Royals


  The term Royal at this stage is a bit of a misnomer. When the Selective Breeding initiative was started thousands of years ago it was set in place by the initial  Dukes and Duchesses of the twelve ruling Houses and their families. Today they are more like the Upper Upper Class of the Galaxy. Though the few close to the Ruling Dukes and Duchesses are true Royalty many of those far removed are the Wealthy Merchants though they still retain some Minor Royal Title.

  All Royals get the Knowledge Area of Inheritor. +2D10 to Wealth Score

  As stated above Royals may not receive any Augmentations. It is one of the few crimes a Royal can be charged with and it is punishable by Death. Royals cannot gain Para Normal abilities. That Rogue Gene was Bred out of them long ago. Should a Royal for some mad reason choose to Marry outside of the Royal Class they immediately lose all the previous benefits of being a Royal. More detail will follow on that.

  Many Royals will be part of the Imperial Navy. This is one of the ways a Son or Daughter of a far removed Family may gain Status and Wealth for themselves. Many choose this to get out from under the shadow of a Parent or other sibling. Status replaces Clearance in the game and will also be discussed in more detail. Suffice to say to a Royal Status is of the utmost importance.

Augmented Humans


  As with Para Normals Augmented Humans are one in a million though for vastly different reasons. Augmentations are Expensive!! The Government/Imperium control all Augmentations and therefore their use and costs.

  An Augmented Human may have received these enhancements through a Corporation, Government Project or possibly their entire family pooled together all their resources to better one childs life. Who knows how it came to be but for some reason they were granted a special enhancements.

   Augmentations are Devices but do not have Charges. They run off the Characters Power Score as they are truly part of their body once the implants have been completed.

  These Enhanced Humans are looked at by Society differently depending on what the Augmentation may be. Augmented Humans are not Bar Coded like Para Normals but their Enhancements do require the proper licenses. Licenses and their values will be discussed later on in more detail.


  *NOTE* An Augmented Human could not buy a Paranormal Ability. They were not born with the Gene.

BY the way. An Omega Blaster (Power Blast Device) is -30 to the Wealth Roll and 10 Wealth points on a Failed Roll! The Imperium does not even want the Royals to have these. 

Technology

   This is one of the Posts I will continue to Edit as ideas come along but I will start with Weapons, Defenses and Transportation as they always seem to be things a Player needs the most.


   Photon Pistol: As Light Control Attack Dam 2D8 25 Charges. -10 Wealth Roll for License and -10 Wealth Roll to Purchase

   Sonic Blaster: As Sonics Attack Dam 1D12 25 Charges. -10 Wealth Roll for License and -10 Wealth Roll to Purchase

   Shock Gun: As Vibratory Attack Dan 2D8 20 Charges. -12 Wealth Roll for License and -12 Wealth Roll to Purchase

   Photon Suit: As Adaption Defense against Light Control. 25 Charges. Any Non Light Control Attack has Dam % to affect the functionality if the Suit.  -10 Wealth Roll for License and -10 Wealth Roll to Purchase

   Life Support Suit: As The Power and Defense with the same rules. -15 Wealth Roll for License and -15 Wealth Roll to Purchase

   Standard Edged and Blunt Weapons as per The Rules but Swords may be edited based off size. The most Common Edged Weapons carried are Sabre and Dagger for both functionality as well as look.

    Sabre +2 To Hit HTH +1D6

    Dagger +1 To Hit HTH + 1D2

Politics


   The Emperor or Empress as the name suggests Rules The Imperium. They are in turn served by the twelve Ruling Dukes and/or Duchesses of the Imperium( if you notice I like using Dukes and Duchesses in my non standard campaigns, see The Ravenswood)


  The Dukes/Duchesses Rule each of the twelve Houses and the name House could easily be substituted with Clan but that is considered garish nowadays though it was more accurate thousands of years ago. As noted each House also has twelve families as part of them. Though each family is part of a House their Status determines where they are in the Hierarchy of things so the Duke or Duchesses Family is the real Nobility and the remaining eleven fill the rest of the duties and are loyal to the main Houses family. These lower Families tend to make up the Merchants though each is technically Royal to some degree based off Status.


  As previously noted should a Royal choose to marry someone not of the Royal Status they lose all Royal Benefits. Though that may not seem so bad for Character since you cannot change their Statistics there are negatives. if a Royal marries outside one of the Royal families they lose all benefits of Royalty but they are still subject to the same laws as if they were still Royal.

   Example: A Royal leaves the Family by wedding one outside the Royal Class and then decides they want to get an Augmentation. They most certainly can but they will be hunted down and Executed as if they were still a Royal.


   A Royal may decide to join another Family in their own House or join a Family in another House. Both are acceptable and both are done quite often through marriage. In either case it is most likely a Political arrangement to better the Families Status in the House and the Imperium.


   Since it is often that one Royal marries in the Family of one of the other eleven families it is common that your Grandfather may also be your Great Uncle as well as you being his third cousin twice removed. That makes perfect sense, right?


   Now the rest of Humanity certainly still have rights of course. A "Normal", Augmented or Para Normal has rights but they are a little less than a Royal and it is all really based of Status Score. Let's face it, the Imperium is just plain Corrupt. A Normal may have a high Status Score and in turn may be treated better than a Lowe Ranking Royal, it's just the way it is.


   A Royal however can never be accused of Murder of a Non Royal, only Manslaughter. A Royal can make restitution of a Manslaughter charge where a Normal cannot and if found Guilty they will be Executed. They are found Guilty 99.9% of the time.


  Politically it seems like the Royals have it made. Not so fast. The Royals are constantly and covertly battling each other in their own Family and House as well as the other Families and Houses. Anything to increase their Status. It is not unheard of for a Royal to suddenly die of food poisoning from eating raw Graak or a group of Royals to be lost in Jump Space. These things just happen sometimes.


 

OK. I have re thought the weapons. Space Cowboys need Blasters so there will be 1D10 Blasters that are easier to get and I will tweak the other type weapons and make them a bit more powerful. Mostly a plus to hit and maybe more damage since the defenses will not be used with a Photon Pistol for example

New place but I use a number of Earthly names

  Quick Update on the Para Normals. Although they are Born one in a million they do not always survive. The Para Normal Gene is tested for and detected at birth but only about half survive to initial activation of the gene. This is most often around puberty though cases of earlier activation have been reported.

   The 50% mortality rate is due mostly to accidental death when the Power Manifests. Although Para Normal children are closely monitored one can never know what the ability is and you cannot always be ready for it.

   Just imagine the Para Normal child with Power Blast who wakes up screaming from a nightmare and the Power activates. Imagine she fires off a blast straight up and the ceiling collapses in on her from the damage it causes and she is crushed beneath the rubble as an example.