{"id":3174,"date":"2017-09-14T15:50:47","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T15:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/?p=3174"},"modified":"2017-09-16T00:43:04","modified_gmt":"2017-09-16T00:43:04","slug":"lord-jukt-and-the-dark-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/?p=3174","title":{"rendered":"Lord Jukt and the Dark Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lord Alfrex Jukt is an Imperial noble, exiled from the sector capital at Abilon by the Duke. His cruel, violent disposition has led him to take up piracy and to claim rulership over the barren world\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/?p=2562\">Siolax<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Alfrex was born to Lady Emdade, the Duke&#8217;s great-niece, and though he had no inheritance to speak of he was educated in the finest schools on Abilon. His sharp mind earned him a place in the Imperial bureaucracy, where he began work as a clerk. His able leadership and contacts made during travel to the interior of Imperial space saw him rise through the ranks until he was supervising Imperial logistics for Subsector 6 of the Skein Reach.<\/p>\n<p>Unfulfilled by the life of an administrator, at age 30 Alfrex left government service and began traveling the spaceways, determined to find his fortune. He took on a crew of lowlifes, modified his star yacht for raiding, and looted the trade lanes that he had previously managed.<\/p>\n<p>Injured several times in the course of leading boarding parties, Jukt eventually lost his yacht\u00a0in battle and spent a few years wandering space before returning to the Duke&#8217;s capital and convalescing at the university there. Starting to feel the effects of age, Alfrex sought out anti-aging drugs, and managed to procure a few years worth by stealing them from the Duke&#8217;s personal supply.<\/p>\n<p>Now, at the helm of a newly stolen fast trader, Jukt hunts the spacelanes neat Siolax. Ruthless and intelligent, a favorite tactic is to set mines in orbit around Archeron&#8217;s gas giant. When ships approach for refueling, the mines damage them and the Dark Star swoops in\u00a0to attack.<\/p>\n<p><b>Lord Alfrex Jukt<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; 44 year old human male, captain of the Dark Star<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noble (Administrator &#8211; Supervisor) 3 terms,\u00a0Rogue (Pirate &#8211; sergeant) 4 terms,\u00a0Drifter (rank 1) 1 term <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Attributes<\/strong>: St 6 Dx 7 En 7 In 10 Ed 11 So 8<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Skills<\/strong>: Admin 1, Advocate 0, Astrogation 1, Athletics 0, Carouse 0, Diplomat 0, Electronics 0, Engineer 2, Flyer 0, Gun Combat (energy) 1, Gunner (turret) 3, Investigate 0, Leadership 1, Melee (blade) 3, Persuade 0, Pilot (medium) 2, Recon 1, Stealth 1, Streetwise 1, Vaac Suit 0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Equipment<\/strong>: combat armor\u00a0(with combat medikit, grav belt, psy shield, armor 17), lightsword (4d6 AP 8), laser rifle, laser pistol<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Dark Star<\/strong> &#8211; armored Type A3 Fast Trader<\/p>\n<p>Tons: 200 &#8211;\u00a0Streamlined<br \/>\nHull: 4<br \/>\nStructure: 4<br \/>\nArmor: 4<br \/>\nJump: B &#8211; 2 parsecs<br \/>\nManoeuvre: D &#8211; thrust 4<br \/>\nPower Plant: D<br \/>\nWeapons<br \/>\ntriple turret: beam laser x 3<br \/>\ntriple turret: particle beam, missile launcher, sandcaster<br \/>\nCargo: 48 tons<\/p>\n<p>The Dark Star is usually commanded by Lord Jukt, crewed by <a href=\"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/?p=1824\">hard-bitten mercenaries<\/a>, and carrying at least one APC, <a href=\"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/?p=1614\">combat walker<\/a>, and starfighter in the cargo hold.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lord Alfrex Jukt is an Imperial noble, exiled from the sector capital at Abilon by the Duke. His cruel, violent disposition has led him to take up piracy and to claim rulership over the barren world\u00a0Siolax. Alfrex was born to Lady Emdade, the Duke&#8217;s great-niece, and though he had no inheritance to speak of he was educated in the finest schools on Abilon. His sharp mind earned him a place in the Imperial bureaucracy, where he began work as a clerk. His able leadership and contacts made during travel to the interior of Imperial space saw him rise through the ranks until he was supervising Imperial logistics for Subsector 6 of the Skein Reach. Unfulfilled by the life of an administrator, at age 30 Alfrex left government service and began traveling the spaceways, determined to find his fortune. He took on a crew of lowlifes, modified his star yacht for raiding, and looted the trade lanes that he had previously managed. Injured several times in the course of leading boarding parties, Jukt eventually lost his yacht\u00a0in battle and spent a few years wandering space before returning to the Duke&#8217;s capital and convalescing at the university there. Starting to feel the effects of age, Alfrex sought out anti-aging drugs, and managed to procure a few years worth by stealing them from the Duke&#8217;s personal supply. Now, at the helm of a newly stolen fast trader, Jukt hunts the spacelanes neat Siolax. Ruthless and intelligent, a favorite tactic is to set mines <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/?p=3174\">Continue Reading &#8594;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-character","category-traveller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3174"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3215,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3174\/revisions\/3215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}