Ve'caraven, Twi'lek Pilot

Andraia · 12:17am

Ve'caraven

I'll whip up a more map-friendly image for her later~...

Character Sheet
Female Twi'lek Noble
Age: 24, Height: 1.4m, Weight: 48kg

Vek is a green-skinned twi'lek with an unimpressive figure. She is a bit on the short side and not as curvy as most females of her race. She wears a sturdy pair of goggles over her simple leather and cloth headdress that she pulls down when piloting anything with an open cockpit.

Her clothes, although relatively simple, do show a bit of personality. She keeps her weapons in concealed holsters (Bit tucked in at the small of her back and Vana in a shoulder holster under her vest) and her appearance as pleasing as possible to seem as nonthreatening and trust worthy as she can. Weapons, she finds, are only useful at the kind of business meetings she would prefer to avoid.

Nerves of steel are required for any pilot; at least, any pilot who hopes to get away with the kind of stuff Vekcara does. Even staring down the business end of a blaster rifle, she'll have a grin and a sarcastic comment. She is friendly and outgoing, but in a superficial way. When it comes down a crunch, its every girl for herself.

Vek grew up on a tiny little planet in the middle rim. Technically it was controlled by the empire, but they had no real presence there. It was a quiet, boring place, where people went when they wanted to disappear. The day she turned sixteen she got on a transport and never looked back.

The first place she came to was Sullust. It was busy, and loud, and nothing like the place she left behind. She spent a few years there, working in a shop, and came to call the planet home. There she met the human pilot Jeth, who became her best friend and closest confidant. When his cargo ship was attacked by raiders, and he and the rest of his crew were declared dead, Vek decided it was time to move on.

She flew transports for a while, hopping planets and crews quicker than she could keep track. Her next stop was Coruscant -- or rather, The Imperial Centre -- which she discovered was something like a scurrier trap; easy to get on, hard to get off. Her homeworld, being more or less free of the empire's influence, was happily xeno-friendly. The segregated and xenophobic policies of the Imperial Centre socked her. She lived in Invisec, where she got involved with Alien Combine and began her carrier pissing off the empire.

Vek left Coruscant about a year later, and joined the Rebel Alliance.

Ve'caraven (Veckara Ven)
Female Twi'lek Noble
HP 28/28, Condition Normal
Damage Threshold 12
Defenses: Fort 12, Ref 14, Will 12
Force Points 6

Andraia · May 18 '12, 10:59pm

Starting rolls made here.

Hey, Beeblebrox (great username, by the way), I would like to have Vek's blaster
modified as if a tech specialist had had a go at it. If that is okay I'll deduct the cost
of the modifications and such from her starting credits.

beeblebrox · May 19 '12, 2:21am

Thanks! Was going to do Slartibartfast, but he was already taken! Huge fan of the series.

As per the tech specialist feat: "The market value of a modified item is equal to the base cost of the item plus double the cost of the modifications made to it." I think that would put a modified blaster pistol at about 2,500 credits and a heavy blaster pistol at 2,750 credits. Hope that helps.

Also, are those pictures your work? Because I'm really impressed! Especially with the icon. What do you think about "whipping up" images for the rest of the characters, and maybe icons for combats too?

Andraia · May 19 '12, 2:51am

HGTTG was the first audiobook I ever got on my iPod, so I have "read" it... well,
quite a few times XD . Absolutely love the series. It's right up there on my favourite
book list, next to Good Omens, Persuasion, and The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray.

Yeah, I know how to calculate modified weapons costs d(O u O)b . The last game
I was in -- that I had originally tried to play Vek in -- started at level four, and I had
modified the gun for that game.

Indeed OuO; . The top picture was obviously Order of the Stick inspired, but I made
it, yes X'D . I've been messing around with a sharp-edged lineless style lately that I
am going to try drawing Vek in next.

Those little icons are a blast to make! I normally dont commit to drawing/spriting
anything ~~because as soon as I do I choke~~ but those are relatively easy, and I have
done them in

groups before. Besides, I've been in an artsy mood recently! I'll start
creeping through people's references and see what I can drum up~.

beeblebrox · May 19 '12, 4:16am

The calculating it out was more for me than anything. I have played SWRPG consistently since the RCR days and still have trouble remembering the detail rules.

As for the art, no pressure! You don't need to commit to anything. We've all had icons for the last year that have worked great, but custom ones are always cooler! If you ever feel like it though, they'd be much appreciated!

Andraia · 4:30am

This system can be a bit on the complicated side X'D ... I'll probably be asking
for mechanics help from time to time. Hehehe.

When I built Vana (the modified blaster pistol) last time, the GM said that the tech
specialist upgrade (improved accuracy) was double cost -- since it says so, nice and
clearly, in the rules --, but that the regular modification (eletrograpple handle) was
normal price. Is that how you would do it? Or would you double the cost of that as
well? I can't seem to find any reference in the book, one way or the other... I guess
because they make the assumption that you are going to be the one modifying it X'D .

Also, does this crew have a ship? Or do they just pick up where they can?

beeblebrox · May 19 '12, 5:44am

A tech specialist modification and an upgrade are different I guess. So I'd say that you can attempt (with a roll) to install the electrograpple handle, or you can just pay double and not roll.

As for the ship, they have been riding along with this Captain Tikaris fellow, who you can read about in the Characters thread. He's got a leg wound right now, so we will see how things turn out. I can tell you that with a pilot character in the party now, there's the potential for a ship coming your way. I'll be sure to consult you and the party when it comes to choosing the model and the like.

Andraia · May 19 '12, 5:59am

I'm just going to pay double. I really don't need to save the credits XD . I
have (more or less) decided to take the wealth talent, seeing as it is one
of only three noble talents that I think will be of any use to my character...
and I want a speederbike BD .

I'll be sure to read up on all of the NPCs~.

Andraia · May 19 '12, 6:38am

So, I think Vek is more or less good to go now... feel free to express any questions,
comments, or concerns. (That goes for all of you, not just Beeblebrox.) If you want
to have a look at the credit spending breakdown, you can see it here.

beeblebrox · May 19 '12, 6:40am

I don't know what I think about the speeder bike option, or wealth for that matter. I feel like I should warn you that owning a vehicle like a speeder bike could be a liability more than an asset. Things get wild fast with this party, and I'd have to warn you there's a solid chance it would be stolen or lost before you'd even get a chance to use it, just because the circumstances would lead to the party flying off (or whatever your flying in flying off, without the party) without having time to recover it.

By no means though does that mean that you won't have the chance to use a speeder bike! I'll take that into consideration and make one available sometime in the next adventure, but owning one would likely be a waste of resources.