Lifepath Generator This system generates a randomized background for a character. It's a strictly optional part of character character creation and is mostly intended to flesh out your character and to spark ideas. If you don't like a result, or it doesn't match the concept of your character, just pick something you do like instead, or reroll...or come up with a more compelling option. It works a bit like Mad Libs. ollow the parts in red and roll roll on the indicated table where appropriate. !nce you get to the Tour of "uty section, roll once per le#el for le#els $ and %, twice per le#el for le#els & through and three times per le#el for e#ery le#el beyond that. !nce you're done, do the e(it )uestionnaire, )uestionnaire, particularly if your *M allows the mechanical mechanical bonuses. +ow that you ha#e a mass of random, but hopefully interesting data, flesh it out and turn it into a story. I was born on (1), and/but raised on (2). Table 1. Birth World. oll d- for your birth location d6 0 $1% & -
Result / fr frontier tier world no not ye yet a part of of th the e ederat ration /n established colony 2our 2our spec specie ies' s' homew homeworl orld d "eep space, on a ship !n a space station
If from 3arth, roll for a continent. Roll d8: d8: /frica, 0 /sia, $ /ustralia, % 3urope, & +orth /merica, 4outh /merica, 4pace station in 3arth orbit, 5 the Moon. !nce a continent is determined, just pick a good location from that continent 6e.g. 7hicago, Iowa, rance, whate#er8. If from another planet, just make up a cool sounding name, or pull a place from Memory /lpha if it has a detailed enough write9up. Table 2. Where you were raised... Roll d6: 9$ 4ame as what came up in Table Table , %9- eroll on Table for where you grew up. up. y !arents were (")... Table ". #arents. +ow to find out who your your parents were. oll for both of them. $2% 0 $ % & 5 ; < 0 $ %
Result /rchaeologist /thlete :ureaucrat :usinessman 7riminal "iplomat "octor Laborer Lawyer Military, no non94tarfleet Musician +ot your biological parent= >ilot, non94tarfleet >olitician
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4cientist 4tarfleet !fficer, :lue 4hirt 4tarfleet !fficer, ed 4hirt 63ngineering8 4tarfleet !fficer, ed 4hirt 64ecurity8 4tarfleet !fficer, 2ellow 4hirt Teacher?>rofessor
& Roll d6: 9$ I know who my biological parent was@roll again for that one, too. %9- I don't know who my biological parent is. Roll d6 a'ain: 9% 4ame species as you are. &9- "ifferent species 6choose one at random@d6: Auman, 0 /ndorian, $ Bulcan, % Tellarite, & C3nemyC species, - make a new species8. ter that, roll another d6: !n a 90, roll on the table below. $9-, nothing remarkable, go on to step D%. d6 0 $ % & -
Result ...but my parent died when I was a child.= ...but they later changed careers 6roll again on abo#e, ignoring Enot your biological parentF8. ...was famous. ...left mysteriously.= ...disappeared mysteriously.= ...was di#orced 6d-G 9$ remarried, %9- still single8.
= Roll d6 a'ain to see who raised you i both !arents disa!!eared/died/let: !ne legal guardian, roll abo#e for profession, 0 9 $ Two legal guardians 6again, roll abo#e for profession8, % >assed along through se#eral families, & 1 - a close relati#e of one of your parents 6roll randomly for side, d6: 9$ Mother, %9- ather8. y *hildhood was (+) Table +. hildhood. d1% 0 $ % & 5 ; 1 <
Result Aappy Lonely 4pent mo#ing from place to place "epressing ull of ad#enture "ull >retty typical 4pent studying and reading books oll twice
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Result Aad a pet. Has rather spoiled. / lot of friends. 4pent a lot of time in detention at school. Has always e(ploring, looking for new things. Aad strange hobbies. Aad a lot of siblings. oll twice
tarleet *adey...(6) Table 6. Rando Thin's bout 3our 4arly tarleet *adey 3ears. 0 $ % & 5 ; < 0 $ % & 5 ; 0<
oined 4tarfleet at a younger age than usual ailed the entrance e(am a few times before being successful Aad a nemesis 6the innegan to your Jirk8 !n a sports team 6d6: 90 4uccessful, $9% Mediocre, &9- /wful8 7hampion in an endea#or appropriate to your class 6bo(ing champion, three dimensional chess champion, etc8 *ained a mentor 6d6: 9 0 :lue 4hirt, $ 9 % ed 4hirt, & 9 - 2ellow 4hirt8 Missed a semester due to illness *raduated in record time Aad a famous person in your class +otorious for e(ploits +otorious for lo#e life "isciplinary problems Aead of class 3mbarrassing nickname *ot into an ad#enture Inspirational moment with somebody famous 6e.g. talked to 4pock after a lecture8 Took a semester off9world /bsolutely nothing remarkable happened oll twice oll three times
Kpon graduating from 4tarfleet /cademy, you're now $rd le#el and ready for your first tour of duty y irst tour o duty... (8) Table 8. Tour o duties. d2%
Result 4pace?time anomaly disco#ered. Roll d6: 4hip trapped, 0 Transports the ship into the past, $ /cross the gala(y, % /lternate uni#erse, & /lien artifact, - Harps reality in strange and surprising ways. 0 9 $ ederation outpost?colony attacked by... % "uring a rather dull posting at Aead)uarters... 6roll again, disregarding weird results8 & Hhile being transferred to ne(t posting... 6roll again, disregarding weird results8 :ad assignment 6roll d6: assigned to a lesser ship, 0 1 $ lonely outpost, % menial duties on a star base, & desk assignment, - 4tarfleet recruiter8, now roll another d6 to find the reasonG 4tarfleet politics, 0 disciplinary problems, $ random bad luck, % personal choice, & 4tarfleet was simply under9staffed, - bureaucratic mistake. +ow roll another d6: 1 $ 7ompletely une#entful, don't roll any more, just mo#e on to ne(t tour of duty, % 1 -, roll again on this table, disregarding results that don't make any sense. 4hip hijacked?captured 5 9 ; 4hip attacked < 4tuck at head)uarters, pushing papers. Kne#entful@mo#e on to ne(t tour of duty. 9 0 Hhile on a diplomatic mission... 6roll again, disregarding weird results8 $ +ew ci#ilization disco#ered % 9 & esponding to distress call escued a colony from a potentially fatal plague. 7rew found a Mysterious /lien "e#ice 6see 3)uipment section in H+M8 5 >arty to an important scientific disco#ery ; >arty to an important archaeological disco#ery
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Knco#ered an enemy spy
If the roll abo#e re)uires a #illain, roll below to see who it wasG d1% Result 9 % Jlingons & 1 - omulans 7loud Monster 5 ogue 4tarfleet 7rew Member ; 4tarfleet Member 4pecies 6d6: /ndorians, 0 Bulcans, $ Tellarites, & 9 - some other species gets e#en less air time such as the Tiburonians or 7aitains8 < 7i#ilians of some sort 6d6: 7riminal, 0 ebel, $ 4hadowy 7onspiracy, % eligious 7ult, & 4pies, - Terrorists8 I...(5) d1% 0 $ % & 5 ; <
Result "isplayed great courage. "isplayed great sacrifice. 4a#ed the li#es of many ci#ilians. 4a#ed the life of my captain. 4a#ed the life of se#eral fellow crew members. >re#ented the destruction of my ship. 4howed great in#enti#eness and creati#ity. 4a#ed the day at the last minute, while under hea#y fire. 4a#ed the day, but made an enemy out of a fellow crew member. 4howed great promise and gained a mentor and ally in 4tarfleet.
or tours of duty that re)uire posting aboard a star ship , roll... d6 0 $ % & -
1st >tolemy Aermes Aermes 4aladin Miranda 7onstitution
2nd roll >tolemy Aermes 4aladin 4aladin Miranda 7onstitution
"rd roll and aboe Aermes 4aladin Miranda 7onstitution 7onstitution ederation
eres /nubis :owie :ridger 7arson 7rockett Aermes 4acajawea /ries Taurus >egasus
aladin /le(ander "arius Aamilcar 4aladin 4argon er(es /res Loki 4i#a Tamerlane
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#toley /l ashid /ristarchus 7opernicus *alilei >tolemy 7assini Jeppler Messier Luyten Thales
iranda :ritain Lantree Majestic Miranda +autilus eliant 4aratoga 4hir Jhar 4itak Tian /n Men
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onstitution 7onstellation 7onstitution 3nterprise 3(calibur 3(eter arragut Aood Intrepid epublic 2orktown
9ederation /ffiliation 7ompactat 7onfederation "irectorate ederation Jonkordium 4tar 3mpire Trusteeship Knificatum /lliance
Then roll the other tours o duty. oll once per le#el for le#els $ and %, roll twice per le#el for le#el & 1 , and three per le#el for le#els 5 and abo#e. !n following tour of duties, roll another ship if the tour does not makes sense on your character's current ship 6or if you just want the character to be transferred to another #essel8. 4it ;uestionnaire: . >ick one thing your character is ost !roud o from his background. It can be something about your childhood, your parents, your 4tarfleet career. /t the *M's option, you get a N0 bonus to related rolls. 3(ampleG CI was born on a starshipO my father and mother were both pilots. That's why I ne#er get lost.C P N0 to all na#igation rolls. This bonus should not come up e(tremely often99if it's being used all the time, then you should spend a Talent and get 4pecialization in that area. 0. >ick one thing your character is least !roud o. This is the skeleton in your closet or the thing that makes your character grind their teeth, gets them into fights, whate#er. /t the *M's option, if this issue comes up in an ad#enture and is dealt with in a dramatic way, you can either get an e(tra /ction >oint for that 3pisode or an e(tra e(perience point. $. /nother useful step is to go through and outline !lot threads. Interesting parts of the character's background that may be interesting or fun to e(plore in that character's further ad#entures. Things like repeated encounters with a certain type of enemy, or mysterious childhood e#ents and so on.
