A New Can of Worms

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==Background Information==
==Background Information==
===History===
===History===
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Pale is a new old planet.  It had been fairly well colonized for its mineral resources prior to the Great Sathar War that lead to the founding of the UPF.  However, when the sathar attacked, they obliterated every city on the planet with the exception of Point True, the capitol which they captured and were in the process of exporting the inhabitants when they were driven off.
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As part of their invasion, the sathar seeded the biosphere around the planet with a number of their bio-constructs and attack monsters including [[Slither|slithers]], [[Quickdeath|quickdeaths]], and [[Cybodragon|cybodragons]] among others.  Some of these creatures still survive to this day although there are bounties for the elimination of these creatures.
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==Characters==
==Characters==
===Character Generation===
===Character Generation===
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Please use the following rules for generating your character:
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Character generation will occur during our "session 0".  Please use the following rules for generating your character:
# Follow standard Alpha Dawn character generation to determine their starting characteristics
# Follow standard Alpha Dawn character generation to determine their starting characteristics
# Characters may be from any of the four races from the Alpha Dawn rules or the Ifshnit, Humma, or Osakar from the Zebulon's Guide to Frontier Space suppliment.  Characters from the Zeb's Guide races need to detail in their background how and why they are on Pale as there is still only very limited contact between the Rim and the Frontier at the time of the start of this campaign.
# Characters may be from any of the four races from the Alpha Dawn rules or the Ifshnit, Humma, or Osakar from the Zebulon's Guide to Frontier Space suppliment.  Characters from the Zeb's Guide races need to detail in their background how and why they are on Pale as there is still only very limited contact between the Rim and the Frontier at the time of the start of this campaign.
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# Instead of the standard skill AD/KH skill system we will be using the skill system from the [[A Skilled Frontier]] article in the [[Star Frontiersman]].  This system will be modified slightly as described in the [[A New Can of Worms#Skills | Skills section of the House Rules]] below.
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# Instead of the standard skill AD/KH skill system we will be using the skill system from the [[A Skilled Frontier]] article in the [[Star Frontiersman]].  This system will be modified slightly as described in the [[A_New_Can_of_Worms#Skills | Skills section of the House Rules]] below.
# Note that initial parts of this game will be almost completely ground based so skills related to spacecraft will not see much use.  You may want to have that as part of your character concept but they may lie dormant for a while during play.
# Note that initial parts of this game will be almost completely ground based so skills related to spacecraft will not see much use.  You may want to have that as part of your character concept but they may lie dormant for a while during play.
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# All characters will start with a toolkit or weapon relevant to their primary skill in their PSA, a standard equipment pack, plus d100+50 cr to spend on other equipment as they would like subject to limitations in the [[A_Pale_Beginning#Equipment | Equipment House Rules]] below.  They also start with a Streel uniform that is the equivalent of a civilian skiensuit.
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# All characters will start with a toolkit or weapon relevant to their primary skill in their PSA, a standard equipment pack, plus d100+50 cr to spend on other equipment as they would like subject to limitations in the [[A_New_Can_of_WormsEquipment | Equipment House Rules]] below.  They also start with a Streel uniform that is the equivalent of a civilian skiensuit.
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# All character should provide a background write-up of their history before joining Streel.  Remember when writing these backgrounds up that your character is fairly young with limited experience. Bonus starting XP will be given for the following:
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# All character should provide a background write-up of their history before joining Streel.  Remember when writing these backgrounds up that your character is fairly young with limited experience. Bonus starting XP will be given for the items in the following list.  Completing them all provides enough XP for one or two new skills or boosting your PSA skill to level 2 at the beginning of play.  NPC's provided as part of the background become part of the setting and will be woven into the game as appropriate.
#* 2XP - Basic background write-up
#* 2XP - Basic background write-up
#* 1XP - Providing a drawing or picture to represent the character
#* 1XP - Providing a drawing or picture to represent the character
#* 1XP - NPC contact on Pale.  This could be family member, significant other, professional contact, etc.
#* 1XP - NPC contact on Pale.  This could be family member, significant other, professional contact, etc.
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#* 1XP - Connection to one or more of the other characters in the group.
#* 1XP - Description of the character's goals, dream, and/or aspirations - What does the character want to do with his/her/ids life?  What do they hope to achieve.
#* 1XP - Description of the character's goals, dream, and/or aspirations - What does the character want to do with his/her/ids life?  What do they hope to achieve.
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# The PCs are part of a team and should be built as such.  Streel would not have hired loner characters that don't work well with others.  Design your character's personality appropriately. 
===Player Characters===
===Player Characters===
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===Equipment===
===Equipment===
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Initially only equipment from the Alpha Dawn rules will be available in the game.  If you are interested in a different piece of equipment discuss it with the Referee.
==Tech Specs==
==Tech Specs==
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This section will be filled in as new mateiral is created for the game.
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===Equipment===
===Vehicles===
===Vehicles===
===Robots===
===Robots===

Revision as of 17:40, 7 September 2017

This game will be played on Roll20, recorded, and provided as an actual play podcast (Details as they are available)

The game is set on Pale in the Truane's Star system at the beginning of the Second Sathar War. Players begin as agents of the Streel Corporation assigned to investigate a murder at a mining facility. We'll see where things go from there.

Contents

Background Information

History

Pale is a new old planet. It had been fairly well colonized for its mineral resources prior to the Great Sathar War that lead to the founding of the UPF. However, when the sathar attacked, they obliterated every city on the planet with the exception of Point True, the capitol which they captured and were in the process of exporting the inhabitants when they were driven off.

As part of their invasion, the sathar seeded the biosphere around the planet with a number of their bio-constructs and attack monsters including slithers, quickdeaths, and cybodragons among others. Some of these creatures still survive to this day although there are bounties for the elimination of these creatures.


Pale Physical Information

Pale orbits it's primary, Truane's Star, in the outer portions of the star's habitable zone. This causes the average temperature on Pale to be fairly low resulting in fairly cold and severe winters and cool summers. Pale is also a slightly smaller world with a surface gravity of only 0.9 g.

In addition to the cool weather, Pale rotates very slowly on it's axis, completing one revolution every 55 standard hours. As such the local population has divided the day into four working time periods:

The extra hour is added in to either the Day-day or Night-day period depending on the season, the hour being added to the Day-day in the summer when the days are longer and the Night-day in the winter when the nights are longer.

Typical work periods are 10 hours long during the Day-day and Night-day periods although there are many graveyard and swing shift positions that run during other hours.

Characters

Character Generation

Character generation will occur during our "session 0". Please use the following rules for generating your character:

  1. Follow standard Alpha Dawn character generation to determine their starting characteristics
  2. Characters may be from any of the four races from the Alpha Dawn rules or the Ifshnit, Humma, or Osakar from the Zebulon's Guide to Frontier Space suppliment. Characters from the Zeb's Guide races need to detail in their background how and why they are on Pale as there is still only very limited contact between the Rim and the Frontier at the time of the start of this campaign.
  3. Instead of the standard skill AD/KH skill system we will be using the skill system from the A Skilled Frontier article in the Star Frontiersman. This system will be modified slightly as described in the Skills section of the House Rules below.
  4. Note that initial parts of this game will be almost completely ground based so skills related to spacecraft will not see much use. You may want to have that as part of your character concept but they may lie dormant for a while during play.
  5. All characters will start with a toolkit or weapon relevant to their primary skill in their PSA, a standard equipment pack, plus d100+50 cr to spend on other equipment as they would like subject to limitations in the Equipment House Rules below. They also start with a Streel uniform that is the equivalent of a civilian skiensuit.
  6. All character should provide a background write-up of their history before joining Streel. Remember when writing these backgrounds up that your character is fairly young with limited experience. Bonus starting XP will be given for the items in the following list. Completing them all provides enough XP for one or two new skills or boosting your PSA skill to level 2 at the beginning of play. NPC's provided as part of the background become part of the setting and will be woven into the game as appropriate.
    • 2XP - Basic background write-up
    • 1XP - Providing a drawing or picture to represent the character
    • 1XP - NPC contact on Pale. This could be family member, significant other, professional contact, etc.
    • 1XP - Connection to one or more of the other characters in the group.
    • 1XP - Description of the character's goals, dream, and/or aspirations - What does the character want to do with his/her/ids life? What do they hope to achieve.
  7. The PCs are part of a team and should be built as such. Streel would not have hired loner characters that don't work well with others. Design your character's personality appropriately.

Player Characters

Here are links to all the characters in the game:

To add yours, just edit this page and put your charcters name inside the brackets on the edit page, save the page and click on the link created. You can follow the template provided to create your page. The easiest way to do that is to go to the character template page, hit the edit button on top and copy the markup text out of the edit window and paste it into yours and modify for your character.

Non-Player Characters

Information on various NPC's can be found below:

House Rules

Here are various house rules that will apply to the game.

Skills

While we will be using the A Skilled Frontier skill system, the following modifications apply:

Equipment

Initially only equipment from the Alpha Dawn rules will be available in the game. If you are interested in a different piece of equipment discuss it with the Referee.

Tech Specs

This section will be filled in as new mateiral is created for the game.

Equipment

Vehicles

Robots