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Squad Makeup

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Squad Makeup

Each squad member plays a pivotal role, defined by the capabilities and specialties of their affiliated faction. Below are the roles and their corresponding corporate or syndicate strengths:

C-SEC: Enforcers of Galactic Justice

The Sentinel

Nickname: HardStop

You are a Sentinel within C-SEC, where unmatched expertise meets vigilant guardianship. Your deep knowledge of galactic law and proficiency with advanced non-lethal weaponry are not just skills—they're a calling. Each mission you undertake is an opportunity to uphold justice, leveraging your extensive network for critical support and ensuring order prevails against the forces of chaos.

Suggested Skills
  • Security & Systems (Bypass locks and secure doors, manually subvert system nodes)
  • Persuasion (Threatening people nicely, bargaining)
  • Stealth (Moving stealthily, hiding and concealment)
  • Social Networking (Using rep for favors, gathering information)

Analyst

Nickname: Calcs

As an Analyst, your days are spent slicing through the fog of war and misinformation with unparalleled precision. Your keen perception and wide-reaching networking abilities position you as the squad's indispensable eyes and ears. The prowess you demonstrate in uncovering covert criminal activities allows you to adeptly neutralize hidden threats, safeguarding your team and mission objectives with every piece of intelligence decrypted.

Suggested Skills
  • Hacking (Subvert a terminal or network node, e.g., cameras, doors)
  • Intel (Aliens, culture & customs; Astrography; Street smarts)
  • Search (Finding hidden loot)
  • Programming (Used to control or reprogram robots, networks, doors, etc.)

CONFED: Military

Vanguard

Nickname: Gungrunt

You are the Vanguard of CONFED, the spearhead of bravery and the last bastion of retreat. Your weapon skills are unmatched, your combat tactics unrivaled. When you breach enemy lines, it's with the knowledge that your actions embody the essence of military might, protecting your comrades and ensuring that no alien force can withstand your withering firepower.

You're just the Gungrunt to your squad mates, but they generally call you that out of earshot.

Suggested Skills
  • Exoskeleton Operation (Loaders and Powered Armours)
  • Repair Military (Repair armor and weapons)
  • Athletics, Climbing (Free running)
  • Weapon Systems (Large ship and mounted weapon systems)

Combat Engineer

Nickname: Boomspanner

As a Combat Engineer, your role is to masterfully blend the art of destruction with the craft of construction. Specializing in explosive ordinances and strategic fortifications, you provide your squad with a crucial tactical edge. Your innovative creations and demolitions carve a path to victory, making you an invaluable asset on the battlefield.

Suggested Skills
  • Engineering (Demolitions, rigging)
  • Repair Mech (Robotics, exoskeleton, powered armor, environmental suits)
  • Repair Ship Systems (Repair ship engines and ship systems)
  • Rigging (Jury rigging)

ICU: Pioneers of Cybernetic Medicine

Cybermedic

Nickname: Patch

You take on the role of Cybermedic within ICU, a beacon of hope and innovation. Your expertise isn't just about mending wounds—it's about enhancing the human condition. With cutting-edge cybernetic enhancements at your fingertips, you push the boundaries of medical science, ensuring your squad remains in peak physical condition, ready to face the challenges of the cosmos.

Suggested Skills
  • Cybernetics (Attachment, maintenance, and interfacing of cybernetics)
  • Diagnosis Disease / Toxin / Viral (The detection and curing of diseases, virals, and poisons)
  • Field Medic (In combat recovery)
  • Pharmaceutical (Training in chemicals, medicines & poisons)

Battle Medic

Nickname: Medic!, Medic!!, Fuck Medic!!!

In the heart of the fray, amid the chaos and roar of modern warfare, stands you—the Battle Medic. Your training goes beyond the traditional confines of medical practice, steeped in the gritty reality of the battlefield. You carry the weight of your squad's lives on your shoulders, armed not just with medical kits but with a resolve as strong as durasteel. Your expertise is not limited to patching wounds or administering emergency care; you're a lifeline, ensuring that every member can fight on, can stand their ground against whatever alien nightmare they face. You are the difference between a soldier bleeding out on an alien world or making it Upside with a heartbeat.

You are the Battle Medic of ICU, and with you, the line holds. They can die on their own time.

Suggested Skills
  • Field Medic (In combat recovery)
  • Field Surgeon (Allows the use of advanced medical facilities)
  • First Aid (Allows out of combat recovery)
  • Cybernetics (Attachment, maintenance, and interfacing of cybernetics)

NERD: Innovators of the Unknown

MedTech

Nickname: Zombie (wants all the brains)

In NERD, your title of MedTech signifies more than a profession—it's a testament to your insatiable curiosity and boundless knowledge. Your understanding of biotech, nanotech, and the advanced sciences makes you the squad's foremost authority on technological innovation. You turn impossible problems into solvable equations, constantly pushing the envelope of what your team can achieve through science.

Suggested Skills
  • Aliens, Culture & Customs (Languages and history)
  • Diagnosis Disease / Toxin / Viral (The Detection and curing of diseases, virals and poisons)
  • Pharmaceutical (Training in chemicals, medicines & poisons)
  • Repair Electronics (Repair computer interfaces)

Weaponologist

Nickname: Needles

Your expertise as a Weaponologist makes you a master of the arsenal, providing your squad with access to the most advanced and unconventional weaponry known to the galaxy. Your creations are not merely tools of destruction but instruments of change, capable of altering the outcome of any encounter with their unexpected capabilities and revolutionary design.

Suggested Skills
  • Demolitions (Boom)
  • Rigging (Jury rigging)
  • Repair Military (Repair armor and weapons)
  • Pharmaceutical (Training in chemicals, medicines & poisons)

ROBO: Masters of Machina-tech

Mech-Tech

Nickname: MechHead

As a Mech-Tech within ROBO, you are the pinnacle of mechanical mastery. Your unparalleled expertise in robotics and bionics allows you to dominate the battlefield, turning the tide of war with every drone calibrated and every enemy automaton hacked. Your technical acumen and robotic arsenal is your squad's not-so-secret weapons, cause robots are loud.

MechHead, Did I say MechHead? You must have mis-heard I'm sure I said Mech-tech, umm Why is that K8-Mk3 powering up? Yea that one, the one with the auto cannon. umm Sorry?

Suggested Skills
  • Repair Mech (Robotics, exoskeleton, powered armor, environmental suits)
  • Repair Electronics (Repair computer interfaces)
  • Programming (Used to control, reprogram robots, networks, doors, etc.)
  • Engineering (Demolitions, rigging)

Engineer

Nickname: Wrench

As an Engineer, you are the keystone of your squad's survival and effectiveness in the field. Your expertise isn't just about fixing things; it's about ensuring the squad's capability to withstand, adapt, and overcome mission mishaps. Your hands bring worn weapons back to life, mend cracks in armor that tell stories of narrow escapes, and keep the vehicles, essential for your team's mobility and success, roaring and ready.

The battlefield demands reliability—reliability that your dropship will fire its engines when you need to beat a hasty retreat, reliability that the exoskeleton powering your squad's heavy gunner won't freeze up under fire. You provide this reliability. Without an Engineer's skilled touch, the margin for error narrows sharply.

Venturing into hostile territory without an Engineer is as risky proposition. The gear you and your squad carry, the vehicles you pilot, and even the dropship that ferries you to the heart of danger depend on your ability to maintain and repair them and resurrect any heaps of junk you might find on mission. Beyond repair, your mastery includes the operation of loaders and powered armors, amplifying your squad's strength on the battlefield.

Suggested Skills
  • Repair Ship Systems (Repair ship engines and ship systems)
  • Repair Military (Repair Armor and Weapons)
  • Repair Mech (Robotics, exoskeleton, powered armor, environmental suits)
  • Repair Electronics (Repair computer interfaces)
  • Exoskeleton Operation (Loaders and Powered Armours)

SAROS: Saviors in the Void

Wreck Runner

Nickname: Feathers

As a Forward Operations Specialist under the banner of SAROS, your training in survival and extraction techniques sets you apart. The agility of the SAROS flight suit is second to none when it comes to exploring derelict ships abandoned in space. You navigate dangerous terrains with ease, adept at recovering valuable assets from the brink of disaster. Your presence on any mission is a boon to the group, often finding traps and ambushes lying in wait, making you indispensable in operations where the margin for error is zero.

Suggested Skills
  • Survival (Surviving and tracking in the wilds and run-down areas)
  • Athletics, Climbing (Free Running)
  • Search (Finding hidden loot)
  • Flying/0-G (Space training)
  • Acrobatics and Jumping (Dive rolls, squeezing, balance, also situational Dodging)

Pathfinder

Nickname: Ticket (Home)

You are a Pathfinder, an expert navigator whose mastery over various vehicles and environmental suits allows your squad to venture where others cannot. Your ability to traverse any terrain, from the deepest oceans to the most treacherous mountain peaks, ensures that your team can always reach their objective and return home safely.

Suggested Skills
  • Astrography (Planet-side environmental hazard identification)
  • Piloting (Land/Sea)
  • Piloting (Air/Space)
  • Navigation (Astrophysics, celestial bodies, nebula navigation)

FOFT: Merchants of the Edge

Trader

Nickname: Penny

Your acumen as a Trader within FOFT places you at the heart of interstellar commerce. Your negotiations shape economies, and your savvy ensures the squad's access to rare items and vital intelligence. Your network spans the galaxy, providing your team with resources and allies that prove invaluable in the field.

Suggested Skills
  • Marketeering (I'll buy that for a dollar)
  • Social Networking (Using rep for favours, gathering information)
  • Deception (Lying, fake security passes, manifests, and government documents)
  • Persuasion (Threatening people nicely, bargaining)

Smuggler

Nickname: Ghost

In the shadows, you thrive as a Smuggler, your expertise in covert operations securing the squad's logistical needs without detection. Your ability to navigate the underbelly of the galaxy, procuring and delivering items under the radar, keeps your team well-equipped and always a step ahead of adversaries.

Suggested Skills
  • Stealth (Moving stealthily, hiding and concealment & stealing)
  • Security & Systems (Bypass locks & secure doors, manually subvert system nodes)
  • Deception (Lying, fake security passes, manifests, and government documents)
  • Piloting (Land/Sea)

CREED: Shadow Operatives

Exile

Nickname: Sacked

As an Exile within CREED, you leverage your diverse background and unmatched adaptability for the greater good. Your unique skill set provides unconventional solutions to complex challenges, ensuring success through ingenuity and a deep understanding of both the light and dark sides of the galaxy.

Suggested Skills
  • Espionage (Social networking, deception, intimidation, persuasion, search, stealth, traps)
  • Street Smarts (Finding info, staying out of trouble, making contacts)
  • Intimidation (Threatening people)
  • Deception (Lying, fake security passes, manifests, and government documents)

Enforcer

Nickname: None, You Don't have any friends

Your duty as an Enforcer is to maintain the delicate balance of order within CREED's ranks. Your assignments, aligned with the organization’s shadowy principles, are executed with a blend of corporate oversight and unorthodox methods. Your presence ensures the mission's objectives meet the intricate dance of morality and necessity.

Suggested Skills
  • Intimidation (Threatening people)
  • Persuasion (Threatening people nicely, bargaining)
  • Social Networking (Using rep for favours, gathering information)
  • Stealth (Moving stealthily, hiding and concealment & stealing)

ICE: Brokers in the Shadows

Spook

Nickname: Dagger

Within the nebulous world of ICE, you operate as a Spook, a master of gathering and leveraging forbidden knowledge. Your ability to infiltrate the deepest layers of the galaxy's underworld empowers your squad, turning information into the most potent weapon against those who would underestimate you.

Suggested Skills
  • Espionage (Social networking, deception, intimidation, persuasion, search, stealth, traps)
  • Intel (Aliens, culture & customs; Astrography; Street smarts)
  • Deception (Lying, fake security passes, manifests, and government documents)
  • Stealth (Moving stealthily, hiding and concealment & stealing)

Fence

Nickname: Racket

As a Fence, your connections within the black market provide your squad with equipment and intelligence unattainable by any standard means. Your expertise in navigating the complex web of illegal trade ensures your team's arsenal is both unique and formidable, always giving you the upper hand.

Suggested Skills
  • Social Networking (Using rep for favours, gathering information)
  • Deception (Lying, fake security passes, manifests, and government documents)
  • Marketeering (I'll buy that for a dollar)
  • Search (Finding hidden loot)

MERCS: Guns for Hire

Hired Gun

Nickname: Boomspammer

As a Hired Gun in MERCS, your combat prowess is legendary. Your straightforward approach and tactical acumen in front-line engagements allow your squad to confront and overcome any obstacle, ensuring victory through superior firepower and indomitable spirit.

Suggested Skills
  • Demolitions (Boom)
  • Repair Military (Repair armor and weapons)
  • Weapon Systems (Large ship and mounted weapon systems)
  • Athletics, Climbing (Free running)

Capitalizer

Nickname: Glimmer

Your role as a Capitalizer is defined by your ability to turn conflict into opportunity. Your strategic mindset and keen eye for profit ensure that every mission not only achieves its objectives but also enriches the squad, making you an invaluable asset in both battle and the pursuit of wealth.

Suggested Skills
  • Marketeering (I'll buy that for a dollar)
  • Persuasion (Threatening people nicely, bargaining)
  • Social Networking (Using rep for favours, gathering information)
  • Navigation (Astrophysics, celestial bodies, nebula navigation)

XERO: The Unbound Elite

Free Agent

Nickname: Echo

As a Free Agent in XERO, your broad spectrum of skills and experiences enriches the squad. Your independent perspective and unparalleled expertise allow you to navigate the complex corporate and economic landscapes of the galaxy, charting a course to success where others see only obstacles.

Suggested Skills
  • Street Smarts (Finding info, staying out of trouble, making contacts)
  • Espionage (Social networking, deception, intimidation, persuasion, search, stealth, traps)
  • Medic (Cybernetics, diagnosis disease/toxin/viral, field medic, field surgeon, first aid, pharmaceutical)
  • Engineering (Demolitions, rigging)

Networker

Nickname: Nexus

Your extensive network as a Networker makes you a pivotal member of the squad. Your ability to forge alliances and gather intelligence across sectors provides a strategic advantage, ensuring your team can tackle challenges with the full backing of unseen allies and vital information.

Suggested Skills
  • Social Networking (Using rep for favours, gathering information)
  • Persuasion (Threatening people nicely, bargaining)
  • Espionage (Social networking, deception, intimidation, persuasion, search, stealth, traps)
  • Intel (Aliens, culture & customs