Special Abilities
Sniper's Aim – -2 on Cover penalty unless Total Cover
Laser Accuracy – +1 to HIT with all Laser weapons
Moxie – Stand from Prone on SWIFT action
Bipod – Stabilize Longarm/Sniper ; reduce Full Attack & Range penalties
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Statistics
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STR 11 (+0), DEX 18 (+4), CON 12 (+1), INT 12 (+1), WIS 10 (+0), CHA 10 (+0)
Proficiencies
Advanced Melee, Basic Melee, Grenades, Heavy Weapons, Longarm, Small Arm, Sniper, Light Armor, Heavy Armor, Shields
STR -2; DEX +2; INT +2
Cheek Pouches hold up to 1 bulk or 1 cu ft of material. Transfer object between cheek and hand as SWIFT action. Disgorge everything as MOVE action.
Darkvision 60' range see in darkness.
Moxie Stand from Prone as SWIFT action. +5 on Acrobatics check to tumble through a larger enemy's space. When 'off-kilter, take no penalties or be flatfooted.
Scrounger +2 on Engineering, Stealth, and Survival.
Theme (Mercenary):
STR +1
1st: Theme Knowledge -5 to DCs for Culture and Prof:Mercenary checks. +1 to Athletics
6th: Grunt --
12th: Squad Leader --
18th: Commander --
Class (Soldier):
Key Ability: DEX
Skills: 4+INT (5)
Primary Fighting Style: Sharpshoot Excel at accuracy
Primary Style Technique: Sniper's Aim (Ex) -2 to Target's AC in anything less than Total Cover.
Background:
Burlap spent his youth crawling around the conduits of the various mining platforms orbiting Lisandra. It was as close to a home as his parents could provide while they earned their living repairing and maintaining the massive atmospheric chemical sifters. (Scrounger & Skill: Engineering) But the gloss of all that grease and exotic particles eventually wore off. Burlap wanted a career with a little less grease, a little more acclaim, and a lot more sex appeal. And nothing said glamorous and sexy like a man - or Ysoki - in a uniform. Even the poorly paid rent-a-cops guarding the facility seemed like holo-stars.
When he was old enough, Burlap shook the dirt from his fur and hiked to the nearest recruiting office to get himself a weapon and a uniform. In retrospect, he hadn't thought the process through. For instance, a recruiting post on a largely human station would be for, well, a largely human military organization. Had the recruiter already met his quota that month, he might have steered the Ysoki elsewhere. As it was, Rova had been a slow month and the number of recruits enlisted was a measured metric. So it was that Burlap found himself on a transport among a lot of young Talls headed for heavy-gee boot camp and a hitch in the Collective military machine...
After four years of valuable training, combat experience, and relentless rodent-related hazing, Burlap mustered out of the Army (Class: Soldier) with the rank of Naik (Corporal) from the VI Battalion, 85th Renjaar Regiment. It had been a lot more ducking in mud to avoid bullets or ducking in a space suit to avoid blaster fire than shore-leave and pretty girls.
Determined to reverse that trend, Burlap embarked on a career as a noble, glorious, and beloved mercenary. (Theme: Mercenary) Of course, the Ysoki quickly discovered that 'noble', 'glorious', and 'beloved' are not words in the mercenary lexicon. His brief sojourn into paid warfare is best described as 'lackluster', 'unprofitable', and 'disappointing'. As he puzzled:
Don't mind shooting bad folks for good reasons, but credits aren't a cause. What princess is gonna fall for me if I rescue her for pay?
Burlap has tried his paws at a dozen different professions since the mercenary debacle… none of which really panned out for him. The universe was built on irony, it seemed, because being a soldier-for-hire was probably the Ysoki’s most successful of his unsuccessful career choices. That point was made clear to him when the Cyleerin ‘war’ (closer to a rout, really) happened. He was a patriot and he had war-honed skills that could be put to good use… maybe not for great pay, but certainly a good cause.
And poppin' ‘toasters’, well, what’s the harm in that?
Build Ideas:
Adamantine bullets [Cr 50] or weapon [Cr +2500] or Penetrating
Force Field on armor
Squad Machine Gun+ as base heavy weapon [Cr 2060]
Agile (7th) weapon fusion on pistol [Cr 1560]
Gunner’s Harness (light/hvy) [Cr 1400/5600]
Ysoki Refractor Suit [Cr 4600?]
