Five Parsecs From Home - The Crew


 Five Parsecs From Home


I started dabbling in Five Parsecs From Home recently; after acquiring the 3rd edition rules, I decided to port my existing campaign over, and continue.
I will be documenting the ordeals and adventures of my Five Parsecs From Home crew here.

So to begin, here is the crew of the retired scoutship Renegade Pigeon

Jaxx Pearsall and his cousin, Kazi Pearsall inherited their ship, a much-repaired, ancient scoutship named the "Renegade Pigeon" after their parents were killed in a K'Erin invasion on the Fringe.  Jaxx has built up a band of down-on-their-luck losers to seek their fortunes.

Captain Jaxx Pearsall





Jaxx and his cousin Kazi grew up on a Research Outpost on Innhild in the Bora system.  Their parents were killed when the K'Erin attacked, but they managed to get Jaxx and Kazi on the last evacuation ship.

Years later, Jaxx and Kazi found that their parents had a ship in drydock on Besulla in the Delon system.  They made their way there, took out a loan to get their ship out of impound, and started looking for other lost souls to crew their ship.

Kazi Pearsall

Kazi wears a piece of an ancient artifact, discovered by her mother.  When they met Vonthos, the alien tomb-raider (just out of jail for travel violations - a huge dissapointment to his family), they found he had another piece of the artifact - and that together they formed a piece of a map.  They are interested in following that trail - Kazi to show that her parents' research into the progenitors is correct, Vonthos just for the adventure.

Joined by Selene the wanderer (who lost her way after mustering out, but seeks to have her name be known in the universe), Vilem the mercenary, Miak, the ex-military son of a financial analyst who wanted to see the universe and Vonthos, the Elephant Uplift child of a wealthy merchant, they banded together out of common need, and in some cases desperation.

Selene


Vilem

Miak



Vonthos



After injuries taken escaping from Besulla, after a K'Erin invasion, the crew recruited an adventure-seeking bureaucrat named Hans, who was eager to leave the rule of the Theocracy of Hran-Vogus on Hesione and see the universe

Hans



While wandering the starport to get some exercise, Vonthos met a strange young woman, who convinced him that she should join the crew.

Ginevra




System Definitions

Jaxx Pearsall- Human - Research Outpost/Wealth/Traveller
Kazi Pearsall - Human - Research Outpost/Truth/Artist
Selene - Human - Military Brat/Fame/Traveller
Vilem - Human - Industrial World/Adventure/Mercenary
Miak - Human - Comfortable Mega-Class City/Adventure/Soldier
Vonthos - Genetic Uplift - Wealthy Merchant Family/Adventure/Scavenger
Hans - Human - Bureaucratic Class/Adventure/Working Class - DECEASED
Ginevra - Empath - Drifter/Escape/Primitive

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