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2. Angeline Church
Ex-navy Lieutenant Commander 118894 Age 34 4 terms Cr2,000
Gunnery-1 , Computer-2, Engineering-1 , Pistol-2
Angeline Church was a career officer in the Imperial Navy. She was born to a servant-class family on a feudal world. For Angeline, naval enlistment represented a chance at a better life. She started as a shipboard tech aboard a vast battle Rider in the Jewell subsector, part of a force intended to intimidate the Zhodani. Her first tour of duty was very quiet, and she concentrated on her studies and completing her cadet cruise.
During her second tour, a flareup in border tensions around the Sword Worlds had her reassigned to the Elders of Lunion, a colonial cruiser. Her ship was mostly involved in anti-smuggling actions, and she received training in naval gunnery. The gun crew were expected to double as marines in boarding actions, and she became a fair shot with a pistol.
Angeline stayed aboard the Elders of Lunion for two more tours, eventually becoming first officer. Her promotion to command of a missile corvette was approved. Naturally, in her final month of service aboard the Lunion, everything went wrong. A routine interdiction turned into a running battle with a well-armed pirate cruiser. Angeline's spine was shattered when the Lunion's inertial fields and grav plates failed. She spent days in coldsleep while the ship limped back to port.
Weeks of nerve regneration and surgery have given her some control over her limbs, but she's as weak as a kitten and clumsy. The navy invalided her out when it was clear that she'd never fully recover. After a few months of recuperation planetside, Angeline discovered that what she missed most about life in the fleet was constant round of duties and the regulation of her waking hours. She didn't like staying in one place, with nothing to do.
Angeline bumped into Captain Ajeet Mittal at the local downport, when she went looking for work. He recognized her smarts and skills, and offered her a job aboard his Free Trader. Despite her intial reservations about the state of his ship, Angeline recognized Captain Mittal as a dependable, disciplined spacer. She's not crazy about working for profit, but she's glad to be back in space.
While she can walk, she typically makes use of a motorized walking frame when in full gravity. Aboard ship, she cranks the grav plates in her quarters down to 1/4 G and gets around all right.
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This pre-gen character has a 1 in Strength AND a 1 in Dexterity, which means she's so feeble and uncoordinated as to be practically confined to bed. I'm envisioning someone tough and smart, but now rather physically vulnerable. My mental image flips between that of someone who was physically large and imposing, now mostly immobile (Miranda Hart in a wheelchair, or something), or someone very petite and birdlike who is now so weak she can hardly move.
2. Angeline Church
Ex-navy Lieutenant Commander 118894 Age 34 4 terms Cr2,000
Gunnery-1 , Computer-2, Engineering-1 , Pistol-2
Angeline Church was a career officer in the Imperial Navy. She was born to a servant-class family on a feudal world. For Angeline, naval enlistment represented a chance at a better life. She started as a shipboard tech aboard a vast battle Rider in the Jewell subsector, part of a force intended to intimidate the Zhodani. Her first tour of duty was very quiet, and she concentrated on her studies and completing her cadet cruise.
During her second tour, a flareup in border tensions around the Sword Worlds had her reassigned to the Elders of Lunion, a colonial cruiser. Her ship was mostly involved in anti-smuggling actions, and she received training in naval gunnery. The gun crew were expected to double as marines in boarding actions, and she became a fair shot with a pistol.
Angeline stayed aboard the Elders of Lunion for two more tours, eventually becoming first officer. Her promotion to command of a missile corvette was approved. Naturally, in her final month of service aboard the Lunion, everything went wrong. A routine interdiction turned into a running battle with a well-armed pirate cruiser. Angeline's spine was shattered when the Lunion's inertial fields and grav plates failed. She spent days in coldsleep while the ship limped back to port.
Weeks of nerve regneration and surgery have given her some control over her limbs, but she's as weak as a kitten and clumsy. The navy invalided her out when it was clear that she'd never fully recover. After a few months of recuperation planetside, Angeline discovered that what she missed most about life in the fleet was constant round of duties and the regulation of her waking hours. She didn't like staying in one place, with nothing to do.
Angeline bumped into Captain Ajeet Mittal at the local downport, when she went looking for work. He recognized her smarts and skills, and offered her a job aboard his Free Trader. Despite her intial reservations about the state of his ship, Angeline recognized Captain Mittal as a dependable, disciplined spacer. She's not crazy about working for profit, but she's glad to be back in space.
While she can walk, she typically makes use of a motorized walking frame when in full gravity. Aboard ship, she cranks the grav plates in her quarters down to 1/4 G and gets around all right.
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This pre-gen character has a 1 in Strength AND a 1 in Dexterity, which means she's so feeble and uncoordinated as to be practically confined to bed. I'm envisioning someone tough and smart, but now rather physically vulnerable. My mental image flips between that of someone who was physically large and imposing, now mostly immobile (Miranda Hart in a wheelchair, or something), or someone very petite and birdlike who is now so weak she can hardly move.
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Date: 2010-01-15 07:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-15 10:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-15 03:03 pm (UTC)To get down into character building thoughts and ideas, I liked this one and your original ideas for the scout the most. They're nerds with wanderlust, for one (although I suspect that might be typical for this game), although this tech is a nerd that pulled an extremely rough lot in life.
Interestingly enough, my mental image went right for the petite and birdlike imagery, as if the character makes it a point to keep her weight low now so it's easier to get around and preserve the limited mobility that she has now.
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Date: 2010-01-15 10:26 pm (UTC)And the light birdlike character would also fit #2 best, I think, yeah. Makes more sense. Even in freefall, you need to expend energy to get your mass in motion.