Appearance

Physical Description

He excels in balance and agility when it comes to zero gravity environments. Unfortunately, All his time spent time aboard star ships, space stations, and in EVA suits has left his muscles relatively atrophied.

Body Features

Has a mess of hair with a small shaved patch to the stern of his left ear to keep the cybernetic dataport there clean.

Facial Features

Youthful but serious

Physical quirks

Comes off as rude and aloof, but his heart’s in the right place.

Apparel & Accessories

Grey jacket that frames whatever odd tee shirt he happens to be wearing that week. Black, Vintage “USSS Herman Cain” Cap.

Mentality

Personal history

Galactic: born on a space station, has rarely been to planatary space.

Education

Starfarer: Attended Tannhouser Gate Pilots Academy majoring in navigation and cold space operations.
 
Explorer: apprenticed aboard the exploratory research vessel the KMCS Lazlo Hollyfeld as a navigators assistant and did general repair and EVA work

Employment

Freelance Salvage Monkey

Accomplishments & Achievements

“Golden Saturn” second highest accreditation for space navigators; “Nebula Badge” with a chevron and three bars indicating the highest level of skill available through apprenticeship and university training in deep space operation.

Mental Trauma

Has never gone planetside. Will be very nervous and uncertain if he ever has to do so.

Morality & Philosophy

Protective of machinery and AIs. Doesn’t understand why there should be a difference between animals and machines.

person.sexuality

Withdrawn

person.gender_identity

Probably hasn’t confronted this question yet.

Taboos

Cannot tolerate the mistreatment of artificial life forms.

Known Languages

Galactic common.

Personality

Motivation

Uses his salvage business as a means to rescue abandoned shipboard AIs on lost vessels and return them to the network.

Savvies & Ineptitudes

• Has a lot of Spirit, Gives 110% (Mettle +2)
• Atrophied from prolonged time in zero G (Physique 0)
• Not a great people person, gets lost in his work, prefers ships to humans (Influence -1)
• Knows his tools, forced to be self sufficient in deep space (Expertise +1)
• Trained in navigation, superior knowledge of AI interaction, Prefers ships to humans (Interface +1)

Likes & Dislikes

Loves machinery and tech especially devices, ships, and tool pertaining to dark space exploration and salvage. Will talk ones ear off about them.

Virtues & Personality perks

Navigation
When you plan a long voyage, choose 1. The voyage will be:
• Fast - You know a shortcut.
• Safe - Choose a faction to avoid.
• Pleasant - +2 to Cramped Quarters.
• Profitable - If you deliver the passengers who are asking for passage.
 
Boldly Go
When leading an expedition into the unknown, Roll+Mettle.
On a 10+, choose 1.
On a 7-9, the GM will choose 1.
You encounter...
• something potentially profitable
• something currently useful
• something uniquely awesome
 
Weightless
Ignore the Clumsy trait and/or movement restrictions inflicted by micro-gravity, low-gravity, freefall, climbing and jump jets. A successful (10+) Move while in those situations lets you describe a moment of exceptional acrobatic grace.
 
Custom Flyer
You own a custom-designed Class 3 shuttle or speeder vehicle. If that vehicle is ever lost, you can spend an extended period of time claiming a new vehicle as your Custom Vehicle, adding an extra upgrade to it.

Personality Quirks

all characters mark xp the first time?
...A piloting maneuver causes a reversal.

Hygiene

keeps about as clean as one can onboard a small, long-distance vessel. Never bothers to do much with his hair.

Social

Current Residence

The John Wayne Galt

Contacts & Relations

Mostly AIs that he has gained friendship and mutual respect of.

Honorary & Occupational Titles

“The Cold Man” Title bestowed on him by his Dreadstar VLARP (virtual live action role playing) group. When he is in nearspace and can connect to the network, he plays in a group consisting of several AIs he’s met over the years. Theynall enjoy recreating different versions of the Metamorphosis Odyssey series and are up to iteration 7 with Chip as Vanth.

Wealth & Financial state

• Black Vintage “USSS Herman Cain” Cap (Class 0 Attire)
• Atlas Neurometrc Division Biolox NAI 9 Direct Cranial Output Data Connector Optimized for Brain-Starship AI Throughput can physically attach himself to Starships, allowing a direct neural interaction. (Class 1 mod)
• Marlin ZG .17HMR Mk3 Perforator Pistol - one handed, ranged weapon, near/close, stabilized for zero G (Class 1 firearm)
• New Nairobi Ripper Works EVA-VI “Salvage-Master” - sealed spacesuit with jump jets (Class 2 attire)
• Husqvarna Koltrast (blackbird) Oberon Class Solar-Scale cargo shuttle modified with a Huebsch-Berlinger SVC-3300 ultrastabilized ion-condenser multidirectional plasma-dynamo rocket suite sealed, agile, transport shuttle (Class 3 vehicle)
 
• Launchpad: Aircraft/shuttle hangar with wide bay doors, launchpads for shuttles and speeders. Allows the John Wayne Galt to carry 2 additional flyers, with airlock-enabled tracks to launch the vehicles while in flight.

Family Ties

Writes his mother once a week. Had a good relationship with his father before he passed of a heart condition while deployed.

Religious Views

In love with the rush of getting in his EVA and floating out into the big dark. “It’s like that moment when you are trying to go to sleep and suddenly feel like you are falling, but it never ends. After awhile, you make yourself go blank and enjoy the enormity of it all, but you never, ever, get used to it.”

Social Aptitude

His odd nature is endearing for the few that take the time to get to know him, but he has difficulty returning affection.