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|style="background: navy; color: white;" colspan="4" align="center"| '''Vrusk Smuggler'''
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|'''STR/STA ''' ||45/45 ||'''PS'''|| +3
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|'''DEX/RS'''|| 50/50 ||'''IM'''|| +5
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|'''INT/LOG'''|| 55/55 ||'''Ranged'''|| 25
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||'''PER/LDR'''|| 50/50 ||'''Melee'''|| 25
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|style="background: #eeeeee;" colspan="4"|'''Special Abilities:'''<br/>
''Ambidexterity, Comprehension 15%''
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|colspan="4"|'''Skills:''' ''(Biosocial PSA)'' <br />
''Psychosocial 1, Technician1''
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|style="background: #eeeeee;" colspan="4"|'''Equipment:'''<br />
''Techkit, 322 Credits for bribing and purchases.''
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People sometimes need to have things imported or
delivered that run a bit on the wrong side of the law.
That's where you come in. Your skills allow you to
bypass security both living and electronic, letting
you make your money with less risk than others in
your line of work.

==Character Concepts==
The starting Vrusk Smuggler has no gear other than
the Techkit all characters skilled in Technician
receive. You need money to do your trade... lots of
money. Now if you can only keep away from those
gambling tables long enough to actually do your job!
Hey... I wonder how much you could get for this
Techkit on the black market?

===The Courier===
There you were, talking to a casual work
acquaintance about how he affords all those nice
hovercycles he collects. He tells you all he does is
travel around the Frontier and tote about a carry-on
bag or two, racking up those frequent spaceliner
miles. After traveling to a new location, he lives the
high life in fine hotels then picks up another bag and
comes home. Those really were nice hovercycles.

The next thing you knew, you were on the
chronocom talking to some guy you only know of as
Tog (which you’re pretty sure means “voice” in
Yazirian) and arranging a pickup and drop-off point.
Sure, you have to front the cash for the starliner
and hotel, but you’re promised 250 Credits when
you get back. All you have to do is get past a few
security scanners and customs agents... should be
no problem for a Vrusk like you!

===The Dealer===
You have a thing for art. You don’t care what kind,
but you understand it. You don’t appreciate it like
the connoisseurs with all the fat bank accounts, but
you do understand it.

So some thug comes up to you on the street with
his silly “Psssst.... wanna buy a watch?” approach,
and there you see it: a diamond in the rough. An
antique chronex. You smile and shell out 20 Credits
so the yazirian goon can get his next fix.

The next thing you know, you’re seated in front of a
wealthy collector, knowing right where the exit is if
things go wrong. He’s offering 200 Credits, but you
know people almost as well as you know art. You
notice the opened crate of gallo-fur coats in the
corner and smile, knowing a place where you could
sell that for a fortune. “I’ll tell you what, since I like
you, I’ll sell you the chronex for 200 if you throw in
a crate of the gallo-fur coats. My mom likes coats.”

You’re pretty sure that contact who likes the gallofur
has some Dralasite vapor drugs he’s been trying
to get rid of...

You live your life buying contraband from couriers
and thieves, selling it to those who know what to do
with it. Your morality doesn’t limit you: if you sell a
crate of laser rifles to a dictator, that’s just
business. You’ll take your fistful of Credits and walk
past his rival warlord sitting in the chair tied up and
gagged, never to say a word to anyone. Its a
dangerous life you’ve chosen, but it’s one with a lot
of profit.

===The Kidnapper===
When your grandfather was alive, it was his
business. He helped refugees on Gollywog escape
the Blue Plague when the planet was under
quarantine. His heart was in the right place, but he
may have been partially responsible for that
plague’s widespread effect.

Now the business has passed on to your father, and
you work for him. You are a smuggler of a different
type – one who specializes in the smuggling of
people. You help create false identities for the
people you smuggle, or talk your way through
customs and immigration with a smooth tongue and
a handful of credits.

Recently, you were sent on a mission from your
father to grab a target and “escort” her to Kraatar.
But when you arrived with your unwilling traveling
companion, you found that she was being sold into
slavery. You drew the line, fled, and now your
father is furious with you for ruining the reputation
of the family business...

===The Reluctant Hero===
All you wanted was an easy couple hundred credits.
You owed a gambling debt to some very powerful
people, and couldn’t stay in one place too long. So
when the young mysterious man approached you
asking for some aid getting to Yast in the Athor
system, you immediately gave him a price. To your
surprise, he offered double what you asked, adding
that there could be no questions asked. You added
up all the expected expenses in your mind and knew
it would be profitable enough to pay off that
gambling debt at last!

So you called in some favors, greased a few palms,
and got you and your new friend passage on a
mining vessel that happened to be going that way.
All should have been easy...

Then came the UPF ships. Not the scouts and
fighters, but a Frigate of considerable armament.
The captain of the ship wanted to turn you both over
to avoid entanglements, but you looked at the
young man’s fear and somehow knew he
desperately needed to get to Yast, no questions
asked. You sigh... a deal’s a deal.

“Head over to those asteroids, Captain, I’ll go below
and see what I can do to get more out of these
engines. I’ll double what you asked for our
passage.”

You try to live your life as a selfish gambler, but
your intentions always get marred by your big heart.
You try not to get involved, but inevitably become
the center of adventure and intrigue. You’re a
rogue, a scoundrel, and a damned good oracard
player... and unfortunately a reluctant hero.

==Development==
===Developing Abilities===
Work on increasing that Personality score. You’re
not a warrior, you need to be able to talk your way
out of trouble as much as possible. When the
bullets and blasters start firing, you want to make
sure you’re on the winning side. Making friends is
important to you, and making enemies is just bad
business sense.

COMPREHENSION!!! Get this score up quickly, as it
helps you get the low-down on what’s really going
on during a business deal.

===Developing Skills===
Increasing your Psychosocial skill will help you be
able to talk your way past trouble. Increasing your
Technician skill will help you with all the technical
requirements of smuggling: security scanners,
creating smuggling compartments on ground
vehicles, and defeating security systems. Taking
some skill in Computers will help you with the
establishment of multiple identities, for yourself or
for those people you wish to smuggle.

And don’t forget about getting some skill in a
weapon or two. It’s one thing to sell a crate of
gyrojet pistols. It’s another thing to pick one up and
shoot an enemy. To be an effective smuggler,
sometimes you’ll need to be good at both of those
things.

===Equipment===
Don’t go too crazy and buy up all sorts of military
equipment, though a concealed weapon or two
never hurt. Make sure you keep Credits on you at
all times. Your character probably feels less than
comfortable about banks or other forms of
investment. You want your Credits the old
fashioned way: in your hand or in your pocket. You
never know when there will be a guard to bribe or a
vehicle to rent. Getting things from point A to point
B isn’t as easy as walking a straight line; it takes
savvy. And savvy takes Credits. Fortunately, you
have both.

Since you’re not a combat monster yourself, it might
be a good idea once finances allow for you to get
some hired muscle. Credits will buy loyalty, and
loyalty will mean protection. A couple of guys
standing behind you with automatic rifles can
sometimes help convince someone of just about
anything.

When you can really afford it, get a combat robot to
be your bodyguard. It costs more, but robots can
be made to do amazing things in the modern
Frontier.

==Edges and Flaws==
Here are some suggestions for some edges and
flaws, for those characters in games using these
optional rules:

===Edge: Friends in High Places===
You know people who know people. Invoke this to
get out of trouble at the right moment... or to get
some information or a price off your head. Or use it
to get some Credits by calling in a favor.

===Flaw: Gambling Debt===
You owe someone money. Not just anyone, but a
guy who has the means to get it back. You’ll
occasionally run into thugs in the employ of your
debtor, and they might want to hurt you. The
referee invokes this flaw in order to force
involvement from the powerful figure to which you
owe the debt.

<div style="float:right; border:thin solid black; background: #eeeeee;">
Thanks to AesirRaven for the suggestions and effort,
and for coming up with the stats for both the
Dralasite Martial Artist and the Vrusk Smuggler.</div>

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Terl obar at 19:57, 10 March 2010

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