Juda Guezal
5884AA Political Officer 5 terms, age 38, retired
Leadership-2, Diplomat-1, Network (Political-1, Corporate-1), Trust-2, Steward-1, Animals (Training-1), Advocate-0, Drive (Grav-0), Language (Vilani), Social Science-0, Persuade-0, Computers-0, Admin-0
Cr31,000, TAS, 20 year old yacht Grand Escape, forged ID card for Sana Coopark, Cr10,000 retirement pay yearly at class A/B port
Rival: Resa Bennals, Accountant at General Products
Juda grew up on the company world of Pirumush, in a city and world mostly operated by General Products. Not seeing many options, primarily through a lack of intelligence, Juda joined General Products as an attaché to Jenia Colli, a mid-level executive. Sadly, Jenia crashed in a prototype starship, and for over a year Juda, at the behest of Jenia's boss Jose Helle, was made to act as if Jenia was still alive. Juda turned out to be quite adept at deception. This worked for some time, and Juda learned better how to lead others even if it was by acting as someone else. However, when Jose was arrested, Juda decided now was a good time to be someone else for a bit. Posing as Scout Sana Coopark, she managed a few months with her forged ID card. However, she returned to General and actually ended up finally getting promoted to intern, and her time spent with the executive branch honed her diplomacy skills and gained her some networking contacts within the company. She also managed to siphon off a couple thousand credits from one of the slush funds, earning her the enmity of one Resa Bennals. After more than 12 years, she gained more trust from the company, and was promoted to an Aide. She improved even more in leading others, and, as a temporary aide to a visiting Baron, she gained some political networks as well. She started to feel her age, though, and decided one last term to get to her retirement package would be the last. She travelled a bit more, and learned how to steward her charges. But the final blow was having to care for a pet beaked monkey. She did manage one final promotion That and she just suddenly felt older and tired, and thought this was a time to leave. She got 10 shares in an older yacht from General Products and has decided to charter this out for excursions as her retirement costs do not support the ship costs.
How you may meet Juda Guezal
She may be hiring crew for her yacht for a charter cruise. The players may need a secure location, and what is better than to charter a yacht for the journey and have complete privacy during jump. The Grand Escape could be having structural issues and is a random ship encounter. She also has trusted contacts in General Products and some diplomatic circles.
I did start this one yesterday, and skipped the gym today (I need a day off once in a while; I've been know to go to the gym daily for a few weeks at a time). I also updated my Traveller Career Bibliography a bit, and now realize I may want to stick all the alien sources in there as well, such as yesterday's Virushi. Just so I know where things are at; after 35+ years, I can't recall where I've read these things!
Initial rolls, not too bright but well educated.
- Strength 6
- Dexterity 9 (+1)
- Endurance 9 (+1)
- Intelligence 3 (-1)
- Education 10 (+1)
- Social 8
- Gender 6 - female
So, not too bright but well educated. Dug out the Mongoose 1e Agent book and see that there is a Bounty Hunter, Ship Tracer, that uses endurance and social for most of the rolls. Not exactly the agent I was looking for, but having never rolled up this, I could try. Sadly the qualification roll is 7+, and with a -1 for my intelligence, probably not going to happen. But, the Analyst uses the social, and at least I don't get a negative DM. Rolling an 8, I just barely get in.
The Analyst / political officer serves as an attache to a local politician. Seeing as this is a company-owned town, I'll go with someone on the board.
I get to choose 4 background skills, and again using the Traveller Wiki's random page, I end up being born on Pirumush. UWP E524410-8, a company owned world with a very thin and tainted atmosphere. Looking over the official list there are no skills associated with the non-industrial nature, but I can choose from the list given. So I pick what I think an analyst may need:
- Advocate-0
- Drive-0
- Language-0
- Social Science-0
Term 1 - Basic Training
First term is basic training and we get all the service skills at 0:
- Admin-0 (originally I picked admin for a background skill but changed it; hey, I can be flexible!)
- Steward-0
- Diplomat-0
- Persuade-0
- Computers-0
- Deception-0
Survival roll I need a 6+, and rolling a 12 (!) apparently this was a very stress-free term!
Advancement I need a 7+, and rolling a 6, I do not advance.
Events, 4, 2: my employer was killed in a starship crash, and I have to act like her for over a year. I can choose deception or add a cover (a cover is an alias the character can assume). I'll go with Deception-1.
Term 2
Survive with a 10. Picking the advanced education table, a 6 gives me Leadership 1. A 5 for advancement means I do not advance. Again.
Events 3,1: an unforeseen incident means I need to live like someone else for a few months. This means I need to create a cover identity at level 0, meaning I have a false name and some forged identity cards. Rolling on the draft table I have a cover as a Scout. A very weak cover.
Term 3
While I failed my advancement roll, it was still above the number of terms I've been a political officer, so I can continue.
Survive with an 8, and finally advance with a 12. Moving to Rank-1, I am now an intern. After 8 years. Well, I am not too bright...This gives me Diplomat-1. I get 2 skill rolls as I did advance, choosing personal development I roll a 2 for +1 INT, so UPP: 6994A86. Still at that -1. I'll roll on political officer table and 6 = Network. I'll add a corporate network for Network (Corporate-1).
Events: 1, 2: I have a chance to siphon off some slush money. I'll roll a die where even is stay honest, and odd is siphon off some spare change: odd it is. Not sure it was worth 1d6 = 2 for Cr2,000 and gaining the rival in accounting! But this girl just needs some bling I suppose.
Term 4
I'll have to make aging rolls at the end of this term, but we'll stick to it as I would like to be more than an intern! I survive (barely) with a 6. A 9 means I advance to an Aide, gaining Trust-1 (this is an indication of how much the corporation trusts me. After 12+ years you would think they would trust me a bit more, but as I've not been moving up through the ranks very fast...). It means I have 2 skill rolls, and so first on the personal a 6 gives me Leadership-2: I may not be trusted but I can lead! Think I'll roll there again, and a 4 bumps my social up; UPP 6994A89. Up to the upper end of middle-class!
Event 3,5, where an important visiting dignitary hires me mid-term. I can either gain them as a network or gain a language. Even, odd and 2 to gain a Network (Politics-1).
Aging: roll 2d6 and subtract the terms. 7 - 4 = 3, so I am aging gracefully. I believe I'll go another term so I can retire...
Term 5
An 11 ensures I don't roll on the mishap table, and another 11 advances me to 03, which has no title nor skill. Always an aide, never an Organizer! Having 2 skill rolls, back to personal and a 1 gives me +1 Trust for Trust-2. Choosing the political officer table a 5 gives me Steward-1.
Event 5, 1: I am assigned to take care of a very important official's pet. I gain Animals (Training-1).
Aging did not go well: 3 - 5 = -2, so each physical stat drops by 1. UPP 5884A7.
Mustering out
Pretty sure the pet sitting thing was the final straw, that and my body aging on me far too fast. I also keep forgetting to add benefit rolls based on final rank. With a rank 0f 3 I get 2 rolls plus the 5 for the terms I served. 7 rolls with max of 3 on the cash. So I'll do 3 cash and 4 benefits:
- 5 = Cr15,000 (+ Cr2,000 siphoned off): Cr17,000
- 2 = Cr4,000 => Cr21,000
- 4 = Cr10,000 => Cr31,000
- 5 = Yacht. Okay, I really DID impersonate my boss! 5 shares
- 6 = TAS Membership
- 5 = Yacht; another 5 shares for 10 shares
- 2 = +1 social UPP 5884AA
So, 10 ship shares towards a yacht. And I can take an older ship (with issues) to reduce that even more. A ship share is 1% of the ship, so I have 10% already paid for. I can add a decade of age for an additional 1d6 shares. So, shopping for my 10 year old yacht I manage to get another 2 shares, but there appears to be some structural damage. Sadly I cannot find in the book what that actually means and if or how that affects game play. Perhaps it won't pass the next inspection (and there is an interesting conversation on COTI about that sort of thing I need to find). I'll try another 10 years and only get another 2%, so I own 14% of the 20 year old ship that has some oddly disturbing psionic echoes.
Trying to interpret this into game terms, the ship is half paid off based on a 40 year mortgage. So assuming I can get it at 50% off, and add in my 14%, it means there is 36% left to pay over a 40 year period with a new mortgage. Rounding to MCr51 gives me MC18 to mortgage. Monthly costs are Cr4,210 per month maintenance, and Cr32,000 for life support. Having only a Cr10,000 / year retirement pay, she is going to have to charter this ship out. And hire a crew. Or perhaps she is still working indirectly for her corporation.
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