Player's Guide contents

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Chapter 1: Welcome to Blue Planet	4
2199AD	5
Box: Lesear Effect	5
Blue Planet v2	6
What is Blue Planet?	7
The Game Moderator	7
The Synergy Game System	8
The Dice	8
Dice Pools	8
Target Numbers	8
Task Rolls	8
Making the Game your Own	8
Poseidon: A Survival Guide	9
Chapter 2: Character Creation	25
Concept	26
Group Concept	26
Power Level and Game Balance	26
Box: Twenty Questions	27
Characteristics	28
Attributes	28
Derived Attributes	28
Character Species	28
Human, Pure-strain	29
Box: In the Service of Justice	29
Human, Modified	31
Human, Genetic Redesign	31
Dolphin	32
Killer Whale	32
Modifying Attributes	33
Point System	33
Random System	33
Abilities	34
Human Abilities	34
Modi Abilities	34
Genie Abilities	34
Cetacean Abilities	34
Echolocation	34
Environmental Sensitivity	34
Aptitudes	37
Skills	38
Training Packages	39
Custom Skills	39
Origin Packages	40
Background Packages	41
Professional Packages	43
Skill Descriptions	51
Sample Character: Bush Pilot	58
Sample Character: Dolphin Engineer	60
Sample Character: Field Biologist	62
Sample Character: Gangster	64
Sample Character: GEO Marshal	66
Sample Character: GEO Shock Trooper	68
Sample Character: Native Ecoterrorist	70
Sample Character: Orca Peacekeeper	72
Sample Character: Silva Warden	74
Character Development	76
Earning Character Improvement Points	76
Spending Character Improvement Points	76
Chapter 3: Character Profile	77
Goal	78
Motivation	79
Attitude	80
Player's Choice	80
Features	81
Roles	82
Administrator	82
Artist	83
Civilian Pilot	83
Doctor	84
Ecoterrorist	85
Freebooter	85
Frontiersman	86
Gangster	86
Box: Cold Soup	87
GEO Magistrate	88
GEO Marshall	89
GEO Patrol	90
GEO Peacekeeper	91
GEO Shock Trooper	91
Incorporate Security	92
Intelligence Agent	92
Journalist	93
Medic	93
Mercenary	94
Military Pilot	95
Miner	96
Native Healer	97
Native Insurgent	98
Native Patrol	98
Native Sell-Out	99
Opportunist	99
Pioneer	99
Private Investigator	100
Prospector	100
Sailor	101
Box: Black Charlie	102
Scholar	102
Scientist	103
Spacer	104
Technician	104
Thug	106
Trader	106
Warden	107
Chapter 4: Synergy Game System	108
Task Resolution	109
Skilled Tasks	109
Aptitude	109
Target Number	109
Task Difficulty	109
Unskilled Tasks	109
Action Value	110
Attribute Rolls	110
Opposed Rolls	110
Combat	110
Action Rounds	110
Actions	111
Initiative	111
Multiple Actions	111
Holding Actions	112
Ranged Combat	112
Range	112
Size	112
Movement	112
Cover	113
Aiming	113
Recoil	113
Automatic Fire	113
Close Combat	114
Combat Manoeuvres	114
Situational Modifiers	116
Damage	116
Wounds	117
Damage Resolution	117
Called Shots	118
First Aid	118
Special Damage	118
Falling	119
Explosives	119
Burning and Electrical Shock	119
Hypothermia	119
Poison	119
Suffocation and Drowning	120
Healing and Recovery	120
Vehicle Damage	120
Chapter 5: Hardware	122
Technology Key	123
Power Supplies	123
Batteries	123
Fuel Cells	124
Electronics Components	125
Access Chip	125
Interactive Access Chip	125
Interface Technology	125
Computers	126
Body Computers	126
Dataspike	127
Main Computers	127
Communications	127
Personal Communications	127
Uplink Communicators	127
Robotics and Remotes	128
Robots	128
Agricultural Robot	128
Construction Robot	128
Delivery Robot	128
Domestic Robot	128
Remotes	129
Cetacean Remote	129
Combat Remote	130
Recon Remote	130
Surveillance Remote	130
Sensors	130
Broad Spectrum Visor	130
Combat HUD	130
Digital Binoculars	131
Hand-Held Sonar Transceiver	131
Security Monitors	131
Sensor Array	131
Medical Gear	132
Biomonitor	132
Coagulant Pads	132
Cold-Sleep Capusules	132
Cerebral Cryo-Oxygenators	132
Field Surgery Kit	133
Standard Medical Kit	133
Ultrasonic Hypodermic	133
Wound Glue	134
Drugs	134
Antibiotics/Antivirals	134
Anti-Shock	134
Auntie Susie	134
Healing Booster	135
Pain Inhibitor	135
Reflex Serum	135
Life Support	136
Artificial Gill	136
Bacterial Life Support EVA System	136
Diving Mask	136
Drysuit	137
Gill Suit	137
Hard Suit	137
Survival Gear	138
Filter Mask	138
Fire Paste	138
Locator Beacon	138
Portable Navigation Suite	138
Rescue Ball	139
Survival Guide	140
Survival Grenade	140
Survival Plastic	140
Water Purifiers	140
Personal Propulsion	141
MHD Harness	141
MHD Sled	141
Manoeuvre Jets	141
Remote Vehicle Technology	141
Remotely Piloted Submersibles	141
Cetacean Technologies	142
Artificial Gill	142
CICADA	142
Cetacean Weapon Harness	143
Sonic Trode	143
Materials	143
Bioplastic	143
Flex Grade	143
Foamed Plastic	144
Industrial Grade	144
Standard Grade	144
Body Armour	144
Combat Armour	144
Combat Helmet	144
Phototropic BDU	145
Personal Body Armour	145
Melee Weapons	145
Diamond Knife	145
Stun Gloves and Batons	145
Firearms	146
Handguns	146
Concealable	146
Large Calibre	146
Small Calibre	146
Stunguns	147
Longarms	148
Assault Rifle	148
Hunting Rifle	148
Shotgun	148
Sniper Rifle	148
Spear Gun	148
Submachine Gun	148
Heavy Weapons	149
Assault Cannon	149
Autocannon	149
Grenade Launcher	150
Heavy Machinegun	150
Light Machinegun	150
Torpedo Cannon	150
Firearm Accessories	151
Ammunition	151
Armour-Piercing Rounds	151
Explosive Rounds	151
Flechette Rounds	151
Standard Rounds	151
Suppression Rounds	151
Assault Harness	151
Laser Designator	152
Optics	152
Electronic Scopes	152
Optical Scopes	152
Targeting Interlink	152
Grenades	153
Destructive Grenades	153
Armour-Piercing Grenades	153
Concussion Grenades	153
Fragmentation Grenades	153
Incendiary Grenades	153
Suppression Grenades	153
Adhesive Grenades	153
Flash-Bang	153
Nausea Grenade	153
Sleep Grenade	153
Smoke Grenade	153
Vehicles	154
Motorcycle	155
Hovercraft	155
APC Hovercraft	155
Heavy Hovercraft	155
Light Hovercraft	155
Jumpcraft	155
Assault Jumpcraft	156
Cargo Jumpcraft	156
Jumpbike	157
Patrol Jumpcraft	157
Utility Jumpcraft	157
VTOL Aircraft	157
Utility VTOL	157
VTOL Strike Fighter	157
Submersibles	158
Cetacean Power Shell	159
Submersible Interceptor	159
Research Submersible	159
Utility Submersible	160
Watercraft	160
Hydrofoil	160
Power Ski	161
Sailboats	161
Vehicle Accessories	161
Armour	161
Auxiliary Fuel Tank	162
Computer-Assisted Targeting System	162
ECM Suite	162
Ejection System	162
Evac Pod	162
Gunner's Turret	162
Onboard Computer	162
Radar Suite	162
Security System	162
Sonar Suite	163
Targeting Computer	163
VR Cockpit	163
Guided Weapons	163
Infantry Missile Launcher	163
Multipurpose Anti-Vehicle Missile	163
Torpedo	163
Chapter 6: Biotech	164
Biotechnology	165
Cybernetic Modification	165
Implant Computers	166
Implanted Calculator	166
Implanted Microcomputer	166
Implanted Sensory Recorder	166
Implanted Translator	166
Neural Jack	167
Pain Inhibitor	167
Programmed Reflexes	167
Programs	168
Sensor and Technical Cyberwear	168
Infrared Sensors	168
Implanted Radar	169
Implanted Micro-Toolkit	169
Spyware	169
Anatomical Cyberwear	169
Genetic Redesign	170
Aquaforms	170
Hybrids	171
Spacers	173
Transhumans	173
Genies and Biomods	173
Genetic Modification	173
Medical Biomods	173
Longevity Therapy	174
Regeneration	174
Metabolic Biomods	174
Anti-Poison	174
Improved Blood Oxygenation	174
Mind-Job	174
Respiratory Filter	174
Multiglands	175
Salt Tolerance	175
Implanted Biomods	175
Electro-Muscular Analogues	175
Immunological Symbiote	175
Sensory Biomods	176
Amplified Hearing	176
Echolocation	176
Enhanced Smell	176
Extra Sensory Perception Enhancement	176
Telescopic Vision	177
Full-Body Biomods	177
Accelerated Neurons	177
Aquaform	177
Body Sculpting	178
GEO Shock Trooper	178
Hybrid	179
Spacer	179
Transhuman	179
Chapter 7: Future History	180
The Athena Project	181
Box: Prometheus II Returns	184
The Blight	184
Europe	185
The Americas	187
Africa and the Middle East	188
Asia	189
Antartica	190
Earth Orbit	190
Luna, Mars Colony, and the Asteroid Belt	190
The Death Toll	190
The Global Ecology Organization	190
Box: Shooting the Hole	192
GEO Protectorates and Independents	192
The Incorporate States	193
The Natives and the Abandonment	196
Box: The Cooler	198
Recontact	199
The Long John Rush	200
On the Horizon	201
Chapter 8: On the Frontier	202
A World in Conflict	203
The Natives	203
Culture and Psychology	203
The Native View	203
Relations between Diver and Squid	205
The Natives and Poseidon	205
The Natives and Earth	206
Technology	206
Native Settlements	208
Aquaculture and Agriculture	209
Lifestyle	210
Ritual and Ceremony	211
The GEO on Poseidon	212
Human Resources	212
Natural Resources	212
Science and Technology	213
Communications	213
Internal Security	213
State and Internal Affairs	213
Armed Forces	213
Justice	214
Trade and Industry	216
The Incorporate States on Poseidon	216
Anasi Systems	216
Atlas Materials	216
Biogene	217
Box: Long John	217
Dundalk Shipbuilding	218
Gendiver	218
Hanover Industries	220
Hydrospan	221
Lavender Organics	222
MacLeod Enforcement	223
Nippon Industrial State	224
The Newcomers	224
Pioneers	225
Box: Colonial Calendar	226
Prospectors	226
Opportunists	227
Cetaceans	227
History	227
Life on Poseidon	228
Dolphins	229
Anatomy and Physiology	229
Psychology	229
Sociology	230
Culture	231
Killer Whales	232
Anatomy and Physiology	232
Psychology	232
Sociology	232
Culture	233
Technology	233
Lifestyle	234
Transportation	234
Communication	234
Chapter 9: Timeline	236