Starbright Illustrations (blog)

By The Illustrator 　http://starbrightillustrations.com/blog/2009/04/27/more-role-playing-game-related-robo-fun/

My new 3D mesh droid model for Traveller the science fiction role-playing game is slowly taking shape, and it is going to make a nice illustration when it’s done. I’m also well on the way with the background detail that will give life to this role-playing game item of equipment (or even NPC). Here is a preliminary version, when it’s done I’ll add it to my droids page on the Traveller role-playing game resources part of my site.

A Seeker or Secure Messenger Droid.

This droid design for science-fiction role-playing games such as Traveller is a messenger. There are still some messages in the Tarazet space opera role-playing setting which can not be entrusted to the dataverse. Even tight beam and encrypted communications can sometimes seem insecure.
This is where the Seeker comes in. Highly confidential or sensitive messages are given to the droid which then seeks out the recipient. To make sure that it has found the right receiver the droid will watch them for about a week before being sure it is the right person and passing on the message.
In game terms this means that a player character might notice that someone is tailing them, or might get that feeling that they are being watched.
Lets hope they aren’t the shoot first, ask questions later type. It would be very difficult to retrieve the message from a vaporized mechanoid. These Seeker droids are powerful, tough, covert and expensive. In game terms this translates into some high stats, a lot of skills and a big price tag. The mechanoid is available at various different price points depending on the power level of the layer characters or NPCs they will be seeking. The mechanoids task is after all to find them, even if they do not want to be found, remain hidden while identity is verified and survive an encounter long enough to pass on the information.

This elaborate process can be used by a game master to highlight the importance of the information, and player characters being who they are, interesting misunderstanding can not be entirely ruled out, with possibly substantial consequences for the game.

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