Hi folks,
Sorry I didn't post character info last night, but I hit trouble accessing the site for some reason. I'm at work now, so I figure the best way to go about doing this is to update this post in installments throughout the day before tidying up when I get to my books at home...
Regards,
Barry
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Calven Jokairo
Appearance:- A robust-looking man into his middle years, black hair beginning to recede and with a smattering of grey creeping in at the temples. Calven carries a world-weary expression, the years of hardship on the edges of society having worn at him until only a tough exterior remains. Despite his rather heavy gait, he's capable of moving deftly when the need arises and posesses a level of fitness that would put many younger men to shame. Calven prefers to dress in labourer's clothes; a white shirt and grey-brown overalls with plenty of pockets to keep his other gear in. A bantha-hide jacket completes the look, the only concession to style he can afford. He'll only wear his blaster and holster where local ordnance permits, otherwise trusting to the goodwill of his fellow sentients.
Concept:- A Core Worlds academic and explorer who was blacklisted by the Empire when it emerged that he had written a series of lectures on the Jedi under a pseudonym during his career.
Background and Personality:- First the Empire cut back on space exploration, robbing Calven of his greatest pleasure in life. Then they took everything else; academic fame (well, infamy for 'crackpot' theories), decent (definitely not great) stipend, contact with his wife and children (never really saw eye-to-eye with them anyway). To be honest, despite the gruff exterior, Calven's not too cut up about his predicament. The Empire, he supposes, gave him the kick up the backside he'd been waiting for the last fifteen years. Not that that doesn't leave them tight-fisted money-grubbing ignorami who wouldn't know principles if... well, they wouldn't know a good thing if they saw it. Just look at the Jedi. To his mind, the rebellion has its collective head in the clouds most of the time, and it could do with somebody (like him) to keep them grounded. If only he could convince them of the fact...
Calven; Human Male Scout 2; Init +2 (dex); Defence 14 (+2 class, +2 dex); DR 2; Spd 10m; VP/WP 10/16+1d8; BAB +1; Atk +2 melee (1d4+1, martial arts) or +3 ranged (3d6, blaster pistol or 3d8/19-20, blaster rifle); SV For +4, Ref +4, Wil +3; FP 2; DSP 0; Rep +0; Str 12, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 16, Wis 12, Cha 10
Skills; Appraise +5, Astrogate +6, Climb +4, Computer Use +6, Demolition +4, Knowledge (galactic history) +8, Knowledge (jedi lore) +5, Knowledge (technology) +5, Pilot +6, Profession (academic) +5, Read & Write Language 1 rank, Repair +4, Search +8, Survival +6 (+5 skill points)
Languages: Basic (literate), Durese, Ithorese, Sullustese, literate only in "Jokairo's Language"*
Feats; Armour Proficiency (light), Martial Arts, Starship Operation (space transports), Weapon Group Proficiency (blaster pistols), Weapon Group Proficiency (blaster rifles), Weapon Group Proficiency (simple weapons)
Equipment; Blaster pistol, blaster rifle, comlink, datapad with 10 datacards containing varying amounts of Calven's academic musings, padded flight suit, spare power pack for rifle, tool kit, 240 credits in currency. (total weight 10.3kg+weight of rifle and power pack)
XP total: 1,000
Ideas for Connections to other Characters: Calven could well have 'owned' a droid at some stage (though he's a little too liberal to act as 'master'); his skills would be of some use on board a starship and he could have served as crew alongside another spacer; the Fringer's interest in the Jedi could really pander to his pedagogue urges. He could have spent some time on the Ithorian's herd ship researching their ecologically-sound technology.
*This is really the written Massasi language, which Calven unlocked the key to translating while researching Jedi lore and history, but he remains unaware of its provenance.
[gaining second level during a perilous trek through the forests of Dantooine in search of a kidnapped rebel operative, Calven has had the chance to work on his more physical and survival-oriented skills, as well as on his writing aboard the cruise ship]
