Welcome Yu and Jacques!  Looking forward to RPing with you!

I get busy for a day and all the posting happens! Welcome Yu and Jacques.

In starting to think that taking Jewel up on the investigation angle makes sense, if it includes transit costs. Hugh isn't broke but will be if we don't find a job but on the jobs available on Hyperion aren't what he really wants. Theoretically, the original, mindwiped, job did require Nat and Petra's skills. Maybe by investigating we pick up some trail of it and that leads to wacky hijinks, adventure.

In reply to Yu Tian You (msg # 506):

*twitches at 'Calvinist Churg'*

About the only thing I can think of more improbable than a 'Calvinist Churg' is a 'Southern Baptist Xenomorph'.


It is, as the meme goes:  "Inconceivable!"  :-D


As the Churg are, as a Race/Culture/Society notoriously non-supernaturally inclined (Sciences, baby!), and as Nat was raised in that society...well, let's just say she (and I!) will have some questions....  :-D

(I, myself, grew up deep in Calvinistic Theology, and it is DEEPLY rooted in the society and region where I live, so I have...opinions.  :-P )

Nice!  Well, as our good friend Inigo Montoya says, "Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up."  :)

Preface: I am a total newbie to Role Master and Star Master.

What I know of the Churg:


What I don't know of the Churg: anything else ;).  This includes other sources such as "The Durandrium Find".

My impression is that they are "pre-eminent authorities in the social sciences" (emphasis added), which includes Anthropology.  Our good friend Wikipedia summarizes thusly: "Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species."

Given the impact of Religion on "human behavior, ..., cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species", it seems quite conceivable to me that they would have some potential interest in understanding historical belief systems and worldviews.

I have a certain skepticism toward fictional universes where entire countries/planets/star systems/species/societies/cultures are portrayed as completely homogeneous.

Therefore, it seems quite conceivable to me that if a ship full of underground Chinese Calvinists fleeing religious persecution ended up taking refuge on the Churg planet, there could have been some small subset of Churg that not only studied them, but ended up "going native" and adopting their beliefs.

BTW, my character is now likely shaping up to be a Physician rather than a Theologist Semi-Telepath, but still a Chinese Calvinist Churg.  ;)

I love the richness and depth that Shepherd Book brought to Firefly.  Tian You's personality and bedside manner is similar.

However, I am flipping the script away from "abbeys" and "monks" to a more "reformed" viewpoint.  This has the additional interesting perk of a certain distrust of the "Romish" Dia Khovaria...  :o

The deeper discussions touching upon eternal issues between Shepherd Book and the others added a lot to Firefly.  Tian You looks forward to Nat's queries... :)
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Churgian by culture, I assume, but essentially Human, such as Nat?

The *race* of the Churg are statted beyond the limits of beginning characters, to the best of my knowledge...

And oh yes...the discussions might get interesting, as Nat is a 100% committed Field Scientist.  :-)

Greetings all!

I am also totally new to RM/SM. Looks like fun though. I enjoy trying new things!

Hello to the new folks!

Ves is a)very excited to go and do exciting stuff with his new frenfs, and b) going to do exactly as told by Jewel and Rach because they are, ahem, kind of his bosses. Kind of as in, you can flip a boss and quit your job, but in this case, not really.

So I'm up for anything you guys feel like doing, I know your characters are in more of a pickle choice-wise.

A side note on religions in the world, as I mentioned in an earlier post, I excised the Dhia Kovaria from the universe, it does not exist.  The imperium and provinces run their own TBD networks.

Ah, thanks for the heads-up.  I need to catch up on past posts...  :o

So, I am not sure that I understand this.  Petra's connection to Rach is tenuous at best.  She ran some low level courier jobs for him previous.  But she is not beholden to him in any way (at least, as her player understands it).  She's not a 'made-man' or really part of his organization other than sometimes he contacts/contracts her for simple work, but she definitely doesn't get any prime jobs or know much about any of the inner workings of his organization.

So, I am wondering it Ves has a different arrangement that can be discussed in public (and if that needs to come out in RP sooner rather than later?)?  Is Ves high in Rach's organization (and then why would/should he associate with Petra, other than 'orders')?  'Cause Petra is small fry at best (or as demonstrated in the opening scenario, fairly expendable).

@GM, let me know if I am completely off-base as to either how Rach's organization works or Petra's role in that organization.

To my knowledge none of you are high up in the organization, Ves may be confused about the depth of his involvement.  Not calling him out, but his telepathy puts him in a unique position.  No level 1  character is deep into anything.  You guys are currently living in his city/country and considering the nature of these things, that means you do so with his consent.  But as described at the star, you are freelance and on the rolls as available for contracts.
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Also a 'Hello!' to Yu and Jacques!  Yes, RM/SM is a hefty system, so don't feel like you have to rush to get every single detail in place before you jump in  -  there will be plenty of RP happening before you need to know *exactly* what's in your backpack, or before we test out those skills you've been sweating points over.  Better to take your time and craft what you *want* than to feel pressured or rushed into something you're not 100% happy with.

We've got some hoops to get through before we're knee-deep in the next adventure <<insert "Benny Hill Theme" / "Yakety-Sax" here...>>.


In the interest of getting things rolling, and having been disussing this with Petra's player at length off-off-screen, we think Hugh has the right idea:  take the offer of getting off planet, maybe pursue the 'missing memories' lead if opportunity and skill capacity allow, and see what we stumble across in the process.  The intent is, of course, to find something that will keep these characters all in, essentially, one place, or a *reason* for us to stay together, beyond mere financial gain/convenience.

So, over in the IC thread, that's what the two of us will be doing.

Discuss amongst yourself, either here or there.  :-)

Happy here to take an intro/cue in whereever.
Or a solo if that's required to make an overlap easier.
But am keen to do something, regardless what 'something' tastes like.
:)

My character sheet is almost done.  I'm at the stage where I have finally chosen my skills and background options, and am soon to make the background option rolls...  :o

I believe that I am also close to complete!

Just finished the reading that we talked about.
(276 posts took longer than I thought.).
Anyway, good to go

I think we have a plan, of sorts. Once we know a little about everyone we should be able to get everyone involved.

Hello, I will be on vacation from tomorrow until Sunday, so I can post on Monday!

Engineer here, and a jolly good one! :)

Okay, at this point Jacques, Yu and Catherine will be met on Akaisha Outstation.  Jacques and Yu, you should have access to your character sheets for editing.

What would we know about Akaisha Outstation?

From the book:

Outstation: The Outstation is the interstellar counterpart of the Instation although its
primary function differs slightly. The Deep Space Outstation, as it is more properly called,
often takes the role of Tachyon Beam Dictor relay base, as they are constructed along
important communication lines where there is no convenient star system within which
to place a more conventional relay station. They also serve as supply bases for the fleets
or the political entity which has constructed and staffed the structure. Outstations
are not perfectly stationary, as, like other celestial bodies, they circle the galactic core.

In Addition:

Akaisha sits on the edge of Devonian space on the border with the Imperium, and also Colos, Jade-London and Kashmere have nearby possessions.  The emperor decided sometime ago that the location was too strategic and so placed some security troops there to augment Devonian security, and also an administrator with some staff.  The station is a way station that sees a lot of traffic.

That's good, TY!

Whew, I have just finished reading the IC threads.

Now to outfit my character and finish my sheet.

If you have any advice for outfitting, feel free to enlighten the Space Master newbie.

Question of the Day: what gear are you either the most thankful to have or the most regretful not to have?  :o

In reply to Yu Tian You (msg # 537):

I don't think there's any Must Have gear in SM. there's some stuff that's really useful to have if you can afford it, but other than something like the personal barrier shield that's really expensive (if you didn't get it from background, you're probably not getting it) it's all specific to the role you're playing. As a doctor/medic there's some tech that's useful, but it should be pretty self explanatory. Weapons and Armor are more complex because of how Space Master combat works (they didn't refer to the system as Chart Master back in the day for no reason) but ultimately, carrying what makes sense for the character is probably going to be fine, just know that a small holdout pistol is going to be largely ineffective against heavily armored people, for example. The rest of the gear is just what the writers thought would be futuristic in the 80's and a lot of it is really just stuff we have today.