About Master Sergeant James 'Jim' Bar
MASTER SERGEANT JAMES 'JIM' BARR:
ATTRIBUTES & SKILLS
STR: A (D12)
Close Combat: A (D12)
Heavy Weapons: -
Stamina: -
AGL: A (D12)
Driving: D (D6)
Mobility: D (D6)
Ranged Combat: A (D12)
INT: B (D10)
Recon: D (D6)
Survival: D (D6)
Tech: -
EMP: C (D8)
Command: C (D8)
Medical Aid: D (D6)
Persuasion: -
COMBAT STATS
Hit Capacity: 6
Stress Capacity: 5
Coolness Under Fire (CUF): A (D12)
Rank: Master Sergeant
Permanent Rads: 2
SPECIALTIES
Launcher Crew: +1 modifier to HEAVY WEAPONS rolls for firing grenade launchers and missile launchers.
Mart[/ial Artist: Your unarmed close combat attacks have a crit threshold of 3 instead of 4.
Paratrooper: +1 modifier to MOBILITY rolls for skydiving, as well as for reducing damage from falling.
Ranger: +1 modifier to STAMINA rolls made for marching, resisting hypothermia, and other hardships.
Rifleman: +1 modifier to RANGED COMBAT rolls for firing assault rifles, carbines, submachine guns, and shotguns.
SERE Training: +1 modifier to STAMINA rolls made to resist interrogation, Psy Ops, bluffing, and torture effects.
Sniper: +1 modifier to RANGED COMBAT rolls for firing sniper rifles and hunting rifles.
GEAR
Sniper rifle w/ 3 reloads
Pistol w/ 2 reloads
Night vision goggles
Flak jacket and helmet
Knife
Personal medkit
Backpack
5 rations of food, 4 rations of water, 5 rounds of ammo (Sniper Rifle)
CAREER PATH
Childhood: Military Family (Ranged Combat) -> Martial Artist
Term 1 (Age 18-22): Combat Arms (Ranged Combat, Close Combat) -> Launcher Crew
Term 2 (Age 22-24): Special Operations (Close Combat, Ranged Combat) -> SERE Training
Term 3 (Age 24-27): Special Operations (Recon, Survival)
Term 4 (Age 27-29): Special Operations (Ranged Combat, Command) -> Sniper
Term 5 (Age 29-34): Paramilitary (Mobility, Driving) -> Rifleman
Term 6 (Age 34-39): Special Operations (Close Combat, Command) -> Paratrooper
At War (Age 39): Close Combat, Medical Aid -> Ranger
MASTER SERGEANT JAMES "JIM" BARR
Canadian Special Operations
Age: 39
"The Ghost of the Vistula"
BACKGROUND
Jim Barr was born into a military family in Petawawa, Ontario. His father served with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, while his mother worked as a military nurse. Growing up on military bases taught him discipline, self-reliance, and adaptability from an early age.
Enlisting at eighteen, Barr entered the Canadian Armed Forces as an infantryman. He quickly earned a reputation as an exceptional marksman and capable leader. His natural talent with rifles and grenade launchers, combined with an unwavering calm under pressure, led to selection for Canada's special operations community.
Over the next two decades, he served around the world, completing advanced sniper training, SERE school, airborne qualification, and numerous classified deployments. Barr became an expert scout, survivalist, and reconnaissance specialist capable of operating independently for weeks at a time.
When war erupted between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, Barr was deployed to Europe as part of a Canadian special operations task force attached to NATO commands in West Germany. During the early stages of the conflict, he conducted deep reconnaissance missions behind enemy lines, directed artillery strikes, and hunted Soviet command personnel.
As the war escalated into nuclear exchanges, the mission changed from winning battles to surviving catastrophe. Tactical nuclear strikes shattered supply networks and command structures. Entire units disappeared overnight. Barr survived several near misses, receiving minor radiation exposure while continuing to lead missions in the increasingly chaotic battles across Poland.
During the disastrous final stages of Operation Reset, his reconnaissance team was ambushed near the Vistula River. Most of the unit was killed or scattered. With their officers dead, Barr assumed command and led a multinational group of survivors through the devastated Polish countryside, fighting marauders, deserters, hostile militias, and isolated Soviet forces.
Today, organized military authority is little more than a memory. Barr still wears his rank, but his mission has changed. He no longer fights for victory. He fights for the people depending on him to survive another day.
PERSONALITY
• Quiet, disciplined, and professional.
• Leads by example rather than force of personality.
• Deeply loyal to the soldiers under his command.
• Pragmatic but not cruel.
• Believes civilization can still be rebuilt despite everything that has been lost.
MORAL CODE
"Leave no one behind."
Barr believes the collapse of nations began when leaders stopped taking responsibility for the people under their care. He refuses to abandon wounded comrades, helpless civilians, or those who have placed their trust in him.
Even when logic says retreat, Barr will often risk himself to recover survivors. Every person left behind is a failure he carries with him.
Will not willingly abandon wounded allies.
• Protects civilians whenever possible.
• Despises leaders who sacrifice subordinates for personal gain.
• Accepts personal risk to save others.
BIG DREAM
"Build a place where the war ends."
Barr no longer believes the old governments are coming back. Instead, he dreams of helping establish a secure settlement where soldiers and civilians can rebuild their lives.
Whether in Poland, Germany, or one day back in Canada, his goal is to create a community with food, security, and hope for the future. A place where children grow up hearing church bells and laughter rather than artillery and gunfire.
To Barr, restoring civilization starts with protecting one village, one family, and one generation at a time.
REPUTATION
Among NATO survivors, Jim Barr is known as "The Ghost of the Vistula."
Stories tell of a Canadian sniper who appears from the forests when people are in trouble. Some claim he rescued trapped NATO soldiers from a Soviet encirclement. Others swear he eliminated an entire bandit gang with a handful of shots before disappearing into the woods.
Barr rarely talks about any of it. As far as he is concerned, he is simply doing his job.
QUOTE
"The old world is gone. Doesn't mean we're done building a new one."
