Bountiful Harvest Part 2 - Starting Characters

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These are the characters available to choose from for the Bountiful Harvest adventure for the Alien RPG. At the start of the mission, players will pick one of these characters to play as. When characters die, they can choose among the available NPCs to play as.

Key

Name: 
The character's name.

Role: 
What job the character serves in the story.

Age: 
The character's age.

Buddy: 
Another character that this person likes or relies on.

Rival: 
Another character that this person dislikes or hates.

Trademark Item: 
An item of significant sentimental value to the character. Interacting with it during a Shift allows the character to reduce their Stress by 1, once per Act.

Talent: 
A special ability that reflects the character's experience and specialty. The text describes when the ability can be used and what it does.

Background: 
The character's origin and past. Use this to get a sense of who they are, and to inform the character's choices during the game.

Agenda 1:
Agendas are motives that a character has throughout the story. Only the first Act's Agenda is listed. The others will be listed at the end of this article past a spoiler bar. take the current act's agenda into account when playing your character. If the GM thinks you've accomplished your character's agenda, they will give you a Story Point. You can spend the Story Point to generate 1 Success on any test.

Orico Lopez

Role: Colony Superintendent
Age: 45
Buddy: Sheriff Patton
Rival: Federation Representative Jordan
Trademark Item: Antique Barometer
Talent: Pull Rank
You can use your COMMAND skill to order other colonists around. To force someone to follow orders and perform an action, roll COMMAND against their MANIPULATION. If successful, they must follow your order, even if it means endangering themselves. Your STRESS LEVEL increases by one each time you do this. Note: each use of the talent only covers one specific action. This cannot be used to stop Panic Table results.

Background:
You put your whole life on the line to get Bountiful Harvest off the ground. Now that the hard work has been put in, the Federation and C.P.P. Reds want in. You want the colony to be successful, and being successful means being free from extra solar politics. You will risk your life to save the colony.

Agenda 1: Stonewall the Federation Representative, Jordan

Alex Gibson

Role: Colony Biologist
Age: 33
Buddy: Superintendent Lopez
Rival: Federation Rep Jordan
Trademark Item: Copper Necklace
Talent: Analysis
You can roll for OBSERVATION to gain insight about strange and alien artifacts or creatures that you encounter and get a chance to analyze for at least one Turn. For every 6 you roll, you get to ask the GM one of these questions:

• Is it human or alien?
• Is it dead or alive?
• How old is it?
• What is its purpose?
• How does it work?
• What problems could it cause?

The GM must answer truthfully, but is allowed to give vague or incomplete answers. A successful Analyze roll also reduces the STRESS LEVEL of all other PCs within SHORT range by 1, while a failed roll increases other PCs' STRESS LEVEL by 1.

Background:
Gibson came to Bountiful Harvest with Superintendent Lopez to develop sustainable agriculture alongside hydrocarbon drilling. She is an optimist with strong feelings about using technology to improve the quality of life regardless of wealth or nationality. That attitude is not welcome in either the Coalition of Progressive Peoples nor the Federation, so a neutral colony was the most attractive choice. She will risk her life for scientific discovery. 

Agenda 1: Investigate the Crash Site

Sita Patton

Role: Colony Sheriff
Age: 37
Buddy: Deck Hand Keller
Rival: Skipper Harrison
Trademark Item: Badge
Talent: Pull Rank
You can use your COMMAND skill to order other colonists around. To force someone to follow orders and perform an action, roll COMMAND against their MANIPULATION. If successful, they must follow your order, even if it means endangering themselves. Your STRESS LEVEL increases by one each time you do this. Note: each use of the talent only covers one specific action. This cannot be used to stop Panic Table results.

Background:
Patton is a retired veteran of the Federation’s Mobile Infantry. After her tour, she entered law enforcement but left the Federation when the nationalist posturing reached a fever pitch. She appreciates simplicity and quiet, neither of which is present in the Federation. Patton has no patience for troublemakers like Lane. Patton has found a kindred spirit with Keller - they often have beers together after shift. She will risk her life to protect the colonists.

Agenda 1: Search the entire crashed ship for survivors.

Nancy Jordan

Role: Federation Representative
Age: 23
Buddy: None
Rival: Superintendent Lopez
Trademark Item: M.I. Dog Tags
Talent: Beneath Notice
No matter what horrible situations you end up in, you always seem to make it out unscathed, probably because no one ever pays much attention to you. When you roll for a critical injury on yourself, you get to re-roll the dice and choose the result that you prefer.

Background:
Jordan joined the Diplomatic Corps to share the bounty and power of the Terran Federation. She soft-sells Federation membership while earnestly enjoying travel and meeting new people. She will risk her life to save Federation Citizens, and anyone who has served in a military.

Agenda 1: Insist on retrieving the crashed ship, and being a part of the operation.

Ari Lane 

Role: Oil Drilling Chief
Age: 45
Buddy: Superintendent Lopez
Rival: Sheriff Patton
Trademark Item: Mining Contract

Talent: Pull Rank
You can use your COMMAND skill to order other colonists around. To force someone to follow orders and perform an action, roll COMMAND against their MANIPULATION. If successful, they must follow your order, even if it means endangering themselves. Your STRESS LEVEL increases by one each time you do this. Note: each use of the talent only covers one specific action. This cannot be used to stop Panic Table results.

Background:
Lane’s long career in hydrocarbon exploitation has lead to a long, hard life alone on the frontier. After getting exiled from the CPP and getting fed up with unfair treatment in the Federation, he helped found Bountiful Harvest. Lane feels like he owes Lopez for the opportunity, but chafes under Sheriff Patton’s hawkish vigilance. Lane would risk everything to protect the drilling rig.

Agenda 1: Haggle for more pay to recover the crashed ship. Get the first look inside the ship.

Ralph Harrison

Role: Fishing Boat Skipper
Age: 35
Buddy: Biologist Gibson
Rival: Roughneck Lane
Trademark Item: Antique Captain’s Hat
Talent: Pull Rank
You can use your COMMAND skill to order your fishing crew around. To force someone to follow orders and perform an action, roll COMMAND against their MANIPULATION. If successful, they must follow your order, even if it means endangering themselves. Your STRESS LEVEL increases by one each time you do this. Note: each use of the talent only covers one specific action. This cannot be used to stop Panic Table results.

Background:
Harrison knew Biologist Gibson in high school and joined them with the promise of open fishing on Bountiful Harvest’s plentiful seas. Despite the unfair preference that the Colony has for Roughneck Lane, Harrison has made this fishing operation work through toil and strict discipline. The first season’s harvest is almost ready for pickup and Harrison eagerly anticipates the upcoming payday. He will risk his life for their boat and to save their crew.

Agenda 1: Get the superintendent to remove the crashed ship at any cost.

Bountiful Harvest Part 1

Agenda Spoilers

Superintendent Orico Lopez

Agenda 1: Stonewall Federation Representative Jordan

Agenda 2: Get everyone to shelter

Agenda 3: Get revenge on whoever caused this

Biologist Alex Gibson

Agenda 1: Investigate the Crash Site

Agenda 2: Get a sample of the alien bio-matter and study it.

Agenda 3: Stop the Bugs from getting off planet.

Sheriff Sita Patton

Agenda 1: Search the entire crashed ship for survivors.

Agenda 2: Get everyone to shelter

Agenda 3: Get everyone off planet

Representative Nancy Jordan

Agenda 1: Insist on retrieving the crashed ship, and being a part of the operation.

Agenda 2: Destroy evidence of the Federation’s War Crimes 

Agenda 3: Call for Federation Aid

Oilworker Ari Lane

Agenda 1: Haggle for more pay to recover the crashed ship. Get the first look inside the ship.

Agenda 2: Get the radiation leaks on the ship sealed.

Agenda 3: Stop the colonists from abandoning you.

Skipper Ralph Harrison:

Agenda 1: Get the superintendent to remove the crashed ship at any cost.

Agenda 2: Check in with your other fishing boats.

Agenda 3: Get revenge on those that wronged you.