9A4638, odd for male. Strong and dexterous, but low endurance and average intelligence but little education. Poking around my bibliography, I realize I've never done (at least that I can recall) an athlete, specifically with these stats, a vehicle racer!
With an 11, I get in easily.
Term 1, Rookie
Survive easily, but we're training with the crew.
Promotion: Fails with a 6, needing a 7.
Skills: Drive-0, Flyer-0, Vacc Suit-0, Mechanic-0, Electronics-0, Heavy Wpns (Vehicle)-0
Event: A promoter is moving us to space racing to grab headlines: Get Vacc Suit-1
Term 2
Survive easily enough again.
Promotion: Rank 1, gain Drive-1 going with wheeled.
Skills: get Athletics (Dexterity-1) from the services table, and Electronics-1 from the vehicle sports table. So far not the driving hero I was hoping for - he may be more pit crew!
Event: Life event: Not having the Foreven life events table handy, just rolled on the Mongoose 1e and I've made a contact! Not sure who just yet.
Term 3
Survive with a 6.
Promotion roll of 3, so no, still a pit crew noobie it seems. Perhaps he'll bail this career and do some work as pit crew/maintenance somewhere.
Skill: Flyer-1. So at least he can fly air vehicles! Picking grav vehicles.
Event: My agent puts my face everywhere, +4 for my next promotion roll! Okay, so we'll try another term.
Term 4
11 Survival roll!
7 + 4 for rank 2, after all these years!
Skills: Mechanic-1 and Electronics-2. So yes, going with pit crew vs an actual driver.
Event: I go before a ruling body for some reforms and gain (1d6) 2 contacts and an ally.
Mustering out
Not getting where he really wanted to go, he decides to take his skills to the stars.
- cash benefits, 1 & 1 = Cr0. Yes, 16 years of work and he has nothing to show for himself!
- benefits: +1 Int & +1 Soc. So 9A4739.
Phex Phaserfire, Athlete/Vehicle Pit Crew
9A4739, age 34, 4 terms with Team Flashfire
Electronics-2, Mechanical-1, Vacc-Suit-1, Athletics (Dexterity-1), Flyer (Grav-1), Drive (Wheeled-1), Heavy Wpns (Vehicle-0)
Contacts: planetary governor, official in a megacorporation, official in local government, 2 more contacts?
A veteran of the racing circuit, Phex spent more time in the pit crew than getting to race. Some of the earlier races had mock weapons, reviving an old Car Wars series of races. He was there when Team Flashfire tried their hand at racing grav-sleds around the moons but spent more of his time working on the sleds than getting to pilot one. Back on firm ground a year or three later, he did get behind some of the race cars, but was never considered driver material. Despite that, he met up with a megacorporation official: they were a sponsor for the team and took a liking to young Mr. Phaserfire. Not long after that, hoping to hype the team more and knowing the friendship, Phex was promoted as part of the team, his face on holovids and newszines. He picked up flying aircraft but there were some dangerous races. Not long after that, he came before the racing ruling body, pushing for reforms. He picked up some contacts in the government as well as an ally in Governor Nadeem. This was to be his last act for Team Flashfire. As a result of this, he moved up a bit on the social world, and learned to study better.
Now he does odd jobs about the station, working on the myriad of small vehicles at the station as well as some of the stores. He has worked on the DocuMat's binder system more than once as it is an older model. He shares a small apartment with 3 others on the service decks.
And yes, that is his real name. His family comes from a long line of military members, and a few generations back the nickname became the familial name. He takes maintenance seriously and loves to tweak a vehicle to get it to its optimum state. Despite never really getting into the racing circuit as he had hoped, he does find working on vehicles very fulfilling.
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