Operation Raven
Samara Hellstrom
Disgraced Lyran officer, seeking to redeem her name
Description:
Spent: 5928xp, Remaining (as of Session 24): 2 xp (plus Session 25 & 26)
Bio
Gender: Female, Age: 28, Affiliation: Lyran Commonwealth
Height: 1.83m (6ft), Weight: 71kg (156 lb)
Complexion: Pale, Hair: Blonde, Eyes: Hazel
Statistics
Walk 12; Run 24; Sprint 48; Climb 8
Health 10/10; Fatigue 0/14
No encumbrance 0-29kg; light 30-59kg; heavy 69-99kg; overloaded 100kg+
Attributes and Skills
Attribute | Value | Modifier |
---|---|---|
Strength | 5 | +0 |
Body | 5 | +0 |
Reflexes | 7 | +1 |
Dexterity | 7 | +1 |
Intelligence | 4 | +0 |
Willpower | 7 | +1 |
Charisma | 4 | +0* |
Edge | 1 | N/A |
Skill | Ranks | Target | Points |
---|---|---|---|
Acrobatics (Free-Fall) | 1 | 5+ | - |
Administration | 3 | 4+ | - |
Artillery | 0 | 7+ | - |
Career (soldier) | 2 | 5+ | - |
Climbing | 1 | 5+ | - |
Communications (Conventional) | 1 | 6+ | - |
Computers | 1 | 7+ | - |
Driving (ground vehicle) | 2 | 4+ | - |
Gunnery (Mech) | 6 | 0+ | 1 |
Interest (Military History) | 1 | 7+ | - |
Interrogation | 3 | 4+ | 5 |
Investigation | 2 | 6+ | 4 |
Language (German) | 2 | 5+ | - |
Language (English) | 2 | 5+ | - |
Leadership | 4 | 2+ | 8 |
Martial Arts (basic) | 2 | 4+ | 1 |
Medtech (general) | 1 | 6+ | - |
Melee Weapon (basic) | 4 | 2+ | 4 |
Navigation (ground) | 1 | 6+ | - |
Negotiation | 2 | 5+ | 2 |
Perception | 2 | 5+ | 1 |
Piloting (Battlesuit) | 2 | 4+ | - |
Piloting (Mech) | 5 | 1+ | 5 |
Protocol (FedSun) | 2 | 5+ | - |
Protocol (Lyran) | 1 | 6+ | 1 |
Running | 2 | 4+ | - |
Sensor Operations | 3 | 4+ | 2 |
Small Arms | 4 | 2+ | - |
Stealth | 1 | 6+ | - |
Strategy | 2 | 6+ | - |
Support Weapons | 1 | 5+ | - |
Tactics (Infantry) | 3 | 5+ | - |
Tactics (Land) | 5 | 3+ | 2 |
Technician (Mechanical) | 1 | 7+ | - |
Technician (Myomer) | 2 | 6+ | - |
Training | 2 | 6+ | 1 |
Traits
Trait | Value | Description | Source |
---|---|---|---|
Attractive | 200 | +1 to all Charisma based skills, +2 if subject is attracted to women | XP |
Bad Reputation (Lyran) | -300 | -2 on all social roles with Lyran citizens | XP |
Combat Sense | 400 | Roll 3 dice for initiative, discarding lowest | Campaign |
Contact | 100 | Military Contact (Jonas Lange?) | Campaign |
Dependants | -100 | Father and sister on New Dusseldorf. | XP |
Enemy | -300 | A lyran officer has it out for Samara | XP |
Fast Learner | 300 | -10% XP cost of skills | Campaign |
Good Reputation (Strata) | 100 | +2 on all social roles with Strata citizens | Campaign |
Rank | 500 | Hauptman (Captain), commanding “Hellstrom’s Hellions” Company | Campaign |
Title | 400 | Knight-Bannaret of the Order of the Silver Chalice | Campaign |
Vehicle/Light Mech | 300 | Weta IIB | Campaign |
Vehicle/PA | 300 | Valkyrie Mk 2 | Campaign |
Fields of Training
- Basic Training
- Infantry + Officer Training
- Mechwarrior
Equipment
Weapons:
- Vibroscimitar
- Gunther MP-20 SMG (4 clips Std, 6 clips AP) [flashlight]
- Laser Rifle (runs of HC Satchel) [nightvision scope]
- Modified Assault Rifle 12kg (Laser sight, nightvision scope, recoil compensation, sound/flash suppression, AP rounds, underbarrel grenade launcher with clip 10 Class B ordnance, vibrobayonet)
Armor: Infantry
- Lyran Standard Armor
- Lyran Standard Helmet (-1 Per, Nightvision, IR Scanner, Comms, BAR 7 v Flash)
- Heavy Gloves
- Plasteel Boots
Armor: Mech Pilot
- Medium Mechwarrior Pilot Suit
- Neurohelmet (Mech. Encumbering. -2 Per)
- Mechwarrior Helmet (Military comms, IR Scanner, Night Vision)
Armor: Power Armor (PAL)
- Exoskeleton (PAL) – Valkyrie Mk2 (preferred)
Other:
- Filter Mask
- Fatigues
- Uniforms (x6)
- “Civies” (x3 sets)
- Noteputer
- Electronic Compass
- High-Capacity Satchel Battery: 3kg, 150pp
- Medipatch x 10
- Military Communicator
- Perculator + 1kg Coffee
Bio:
Backstory
Samara Hellstrom comes from a middle-class background, and her family scraped together enough to put her through military academy officer training, where she rapidly distinguished herself in battle through bravery and exceptional (for the Lyran Confederacy) tactical abilities. This earned her a knighthood and land grant (where her family now reside), but also the ire of many of Steiner’s “Social Generals” who took offense to this upstart who was making waves in the social pecking order and ‘stealing glory’ from those they considered more deserving – like their friends and relatives.
Samara received a surge of publicity just prior to being reassigned to the borderworld of Oruth, where her mission was to rout several small, partially mechanised bandit gangs that had been preying on outlying colonies. The mission was a setup, dropping her lance in a strategically poor location, under equipped against dramatically superior forces. Samara’s lance was barely able to inflict any damage upon the enemy forces before being overwhelmed, and Samara ordered her troops to eject. Leading them on a desperate ex-filtration mission, she stole a small transport shuttle and fled the planet Oruth with two of her three troops to return to secure space.
Rather than an act of heroism, the military and media publicised her abandoning of military assests and escape as incompetence and cowardice – destroying her reputation and any chance she had of promotion within the political quagmire of the Lyran military. Against social pressure to retire from military service to manage her holdings (nicely out of the way), she stubbornly refused to resign her commission. When an opportunity arose for a military exchange with the Federated Suns (as an ongoing effort to build and maintain relations with their allies – a lot like joint military operations), her superiors immediately put her name forth to command a small ‘mech lance in field operations on the remote planet of Strata. Safely away from Lyran space – or indeed anywhere of importance – and the people who’s social status she was threatening.
While still as strong-willed as ever, her time on Oruth ground away most of her idealism. Although she may view people’s intentions with far more skepticism and her approach to problem solving is no longer as ‘honorable’ as it was (she had to make a lot of compromises on Oruth), she is still dedicated to getting the job done, and the well being of those under her command.