Antoc Merrick [Rogue One]

[Noom68]

Antoc Merrick stats?

[Telsij]

Hey guys,

Long time, no see! Though I am still on RPG-statting hiatus for the foreseeable future, I happened to click on the Pit today, and noticed a request for Antoc Merrick stats.

I wrote these stats up for the long-gestating Rogue One sourcebook — which our two true-blue, stalwart heroes Deano and Sutehp are still seeing through its editing stages — so they're a few years old, but hopefully they prove of use to those looking for Blue Leader!

Miss ya all. MTFBWY!



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Antoc Merrick
Type: Guardian General



A Quote: “The Empire has the means of mass destruction, the Rebellion does not.”

(As of the Scramble at Scarif)

DEXTERITY 2D+2
Blaster 4D, dodge 4D, vehicle blasters 4D+2
KNOWLEDGE 3D
Bureaucracy 4D+2, bureaucracy: Rarified Air Cavalry 6D+2, planetary systems 5D, tactics: starfighter combat 6D+1, survival 4D, willpower 4D+1
MECHANICAL 4D
Astrogation 6D+1, space transports: U-wing 6D+2, starfighter piloting 7D, starfighter piloting: X-wing 7D+2, starship gunnery 7D, starship shields 6D
PERCEPTION 3D+1
Command 6D+2, command: Blue Squadron 7D+2, search 4D+1
STRENGTH 2D+2
Brawling 4D, stamina 4D+1
TECHNICAL 2D+1
Droid repair 3D, space transport repair 3D, starfighter repair 4D+2

Species: Human
Gender: Male
Age: 46 standard yrs

Character Points: 10
Move: 10
Size: 1.82 meters tall

Story Factors:

• Wary: Despite displaying an almost gleeful exhilaration while engaged in starfighter combat, Antoc Merrick is quite circumspect. He feels protective of the pilots under his command — particularly so of his U-wing pilots. Having logged hundreds of hours at the controls of a U-wing himself, Merrick knows that their pilots bear extra responsibility in combat operations, ferrying infantry into and out of battle zones. And he knows that it is largely due to the skill of the U-wing pilots that all those aboard survive to fight another day.
  
  At the same time, General Merrick knows that Alliance snubfighter forces are a crucial difference maker in the Galactic Civil War. Because the Rebellion lacks the resources to amass enough capital ships to rival the might of the Imperial starfleet, they are dependent upon the long-range capabilities of their starfighters, which allow the Alliance to strike hard and strike fast before disappearing into hyperspace. With all this in mind, Merrick is unwilling to risk the lives of his pilots without good cause.

Capsule: Starfighter command of the Yavin 4 Rebel base falls to General Antoc Merrick. He has direct authority over the groupings of X-wing, Y-wing, and U-wing fighters assembled at the Massassi site on the jungle moon. He also flies as Blue Leader, the commander of Blue Squadron. Though he has logged hundreds of hours at the controls of a U-wing, when leading a squadron personally, Merrick’s preferred craft is a T-65 X-wing designated Blue One. On rare occasions when the entire wing of starfighters stationed at the Massassi outpost is scrambled, Merrick has authority over other squadron leaders, such as Garven Dreis (Red Leader) and “Dutch” Vander (Gold Leader). In Merrick’s absence, or when operational authority is better served and coordinated from a ground-based dispatch such as Base One, General Jan Dodonna commands the starfighters.

Merrick was once flight leader of a planetary defense force known as the Rarified Air Cavalry of Virujansi. When his home planet underwent political transformation with the installation of an Imperial governor displacing the ruling Virujansi ruling council, the local military forces loyal to the old regime were made to disband. The pilots of the Air Cavalry were invited to join the Imperial Navy, but Merrick saw the offer as hollow. He and fellow veteran pilot Garven Dreis opted instead for early retirement, left the planet and sought out membership in the Rebel Alliance, whose starfighter squadrons demonstrated greater unit coherence — and in many cases, greater piloting ability — than the unimaginative TIE fighter forces of the Empire.

Now, as a member of the Rebel Council, Merrick has a valuable voice in the direction of the Rebellion in these pivotal days. He carefully weighs the words of Jyn Erso when she brings news — but lacks proof — of a potential vulnerability in the Empire’s new superweapon, the Death Star battlestation. Merrick cares deeply for the fighter pilots under his command, and he will not risk their lives needlessly and without just cause.


Equipment: Blaster pistol (4D damage, range: 3-10/30/120, ammo: 100), Blue Squadron vacuum suit (equipped with Guidenhauser ejection harness and Novaldex Diagnostech life support unit), Koensayr K-22995 flight helmet, lower-leg bandolier with signal flares, passage-documents-dedicated datapad (contains ID and sealed orders), wrist-mounted comlink beacon, X-wing starfighter.

Sources: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story film, Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide, and Wookieepedia. Stats and additional original text by Telsij. Biographical text adapted from Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide (pages 46-47). Image: https://www.starwars.com/databank/general-merrick .
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