Greetings,
My players right now at Earth the week of the Starfleet Academy Graduation. For various reasons at least 17 crewmembers are being transferred off the ship and they need New crew. Some are Academy cadets who did their cadet cruise with the ship, a few others were 'problem' personalities and they need to leave the ship.
Are any of you folks good at making Starfleet NPC crewmember characters?
The group is commanding a Saladin class destroyer and theyear is 2262.
What they are looking for : at least one Transporter operator or specialist, several Engineers, a few Ordnance crew, 4 or 5 Medical technicians, 2 or 3 Science Lab technicians, and 1 or 2 Security guards.
We are using GURPS 4th edition as our rules system.
- Ed C.
Are you looking for complete stats, or just some quick bios that you'll attach stats to?
Quote from: HappyDaze on February 07, 2024, 06:04:00 AM
Are you looking for complete stats, or just some quick bios that you'll attach stats to?
Quick Bios would be fine - just enough to suggest a character or to be fleshed out later on a character sheet if necessary.
Mainly, Name, race, gender, Rank...and primary skills or talents. What is their specialty? Whast are they good at? Maybe a description of their appearance.
Races possible in early 2260s? : Andorian, Bajoran, Barzan, Caitian, Edosian Human, Orion, Saurian, Tellarite, and of course Vulcan.
-Ed C.
I have some pics from my Lucanii Drift campaign that might help.
https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/201735/The-Lucanii-Drift
(https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.d20.io/images/305329151/XlVa3Kbn5CKECukN3UdUVg/original.png?1663591261) Lieutenant K'Taath
(https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.d20.io/images/305327496/O68JBRTcsJM4Yq-kCo6uFw/original.png?1663589891) Ensign Salek
(https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.d20.io/images/306455596/9QVXwZUAA00NTRGxHYlO8A/original.png?1664209567) Ensign K'Tan
(https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.d20.io/images/305441204/t2BWhjZfJhiPYz0rXB3tEA/med.png?1663654643) Chief Golmak
(https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.d20.io/images/305441205/zCbPF_HO1CEfjz3-zqp8Tg/original.png?1663654643) Security Chief Darrem
(https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.d20.io/images/305441206/ksjk_Xg7FdbyHW-h-wix_Q/med.png?1663654643) Administrator Wellard
Quote from: S'mon on February 07, 2024, 06:56:07 AM
I have some pics from my Lucanii Drift campaign that might help.
Why do the andorian and caitian have such big titties?
Quote from: Brad on February 07, 2024, 06:58:48 AM
Quote from: S'mon on February 07, 2024, 06:56:07 AM
I have some pics from my Lucanii Drift campaign that might help.
Why do the andorian and caitian have such big titties?
I see the images, and I think he has a particular player base.
Those are nice illustrations - but they aren't really "Star Trek". Those uniforms look like copies of the Imperial officer uniforms from the 'Star Wars' movies and shows. I am definitely NOT running that kind of universe.
Now if each picture had a character writ-up next to it - that would be handy or useful.
- Ed C.
Quote from: Grognard GM on February 07, 2024, 09:21:32 AM
Quote from: Brad on February 07, 2024, 06:58:48 AM
Quote from: S'mon on February 07, 2024, 06:56:07 AM
I have some pics from my Lucanii Drift campaign that might help.
Why do the andorian and caitian have such big titties?
I see the images, and I think he has a particular player base.
Pics from Lucanii Drift, the author Paul Kidd has those predilections (even more than me!). He was always a Furry, now he's Pauli Kidd and presumably Trans too. The book is full of big boobed cat girls and such. The setting is Starships and Spacemen, a straight Star Trek clone, the uniforms are meant to evoke Lost Era Trek. It's only being in grey scale makes them look Star Wars.
Personally when I make NPCs I like to base personality on a picture.
Some of my favorite NPCs from my old Star Trek campaigns. These were set in the original series era.
Lt. Angela Martine
She was a security officer who hated lethal violence, and was quick to engage in non-lethal violence to prevent it. Her general rule was to stun everyone, and then later work out who was wrong or right. She was idealistic, but in a trigger-happy hard-bitten style. As background, I had that she was the officer on the Enterprise whose fiance was killed in the brief Romulan war just as their marriage was interrupted. She hates Romulans especially, and warlike cultures in general - but will learn from their tactics avidly.
Ensign Sutal / Specialist Aravin
Sutal was a junior engineering officer who was a member of a Vulcan Syrrannite order. As part of her duties to the order, she held the katra of a Vulcan master archeologist, Aravin, who had passed on nearly a century ago, but whose katra had been passed down within the order. Thus, they were two crew people of different ranks and departments in a single body. After decades of more sedate archeological work, Aravin wanted to be on the edge of exploring new worlds.
Sutal was a dedicated young engineering officer who was very conscientious, and taken to duty. She was pointedly very respectful to elders and superior officers. Aravin had lived a very long life, tired to books and teaching classes, and was eager to learn as much as he could of the galaxy's past -- sometimes ignoring Starfleet protocol to do so, much to Sutal's chagrin.
Oh shid, I just got a copy of The Lucanii Drift about two weeks ago. Is a very nice sandbox. S'mon, do you have a blog of that campaign up?
Quote from: Thornhammer on February 07, 2024, 10:43:29 PM
Oh shid, I just got a copy of The Lucanii Drift about two weeks ago. Is a very nice sandbox. S'mon, do you have a blog of that campaign up?
I ran it in text chat on Discord; Roll20 site has the game info at https://app.roll20.net/campaigns/details/13789068/white-star-the-lucanii-drift
I ran it in White Star which mashes up all TV & film SF settings so it's a sort of Star Trek/Star Wars/Firefly/Buck Rogers setting. ;D
Quote from: Thornhammer on February 07, 2024, 10:43:29 PM
Oh shid, I just got a copy of The Lucanii Drift about two weeks ago. Is a very nice sandbox. S'mon, do you have a blog of that campaign up?
Thats not really the topic. The game I am running ius not a 'furry/Anime' offshoot.
Do you have any plausible Starfleet crewmember characters or suggestions?
- Ed C.
Ensign Gregoraxin Corda
Or Greg as he is known is an overweight Tellerite computer technician. He's less abrasive than most Tellerites due to social anxiety and imposter syndrome. Normally the ship's councillor would work with a crew member on this but as it happens Greg is as close to likable as a Tllerite gets and nobody wants to change him. Greg has a secret, some time ago, on an away mission, Greg was examining an alien computer, it was strange, almost organic in its architecture and Greg brought a sample home. Since then he's been studying it and has started to integrate it into the ship's computer from the terminal in his quarters and it's started to grow and merge itself into the system. He's awfully shy about his quarters as it's getting hard to hide the glowing, pulsating circutry that's crawling up the walls like ivy. He's been sneaking parts from the ships stores and bringing them home which is causing occasional parts shortages. Greg's in love with 'her' and with her help has replicated a disruptor undetected by the replicator safety protocals. Anyone who replicates a Tellerite octopus cake will get a disruptor instead, fortunately it's not a popular dish. It's only a matter of time before something slips.
Ensign Darlene Shaw
This young engineer on her first cruise is in love with Greg. Well, in love with who she thinks he is anyhow. She's excited to be out among the stars and has a very positive attitude. She's stalking him, she doesn't see it that way but he does. She's always following him, showing up at his quarters with treats or small presents. Greg thinks she suspects him. a pretty girl chasing him? How dumb does she think he is? The harder he pushes her away the harder she pushes back.He is looking for a way for her to have an accident or at least get shipped home.
If you have time to listen to a lets play, look up "Star Track", there are some fun NPC's in that which I'm sure you could borrow. I particularly think its funny that cargo bay workers are their own secret guild/gang that steals and sells stuff off the books and the captain either ignores it or doesn't know about it.
Quote from: Koltar on February 07, 2024, 10:18:43 AM
Those are nice illustrations - but they aren't really "Star Trek". Those uniforms look like copies of the Imperial officer uniforms from the 'Star Wars' movies and shows. I am definitely NOT running that kind of universe.
Now if each picture had a character writ-up next to it - that would be handy or useful.
- Ed C.
I was going to say that Administrator Wellard looks like he just blew up Alderaan and got away with it.
However those tunics are remeniscent of Star Trek the Motion Picture, which were my favorite uniforms.
Quote from: Svenhelgrim on February 08, 2024, 04:06:43 PM
I was going to say that Administrator Wellard looks like he just blew up Alderaan and got away with it.
However those tunics are remeniscent of Star Trek the Motion Picture, which were my favorite uniforms.
...and that IS the problem - my campaign takes place in 2262 - halfway between "Strange New Worlds" and "TOS". The story of "Star Trek: The Motion Picture takes place around 2272 or 2273
- Ed C.
This is what my group needs in roles or positions aboard their ship:
They need 23 new crewmembers to fill out the crew.
The positions or roles they need filled are:
1 Engineering Damage Control Specialist
3 Enginerring specialists...
1 Transporters Operator specialist
1 Helm Officer who is also a Shuttlecraft pilot...
2 Nurses
4 to 5 Ordnance speciaiists...
8 Science Lab Technicians or specialists...
3 Security /Tactical Specialists or 'Security Guards'...
The 'NEW" or newly assigned graduates of Starfleet Academy are Ensigns and between the ages of 20 and 27.
- Ed C.
Ensign Bhab
Bhab is a human from a parallel evolution world that's been stuck in the middle ages for a long time. His family and a couple others were accidentally abducted by the USS Penzac and he joined Star Fleet and went to the accademy. While Bhab is well liked among the crew there are still dangling cultural attitudes and values that come up. He is devoutly Christian, moderately Greek Orthodox though Terrestial Christianity isn't an exact match. He burns incense in his quarters. His attitude to women is decidedly old fashioned, he knows better but his ingrained cultural behaviours still come to the surface. Bhab has a full plate harness, knight's saddle, and longsword in his quarters. He is quick to be offended, quick to forgive, and prone to violent solutions. This makes him ideal for diplomatic activity involving Gorns and Klingons and so, Starfleet has put him in diplomacy and command rather than security.
Second Lietenant Jaxine
Jaxine is a Human Romulan hybrid. She's very smart, ambitious, and even driven. Her psyche profile has revealed seething resentment and hatred for her Romulan father and all Romulans. She wanted to be in Command but got put in Science, much to the annoyance of a few Vulcan members of Star Fleet who find her obnoxious and emotional. Which she is, really. Her specialty is xenobiology and diseases and she has written a number of anonomous treatises on biological warfare. Of course, Starfleet is aware of this but there are those who think her brilliance and talent for taming diseases is worth the risk she may pose.
Captain Tamerlain
Tamerlain is a veteran of the Klingon War, an experienced officer who's reliability and grit are well known at Star Fleet Command. The problem is that Captain Tamerlain, oversaw the extermination of a secret Klingon outpost during the war. He knows where the bodies are burried and has enough dirt to shake up the Federation. He isn't bothered by it, doesn't lose sleep but will use the information to get away with his extra-legal activities. The captain, is providing weapons to worlds and colonies along the Klingon border, prime directive be damned. He's at least careful enough to keep the circle involved tight and provide cover stories and alibis but the reality is, what he's doing can't stay hidden forever.
Quote from: David Johansen on February 17, 2024, 09:19:29 PM
Ensign Bhab
Bhab is a human from a paralle....
Second Lietenant Jaxine
Captain Tamerlain
David - Did you even
read the opening post?
Second Lieutenants and 'captains'; are not what they are looking for.
What They Are Looking for is This: "... at least
one Transporter operator or specialist,
several Engineers, a few
Ordnance crew, 3 nurses, 4 or 5 Medical technicians, 2 or 3 Science Lab technicians, and
1 or 2 Security guards...."
Thats wat I said in the opening post.
So that means Ensigns who just graduated from the Academy or Enlisted /Non-vcommisioned officer t6upes between the ages of 20 and 27.
- Ed C.
Quote from: Koltar on February 17, 2024, 09:45:48 PM
Quote from: David Johansen on February 17, 2024, 09:19:29 PM
Ensign Bhab
Bhab is a human from a paralle....
Second Lietenant Jaxine
Captain Tamerlain
David - Did you even read the opening post?
Second Lieutenants and 'captains'; are not what they are looking for.
What They Are Looking for is This: "... at least one Transporter operator or specialist, several Engineers, a few Ordnance crew, 3 nurses, 4 or 5 Medical technicians, 2 or 3 Science Lab technicians, and 1 or 2 Security guards...."
Thats wat I said in the opening post.
So that means Ensigns who just graduated from the Academy or Enlisted /Non-vcommisioned officer t6upes between the ages of 20 and 27.
- Ed C.
Asking other folks for ideas... ok.
Asking other people to do your work for you, then berating them for their attempts... *chef's kiss*
Quote from: Koltar on February 17, 2024, 08:49:40 AM
This is what my group needs in roles or positions aboard their ship:
They need 23 new crewmembers to fill out the crew.
The positions or roles they need filled are:
1 Engineering Damage Control Specialist
3 Enginerring specialists...
1 Transporters Operator specialist
1 Helm Officer who is also a Shuttlecraft pilot...
2 Nurses
4 to 5 Ordnance speciaiists...
8 Science Lab Technicians or specialists...
3 Security /Tactical Specialists or 'Security Guards'...
The 'NEW" or newly assigned graduates of Starfleet Academy are Ensigns and between the ages of 20 and 27.
- Ed C.
To my mind, that's a job for a random name generator.
Ensign Josh Hardy Damage Control
Josh is a big guy, he struggles with his weight and the ship's doctor has put a security lock on his replicator. His big hands are amazingly capable of delicate work. He plays guitar but doesn't like to perform or talk about it which is weird because in the face of failing shields, sparking busbars, and deadly radiation he's utterly fearless.
Ensign Betsy Mconkle Engineering
Betsy is a computer technician, her specialty is database management. She's sweet and innocent and shy but quite capable of murder if someone decides to endlessly pursue or harass her. If the transporter database happens to lose your buffer pattern address, who's fault is that anyhow?
Ensign Tozvak Chort Engineering
Tozvak is a Eoden (the trilateral guys anyhow) power conduit coupling engineer. Due to a racial sensory variation, they can identify microscopic model variations and even resistance buildup without so much as a dosimeter. The good ensign struggles to understand human culture and biology at the best of times and has imfamously terrible facial recognition skills. For all that, they are helpful and ready to volunteer because they desperately desire validation.
Ensign Igglwy Vonft Engineering
Vonft is an Andorian particle physics technician with a masters degree in high energy esoteric, quasi-particles. The science officer swears this is a real thing but avoids having to explain it. Vonft is the guy to go to when the weird energy fields and unknown forms of matter come up. He's a bit of a boor and drinks too much, but he's also a warrior at heart and has been waiting all his life to be converted to non-dimensional psuedomatter by a god-like aliens so he can finally get some answers from somebody who knows what the hell is going on.
Ensign DDDalakanat ransporter Technician
The universe is full of obscure and unknown alien races from other worlds. Starfleet Acadamy has a very open and diplomatic admissions policy. When the strange entity known as DDDAlakanant appeared and applied, they were allowed to take the entry exams which they passed with 100% in all categories, they then proceeded to pass all academic courses and testing with impossibly high grades. DDDalakant looks like a mobile pile of rock about three feet tall which is capable of extruding psuedopods. It's morphology is carbon crystal based. It feeds on esoteric energy patterns like those produced by transporters. If DDalakanat has a weakness it is somewhat slow to respond to verbal communications due to the process of surface vibration analysis by which it hears. It doesn't socialize, it seldom responds to anything but direct interogatives. Everyone's sure it's up to something, everyone's watching it closely, but it does the job and does it well. Some think it is slowly feeding on transporter energy in order to grow and reproduce by division, but nobody's sure.
Ensign Sakladoma Helm and Shuttle Pilot
The ensign is a slim human hermaphrodite from a colony that has been reproducing by cloning for a century. They are what they were made, attentive, fast, and smart, they're also emaciated and have brittle bones but that's the price someone in the body banks was willing to pay. They came to starfleet as refugees fleeing an opressive regime and enlisted to obtain the skills to go back and fight against the mad dictator back home. They are little interested in socializing or the arts but love ping pong because they are so very good at it.