B.C. Hastings

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by BCHastngs@aol.com

 

An Interview With B.C. Hastings, Blockade Runner

By Jonus Snaggletooth

(I located Mr. Hastings in a bar in the Eriadu system. Though I'm not sure if I should have. He wasn't as big as I had assumed from the descriptions of him. Nor was he dressed outlandishly. Actually he was rather normal in appearance, except for a patch over his left eye that his crew told me covered a wound he received from one of his more dangerous runs. He showed the weariness of someone that had been through the rigors of command for years. But his confidence was astounding and you just knew that despite his appearance, he was assessing everything and everyone in the bar. This was one man that I did not want on my bad side, and wouldn't wish him on my worst enemy.)

Jonus: "Excuse me, are you Captain B.C. Hastings?"

(He glanced up over the top of a bottle of Corellian Whiskey.)

B.C.: "I think you have the wrong guy mister."

(He glanced around, seeming to look toward an exit while his hand strayed under the table.)

Jonus: "I'm the man your crew notified you about Captain. I'd like to ask you a few questions about your life sir. Completely off the record of course.

(He seemed to ease a bit after that)

B.C.: "You want to know about me? Well sit down and have a drink."

(I introduced myself and started the interview.)

Jonus: "Captain, can you tell me about where you were born and about your family?"

B.C.: "I was born on Corellia, but I didn't spend any time there. I think that I've been on Corellia's soil a total of one month since my birth. We were raised aboard a YT-1300 transport that my father owned. My three older brothers, younger sister, and myself that is."

Jonus: "Ah...and how did you and your siblings get along?"

B.C.: "We are very close. My parents did their best to raise us in a team environment. I think that helped us all and I think we all have the utmost respect and admiraton for one another. You tend to either kill each other, or get along very well when you live in such cramped quarters."

Jonus: "Tell me about your education?"

B.C.: "Which one?"

Jonus: "Your schooling Captain. Your formal education."

B.C.: "Well, I don't have any formal education per say. My mother educated us. You see she was a school teacher back on Corellia before we were born. My father taught us to be smugglers. Both of them did a very complete job I think."

Jonus: "So you took up smuggling?"

B.C.: "Yes...We all took up the business. Everyone has done very well at it too. It just wasn't enough for me. It lacked something. I've always wanted renown, a reputation, you know? A smugglers life is centered around being inconspicuous. That's just not for me."

Jonus: "So how did you get into running blockades?"

B.C.: "Well I was contemplating retirement from the smuggling profession and selling my ship. Try to do something else you know? Then one day this Hutt offered me a chance to run a blockade. I took the run not knowing if I could do it and the rest shall we say is history."

Jonus: "You mean you found what you had been lacking?"

B.C.: "Yeah..it was like I was born to run blockades. I didn't get rattled when the shooting started, and was able to think quickly on my feet, if you can understand that."

Jonus: "I can't Captain, but I'll take your word for it. I can see you have a passion for it though."

B.C.: "Well I flew through my fair share of blockades before I realized my true calling. I came to the realization that people just naturally followed me. I realized that I had a gift for command and the ability to garner the respect required of a commanding officer. I tell you, there is no feeling in the galaxy like commanding a great bunch of people through a blockade."

Jonus: "I'll bet there isn't. I've talked to your crew. I must say that they truly respect you sir."

B.C.: "Thank you, they are a great bunch of people. We've been through a lot together. I wouldn't be anywhere near where I am today without them. They are the real runners."

(His expression revealed just how much his crew meant to him, and how proud of them he really was.)

Jonus: "Tell me a little bit about the Midnight Angel, Captain? (At the mention of his ship his pride showed through his gruff exterior.)

B.C.: "Well I worked real hard for a few years alone and was able to save quite a large sum of credits. I got together with a shipwright that I had a good working relationship with and together we came up with a design for a ship better suited to blockade running. I assembled a crew, and together with the yard help we built her from the ground up. I think that with the crew in on the construction of her it has helped us keep her running when the going got tough. She is a beauty though and has gotten us through a lot of tough scrapes."

Jonus: "Yes, I got to spend a little time aboard her earlier with your crew. She is a very fine ship."

B.C.: "Then over the past twelve years we have upgraded and tweaked her whenever we could. She has some room for improvement, but our schedule has been kind of busy."

Jonus: "Tell me Captain, what did your father think when you took up blockade running after all that training as a smuggler?"

(He hesitated a moment, deep in thought.)

B.C.: "Well he and my whole family thought I was a bit over the edge. I think that everyone thinks that all blockade runners are a bit touched. Well we are, you have to be. If we weren't then how do you think anyone could run those gauntlets that we do every time and live to tell about it. If you aren't a bit touched then you're dead."

Jonus: "I see here from the list of charges against you Captain..."

(He snatched the data pad from me.)

B.C.: "Huh?" (He handed it back after taking a quick look at it.)

Jonus: "As I was saying, I see here that you have been charged with several counts of piracy. Are you a Pirate, Captain?"

B.C.: "We've done some Pirate work. Actually I prefer Privateer. We are under a Letter of Marque from the Republic. We've been pretty successful, but we only do that when we don't have any blockades to run. That's where our true abilities lie."

Jonus: "Well Captain I appreciate your sitting down with me and chatting a bit. I assure you that I will keep this off the record until your passing. Is that good enough assurance for you sir?"

(He seemed distracted at this point. Staring toward the entrance.)

B.C.: "Yeah...Yeah...are we done?"

(I glanced toward the entrance noticing some stormtroopers that had entered. When I looked back to the Captain he was gone. I caught a glimpse of him going out the back door.)

End Interview of Captain B.C. Hastings.

Dexterity 3D+1
Knowledge 2D+1
Mechanical 3D+2
Blaster 6D+1
(s) Hvy.Blaster Pistol 9D+1 Grenade 4D+2
Brawling Parry 6D
Dodge 7D+2
Vehicle Weapons 6D
Melee 5D+1
Melee Parry 5D+1
Alien Species 6D+2
Cultures 4D+1
Bureaucracy 4D+2
Survival 5D+2
Willpower 6D
Languages 6D
Planetary Systems 6D+1
Streetwise 7D
Value 5D+1
Astrogation 9D
Communications 5D+2
Repulsorlift Operation 6D
Sensors 5D+2
Space Transports 6D+2
(s) Space Trans.: YT-1300 8D+1
Starship Gunnery 4D+2
Starship Shields 5D+2
Perception 3D
Strength 3D
Technical 2D+2
Bargain 7D+2
Command 10D
Con 8D+1
Hide 6D+2
Gambling 7D+1
(s) Sabacc 9D+2
Search 7D+2
Sneak 7D+1
Brawling 6D
Climbing/Jumping 5D+1
Lifting 4D+2
Stamina 7D
Swimming 5D+2
Computer Programming/Repair 7D
Demolition 3D+2
Blaster Repair 4D
First Aid 5D+1
Space Transports Repair 7D (s)YT1300 Transports 9D
Repulsorlift Repair 6D
Security 7D
Starship Weapon Repair 5D
Template Blockade Runner
Species/Age Human/39
Sex Male
Height 5' 10"
Weight 170 lbs.

Force Sensitive No
Dark Side Points 0
Force Points 2
Character Points 15
Move 10
Special Abilities None

Equipment DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol (modified; Dam-6D+2), Well-worn gunbelt and holster, comlink.

 

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