And... I'm finally done reading all of your posts to catch up with the story.<br/><br/>Tagan asked me if I would join your game yesterday.  I used to be a huge Warhammer 40K player, (I used to play the miniature's combat one for money... and yeah, I'm a tactician, I won 73 matches out of 74, being #1 out of 8 players each time, although to be fair to my giant ego, my opponents all much better at painting miniature's then at small unit tactics... not a fair matchup for a chess player.)<br/><br/>Anyway, to be honest, I am only partially familiar with the backstory behind the universe.  I know some general basics about the human empire (and it's Emperor...) and about the same amount about the Eldar... and I have never played any role playing game version of warhammer.  I do love Space Marines though... I'm an old hand at space themed games, having played Space Gurps, Star Trek the RPG, Traveler, Star Wars (with lots of ship to ship combat) and several others...<br/><br/>I'm not that florid a writer... FYI, I tend to state actions, speak in character directly, and I react to situations instead of starting them... I am a regular poster, once a day is average for me, but I don't tend to write long posts.<br/><br/>*shrugs*<br/><br/>Anyway... I have downloaded the Rogue Trader Book... it'll take me a while to have a coherent idea of the rules, so you'll probably have to hold my hand a bit to start with till I get my feet under me.  If you'd like me to join, I'd be happy to, but I'll need a BIT of help with character creation (unless you're willing for me to figure it out on my own, which will probably take longer)<br/><br/>Reading the story-posts, and some of the current "Endeavors" under way, I see that you need a new captain for the "The Reliquary of Alexander"... is it conceivable that an actual Ultramarine Space Marine, (or a retired one, although I have no idea if Space Marines actually retire) could be recruited for that role... and have me play such a character?<br/><br/>If you're worried about the Space Marine's basic xenophobic nature, perhaps the reason this character isn't a space marine (at least, not in a regular space marine unit) is that he was caught "fraternizing" with the enemy... (hey, fraternizing with Hot alien babes FTW!!!) but has enough of a reputation and record of victory that turning him over to the inquisition would have been a bad move for troop moral... so they covered it up and shipped him off... and where better to send him then to a Rogue Trader with a bunch of xeno crew and... gasp, an Ultramarine flavored ship!<br/><br/>Thoughts?  (I'm open to suggestions.)<br/><br/>And yeah, I'll be aiming for someone who's good with guns... personal ones and ship ones... (if you're trying to come up with a parallel in a ship captain, think the Klingon captain from Star Trek 6, who had the ship's guns slaved to his captain's chair...)<br/><br/>Space Marine is just one option (mostly because I love Space Marines...) although any sort that can handle themselves in a firefight would be alright by me.