First things first, get yourself a Character Sheet and then come back here ...
If you decide to play one of the last surviving humans, or even a hologram of a not-so-lucky human, bear in mind you are not a superhero, rocket scientist, or colonial marine.
Instead, decide what menial role you filled as a lowly drone in Sector 7B, before the "big sleep".
Some suggestions are:
- Telephone Sanitiser
- Chicken Soup Vending Machine Technician
- Refuse & Recycling Operative
- Laboratory Technician, Third Class
- Public Relations Advisor
- Hair Stylist
- Insurance Salesman
- Security Guard
- Personnel Officer
- Management Consultant
- Interior Designer
- Estate Agent
Now you can start to fill in your character sheet -
STATISTICS: 20 points to distribute between them.
SKILLS: 30 points to distribute between them.
ASSETS, LIABILITIES & BEHAVIOUR TAGS: These help define your character by giving you little quirks, personality drawbacks (that earn you more points for skills), and special abilities (such as Courage, Dumb Luck, Rank etc)
VITALS: Flesh out your character with details of age, height, weight, appearance etc
BACKGROUND: Craft a background for your character, including place of birth, life story, family connections, lost loves, deepest darkest secrets, fears and phobias, pets, favourite food etc
DERIVED STATISTICS:
- INITIATIVE = PERCEPTION + AGILITY
- SAVE = STRENGTH + WILLPOWER
- SHRUG = (STRENGTH + WILLPOWER)/2
Your character also automatically gets 1 DESTINY POINT - which can be spent to reroll botched rolls (e.g. crucial skills rolls or key saves).
The AI (gamesmaster) will be able to guide you through all this, tell you how much things cost, update you on the state of the Solar System as it was in the 23rd Century and so on.
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