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/ ___|__ _| |_    __ _ _ __   __| |  / ___|__ _ _ __   __ _ _ __ _   _
| |   / _` | __|  / _` | '_ \ / _` | | |   / _` | '_ \ / _` | '__| | | |
| |__| (_| | |_  | (_| | | | | (_| | | |__| (_| | | | | (_| | |  | |_| |
\____\__,_|\__|  \__,_|_| |_|\__,_|  \____\__,_|_| |_|\__,_|_|   \__, |
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You can download a charactersheet here.

Absence and presence

Missions need time. For the game this means:

• When your character leaves hub space for a mission they won’t be back to participate in the next session. You can join subsequent sessions with one character if they take place on Medina (or if the happen on Alec-11 since travel there is very fast).
• When your party leaves Medina station with a ship from Cat and Canary that particular ship won’t be available for the next two sessions.
• Absence rules apply also to NPCs that accompany the party.

Example :

Pippa and Storoy go on a mission using the CCS Phex. Dario, Eric and Camina also crew the slip. Neither the ship nor the characters on available in the next session. The PCs could join the session thereafter, but CCS Phex will still be down, e. g. for maintenance or refueling. You can, of course, create a second character. Sessions you don’t participate in still count towards your absence and help to reset it

Levelling up

When your character gains a new level you unlock three attribute enhancements:

• +1 on an attribute (mustn’t be the same as in the last level)
• one new focus (must be for another attribute than for the last level)
• one new talent or raise one talent by one level (novice -> expert -> master)

Note that you don’t get these advancements automatically and instantly. You have to spend one downtime activity per advancement.

On level 4 you additionally gain a specialization. Fortune points don’t grow on level-ups.

Downtime activities

Downtime happens between sessions. Your characters are not lazy then but spend their time wisely. For each downtime period choose one of the listed activities. Moreover, at character creation mark one activity as your favored activity. This is something your character relates to. This activity does not exhaust them as much as other things do.

You always recover fortune during downtime.

Recover 5 + your level fortune points unless focussing on recovery or performing your favored activity. In that latter case recover 10 + your level.

Hint: There is one downtime between two sessions. You can also use downtimes between session you didn’t participate in.

Submit your downtime activity to the DM. This can happen in the chat, via mail or using the particular form for downtime activities

Advancing status or reputation

Provided level advancement allows you to raise your rank or similar trait, perform one downtime activity for level of advancement

Maintenance, crafting, fixing

You regularly need to fix the ships or your gear. Typically you succeed at that task. Rolls might be required if the task is not familiar to you at all or to quantify your progress.

Recovering

Intense rest, can also recover conditions. Note that only with this downtime activity you can recover from conditions like Wounded or Injured. This does not happen with your preferred activity.

Relating

Relate to an NPC (which needs to be reachable) to befriend them, turn them into an ally or enemy or obtain important information.

Also:

Level advancement gives you points to spend on new or improved attributes. For each advancement in a social attribute (attribute point, focus, talent…) use this downtime activity once.

Research

Obtain information. The GM might roll to determine amount and quality of the information.

Study

Level advancement gives you points to spend on new or improved attributes. For each advancement in a knowledge attribute (attribute point, focus, talent…) use this downtime activity once.

Training

Level advancement gives you points to spend on new or improved attributes. For each advancement in a physical attribute (attribute point, focus, talent…) use this downtime activity once.