Characters
SHFT-9 "Shaft"
Type: Cargo Droid
Model: Sion Hwuidian Engineerings' Functional
Taskmaster
Age: 143 years Height: 2 meters Weight 110
kg
Description: Tall, black, bulky, with no finesse or grace
whatsoever. Intelligent-sounding voice. Metal plating
battered and scored. Glowing yellow eyes.
DEX 2D
Blaster 5D+2, Brawling parry 4D, Dodge 5D, Running 5D+1
KNO 1D+2
Alien species 4D, Planetary systems 3D+2, Languages 2D,
Steetwise 4D+1
MECH 3D
Repulsorlift ops 4D, Sensors 4D+1
PER 2D
Search: sensor tracking 4D
STR 5D
Lifting 7D, Stamina 5D+2
TECH 3D+1
Blaster repair 4D, Computer programming/repair 5D, Droid
programming/repair 5D
Move: 8
Character Points: 16
Equipped with: personal blaster cannon (5D+1), two arms,
two legs, Glycol power generator (in chest cavity; four
outlets on torso), battered armor plating (+1D to all attacks),
omnidirectional sensors (motion-, heat-, life-detecting)
"Memory wipe? Who needs 'em?"
Capsule: SHFT-9 was one of a limited run of cargo droids
designed expressly to serve on luxury liners. The SHFT
series was described as "a protocol droid trapped in a
cargo droid's body". Combining power with intelligence, the
series could be seen moving heavy cargo crates around in
the hold, but if a confused passenger came up to ask
directions, the droid could respond intelligently and politely.
Shaft served faithfully aboard the liner Corona's Fire for
nearly fourteen years, until, during a pirate attack, he
was presumed dead.
SHFT-9 was not dead, however. He had been
captured by the pirates and served with them for almost
thirty years, eventually becoming their leader. The pirate
group, under SHFT-9's leadership, preyed on containers
running the long Perlemian Trade Route. Eventually Shaft's
group attacked a fleet of Dreadnaught cruisers, and, in the
ensuing carnage, they were slaughtered. All except
SHFT-9, who ejected himself out of the airlock at the last
instant and tumbled away into space. By picking up stray
hyperspace signals during his sojourn in deep space,
Shaft learned that the Dreadnaughts were actually the
Republic's fleet, sent to combat the insane clonemasters.
In this way, Shaft was drawn into the epic Clone Wars.
SHFT-9, after drifting through space for two
months, was picked up by a small Corellian freighter. The
droid had nearly expired from lack of power; only his
redundant Glycol unit kept him functioning. Repaying the
old captain's kindness, Shaft gave the man all the credits
that were leftover from the pirate group's storehouse. Then
Shaft went on to become a ruthless war droid, hunting
down and eliminating the insane clonemasters as the
Clone Wars dragged on.
Then the Wars were over, and peace returned to
the Republic, and SHFT-9 dropped out of sight for a while,
working as a protocol droid on a backwater planet called
Diptha. While working on Diptha, Shaft had the opportunity
to meet Derrith, a young man running an up-and-coming
smuggling business. A totally independent droid, Shaft
suddenly found himself being claimed by the Empire. In
order to avoid working for them, he decided that he would
be "owned" by Derrith, and the young man agreed to be
his "owner".
Over the years Derrith manipulated Shaft,
exerting more and more power over his "favorite droid".
Now, Shaft is nothing more than a protocol droid that has
never had a memory wipe. He is secretly searching for a
way to get back at Derrith, but his time is running out. . .
SHFT-9 was contributed by Patrick Rollens <rollens@YOUR-NET.COM>
Name: Matthew Dagger
Type: Ex-TIE pilot/Former Pirate/Rebel Starfighter Commander
Gender: Male
Species: Human
Age: 25
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 169 lbs
Physical Description: A young looking human with brown eyes and short
black hair. He most often is seen wearing his typical orange flight
suit. ALWAYS wears his Imperial Navy issue custom fitted black boots.
Background: Matthew Dagger was born on Corellia 24 years BSW4. He was
the oldest of three children in a family that had little money but still
managed to get by. Matthew's father encouraged his son, who demonstrated
excellent piloting abilities when he was very young, to join the Imperial
Navy. At age 17 Matthew got on the shuttle for Carida and spent four
grueling years enduring rigorous Imperial training. When he was 21, he
graduated and was assigned to a Victory Class Star Destroyer as a TIE
fighter pilot. Eventually Matthew realized that the Empire just wasn't
for him. They were too rigid. He wanted to ventureoff on his own. He
managed to beat the odds and escape the Star Destroyer in a stolen TIE
scout. But Matthew still had a dream. That dream was fame. He wanted
the galaxy to know and respect the name "Dagger". He took on some odd
jobs and earned the money to soup up his stolen TIE. He met other
independent fighter pilots. He eventually formed a pirate squadron. The
group went on a few runs. They destroyed a pirate corvette harassing a
defenseless system, they stole Imperial weapons and ship parts, and they
built a secret hangar on an asteroid which served as a small base. The
squadron never became famous, much to the dismay of Matthew. Their
asteroid hideout was located and destroyed by Imperial officials. Though
none of the squadrons pilots were hurt, all of their ships were
destroyed. The squadron disbanded. Matthew got a job as a security
officer aboard a neutral space station in the Outer Rim at about the same
time as the destruction of Alderaan. When the Empire came to the station
and threatened to take it for themselves, Matthew helped lead the
evacuation of the station and the crew eventully located an Alliance
corvette. For the next few weeks Matthew has been training young Rebel
pilots. He was very recently given the rank of Commander and the command
of Liberty Squadron.
Objectives: Fame. Hurt the Empire.
A Quote: "Damn the Man!"
Dexterity - 3D
Blaster 5D
Dodge 5D
Knowledge - 2D
Planetary Systems 4D
Mechanical 4D
Astrogation 6D
Communications 5D
Starship Gunnery 7D
Repulsorlift Operation 5D
Starship Shields 6D
Starfighter Piloting 9D
Perception - 3D
Command 6D
Search 4D
Sneak 4D
Strength - 3D
Brawling 5D
Stamina 4D
Technical - 3D
First Aid 4D
Starfighter Repair 5D
Starship Weapon Repair 4D+1
Equipment- DH-17 Blaster Pistol (4D), Alliance flight suit, worn out
Imperial boots, X-wing Starfighter, 750 credits
Speed: 10
Force Points: 2
Dark Side Points: 0
Character Points: 19
Matthew Dagger was contributed by Mark Burson <markburson@juno.com>
If anyone wishes to contribute email me at bwafer@bc.sympatico.ca