The Dead Stars

*The Dead Stars* is the crew of seven bounty hunters hired by Rajesh Aniyad, CEO of Nightingale Exploration, to steal an echo drive from the Anti-Matter facility in the *Another Bad Side Quest* one shot series of *Carbon 2185*. This page is an overview of the player characters including their background, class and Vice.

### Sven

Played by Zac -

Sven is a *Wormer* which is a group of people who have been born on off world colonies, the low gravity of such places making these people especially tall and lanky. Sven is also *Hacker* which is a master of technology that allows them interesting feats of technological prowess known as *Exploits*.

Sven is a well built 7ft tall man with strawberry blond hair who wears Birkenstocks and a nice sweater.

Sven's *Vice* is that if he is ever not within 30 feet of his brother, Hans, he has disadvantage on all ability checks, attacks and saves.

### Hans

Played by Mak -

Hans is also a *Wormer,* as Sven's twin brother. Hans is *Daiymo* which makes him especially proficient in combat and gives him the ability *Fury* which gives him bonues to his combat actions and resistances to several types of damage.

Hans has a darker skin tone than his brother and dredded hair pulled back into a man bun.

Hans' *Vice* is that if he is ever not within 30 feet of his brother, Sven, he has disadvantage on all ability checks, attacks and saves.

### Finn

Played by Haelley -

Delphine, or Finn as she prefers to be called, is a *Gutter Punk* which means she has spent a majority of her life on the streets and adheres to a more chaotic lifestyle. Finn is also a *Doc* with the *Combat Medic* subclass which means her healing capabilities were learned and honed in tense situations making her a proficient healer in battle.

Finn has hair that has been dyed multiple colors as if she couldn't decide and is always seen wearing her tactical vest with a bandolier of shotgun shells and vials of strange concoctions. Finn is often seen in "her" lab where she experiments with new ways of healing, often involving illegal substances.

Finn's *Vice* that she is an experimental healer. Mechanically this means that anytime Finn heals herself or an ally she rolls an additional d20, if she rolls an 8 or lower she rolls on a *Drug Effect* table. This table contains various additional effects that her healing might have and the effect is determined by a d10 roll.

The table is as follows -

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### D0c

Played by Jeremy -

D0c is a *Korporate Kid* known for having been raised by one of the major corporations in the *Carbon 2185* universe. D0c is also a *Doc* with the *Cybersurgeon* subclass which makes him more adept at healing his allies.

D0c is introduced as a very short old man, coming in at a whopping 4'3", with a shock of white hair on the top of his head. He also has a beard that goes to his knees and wears a white lab coat which he has stitched his name into the pocket of. D0c carries around a vibroknife that he calls his "scapel" and very rarely speaks, more often seen cackling quietly to himself in a very disturbing fashion.

D0c's *Vice* is fried foods, going to concerning lengths to snatch something he thinks looks good.

### Cairo

Played by Ian -

Former San Francisco Police Corporal Torrence "Cairo" Bograt, was a middle aged *Average Joe Enforcer*. The Average Joe being the most common of people types in *Carbon 2185* (as you might expect from the name) and an *Enforcer* being someone who is hired to keep various kinds of peace depending on the employer, in Cairo's case that being the SFPD.

Torrence was a well built, 6 foot tall man and sideswept blond hair. He was often seen wearing black dress pants and a cyan button up shirt that he kept rolled up to his elbows. He was armed with a revolver that he spent a lot of time with in the shooting range but also to practice his action poses. He was also never seen without his aviators which come in a variety of colors. We learn that Cairo and his brother seemed to have joined the police force at the same time but it would appear that his brother did not survive an accident on the job leading to Cairo turning to the cyberpunk life, as noted by Ian pointing out a framed picture in Cairo's room.

Cairo's *Vice* is that he takes unnecessarily dangerous risks and always finds a way to throw in a cheesy one-liner.

Cairo was unfortunately lost in a fight with Yakuza guards in the black market in "Bombs & Bars". Cairo's sacrifice allowed for the distraction of several of the guards while the rest of the crew fled, barely escaping a possible TPK. Cairo's death was a shock to the crew and hardened their resolve to finish the job they set out to do.

### Shae

Played by Jessa -

Shae-0004, or just Shae as she liked to be called, is a *Korporate Kid* like D0c but she is an *Investigator*, someone who seeks out the truth in the world around them and uses their keen eye for detail to help them navigate a dangerous world.

Shae is a petite blond woman who takes exceptional care to always look her best. Shae wears a very interesting garment that allows her to alter her clothing's appearance at will to be whatever she sees fit for the occasion.

Shae's *Vice* is her vanity and need for attention to be on her at all times.

### Connors

Played by Jon -

Connors, owner and captain of the Decryptor spaceship. He is a *Gutterpunk Scoundrel* in his later years who spent an undetermined amount of time operating as a counterintelligence operative. His rank and name have been given as Counterintelligence Supervisory Special Agent Elijah Connors, but even that may not be his real name…

Connors has salt-and-pepper, close-cropped hair colored due to his age and is almost always seen with an eyepatch over one of his eyes, the other eye a startling, technological blue. He also wears a sleek black coat, simple combat boots and a concealed ballistic vest under a plain white or black shirt. He carries a mono-edged Katana, a Detroit Industries SMG, and a plethora of other tools concealed about his person. Connors is known to have a motorbike that he maintains and polishes religiously, and he has an unspecified relationship with the Decryptor’s onboard Artificial Intelligence named Scarlet. Connors has also been seen under the guise of an apparently much younger Gutter Punk with a bubble-gum-pink mohawk known simply as “Sable”.

Connors *Vices* are his obsession with his motorbike and his belief that even shadows have shadows. Connors is paranoid that one of his old counterintelligence rivals or people he’s shut down will find him.

### Vivian

Played by Ian -

Vivian is a 9'2" *Wormer Daimyo*, father of Sven and Hans. Vivian is abnormally large, even by Wormer standards and wears a ranger hat and black pants and has been revealed to where a tactical vest that he has painted his skin tone to give the impression of being shirtless. He also has a rather majestic beard that is notably as long as D0c is tall.

Vivian's *Vice* is that he takes 1d4 psychic damage whenever his sons are injured.

Vivian was unfortunately lost in a fight with the mechanical creature in "See You, Space Cowboy". Vivian's sacrifice managed to set back the creature as well as give his sons, and the rest of the party a fighting chance.

### **References**

1. ↑ a Vice is a mechanic built into the *Carbon 2185* system which gives your character a flaw to work with which can be an array of things including chainsmoking, debilitating pride or even a drug addiction. A player may also come up with their own idea of a Vice and work with their DM to make something of their own choosing
2. ↑ This was a table was custom designed by Darrin and Haelley as a part of her character build
3. ↑ A phrase in games like D&D and Carbon 2185 that stands for "Total Party Kill"