After a bit of deliberation, I have decided to play as some xeno muscle. The running idea I have is someone who was a veteran in a resistance cell but after that fell through then he decided to pretty much be a mercenary to keep the money flowing.
Ah so perhaps my character and Lauder's have been sticking together for awhile due to being in similar situations and our friendly neighborhood bureaucrat is using us to further some under the table goals?
Maybe I bailed you out from a lunch mob on some backwater world in exchange for helping me steal the Starchaser to help pay off some powerful underworld type to whom I am indebted
@Lauder Good catch, yeah I was planning on everyone not having met yet. However I can accommodate these backstories as long as-
You've never pulled a real job together.
You don't have a ship yet (because that is the first real plot point)
You're taking this first job for the ship and the money, rather than any loyalty to each other. Character development and friendships occur during downtime (or banter mid-job) rather than before we begin.
But DK/Lauder can know and work together through necessity before you decide to form a crew, and Penny's character can show up.
@Dragoknighte Once I make the OOC (which I plan on making tonight) I'll have a template for you to use on here. I just wanted everyone to have their 3 main concepts down, which to me it looks like: