Freelance Traveller

Sir David Shetland

profiled by Joel Benford

Class

Noble 1/Scout 8

XP

36,000

Race

Mixed Humaniti

Age

46

Sex

Male

Height

1.75 m

Weight

70 kg

Description

Average build, short cropped blonde hair, green eyes, clean shaven.

Homeworld

Ipsham (0533) Satyressia/Ley A594342-C

Languages

Galanglic, Oynprith [Droyne]

Abilities

STR 13, DEX 12, CON 10, INT 14, EDU 14, WIS 14, CHA 12, SOC 16

Key Skills

Driving-6, Gather Information-13, Gunnery-10, Knowledge(Droyne)-5, Liaison-15, Pilot-7, P/Admin-7, P/Survey-12, Sense Motive-7, T/Astrogation-6, T/Communications-5, T/Computer-4, T/Mechanical-5, T/Medical-5, T/Sensors-15
{Includes attribute bonuses but not skill-enhancing feats listed below (since they don't always apply).}

Feats

Armor Prof (Light, Vac Suit)

Vessel (Grav, Ground, Starship)

Weapon Prof (Marksman, Ship's Weapons, Swordsman)

Carousing - +2 to Gather Information in social situations

Contact Specialist - +4 to all Liason or reaction checks when dealing with someone for the first time

Jack of all Trades - use skills which require training as if character has rank 0

Martial Training - +1 to BAB every 4 levels, currently +2

Negotiator - +2 to all Liason and P/Administration Checks

Noble Presence - use SOC bonus instead of CHA bonus for Leader and Liason checks

Trustworthy - +2 to Liason and Gather Information when interacting with others

Combat

Lifeblood: 10

Stamina: 34

Saves: Fort +2, Ref +5, Will +8

Attacks: BAB +6/+1, +1 DEX, +2 Martial Training

No armour: AC 11, AR 0, Skill Check -0, Speed 9m

TL-12 Hostile Environement Suit: AC 16, AR 5, Skill Check -3, Speed 3m (heavy load)

Equipment / Possessions

Usual gizmos, assorted scruffy clothes, one smart noble outfit, one type A2 Far Trader with a Cr 48 million loan. Later gained a TL-12 Hostile Environment suit.

David Shetland was born into a noble family on a world with a dense, tainted atmosphere and 1000 inhabitants, most of whom are in the chemicals trade. His childhood and adolescence was uneventful, but instead of attending university as most other scions of the nobility did, he joined the Scouts. There have been rumors, never confirmed, of a scandal connected with his application to university.

His first terms were spent learning the ropes of being a Scout, but he eventually found a niche in planetary survey and contact. This stood him in good stead when he was detached at his family's request to welcome a Droyne enclave to Ipsham, and act as liaison between the Droyne and the human community there.

He was recalled to active duty with the Scouts to perform intelligence-gathering duties during the Solomani Rim War. Although there were no complaints about his performance, the bureaucracy ground on, and at age 46 it caught up with him and required him to muster out.  During his final week as a Scout, he won a Type A2 Far Trader - and its mortgage - in a card game. While the minimum required paperwork to muster Sir David out was completed, he never claimed the remainder of his benefits from the Scout Service.