Name: Andromeda
Origin: Volii Alpha (Neon City)
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Appearance: Headshot


Background
Cyber Runner: From Neon to New Atlantis, the megacorps stand as monuments to power, prestige and profit. You've worked both for and against them, on the inside and out, often sacrificing conscience for credits.


Traits
Empath: You are deeply connected to the feelings of others. Performing actions your companion likes will result in a temporary increase in combat effectiveness. But, performing actions they don't like will have the precise opposite effect.

Neon Street Rat: You grew up on the mean streets of Neon. You gain access to special dialogue options, and better rewards from some missions on Neon. Crime bounty by other factions is greatly increased.

Wanted: Someone put a price on your head, and word has spread. Occasionally, armed mercenaries will show up and try to kill you, but being cornered gives you an edge - when your health is low, you do extra damage.



An expert hacker, Andromeda found trouble in Neon City and has been on the run for some time. She took a job as a miner with Argos on Vectera to lay low for a while until she could raise money to clear her bounty but has now gotten wrapped up with the explorer's group known as Constellation. Where she'll end up next is a mystery, but for now she just wants answers to what happened to her when she dug a strange artifact out of the mine on Vectera.

Cool, so if I ever get into Starfield, here's the thread to build upon our people and what they're all about. People, right? Is it possible to play an alien sort of lifeform?

I like that she's a hacker.

"You are deeply connected to the feelings of others!" Oh my gosh, that sounds as though it's from a Sims game! (which is a good thing, in my opinion. These are supposed to be people, from our roleplayers' perspective.)

I gotta get the nextBox this summer,

Yep, this is the characters thread! You can only play as human, there aren't any humanoid aliens, just creatures.

The return of backgrounds and traits is nice for expanding depth like that.


Empath is nice because it also (like most traits) opens up more dialogue options. Can help get NPCs to do things for you.

Andromeda (Dro) joined the UC Vanguard today. They need the ship captains and she needs access to better ship weapons! Match made in heaven.

Make sure she inspects her ship for heatleeches!

I saw a heatleech the other day. Horrible creatures.


Not sure yet how far I'll dive into that questline. I want to explore a bit to earn some cash, and get to know Sam Coe. His quest is the only one I haven't tackled due to the fact that I don't like having Cora along. The dad in my doesn't like having a kid on my ship while constantly being attacked by bounty hunters and pirates, or exploring worlds full of hostile creatures.

This post has been edited by Kane: May 12 2025, 03:37 PM

Right?! It’s totally irresponsible having her on board. Also, why the hell isn’t she in school?

But is their meat rather tasty?

I don’t think anyone would want to eat a heatleech, lol
My skin crawls whenever I come across one in game

I bet there is a mod that makes them drop meat. Heatleech pie!

I think they drop “nutrient”, which can be turned into food.

Solid point; I couldn't remember what they drop.

Same for Xenogrubs.

I actually figured that .

This post has been edited by TheCheshireKhajiit: May 13 2025, 10:16 PM

I didn't guess those specifically but I've seen enough scifi to guess they were going that route. That's probably my favorite faction questline, too. Hadrian is great and I was glad they didn't try to shove a heel turn into her story, because of who her father is.

I enjoyed too, I have to say.

I wish the people in the Crimson Fleet were cooler though. Like that pirate captain that Berrett gets “kidnapped” by. That guy is cool as sh*t. The other people in the faction are awful to you at every turn and make betraying them the only sensible choice.

Haha, Matsura is awesome. But then, like you said, everyone else in the CF is a d*ck. None of them ever grow on you either, or start to respect what your accomplishing for them*. Andromeda will definitely be gloating at them in the brig of the UC Vigilance.

I guess maybe they felt like they had to make the CF awful, otherwise no one would side with the UC? Just feels like a missed opportunity to do a really cool faction that people would be sympathetic to. To me it would be way better if you heard all these horror stories about how evil the Fleet is and then when you actually meet them, they were mostly like Matsura. Not saying there couldn’t be a few hardcases, but Matsura is definitely the one exception, and not the rule.