As I know I've mentioned way too many times before, one of the many reasons I love Traveller is that the character generation is a game that can be played solo. My subsector Naval chief master petty officer was a "lets push the risk factor up" character, so he ended up with a lot of decorations. And did not die in chargen.
He came from an image, and I worked backwards. This time I'll do my "let's roll the stats and see what that looks like" approach. Our raw stats are:
669AA4 So, below average strength and dexterity, pretty smart and well educated, but from the not-so-great side of startown. And poor side of town - perhaps (rolls odd) he took to an early life of crime, and had to run a lot, which explains the higher endurance. These stats give him a pretty good chance at getting in and surviving as a pirate. So off to the pirate life we go!
As soon as Tobius Vanleare could, he joined a crew of ill-repute on the Queen of Bellaphrone. This Scarab-class cargo vessel has had some major updates to the maneuver drives and weaponry. The rough and tumble crew were in need of a smart and educated person to help lure their victims in, and with his young voice, Tobius did well.
Term 1
At 18, Tobius boards the ship. While he would have preferred a real college degree, he had to settle for public and remote education. But he soaked that knowledge up. He easily got on-board as a working passenger crew, fulfilling the nominal steward's position for the few "passengers" the Queen picked up. Promoted to Henchman, Tobius picks up gambling skills from the crew, and learns to man the turrets, gaining the gunnery skill. And as the crew is rough and tough, he also has the brawling skill from his fights in the hold.
Term 2
Staying aboard the Queen, Tobius is promoted to corporal and picks up tactics and pilot. The pirate life agrees with Tobius: the pilot has taken a shine to the young man, and assisted in getting his official, or at least best forged, pilot accreditation that money could find. And while piloting, he improved the success ratio for the pirate crew, his education and intelligence improving upon his native tactical ability.
Unfortunately, the pirate captain, seeing what could become a rival, decided that Tobius had his last trip on the Queen of Bellaphrone. While the rest of the crew did enjoy his company and his innate skills, Captain Ma Ai did not.
With Cr60,000 in his pocket, along with a low berth ticket, the now ex-pirate is ready for a new job, perhaps even a legitimate one!
Corporal Pirate Tobius Vanleare 669AA4 age 26
Pilot-1, Gunnery-1, Tactics-1, Brawling-1, Gambling-1
A bright and self-educated man, Tobius talks about his career aboard the Queen but tends to omit the pirate activity. Eager, and willing to help out, he does not trust people of power, or from what he calls the upper crust. Born in the lower-class ghetto of a startown, he left as soon as he could. Picking up some basic starship skills, he is looking for his next opportunity. He has enough credits to last a while, so he can afford to be a little picky. If all else, he'll use his low passage ticket to try his luck on the next planet.
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