Marc Miller's Traveller Character Sheet

Marquis Korwin Vanderfield

(Rob Miracle)

UPP	Str	Dex	End	Int	Edu	Soc
Base	B	B	A	D	C	D
Current

Weight	Height	Race (Variety)	Birthdate	Apparent Age (Actual Age)	Sex	Current Career	Rank / Title
		human	118-1078	43	M		Marquis

Homeworld

System	Subsector	Sector	UWP
Mora	Mora	Spinward Marches	AA99AC7-F

Starport	Size	Atmos	Hydro	Population	Law Level	Tech Level
A	Large	Dense	Wet	High	Moderate	High Stellar

Difficulty Codes

Rating	Dice Code	Rating	Dice Code	Rating	Dice Code
Easy	Auto / 2D	Difficult	4D	Staggering	6D
Average	3D	Formidable	5D	Impossible	7D
Spectacular Failure:	three 6's	Spectacular Success:	Target No. = Skill level + Dice Code

Space and Related Skills

Skill	Lvl	Attr	TN	AT	:	Skill	Lvl	Attr	TN	AT
*Computer*	0	int edu	13 12			Vaccsuit	1	dex	14
Mechanics	2	str edu	17 18

Other Vehicle Skills

Skill	Lvl	Attr	TN	AT	:	Skill	Lvl	Attr	TN	AT
*Equestrian*	2	dex soc	17 19			*Ground Craft*	1	dex edu	14 15
*Gravcraft*	5	dex	26			Watercraft		dex end	11 10

Social Skills

Skill	Lvl	Attr	TN	Skill	Lvl	Attr	TN
Bribery		int soc	13 13	*Gambling*	1	int soc	16 16
*Carousing*	2	soc	19	Intimidation		str end	11 10
Diplomacy		soc	13	Language, [Zhodani]	1	int edu	16 15
Fast Talk		int edu	13 12	Streetwise		end int	10 13

Academic Skills

Skill	Lvl	Attr	TN	Skill	Lvl	Attr	TN
Acting		int soc	13 13	Music		dex int	11 13
Art		int soc	13 13	Philosophy		int edu	13 12
Craftsman		dex edu	11 12	Psionicology	1	edu	15
Dance		dex soc	11 13	Psychology		int edu	13 12
Instruction		int edu	13 12	*Research*	2	edu	18
Medical	1	int edu	16 15	Writing		int edu	13 12

Miscellaneous Skills

Skill	Lvl	Attr	TN	Skill	Attr	TN
Athletics		str dex end	11 11 10	Intrusion	dex int	11 13
Broker		int edu	13 12	Investigation	int	13
Disguise		int	13	Navigation	int edu	13 12
*First Aid*	2	int edu	19 18	Perception	int edu	13 12
Forgery		dex int	11 13	Trader	int soc	13 13
*Interrogation*	1	end int	13 16

Jack of Trades

Skill	str	dex	end	int	edu	soc
-

Military Skills

Skill	Lvl	Attr	TN	Skill	Lvl	Attr	TN
*Camouflage*	2	int	19	*Stealth*	1	dex	14
*Leadership*	1	end soc	13 16	Survival		end	10
*Recon*	1	end int	13 16	*Tactics*	2	int edu	19 18

Weapon and Fighting Skills

Skill	Lvl	Attr	TN	Skill	Lvl	Attr	TN
Artillery	1	int edu	16 15	Pistol		dex	11
Bow Combat		dex	11	*Rifle*	1	dex	14
*Brawling*	1	str dex	14 14	Short Blade		dex	11
Environment Combat		dex int	11 13	Shotgun		dex	11
*Heavy Weapons*	1	str dex	14 14	*SMG*	2	dex	17
Long Blade		str dex	11 11	Throwing		str dex	11 11
*Melee Combat*	1	str dex	14 14

Psionics

Psi Strength	Psionics Test		Training
Psi Strength	Date	Location	Start	End	Location(s)

Discipline	Lvl	TN	AT	:	Discipline	Lvl	TN	AT
Awareness	1	?			Telepathy	1	?
Telekinesis	1	?

Weapons and Armor

Weapon / Armor	TL	Mass	Range	Shots	Damage
Auto Pistol (holster, spare clip, box of ammo)

The Marquis Korwin Vanderfield will carry his side arm in a holster any time he is in his combat clothing. He possesses an Imperial Hidden Weapon Permit that he got during active duty and maintains in his veteran state. He will have his pistol in a hidden holster in the middle of his back.

Possessions

Cash on person	Cash balance	Monthly Upkeep	Monthly Income	TAS member since
				--

no.	Position	Base salary	Skill	Multiplier		adjust	Actual salary
no.	Position	Base salary	Skill	skill	no.	adjust	Actual salary
1					1
2					1/2
3					1/3
4					1/4
Total:

Other Possessions
Personal Computer (cr 2000)	Camera (cr 1000)	Comm Gear (cr 200)	Imperial ID	Binocs
Inertial Locator (more of a GPS actually)	Night Glasses, MilSpec, can be used as a Computer/Vid display	Two Business Suits	Two Pair Desert Fatigues, with matching web belt	One Pair Forest Fatigues, with matching web belt
One Pair Winter Fatigues, with matching web belt	Two Pair Combat Boots	One Pair Dress Shoes	Two Casual Outfits	One Athletic / PT Outfit
One Large Suitcase	One Suit Bag	One Medium Attaché Case

Career(s)

Career	Branch	Terms	Final Rank or Position	Reason for Leaving	Pension	Discharge Date	Discharge World
				Retired Leave Service Refused Re-Enlistment Medical Discharge Dishonorable Discharge (why)

Awards and Decorations			Special Assignments

History

Years	Age	Dates	Activity	Notes

Background Links

T4-Style Career

Common and Background Skills

Common
Background

Academic Record

Education	Where	Admission	Years	Graduate	Skills
College Graduate School Naval Academy Military Academy Merchant Academy Medical School Flight School (with OTC) (with NOTC)		Accept Reject	4 (????-????)	Yes BS Major MS Major PhD Major (Hon) No (? years)

[Service] : Term One

Age	Years	Rank(s)	Decoration(s)	Skills	Notes
18 - 21

[Service] : Term Two

Age	Years	Rank(s)	Decoration(s)	Skills	Notes
22 - 25

[Service] : Term Three

Age	Years	Rank(s)	Decoration(s)	Skills	Notes
26 - 29

[Service] : Term Four

Age	Years	Rank(s)	Decoration(s)	Skills	Notes
30 - 33

[Service] : Term Five

Age	Years	Rank(s)	Decoration(s)	Skills	Notes
34 - 37					Aging at 35

[Service] : Term Six

Age	Years	Rank(s)	Decoration(s)	Skills	Notes
38 - 41					Aging at 40

[Service] : Term Seven

Age	Years	Rank(s)	Decoration(s)	Skills	Notes
42 - 45					Aging at 45

[Service] : Term Eight

Age	Years	Rank(s)	Decoration(s)	Skills	Notes
46 - 49

[Service] : Mustering Out

Reason for Leaving	Retired Leave Service Refused Re-Enlistment Medical Discharge Dishonorable Discharge (why)
Benefits

MT-Style Career

Common and Background Skills

Common
Background

Academic Record

Education	Where	Admission	Years	Graduate	Skills
College Graduate School Naval Academy Military Academy Merchant Academy Medical School Flight School (with OTC) (with NOTC)		Accept Reject	4 (????-????)	Yes BS Major MS Major PhD Major (Hon) No (? years)

[Service] : Term One

Age	Year	Arm, Branch Office	Assign.	Command, Staff, Position	End Rank	Decoration	Skills	Notes
18
19
20
21

[Service] : Term Two

Age	Year	Arm, Branch Office	Assign.	Command, Staff, Position	End Rank	Decoration	Skills	Notes
22
23
24
25

[Service] : Term Three

Age	Year	Arm, Branch Office	Assign.	Command, Staff, Position	End Rank	Decoration	Skills	Notes
26
27
28
29

[Service] : Term Four

Age	Year	Arm, Branch Office	Assign.	Command, Staff, Position	End Rank	Decoration	Skills	Notes
30
31
32
33

[Service] : Term Five

Age	Year	Arm, Branch Office	Assign.	Command, Staff, Position	End Rank	Decoration	Skills	Notes
34
35
36
37

[Service] : Term Six

Age	Year	Arm, Branch Office	Assign.	Command, Staff, Position	End Rank	Decoration	Skills	Notes
38
39
40
41

[Service] : Term Seven

Age	Year	Arm, Branch Office	Assign.	Command, Staff, Position	End Rank	Decoration	Skills	Notes
42
43
44
45

[Service] : Term Eight

Age	Year	Arm, Branch Office	Assign.	Command, Staff, Position	End Rank	Decoration	Skills	Notes
46
47
48
49

[Service] : Mustering Out

Reason for Leaving	Retired Leave Service Refused Re-Enlistment Medical Discharge Dishonorable Discharge (why)
Benefits

Background Notes

Marquis Korwin Vanderfield, Lt. Col. Mora Army, Ret.            BBADCD      Cr. 50,000
B. 118-1078, Vanderfield Estates, North Lumanence Township, Mora/Mora (3124 AA99AC7-F) Age: 43

Grav Craft-5, Mechanics-2, Tactics-2, Camoflauge-2, First Aid-2, Equestrian-2, Research-2, Interrogation-1, Acting-1, Leadership-1, Artillery-1, Stealth-1, Melee Cbt-1, Brawling-1, Medical-1, Rifle-1, SMG-2, Recon-1, Carousing-1, Language (Zhodani)-1, Gambling-1, Ground Craft-1, Heavy Weapon-1, Telepathy-1, Telekinisis-1, Awareness-1

Korwin was born into a wealthy family on Mora in 1078.   The Hault Vanderfields were a descendant of the ruling family, a 3rd cousin removed of the Duke of Mora. During his early days he competed at a moderately high level in equestrian events, though never showing the desire to practice enough to make the national team.   His other passion was for fast grav cars. Much to the dislike of his parents, he spent some of his teen years on the racing circuit.

Upon graduation from the Kamden School for Accelerated Learning in North Lumanence Township in 1096, Korwin applied to and was admitted to the University of Mora where he graduated with Honors and a BS in Emergency Medicine and a minor in Criminology with the class of 1100.    He, per family rules went through OCS to spend his required four year term in the local Army.

While in college, as part of his Emergency Medicine training he also came across the Guild of the Neuron.   This group fronted as a group of neurological scientists was actually a well disguised Psionics Institute.   Curiosity got the best of this young student and he got involved in their evil ways.   He learned to tap into his mind to draw strength, sense others, and move small objects. Of course as he got more involved with OTC and was enjoying his military future, he realized that his Psionics was something that must always remain hidden.

During his term in the Army, he was assigned to the 3rd Imperial Guard Armor Division and was transferred to Lunion. He was trained in the driving and command of grav tanks. This fit Korwin well as he loved to drive powerful vehicles. Due to a poorfit-rep by Colonel Harris Tomsowski, he was passed over for promotion during his first term.   During a Board of Inquiry Hearing involving Tomsowski and another unit, it was discovered that Tomsowski had conspired to keep ranks down for those of noble title.   He felt the Imperial Army made too many concessions to the nobles and that he pushed those beyond normal reason and then filed poor fit-reps on them.   Tomsowskis was given a desk assignment for his actions.

In 1104 Korwin re-uped much to the surprise of his family since they only required a four year term of service.   He was promoted to 1 Lt. and given command of a small light cavalry unit, the 113th Grav Cav.. His outstanding performance lead to another term with the cavalry unit and a promotion to Captain by 1112.    Eventually, he was transferred back to an armor division and in his forth rotation was given command of the division and promoted to Major in 1116.

During his last term of service and commanding as a Lt. Col., he lead his tank wing into battle at Ianic/Lunion during the war there. His tank took a fusion gun blast during a friendly fire accident injuring his left knee.   His knee healed, but he felt he had pushed his luck too much and his commanders wanted to move him to a more strategic position and out of the field. He never liked planning battles, but preferred to execute the plans.   After 5 terms, he decided it was time to retire rather than make battle from behind a computer terminal.

Upon his departure from the military, he was hired to the lecture circuit and has been traveling through the sector teaching armor and cavalry tactics to other military and para-military units.   His current lecture is on Wonstar as a guest of the Wonstar Development Corporation to hold a lecture on Site Defense: The Grav Factorand of course to move some Imperial Grav Tanks for Ling Standard Products, LIC.

I presume entering UofM at 18 and spending four years there, putting me in the Army as a 2Lt by 1100. Mora is a large place and one of the few places "by the rules" where a Psi Institute could be located, so I presume spare time / summer breaks at UofM were spent in that pursuit. Of course, I publicly have no knowledge of such things. After reading the T4 rules on Psi, I have the following skills: Telepathy-1, Telekinisis-1, and Awareness-1 as I had no additional time after college to pursue additional training. This is perhaps why I'm really traveling, giving these lectures

At about this time there was a civil war on Ianic/Lunion -- check the TNS entry for 335-1119. If you want the action in which he was wounded to be something other would have heard of, this would be a decent choice. In the chaos from 335-1119 to 031-1120, there was major local military action taking place on that world, including in the capital adjacent to the starport. It is certainly feasible that the Army could be assigned duties protecting Imperial assets on the world, and more than likely that such forces would see action against one or more of the disorganized military factions, if only by accident. If so, I'll provide some more details of the nature of the civil war on Ianic, stuff that's not public knowledge.

His ticket to Wonstar has been paid for by the Wonstar Development Corporation, a local company that has no apparent influence outside the system. He's to be a major speaker at a small conference on "Site Defense: the grav factor" to be held at the Grand Imperial Regency Hotel in the town of Starcom, about 60km southeast of the capital Down Port City. Emphasis of the conference is the defense of village-sized assets using TL7 against grav mechanized forces, and the cost-benefit of establishing local grav mechanized units using bought-in Imperial equipment.

While on Wonstar, all his expenses are paid by the Wonstar Development Corporation, including a very generous per diem. You have access to the Local Information section of the astrographic info on Wonstar, which currently consists of very little except a world map. It will quickly become clear at the conference that it is actually intended to formulate a strategy for the defense of location W5 on that map, a desert installation near the base of high mountains.

The Ianic civil war was almost surreal, at the beginning and particular in the way it ended. In the early days, it's strange conflicts -- armies from the Citizens for Traffic Laws clash with Grocery Delivery Boy forces as the factions fight for the capital. Fighting was incredibly vicious, but at times almost polite and formal depending on who was engaging whom.

Imperial forces established a large buffer zone around the starport, which turned out to be a good thing as some of the factions turned out to have surprising access to armored cars and so on, and the Anarchist Coalition in particular made forays towards the starport in an attempt to force the Imperium to take sides. The Imperial forces protected just the Imperial territory and refused to be drawn into the general melee. Still, action was always chaotic, with the resulting constant threat of blue-on-blue incidents, as Korwin found to his cost.

Elsewhere on the world, it was more a matter of official Bureau of Politics forces oppressing Jonkeereen areas, and finding the geneered humans and their Urban Desert Army allies more than ready for pitched battle. That would have been a much better war to have been involved in than the city fighting around the starport...

The war ended suddenly, almost overnight. One day the capital is engulfed in war, the next all is quiet. All factions have laid down their arms, and there are black-robed monks in charge of the whole planet. No-one -- not one person -- resists the change. The Order of the Reptilian Black Things that Spit is now running the world, and it's immediately at peace. Everyone's disarming, even down to their cutlery knives, which are voluntarily being turned in everywhere on the world. It's unreal. But heck, it's the end of a nasty civil war, so who cares -- and in a couple of days the Imperial forces can stand down and relax again.