Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 16:43:03 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Michael F. Overbo" <overbom@stolaf.edu>
Subject: associated template
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Here's the template that goes along with the cx-350.

And my apologies to the poor PC that has to start out with the ship.

							McMike


Name: 
Type: soon to be ex-Emergency Nonpartisan Medical Supply Freighter Captain

Attributes:
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Dex: 2d+2
Kno: 3d
Per: 2d+2
Mec: 3d+2
Str: 2d+2
Tec: 3d+2
(yeah, add it up. 18D+1)

Suggested skills:
DEX: Blaster, dodge, running
KNO: languages, planetary systems, survival, willpower
MEC: astrogation, sensors, space transports, starship gunnery
PER: gambling, hide, persuasion, search, sneak
STR: lifting, stamina
TEC: droid programming, droid repair, first aid, (A) medicine, space 
transports repair, starship weapon repair

Storyline:
    You jumped at the chance when you saw the ad. "Become your own 
captain! Earn big money shipping valuable medicines into the thick of 
battle! call 507.64.2656 for more information..."

    You called the number. "Free Astromech Droid!" they told you. So 
what?, you thought. "1500 credits per standard month, plus room & board!" 
they said after that. You didn't quite sell on that. "Free Ship!", the 
voice said over the phone, in desperation.
    "I'm listening," you said. 
    "Armored like a tank! No danger at all!" You sat a little more on the 
edge of your seat. "All the romance & danger of the smash Tele-vid hits!" 
You still had your doubts.
    "Perfectly Legal!" You thought it was too good to be true. But no, 
it's all true. But still...

Thinking back, you wish you would have ignored it. Home wasn't so bad, 
after all, you think. Looking back, Mom and Dad could have been a little 
stricter. Heck, you're only in your early twenties. There was still 
plenty of time to finish your schooling at the Academy. So what if your 
parents pulled you out early so that you could work in your dad's repair 
shop? That shop is looking pretty good right now, you think.
    Oh well, at least you got the free astromech unit when you accepted 
the job. So what if it's an R5 unit? They're not TOO bad, as droids go. 
Better than a power droid, at any rate. That is, now that you've turned 
off his droid vocabulators. His blasted chirping and squawking was 
driving you insane. At any rate, he can transmit whatever he wants to say 
to your datapad. It's better than listening to him. And, you can easily 
silence him. Thank the maker for that; that uppity philanthropic 
know-it-all droid sure can get on your nerves. I wonder who programmed 
him to know philosophy, of all things...
    But you had a  sinking feeling that what precious little good luck 
you had was soon to be gone when you were brought to the abandoned 
orbital shipyard where you were to pick up your ship. At least your 
transit was nice -- the grizzled captain was almost apologetic to you. I 
wonder why... The ship you're to be captain of, it's a Mark I. They 
hadn't been made since the time before your birth. Golly, that's an old 
wreck. Wasn't there something wrong with the hyperdrive? Naw, MSR 
probably got that fixed by now... Still, this ships a rusty old hulk. 
Hopefully I can trade it in. Hey, where's my transit going?
   At least it starts up. These Mark I's were trusty and rugged, in their 
day, if you recall correctly. You grudgingly haul in the huge boxes that 
the transport captain left behind. Supplies, tools, personal equipment, 
and a heavy fusion reactor. I guess I might as well install the new 
reactor, now's as good as a time as any... After that, I think I might 
just test it out... I'm sure it'll work...


R5 unit
Dex: 1d ; 
Kno: 1d ; scholar: philosophy 5d
Mec: 3d ; astrogation 5d, sp. tran piloting 4d, starship gunnery 3d+2
Per: 1d ; persuasion: argument/debate 6d
Str: 1d ; lifting 2d+1
Tec: 3d ; sp. tran repair 4d, comp prog/rep 4d
Equiped with:
-grasping arm
-arc welder (3d damage)
-internal storage compartments
-extra memory capacity (can store 3 jumps)
-two or three tread movement
-fire extinguisher
-built-in asromech droid sensor array