conversations.from: system
conversations.value: *Inspired by Dishonored, FTL, Rollplay: Swansong, Star Wars, Firefly and Stars Without Number*
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  #The Charon's Coin#
  
  Ha! You want ME tell you the fucking story? You sure kid? 
  
  Seems like everyone wants me to tell it but once I start no one wants to listen. It isn't as pretty and romantic as they would have you believe you know... 
  
  Fine! We do it my way. We start at the dam begging. The *real* begging. History is important. People forget that sometimes. 
  
  So the year was 1761 ASI. After Spike Invention encase you didn't know kid. Never know what they teach in school these days.
  
  For almost a thousand years the blight we call humanity had expanded from its ancient cradle to fill the sky with its worlds. At first the expansion came by way of the enigmatic “spike drives” that granted humans the ability to skip between stars. Countless nations, faiths, and ideologies sent colonists to the darkness above to find new homes where they could live free from the oppressive rule of Terra’s calcified masters. Like all roads to hell this one was well paved with good intentions. 
  
  New cultures were born and flourished. We met alien races and carved out a place for ourselves among the great races of the galaxy. From these disparate planets an unified planetary federation grew. Historians still argue over whether this Federation was a force for good or an ineffective mess. Whatever the case a Rebellion was born in the heart of this interstellar nation.
  
  After that there was war.
  
  A war on such a grand scale that something like it has not been seen before or since. Planets burned, alien races went extinct, atrocities were wrought. However at the same time the progress of technology accelerated. AI, nanobots and gene plagues were all developed to get one over on the other guy. The Pale Lady gave her strange magic to both sides and watched as worlds burned because of it.
  
  In the end the apocalypse occurred pretty much as we predicted. The hows and whys of it all are trivial. The reasons self evident and utterly human. 
  
  What matters is this: because of some unknown event all the beacons that connected the starsystems went down. 
  
  The next few hundred years were chaos. Cut off from the rest of the galaxy most planets became feral places. People turned on each other. As they are wont to do. Civilization was almost extinguished. 
  
  Yet whether it was because of "the human spirit" or some other such bullshit we prevailed. From the ashes of once great space faring civilization rose new planetary powers. Using jury rigged spike drives we set off to again explore the vastness of space and found that we had not been alone in our plights. Although things would never be like they once were they were at least stable. Or at least that what we thought.
  
  But this isn't what you came for is it? Well don't worry kid were getting to the meat of it. Two hundred years after this mild equilibrium was reached, before it all went wrong, a ship was escaping the planetary defences of Nashuad Ali with strange cargo on board...
  
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  **A story for four or so players set in a late 70s early 80s scifi inspired sector of space that is populated by many powerful disparate factions. Our characters will go on jobs for many of these factions and by doing so will shape the universe around them. We'll be smugglers, mercenaries and maybe even heros.** 
  
  Although there is some sort of overarching plot most of the plot development will be player driven and character focused. The jobs that the crew of the Charon's Coin does are voted on by the players (except for the first one). Each time we finish a job there will be an update to the Galactic Jobs Board from which you can vote on our next job. 
  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Charon's Coin: The Charon's Coin is a slightly sleeker version of the traditional Free Merchant type of ship which are traditionally known for their large roundish or squarish designs to maximize the cargo space available. 
  
  The Coin sacrifices some of this functionality to instead focus on speed and agility. Most of the original matte black coloring remains though the sides and wing tips have been painted a deep purple that naturally gives over to a bubblegum pink. 
  
  The ship's name has been painted with the same color on to it's left side with a coin flip design at the end. A simple sentence is inscribed under this name. "And the rest is rust and stardust." 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Spaceport - 44D: A dirty spaceport badly maintained by ancient graffiti covered droids. It's pocketed away in the slums of the city and thus is one of the only places that smugglers can make their runs.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Massana Slum: A large sprawling collection of interconnected favelas. Home to the Portuguese and Spanish lower class.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cafe del Sol: The front part of the building is a cafe. While the rest of it is a hideout for *La Sublevación de los Pueblos*. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Golden Rabbit: A high class bordello and singing parlor. Smoky rooms and soft red lighting hide a deep rot.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Isabella "Iz" Gunn: Used to be an ace pilot for the Morrigan Fleet. Now she's on the run from them and looking for help to get off planet. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Gabriel Serrano: The propaganda officer for *La Sublevación de los Pueblos*. Built like a Greek god with dark skin and long dreadlocks that touch the small of his back. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Fend off Pirates: Pirates are trying to take your ship. Stop them before they board you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Escape the Planetary Defences: The whole planet seems to be shooting at you. Escape before you're shot down.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Doc: Sometimes you wonder how you ended up here. You were a doctor. A respected one. Now you're just sitting here patching up bullet holes. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Spy: You used to be hot shit. A intelligence officer for a government or a business. Now you're on the run from your old life desperate to escape the things you did to get you here.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Smuggler: The rest of them might be lost but you're exactly where you're supposed to be: running contraband and cutting deals. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Psyker: The Pale Lady came to you in your dreams. She told you that she found you interesting and then took your hand in hers. When you woke up your hand burned with strange magics.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Engineer: You've been around ships your whole life. The whisper of engines is a language you are fluent in. Without you the ship would just fall apart. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ex Military: You used to fight for a cause you believed in. You used to command a platoon. Then that was all taken from you. Now here you are in this morally complicated world devoid of order.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Assasin: Your mistress was a wielder of the Pale Mark. She gave you a portion of her power and taught you to kill with it. Until you failed her. Now she wants your head and you're hiding out with these fools.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Mercenary: You sell your rifle to the highest bidder. Currently that's this crew but if that changes... Who knows?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Pilot: How did one of the sectors brightest pilots end up driving a rust bucket like the Coin? Was it the freedom? Or the money? Or was it just a joke gone too far?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hacker: Hack the planet! Literally...
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Alien: There aren't that many aliens in this sector and those that are rarely leave their home planet. You're different. You've come to explore this strange universe with an even stranger crew.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ace: You and this ship are one. When you move it moves. You don't fly. You soar!
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Engines Speak: The pilot might feel as one with this ship but you talk to it. It tells you about it's aches and pains. It asks you to help. You do.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Medicine Man: A bullet wound is an easy thing to heal just stitch red to red, grey to grey and white to white and everything will be alright.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lost Worlder: You come from a land where all this technology  is no more. Your tribe was one of many eking a living off the land. This is the world you were taken from. Now you sail the stars with these strange people and try to look like you belong. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Pale Mark: Glowing. Always glowing. You can feel her gaze on you while the ship is in Jump Space. Watching what you'll do with this magic given to you.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Assassins Mark: You thought this would disappear when you ran away. Yet here it stays despite what your mistress might desire. It's powers are limited to the arts of silently killing and shadow walking.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Consol Cowboy: You can get into the world's consensual hallucination and change it. For better or worse. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Fast Talk: You always talk your way out of it.  Whatever that particular *it* might be. Or at least that's what you tell your friends.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Shoot First: You're a quick draw and a great shot. Which has come in handy in this line of work.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Mighty Thews: Most people don't fight up close anymore. Those that do are either very good or very brave. Which are you I wonder?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Scoundrel's Luck: You get this strange feeling sometimes. Just before things are about to go bad. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Commander: You are used to the burdens of command. When you speak others listen and follow.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Experienced: This is all old hat to you. You've seen it all before and when these mayflies around you are gone you'll see it again.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: In the Know: You have friends in all sorts of places. From them you know all sorts of strange and wonderful things. Just don't cross any of them and you'll be fine.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hard to Noutice: People have this strange habit of overlooking you. Your face is just so... Wait where did you go?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hard as Stone: You're a tough cookie. You've taken shots that would've killed lesser men. Thanks to a will of iron you always manage to keep going on whatever else happens. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Learned: You have learned all you can about this strange universe that surrounds you. From history to physics. You know more about everything than anyone else on the ship. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Space Sickness: Space has never agreed with you. Which makes living on a spaceship into a small hell.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Over Confident: It'll be fine! Trust me!
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: I know a guy!: You think you have friends. You think everyone you meet likes you. You think no one holds grudges against you. You are wrong!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Addicted: *Just a small taste. Only a small taste. I promise I'll pay you back. I need it man! I'm jonsin here.*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Rep: Your reputation precedes you! Too bad everyone hates you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Marked: The mark of the Pale Lady is forbidden in most systems. And yours glows on your hand like a beacon for trouble. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Regreats: You've done things. Things that still haunt your dreams and make you get the shakes. The past ain't gonna change though.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Broken: You've been in one too many fights. Your body isn't as responsive as you'd like it to be.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Mercyless: You've learned that in your line of work mercy gets in the way. No loose ends. When someone is no longer useful they're dead.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: New to This: You're new to this dance and everyone else seems to know the steps.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Weak: Living in low grav environments for most of your life has made your body weak.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Leaking: Your strange powers come leaking out at inopportune times.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Pacifist: You don't use guns or kill people. Whatever happens.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Greedy: You are in this for the money. Any opportunity to get more you take.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Brute: You seem to let your fists do most of the talking. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tight Lipped: You're not much of a talker.
  
  *Nope...*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Upgrade the Charon's Coin: It's time for the ship to get an upgrade. The weapons array is weak and the armor plating could use some improvement. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Kick the Habit: You are not defined by your addiction. You are better than this. Your stronger. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Learn more about the Pale Lady: Who is this mysterious woman who plays these strange games with the mortals around her? Where  did she come from? What does she want with you? 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Money: It doesn't matter if its gambling debts or paying off your dying sister's medical bills. You need money and you're prepared to do a lot of bad things to get it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Learn About your Surroundings: You are from a far distant land. If you want to survive in this one you have to learn the ways of it's people.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Free yourself: Your former mistress still binds you to her. Free yourself from her grasp and live your own life again.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hide Your Feelings: They might be a scruffy looking nerf herder but there is just something about them that keeps drawing you in. But you can't let them know that.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Big damn Heroes!: Money is important. So is survival. But sometimes what's important is getting there just in the nick of time and being big damn heroes.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This is my Family: Your crew is your family. And families fight sometimes. It's important to keep them together when they do.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Change Things: Most people don't have the luxury for deep political thought. They need to survive from one day into the next. Your diffrent. You want to change things. Even though it's hard.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Naushad Ali: The biggest planet in the Oedipus system and capital of the Empire of the Sun. Like the rest of the Empire its a police state and for the most part locked down. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Nashud Ali: The biggest planet in the Oedipus system and the headquarters for the Empire of the Sun military arm. Of all the planets under the Empire's control  this one is the most locked down and police state like. Not the safest place for a mission.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Jobs a job: Some of your crewmembers don't seem to get it. A job is a job. You were paid to do it so you do it. No matter what.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Space: The final frontier, apparently. Cold, empty and depressing. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cultural Outreach: Teach others the ways of your people and make yourself less strange to them. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Captain Rana al-Charon: The captain of the Charon's Coin. That is until this mission went to shit. Currently dying on the ground in front of you.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Kill the Intruders: Two Sun Military officers are on the ship. You had to take off with them but you'll be damned if you let them leave here alive.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: assassin: A hired killer, typically more discrete (and expensive) than the run of the mill bounty hunter.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cyborg janitor: If you want a job to done right hire a cyborg, at least that’s his motto. You are underpaid but loyal worker who do jobs that nobody else wants to do. That include cleaning, laundry, chemical handling, plumbing,autopsy, dishes, xeno pest control, mechanic work which is too dangerous (or boring) to others.
  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cyborg body: Stronger and durable than a ordinary human body. To you word handshake is the same word as crush all bones in the hand.
  
  You don´t terribly often shake hands.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Blank like a rock.: Being born in a jar and augment with cybernetics at young age, makes you almost incapable for recognize emotions or express them. 
  But hey. If you do not have them you won't miss them.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find your place in the Universe: You are lost in space without identity,direction, family or place to call home.
  
  You hope that in some place these dreams can be found.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Rally: When the going gets tough, you get going.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Enchanter: Occult magic given to you by the Pale Lady allows you to empower people and objects with mystical might.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Alchemist: You can mix and create various potions with enchanting effects.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Can't Shoot For Shit: Your magic can make armies tremble in fear, but you can't hit the broad side of a spaceship if your life depended on it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hard boiled: You have been bad places and survived them ,mostly in one piece. Coincidence or luck? You do not know, but you’re now a more experienced.