Traveller: Character Challenge 9: Traveller Pilot

Thursday, January 09, 2025

Character Challenge 9: Traveller Pilot

As I am not sure if the Space Gits game will need a pilot or one of the players will perform that job, I decided to roll up a Mongoose v1 Naval Pilot. Been a bit since I took those books off the shelf! But I actually like the old-school line art much better than what they are doing now (there are some, err, very creative licenses with their versions of Aslan and Vargr. Let's just throw away 40 years of history! But as I have all the old stuff, not an issue really. Just annoying).

Helene "Hurricane" Turlton was born on a rock ball of a planet. Wanting nothing to do with that, she joined up in the Navy on her 18th birthday. Getting into the Flight career, she chose Helm as she wanted to fly. Cocky and aggressive, she was commissioned and promoted her first term. Sadly, to keep up with the other pilots, she became addicted to kaff. A strongly addictive stimulant that is illegal on many worlds. Discipline-0, Pilot (starship)-1, Comms-0, Sensors-0, Pistol-0, Astrogation-1, Tactics (Naval)-1, Recon-1, Space Science (Xenology)-1

Her next term she did not get promoted, but her practice on the gun range allowed her Pistol-2. Feeling older, she is still kicking butt. But somehow, she was captured and interrogated by a foreign government. Leaving her unfit for duty, she has become a pilot for a small mercenary group.

Loud and constantly chewing gum which is kaff-infused, Helene is messy, quick to anger, but also capable and loyal. She refuses to talk about her capture and has trust issues from that. But once you have gained her trust, she will follow you anywhere. Loves to fly and spends her free time in the bridge if she can, running simulations. Leaving cups, food wrappers and other debris all over the stations. She never seems to sleep. She keeps her stash of kaff in her locker, and if she runs out, the withdrawal symptoms include incapacitating headaches, shakes and vertigo for several days.

And yes, she was named after the hurricane that came through last year. Parts of my commute still look like a bomb has gone off.

Traveller Mongoose v1 Character

Helene "Hurricane" Turlton, age 26, Navy Flight, Helm

785986, 2 terms, O2

Pistol-2, Pilot (starship) 1, Astrogation 1, Tactics (Naval) 1, Recon 1, Space Science (Xenology) 1, Discipline 0, Comms 0, Sensors 0

Space Gits Navy

I did not follow the Navy career but matched the Traveller information as best I could. For the skills, as Traveller is a d6 game and Space Gits a d20, skills are bumped a bit to have a similar effect (though not really sure about the statistics but close enough. I suppose I could have mapped is as 1/12 adds 8% chance, and 2/20s is 10%, so there really should be a range. But close enough).