These are the "player characters" who form the crew (party) for the Free Traders campaign.
ELDON SEXTON 678CAA
Merchant First Officer (7 terms) Age:46
Admin-3 Liaison-3 Steward-3 Carousing-2
Jack-of-All-Trades-2 Piloting-1 Streetwise-1
The retired First Officer of the Free Trader Drakkar, a Type A-P passenger vessel based on the Beowulf class. He possesses exceptional interpersonal skills. Eldon rose quickly through the ranks, until his reputation for risky behavior caught up with him. He has, in time, learned better judgment.
Eldon's father arranged for him to marry the noble daughter of his business partner. Eldon fell in love with a shipmate and broke off the engagement. This enraged her father, who dissolved the partnership, ruining Eldon's family and driving him to bankruptcy. Eldon has managed to salvage what he could, but he has made a powerful enemy in the mercantile world.
Eldon knows about Kellan's addiction issues and hopes to help by restoring his sense of purpose and belonging. In hiring the young doctor, he has drawn together others who were united by a pivotal and life-changing moment.
JUSTAN ARUNDEL 788A97
Navy Lieutenant (4.5 terms) Age:36
Piloting-2 Engineer-2 Jack-of-All-Trades-2
Computers-1 Gunnery-1 Medicine-1 Zero G-1
Justan is a former Naval Lieutenant, skilled in piloting, engineering, and corresponding support skills. During his first command aboard the patrol cutter Ad Astra, an accident occurred that caused the death of several crew members. He was blamed for the incident, and accepted responsibility as the vessel's commander. After a long and expensive legal battle, he was acquitted and honorably discharged while the Navy whitewashed the incident. During the action, he saved the life of a crew mate, who has since become the commander of a patrol vessel and Justan's staunch ally.
Justan feels a sense of obligation toward Serina, whose lover was killed in the "friendly fire" incident in which Justan's ship was involved.
KELLAN DROMA 7979BA
Scholar Researcher (3 terms) Age:30
Medicine-3 Admin-2 Sciences-1 Computers-1
Steward-1
Kellan is a talented young doctor who now leads a solitary life. Two years ago, Kellan made a negligent mistake that led to the death of his patient, a young prospector whose ship was destroyed in a patrol action. Stricken by grief and guilt, he turned to substance abuse for comfort and solace. When Kellan hit rock bottom, a fellow doctor helped him get clean and get much-needed therapy. But he always worries that he might make another mistake, and those demons will come back out of the bottle. As such, he keeps people at a distance, for fear of becoming close.
SERINA TOKANI 7C8976
Belter Manager (4.5 terms) Age: 36
Zero G-3 Repair-3 Engineering-2 Sciences-1
Computers-1 Piloting-1
Serina is in her element when working in space. She has considerable agility and technical prowess, but is perhaps a bit more "rough around the edges" than her crew mates. Her prospecting ship Yukon was fired upon by a Navy patrol vessel, who had mistakenly identified them as pirates. Her crew returned fire, and her lover was killed in the attack. She discovered the truth behind the incident and the cover-up by the Navy, but had to flee and change her identity to protect herself from retribution and possible elimination. She is secretly in love with Eldon, but is afraid to tell him and worried that Kellan or Justan might discover.
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