![]() Boba Fett’s one of the best-known bounty hunters, and later, the directors gave him a past so that he could be appropriately edgy and gray. ![]() It’s hard for this character to be black and white. Asimov’s “ The Last Question” raises some interesting questions about humanity and divinity.Īndgy anti-hero or vaguely sympathetic villain. The God Gambit character in “magic” below has religious notes, but is more of a con artist.ĮUSA is a challenging post-apocalypse book which treats the pre-apocalyptic humans as sources of all wisdom. Science can be its own religion, particularly in 1950s Atomic Horror when it can blind its followers to the truth of giant radioactive monsters. “Aliens are really god” (This combines well, or quite poorly, with Lovecraftian horror).“The Progenitors or pre-apocalypse humans are gods or were gods”.“A yet-to-be-developed technology will be the new god”.Vidicon of Cathode, who preserves sci-fi contemporary technology on a planet of anachronists.Ī Priest, Monk, Missionary, Convert, Cultist, Cult-escapee, False Priest With Convincing Face, or Character Otherwise Built around the Strange Belief That: The Jedi Order is the go-to example of this, but Stasheff’s “Warlock” series features the Order of St. The secrets of magic, psy, or high tech are concealed and protected by religious orders. (Trope warning: usually the terrorists turn out to be sympathetic and oppressed characters.) Travelling field medic in a war-torn world…Religious zealot showing a benighted people a bright new vision…Recently converted human priest of an alien god/visiting alien, bringing his strange new beliefs to a new world.įighting against the new world order rebelling against a societal change that the greater culture has embraced. “Religion” is not necessarily the arm of magical thinking: Gene Roddenberry’s perky Star Trek humanism and “Prime Directive” might also be spread with religious zeal, and the “ Church” in Equilibrium had its own dark religious trappings (and the Resistance are fine humanistic Ideological Terrorists.) This role may or may not be a charismatic “face”, but they’ll be socially active. Sent by the Corp, the Resistance, or the Powers That Be to solve problems, frequently by building a crack team of experts. The “Spoiled Royal” is a different creature, often used as challenging cargo for a transportation solutions party.)…Impossibly fragile gossamarine alien from a lightworld with a message of hope… ![]() Popular holo-star/musician (as much a social media experience as an artist)….Princess/Prince as diplomat (Should be taken hostage or married for political expediency by scene 3, max. Gaius Boltar from Battlestar Galactica’s a great Celebrity Doctor and a strong charismatic villian… Often a charismatic scientist in the Neil deGrasse Tyson mode, but could be a faded explorer, or an anti-hero double agent. Cherryh’s “Foreigner” series, an iconic professional diplomat and translator. Charismatic, wordy, and willing to dig into a social mess with both hands.Ĭonflict Negotiation Specialist (in a psi game, would naturally be the empath role of choice.)…hostage negotiator…inter-corp stunt accountant…Xenotranslator, stunt linguist (not necessarily an academic character, since academics aren’t natural “faces,” but it could happen.) Bren Cameron, protagonist of C.J. “Face” is one of the standard PC party roles, the Speaker-to-NPCs. Star Trek‘s Uhura: Hailing Frequencies Open! The corpsman antagonist Parker Selfridge from “Avatar” fits this category. More often, the red tape warrior is major obstacle for another character. Red-tape warrior: as a force for good, bureaucratic process can stall a hostile takeover or exploitative construction project. Petty official in lynchpin position, say, in charge of supply requisitions The background character from Sucharitkul’s Mallworld who wins a deep space shopping mall, and his descendants.įuture senator political rising star future dictator…Retired official….Planetary war hero (or converted war-hero-turned-activist)…Well-placed corp agent. Jupiter Jones from “ Jupiter Ascending,” who finds herself heir to the solar system and an interplanetary war. From a powerful spacefaring clan…Undiscovered heiress of star traders….I secretly bought the planet…Only the wealthy have access to life-extending immortality drugs…An ancient alien lizard people conspiracy controls the world and I am one such lizard.
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