conversations.from: system
conversations.value: The year is 5633 AD, which is Year 1115 on the Imperial Standard Calendar. Mankind owns the stars. Well, at least about 10,000 of them anyway. For over a thousand years of relative peace and prosperity, the Third Imperium has ruled a vast swath of the sky. On the power of jump technology, and the might of the Imperial Marines, Strephon Alkhalikoi rules the Imperium from afar, as it takes nearly a year with typical jump technology merely to cross the expanse he rules. The Emperor allows his hereditary nobles, the dukes in particular, to run the day to day affairs of their own worlds. Beneath the nobility, local politics and customs may, by and large, do what they like, so long as they pay homage and taxes to the Imperium.
  
  Which explains what you're doing out here beyond the fringe of the Imperium, as far as you can get from anything that passes for authority. For some reason, you'd rather take your own chances and make your own fate than knuckle under to some count or marquis, or worse local yokels. Unfortunately, that puts you at the mercy of pirates, thieves, and worse ne'er-do-wells, like Vargr merchants...
  
  You are a partner/shareholder of a merchant ship, the original *Beowulf*, moribund namesake of an entire class of 200-ton free traders. Often maligned as tramp freighters (but if the shoe fits!), *Beowulf*-class free traders are durable, reliable, multi-purpose ships that require less maintenance and hassle than any comparable ship of its size.
  
  **After you mustered out of your first (or fifth?) career, what made you sign on with this motley crew of misfits who eke out a living, such as it is, beyond the edge of civilization?**
  
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  *A PhD in Traveller canon is not required to play in this game, although it will be a challenge for you if you don't know the difference between Solomani, Vilani, and Zhodani. Or how to distinguish an Aslan from a Vargr. I strongly recommend visiting http://www.farfuture.net/ to round out your roleplaying library with some quality retro scifi gaming materials.*
  
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  In order to complete the crew of *Beowulf*, we need something like the following:
  
  => Pilot
  
  => Astrogator
  
  => Sensor/Communications Operator
  
  => Engineer
  
  => Merchant (to wheel-and-deal for the inevitable cargo)
  
  => Steward (to care for the inevitable passengers)
  
  *One of those must be the captain, in addition to the other crew role; traditionally, it's the pilot or the merchant who is also the captain, but I'm willing to be persuaded.*
  
  For those familiar with Traveller (any edition), crew may be drawn from any career path or service so long as they have the requisite "skills" for their role on the crew roster.
  
  Feel free to customize any cards you like, so long as they fit within the spirit of the Traveller canon.
  
  When detailing your description, please try to explain how you came into sufficient capital to "own" a little piece of a 40 megacredit starship, even one as decrepit as *Beowulf*.
  
  These adventures will take place on the edge of the Spinward Marches.
  
  *We'll begin when we've got at least four characters, and double up the other roles as it makes sense.*
  
  Story expectations are pretty open. Aim for a PG-13 rating, plus or minus, and we'll be fine. We can make it as humorous and light-hearted as the group likes, or as dark and blue as the group decides to take it. It's your story.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A veteran of interstellar travel from the first generation of FTL-capable starships.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Experienced
  
  Suggested Weakness: Stubborn
conversations.prefix: Veteran Astronaut:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A green newbie embarking on an interstellar mission for the first time.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Intrepid
  
  Suggested Weakness: Inexperienced
conversations.prefix: Rookie Astronaut:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Curious and cautious, eager to explore the cosmos and live to tell the tales.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Highly Perceptive
  
  Suggested Weakness: Hesitant
conversations.prefix: Science Officer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A capable officer used to all-night shifts overseeing ship functions and information systems.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Great Endurance
  
  Suggested Weakness: Brutish
conversations.prefix: Operations Chief:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Brilliant and inventive but still not used to the stresses of actual interstellar travel.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Brilliant Mind
  
  Suggested Weakness: Queasy
conversations.prefix: Engineering Officer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The responsibility for the safety of the ship rests here, in good hands.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Athletic Physique
  
  Suggested Weakness: Untrusting
conversations.prefix: Weapons Officer:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Trained in xenolinguistics and alien cultures to make allies and history throughout the galaxy.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Charismatic
  
  Suggested Weakness: Stubborn
conversations.prefix: Communications Officer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your mission is to help humanity explore the stars so your people don’t have to take the risk.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Intrepid
  
  Suggested Weakness: Secretive
conversations.prefix: Alien Diplomat:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Humanity’s not ready for what’s out here. You are.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Military Training
  
  Suggested Weakness: Brutish
conversations.prefix: Alien Commando:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: State-of-the-art in earthly robotics and artificial intelligence, programmed for calm precision.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Sturdy Robot Body
  
  Suggested Weakness: Limited Emotional Capability
conversations.prefix: Support Robot:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Fit, strong, and agile.
conversations.prefix: Athletic Physique:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’re inventive and insightful, nimble and powerful of mind.
conversations.prefix: Brilliant Mind:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re quick to detect social cues and physical clues.
conversations.prefix: Highly Perceptive:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Adventurous and bold.
conversations.prefix: Intrepid:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A rigid training regimen has prepared you for a dangerous life.
conversations.prefix: Military Training:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Long nights, bad food, and rough rides are no problem for you.
conversations.prefix: Great Endurance:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Friendly and approachable or intimidating and stern, whatever the situation calls for.
conversations.prefix: Charismatic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Education is your great advantage.
conversations.prefix: Well Educated:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’ve seen things the others wouldn’t believe.
conversations.prefix: Experienced:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Exceptional artificial design and construction make you strong and sturdy.
conversations.prefix: Sturdy Robot Body:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Rough rides and variable gravity don’t agree with you.
conversations.prefix: Queasy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Difficult to divert and slow to change.
conversations.prefix: Stubborn:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sometimes it’s fear, sometimes doubt.
conversations.prefix: Hesitant:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sharing things has gotten you hurt before.
conversations.prefix: Secretive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Pain and stress cut you especially deep.
conversations.prefix: Sensitive:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Blunt and direct.
conversations.prefix: Brutish:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Not so much for you with the talking.
conversations.prefix: Socially Awkward:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Others have let you down. It’ll happen again.
conversations.prefix: Untrusting:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your experience is limited... for now.
conversations.prefix: Inexperienced:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your software brain is designed to limit and regulate emotional responses.
conversations.prefix: Limited Emotional Capability:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You want to be remembered. You want to make a dent in history.
conversations.prefix: Secure Your Future:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Reclaim a site or planet from the likes of gluttonous alien prospectors for the glory of Earth.
conversations.prefix: Steal A Claim Back From Alien Rivals:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Earn a promotion and further your career.
conversations.prefix: Get Promoted:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Colleagues in the fleet have been slain by “Riser.” Maybe the *Dauntless* can end that pirate.
conversations.prefix: Get Revenge Against The Pirate Called Riser:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your faith encompasses all that outside of your knowledge. As your knowledge goes, must your faith shrink?
conversations.prefix: Faith Versus Knowledge:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Peace comes through superior power. Make humanity safer by making humanity stronger.
conversations.prefix: Safety From Danger:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You lost your confidence—in yourself, in humanity, in something—and you’re out here to get it back.
conversations.prefix: Recover What’s Lost:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Humanity’s destiny is near. Answers are out there. Will you know them when you see them?
conversations.prefix: Human Destiny:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: No species is alone. The future of sentience is in the mingling and cooperation of species. Make peace where you can.
conversations.prefix: Not Alone:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You want the respect of the commodore of the fleet. You need it. But why?
conversations.prefix: Earn Star Commander Fitzcurtis’s Respect:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Be the first to discover a new species of fauna heretofore unseen by humankind.
conversations.prefix: Encounter A New Life-Form:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can make this ship operate faster, more efficiently, for the betterment of all. Make it happen.
conversations.prefix: Improve Ship-wide Performance:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Get over your fear of deep space by making it through a spacewalk in the field.
conversations.prefix: Spacewalk:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Achieve popularity among the crew. Respect can come later.
conversations.prefix: Be A Star:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What is the Harbinger trying to say and where does that message originate? Find out.
conversations.prefix: Discover the Source of the Harbinger Message:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Space is big but most planets are claimed by aliens or difficult to mine. Stake a valuable claim.
conversations.prefix: Stake A Claim on a Precious New World:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your old lover is on the colony on Clotho. This may be your last chance patch things up.
conversations.prefix: Reunite With Your Lover on Clotho:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Human relations with alien cultures are vital to our survival. Build a meaningful bridge.
conversations.prefix: Build A Friendship with an Alien Colleague:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You can’t prove it—not yet—but you’re sure the company has bought someone in the mission.
conversations.prefix: Reveal the OmniColony Mole on the Ship:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your brother didn’t make the cut. Get something to send him so he can touch the cosmos.
conversations.prefix: Send Home an Artifact:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Standard Earthling survival suit with state-of-the-art life-support tech embedded. Bulky.
conversations.prefix: Hostile-Environment Suit:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hand-held but hefty scanning equipment. Sophisticated, expensive, delicate.
conversations.prefix: Portable Scanner Array:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Typical alert beacon for laying claim to an asteroid, planetoid, or other stellar body.
conversations.prefix: Planetary Stake Beacon:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This direct communicator is hardened against EM attacks and keyed specially for the *Dauntless*.
conversations.prefix: Long-Range Satellite-Free Communicator:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: An even bulkier, armored version of the standard hostile-environment suit. Meant for combat.
conversations.prefix: Armored Battle Suit:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Standard-issue sidearm good for damage to organisms and electronics. Poor against hardware.
conversations.prefix: Compressed Energy Pistol:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Standard-issue projectile rifle, generally forbidden to see use aboard starships.
conversations.prefix: MR-910 Combat Rifle:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Only two of these are typically issued to exploratory vessels on peaceful missions.
conversations.prefix: Keycard to the Weapons Locker:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This code decrypts transmissions to and from the *Dauntless*, be they official or personal.
conversations.prefix: Encryption Code for the Dauntless:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A medical kit with various fast-acting and potentially dangerous drugs installed.
conversations.prefix: Medical Hyperkit:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The command center of the starship, cramped but highly functional.
conversations.prefix: Bridge of the Dauntless:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A shared dining space for crew and officers of the exploratory ship.
conversations.prefix: Dauntless: The Mess:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A private recording suite for text and AV logs to be securely encrypted and transmitted to HQ.
conversations.prefix: Dauntless: Comms Module:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Noisy and bright from the workings of the stardrive. Be sure to wear eye protection here.
conversations.prefix: Dauntless: Engine Room:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: One of the dirty, steamy, dark decks of the ship, full of industrial equipment and grime.
conversations.prefix: Dauntless Machine Deck:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A pre-fab village dropped into an icy river delta from space. Just starting to eke out a new life.
conversations.prefix: Washington Colony on Clotho:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Rich in mineral deposits and liquid elements, this frigid planet appears unclaimed by anyone.
conversations.prefix: Planet EV-1996:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A human deep-space probe detected repeating radio signals from this dank planet over a year ago.
conversations.prefix: Planet DRX-31880:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This rocky world’s claimed by alien prospectors despite the presence of a primitive civilization here.
conversations.prefix: Planet CGE-700:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Calcified, fleshy corridors and organ-like chambers open to vacuum. Something bad happened here.
conversations.prefix: Derelict Alien Starship:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You want to be liked. This ship is like your whole world now. Get them laughing.
conversations.prefix: Amuse the Crew:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hundreds of individual objects drifting on different trajectories. Get the ship through it all, intact.
conversations.prefix: Navigate the Asteroid Field:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The sensors collect astonishing volumes of data and the computer lacks the curiosity to make the most of it.
conversations.prefix: Parse the Sensor Data:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Every signal sent to and from the ship gets logged. If there’s a coded signal in there, find it.
conversations.prefix: Analyze Communication Records:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The crew can do better. They don’t have to like it.
conversations.prefix: Improve Crew Efficiency:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Get primary systems back online.
conversations.prefix: Make Repairs:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Get your shuttle aboard the spinning alien derelict and make a safe landing.
conversations.prefix: Land on the Derelict Ship:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Traverse the microgravity environment and locate an operations center if you can.
conversations.prefix: Explore the Derelict Ship:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Can data be mined from this old ship? Can you make sense of it?
conversations.prefix: Puzzle out the Alien Computer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It’s not about reflexes. It’s about making sense of hostile vectors through limited telemetry. Get a firing solution.
conversations.prefix: Calculate the Angle of Attack:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Head of Earth’s deep-space division and experienced commodore of the exploratory fleet.
conversations.prefix: Star Commander Lauren Fitzcurtis:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Responsible for gathering diaries and video logs from active-service personnel through comms.
conversations.prefix: Commander Gyeon Jun-seo:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Liaison to exploratory ships from OmniColony Inc., manufacturer of deep-space colonial equipment.
conversations.prefix: Executive Director Bernard E. Wallace:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Rogue deep-space recon robot commanding a renegade ship as a pirate.
conversations.prefix: “Riser” Apex-20 Edition Model E2090:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Leader of the new deep-space colony on Clotho, at the verge of unexplored space.
conversations.prefix: Premier Nathan Hewitt:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Co-pilot of the DSS *Dauntless*. This is her first deep-space mission.
conversations.prefix: Flight Officer Ellen Vanderson:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Captain of a rival, alien exploratory ship laying claim to discoveries throughout the sector.
conversations.prefix: Kro Kanzanic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Little more than a holographic ghost appearing in decayed transmissions coming from deep space.
conversations.prefix: The Harbinger:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A sleek, silvery liquid organism capable of physical mimicry and the secretion of caustic chemicals.
conversations.prefix: Xenobiological Entry Tango-321:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Teeth and claws on the ends of snaking, whipping tentacles tumbling through space.
conversations.prefix: Xenobiological Entry Sierra-909:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There has to be a way to get off this rock in one piece, keep the Special Branch happy enough to not interfere with them in the future, get paid, and keep flyin'.
conversations.prefix: Get Off This Rock:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This little black vial contains more things that you were never meant to know about than you ever wanted to know.
conversations.prefix: ZM843:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A lightly armored, standard hostile-environment suit. Meant for work duty in a vacuum or other Class II or lower hostile environment.
  
  Provides two hours' air supply under normal light duty conditions without additional air bottles.
conversations.prefix: Vacc Suit (TL8):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This ship is mine. Well, partly mine. It's not yours. Give it back!
conversations.prefix: Take My Ship Back:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This little black vial contains more things that you were never meant to know about than you ever wanted to know.
conversations.prefix: ZM843:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This little black vial contains more things that you were never meant to know about than you ever wanted to know.
conversations.prefix: ZM843:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There has to be a way to get off this rock in one piece, keep the Special Branch happy enough to not interfere with them in the future, get paid, and keep flyin'.
conversations.prefix: Get Off This Rock:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There has to be a way to get off this rock in one piece, keep the Special Branch happy enough to not interfere with them in the future, get paid, and keep flyin'.
conversations.prefix: Get Off This Rock:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There has to be a way to get off this rock in one piece, keep the Special Branch happy enough to not interfere with them in the future, get paid, and keep flyin'.
conversations.prefix: Get Off This Rock:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There has to be a way to get off this rock in one piece, keep the Special Branch happy enough to not interfere with them in the future, get paid, and keep flyin'.
conversations.prefix: Get Off This Rock:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This little black vial contains more things that you were never meant to know about than you ever wanted to know.
conversations.prefix: ZM843:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This little black vial contains more things that you were never meant to know about than you ever wanted to know.
conversations.prefix: ZM843:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A lightly armored, standard hostile-environment suit. Meant for work duty in a vacuum or other Class II or lower hostile environment.
  
  Provides two hours' air supply under normal light duty conditions without additional air bottles.
conversations.prefix: Vacc Suit (TL8):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This little black vial contains more things that you were never meant to know about than you ever wanted to know.
conversations.prefix: ZM843:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A specialized gyrojet weapon that fires a variety of mission-specific ammunition, including tranquilizer, HE, gas, and HEAP rounds.
conversations.prefix: Snub Pistol:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This little black vial contains more things that you were never meant to know about than you ever wanted to know.
conversations.prefix: ZM843:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Someone is trying to jettison YOU and everything else in the cargo hold that isn't bolted down.
conversations.prefix: Stop the Spacing Already:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The unkempt, working cargo space of the free trader Beowulf.
  
  This where the real money is made. And lost.
conversations.prefix: Cargo Hold of the Beowulf:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Someone has put a burst of submachinegun fire into him. He's bleeding EVERYWHERE. He might be able to tell you what's going on. If you can stop him from dying.
conversations.prefix: Save the Prison Guard:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Someone has tossed an incendiary grenade into the cargo hold. Even if it doesn't burn up all the oxygen, it could cause something else more flammable to explode.
conversations.prefix: Fire in the Hull:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: With less than 20 hours left on the jump clock, you've got to decide whether it's worth picking a fight with well-armed, barricaded adversaries, or if you're better off preparing to yell for help as soon as Beowulf re-enters Newtonian space.
conversations.prefix: Decisions, Decisions:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Whether or not you've been on a ship boarded by hostile Marines before, this doesn't promise to be a fun experience...
conversations.prefix: Welcome Wagon:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The cramped bridge of the free trader Beowulf. Besides the pair of acceleration couches, the accessway to the sensor suite and the ship's locker are all there's room for in here.
conversations.prefix: Beowulf Bridge:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Darrians do not shy away from flaunting their above-average tech level. They're actually quite proud to show off their technical prowess.
conversations.prefix: Warship Mbehdh Thuyorihnd:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It wasn't as if you really had much choice. There's no starport here and nobody but the Darrian Navy to repair your ship. Might as well make the best of it.
conversations.prefix: Mission Planning:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Most of humaniti is not ready for what’s out here. You are.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Military Training
  
  Suggested Weakness: Brutish
conversations.prefix: Retired Imperial Marine:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your personal mission is to trade with anyone you find among the stars, and make a profit off of them..
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Intrepid
  
  Suggested Weakness: Secretive
conversations.prefix: Space Merchant:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A green newbie embarking on an interstellar mission for the second time. Surviving his first tour with the Scout Service proved that you're invincible, right?
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Intrepid
  
  Suggested Weakness: Inexperienced
conversations.prefix: Ex-Imperial Scout:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The unkempt, passenger staterooms and common space of the free trader Beowulf.
  
  This is where the troublemakers usually hang out. Usually.
conversations.prefix: Beowulf Passenger Deck:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A lightly armored, standard hostile-environment suit. Meant for work duty in a vacuum or other Class II or lower hostile environment.
  
  Provides two hours' air supply under normal light duty conditions without additional air bottles.
conversations.prefix: Vacc Suit (TL8):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Keep the hijackers from controlling the dorsal turret from the cockpit by unplugging it from the internal systems.
conversations.prefix: Disconnect Dorsal Turret:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Keep the hijackers from controlling the dorsal turret from the cockpit by unplugging it from the internal systems.
conversations.prefix: Disconnect Ventral Turret:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Keep the hijackers from maneuvering once you arrive in-system by rendering the maneuver drives inoperable.
conversations.prefix: Unplug Maneuver Drives:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Stabilizing a dying person with modern technology to do the hard work is one thing. Actually treating the injuries to remediate the damage and restore the patient to something approximating functional is another.
conversations.prefix: Treat the Guard's Wounds:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: *Beowulf* is adrift at the edge of the planetary accretion disk, at least a day's travel from the prison world **Torment**.
conversations.prefix: Adrift in Deep Space:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The hijackers have sent a distress signal claiming facts completely contrary to the facts as you know them. How will you prepare to be boarded by a Darrian Navy cruiser?
conversations.prefix: Prepare to be Boarded:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: From the sound of it, this briefing is your one chance to get information on the plan in advance.
  
  Before the Captain turns into Engineer Lehpenorir.
conversations.prefix: Captain Zbathoyeht:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: As interrogators go, she is pretty attractive.
  
  In a scary ice queen sort of way.
conversations.prefix: Captain Zbathoyeht:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: As interrogators go, she is pretty attractive.
  
  In a scary ice queen sort of way.
conversations.prefix: Captain Zbathoyeht:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: As interrogators go, she is pretty attractive.
  
  In a scary ice queen sort of way.
conversations.prefix: Captain Zbathoyeht:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Time to debrief.
  
  You are *always* on duty in the intel service. 
  
  What did you find out?
  
  What does it mean?
  
  
conversations.prefix: Captain Zbathoyeht:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: As interrogators go, she is pretty attractive.
  
  In a scary ice queen sort of way.
conversations.prefix: Captain Zbathoyeht:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Darrian woman believed to be a clairvoyant and prescient.
  
  Also, crazy. Lots of crazy.
conversations.prefix: Mbeyanzeyr:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There's got to be a way to either remove the collars without killing the wearer, or disabling them so that they don't kill the wearer.
  
  What is it?
conversations.prefix: Break The System:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: She seems to be a key to what's going on. How will you figure out what she knows and what's supposed to happen without tipping your hand?
conversations.prefix: Aegarlesh:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Captain Zbathoyeht will be teaching basic telepathy resistance techniques. An ancillary benefit will be that this will serve as a rudimentary psi test, possibly uncovering any talents that you may have.
conversations.prefix: Practice Makes Perfect?:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: How can you pick the right escapees out of hundreds of people who all hate being here? Nobody walks up and says, "Get me off this rock, chucklehead." You're going to have to put the puzzle pieces together.
conversations.prefix: Identify The Escapees:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: As prison planets go, this one gets the award for least hospitable that you've ever visited. You hope to make your stay a brief one.
conversations.prefix: Torment:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The riskiest form of travel is low passage. It's even riskier in these tiny modular units. You've always felt bad for those who have to travel that way. Doubly so when it's your last ride amongst the stars toward prison.
conversations.prefix: Decant The Prisonersicles:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The mine is a dusty, nasty, toxic place. Even if the thin atmosphere didn't require a rebreather, you'd need filters just to not die of chemical exposure down here in the dark.
conversations.prefix: A Little Dusty:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You know there are things that need doing. Write 'em down. Delegate 'em. Get 'em done.
conversations.prefix: Check the List Twice:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There's about a kilo of data on the table now, and a metric ton of speculation. What are we going to **DO**?
conversations.prefix: What's the plan?:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You were one of the best pilots in the Imperial Scout Service, and you loved every minute of it. But now's the time to leave and follow your own dreams.
conversations.prefix: Ex-Imperial Scout:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Adventurous and bold. 
  
  You've seen a lot, and learned that there is little that can't be overcome with skill, determination and just enough equipment.
conversations.prefix: Intrepid:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Scouts work alone much of the time. You prefer it like that.
  
  When you worked with others, they just kept letting you down. It’ll happen again.
conversations.prefix: Untrusting:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The care and feeding of passengers and crew is no easy feat considering the dietary and comfort whims that they are quick to request.  Providing for all within budget is no easy feat, but you do it with class and style.
conversations.prefix: Steward:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are responsible for showing the way, The Black holds no secrets from you.
conversations.prefix: Astrogation Officer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Who needs pesky numbers when wetting your finger and holding it out the airlock seemed to work well for you in the past?
conversations.prefix: Experienced:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have just a little too much affinity for the ladies, the end result being that  you are played like a guitar in a death metal solo, and then dropped like a bad habit.
conversations.prefix: Whipped:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You lost your confidence—in yourself, in humanity, in something—and you’re out here to get it back.
conversations.prefix: Recover What’s Lost:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Capable of underhanded deals, back stabbing and flat out dishonesty while appearing saintly and supportive.
conversations.prefix: Devious:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Brilliant and inventive but still not used to the stresses of actual interstellar travel.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Brilliant Mind
  
  Suggested Weakness: Queasy
conversations.prefix: Engineering Officer:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re inventive and insightful, nimble and powerful of mind.
conversations.prefix: Brilliant Mind:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Not so much for you with the talking.
conversations.prefix: Socially Awkward:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You lost your confidence—in yourself, in humanity, in something—and you’re out here to get it back.
conversations.prefix: Recover What’s Lost:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The music of the stars sings to you. Ships are the instruments you play for them.
conversations.prefix: Aslan Astrogator:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re inventive and insightful, nimble and powerful of mind.
conversations.prefix: Brilliant Mind:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You tried to do what was right. You were endlessly punished for it. It isn't fair, isn't justice.
conversations.prefix: Bitter:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: They are all dead. You did your best, they did their best, but they died and left you alone.
conversations.prefix: Recover What’s Lost:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You use technology as part of your job, you've gotten quite good at using it.
conversations.prefix: Techie:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Qualified in the operation of a variety of common and also more specialised sensor and communications equipment.
conversations.prefix: Communications and Sensors operations:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This is that uncanny ability to know the right thing to say or do when you don't have all the information available. When asked about it, you just say, "It felt right."
conversations.prefix: Intuitive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Setrak is never unprepared, if preparation can be established by having tools, supplies or cash.
conversations.prefix: Hidden Resources:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A lightly armored, standard hostile-environment suit. Meant for work duty in a vacuum or other Class II or lower hostile environment. Provides two hours' air supply under normal light duty conditions without additional air bottles.
conversations.prefix: Vacc Suit (TL8):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: No mistake is so bad that you can't learn something from it that will be useful in the future.
conversations.prefix: Learn From Your Mistakes:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: When things get rough and there doesn't seem to be an exit, you look to see if the answer is at the bottom of the bottle. Stars, it doesn't seem to be anyplace else.
conversations.prefix: The Bottom of the Bottle:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Recognizing the obvious after it's already happened forces you out action in the now.
conversations.prefix: Hindsight:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The IISS trains all Scouts in the art of dealing with individuals and organisations across a variety of cultures, because making a good first impression usually saves credits later.
conversations.prefix: The Proper Protocol:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your experience as a member of the Imperial Interstellar Scout Service (IISS) proves useful in some way.
conversations.prefix: Ex-Scout:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You understand that lying is a useful skill. You've just never been any good at it.
conversations.prefix: Poor Liar:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Setrak is a merchant.  He should know better than to get caught importing dangerous cargo to even more dangerous customers.
conversations.prefix: Past Crimes:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lack of stamina and a poor constitution mean that your body easily succumbs to fatigue and infection.
conversations.prefix: Low Endurance:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You know you have all the proper documentation on the *Beowulf*, why haven't they figured this out yet?
conversations.prefix: Legal Eagle:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have your partners to think about, maybe even friends. You need to get them out of this mess.
conversations.prefix: One for all..:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your priorities often get confused by your need to try and get as much data concerning a problem as possible.
conversations.prefix: Obsessed with details:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've travelled in this area before and know it well.
conversations.prefix: Like The Back Of My Hand:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have had some leadership training and although maybe not naturally charismatic you know the basics regarding how to step up and take charge
conversations.prefix: Leadership:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You know more than just what common Psionic training can give you.  You know how to merge the unmergeable and achieve the unimaginable using homebrewed drugs and mental techniques.
conversations.prefix: Psionic Hacking:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have Psionic powers that you didn't even know about. Something has just triggered their activation.
conversations.prefix: Psionic Powers:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You lost your confidence—in yourself, in humanity, in something—and you’re out here to get it back.
conversations.prefix: Recover What’s Lost:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You were trained to save lives in severe conditions when you don't have all the tools of the trade. Your work may be messy, but if the patient survives, they can always have new parts grown, right?
conversations.prefix: Ops Medic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your knowledge of alien languages and cultures is a great advantage.
conversations.prefix: Expert Xenologist:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Trained in the biotech enhancement technology of the Zhodani military, you can hack together simple tech that is accessible to psionics. Or that limits them.
conversations.prefix: Mindtech:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: jumpspace
  
conversations.prefix: Jumpspace:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: *Those not confused by jump theory haven't studied it enough.*
  
  A dark room, without the black, or seething gray nothing, or ... best not to look.
conversations.prefix: Jumpspace:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Darrian woman believed to be a clairvoyant and prescient.
  
  Also, crazy. Lots of crazy.
conversations.prefix: Mbeyanzeyr:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Takes water, methane, ammonia, or random gas mixtures and filters out the deuterium and hydrogen as refined jump fuel.
  
  *Inserting mutineers will void your warranty - SuSAG*
conversations.prefix: Fuel Processor:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Comets are basically dirty snowballs made up of ice, dust, and other junk that drifts around in deep space.
conversations.prefix: Comet Surface:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Comets are basically dirty snowballs made up of ice, dust, and other junk that drifts around in deep space.
conversations.prefix: Comet Surface (copy):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Comets are dirty snowballs, basically. And very, very cold.
  
  Scoop up the ice and shove it into the fuel processor. 
conversations.prefix: Wilderness Refueling :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Comets are dirty snowballs, basically. And very, very cold.
  
  Scoop up the ice and shove it into the fuel processor. 
conversations.prefix: Wilderness Refueling:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Comets are dirty snowballs, basically. And very, very cold.
  
  Scoop up the ice and shove it into the fuel processor. 
conversations.prefix: Wilderness Refueling:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Just an ordinary guy who can read your mind.
conversations.prefix: Zhodani Diplomat:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Testosterone overdosed loudmouth
conversations.prefix: Sword World Officer:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Anime/VoicesOfADistantStar
  
  Voices of a Distant Star
conversations.prefix: Entering Jump:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Torment Region
  http://travellermap.com/?x=-105.342&y=59.409&scale=111.4375
  #####*Note that the map image is outdated. It is from 1105, before the Fifth Frontier War.  Winston, Entrope, & Anselhome were captured by the Darrians in the war and they still hold them in 1115.*
conversations.prefix: Torment Region:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: One of the First Sword Worlds, Hrunting is famous for the exotic seaside *Stone Trees*.
  
  A Joyeuse Fleet base guards against the perfidious Darrians.
conversations.prefix: Hrunting:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: One of the First Sword Worlds, Hrunting is famous for the exotic seaside *Stone Trees*.
  
  A Joyeuse Fleet base guards against the perfidious Darrians.
conversations.prefix: Hrunting (copy):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Mastermind behind the Great Torment Jailbreak. An unknown person of unknown species who wants to get an unknown person off Torment to an unknown destination for unknown reasons. Can't be hard, right?
conversations.prefix: Tonis Neiranthi:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Back to civilization at last! Get some real food, see new faces, have some fun.
conversations.prefix: Shore Leave:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A place for basic hygienic necessities.
  
  Configured primarily for humans, but there are features to suit the more common non-human species. 
conversations.prefix: Public Fresher:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A place for basic hygienic necessities.
  
  Configured primarily for humans, but there are features to suit the more common non-human species. 
conversations.prefix: Public Fresher (copy):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Security Patrol officer.
  
  There is something a little unsettling about the way she looks at you. Not sure why.
conversations.prefix: Petra Karlsdottir Aska:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A 3000 dton spaceship hanger, dating from the beginning of Bollotrir Highport. 
  
  Blue deck, high security zone.
conversations.prefix: Spacedock 17:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: 10 modules. 4 known: Command, Quarters, Power, Hydroponics. 
  
  Knowing the others would tell you what the base is *for*.
conversations.prefix: What Kind of Base Modules?:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A major docking facility in orbit around Hrunting. Although it deals primarily with civilian traffic, it is still nominally under military control since the end of the Fifth Frontier War.
conversations.prefix: Bollotrir Highport:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hack into the filed flight plans, analyse the course or just make some clever deductions. Psionics can be helpful too! Use whatever information you have available to figure out where the Magnetic Conscience is bound for so you can follow. 
conversations.prefix: Find the Magnetic Conscience's Destination:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: One of the three gas giants of the Hrunting system (Unferth and Hygelac are the others). There is a small research station which is investigating the high amount of deuterium in the atmosphere of the planet. Refuelling via skimming counts as using refined fuel - however, commercial operations already ship fuel from Hrothgar to Hrunting Highport which means fuel prices are already discounted at the Highport and only very hard up captains tend to refuel here.
conversations.prefix: Hrothgar - Gas Giant:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find a way to quieten Mbeyanzer's psionic activity so it is not detected by anyone aboard the Magnetic Conscience or other ships.
conversations.prefix: Stop Mbeyanzer Broadcasting:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Follow all the protocols to maintain cover using the ship's advanced stealth systems.
conversations.prefix: Maintain Stealth Mode:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Keep track of the Magnetic Conscience and listen in to its comms using passive systems.
conversations.prefix: Observe Magnetic Conscience:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: An orbit that a ship would adopt just prior to skimming the atmosphere for fuel.
conversations.prefix: Hrothgar - Low Orbit:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It's still navigation - just old school! Plotting a course that keeps the ship moving along the jet stream will help keep it concealed as charged particles in the hypersonic winds will disguise emissions. But the course will need almost constant adjustment.
conversations.prefix: Navigate the jet stream:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Stealth mode assumes the ship won't be maneuvering. There is a procedure for suppressing drive radiation, but it isn't for the faint-hearted. 
conversations.prefix: Suppress the drive signature:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Mbeyanzer is fixated on 'The Signal'. It seems like it would be a good idea to try and find out a bit more about that now.
conversations.prefix: What is the Signal?:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sometimes applying the right tool at the right time will open all the doors you need. Even digital ones!
conversations.prefix: Right tool for the right job:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Fteir, the Alsan Code of Honor is very subtle and complex. Only a fteirko truly understands it all.
  
  So make something up, they'll never know. 
  
conversations.prefix: Phony Fteir Fakery:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You know how to create an ebb and flow between two people, a balancing of emotions and needs, helping to reduce insecurities, relieve grief, etc.
conversations.prefix: The Balancing:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your natural inclination when things get tough is to keep your head down. So far it seems to have worked... well, you're alive aren't you?
conversations.prefix: Coward:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You were a good shot, so the Scout service gave you advanced marksmanship training.
conversations.prefix: Marksman:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have the power, but without the proper training, it might do more harm than good.
conversations.prefix: Untrained Psionic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: After a balancing, the ebb and flow may lead to amourous attachments and  a heightenened belief that the object of your affection is beautiful in every way.  This also is a side-effect of years of isolation from affection.
conversations.prefix: Smitten:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have a perfect memory. As long it is something about stars and jump routes. People and other things, not so much.
conversations.prefix: Astrographic Memory:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sometimes fate plays her hand, putting you in the right place at the right time. 
conversations.prefix: Right place and time:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Computers skill is for using and controlling computer systems. Level 3 indicated a significant degree of expertise in the area.
conversations.prefix: Skill: Computer-3:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Government surveillance, imprisonment and torture haven't helped your already skeptical view of humanity.  Going it alone has been your means of survival, but you can't go it alone anymore...
conversations.prefix: Trust Issues:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're a talented and skilled jumpspace astrogator.
  
  This is not jumpspace. 
  
  Not even **near** jumpspace.
conversations.prefix: Not Trained For That:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It's been a long road since you first signed on with a crew. You lost them along the way, then lost yourself. Since then, you've found a piece of what you lost.
  
  But you're not who you once were. The universe has changed you. As the ancient philosophies said: "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles."
  
  So, who are you?
conversations.prefix: Know yourself:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Inventive, you've always had a knack for technology and solving engineering problems.
conversations.prefix: Engineering Talent: