Starjammer Crew Updated

The crew of the Starjammer experienced a shakeup during the last game session, as Captain Cryo turned in his papers and retired, forcing a search for a new captain. The following post updates the crew manifest to reflect the revised positions. The manifest incorporates our house rules for crew certifications, combat qualifications, and adjusted salaries.

The owner of the Starjammer is the synthetic person Bodyguard 3185D31A, better known as Sonny. Sonny was designed using the Traveller⁵ rules for Synthetics and adapted for Mongoose Traveller, long before the Robot Handbook was out. In MgT terms, Sonny is probably best described as a “biological robot or ‘biobot’ … a living organism, albeit one that may have been grown in a vat and implanted with an electronic brain inside its bony skull” (87). At some point I will try to recreate him using the MgT rules but they look pretty crunchy.

Name Bodyguard 3185D31A, “Sonny”		Position(s) Owner Aboard
Species Synthetic Human	Gender Male	UPP 7BA821
Incept 025-1094	Homeworld N/A
Service N/A		Rank N/A
Certifications Grav Vehicle Pilot’s License, Small Craft Pilot’s License, Spacecraft Pilot’s License.
Augments wafer jack (TL12).
Possessions advanced polycarapace, gauss pistol, stunstick, broadsword, medikit (TL 14), Translator/1 wafer, Expert Medic/2 wafer.		Assets Cr6,640
Comments Bodyguard 3185D31A is a synthetic person produced by Kline Synthetic Technologies, one of the larger Imperial manufacturers of synthetics. KST services Imperial territory in Daibei, Magyar, and the Solomani Rim. The Bodyguard is a high-end Verisim-8 model, built to closely resemble a human in all ways but possessing superior physical characteristics. Verisim-8 models are produced in small batches at the Mirjam Advanced Manufacturing Center on Kline (Magyar 3012 A642987-E) and are customizable to the buyer’s specifications. The Bodyguard can only be identified as a synthetic through a retinal scan or by a close examination of his fingerprints, which contain the KST logo and his serial number. He requires weekly amino enzyme supplements in order to process human foods. Sir Cedric Radimir Garner, Baronet of Montlivan (Magyar 3222 C688456-A), ordered the Bodyguard as a present to his only son, Daren Rigby-Gardner, with the express purpose of keeping the young wastrel out of trouble. The synthetic has been nicknamed “Sonny” due to the Baronet’s supposed preference for the synthetic over his own flesh-and-blood, a claim that could actually be true. What is indisputable is that the Baronet emancipated Sonny after only eight years of service and has placed the Bodyguard on a Cr10,000 annual retainer to continue guarding his son.

By successfully testing into his Limited Master’s License, the astrogator Wayne Masada became qualified to serve as the captain of the Starjammer, which increased his monthly salary from Cr8,000 as executive officer to Cr10,000.

Name Captain Wayne Masada		Position(s) Astrogator/Pilot
Species Human	Gender Male	UPP 576953
Birthdate 179-1065	Homeworld Gerwalk (Magyar 2631 C100941-D)
Service ex-Scout, 1 term; ex-Merchant, 3 terms		Rank 4th Officer
Certifications Authorized Spacecraft Mechanic Certificate, Broker’s License (Fugue), Limited Master’s License, Limited Mate’s License, Qualified Operator (Laser Pistol, Vacc Suit), Sensor Operator’s Certificate.
Augments wafer jack (TL12).
Possessions lightweight polycarapace, gauss rifle, shotgun, stunstick, broadsword, aerosol grenade, comm unit (TL10), medikit (TL10), light intensifying goggles (TL7), probe drone.		Assets Cr119,800
Comments Wayne Masada attended the University of Neidenhafen on Gerwalk, but failed to graduate. He then enlisted in the Imperial Scout Service and was sent to the Apollon IISS base on Beta (Magyar 3128 C576ADA-9) for induction and basic training. Wayne was assigned to the Survey Office, External Mapping Branch, which is responsible for maintaining the basic navigational charts and databases for areas outside the Imperium. During his first term Wayne conducted surveys of neighboring Solomani Confederation worlds, including Morgenstern (Magyar 2625 E999589-8), a minor, non-industrial world notable only for a reported Ancients site. Wayne observed an unusual number of Marathon-class fleet couriers passing through the system and his ship was promptly captured by an Independence-class Solomani patrol cruiser. He was briefly detained on espionage charges until an exasperated IISS Administrator, Helen Lúcia, could negotiate his release. This minor diplomatic incident spurred Lúcia to ensure that Wayne was discharged from the Scouts. Wayne then spent his next three terms in the merchant service, working for Celestine Transfers, a small interface line with cross-border runs between Kugle (Magyar 2423 A522656-E) and Elnor (Magyar 2223 A554611-C) and surrounding worlds. Twice Wayne was caught up in legal disputes with Solomani customs authorities, but he was able to avoid any serious fines or convictions. In his second term Wayne was promoted to Senior Crewman and during his final term Wayne was promoted to 4th Officer. In his final years in the service Wayne met Dame Wilda Pernel-Traves, the Imperial representative to Kugle.

Chief Engineer Richy Jamoor was formerly the 2nd officer of the Starjammer and becomes the second-in-command with the promotion of Wayne. Although Richy is incredibly well qualified as a chief engineer, entitling him to a monthly salary of Cr5,600, he does not have a Limited Mate’s License and so does not receive an XO salary of Cr8,000.

Name First Officer Richy Jamoor		Position(s) Chief Engineer
Species Human	Gender Male	UPP 2C4CA3
Birthdate 272-1068	Homeworld Kline (Magyar 3012 A642987-E)
Service ex-Navy, 3 terms		Rank Sublieutenant
Certifications Authorized Spacecraft Mechanic Certificate, Cargomaster’s Certificate, Chief Engineer’s License, Drive Tech’s Certificate, Qualified Operator (Cutlass, Gauss Pistol, Snub Pistol, Vacc Suit), Rad Tech’s Certificate, Sensor Operator’s Certificate.
Possessions hostile environment vacc suit (TL14), snub pistol, cutlass, portable computer (TL14), Translator/1, combat drug, data display/recorder (TL13).		Assets Cr92,200
Comments Richy attended the Imperial Naval Academy (Magyar Branch), located at Seloo (Magyar 2102 A4319BA-E). He was assigned to Flight branch, 109th Fleet. For most of his three terms he served on Gionetti-class light cruisers as part of the 180th CruRon. The 180th was occasionally used for cross-border raids into the Solomani Confederation.

Howard Barrera, who had been the Starjammer’s medical officer and purser was able to easily qualify as both a medical doctor and surgeon given his ranks in Medic and his relatively high DEX score. The new title increased his monthly pay from Cr4,425 to Cr4,575 but more importantly fulfills a longtime aspiration.

Name Second Officer Howard Barrera		Position(s) Ship’s Surgeon/Purser
Species Human	Gender Male	UPP 797A77
Birthdate 193-1065	Homeworld Wicker (Magyar 2728 A742843-C)
Service ex-Army, 4 terms; ex-Merchant, 1 term		Rank Corporal
Certifications Certified Medical Technician (CMT), Medical Doctor’s License, Qualified Operator (Advanced Combat Rifle, Gauss Rifle, Grenades, Hand-to-Hand Combat, Vacc Suit), Surgeon’s License.
Possessions advanced polycarapace, advanced combat rifle, auto pistol, auto rifle, shotgun, frag grenade, smoke grenade, vacc suit.		Assets Cr98,400
Comments Howard joined the Imperial Army and was inducted into the Unified Army of Fugue, 1st Wickerine Guards, 272nd Division, 73rd Lift Cavalry Field Army. He received basic and medical specialist training on Wicker and showed great aptitude for the speciality. He participated in Operation Sagamore, a police action on Gjerdingen (Magyar 3123 X5758A9-5). There he received a citation for Meritorious Conduct Under Fire. During his second term the 1st Wickerine Guards were involved in a controversial cross-border action on the balkanized Solomani Confederation world of Fatagin (Magyar 2229 B667878-A). Fossur, one of the largest Fataginian nation-states, had been caught supplying weapons of mass destruction to insurgencies inside the Imperium. The Confederation itself denounced Fossur as a rogue nation, and Operation Bright Volt was intended to be a fast-moving, punitive raid on Fossur’s weapons-making complexes. As Imperial naval forces engaged local system defense forces in high orbit, Imperial marines and army units were inserted onworld. The entire operation was intended to last less than 100 hours but the ground forces quickly became bogged down fighting entrenched Home Guard and Solomani regular army troops. Hours turned into days, which turned into weeks. After 38 days of fierce fighting the Imperial ground forces were withdrawn, narrowly avoiding a larger war with the Confederation. During this action Howard received his second MCUF. During his third term his unit was assigned to garrison the high-population world of Beta (Magyar 3128 C576ADA-9), where Howard was promoted to Corporal. These deployments gave Howard all-too-many opportunities to practice his speciality. During his service Howard continued to study medicine on his own with the dream of becoming an Army doctor. For his fourth term the Wickerine Guards were posted to garrison Iatur (Magyar 2628 C510A9E-B), a high-population border world. Howard was a skilled and experienced trauma nurse in line for both a commission and a doctor’s license. There Howard discovered that Major Erk Raines, the chief emergency doctor for his Army hospital, was diverting HerkVees (SuSAG Herakles-V combat drugs) from the regimental supply to the local black market. Howard cooperated with the military police, who rolled up the scheme and arrested all involved. But Major Raines did not go down without exacting revenge on Howard, trashing the medic’s exemplary service record and effectively blocking any future advancement in the Army. Howard received an honorable discharge, but his dreams of becoming an Army doctor had been destroyed. Bitter, Howard then joined the merchant service, where he spent one term working for Celestine Transfers, an interface line moving goods back and forth between the Imperium and the Solomani Confederation.

The Sensor Operator Ronald Gill was promoted to 3rd Officer through the reshuffle of the Starjammer officers.

Name Third Officer Ronald Gill		Position(s) Sensor Operator
Species Human	Gender Male	UPP AE9636
Birthdate 152-1063	Homeworld Vallance (Magyar 3219 A6B4598-E)
Service ex-Other, 5 terms		Rank N/A
Certifications Sensor Operator’s Certificate.
Possessions lightweight polycarapace, gauss rifle, gauss pistol, laser rifle, shotgun, daggers (2), stunstick.		Assets Cr33,840; Life Insurance Policy
Comments At an early age Ronald was recruited into the service of Lerato Botha, a senior figure in the Jarslavi Cartel, a sprawling criminal network operating on both Solomani and Imperial worlds of Swan, New Mars, and Albadawi subsectors. Ronald was quickly identified by the Cartel as a highly effective enforcer. During his first term Ronald was injured but not seriously, and his pluck deeply impressed his superiors. All told, Ronald served five terms with the Cartel, steadily rising up through the ranks. At one point he was betrayed by one of his fellow enforcers, Thando Kariuki, who claimed Ronald was a Ministry of Justice confidential informant. Fortunately, Ronald was able to maintain his innocence. At another juncture Ronald was able to hijack a shipment of illegal cybernetic augments from a rival criminal, Savva Medved. While the heist was lucrative to Ronald and the Cartel, he gained her as a bitter enemy. During his fifth term Lerato Botha came to regard Ronald as his own protégé and introduced him to several other senior members of the Cartel. However, shortly thereafter Lerato was killed in a shootout with Ministry of Justice agents, which helped prompt Ronald to “retire” from the organization. Lerato had a Life Insurance Policy that activated a clone of himself that has been force-grown to adulthood and implanted with recorded memories, allowing him to “live” again.

The former smuggler “LT” Brogue Enyo is the cargomaster and a backup gunner for the Starjammer. With Gunner 0 he could test into a Turret Gunnery Certificate and draw pay for that position also.

Name Deckhand Brogue Enyo		Position(s) Cargomaster
Species Human	Gender Male	UPP 7B5B65
Birthdate 301-1060	Homeworld Sinott (Magyar 2512 A431742-E)
Service ex-Other, 6 terms		Rank N/A
Certifications Cargomaster’s Certificate.
Possessions lightweight polycarapace, gauss pistol, submachine gun, cutlass, broadsword, frag grenades (2), combat drug, fast drugs (2), anti-rad drugs, portable computer (TL14), medikit (TL12), infrared goggles, EM probe.		Assets Cr18,800
Comments “Lieutenant” Brogue had a long and successful career as a smuggler and occasional thief, evading authorities on both sides of border.

Boone Russell, the Starjammer’s chief gunner, has an outside chance for qualifying as a bridge officer with Astrogration 0 and Pilot 0. His two biggest limitations are disinterest and a lack of ranks in Electronics.

Name Deckhand Barry “Boone” Russell		Position(s) Chief Weapons Officer
Species Human	Gender Male	UPP CB9557
Birthdate 060-1064	Homeworld Ferstenberg (Magyar 2704 C00079A-B)
Service ex-Marine, 3 terms; ex-Other, 2 terms		Rank Lance Corporal
Certifications Authorized Spacecraft Mechanic, Qualified Operator (Battle Dress, FGHP, Gauss Rifle, Grenades, Laser Rifle, Saber), Turret Gunnery Certificate.
Augments wafer jack (TL12).
Possessions boarding vacc suit (TL12), laser pistol, laser rifle, shotgun, monoblade, cutlass, frag grenades (2), smoke grenade, cowboy hat, boots, belt buckle.		Assets Cr20,140; Travellers’ Aid Society membership
Comments For his first term, Boone completed ground assault training on Gyurenek (Magyar 2912 B778458-C) and was issued the standard Redding assault battledress and an FGHP-15 fusion battle rifle. He was assigned to the 9th Line Company of the Imperial Marines 1,548th Line Regiment, 20th Fleet, Anise. As part of a Marine Task Force, Boone was deployed on a police action to Asrow (Magyar 3006 X598548-5), an interdicted world. During Operation Black Pinion, Boone’s commander, Force Captain Baltazar Benes, made a significant miscalculation resulting in Boone’s platoon being torn apart by a withering crossfire. Boone reported the Captain, who was demoted. In his second term Boone was transferred to the 7th Line Company, which was assigned to a counter-insurgency Marine Task Force deployed to the high-population world of Austa (Magyar 2503 C796ABE-B). Boone was promoted to Lance Corporal, but a disastrous relationship with his commander’s daughter put him in the crosshairs of Force Commander Audra Houston. For his third term Boone was transferred to the 2nd Line Company and deployed on a counter-insurgency mission to Typoer (Magyar 3210 X6428AB-5), an interdicted, low-tech pariah world wracked by two centuries of civil war. There he received a citation for Meritorious Conduct Under Fire. However, Boone quarreled with Gunnery Sergeant Raj Lishun and was forced out of the service. Boone spent the next two terms working as a scavenger on Typoer, salvaging useful material from the ruins. In his first term Boone experienced a mysterious loss of memory while excavating radioactives from the bombed-out city of Zonule. During his second term he encountered his old enemy Baltazar Benes, then employed as a mercenary hunting down insurgents. In the firefight that ensued Boone was able to escape and make his way off-world.

Daren Rigby-Garner, technically a member of the Imperial nobility, is a minor celebrity in Magyar sector and the Starjammer’s artist-in-residence.

Name Deckhand Daren Rigby-Garner		Position(s) Entertainer
Species Human	Gender Male	UPP 22146C
Birthdate 031-1064	Homeworld Beta (Magyar 3128 C576ADA-9)
Service ex-Other, 5 terms		Rank N/A
Certifications none.
Augments wafer jack (TL12).
Possessions advanced polycarapace, handgun, stim drug (10), metabolic accelerator (2), fast drug (5), panacea (10), light intensifier goggles (TL9), mobile comm (TL10), portable computer (TL14), hair gel.		Assets Cr569,547
Comments Daren Rigby-Garner (professional name HotLolz69420xxx) was born to Sir Cedric Radimir Garner, Baronet of Montlivan (Magyar 3222 C688456-A) and Dame Augustina Rigby-Garner. His parents separated shortly before his birth on Beta (Magyar 3128 C576ADA-9), his mother’s own homeworld. Raised at Brantine, her family estate, he enjoyed a privileged childhood. But not even his mother’s connections could get him into university, so he embarked on a “gap term” of pure indolence, where he became caught up in a conspiracy of nobles against Comtesse Agatha haut Ikin, the Imperial consul to Beta. The Comtesse’s sensational affair with not one but two different courtiers was widely reported across the subsector. He then turned his attention to art, officially changing his name to HotLolz69420xxx and becoming a celebrated lifestyle holographer, where he met Alexis Padmore, a Regional Executive for Cynosure Entertainment. HotLolz enjoyed immediate success, joining Beta’s celebrity circles. However, in his next term he attempted to do more serious pieces that criticized the Solomani Catholic Church. The resulting scandal outraged Beta’s highly religious audience, effectively ending his holography career. Daren spent his next two terms as a drifter, wandering around the subsector with a vague hope of somehow resurrecting his career. His one constant companion during this period was his android “valet,” a gift from his estranged father. During his fourth term on Sinott (Magyar 2512 A431742-E) Daren met a friendly entrepreneur, Timo Waller, with a talent for providing illicit goods and services. But during his fifth term Daren fell afoul of Zoya Kozlov, the matriarch of a criminal organization spanning Anise subsector. On Doak (Magyar 2709 B313401-D) an investigation by the Ministry of Justice dismantled Zoya’s narcotics operation and she has placed the blame on Daren, who somehow escaped unharmed. Daren has recently embraced sobriety and recast himself as an investigative reporter. He has acquired a heavily modded Popov Robotics Vigil 1000 security bot, similar in design to the the popular AN-427 model produced by ICAM Technology. The robot, named Tech-9 “The OG Killzilla” provides additional protection.

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