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Mike at 21:42, 25 July 2026

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	This document is aimed at players who know their way around 2d6 systems. If not, either get with a friend who does, or the GM, or take a pre-made character~~, made with these rules~~.		This document is aimed at players who know their way around 2d6 systems. If not, either get with a friend who does, or the GM, or take a pre-made character.

	== You know the drill. ==		== You know the drill. ==

Mike at 21:41, 25 July 2026

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	This document is aimed at players who know their way around 2d6 systems. If not, ~~just download~~ a character ~~sheet .pdf and follow instructions~~.		This document is aimed at players who know their way around 2d6 systems. If not, either get with a friend who does, or the GM, or take a pre-made character, made with these rules.

	== You know the drill. ==		== You know the drill. ==

Mike: /* You know the drill. */

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You know the drill.

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	*Where you are from. Be fairly specific if you want. For example, "Luna, in the Capital, I grew up nextdoor to the Luna Civic Conditioning Complex"; or "Earth, in Ciudad de Mexico for my first 10 years, then the suburbs around Quito Spaceport."		*Where you are from. Be fairly specific if you want. For example, "Luna, in the Capital, I grew up nextdoor to the Luna Civic Conditioning Complex"; or "Earth, in Ciudad de Mexico for my first 10 years, then the suburbs around Quito Spaceport."
	*Physical Description: eyes, hair, dimensions, etc. It is often (but not always) good to include some memorable feature (Detective Miller's hat).		*Physical Description: eyes, hair, dimensions, etc. It is often (but not always) good to include some memorable feature (Detective Miller's hat).
	*Stats (characteristics): STR, DEX, END, INT, EDU, SOC; divide 48 points among them, any way you like, but no 15's. If you choose an age less than 34, you can add +1 to ~~CON~~, but will have less skills.		*Stats (characteristics): STR, DEX, END, INT, EDU, SOC; divide 48 points among them, any way you like, but no 15's. If you choose an age less than 34, you can add +1 to END, but will have less skills.
	*Assign the numbers 25,50,50,and 75 to the following letters: H,A,L,T. For example: H 50, A 50 L 75 T 25. These values will become important during play. Don't worry about what they mean yet.		*Assign the numbers 25,50,50,and 75 to the following letters: H,A,L,T. For example: H 50, A 50 L 75 T 25. These values will become important during play. Don't worry about what they mean yet.
	*[[Genetics]], if any		*[[Genetics]], if any

Mike: /* SKILLS AND BACKSTORY */

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SKILLS AND BACKSTORY

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	How your character spends their time between ages 18 and 34 is up to you. But you should make it explanatory of those 8 skill slots that you chose. You can and should freely adjust your chosen skills and backstory to include the 4 events and the three random skills. Don't overly optimize; tell a story. As a minimum, use a typical Mongoose Traveller career path, e.g. college for 4 years, followed by 12 years in the Navy.		How your character spends their time between ages 18 and 34 is up to you. But you should make it explanatory of those 8 skill slots that you chose. You can and should freely adjust your chosen skills and backstory to include the 4 events and the three random skills. Don't overly optimize; tell a story. As a minimum, use a typical Mongoose Traveller career path, e.g. college for 4 years, followed by 12 years in the Navy.

	Note the open Profession or Job category. It's open so you can write in anything you want. If you put 1-3 points there, corresponding to 2-6 years, it plays out in a flexible manner (just like First Edition AD&D "Secondary Skills", which required a trip to the DMG to acquire).		Note the open Profession or Job category. It's open so you can write in anything you want. If you put 1-3 points there, corresponding to 2-6 years, it plays out in a flexible manner, just like First Edition AD&D "Secondary Skills" (which required a trip to the DMG to acquire).

	Let's say you put 1 point in "Profession or Job (Working on a fishing boat for my uncle out of Puget Sound for 2 years)." That allows you, the player, to wing up a plausible story, on the fly, to get a skill roll in a situation. In the above example, a player might reference rope use, fishing, boating, navigation, knowledge of tides and lunar cycles, handling motion sickness, fixing diesel motors, etc. For 2 years in a job, the typical maximum bonus would be skill level 1.		Let's say you put 1 point in "Profession or Job (Working on a fishing boat for my uncle out of Puget Sound for 2 years)." That allows you, the player, to wing up a plausible story, on the fly, to get a skill roll in a situation. In the above example, a player might reference rope use, fishing, boating, navigation, knowledge of tides and lunar cycles, handling motion sickness, fixing diesel motors, etc. For 2 years in a job, the typical maximum bonus would be skill level 1.

Mike: /* SKILLS AND BACKSTORY */

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	How your character spends their time between ages 18 and 34 is up to you. But you should make it explanatory of those 8 skill slots that you chose. You can and should freely adjust your chosen skills and backstory to include the 4 events and the three random skills. Don't overly optimize; tell a story. As a minimum, use a typical Mongoose Traveller career path, e.g. college for 4 years, followed by 12 years in the Navy.		How your character spends their time between ages 18 and 34 is up to you. But you should make it explanatory of those 8 skill slots that you chose. You can and should freely adjust your chosen skills and backstory to include the 4 events and the three random skills. Don't overly optimize; tell a story. As a minimum, use a typical Mongoose Traveller career path, e.g. college for 4 years, followed by 12 years in the Navy.

	Note the open Profession or Job category. It's open so you can write in anything you want. If you put 1-3 points there, corresponding to 2-6 years, it plays out in a flexible manner (just like First Edition AD&D "Secondary Skills", which required a trip to the DMG to acquire). Let's say you put 1 point in 'Profession or Job (Working on a fishing boat for my uncle out of Puget Sound for 2 years)." That allows you, the player, to wing up a plausible story, on the fly, to get a skill roll in a situation. In the above example, a player might reference rope use, fishing, boating, navigation, knowledge of tides and lunar cycles, handling motion sickness, fixing diesel motors, etc. For 2 years in a job, the typical maximum bonus would be skill level 1.		Note the open Profession or Job category. It's open so you can write in anything you want. If you put 1-3 points there, corresponding to 2-6 years, it plays out in a flexible manner (just like First Edition AD&D "Secondary Skills", which required a trip to the DMG to acquire).

			Let's say you put 1 point in "Profession or Job (Working on a fishing boat for my uncle out of Puget Sound for 2 years)." That allows you, the player, to wing up a plausible story, on the fly, to get a skill roll in a situation. In the above example, a player might reference rope use, fishing, boating, navigation, knowledge of tides and lunar cycles, handling motion sickness, fixing diesel motors, etc. For 2 years in a job, the typical maximum bonus would be skill level 1.

	Regarding Academics(xyz), much the same thinking applies.		Regarding Academics(xyz), much the same thinking applies.

Mike: /* SKILLS AND BACKSTORY */

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	How your character spends their time between ages 18 and 34 is up to you. But you should make it explanatory of those 8 skill slots that you chose. You can and should freely adjust your chosen skills and backstory to include the 4 events and the three random skills. Don't overly optimize; tell a story. As a minimum, use a typical Mongoose Traveller career path, e.g. college for 4 years, followed by 12 years in the Navy.		How your character spends their time between ages 18 and 34 is up to you. But you should make it explanatory of those 8 skill slots that you chose. You can and should freely adjust your chosen skills and backstory to include the 4 events and the three random skills. Don't overly optimize; tell a story. As a minimum, use a typical Mongoose Traveller career path, e.g. college for 4 years, followed by 12 years in the Navy.

	Note the open Profession or Job category. It's open so you can write in anything you want. If you put 1-3 points there, corresponding to 2-6 years, it plays out in a flexible manner (~~similar to 1rst ED~~ AD&D "Secondary Skills"). Let's say you put 1 point in 'Profession or Job (Working on a fishing boat for my uncle out of Puget Sound for 2 years)." That allows you, the player, to wing up a plausible story, on the fly, to get a skill roll in a situation. In the above example, a player might reference rope use, fishing, boating, navigation, knowledge of tides and lunar cycles, handling motion sickness, fixing diesel motors, etc. For 2 years in a job, the typical maximum bonus would be skill level 1.		Note the open Profession or Job category. It's open so you can write in anything you want. If you put 1-3 points there, corresponding to 2-6 years, it plays out in a flexible manner (just like First Edition AD&D "Secondary Skills", which required a trip to the DMG to acquire). Let's say you put 1 point in 'Profession or Job (Working on a fishing boat for my uncle out of Puget Sound for 2 years)." That allows you, the player, to wing up a plausible story, on the fly, to get a skill roll in a situation. In the above example, a player might reference rope use, fishing, boating, navigation, knowledge of tides and lunar cycles, handling motion sickness, fixing diesel motors, etc. For 2 years in a job, the typical maximum bonus would be skill level 1.

	Regarding Academics(xyz), much the same thinking applies.		Regarding Academics(xyz), much the same thinking applies.

Mike: /* SKILLS AND BACKSTORY */

2026-06-29T06:51:43Z

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	How your character spends their time between ages 18 and 34 is up to you. But you should make it explanatory of those 8 skill slots that you chose. You can and should freely adjust your chosen skills and backstory to include the 4 events and the three random skills. Don't overly optimize; tell a story. As a minimum, use a typical Mongoose Traveller career path, e.g. college for 4 years, followed by 12 years in the Navy.		How your character spends their time between ages 18 and 34 is up to you. But you should make it explanatory of those 8 skill slots that you chose. You can and should freely adjust your chosen skills and backstory to include the 4 events and the three random skills. Don't overly optimize; tell a story. As a minimum, use a typical Mongoose Traveller career path, e.g. college for 4 years, followed by 12 years in the Navy.

	Note the open Profession or Job category. It's open so you can write in anything you want. If you put 1-3 points there, corresponding to 2-6 years, it plays out in a flexible manner (similar to 1rst ED AD&D "Secondary Skills"). Let's say you put 1 point in "Job(Working on a fishing boat for my uncle out of Puget Sound for 2 years)." That allows you, the player, to wing up a plausible story, on the fly, to get a skill roll in a situation. In the above example, a player might reference rope use, fishing, boating, navigation, knowledge of tides and lunar cycles, handling motion sickness, fixing diesel motors, etc. For 2 years in a job, the typical maximum bonus would be skill level 1.		Note the open Profession or Job category. It's open so you can write in anything you want. If you put 1-3 points there, corresponding to 2-6 years, it plays out in a flexible manner (similar to 1rst ED AD&D "Secondary Skills"). Let's say you put 1 point in 'Profession or Job (Working on a fishing boat for my uncle out of Puget Sound for 2 years)." That allows you, the player, to wing up a plausible story, on the fly, to get a skill roll in a situation. In the above example, a player might reference rope use, fishing, boating, navigation, knowledge of tides and lunar cycles, handling motion sickness, fixing diesel motors, etc. For 2 years in a job, the typical maximum bonus would be skill level 1.

	Regarding Academics(xyz), much the same thinking applies.		Regarding Academics(xyz), much the same thinking applies.

Mike: /* SKILLS AND BACKSTORY */

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	and either Network(Protocols)-0, or Zero and Low G(Operations)-0.		and either Network(Protocols)-0, or Zero and Low G(Operations)-0.

	For the default age of 34, you will get one [[Skills\|skill]] slot per every two years above the age of 18. That means 8 slots, placed wherever you like, to a max of 3 in any one skill. Whatever you do, you will also roll every four years on the event table, some of which result in skills; further, you will roll for one "package" of 3 additional skills, adding some randomness (now you're at 11); you will no doubt use the connections rule for another two skills (now at 13); depending on your 4 events rolls you might end up with more.		For the default age of 34, you will get one [[Skills\|skill]] slot per every two years above the age of 18. That means 8 slots, placed wherever you like, to a max of 3 in any one skill. Whatever you do, you will also roll every four years on the event table, some of which result in skills; further, you will roll for one "package" of 3 additional skills, adding some randomness (now you're at 11); you will no doubt use the connections rule (Mongoose Core Rulebook around page 19) for another two skills (now at 13); depending on your 4 events rolls you might end up with more.

	How your character spends their time between ages 18 and 34 is up to you. But you should make it explanatory of those 8 skill slots that you chose. You can and should freely adjust your chosen skills and backstory to include the 4 events and the three random skills. Don't overly optimize; tell a story. As a minimum, use a typical Mongoose Traveller career path, e.g. college for 4 years, followed by 12 years in the Navy.		How your character spends their time between ages 18 and 34 is up to you. But you should make it explanatory of those 8 skill slots that you chose. You can and should freely adjust your chosen skills and backstory to include the 4 events and the three random skills. Don't overly optimize; tell a story. As a minimum, use a typical Mongoose Traveller career path, e.g. college for 4 years, followed by 12 years in the Navy.

Mike: /* You know the drill. */

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You know the drill.

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	*Physical Description: eyes, hair, dimensions, etc. It is often (but not always) good to include some memorable feature (Detective Miller's hat).		*Physical Description: eyes, hair, dimensions, etc. It is often (but not always) good to include some memorable feature (Detective Miller's hat).
	*Stats (characteristics): STR, DEX, END, INT, EDU, SOC; divide 48 points among them, any way you like, but no 15's. If you choose an age less than 34, you can add +1 to CON, but will have less skills.		*Stats (characteristics): STR, DEX, END, INT, EDU, SOC; divide 48 points among them, any way you like, but no 15's. If you choose an age less than 34, you can add +1 to CON, but will have less skills.
	*Assign the numbers 25,50,50,and 75 to the following letters: H,A,L,T. For example: H 50, A 50 L 75 T 25. Don't worry about what they mean ~~for now~~.		*Assign the numbers 25,50,50,and 75 to the following letters: H,A,L,T. For example: H 50, A 50 L 75 T 25. These values will become important during play. Don't worry about what they mean yet.
	*[[Genetics]], if any		*[[Genetics]], if any
	*XP's: 0		*XP's: 0

Mike: /* The six packages */

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The six packages

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	==== The six packages ====		==== The six packages ====

			If players are being rolled up as a group, ignore rolls that have already been assigned to someone else.

	*Skill Package 1: Carouse-1, Art-1, Electronics(Sensors&Remote Ops)-1		*Skill Package 1: Carouse-1, Art-1, Electronics(Sensors&Remote Ops)-1