Starting Attributes

If you are pressed for time and you don't want to roll up a bunch of attributes for characters, you can just use these:

5 6 7 8 9 A

...and rearrange as you like. Just decide which number for which attribute.

With 777777 being average, it's 3 points higher than average. It's the equivalent of 787878. Gives the character a little extra more than average, but not a lot more.

It's not that powerful. It's just a way to quickly come up with stats.

If you prefer.

4 5 6 7 8 9

That's 767676. If you'd like lower stats.

Tips for Role-Playing your Character

I found over the years that I'm not a theatrical role-player. I'm more of a dungeon-crawler. An explorer. A fighter. But when it comes to hanging out at the Cantina full of aliens, I can't really hold a fictional conversation. Just give me the mission and send me on to Jumpspace. But here's some advice that has helped me:

1.) Ask a lot of questions.
- So your character knows what's going on.

2.) Have your character Do Something!
- Even if it seems boring. Brad Pitt is eating something in at least one scene in every movie he is in.

3.) Play a character you are interested in.
- An Engineer is boring to someone who doesn't like to tinker and fix stuff and figure out how things work.

4.) Play a character appropriate to the game.
- A Merchant isn't appropriate for an Exploration game unless you're selling Artifacts - and that's only after the adventure is over.

5.) Help another character.
- Teamwork makes the dream work.

6.) If all else fails, have your character walk over and turn on the jukebox.
- And start dancing. Or something similar.

Crew Food

I wrote this up a while back.

The original TV dinners, with meat, vegetable, mashed potato, and fruit or dessert, was about 12 inches by 10 inches by 1 inch tall. If you throw in a 2 inch by 12 inch by 1 inch detachable utility pack with eating utensils, condiments, and beverage powders (or even liquid concentrates), it makes a 12 inch by 12 inch by 1 inch complete meal.

For 1 person for 32 days at 3 meals a day, a stack of TV dinners with varied breakfast, lunch, and dinner meals would only be 96 inches tall (8 feet). If you want to make it square, it's about a 2 foot by 2 foot by 2 foot pack. Easily manageable.

A Scout/Courier with double occupancy (8 people) could stack them in each stateroom (under each bunk), assuming they are shelf stable and just need to be heated. Otherwise a special place has to be made in the Galley or Cargo Hold.

The original price of a TV Dinner was $0.98, adjusted to 1Cr, so only about 96Cr per person for 32 days (or 768Cr for an 8 person crew).

I'm sure by the 57th century, there would be shelf-stable standardized food modules about the size of a TV dinner, made just for Starships or Travellers. A 12 inch wide by 1 inch tall by 10 inch deep food module heater would probably be standard in any Starship Galley.

A High Passage meal would probably be bigger and a lot different. But just think about how good a Tech Level-15 TV Dinner™ would taste! And TV could also stand for TraVeller.

So:

Food Module Pack
1 person, 32 days (96 meals)
2' x 2' x 2'
96Cr

Food Module Pallet
8 person, 32 days (768 meals)
4' x 4' x 4'
768Cr

Civilian Finds and Claims in the Imperium

So I've been wondering about this for a while: what happens when a Free Trader crew comes across a aged pyramid, a Detached Duty Scout finds a new lifeform when not on a Detached Duty mission, a Mercenary crew uses an asteroid as a recon base and finds evidence of a forgotten civilization? What happens if a Noble and her retinue find evidence of an incoming incursion into Imperial Space? Or a Safari expedition finds a crashed ship?

Does the Imperium say thanks and that's it? Or is there a substantial reward by the Imperial government for their efforts?

Here are 20 examples of Finds or Claims a starship crew can file. In some cases, there may not be time to investigate fully, and only a Location Report can be made. If you have any recommendations for Monetary Rewards, please post them in the Comments section.

Location Report of Archeological Site
Exploration Report of Archeological Site
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Location Report of Artifact
Analysis Report of Artifact
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Location Report of Unknown Lifeform
Examination Report of Unknown Lifeform
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Location Report of Unregistered Sophont Culture
Contact Report of Unregistered Sophont Culture
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Location Report of Uncharted Settlement
Sensor Logs of Uncharted Settlement
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Location Report of Enemy Activity
Sensor Evidence of Enemy Activity
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Location Report of Spacial Anomaly or Hazard
Sensor Readings of Spacial Anomaly or Hazard
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Mainworld ReSurvey Update
Star System ReSurvey Update
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Resource Claim
Salvage Claim
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Relay Distress Call (Not Recommended)
Answer Distress Call

Unrefined Fuel Shunt

The Fuel Intake Valve can be integrated into the side of the Starboard Fuel Scoop so that when Unrefined Fuel is purchased, it can be shunted directly into the Fuel Processor, much like Skimming for Fuel. This has caused many headaches and long waits at some Starports, as the process takes much longer than normal fueling.

If this isn't standard on your Starship, it can be purchased and installed at your Annual Maintenance.