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Re: Introductory Game - The Artifact

PostPosted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 1:06 am
by Rotku
Couple of questions. Hitpoints - are they based on the initial attribute rolls or the modified ones after limitations and careers are applied?

Untrained skills? Usable?

Re: Introductory Game - The Artifact

PostPosted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 1:10 am
by Chainsaw Aardvark
I did not roll on the bonus tables yet, and somehow missed the list of automatic skills. However, I did account for the 10 entries at +10 (Though two I chose - 1st aid and radio are apparently supposed to be present anyway. I presume the +10 can't be stacked to raise starting skills.) An amended version will be worked out in the morning.

As to the commentaries, I'll put them in the 1km1kt general forum since I think everyone could learn from the discussion about skill lists.

Re: Introductory Game - The Artifact

PostPosted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:51 am
by Onix

Re: Introductory Game - The Artifact

PostPosted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:30 am
by misterecho
Name: Edward Bouchet
CO: Field Scientist
Rank: Warrant Officer
Attitude: Heroic, will disregard personal safety in order to help others.

Attributes
CON 50
STR 40
AGI 30
REF 35
DEX 40
BTY 20
CHA 50
INT 15
IQ 90
PSY 10
HP 15

Equipment
Standard Issue: 9mm Pistol, 9mm Ammunition (5 clips of 10), Knife, Five (5) ASO
Uniforms, ASO P.R.T.R.S.D. (Personal Radio Transmitter/Receiver Scrambler/Descrambler),
ASO Light Armor, Binoculars, Night vision goggles, Vac-suit, Bio-Sample Containment Unit, Haz-mat Containment Unit, Portable Smart-Microscope and protective case, Diagnostic Computer, surgical tools, MiniDVD Player/Recorder, Digital camera w/low light, Disposable Surgical gloves (300), Geiger Counter, Flashlight, Portable Electrospectigraph

Clearance Upon Assignment: P.E.T., Access to appropriate ASO files and labs.

Skills: Archeology +25, Biology +25, Botany +25, Chemistry +25, Mathematics +20, Physics +40, Psychology +20, Sociology +20, Anthropology +30, Theology +10, Architectural +10, Electronics Engineering +20, Mechanical Engineering +20, WS Pistol +5, HTH Combat +5, Speak Chezbah +10, Read/Write Chezbah +10, Chezbah Culture +10, Military Intelligence +10, Dodge +10

Errata
Gender: Male
Nationality: South African
Height: Short
Build: Average
Age: 18
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Ambidextrous Either, no penalty for using items wrong handed.
Gifted +20 to one attribute.

Edward has recently graduated, he has joined the Armed Forces in a scholarship program to pay for his upcoming Ph.D. in physics.

Re: Introductory Game - The Artifact

PostPosted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:42 pm
by Onix
Okay lets get the ball rolling. Rotku if you want to join in, there'll be time for that so don't worry.

Zvika you grew up hearing that this planet "The Artifact" could be the answer to the poverty that gripped the town you grew up in. Your question was always "When?" It didn't seem real. You saw the International Teleportation Center (ITC) under construction on TV but couldn't imagine how it had anything to do with you. Finally you heard that the military was starting a pilot program for sending people through space. You knew a little about teleportation, usually it was used by rich people that didn't have time for airplanes and some people talked about getting packages from FedEx's teleportation stations (usually small items and letters only). It sounded crazy, but you were already up for compulsory military duty at 18 so you figured you'd put your name in the drawing. Your exceptional piloting skills got you in to the program. So saying goodbye to your family you headed off to America where, in the Nevada Dessert you first saw the ITC. Still, it didn't seem real. When they loaded you into a small waiting room for transport, it still didn't feel unusual to you. Then when it was your turn, they brought you into the teleportation room. Dozens of technicians sat at computers calling out to each other. A simple looking platform stood a meter or so off the floor of the room. You were instructed to step on along with ten other men and then it all went fuzzy. You felt a little jolt and suddenly you couldn't see straight and the floor came at you fast. It took a few moments to recover, your head throbbed. When your vision cleared you were on the ground in a different place.

I'll do Edward in a little while. Gotta go to work.

Re: Introductory Game - The Artifact

PostPosted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:36 pm
by Onix
Edward's story is a little different. Since you were tiny, you were amazed that there was this other planet that people had traveled to. You read as much as you could about all the new advances that would get humanity there. One thing always made you wonder though, why didn't anyone in the media talk about who built it? Sure there was the Kelrath that was brought back as a prisoner but from anything he said it seemed like nobody knew except for one group, the Chezbah. Sure there were theories, most of them drivel in your opinion, some of them quite good but if there was any way of knowing, you'd have to find out from the Chezbah. When you signed up for military duty it was under South Africa's military science department. You had heard of a few tenured scientist getting to go to The Artifact without joining the military but that would take too long! You were a shoe in for a scholarship even though your family was poor and couldn't send you to the best schools. Besides you figured that most of the ground breaking research of the next few decades would come from on the other side of the teleporter. You really didn't have a choice. Just seeing the ITC was almost too much to handle but to actually see the inside of the teleport chamber and all the hardware that was there was amazing and almost worth the trip by itself. The Teleporter engaged and you could feel a twinge and the room spun for a moment. You knew this was a common side effect of the teleport process, you expected it, feeling it was a different matter though. Then you realized, you weren't on Earth anymore!

Re: Introductory Game - The Artifact

PostPosted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:47 pm
by Onix
This one is for both of you. You are now in the ASO's teleport receiver room on The Artifact. The platform is made of plywood and what looks like PVC pipe (it's a relative of PVC that is static resistant). The building uses more of the PVC like material for it's frame and Stainless steel sheet metal for it's skin. There are techs, working everywhere, the building is about fifty meters by fifty meters square and there are no interior walls. You can see what seems to be daylight through seams and pinholes in the stainless steel sheets.

You're ordered off the platform and to get checked out by the medical staff. Both of you get a green light from the medics even though you tell them you feel like you've got the flu. They shrug it off and tell you it's normal, it'll pass.

Let me know if you have any medical questions for them or any other comments or questions.

Re: Introductory Game - The Artifact

PostPosted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:24 am
by Chainsaw Aardvark
(OOC) I redid the character to add the provided skills and roll on the tables. The good news is Zvika's AGI and REF are up to 30 and 35 respectively from 10 apiece. As to limitations the dice chose myopia, and "English isn't first language" so the two free skills I got back (first aid/radio were optional picks) went into read/write and speak English. As the potential bonus - he apparently looks a bit like a kelrath - not that he knows enough about them to do much with that. No adjustment to age/rank - he's an 18 year old private - a bit on the tall side, but average build. With a low PSY, INT, and IQ and a minimal English education he's rather nervous and inarticulate, though a nice person when he can string together words properly.

(In character) [wringing hands nervous tic] Can you please tell me if um, do you know if any tzahal persons have been through here lately? I have some... questions about shabbos and other things. Oh, and uh do you have any salor soltun er, no - eye drops! For my contacts? I kinda forgot - exciting traveling to new country then new world - yes?

Re: Introductory Game - The Artifact

PostPosted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 2:47 am
by misterecho
I feel ill, will we be allotted some rest time before we are assigned duties?

Re: Introductory Game - The Artifact

PostPosted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:15 am
by Onix