Sunday, September 17, 2023

Bounty: Katja Rigg, Insurgent

 Katja Rigg, Group Commander of the Ine Givar

Katja Rigg is a human female, approximately 38 years old. Raised with a twin sister, they took wildly divergent approaches when the Tigress Incident of 1094 happened. While her sister ended up being an agent for the Imperium, Katja thought that the Imperials were the ones at fault, and somehow came into contact with the Ine Givar. She has been an active member about a dozen years, and quickly moved up the ranks within various cells. She has had to move often but has only been compromised twice. A quick bribe to a port guard allowed for access to the Naval base.

Character

UPP: A46A97 Group Commander Katja Rigg

Weaponry-2, Mechanical-2, Slug Pistol-1, Blade-1, Instruction-1, Combat Engineering-1, Comms-1

A tall blond, with a perpetual smoke stick hanging from her lip, though never lit. Though strong she tends to be clumsy, though watching her tear down any weapon and put it back together seems to bely her normal physical ineptitude. Her last act of sabotage against an Imperial Naval Base on Zeng resulted in the deaths of more than 2 dozen Naval personnel and Marines as well as the complete destruction of Naval Courier. She has escaped the system, current whereabouts unknown.

History in the Ine Givar

Year 1: Training, Recruit -> Recruit 1st class. Gun Combat: Slug Pistol-1, Blade-1, Operations

Year 2: Military Support, -> Section Leader, Instruction

Year 3: Intelligence Gathering, Compromised -> Support Services

Year 4: R&D, Weaponry-1

Year 5: Sabotage, -> Group Leader, Combat Engineering-1

Year 6: Intelligence Gathering, -> Force Leader, Comms-1

Year 7: Internal Security, bribed official Cr6000, Mechanical-1

Year 8: R&R year (visited with family for an extended time)

Year 9: R&D, -> Commander, Weaponry-2

Year 10: R&D, -> Group Commander

Year 11: Sabotage, compromised and on the run.


The Navy has one less on Zeng now...

The character was rolled up from the RIPs In Traveller (Rebels, Insurgents and Partisans). From Adventure Gaming, Dec 1981. I miss the days of general RPG magazines!

The PCs are part of a bounty hunters' group. One of them (and if none of the players pick character #6, instant NPC on deck!) did so well is a media star which is where a chunk of the funding comes in as there will be a holovid crew on board for the popular holo-series, On The Hunt, brought to you by Instellarms, LIC. Would also explain how shiny and new their weapons and arm or may be! And allows me to handwave the expense handling for this group for a bit. As well as have some interesting characters. 

Holovid Crew:

  • Mac Tudor, manager. Handles most of the expenses and directions on the show. Has some say in where the group may go as well as a hand in picking out the next target. I picked Katja Rigg as he is also getting an advance from the Imperial Navy with the understanding he shares all footage and info with them first, before broadcasting. A small man just under 5' tall, he is loud for his size and wears flashy clothes. He is not afraid to be in the midst of firefights.
  • "Wild Bill" William Davidson. Considerably the opposite of Mac, Wild Bill is almost 7 feet tall, making the holographic gear he carries look tiny in his hands. An eye for detail, he seems to know just where to go for the best shots. Though the more dangerous shots do use drones for holo-capture. A fairly quiet man, he does not want to be in the spotlight but does want to capture the spotlight. 
  • Martha Snow, technician and runner. Evan smaller than Mac, Martha is the tech wiz maintaining the equipment as well as doing most of the initial editing and processing of the various feeds. Gregarious, she gets along with pretty much everyone and is very tech-focused. 
  • Holo-equipment. The main system is the gear Wild Bill carries on him, for capturing the hunters close up and giving that raw footage style. Even though the cameras have extensive image stabilizing, they often add fake jitters to make it seem "more realistic". They also have 4 remote drones used for wide-angle and distance shots. 


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