Colonial Kara Thrace

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Kara Thrace
**Type**: Lieutenant
**Species**: Human
**Height**: meters
**Weight**:
**Gender**: Female

**Dexterity**: 3D+1

* Archaic Guns: 5D+1
* Artistic Ability; Painting: 6D
* Brawling Parry: 8D
* Dodge: 5D+1
* Firearm: 5D+1
* Firearm (S) Sniper Rifles: 8D
* Pick Pocket: 4D+2
* Pyramid: 6D
* Running: 5D+1

**Knowledge**: 2D+1

* Intimidation: 3D
* Streetwise: 3D
* Survival: 4D+1
* Tactics: 3D+2
* Value: 3D+1
* Willpower: 4D+1

**Mechanical**: 2D+2

* Archaic Starship Piloting: 4D+2
* Capital Ship Piloting: 4D+2
* Ground Vehicle Operation: 3D+1
* Sensors: 4D
* Space Transports: 4D+2
* Starfighter Piloting: 6D
* Starfighter Piloting (S) Viper: 13D+1
* Starship Gunnery: 4D
* Starship Gunnery (S) Viper: 9D+1

**Perception**: 2D+2

* Command: 3D+1
* Forgery: 4D+1
* Gambling: 4D
* Hide: 4D
* Investigation: 4D
* Search: 4D
* Sneak: 4D

**Strength**: 2D+1

* Brawling: 7D
* Climbing/Jumping: 4D+1
* Lifting: 4D+1
* Stamina: 4D+1
* Swimming: 4D+1

**Technical**: 2D

* Armor Repair: 3D+1
* Firearms Repair: 2D+2
* Capital Ship Repair: 2D+2
* Capital Ship Weapon Repair: 2D+2
* Computer Programming/Repair: 2D+2
* Ground Vehicle Repair: 2D+2
* Security: 2D+2
* Space Transports Repair: 2D+2
* Starfighter Repair: 2D+2
* Starship Weapon Repair: 2D+2

**Move**: 10
**Force Sensitive**: No
**Force Points**: 1-5
**Dark Side Points**: 0-1
**Character Points**: 5-15

**Gear**:

**Notes**:

* Crude: In the cockpit or in the mess hall, Starbuck is known for smokin’, drinkin’ and cussin’. She prefers to speak plainly, even when her mouth is sure to get her into trouble.
* Faith: Though not necessarily devout, Kara is a spiritual woman who “talks” to the Lords of Kobol in private.
* Out for Blood: Aggression is a good trait in a fighter pilot, but Starbuck gets hot under the collar and doesn’t know when to let go. Whether it’s chasing a Cylon raider when it’s smarter to let it escape, or punching a superior officer in the face, Kara acts first and thinks later.
* Overconfident: A fine line divides knowing you’re good and thinking you’re invincible. Kara often jumps far off the deep end. So far, she’s been both skilled and lucky enough to swim back.

**Description**: Viper pilots are known for attitude and big egos, but Kara “Starbuck” Thrace takes it so far that it has jeopardized her career. Fortunately for her, she may well be the best pilot in the entire fleet. Thrace’s tactics and methods are rarely found in flight manuals or military texts. Instinct guides her, adrenaline fuels her, and she loves nothing more than the rush of her Viper being shot out of the launch bay at high speed.

Kara Thrace had a troubled childhood, with an abusive mother who beat her while telling Kara she had a special destiny. As a young girl, she began to feel that pain was her only real destiny. As an adult, she is often self-destructive, making bad choices or putting herself needlessly at risk. Thrace joined the Colonial Fleet to escape her home life, and found she had natural gifts. In addition to being a talented pilot, she routinely qualifies as a crack shot and an excellent flight instructor. She would have advanced through the ranks quickly, but her insubordination and constant breaking of protocol has slowed her down. Starbuck really doesn’t mind, as long as she can fly.

After a stint on Battlestar Triton, Thrace was assigned as a flight instructor. She fell in love with one of her “nuggets,” Zak Adama, son of a distinguished Fleet Commander. She passed Zak on his final flight examination even though the young man had no feel for flying and could not perform three of the required maneuvers. Zak’s lack of ability in the cockpit soon led to his death. Thrace could not help but feel responsible for the accident. At the funeral, Starbuck met Zak’s father, Commander William Adama. Grief over the shared loss created a connection between the two that grew into the love of a father and a daughter.

Shortly after the accident, Thrace resigned from the flight school and transferred to Galactica to fly Vipers on active duty. For two years she served under Adama and flew routine ops, waiting for the day that both the ship and its Commander would retire. When that day finally came, the Cylons returned and the old world came to an end.

Thrace’s solution to the renewed hostilities is simple: “Fight until you can’t.” In the battle around Ragnar Anchorage she shot down many Cylon raiders and rescued Commander Adama’s remaining son, Captain Lee Adama, with a highly unconventional and stupidly risky maneuver.

Starbuck likes to work and play hard. When off-duty, she enjoys drinking, playing a few hands of Triad, and smoking cigars—if there is a court available, she’ll take on anyone in a game of Pyramid. She hates showing weakness, so tends to be over-aggressive. Secretly, Kara Thrace is quite sensitive and highly religious. She keeps religious icons in her locker and prays to the Lords of Kobol whenever she thinks no one is listening.

**Source**:

* Battlestar Galactica RPG (page 37)
* thedemonapostle