![]() ![]() ![]() First-Episode Twist: It's really hard to discuss him past the end of the first episode without spoiling that the cerebro-slug who takes control of him is Zac's actual PC.Skipper: Hey, you're a clone, I don't listen to you. Fantastic Racism: In one line to Barry, he shows he is racist against clones.After that, he became burned out and left the Brigade in disgrace with just enough of his pension to buy an old freighter ship. When Weatherall's champagne brand ended up tainted and killed a group of cadets, Norman cleaned up the mess and had his memories psychically tampered with. Fallen Hero: Norman Takamori was set up to have a great career in the Amercadian Space Brigade before he was influenced by Gust Weatherall and fell in with the worst parts of the Brigade.Decoy Protagonist: Skipper is set up as a main character, but after the first episode he is controlled by Skip, a Cerebroslug.Beleaguered Boss: He's barely holding his ship together and throws the blame on his incompetent crew.Is taken over by a brain slug at the beginning of episode 2, to everyone's confusion (and joy.) The beleaguered captain of The Red Hot, who's starting to regret everything that's led him up to this point. Their first battle is them in a pitiful single spaceship against an armada of droids with a powerful ship backing them up, and predictably ends with their ship being nearly reduced to scrap, forcing them to comply with their assailants' demands. Underdogs Never Lose: Painfully averted in the first episode.True Companions: While they were never close during their initial stint with Norman, Margaret's kind leadership and Skip's nicer personality allowed to form a tight-knit group really quickly, as they all wanted to be pals before.Survival Mantra: The ball is rolling up!.Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: One of the most random bunch of characters to have ever inhabited a starship, some of whom have no business even being in space to begin with.Mythology Gag: Their daring escape from Rec 97 by using Rec Pol scooters mirrors a similar action scene happening at the same place with Brucilla and Galatia, ( some of) the protagonists of the Starstruck graphic novel.Skip remains at Level 2, because while he's much more competent at being an operative than Norman, he's very rusty at actually piloting a body.Margaret and Norman are Level 2, because while they are classically trained, their jobs (high executive and pilot) didn't allow them to apply all of their class features to gain experience.Gunnie is only Level 1, as his leased body would have prevented him from getting into scraps and becoming a more experienced fighter.However, they are only Level 1 in their deployment, since they've been working on a ship for little time so far. Barry, Sidney, and Riva are all Level 3, which is normal, as their class abilities have been part of them since their actual births, especially for Barry and Sid who were designed for combat.Gameplay and Story Integration: The crew's differences in levels are unorthodox for a TTRPG party, but completely understandable In-Universe:.Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: They might have their idiosyncrasies, but they're surprisingly competent in combat.This is especially apparent in the Battle of the Brands, as despite being severely underpowered in comparison to their opponents, they end up winning the contest with guile, strategic use of items, and split-second reactions. Combat Pragmatist: Since the main antagonists are powerful corporations with virtually endless resources, they have to get clever to win.In fact, the most intelligent foe our heroes face, Lucienne Rex, is the villain who can hurt them physically the least, due to her lack of influence compared to the high executives of Crown And Scepter. Meanwhile, most of their antagonists are, on some level, Stupid Evil, but they are massively powerful and dispose of colossal resources. Brains Versus Brawn: The Gunner Channel, for the most part, is quite clever, with most of them having a Intelligence score of 19 or higher, while Riva and Barry have demonstrated shrewdness and guile for the former and knowledge of battlefield tactics for the latter.The exception is Margaret Encino, who wants to go against UFTP, but can be incredibly cold when doing so. Anti-Hero Team: Even more so than the previous seasons ( barring those where the PCs were villains), this crew is mostly concerned by survival and are ready to kill to do so, and don't have a really noble goal in mind.Averted by episode 4, when they finally get repairs and can ditch the Used condition. The Alleged Car: Their spaceship is basically a glorified hunk of junk with poor mobility, a computer so bad that it's better for Gunthrie to do the equations by hand, and overall below average combat capabilities, and has a chance to explode if the crew rolls a one. ![]()
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