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Jock is unusually strong and fit for a Pahtra while inheriting their tall stature, making him a handsome fellow. His feline features include ginger tabby markings with golden eyes. He is brash and confident, happy to face challenges with a nonchalance born of success on the battlefield. His catchphrase is "Its all in the reflexes!" and when asked if he is ready to fight, he says, "I was born ready!"

Jock was part of a group of Pahtra sent as children to train to be soldiers in Trillidiem near the north pole of Bretheda, where the gravity is much stronger than on the Pahtra homeworld of Pularis. Before he was sent, he was already considered one of the chosen of the ancestra Pahtra god Meyel, because he survived a couple of explosions that were part of the Pahtra Vesk war.

On Bretheda, all the recruits grew stronger and fitter than those who grew up on Pularis and when he and his fellow trainees were adults and finished they special forces training, they returned to fight on Pularis. Before they returned, however, Jock met a human female named Hoshi Ibarra. They shared a love of music and dance and became fast friends until he had to ship out.

A videographer got wind of the effort and was allowed to be embedded with the group to document its contribution. The group performed above expectations and the resulting documentary featured Jock in a number of battles wading into battle and always managing to avoid the worst of the weapon attacks, often through sheer luck as much as his training.

When the war ended the documentary made him famous and he was featured in a few action-adventure movies. Hoshi reconnected, now a budding entertainment icon, and they teamed up to form a duo known as Syzygy. Jock played sax and other synth woodwind type instruments while Hoshi played strings. They both sang and danced. He often combined dance and a special drum set that allowed him to record a drum track.

Hoshi and Jock signed up for the Starfinders to have adventures that could feed ideas into their music and movie careers and make some money. Now they often go on separate missions but re-unite during downtime to make music.

His homeworld is still Pularis, but he spends a lot of time in the Pact Worlds and his port of call there is with Hoshi in Silversail, Bretheda.

Area Fire [2 actions]
For burst, you can position the center point anywhere within your first range increment. Any creatures in the area must succeed at a basic Reflex save against your class DC plus the tracking value of the weapon (you don't roll an attack roll). This damage is area damage. Creatures who critically fail this save are subject to effects that occur on a critical hit with this weapon, including the weapon's critical specialization effect. Area Fire has an expend equal to the value listed on the weapon.
Critical: Projectile The target must succeed at a Fortitude save against your class DC or be slowed 1 until the start of your next turn.

You have a knack for using powerful weapons to harry your foes and hinder their movement, preventing them from operating at their peak. If you make an attack with a weapon that has the area trait (such as from the Area Fire or Auto-Fire actions), you use it in a manner that suppresses your targets. Enemies in the affected area who fail their save against your attack become suppressed (page 440) until the start of your next turn. A suppressed target takes a –1 circumstance penalty on attack rolls and takes a –10-foot status penalty to its Speeds. Some soldier abilities and class feats interact further with the suppressed condition.

You can focus fire on a single target when unleashing the full devastation of your powerful area weaponry. Before you make an area attack with a weapon (such as from the Area Fire or Auto-Fire actions), you can make a ranged Strike as a free action with the same weapon against a single creature in the area, who’s selected as your primary target. If your attack is a burst, you must select the creature closest to the center of the attack. If your attack is a cone or line, you must select the creature closest to you. If two or more creatures are equidistant, you can choose which one is your primary target. On a hit, if your primary target rolls a success against your Area Fire or Auto-Fire action, they get a failure instead. This Strike doesn’t count toward your multiple attack penalty.

[dice=Plasma Sword]1d20 + 6[/dice]
[dice=Damage, F]1d8 + 3[/dice]
[dice=Battle Ribbon]1d20 + 6[/dice] Reach
[dice=Damage, S]1d4 + 3[/dice]
[dice=Battle Ribbon, Trip]1d20 + 6[/dice]
[dice=Knife]1d20 + 6[/dice]
[dice=Damage, P or S]1d4 + 3[/dice]
[dice=unarmed]1d20 + 6[/dice]
[dice=Damage, B, nonlethal]1d4 + 3[/dice]
[dice=Stellar Cannon, Primary Target]1d20 + 4[/dice] Free Ranged Strike
On a hit, if your primary target rolls a success against your Area Fire or Auto-Fire action, they get a failure instead. This Strike doesn’t count toward your multiple attack penalty.
[dice=Damage, P Area Burst 10']1d10[/dice] DC 17 Reflex
Enemies in the affected area who fail their save against your attack become suppressed (page 440) until the start of your next turn. A suppressed target takes a –1 circumstance penalty on attack rolls and takes a –10-foot status penalty to its Speeds.
[dice=Knife, Thrown]1d20 + 4[/dice]
[dice=Damage, P or S]1d4 + 3[/dice]

Size Medium
HP 8
Speed 25
Attribute Boosts used the option to ignore the ancestry values and boost 2 attributes and no Flaw
Languages Common, Pahtra, Vesk

DARKVISION
You can see in darkness and dim light just as well as you can see in bright light, though your vision in darkness is in black and white.

Heritage
MEYEL’S CHOSEN PAHTRA
You have an undeniable streak of luck that you believe is a blessing from your ancestral god Meyel. You might come from a long line of mystics. Perhaps you were born at a holy site on Pulonis, or you reached out in fervent prayer at a time of crisis. Most of Meyel’s chosen can point to at least one past event when their goddess might have intervened to save them from death or some other awful fate. Whether metaphorically or literally, you always seem to land on your feet. The first time each day that you critically fail a saving throw, you immediately reroll the saving throw as a free action; this is a fortune effect.

Ancestry Feat 1
PAHTRA LORE FEAT 1
Trait: Pahtra
You’re an expert in both the traditional and modern pahtra performing arts. You gain the trained proficiency rank in Acrobatics and Performance. If you would automatically become trained in one of those skills (from your background or class, for example), you instead become trained in a skill of your choice.
You also gain the Additional Lore general feat for Pahtra Lore.

Everybody wants their 15 minutes of fame, but for you, it’s somehow become a lifestyle. Whether by luck or dedication, you’re a star performer, celebrity, or popular influencer. Your face, voice, and style are commodities across known space, but for every adoring fan, there’s a hater spreading gossip or paparazzi looking to capture your flaws.
Choose two attribute boosts. One must be to Constitution or Charisma, and one is a free attribute boost.
You’re trained in the Performance skill and the Media Lore skill. You gain the Impressive Performance skill feat.

IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE FEAT 1
Traits: General, Skill
Your performances inspire admiration and win you fans. You can Make an Impression using Performance instead of Diplomacy. If you spend at least 10 minutes performing in front of an audience, you can Make an Impression targeting up to 10 members of the audience who were there for the whole performance, without taking the normal penalty. The number of targets increases to 20 for a 1-hour performance and 50 for a 2-hour performance.

SUPPRESSING FIRE
You have a knack for using powerful weapons to harry your foes and hinder their movement, preventing them from operating at their peak. If you make an attack with a weapon that has the area trait (such as from the Area Fire or Auto-Fire actions), you use it in a manner that suppresses your targets. Enemies in the affected area who fail their save against your attack become suppressed (page 440) until the start of your next turn. A suppressed target takes a –1 circumstance penalty on attack rolls and takes a –10-foot status penalty to its Speeds. Some soldier abilities and class feats interact further with the suppressed condition.

PRIMARY TARGET
You can focus fire on a single target when unleashing the full devastation of your powerful area weaponry. Before you make an area attack with a weapon (such as from the Area Fire or Auto-Fire actions), you can make a ranged Strike as a free action with the same weapon against a single creature in the area, who’s selected as your primary target. If your attack is a burst, you must select the creature closest to the center of the attack. If your attack is a cone or line, you must select the creature closest to you. If two or more creatures are equidistant, you can choose which one is your primary target. On a hit, if your primary target rolls a success against your Area Fire or Auto-Fire action, they get a failure instead. This Strike doesn’t count toward your multiple attack penalty.

SOLDIER FIGHTING STYLE
As a soldier, you train using a specific style of fighting. Your style determines how you approach combat and often changes how you take advantage of your ability to suppress targets. Choose a soldier fighting style. The fighting styles presented in this book are as follows.

Armor Storm
Your armor feels like a part of you and stands up to heavy fire in the thick of battle. Your armor absorbs greater damage from attacks made by enemies you’ve suppressed. In a fight, you likely body block or stand in front and try to keep the enemy’s ire, trusting your armor to keep you alive.
You never count as being in the area of a ranged weapon you’ve made an attack with. You gain resistance equal to half your level (minimum 1) to all damage against attacks made by suppressed targets.
You don’t need a free hand to Disarm, Grapple, Reposition, Shove, or Trip. You gain a +1 status bonus on Athletics checks to Disarm, Grapple, Reposition, Shove, and Trip suppressed foes. When you successfully Disarm, Grapple, Reposition, Shove, or Trip a creature, it becomes suppressed until the start of your next turn.

WALKING ARMORY
Your endurance training empowers you to carry a load of heavy equipment. When determining your Strength for using armor, you can instead choose to use your Constitution modifier. If you already meet the Strength requirement for the armor you’re wearing, reduce that armor’s Bulk by 1 (to a minimum of 1).
In addition, increase the amount of Bulk you can carry before becoming encumbered by half your Constitution modifier rounded up. Increase your maximum carried Bulk by your Constitution modifier.

Class Feat 1
QUICK SWAP [reaction] FEAT 1
Traits: Soldier
Trigger You’re wielding a two-handed weapon, and an enemy creature moves adjacent to you.
You can switch weapons in stressful situations so that you quickly set yourself up to punish incoming foes. You stow your current weapon and draw another two-handed weapon.