Pirates Char Gen

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=Char Gen=
The theme of the setting is swashbuckling and airships, we are supposed to be playing good guy pirates rebelling against the nearby oppressive empire. Please try to build "good" or "neutral" aligned characters. Examples from literature might include Robin Hood, Peter Pan, Captain Jack Sparrow or Guybrush Threepwood.
There is now a character sheet available that you can fill in, its only A5, so you can either have 2 per page or with a rules guide.
To create your Sky Pirate character:
 Select your race from this list
* Laiki
* Tannite
* Myrmidon
* Altatierran
* Noa
 Select your profession on the ship
* Command Staff
* Marines
* Engineering
* Medical / Research
* Intelligence
 Name your character (each race has a standard naming scheme, and you can use www.behindthename.com, if that helps you).
 Add a concept and three traits, like normal.
 Assign your skills. From the list of skills, pick one skill to gain a +6, two skills that gain +4, and three skills that gain +2. Now apply your skill modifiers from race and profession.
Race 	Modifiers 	 	Profession 	Modifiers
Laiki 	Empathy +1Athletics -1, Tradecraft -1 	 	Command Staff 	Rank +1
Tannite 	Piloting +1Awareness -1, Rank -1 	 	Marines 	Fight +1
Myrmidon 	Athletics +1Engineering -1, Piloting -1	 	Engineering 	Engineering +1
Altatierran	Awareness +1Empathy -1, Subterfuge -1 	 	Medical / Research	Lore +1
Noa 	Tradecraft +1Lore -1, Fight -1 	 	Intelligence 	Subterfuge +1
 You are done. There are no advances, or voting titles.
If you wish your character to have a title, your position within the crew will be determined by your Rank skill. Here are some examples of titles on the Bashmu and the appropriate Rank modifier. In most sections these are just suggestions, feel free to come up with your own at roughly equivalent level. For example a Rank 1 character in the med team might be a nurse or an attendant, but should not be too much grander. In contrast, the Marines follow a strict hierarchy and should normally use these titles.
General:
-1 - 1: Seaman
2 - 3: Midshipman
4 - 5 : Ensign
6 - 7: Lieutenant	
Marines:
-1 - 0: Private
1 - 2: Corporal
3 - 4: Sergeant
5 - 6: Second Lieutenant
If you want help with ideas, or want to find out more about the setting and how you might fit into it, please do contact anyone from the GMing team (Declan Doyle, Ben Fuggle, Debs Landes, Alice Morris, Jake Polley, Matt Wicks).
Completed characters can be posted on the forums for all to see.
There is a separate section on the forums for integrating backstories if you want to do that.