adds to the roll score and how many points are needed to gain another additional bonus. (E.g. Strength:0 = No bonus, Strength:-1 = -1, Strength:-2 = -1, Strength:-3 = -2, Strength:1 = +1, Strength:2 = +1, Strength:3 = +2, and so on.) The bonuses are more for me to figure out, so putting them on the sheet is helpful, but not necessary. You start with 10 skill points to spend, and you can subtract from other skills to get more.)

Strength: +6 ((+5 bonus)) (How strong you are, and your physical exertion capacity)

Intelligence: 0 ((+0 bonus)) (How smart you are, and how far your mind can be pushed)

Agility: +6 ((+5 bonus))(How fast you are, and your capacity to run)

Dexterity: -2 ((-1 bonus))(How coordinated you are, and your accuracy with both melee and ranged weapons)

Wisdom: -2 ((-1 bonus))(How much you know about the world, and your ability to reason with people)

Perception: +5 ((+4 bonus))(How good you are at seeing past the surface, and your ability to search)

Charisma:-3 ((-2 bonus))(How convincing you are, and your ability to speak to people)

Personal Information: ((I'm trying not to make a Groot Expy))He's 7'8”. His skin is some more or less solid sheets of bark. His eyes are masked with reflective sunglasses. His vocabulary is quite limited. As personality goes, he's a very devoted and wondering tree. He will recklessly defend his friends. He finds the factions a bit ridiculous.

Alikvun started his life like most Yrasils; with a seed in the ground. His family is a mystery, having planted him and left. He was raised form an early age on a human ship and learned the basics of human behavior, but he never got the nuances of talking to others. Being mostly a plant, he wasn't allowed to cook, or be anywhere near fire of any kind. As the years passed, he wanted to go outside and explore more than anything else. He begged the captain to let him go on his own. After months of constant begging, Alik was released to find his own path.

   Having little to no skills in any craft besides underwater basket weaving and operating a microwave oven, he set out to learn how to guide people through the wilds, explore uncharted areas, and be a generally nice guy.(Backstory, personality description, and physical description.)

Profession: Navigator/Sherpa(This relates to your backstory, and determines your equipment and skills.)

Equipment: (This will be decided based on backstory and profession.)

Skills: (See Equipment.)

Faction: None.(See the Info on Species, and below post for available factions. This is a sort of teaming system, so choose wisely. You can always change mid-game if you wish.)

[Transcendant]

I accidentally hit modify instead of quote. Please see last post above this one from me.