You're going to spoil your players, giving them a full list of everyone they've met. But it's a great tool for yourself; there's nothing like having them stumble across someone they've previously met, particularly in wildly difference circumstances. That helps make the universe feel real to them.

BTW . . . The Dead Spacer?

On of my games had "The Dead Spaceman Grill and Bar" - a [literal] hole-in-the-wall establishment on Koenig's Rock, in the Bowman Belt. :)

On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 9:55 AM, Thomas RUX <tmr0195@comcast.net> wrote:

Morning Timothy from WA.,


Yep, all the updates have been interesting and very helpful, which is what I have found with pretty much everything I recall being posted here.


Tom Rux


On February 19, 2018 at 12:22 AM Timothy Collinson <xxxxxx@port.ac.uk> wrote:

Thanks for that.  Hope it's helpful/interesting!

all the best

tc


On 18 February 2018 at 22:02, Thomas RUX <tmr0195@comcast.net> wrote:

Howdy Timothy,


Thank you for the mega-update of the game.


Tom Rux

On February 18, 2018 at 1:43 PM Timothy Collinson <xxxxxx@port.ac.uk> wrote:

[this is a work in progress which I'm contemplating giving to the players with the bold, italic and strikethrough removed.  The in game conceit could be that it's diary/contact list entries Kunal, the NPC pilot, keeps.]


NPCs of The Traveller Adventure @ the Duke of Buckingham


 

BOLD – named in The Traveller Adventure

ITALICS – present in The Traveller Adventure but not named

STRIKETHROUGH – PCs never got the name of NPC

 

Aramis

Weekea-da – Bwap male.  Local broker for the March Harrier; books passengers and cargo and may select destinations.

 

Leonard Bolden-Tukera Marquis of Aramis, ruler of the planet; owes allegiance to Count Knowln of Celepina; as head of feudal technocracy on Aramis grants a variety of subordinate positions in city government (seen at a distance as he made his new year speech from balcony)

 

Jelika Chan – Chief engineer on the Mammoth, a 5000ton freighter belonging to Akerut Lines; inquiry following crash of Mammoth recommends permanently invoking her engineer’s papers (local news); also met

 

Roet Bannerji – independent merchant captain; Master of the far trader Wollblutn; crew finds his wallet and returns it, invited to dinner although he doesn’t show; see him again on Aramanx and find him at Tavanix Governor’s Mansion (now an army hq), rescue him from attack by vargr mercenaries in which his leg is broken

 

Carlton Speck4th Officer of the far trader Wollblutn

 

? - Maitre d’hotel of the TAS in Leedor

 

Eneri Giilaan

Former business partner of Roet Bannerji; offers PCs money for info on Bannerji; uses message service at Junidy starport

 

? - Museum of Aramis administrator

 

Gvoudzon – vargr, former mercenary emissary, pawned brooch now in Museum of Aramis; being beaten to within an inch of his life when rescued by PCs

 

? – Vemene agent; tall individual; follows Gvoudzon from Museum of Aramis; assaults Gvoudzon in a service corridor along with 1-3 other agents

 

? – Museum of Aramis nightwatchman

 

Parnell Boron – Mid-passenger from Aramis to Natoko

 

Natoko

Usseni Zivino – broker on Natoko; warns that all outgoing cargoes have already been booked – influx of Tukera and Akerut liners and ore carriers.  Mousy, tight-lipped.

 

Ulrich Baseru – broker on Natoko; smoker; difficult wheeler-dealer; rival of Giles Honsen; heard of potential strike in Patinir Belt; offers demountable fuel tank deal.  Larger than life, smoking

 

Patinir Belt

Ghan Siverns – broker in Patinir Belt; small office in run-down warehouse complex just outside of starport

 

Garex Arupe – prospector rescued in Patinir Belt; survivor of attack by Wollblutn; names the ship as he’s rescued and falls into a coma

 

Director Naismith – 30 years of service with the Board of Directors, awarded a local service medal (local news)

 

Pess Ramsdor – completed the Major Body challenge in record time of half a year (local news)

 

Pysadi

Zoer – navigator on the Thuksirra, vargr trader, fussball player

Thaellangvo – pilot on the Thuksirra, vargr trader, fussball player

Erkha – engineer on the Thuksirra, vargr trader

Al – gunner on the Thuksirra, vargr trader

Llokthul – medic on the Thuksirra, vargr trader, fussball player

 

Kurz – gunner on the Ghuthuth-Aeg, vargr trader, fussball player

Senvor – pilot on the Ghuthuth-Aeg, vargr trader, fussball player

Akhllaaer – engineer on the Ghuthuth-Aeg, vargr trader, fussball player

Kanggzo – captain/navigator on the Ghuthuth-Aeg, vargr trader, knows howood fetches a good price on Aramanx

Azgaenghu - medic on the Ghuthuth-Aeg, vargr trader

 

? – local Doctor in port area brought in when Adma and Llokthul realize there’s not a lot they can do for Fox Hogan

 

Sindra Martins – 566578, human, female, age 31 – applies for deck hand (4th officer) job Fox Hogan formerly occupied

 

Bret Jurstead – 9C7976, human, male, age 39 – carpenter who applies for deck hand (4th officer) job Fox Hogan formerly occupied, wife has died and wants to leave Pysadi, works passage

 

Lily Lee – 675BA6, human, female, age 34 – applies for deck hand (4th officer) job Fox Hogan formerly occupied, works passage

 

Sameel Denton – admin officer under Port Warden dealing with cargo/passes/paperwork

 

Deeko Maistairs – concierge and provides care of March Harrier while crew visit Itzeny, handles cargo and passenger booking

 

Jan Woodman – warehouse clerk with no howood in stock (gone to Tukera), points to Itzeny as possible source

 

Grator Xalman – minor functionary in the Productionary who gives details of howood trade

 

Salvor (in Sadi) – gives permits for journey and lumbering expedition

 

Old Mars – elderly woman at open-air market stall hawking sourvenir and trinkets, shows off their craftsmanship and mentions they were made by her nephew Baraatsa, a farmer from Itzeny

 

Salvor (in Itzeny) – validates travel permits and issues permits for explosives, on return from howood grove with anolas has PCs imprisoned

 

Buul Baraatsa – farmer with land near Itzeny, howood craftsman in his spare time, garrulous and friendly, gives party carved howood items as gifts

 

Sharn Baraatsa – wife of Buul, friendly and welcoming, makes a mean hotpot

 

Bildad Baraatsa – son of Buul and in town with wagon-load of grain, invites PCs back to farm

 

Priest – lectures on church teachings and anolas importance, makes offer that they can all go free if one stays

 

? – female acolyte that Loyd gets to know during incarceration, left at the fireplace on 3rd floor when PCs rescue Loyd through the wall

 

5 passengers taken on last minute claiming religious persecution, Bret makes them cots in the cargo hold?  [did we do this?]

 

Zila

Bef Tarquina – starport worker, was in Fred’s old infantry regiment, recommends Dead Spacer to drink at and Lake Elvesdon for refuelling

 

? – guard at starport gate

 

Marka Cobben – of Cobben, Cobben & Marsden, law firm providing representation

 

Rik – bartender at Dead Spacer, mentions Zilan wine and gives them samples, but warns them Akerut has exclusive licence to export from Zila

 

Ivan Papton – barfly in Dead Spacer, tells story of dodgy insurance

 

Oberlindes crew – crew of the Margin of Profit, friendly bunch who invite PCs for drinks in Dead Spacer

 

Akerut crew – bar fight opponents in Dead Spacer after they call the March Harrier a “fat sow too slow to win anything but a garbage contract and so old that it is only the rust that holds it together” and insult the Margin of Profit

 

Marc haut-Oberlindes – owner of the Oberlindes line, bails PCs out of jail, books passage for self, Arrlanroughl and 50 tons of cargo through to Aramanx

 

Arrlanroughl – vargr PA for Oberlindes and passenger through to Aramanx

 

Carlos Morlain – TAS media ‘personality’ – wants transport to Violante but turned down as PCs heading for Aramanx

 

Carsten

Dane Buckminster – seated at one of the tables in the Miners’ Pick and attracts the attention of Lily who he takes home for the night

 

Ponon Sakar – older miner, drinking alone at the bar, for the price of a drink will talk about the mining on Carsten, conditions, and shipping radioactives; directs PCs to Museum of Geology for more information

 

? – stevedore, starport ground crew on Carsten, injured in a cargo handling accident.  Adma not only applied first aid, but also identified a subtle medical complication that would have killed him.

 

Halla somethingorother – mumbled her name and you never did catch it, but rented an 8 person air/raft for your trip out to the mine

 

Aged miner – runs the Museum of Geology, sold tickets and souvenir and made drinks

 

Teju Chispish – owner of a respirator collection Adma and (Kunal) visited

 

Middle aged woman who lives opposite Birthplace of Rina Shimada – told you all about Shimada as first colonist to be born on Carsten

 

Matriarch Komarneni Dajo – aged 66, head of the Townswoman’s Guild, invites Oberlindes (an old friend) and crew of March Harrier to Guild dinner

 

Anni-Peae Bertand – aged 23, pretty young thing Captain Loyd is seated next to at the dinner and who catches his eye

 

Rahul Armstrong – aged 60, an old miner at Dajo’s dinner table; wicked sense of black humour

 

Penni Doman – aged 31, a teacher in one of the local schools seated at Dajo’s table

 

Ashwin Chooder – aged 58, craggy features and charming; vies for the attention of Lily and books passage on the March Harrier to Aramanx to visit relatives and take Lily out to the theatre

 

Anand Meeta – aged 27, former scout, handsome; regales table Lily, Kunal and Tess are seated at with exciting stories from time in Scout

 

Pali Magin – aged 34, a drifter who has wound up on Carsten more accident than design; she is seated at dinner table between Gvoudzon and Adma

 

Dajjy Goosh – aged 21, freshly minted miner just arrived on Carsten but fascinated with vargr and is sitting next to Arrlanroughl and opposite Gvoudzon

 

Adah Bertant – aged 46, attractive mother of Anni-Peae, keeps checking up on her daughter and swoops in at end of meal when Loyd is trying to get Anni’s comm number with an “I’ll take that”; interested in Gvodzon’s fur management; on the second day on Carsten brings broth for Fred; turns up after flister incident while Loyd is in front of media cameras to enthusiastically suggest he may date Anni-Paea – if properly chaperoned

 

Margin Tomson – aged 23, seated at table with Bret Martinson and Egon Trilby

 

Nirali Roi – aged, seated at table with Bret Martinson and Egon Trilby

 

Naina Sahni – aged 48, seated at table with Bret Martinson and Egon Trilby

 

Renu Khan – small man the crew encounter beaten up in a darkened corridor, loses consciousness after handing over small package and asking that it be taken to nearest Oberlindes office

 

Anita Tokopa – middle aged business woman who books passage to Aramanx (or beyond if the crew are heading to Junidy)

 

Padsekura Varadan – shabby, gaunt prospector who begs the Captain for a passage to Aramanx where his brother, the starport Warden’s PA, will pay double the going rate

 

Piotr Zaskan – miner at the Nadir mine who gives the crew a tour of the place

 

Toly Aarinov – miner met on tour that Piotr introduces briefly

 

? – half a dozen miners almost all the crew sit with over lunch

 

Jeena, Llinn & Pijji – three female miners Loyd sits with over lunch

 

? – miner (partner/boyfriend/admirer?) who takes exception to Loyd’s presence when he enters the cafeteria and sees him with Llinn

 

Rozlee Tews – miner encountered injured after flister attack, with Roag and Barko gift the crew with a ½ ton of radioactives as thank you for rescue

 

Roag Hetri – miner encountered after flister attack, with Rozlee and Barko gift the crew with a ½ ton of radioactives as thank you for rescue

 

Barko “Delver” Awinson – miner encountered after flister attack, with Roag and Rozelee gift the crew with a ½ ton of radioactives as thank you for rescue

 

Aramanx (orbital)

Bart Merciano – Union of Senled orbital approach officer

 

Hildah Szilmann – Republic of Lanax customs officer

 

Vann Beliz – Lovrenyi health inspector

 

Palani Varadan – starport warden’s PA, pays brother Padsekura’s passage from Aramanx

 

Menya Klass – Aramanx orbital station worker helping with flat pack cabin installation

 

Julan Yakar – Aramanx orbital station worker helping with flat pack cabin installation

 

? - older couple in their 60s – theatre patrons sitting to the right of Loyd at Retian & Juniare performance

 

? - young woman – theatre patron sitting to the left of Loyd at Retian & Juniare performance, somewhat distracted and leaves quickly after the play

 

? - bartender at the WorldView bar

 

Aramanx (ground)

Enid Travers – Captain of public liaison at army hq in Governor’s mansion, calls off the Military Police hauling Kfouzorr away after scuffle and decides to pass the problem to higher authority

 

Kfouzorr – old and trusted friend of Gvoudzon, dark brown and mottled grey fur, tells PCs and Captain Travers about threat of Kforuzeng attack

 

Thane Dhurgeng (CO of Kforuzeng mercenaries) – shot and killed by Tess with lucky shot to snout

 

Loess Thingon – Sternmetal Horizon rep and colleague of Roet Bannerji killed in mercenary attack

 

various soldiers encountered near bridge on Renitza border

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




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