Freelance Traveller - Up Close and Personal

Up Close and Personal

Up Close And Personal provides looks at personalities that can be used in a Traveller scenario, adventure, or campaign, as PCs or as NPCs. Most profiles include character sheet data suitable for use with one or more versions of Traveller.

Mark Admag (William Wilson) A Free Trader Captain/Owner in a post-Collapse Regency (T5 format)
Gverz Aeng (Simon Brodie) A Vargr who has broken through the 'glass ceiling'
Aghregh (Joseph Rocchi) A Vargr bounty hunter with a warped sense of humor
Iain "Fish" Anderson (Joel Benford) A highly-skilled engineer, one of the central characters of the Raconteurs' Rest story, Kursis Charter.
Cyd Annasser (Jeff Zeitlin) Subdued elegance with a purpose
Hal Aphedor (Jim Vassilakos) Rendering judgement for the Countess
Bam Ashish (Sam Swindell) As a scout, she learned what "it" was, and has been searching for "it" since.
Aoungarr Brighteyes (Angus McDonald) A versatile intelligence agent on detached duty (T20 stats)
Arorrbar-Harroga (Paul Sanders) A Milieu 0 Vargr NPC.
William "Barnacle Bill" Barnes (Bill Cameron) An embarassment buried alive.
Cassius Belli (Daniel Phelps) Mercenaries and governments might find this merchant useful...
Avnor W. Bemis (Bill Cameron) A 'facilitator' with other talents that could come in handy
Sir Ferdinand Berry (Sam Swindell) His rite of passage went... wrong
Jana Berson (Joe Adams) Captain and majority shareholder in the Solar Envoy, trying to make it pay in the Trojan Reaches
Tonna Blackthorne (Sam Swindell) An ex-Scout loner with an odd pet and a love of good food
Klaus Bögel Andor (Narciso Maeso) A Rescue Scout who lived up to the ideal of the Rescue Groups
Arisia Boston (Ken Murphy) A band vocalist and poet
Shtiz Bralzastebr (Timothy Collinson) A successful Zhodani, but perhaps not in his own eyes
Kelly B'wa and 'Gerbil' Goodepaster (Sam Swindell) A hard-working captain and her former Second Officer.
Alistair Plankwell ("Kid Vicious") Cantor (David Shayne) A former Navy man with a singular career.
Lyons Carlton ('John Mitchell') A Classic Era Human NPC.
Chuck Chambers (Sam Swindell) A forger whose swash might be a bit unbuckled
Sohair Chen (Ken Murphy) An ex-barfly turned computer expert
Silea Crossflow (Joel Benford) An amphibious geneered human who excels at navigation. One of the central characters in the Raconteurs' Rest story, Kursis Charter.
Wallace Dakota (Mark Urbin) A very able ship's engineer.
Danny Nasaya (Paul Anuni) A Hiver with interests in smells and stories.
Peter Dantic (Mike Kanssen) An absent-minded minor god.
Boudreaux Delgado (Ken Murphy) A hack driver who could be much more than a hack writer.
Edwina Dennis (Ken Murphy) When she retired from the police, they lost a good cop.
Kylor Dukagen (Walter G. Smith) A Classic Era Human scientist NPC.
Three 'D's (Leslie Bates) Brief profiles of Dennis, Dana, and Ditzie, from his story Friends in High Places.
Rory Furminger (Ewan Quibell) A troubleshooter against Vargr troubles
Henri Gaudette (Sam Swindell) A man with a lot to offer, and a lot to forget.
Ghoeghoe (Timothy Collinson) A Roth Thokken Vargr Mystic
Yohan Gleiser (Ken Murphy) The heat exchanger is also his barbeque pit.
Rodinal Gravely III (Simon Brodie) A noble who decided to take a walk on the wild side - and stay there.
Bem Guramiir (Brian G. Vaughan) A covert agent whose true mission is being kept from him.
Artul Gurstelle (Bill Cameron) A disillusioned Scout Administrator who'd rather be flying
Gvoudzon (Ken Bearden) A look into this Traveller Adventure character.
Nooni Hendricksonne (Sam Swindell) The ship's Stoic, on any ship
Zachary Higgins-David (Clay Bush) An outcast savant who has found a niche among Hivers
Sherlock Holmes as a Traveller Character (Timothy Collinson) The famous literary detective, inspired by a mailing list discussion
Jenny Hu (Sam Swindell) A high-end operator
Bishop Sebastian Ishigani (Tuukka Tenhunen) From hacker to religious leader.
Ishmael James (Richard Honeycutt) A hard-luck Scout who may never get to retire...
"Janusa" (Daniel Phelps) Double Agent or plant?
Obion Joplin (Ken Murphy) She got away from blood and guts
Arka Kaelech (John T. Kwon) An enigmatic trader along the Zhodani border.
Bouvier Kaldehar (Timothy Collinson) Turned down by the Marines, he’s found his niche in a mercenary company.
Kaokhtriyh (Joe Adams) Protecting at all cost those he is responsible for
Najilliane Kidgergadim (Jeff Hopper) An artist who can be a major disruption.
Brno Kinsmor (Timothy Collinson) Working on an interstellar "bookmobile"
Badru Kiprotich (Sam Swindell) An ex-cop with a good feel for finding the problems.
Ganidiirsi Kivarru (Michael Brown) A Four-Color Hero - or at least he thinks he is.
Soren Kjellgaard (Richard Crowley) Somewhat provincial, very knowledgeable.
Iosif Kliedaries (Ken Pick) A Kipling-esque character from a very old campaign
Knerrgkurro (Richard Honeycutt) A Vargr ex-corsair retired to foster-fatherhood.
Tine Korphylo (Joe Adams) Trying to prove her worth, and finding a family
Trey Kowalskie (Sam Swindell) A "fixer" who never gets dirty himself.
Korigzuefeng Kharrvae (Simon Brodie) A picked-on pup who turned his life around.
Pembroke Colton Krankheilt (Rob Miracle) A misfit scion of a well-to-do family.
Louis Kravicks (Richard Honeycutt) A thoroughly unpleasant former SPA Executive who nevertheless might just come in handy...
Bob Kurarimi (Sam Swindell) As gung-ho as a medic as he ever was as a rifleman.
Michael Lakish (Fritz Brown) A paroled cop-killer who turned his life around.
Terrel Lance (Alan Spik) A Marine Career on ice
Fuzzy Lawless (Sam Swindell) A scout with good ideas, but little follow-through
Brodie LeBouchere (Ken Murphy) He's a chimpanzee, not a gorilla.
Kyllikki Leppällä (Terry Gardner) An engineer who likes her ships "shiny"
Danforth Lewes (Peter Gray) The "Architect of Ruin" covertly stands for the restoration of the Third Imperium, and against everything the Regency stands for.
Kraig Louis (Gary Bartz) A Classic-era Navy character with a history and a grudge...
Mindy Loon (Sam Swindell) She won't ask about a job until she's beaten.
Munush Lum (Joe Webb) A corporate troubleshooter.
Ehlorra Makkan (Simon Brodie) An exceptional Scout with good all-around abilities
Denizens of Marburg (Timothy Collinson) A set of useful characters to know
Mary-Jo van Marik (Ben Harrison) A manipulative member of the nobility.
Jerrod Markuur (Roger Barr) A Human Milieu 0 NPC.
Talia Mason (John Lees) Academic and independent
Jan Haakon Mattiason (Bill Cameron) An ex-diplomat gone into the business of information
Calypso McArthur (Michael Hughes) A scout and ex-freedom fighter.
Twiggy McClellum (Jeff Hopper) Flirtatious and vengeful, Twiggy can always be counted on to turn up when it's most inconvenient.
Farquhar McPhar (Mark Ayres) A two-term Scout from the Classic era.
Jayson McPhearson (William Wilson) A psionic time-traveller - the hard way!
Harriet MacPherson (Peter Brenton) A career investigator with an unusual knack for getting the info.
Brigette Maelcum (Ken Murphy) Someone even the Marines look to as a model
P. Hunley Marsters (Ken Murphy) A roving journalist on the talk-show circuit
Puulani Meagher (Sam Swindell) A pilot at heart, and at loose ends
Brittina Montaigne (Michael Brown) An evangelist with a sideline in resource reallocation
Fooz Murphy (Angus McDonald) An ex-Marine acting as a bodyguard on a Julian trade mission.
Norman Nescio (Jeff Zeitlin) A covert agent, remarkably unremarkable
Seamus "Lefty" O'Doul (Tim Dougherty) An ex-Solomani ex-Scout with some stories to tell...
Neff Ogawbayawnawquot (Ken Murphy) A Special Branch commando.
Torrey Luis d'Orander (Ken Murphy) A sports star turned restauranteur
Helene Owendo (Benjamin Pew) Building a reputation, on a reputation
Angus Owensby (Ken Murphy) From delinquency to shaman.
Sir Jace Pedersen (Mark Urbin) A historian and noble who is not afraid to get his hands dirty.
Bancroft Nassir Pham-Trask (Ken Murphy) He went into the Naval Academy as the family wanted - and became a Scout anyway.
Gwen 'Aunt Molly' Polaneczky (Ken Murphy) an orphan adopted as a runner, now running the operation
Niix Polgret (Simon Brodie) A merchant's marine
Geoff Ranna (Daniel Phelps) A post-Frontier War gangster-turned-informant.
Rargrahl (Mark Ayres) An Imperial Vargr who went from ghetto pup to respected merchant captain
Khadija Rekyaveer (Antony Farrell) A New Era-compatible character from an alternate-setting campaign.
Zan Gaylin Remem (Joe Adams) A Darrian with an interest in psionics, and the interest of the authorities in two empires
Hauthor Renn (Jason Kemp) A doctor with an interest in xeno-medicine
Hampton Rhodes (Scott Diamond) He struck out on his own, but didn't strike out.
Jhonjo Rison (Joe Adams) A loner who puts the ship first
Maelcum Rivers (Joel Benford) An experienced soldier and mercenary with hostile-environment training and experiece. One of the central characters in the Raconteurs' Rest story, Kursis Charter.
Rortuvu (Richard Honeycutt) A Vargr exchange tech.
Ngedh Saekeghadez (Brian G. Vaughan) A Vargr journalist in the Transform
Akhal Sakum (Daniel Phelps) An artist and art forger.
Hiram Schwartzburg (Sam Swindell) Living life to the fullest
Sir David Shetland (Joel Benford) A detached Scout with a freighter and crew, out on the trailing edge of the Imperium. One of the central characters in the Raconteurs' Rest story, Kursis Charter.
Judith Shreipm (Alan Spik) She wasn't SUPPOSED to have survived...
Shuchithra (Jeff Zeitlin) A Human entertainer NPC usable in almost any era.
Sir Jeremide Alexis Sincavage (Robert Sanders) A scout-turned-archaeologist with a mission to identify an unknown alien.
Ham Sinclair (Daniel Phelps) A bureacratic power-behind-the-throne.
Neville Sinclair (Peter Newman) An Imperial Noble superbly equipped for ignoble pursuits
Skkuuhkarzk (Robert Gilson) A Hhkar Warrior/Bard who may take an interest in the PCs.
Tulagai Slandon and Gamma Banner (Richard Morey) A disgraced SuSAG executive, and one of the people that he uses - and who uses him
Ulysses Perceval Smythe (Daniel Phelps) A remittance man and small-time thief who can also act as a gentleman's gentleman.
The Spanachi Family (Ken Murphy) A colorful family with a colorful past
Phyllis Stein (Mike Kanssen) A Police Office with a difficult past and a shady present.
Isaiah "Elric" Stromberg (Richard Crowley) Peace was just boring.
Gunnar Stuki (Timothy Collinson) A quiet man doing good
Dejovaline Ibn Sung (Joe Webb) "The Grindstone" has a mission, and isn't interested in failure.
Terilla Sung (Peter Gray) The "Madwoman of Mora" is ambitious and amoral, and willing to use the power of her Regency office to violate Regency law
Alma Sunguptra (Ken Murphy) From skywalker to general handywoman, she's never been afraid to get her hands dirty.
Cyrus Tanlis (Antony Farrell) Framed and fired, vengeance is his motivation.
Teauearl (Rodney Basler) A profile of an Imperial Fteirle (Aslan) soldier.
Bemela Ryos Thihs (Timothy Collinson) Was achieving his life's ambition the right thing to do?
Lock Thormadon (Ewan Quibell) Barely educated, from an unsophisticated background, but still useful to his boss.
Dain Thrangar (Dan Roseberry) A determined and capable, if unlucky, ex-Scout
Estë Toivenen (Timothy Collinson) A farmer's daughter turned ecologist and activist.
"Swede" Tormundson" (Sam Swindell) An ex-pirate in his own private hell.
Nell Troutgarden (Ken Murphy) The rock was a world that didn't want to join the empire. The hard place was the empire. She was caught between them.
Bari Z. Turokan (Bari Z. Stafford) A chaplain/courier.
Rice Tyco (Joe Adams) Because he hustled in the Imperium, he hustled out...
Comstock Uri (Ken Murphy) A gorilla who studies humans.
Kvinne Vaskebjørn (Joshua Levy) A hard-core boss troubleshooter.
Ko-raal Ventar (Simon Brodie) A good steward with a bad habit.
Percy Verance (Mike Kanssen) A rally driver whose honesty and skill is matched only by his bad luck
Tab Volet (Michael Hughes) An artiste.
Myra Wall (Sam Swindell) Her name describes how she responds - but not always...
Mary Webster (Andrew Moreton) A soldier with insecurities about her appearance and an addiction to adrenaline highs.
Cesar Peskett Wemyss (Bill Cameron) A dedicated ex-Diplomat
Aubrey Wills (Ken Murphy) There needn't be much difference between Household Troops and Ground Forces.
Bhumibol "Tex" Wu (Ken Murphy) An entrepreneur.
Traveller: The Role-Playing Phoenix Constantly Reborn (Anders Blixt, translated by Timothy Collinson) An interview with Marc Miller from the Swedish magazine Fenix
Interview with John Watts (Brett Kruger) A look into the past, present, and future of Independence Games
Interview with Omer Golan-Joel of Stellagama Publishing (Brett Kruger) A brief look at Stellagama Publishing and its founder
Interview with Paul Elliott (Brett Kruger) Spotlighting the enthusiasm of the founder of Zozer Games