Vortex
Scoop Chang
Rich C.G.'s Jovian "near-human" journalist for "Vortex"
Description:
Character: “Scoop Chang”
Role-player: Rich C.G.
Campaign: Gene D.’s " Vortex " space opera, using Fantastic Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment (FATE) 3e Starblazer Adventures / Mindjammer, Bulldogs, and Limitless Horizons
- Date created: 10 October 2011/“16 October 2194 A.D./C.E. or 0 Terran Galactic Era”
- Date revised: 28 July 2013/“1 September 2195 A.D./C.E. or 1 T.G.E.”
Species: male “near-human” (mutant)
Homeworld: Jovian Confederation
Aspects (7):
- High concept: Interstellar reporter
- Foible: Optimist about aliens
- Starting out: Jovian orphan
- Sidetracked: Kidnapped by Olvar (arboreal, mammal-like alien pranksters and mystics)
- Guest star: Miss Kitty
- Motivation: First Contacts!
- Adventuring: Curious
Skills (35 points total):
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Apex, Superb (1 at +5; should be unique to the party):
- Genurgy (knowledge) — psionic body modification, from Mindjammer
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Great (2 at +4):
- Resolve (social) — similar to D20 willpower
- Telepathy (psionics)
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Good (3 at +3):
- Academics (knowledge) — includes archaeology, languages, research
- Mental Bolt (psionics)
- Science (knowledge) — medicine
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Fair (5 at +2):
- Alertness (perception) — mostly passive, see Investigation
- Contacting (social) — includes culture/tech; similar to D20 gather information
- Investigation (perception) — more active, see Alertness
- Mysteries (knowledge) — alien psionics
- Psionics (knowledge) — see Mindjammer and Bulldogs
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Average (6 at +1):
- Burglary (subterfuge) — includes some security countermeasures
- Empathy (social/perception) — similar to D20 sense motive
- Rapport (social) — Charm
- Ship Systems (craft) — includes communications, scanning, life support, electronic countermeasures; grants ships an extra stunt/gear
- Stealth (subterfuge)
- Survival (mundane) — includes Animal Handler, EVA, Medic; by terrain type
Stunts (by skill; unless otherwise noted, these are from Starblazer Adventures):
- Chitin armor (Genurgy)
- Fortress of the Mind (Telepathy)
- Personal Artifact (Bonded fedora)
- Postcognition (Psionics)
- Still Standing
- Truth Scan (Telepathy)
Refresh: 2 Fate points total (minus stunts)
Stress
- Health: 5
- Composure: 5
- Consequences: Mild (-2) to Moderate (-4), Severe (-6), and Extreme (-8)
Equipment:
- “EVE” hovering robotic camera “Eyebot”
- Fedora (alien artifact)
Weapons: Mental Bolt
Ship roles: Medic, communications
Bio:
“Scoop Chang” [Rich C.G.]-male Jovian “near-human,” interstellar reporter kidnapped by the Olvar; psi interested in First Contacts
Background, history: Joined the Morifaiwet/Blackbird; befriended “Aughest-vor….”
FATE 3e “Vortex” space opera Player Characters
Crew of the yacht Pina Colada:
- “Capt. Jasmine” [Sara F., primary ]-female Martian Felinoid “Synth” (“Uplifted” tiger), former pit fighter and crewmember of the Appomattox, now captain of the Pina Colada searching for a homeworld for her people
- “Hector Chavez” [Beruk A., primary ]-male Terran human, former spy and crewmember on the Appomattox, cautious engineer and communications expert
- “Chris McKee /Agent Prometheus” [Josh C., primary ]-male Terran human, former assassin for the eugenicists at Black Box Security Co., sniper and seeker aboard the Blackbird and Pina Colada
- “Orion Starchaser” [Geoff C., primary-male Pomuyan (blue telepathic humanoid alien), irrepressible mystic and thrill-seeking galactic hitchhiker
- “Dr. Srinu Pahul” [Byron V.O., primary ]-male Terran “near-human” (genetically modified) xenobiologist, curious and confident planetary patriot; with robots MEGAN and PEPE
- “Lt.Cmdr. Kevin Reese” [Bruce K., primary ]-male Terran “near-human” (cyborg), former Interplanetary Patrol officer and member of the Blackbird and Dauntless crews; defender of the homeworld
- “Chiron” [Dexter V.H., primary ]-male (secretly android) pilot, assigned to assess and protect humanity
Crew of the experimental scout ship Blackbird:
- “Lt. Sebastian Growlick” [Bruce K., secondary ]-male Felinoid “Synth” (“Uplifted” lion), elite soldier and acting commander of the refitted Blackbird
- “Tela” [Sara F., secondary ]-female Tharian (gargoyle-like alien), escapee from the Encegulans (slug-like slavers), fond of humans; engineer with boyfriend Kedar
- “Tariq Asrad Saladin” [Beruk A., secondary ]-male Terran “near-human” (mutant) wanderer with a past, investigator
- “Lord Wallace Tubbington” [Josh C., secondary ]-male Olvar (arboreal, mammal-like alien) swashbuckler and diplomat for the Kharvamid Alliance
- “Brun” [Geoff C., secondary ]-male Martian Ursoid “Synth” (“Uplifted” bear), former wrestler, pilot
- “Sgt. Nathan A. Jessup” [Byron V.O., secondary ]-male Terran human, gung-ho member of the North American Aerospace Marine Corps
- “Enkidu Aristheon” [Dexter V.H., secondary ]-male Seranen (pale empathic humanoid alien) exile, wilderness survival expert curious about Terrans and the Zarkonian threat; with sphinx-like companion Glaucon
See other records for the previous crews of the Blackbird, Appomattox, and Gryphon