Shanti
Shanti is a male character in the Traveller Pirates of Drinax Campaign.
Current Stats
Characteristics
| Characteristic | Healthy | Current | DM | Notes |
| Strength | 9 | 9 | +1 | |
| Dexterity | 9 | 9 | +1 | |
| Endurance | 9 | 9 | +1 | |
| Intellect | 8 | 8 | 0 | |
| Education | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Social | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Skills
- Astrogation 0
- Deception 1
- Electronics 0
- Engineer 0
- Gunner / Turret 1
- Gun Combat / Energy 1
- Mechanic 0
- Melee / Unarmed 2
- Pilot 0
- Profession / Biologicals 1
- Stealth 2
- Survival 0
- Vacc Suit 1
Posessions
- Weapons
| Weapon | TL | Range | Damage | KG | Cost | Magazine | Power Pack Cost | Traits |
| Laser Pistol | 11 | 30m | 3D+3 | 1 | Cr3000 | 100 | Cr3000 | Zero-G |
| Laser Sniper Rifle | 12 | 600m | 5D+3 | 4 | Cr9000 | 6 | Cr250 | Scope, Zero-G |
- Armour
| Type | TL | Rad | Protection | KG | Options |
- Equipment
- TL12 Vacc Suit
- 2x Laser Pistol Power Pack
- 2x Laser Sniper Rifle Power Pack
- TL6 Handheld Radio Jammer (pg 77 of 2023 Central Supply)
- TL11 Bug (pg 62 of 2023 Central Supply)
- Assets
- 90,700Cr
- 8 ship shares
Training
3 weeks on Melee / Blade
Backstory
In retrospect. Shanti was named ironically - he'll be peaceful, his parent collective thought, and gods know he tried to live up to that ideal... but it's been a hard life. He grew up on the spacer orbital of Natak, not the best place to be, but certainly not the worst, and found easy social acceptance for his muscle, if not his looks - his face could curdle bantha milk, his friends often joked (an ancient reference no-one knew the source of, but which was always funny to everyone by Shanti). His best friends Cassius Belli, and the Psmith twins (Ro and Oln, you could never tell them apart) went on to many successes of their own, but Shanti never seemed to find a stable career, although Cassius and the Psmiths always looked out for him.
Once his friends left Natak, Shanti felt the urge to get away as well, starting a career as a scout explorer - it will be romantic, he thought, finding new worlds... but on his very first solo mission, Something Bad happened, and Shanti's ship was found drifting on the edges of known space. Shanti's recovery from the incident was difficult, and he still has no memories of what happened, which isn't helped by the fact that his ship's navigational logs had been left encrypted with an unknown cipher. The scout service kept the incident quiet, paying the bulk of Shanti's medical bills.
The Psmith's stepped in to help out, using their connections to get Shanti an interview with their organisation, as an intelligence agent. A fresh start, thought Shanti, and still one that gave an opportunity to explore, if only within societies rather than in unknown space. Shanti immersed himself in the criminal underworld, racking up notable successes that led to promotion - but which also gained an enemy within the service, as a rival detective, Hasselhof, framed him for a crime he didn't commit. To survive, Shanti worked his contacts at the edges of the criminal underground and intelligence service to find work, engaging in an impressive heist from a subsidiary of Sternmore Intergalactic.
By this time, Shanti had given up on any chance of the law abiding life of a good citizen. He turned to piracy, backstabbing other rogues for personal gain (they were bad people anyway, he reasoned), advancing to sergeant. What goes around comes around: Shanti was backstabbed in turn, and ended up in prison. He managed to get out after a single term with help from his friend Cassius Belli, but Shanti remains untrusting of the universe, knowing that his close allies are the only ones he can count on for support.
Creation
Characteristics
- Beginning w/ modifiers
- Strength 11 (-2) (-1) (1)
- Dexterity 8 (2) (-1)
- Endurance 8 (1)
- Intellect 6 (1) (1)
- Education 5
- Social 10 (-2)
Background Skills
- Skills
- Profession 0
- Survival 0
Pre-Career
- Spacer
- Vacc Suit 1
- Astrogation 0
- Electronics 0
- Event
- Gained 3 Allies
- Graduated
- Engineer 0
- Profession / Biologicals 1
- Pilot 0
- Increase DEX by +1, Decrease SOC by -2
Terms
- Term 1
- Scout / Explorer
- Mechanic 0
- Gun Combat 0
- Event
- Mishap "You have no idea what happened to you – they found your ship drifting on the fringes of friendly space."
- Term 2
- Failed Survival on Scout / Explorer
- Mishap
- Severely injured -4 to STR
- Medical costs 20,000Cr
- Scout Service paid 15,000Cr
- Debt of 5,000Cr
- Agent / Intelligence
- Dex +1
- Event
- Rogue Mishap
- "A police detective or rival criminal forces you to flee and vows to hunt you down. Gain an Enemy."
- Gained 1 enemy
- Rogue Mishap
- Failed Advance
- Term 3
- Survived Agent / Intelligence
- Deception 0
- Event
- Event 8
- Streetwise 0 from Rogue / Thief table
- Rogue Event
- "You are involved in the planning of an impressive heist. Gain Electronics 1 or Mechanic 1."
- Electronics (comms) 1
- Advanced to Agent
- Deception 1
- Term 4
- Failed Survival Agent / Intelligence
- Rogue / Pirate
- Melee 0
- Event
- "You spend months in the dangerous criminal underworld. Gain one of Streetwise 1, Stealth 1, Melee 1 or Gun Combat 1."
- Stealth 1
- Advanced to Henchman
- Gunner / Turret 1
- Ageing no effect
- Term 5
- Survived Rogue / Pirate
- Melee / Unarmed 1
- Event
- "You have the opportunity to backstab a fellow rogue for personal gain. If you do so, gain DM+4 to your next advancement roll. If you refuse, gain them as an Ally."
- DM+4 on next Advancement
- Advanced to Corporal
- Ageing
- Reduce STR -2/ DEX -1
- Term 6
- Rogue / Pirate
- Stealth 2
- Event
- Mishap
- "Arrested. You must take the Prisoner career in your next term."
- Mishap
- Advanced to Sergeant
- Gun Combat / Energy 1
- Ageing no effect
- Term 7
- Prisoner / Inmate
- Parole Threshold 4
- Melee / Unarmed 2
- END +1
- Event
- "New Contact. You make friends with another inmate; gain them as a Contact."
- Advanced to rank 1
- Paroled
- Ageing Reduced STR -1
Benefits
- Scout
- 50,000Cr
- Agent
- 25,000Cr
- INT +1
- Ship Share
- Rogue
- 50,000Cr
- 6 Ship Shares
- INT +1
- Armour
- 1 Ship Share
- Prisoner
- Contact
- STR +1
Money
- 125,000Cr starting capital
- -5,000Cr medical debt
- -10,000Cr TL12 Vacc Suit (Armour benefit = 10,000Cr)
- -3,000Cr TL11 Laser Pistol
- -9,000Cr TL12 Laser Sniper Rifle
- -6,000Cr 2x Laser Pistol Power Pack
- -500Cr 2x Laser Sniper Rifle Power Pack
- -500Cr TL6 Handheld Radio Jammer (pg 77 of 2023 Central Supply)
- -300Cr TL11 Bug (pg 62 of 2023 Central Supply)
- 90,700Cr Remaining
Starting Posessions
- 90,700Cr
- 8 ship shares
- Equipment
- TL12 Vacc Suit
- TL11 Laser Pistol
- TL12 Laser Sniper Rifle
- 2x Laser Pistol Power Pack
- 2x Laser Sniper Rifle Power Pack
- TL6 Handheld Radio Jammer (pg 77 of 2023 Central Supply)
- TL11 Bug (pg 62 of 2023 Central Supply)