conversations.from: system
conversations.value: A space adventure based on the universe of Robin Laws' RPG "Ashen Stars." Picture a gritty reboot of an 80's Scf-Fi TV series that never actually existed...
  
  Seven years ago The Combine won (barely) the great war against the alien Mohilar. As galactic civilization sought to rebuild and consolidate power, the outer fringes and territories were left to largely fend for themselves. To maintain some semblance of order, a system of freelance, for-profit, deputized law enforcement was established. Teams of these officers are known as Licensed Autonomous Zone Effectuators: Lasers, for short. You are members of such a team, working in fringe of the galaxy called The Bleed.
  
  Contracts are issued from a central base, Ossa One, which works as middle-man between Laser and clients who need their services. Getting the job done with minimal collateral damage or violation of local law and custom is of vital importance, since a Laser team with a bad reputation will soon find itself out of work -- or be considered criminals themselves
  
  The steps of character creation are outlined below.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Warpside: Hailer: Communications Officer 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Warpside: Pilot: Ship's Pilot and Navigator 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Warpside: Stratco: Strategic Coordinator
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Warpside: Wrench: Systems Officer and Engineer
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Warpside: Gunner: Weapons Officer
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Groundside: Face: Cultural Officer
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Groundside: Bagger: Operations Officer
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Groundside: Chopper: Security Officer
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Groundside: Techo: Technical Officer
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Doc: Medical Officer
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Species: Balla: An aristocratic people with a sophisticated, artistic culture, who struggle with powerful emotions. Take the Noble Bearing Strength and the Emotional Instability Weakness.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Species: Cybe: Humans who adopted cybernetic augmentation during the Mohilar War and now consider themselves a new species. Take a Cybernetic Strength and the Cybernetic Dependence Weakness.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Species: Durugh: The Durugh were once enemies of the Combine but changed sides during the Mohilar War. They are still viewed with suspicion by some. Take the Lingering Distrust Weakness. You will be given the Phasing Asset. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Species: Human: Numerous and adaptable, Humans are widespread through the Combine and often adapt themselves physically and mentally to live in new environment. You will be given the Human Resilience Asset.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Species: Kch-Thk: Very alien to the rest of the Combine, they have learned enough of other species to interact.  Take either the Hunger or Insect Perspective Weakness. You will be given the Functional Immortality Asset.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Species:Tavak: A warrior species which has adopted philosophical perspectives to balance their combative natures. Take the Born Fighter Strength and Constrained Aggression Weakness.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Species: Vas Mal: This species claims to be cosmic beings trapped in the physical plane, with only a remnant of their once great powers. Take the Psychic Power Strength and Physical Frailty Weakness.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ship: Your space ship
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Piloting: The skills required to pilot a space ship through both translight corridors and interplanetary space.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Impulsive: You tend to leap before you look.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Drive: Curiosity: You can't help but look a little closer or ask one more question.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Doc: Medical Officer    
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Groundside: Bagger: Operations Officer    
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Groundside: Bagger: Operations Officer  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Groundside: Chopper: Security Officer    
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Groundside: Face: Cultural Officer    
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Groundside: Techo: Technical Officer    
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Warpside: Gunner: Weapons Officer  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Warpside: Hailer: Communications Officer 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Warpside: Pilot: Ship’s Pilot and Navigator  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Warpside: Stratco: Strategic Coordinator   
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Warpside: Wrench: Systems Officer and Engineer
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Noble Bearing: Your poise, posture, and cultured manner mark you as someone of high status and refinement. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Emotional Instability: You feel everything strongly and must struggle to control your feeling and impulses, both positive and negative.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cybernetic Components : Cybernetic Components Strength
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cybernetic Dependence: Your cybernetic body requires maintenance and nonbiological power sources. You may be vulnerable to ECM devices and computer viruses.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Warpside Choice: picking warpside
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cybernetic Computer Link: You can interact with computer systems through your nervous system. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Phasing: You have the ability to phase your body through solid matter. The denser the material the more effort it takes.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lingering Distrust : Some beings may doubt and distrust you due to species prejudice.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Lingering Distrust: Some beings may doubt and distrust you due to species prejudice. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Resilience: You are good at adapting to change and putting in a last burst effort in difficult situations.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Functional Immortality: On physical death your consciousness is transmitted to a new larval body, if one has been prepared.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Psychic Power: You can at times manifest psychic powers to influence other minds, perceive across time and space, and manipulate reality. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hunger: You crave new tastes and impulses to devour as many types of foodstuffs as possible.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Insect Perspective: You have difficulty understanding the strange ways of non-insect species, such as the need for sleep or concern about the significance of individual life forms.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Born Fighter: You have great physical strength, toughness, and natural weaponry that aids you in combat.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Restrained Aggression : In times of stress you have difficulty restraining a violent nature. This is particularly a problem when someone who care about is at risk.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Physical Frailty: Your body is weak and lacking stamina.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Phasing: You have the ability to phase your body through solid matter. The denser the material the more effort it takes.    
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Psychic Power: You can at times manifest psychic powers to influence other minds, perceive across time and space, and manipulate reality.  
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Species: Vas Mal: You claim to be the remnants of cosmic beings trapped in the material plane and bound by its limitation of time and space. Take the Physical Frailty Weakness. You will be given the Psychic Power Asset.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Functional Immortality: On physical death your consciousness is transmitted to a new larval body, if one has been prepared.    
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cybernetic Weapons: Your body has been augmented with built-in weaponry.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cybernetic Lifesupport: Your augmentations function as a spacesuit and haz-mat gear.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Human Resilience: You are good at adapting to change and putting in a last burst effort in difficult situations.    
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Altruism: You believe in acting for the benefit of others, even at a personal cost. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Atonement: Something you did in the past needs to be paid for or balanced in the present.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Avenger: Beings who have hurt others of committed evil deeds in the past need to pay the price of their crimes  
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Bleedism: Bleedism
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Civilizer: Galactic civilization should be brought to those who have yet to share in its benefits.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Chronicler: Events of the present need to be recorded so that beings in the future can learn from them.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Combinism: Combinism
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Comradeship: You are in this for your friends and companions. You all need each other for success and survival.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Derring-Do: Excitement and adventure are what life is all about.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Entrepreneurial: There's always a way to make money out the situation.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Exploration: To boldly go where no being has gone before.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Faith: Your religion or spiritual beliefs have lead you here and assure you that it is for an important reason.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Family Tradition: Through the generations this is the course your family has followed and you've been told it is your destiny as well.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Footloose: You travel wherever the winds of space take you, looking for whatever new experiences there are to be found. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hotshot: You've got what it takes and are going to show it off to the Universe.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hunger Tourism: A Universe of fascinating new things to taste! And yes, you understand all about the laws against other sentient beings...
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Integrationalist: The cultural movement to consider cybes a separate species is a mistake. You believe that they should viewed as just as human as any other.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Justice-Seeker: Civilization is based on law and order, and you are here to enforce those laws.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Meditative Reconciliation: You follow the spiritual practices that have helped your species overcome their violent past and believe that they vital for the future.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Nowhere Else To Go: The Universe isn't quite big enough to have a place for you, so why not be here?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Professionalism: You have a job and you are here to do it, efficiently and effectively.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Pursued: Maybe out here, they won't find you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Programming: Your species, your culture, your family -- or whatever made you want you are, told you what you were to do and you are doing it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Overcome the Odds: Do something spectacular or dangerous (ideally both) with maverick confidence.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Spread Reason: Make the Bleed a more rational place.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Let it Go: Relax my rigid sense of discipline.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Prove My Worth: Show the Universe, my comrades, or someone else what I am capable of achieving. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: New Connections: Find new friends, to replace the ones I betrayed.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Feel Alive: Remember what it means to be alive by cheating death.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Athletic Physique: Fit, strong, and agile.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Brilliant Mind: You're inventive and insightful, nimble and powerful of mind.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Charismatic: Friendly and approachable or intimidating and stern, whatever the situation calls for.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Experienced: You've seen things the others wouldn't believe.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Great Endurance: Long nights, bad food, and rough rides are no problem for you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Highly Perceptive: You're quick to detect social cues and physical clues.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Intrepid: Adventurous and bold.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Military Training: A rigid training regimen has prepared you for a dangerous life.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Well Educated: Education is your great advantage.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Brutish: Blunt and direct.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hesitant: Sometimes it's fear, sometimes doubt.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Queasy: Rough rides and variable gravity don't agree with you.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Secretive: Sharing things has gotten you hurt before.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sensitive: Pain and stress cut you especially deep.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Socially Awkward: Not so much for you with the talking.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Stubborn: Difficult to divert and slow to change.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Untrusting: Others have let you down. It'll happen again.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Reevolution: Somehow, you or your species must regain all that was lost to them when they fell into the material world.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Role Model: You can live up to the image of your hero, if you try hard enough.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Scientific Inquiry: The Universe is full of answers, if you observe and test it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Something to Prove: Somebody you'll show everyone who doubted you how wrong they were. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tech Hound: Civilizations old and new have created fantastic tools behind, waiting for you to get your hands on them.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Interstellar Space: The cold void between the scattered stars at the fringes of the galaxy.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Terrapin: Porcupine Class Space Ship. Originally of Tavak design, this model ship is known for its defensive versatility.  
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Navigation Data: Data on the trajectory and measured energy of the mysterious object.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Rendezvous with Mystery Ship: Safely approach and dock with the vessel heading towards the planet.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Analyze the Mystery Object: Find out what information you can gather from approaching and studying the mysterious object heading towards Planet Cabochon.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Outskirts of the Cabochon System: Cabochon is home to some 650 million Bella and a scattering of other species. Most live on the main planet, with a few hundred smaller colonies scattered about the extensive planetoid belts. Some of these colonies are the private estates of high ranking nobles.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Space Buoy: Examine the buoy and determine what its function might be and if it is more than it seems.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tether: Tethers are all-purpose scanners, communicators, analyzers, and powerful computers, even when not linked to larger networks. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Disruptor Rifle: A more powerful version of the standard Disruptor Pistol. Like most disruptor weapons it  can be set lethal or nonlethal settings.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Popper: Worn on the body, these small devices defend against Disruptor blasts. Each one protects from a single non-lethal shot.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Landing Bay of Mystery Ship: A large interior chamber of the ship. The is life support and power, but they seem unstable.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Stabilize Lifesupport: Get the ship's environmental systems under some sort of control.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Anything Alive?: Detect any survivors or other living things on the ship.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ship Corridor: An access corridor of the mystery ship.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Traverse the ship corridors: Reach the Engineering Deck of the mystery ship.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Another Way: Avoid what might be following and find an alternative route to Engineering.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Crew Deck: A cramped and equipment filled deck one level above engineering.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Rendezvous with and rescue Rav: Deal with the security droid coming after Rav.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Responsibility & Justice: Find out who is behind what has happened aboard the ship and arrest them.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Crazed Bella: Deal with the berserk Ensign Jather.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Jury Rig the Drive System: Make alterations, adjustments, fixes, etc to the ship's already modified and unstable drive.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Rescued Jather: You've brought the mutated bella crewman along with you, but is he more a help or potential danger?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Drive System Remote Control: This allows the ship's unstable drive to be adjusted or detonated remotely -- hopefully. The latter will be a lot easier to accomplish, though the former can be assisted with the support from the ship's bridge.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Outside the Bridge Deck: The Bridge and control center of this ship should be here, at the core of this bella-designed vessel.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Barricaded Bridge: Get past what or who wants to keep you out of the control center of the ship.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Confront Yefeh: Deal with the bella intent on crashing the ship into the threatened planet.                                         
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ancient: Your long life gives you the insight of perspective.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Intuitive Pilot : Although not formally trained, Augustus seemed to sometimes have an intuitive grasp of the controls which guided him in piloting the craft. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Easily Distracted: Scientific curiosity sometimes means a lack of concentration on practical matters. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Open to inspiration: For fleeting moments Rav can see everything. She is aware of the bigger picture and the inter-connectedness of all things. These moments are brief but can bring insight.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Prone to panic: Sometimes Rav's icy cool demeanour is shown to be brittle. She panics and can't think straight.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Slow reactions: Rav is inclined to think before she acts. This suppression of her basic instincts can lead to hesitation.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Blunt: A lifetime of mental communication did not prepare the Vas Mal for nuance in conversation.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Crisis management: When things are going absolutely wrong and everyone goes everywhere, you remain in control....well, slighly more control than others.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Time and Space: Living as an energy being gives knowledge of time and space greater than the younger races. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Rage: When Rav is very angry she surprises herself by how strong she can be.