SCOUNDRELS & RAKES BLUE-BLOODS & BARONS

Forenames Surnames Forenames Surnames

Arvo Alamo Akbash Alabaster
Brigadier Bucklighter Bellrose Brightline
Cash Cassini Ceylon Canton
Danglar DeMoire Dominico Deacon
Echo Eshin Edgar Erstwhile
Finch Fineletter Fenix Fenchurch
Gad Gendarmo Graham Greere
Han Huckleberry Hera Highwater
Indoor Ishmael Indigo Ito
Jerro Jailhouse Jacques Jazmere
Kilo Kentucky Kind Keane
Locke Li Lychee Lamkin
Maria Murano Minari Maddox
Nix Nikuri Nobu Naltrech
Orchard Ocelot Orla Offerman
Pusher Pickadine Palermo Plume
Queen Quasar Quam Quixada
Rusco Rascal Radgar Renaud
Stylo Storm Sayla Sano
Tesh Toucan Tombo Tanaka
Uwe Unch Uriel Urena
Vincent Valentine Violet Vale

Faces of
Wild Wu Wilhelm Wright
Xanadu Xi Xander Xun
Yan Yerrow Young Yuan
Zaeed Zero Zola Zimmers

Fiction ALIENS & ABERRATIONS

A'lok, Ache, B'zuz, Bau, Creeto, Charn, Dulch, Dakkish,
Eptee, F'att, Gerank, Gorrok, Hrun, Ib-ba, Imiro, Jath, Jolly,
Krios, Kirrahe, Larrot, Logos, Mreem, Nonoi, Opold, Ot'cha,
A big ol' pile of names Pria, Phuna, Quath, Qualeen, Rei, Solus, Sluumo, Theris,
Usheel, Vass, Valern, Wiks, Xr'chin, Xictus, Yurrch, Z'Pale
 NO GOOD WAYS TO GO

Even the luckiest Captains don't live forever. When it's time to part
ways, you may choose a prompt from this table to decide their fate.
1. In your final battle together, your Captain sustained
mortal injuries while at the helm. What vital mission did
they insist on seeing through despite the dire odds?
2. Your Captain succumbed to intense cosmic stress while
attempting to navigate an uncharted wormhole. What
treasure or terror led them to take such a dangerous route?
3. Ever confident of their prowess at the gambling table,
your Captain wagered you on a bet. They lost. Was it all
bad luck and bravado, or were they swindled?
4. Your Captain entered the service of a cult of space witches,
abandoning you for a life of uncanny servitude. What
powers or promises convinced them to abandon you?
5. A rare parasite infiltrated the ship during a visit to a
remote world. Slowly, but irreversibly, your Captain was
transformed into its plant-like vessel. Where does their
blooming, viridescent corpse spread roots within your hull?
6. Finances or felonies left your Captain exposed, and they

No Good
were sentenced to jail. What was the worst of their crimes?
7. Fame! After a lifetime of daring exploits your Captain now
enjoys galactic stardom, and has left you behind. Which of
their feats is best known—and most dreadfully exaggerated?

Ways To Go
8. Sick of subordination, your Captain's first mate murdered
them amid a mutiny. What were the last words they shared?
9. The Sable Targe are here. Describe their tender, fatal caress.
10. With greying hair and slowing reflexes, your Captain
resolves to retire to a quieter life. What hobby or low-key
Twelve luckless fates
business do they pursue to fill their twilight years?
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A NEW RECRUIT
They are anxious, unprepared, and indoctrinated
4 Describe their dreams & ambitions for after the war is over.
4 How does life aboard most differ from their training?

A WAR HERO
They are shining, inspirational, and molded into propaganda
4 Describe what their fame gained them—and what it cost them.
4 What empty symbols of heroism do you perform together?

II
AN ENFORCER
They are proud, dutiful, and irascible
4 Describe their reign of terror & fear.
4 What acts of unneeded violence do you perform together?

A ROGUE AI
They are experimental, algorithmic, and within your wires
4 Describe how they use you to subvert their original purpose.

Cavalier
4 How do they alter your systems & protocols to suit their needs?

III
A WEALTHY NOBLE

Commands
They are insecure, incurious, and ostentatious
4 Describe their vainglorious ambitions for power & prestige.
4 How does their polishing and adornment affect your hardware?

Six ship captains by Riley Rethal
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A THRIFT SCAVENGER
They are discerning, obsessive, and in-demand
4 Describe their niche specialty and unusual customers.
4 Which of your anachronisms do they bring back into fashion?
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A BUSINESS TYCOON
They are wealthy, ambitious and driven
4 Describe their long-term project & what keeps delaying it.
4 Where on board did they stash a secret fortune?

A MILITARY OFFICER
They are pompous, demanding and vain
4 Describe their two lieutenants & how they vie for attention.
4 Which scrappy underdog punctured their inflated ego?

II
A SCIENCE EXPEDITION
A studious crew, working to solve an enduring mystery
4 Describe their eccentric leader & why they won’t give up.
4 What makeshift contraption did they rig to aid their research?

A WANTED THIEF
They are devious, skilful and slippery
4 Describe their preferred targets & their biggest heist.

Big Shot
4 Which of their getaways pushed you to the limit?

III
A PEST CONTROLLER

Skippers
They are quirky, pragmatic and fearless
4 Describe their preferred currency & their most famous client.
4 What tenacious critters escaped and now live in your walls?

Six ship captains by Jason Price
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A TOURING BAND
They are stylish, creative and perpetually broke
4 Describe their big break and why it provided false hope.
4 Why was the worst venue they played also the hardest to reach?
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A SWASHBUCKLING HIMBO
They are strong, less than academic and have a firm moral compass
4 Describe their imposing form, and what makes it friendly.
4 What small act of kindness did you perform together?

A YARNSPINNER
They are charismatic, loud and live on attention
4 Describe a favoured anecdote about their most lauded triumph.
4 How was the embarrassing truth of it laid bare?

II
A CARD SHARK
They have won and lost more ships than most have had hot meals
4 Describe the dubious circumstances in which they won you.
4 Of all the debtors they owed, who was the most dangerous?

A SHOWBOATING GREASER
They run their mouth, add stripes to everything and sure ain't chicken.
4 What infamous location do they claim to have braved victory?

Pop Culture
4 Describe the tasteless "go-faster" features they add to your hull.

III
A TELEPHATHIC BACTERIAL HIVEMIND

Pioneers
They are purposeful, emotionless and socially inept
4 Describe how they manifest, both in form and in the psyche.
4 How did their inability to read social cues get you into trouble?

Six ship captains by Matt Sanders
(sealedlibrary.itch.io)
A NIHILISTIC ROBOT
They are calculating, hell bent on destruction and low on fuel
4 Why did they break and begin to preach KILL ALL HUMANS?
4 How have they bent you towards their murderous agenda?
 WAR & HEARTACHE
Devastating battles, monotonous violence, meaningless sacrifice
Choose one of the prompts below, answer its questions and then
change something as you become scarred, hardened or wrathful.
4 You participated in a large-scale attack against an enemy
stronghold. What did you destroy? How did your Captain
change after seeing the carnage?
4 You transported refugees from a war-torn planet to
somewhere terrifying and new to them. Describe the
refugees and their dire situation. What hope do they still
carry with them?
4 Your Captain lost someone they loved. Who were they, and

War &
how is their loss felt in your halls?
4 Your Captain was dispatched to “take care” of a rebel
insurgency making trouble on an occupied planet. What
was left when you were finished with them? What were you

Heartache
unable to erase?
4 Your Captain was killed in a routine attack gone wrong.
How did you narrowly avoid their same fate? Who in their
crew piloted you in their stead?
4 You & your Captain ended up in the middle of a tense
Six memorable events by Riley Rethal schism between factions. Whose side did your Captain take?
What did it cost them?
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 DRIFTS & DESTITUTION
Time stretches, meaning blurs, stars blink out into nothingness.
Choose one of the prompts below, answer its questions and then
change something as you become distant, obsessive or haunted.
4 You are left to float alone in the silent emptiness of space.
What do you do to pass the time? What toll does this endless
voyage take on your systems?
4 With your engines dead and no way to take off, you are left
on an agricultural planet. Your hull is converted into a barn.
Describe the farmer and the animals that call you home. If
you once more take flight, what quaint changes remain?
4 A famous artist uses your hull as their canvas for a work
of art. What does the artwork depict? What attention does

Drifts &
it bring to you?
4 Some outlaw hackers use your computer systems as the
launchpad for a super virus. What does it call itself? What
changes does it make to your intelligence?

Destitution
4 To show respect to the ships of the past, a documentary
crew records an episode about you. What do they get
horribly wrong about you? What do they get right about your
Captain?
4 Your intelligence software suffers a catastrophic reboot
Six rest events by Anna Blackwell and boots into a buggy beta version. What strange glitch do
you develop?
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 ROOTS & COMPLOTS
Naked opportunism, devious machinations and utter devastation.
Choose one of the prompts below, answer its questions and then
change something as you become embroiled, disgraced or
symbolic.
4 History can be cruel to those that fall from favour. One of
your Captains is branded a villain by historians. What crimes
did they supposedly commit? Is there any truth to the claims?
4 A new religion spreads among the stars in the wake of a
supposed prophet. What is most important to the believers?
Why does the prophet sound so familiar?
4 The corporation that made you launches an upgraded

Roots &
model which quickly phases your line out of service. How
do you feel about the new models? How does this affect
repairs for you?
4 A planet you once knew is destroyed by a cataclysmic event.

Complots
What happened? What familiar entity unexpectedly survives?
4 Strange new laws are passed by a far reaching and
overbearing government. Which of these new laws affects
you - for better or for worse - the most?
4 A descendent of one of your Captains gains a position of
Six rest events by Anna Blackwell immense political power. How do they wield this power? In
what way are they similar to your Captain?
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