Talk:Not Created Equal

100thlurker Character skills proposals

Attributes

(Drop Cunning which is nearly never used, reformulate as two trees.)

Mind

IQ
Wits
Charisma

Matter

Endurance
Physique

Skills

(Collapse overlapping Court skills such as Blackmail and Plotting into Conspiracy, Horsetrading and Chummy into Socialize, Legal into Bureaucracy, form new skill Knowledge. Martial skills to match collective proposals in Talk:Fleet Action and Talk:Battle_Cry#I00thlurker_Retcon_Proposal.)

Court

Knowledge
Bureaucracy
Socialize
Oratory
Conspiracy

Martial

Talent

Coup d'oeil

Field

Maneuvers

Fire Control

Science

Logistics

Navigation

Major William Victor de Brightstar

• Virtue: Excellent Staff Officer
• Vice: Alcohol
• Minor Nobel Family (Baron)
• Third in line for the title (So unlikely)
• Allies: Lt Colonel Roger Eric de Brightstar (brother), Cadet Victoria Philippa de Brightstar (sister), Major General Hector Bermudez-Wu (mentor)
• Enemies/Rivals: Colonel Henry Humphries de Brightstar (brother), Admiral Mugombe, Major Katherine Marie Melio
• A strong Empire is a healthy Empire
• Aspirations and Goals: Ensure the advancement of Colonel Lasalle and by extension myself, obtain position in Grand Imperial General Staff and rise to top.
• Mixed Economy (the Empire must ensure a steady flow of resources to the military to ensure its safety)
• Space Easter/Space Christmas Space Catholic
• Bureaucracy: Expert
• Imperial Officer: Professional
• Politicking: Professional
• Protocol: Professional
• Range Weaponry: Professional
• Strategy/Tactics: Professional
• Streetwise: Layman
• Intelligence Gathering: Layman
• Culture/History: Layman
• Stay out of trouble: Terrible

I am William de Brightstar, third son of Baron Humphries de Brightstar. My family was ennobled some five generations ago in thanks for a service performed by my ancestor to empire. While the service wasn’t of great importance to the history of our eternal empire but did much for my family and since then we have dutifully served the throne. Of the current generation both of my brothers serve in the Imperial Cavalry and my younger sister is a third year at the Academy… As for myself, well, while my siblings took to the Line Officer track, I found a real talent for the planning and administrative maneuvering that are the hallmarks of a true Staff Officer. While my brothers look down on me for becoming a ‘mere paper-pusher’ I have found that the true power within the Imperial Navy lies with those controlling the flow of resources and information more than any dash or élan. While some considered me to be 'nosy' and 'officious' few disagreed with my ability to find and make the best use of resources and was considered on track for a position within the Grand Imperial General Staff on Reunion itself. I’ve served as a Staff Officer for six years with a promising, if methodical, climb before running afoul of the corrupt Admiral Mugombe who promptly assigned me to Tahminah Lasalle's unit.

And that is when everything changed…

Erzherzogin Lilavati Bakarne Merit zum Auloniad-Orpheum IV

• Virtue: Ambition tempered by duty.
• Vice: Perfectionism marred by vanity.
• Rank: Erzherzogin of the Orbital Archduchy of Auloniad-Orpheum.
• Other Titles: Imperial Seneschal, Keeper of the Gardens in the Imperial Palace.
• Allies: The lesser nobles and cousins of the House of Auloniad-Opheum, Phrixos Wigberht de Fries (Master of the Imperial Mint), Furisto (a loyal Jovian mastiff).
• Enemies: Astrid zum Aloniad-Orpheum (a legitimized bastard five years older, with a weak claim and boundless ambition), Tex Perses (a jilted lover and now Astrid's own).
• Politics: Conquests and plunder are good for the Imperial reserves, protracted wars with peer enemies are not.
• Religion: There are evils in human nature that not even science can cure. God is the answer.
• Economics: Imperial institutions are good. Legions of bureaucrats tempering noble adventurism is best.
• Aspirations and Goals: Funnel divestments from the Imperial bank to home for disaster relief and retrofitting, acquire husband in matrilinear marriage, produce heir(s), maintain house status, nurse some number of useful friendships.
• Adventurous Passtimes and Flirtations with Falconry
• Gardens and Finance are Rather Alike (Green is Best)
• Suddenly Strange Senior Siblings (Who Are Evil)
• Father Dies Under Strange Circumstances
• The Storm that Shook Orpheum