This is a call to list topics, good and bad, for short stories surrounding my travelling remittance-man-cum-amateur-archaeologist.
Rejnaldi da Santos, Relic Hunter 66578A, Age 46 7 terms Cr100,000
Skills (CT) Admin-1, Blade Cbt(Cutlass)-1, Electronics-1, Gravitics-1, Hunting(Archaeology)-2, Gun Cbt(Rifle)-1, Mechanic-1, Survival-2, Vehicle(Grav)-1.
Languages: Amindii(basic), Oynprith(mastery).
Stuff: Comm, Hunting Rifle, Machete, Vacc Suit, Planetoid ship with Launch.
Overview: A remittance man and the black sheep of the family. His ancestor (the legendary -- or notorious -- Bennett Lai da Santos) was a successful explorer. Rey is simply an embarrassment. His estate pays him an allowance with the express understanding that he will not return home.
A “hunter of antiquities” by trade, Rejnaldi is a self-styled archaeologist. He spends his time getting onto sites that normal folks might not be able to get at, and trying to do scientific excavations, usually on the cusp of revolution, cataclysm, and other destructive or otherwise dangerous settings. (Examples: trespassing onto an interdicted private reserve in order to “do archeology”. Trying to find out more about ancient cultures. Interacting with Amindii locals to learn where to explore, where to dig, because sites on Regina are hopelessly difficult to find.)
Background: Though noble by birth, his father thought that a low-level civilian appointment to the Rural Environmental Protection Agency of T'yana -- made via some favors called in -- would teach him self-reliance and discipline. Rey never bothered to tell his father that his REPA boss -- who assigned every dirty job he could find to Rey -- hated the name of Da Santos.
He worked for REPA for 7 terms, from the age of 18 through his 45th year. His main job function was framed early, when a series of natural disasters while on the job in the outback, followed by a brief period of raiding from Outworlders, caused him to learn how to escape or hide, and live by his wits. Other assignments included getting samples of flesh-eating, motile and canivorous Barrel Molds growing/nesting along unstable geysers in remote wilderness locations; conducting field repairs of solar thermal collectors; defusing social tensions between the regional government and a local population of Droyne; performing orbital com-sat repairs in a temperamental and poorly insulated gravitic service craft; some advocacy work in the border cities to help manage urban rioting and unrest; and a little teaching and desk work. What little spare time he had was spent at the gym or helping with archaeological excavations on his family’s land. When he finally retired, his boss managed to use the event to embarrass his father and family.
Rejnaldi da Santos, Relic Hunter 66578A, Age 46 7 terms Cr100,000
Skills (CT) Admin-1, Blade Cbt(Cutlass)-1, Electronics-1, Gravitics-1, Hunting(Archaeology)-2, Gun Cbt(Rifle)-1, Mechanic-1, Survival-2, Vehicle(Grav)-1.
Languages: Amindii(basic), Oynprith(mastery).
Stuff: Comm, Hunting Rifle, Machete, Vacc Suit, Planetoid ship with Launch.
Overview: A remittance man and the black sheep of the family. His ancestor (the legendary -- or notorious -- Bennett Lai da Santos) was a successful explorer. Rey is simply an embarrassment. His estate pays him an allowance with the express understanding that he will not return home.
A “hunter of antiquities” by trade, Rejnaldi is a self-styled archaeologist. He spends his time getting onto sites that normal folks might not be able to get at, and trying to do scientific excavations, usually on the cusp of revolution, cataclysm, and other destructive or otherwise dangerous settings. (Examples: trespassing onto an interdicted private reserve in order to “do archeology”. Trying to find out more about ancient cultures. Interacting with Amindii locals to learn where to explore, where to dig, because sites on Regina are hopelessly difficult to find.)
Background: Though noble by birth, his father thought that a low-level civilian appointment to the Rural Environmental Protection Agency of T'yana -- made via some favors called in -- would teach him self-reliance and discipline. Rey never bothered to tell his father that his REPA boss -- who assigned every dirty job he could find to Rey -- hated the name of Da Santos.
He worked for REPA for 7 terms, from the age of 18 through his 45th year. His main job function was framed early, when a series of natural disasters while on the job in the outback, followed by a brief period of raiding from Outworlders, caused him to learn how to escape or hide, and live by his wits. Other assignments included getting samples of flesh-eating, motile and canivorous Barrel Molds growing/nesting along unstable geysers in remote wilderness locations; conducting field repairs of solar thermal collectors; defusing social tensions between the regional government and a local population of Droyne; performing orbital com-sat repairs in a temperamental and poorly insulated gravitic service craft; some advocacy work in the border cities to help manage urban rioting and unrest; and a little teaching and desk work. What little spare time he had was spent at the gym or helping with archaeological excavations on his family’s land. When he finally retired, his boss managed to use the event to embarrass his father and family.
