FIREFLY RPG- Character Creation

Here's the thing: even the stripped-down barebones minimum version of this system is painful at best. Here's the simplest of cases: let's take a trip from Rubicon to Ariel. They're both orbiting the same star, and they have relatively similar orbital distances. Let's assume their relative positions in their respective orbits aren't that close to each other at the time of our trip, just to make things a little interesting, so we'll have to go around Bai Hu. Discounting the detour of a sun... I then get to solve for the square root of (1,963,472,044 sqared + (3,085,456,069 - 1,963,472,044), squared), then divide the whole thing by 159,571,200 to find out how many hours it'd take the Gan Ying to travel. Which is, by the way, 14 hours, 10 minutes, plus time for take-off, landing, etc. And that was a simple trip... A complex trip, like from Rubicon to Persephone, would be worse. Oh, and if we ever fly from Bottom to Caliban, find someone else to pilot the ship.

Wouldn't you have to put in the speed of the engines/ship somewhere in that equation? Just curious about this orbital stuff, never learned it.

Originally posted by Spidervlad
Wouldn't you have to put in the speed of the engines/ship somewhere in that equation? Just curious about this orbital stuff, never learned it.

However, not to be crass, but I feel that the Gan Ying will be flying at the speed of Plot this time around...
(Need to take some liberties to avoid things like advanced calculus that really don't help the fun of the game...)

Originally posted by Tptmanno1
However, not to be crass, but I feel that the Gan Ying will be flying at the speed of Plot this time around...
(Need to take some liberties to avoid things like advanced calculus that really don't help the fun of the game...)

Indeed, Thrax has helped me a bunch of planetary stuff for the game, with that PDF file he linked back there. And the math I find neat, simply because it'd be fun to have accurate travel. Otherwise, I'd just assume it takes a certain amount of days or up to a month.

Question: The laser pistol is well... Better than all the other weapons and smaller as well. What's stopping from everyone using it?

They're restricted to military personnel only, and there are none aboard Gan Ying... except for one, but it already has an owner who never uses it. It'd cost LOTS of Money points, too.

Dropping hints already Rex...
Tisk tisk...

It's not THAT important... unless you considered the difficulty of getting a laser pistol by legal means.

Who said anything about legal mans...

will post a sheet later

Preferably soon, Jalek. Things are underway!

it will be tonight. I would have had it already but i need a bio, and some info on firefly in general

I suggest Wikipedia for gathering Firefly info. It is set about five hundred years in the future, in 2514. Mankind has left Earth due to massive pollution problems (it is now uninhabitable) and moved to the planets and moons orbiting around a series of stars. The setting is futuristic science fiction meets the Western genre.

Originally posted by Tptmanno1
Who said anything about legal mans...

How about one of us gets to distract Kelly, while the other intrusion rolls into his room and steals the pistol. We could even share it after!

And if anything, blame it on the drifters 😛

I made a few minor changes Rex, and added his bio, if something doesn't make sense or needs to be changed then I apologize and I will change it accordingly.

Soldier- Toki Kasumi

"First rule of battle, little one... don't ever let them know where you are."

PHYSICAL
Strength: 4
Agility: 5
Dexterity: 4

MENTAL
Willpower: 5
Intelligence: 2
Charisma: 3
Perception: 2

SKILLS

Guns= 4
Combat= 4
Heavy Weapons: 1
Intimidation: 3
Leadership: 3
Observation: 1
Languages: 1

MERITS

Choose three Merits.

HIGHER PURPOSE

After donning the seven scars and recovering from saving his captain, Toki realized that he was meant to be a savior to this world. He wants to end the fighting and save as many lives as he can. Now he is more than ready to lay down his life in exchange for another's safety as a martyr to the universe.

REPUTATION

Toki is mostly known for his hostage/P.O.W. rescue mission where he went to go and save his fellow soldiers from captivity with a small elite force. Here he was critically injured and his chest now donned 7 scars on his body. He was a vital member to his team's success and was recognized by his captain as a hero for his noble sacrifice. He is now known by some as the seven scarred soldier.

SCHTICKS

Choose 6 Gun schticks.

STRAIGHT SHOOTER
MERCYKILLER
LIGHTNING RELOAD
CLOSE QUARTERS GUNMAN
BULLET TIME
BODYGUARD

Choose 6 Combat schticks.

Martial Artist
Street Fighter
Leaping Attack
Sidestep
Dodge and Weave
Focused Blow

Bio (I hope this fits to match the Firefly Universe)

Toki was born and raised on Jiangyin and he is of Chinese descent and a natural born speaker. Growing up he trained in the various forms of Martial Arts and takes pride in his styles. He isn't fond of guns but he realizes that you can't end a war solely with your fists, but he will quickly throw down his weapons to engage his enemy in unarmed combat.

As soon as he came of age he joined the Alliance and fought with them on a few occasions, he doesn't care who or why they are fighting, and he holds no grudges against his enemies. Toki only follows orders, and makes sure that the peace of the universe is upheld. Being trained in the humble ways of Martial Arts he has learned to see through the materialistic things like money, fame and sex, but Toki finds honor to be the greatest treasure one can attain.

Now he is a soldier above the Gan Ying and he is more than ready to lay his life on the line for his captain, fellow crew members and whoever else his path may cross.

Originally posted by Captain REX
Indeed, Thrax has helped me a bunch of planetary stuff for the game, with that PDF file he linked back there. And the math I find neat, simply because it'd be fun to have accurate travel. Otherwise, I'd just assume it takes a certain amount of days or up to a month.

Trust me in saying that Kelly would not take kindly to that, Vash.

And good, Toki! The Alliance is the government that rules over the star systems, if you weren't sure. They fought the Independents (or the Browncoats) because the Independents didn't want to be under the Alliance's power. Civil war and all.

Yeah I figured as much with a name like the Alliance then they should be the police of the galaxy. Toki follows them because he has been given orders to do so, but he understands the reasoning behind those that he fights against. So are all of the members near the hangar or should I appear somewhere else?