Dawn Light: Mission to Mercury
BUILDING YOUR CREW MEMBER IN SIX STEPS: FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.
1. Choose an Origin
Determine whether the person is a man or a woman and write down the appropriate name. You can make up your own name if you prefer, of course, but keep the nationality mix
| PERSONNEL ORIGINS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Oliviera | Berta/Ramiro |
| China 1 | Luo | Kelly/Ronald |
| China 2 | Nangong | Jie/Zhaoguo |
| Egypt | Allam | Jumana/Umar |
| India | Tripathi | Lila/Rajan |
| Indonesia | Malik | Indah/Abdul |
| Japan | Kinoshita | Rin/Saburo |
| Korea | Yang | Sun Hee/In Ho |
| Nigeria | Akintola | Margaret/Bamidele |
| Russia | Sobolev/Soboleva | Galina/Oleg |
| UK | Adams | Iris/Howard |
| United States | Rodriguez | Cathy/Brian |
2. Choose a Primary Role.
| PRIMARY MISSION ROLES | |
|---|---|
| Command | Mission Commander (CO) |
| Command | Executive Officer/Chief Science Officer (XO) |
| Engineer | Environmental Control and Life Support engineer (ECLS) |
| Engineer | Systems engineer and Chief Engineer (CEO) |
| Pilot | Command Pilot |
| Pilot | Reserve Pilot |
| Scientist | Astronomer |
| Scientist | Astrophysicist |
| Scientist | Inorganic chemist |
| Scientist | Medical/Safety Officer (MSO) |
| Scientist | Planetary geophysicist |
| Scientist | Structural geologist |
If you want your guy to be part of DL-2, the early arrival team, be Mission Commander, Command Pilot, an engineer or a scientist and call it. You will have been on Mercury six months longer than the people arriving in DL-3.
3. Choose a Secondary Role
There are a pair of common-sense rules for dividing these up: The XO must have a science-based Secondary Role. No other scientist is allowed to have a science-based secondary. The MSO must have a support-based Secondary Role.
| SECONDARY MISSION ROLES | |
|---|---|
| Science | Analytical chemist |
| Science | Heliophysicist |
| Science | Mineralogist |
| Support | Artist/Journalist |
| Engineering | Astronomy field systems engineer (FSE) |
| Engineering | Chemistry field systems engineer (FSE) |
| Support | Comms specialist |
| Support | Geodesist (mapping and surveying) |
| Engineering | Geology field systems engineer (FSE) |
| Medical | Medical technician |
| Support | Reserve comms specialist |
| Engineering | Surface Exploration Systems Engineer (SES) |
4. Pick a problem at its earliest simmering stage
| PROBLEMS |
|---|
| Attraction, eventually lust, jealous rage |
| Competitiveness, eventually rivalry, factionalism |
| Denial, eventually projection, sabotage |
| Disagreement,eventually resentment, furious violence |
| Disrespect, eventually contempt, insubordination |
| Hypochondria, eventually real illness, self-injury |
| Intolerance, eventually scapegoating, poisonous hatred |
| Obsession, eventually compulsion, manic frenzy |
| Selfishness, eventually hoarding, deliberate waste |
| Suspicion, eventually paranoia, psychotic delusions |
| Withdrawal, eventually isolation, vengeance |
| Anxiety, eventually panic attacks, paralyzing terror |
| Regret, eventually guilt, suicidal depression |
| Pride, eventually carelessness, error in judgment |
| Insecurity, eventually overconfidence, accident |
5. Edges and Connections
Choose a total of three. Your problem could also be an Edge.
6. Issue
Your problem could also be your Issue.