Not having any real motivation today, I rolled 2d6 for a UPP. Getting 68785A, nothing really stood out. Looking at the CT careers, this character gets a bonus for enlistment for the Army. Though with the low education no DMs on promotions. And oddly I rolled a 3 and she only made it in due to only both enlistment DMs! She may have a rocky career. Or even die...
Hailing from Liberty, Bethany Anne Zushi grew up in a close-knit family that has always been in the military. Following her parents' profession, she too joined the Army. She was reticent grunt in many ways. Though gaining her commission in her first term, she never pushed for a promotion and her commanding officers felt she was just going through the motions to fulfill family obligations. This changed after the Battle Over Swift, where she barely survived. She reenlisted after that but was killed in action protecting a hospital with her squad. She threw herself on a grenade that had been tossed into the ward and saved dozens of patients. She was awarded the SEH, and it is on the mantle of her family home.
Bethany Anne Zushi, Army Lieutenant, 2 terms, deceased
69785A, age 28, killed in action
Rifke-1, Pistol-1
Term 1 18-22, Lieutenant
She makes survival and commission but missed her promotion. Boot camp improved her dexterity and she picked up Rifle-1. She did make re-enlistment, but just barely.
Term 2 23-26, Lieutenant
Barely surviving the Battle of Swift, fighting with the Zarian Realm, Bethany picks up Pistol-1 to compliment her rifle skill, but is passed over for promotion again. She is allowed to re-enlist.
Term 3 27-30
Bethany dies in combat.
When searching for images on Pinterest for science fiction female army characters, I think 90% of them are white with blond or white hair. And there is a lot more AI art there, though I personally hesitate to call anything AI created art as it is just copying and stealing from human artists. Found some character art I liked though hate that the character is dead. And it may even be AI generated as it is getting harder to tell, and there was not attribution/site for this picture. But such is Classic Traveller!
We are going to say she died saving many civilians, and award her the Starburst for Extreme Heroism. Which is honestly a bit problematic as I really don't know much about the Judges Guild stuff, not having much of their stuff that is setting specific. I do have their starport book and maybe some of their ships. Used to love making up starports too.
And there is a planet named Swift, a Judges Guild thing. Thank goodness for
Travellermap.com! But I did manage to get swift in the post.
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