Amber Zone - It Beats Shoveling Shemdur in Aramanx, Barely

IT BEATS SHOVELING SHEMDUR IN ARAMANX, BARELY

INTRODUCTION

Location/Setting

Starport:	C or D
Size:	3-9
Atmosphere:	5,6,7,8
Hydrosphere:	2-8
Population:	6-8
Government:	any
Law:	6
Tech level:	10-11

As a default, call the planet Alphax: C565755-B

Referee's Summary

Part A - Finding the Patron

Encounter 1 - Rumor

Players are informed of a job by old army buddy, who suggests they could form their own mercenary unit.

Encounter 2 - Patron: Trans-Galactic Mining

Players are given the run-down on the job and what they need to do in order to get the job.

Part B - Creating the Mercenary Unit
Players will have about a week to put together their own small mercenary unit.

Activity 1 - Get Licensed
Try to obtain a mercenary licence.

Activity 2 - Gear Up
Try to purchase weapons and equipment.

Activity 3 - Recruit Troopers
Try to recruit soldiers.

Activity 4 - Gather Intel
Try to track down information.

Activity 5 - Organize Unit
Put together the unit's Table of Organisation and Equipment (TOE).

Part C - The Mission

Encounter 1 - Saddle-Up!
Unit is transported and briefed.

Encounter 2 - Nail it Down
Unit sets up shop guarding a ship under repair.

Encounter 3 - Weep for the Beans!
Unit is plagued by angry tree-men.

Encounter 4 - Treachery and Sabotage
Unit is betrayed by bomber.

Encounter 5 - Infiltrators
Criminals attempt covert raid on site.

Encounter 6 - Riot
Angry civilians try to destroy ship's cargo.

Encounter 7 - The Big Climactic Gun Fight
Here's where the characters earn their keep.

Part D - Cashing Out
Characters get their rewards.

Part A - Finding the Patron

Encounter 1 - Rumor

The players are casting about for work or opportunities in the Startown area of Alphax, when one of the PC's with military or marine experience runs into an old friend. "Mustache Bill" Ilidru was a friend of the PC in the service, but now is wearing the scarlet and green uniform of one of Hendru's Dragoons, a respected mercenary unit. "Mustache Bill" is now wearing staff sergeant's stripes (he had been a major in the regulars, last you heard). Bill is currently tearing up the town and will invite the players along with him to Skunky's, a startown bar. After buying a few rounds, Bill will explain that he is reasonably happy in the Dragoons — it beats shoveling shemdur in Aramanx — but that the real money and chance for advancement lies in forming one's own unit.

At one point, Mustache Bill will sit back, point at a businessman in a shiny silver jumpsuit and say, "Guys like that pony-up the equipment-money and take half the profit, yeeesh. If I only could hang on to a paycheck for more than 2 seconds I'd start my own team. Hang it all, I'd just muck the business up in the end. But, I tell you, if you're quick and have some cash, you could get into the business yourself. I had a lead on a job, but am still under contract with the Dragoons. If you can get together an infantry squad of twelve men there's a security contract available with Trans-Galactic Mining. You have about a week to pull something together and see the District Director over in Mine-town. If you need some more advice on setting up a unit, talk to the InterStellarms rep over at the downport."

Encounter Two - Patron: Trans-Galactic Mining

When the players follow up on Mustache Bill's information, they will be able to contact the local headquarters of Trans-Galactic Mining. When they enter the large windowless structure in mine-town, they will be greeted by a robotic receptionist and once their business is made clear they will be ushered into a contra-grav tube which will lift them up to an impressive office which has several robotic workers operating office equipment. A mobile desk-bot will lead the characters into an inner office and introduce them to Hilbert Wuldax, the company representative on Alphax, who is also the only human who works in this building. He looks all business, and wears a conservative blue-foil jumpsuit, Vilani headdress and platform boots. Wuldax will gruffly tell the players he needs a security troop for about a month and will hand them a document carrying the following information and bid them good day.

Details of the Ticket: Trans-Galactic Mining is looking for a small mercenary unit to undertake a 30-day security ticket beginning in 7 days. The leader of the unit must appear at Trans-Galactic depot in Mine-town by the end of business 7 days from today. He must meet the following conditions to be hired:

1. He must have in hand, ready for transport, a squad of 10-12 soldiers with infantry weapons.
2. He must have a mercenary licence, either local or Imperial.
3. The unit must be willing to remain under contract and under arms for a solid 30 days without a break.

The mission is to guard an unspecified installation from all hostile attack, theft or sabotage. If the target is preserved undamaged and secure at the end of the thirty-day period, then Cr100,000 will be paid out to the unit. The unit will incur no transport, food or life support costs during the contract.

Part B - Creating the Mercenary Unit

• If there are 1-3 players: 2 activities per day.
• If there are 4 or more players: 1 activity per day.

List of Player Activities:

Activity 1 - Get Licensed: try to obtain a mercenary licence

Activity 2 - Gear Up: try to purchase weapons and equipment

Activity 3 - Recruit Troopers: try to recruit soldiers

Activity 4 - Gather Intel: try to track down information

Plus a final group activity:

Activity 5 - Organize Unit: put together the unit's Table of Organisation and Equipment (TOE)

The first activity should be an interview with the InterStellarms company representative in Star Town. He is currently very accessible, since he's finished all the work on a big contract with the local army and also has just delivered the latest order to Hendru's Dragoons. The players will be ushered right in to his office once they've paid the receptionist a Cr75 consulting fee (the receptionist is either an Aslan or Newt, depending on which alien is more common in your campaign area). This same information can be gained (legally) by an Average Computer task.

The representative, Dr. Miles Maxwell, will brief the players on the types of mercenary licence available (see Encounter 1 below) and what weaponry is available from what sources (see Encounter 2 below).

Activity 1 - Get Licensed

Local Security Licence
Advantages:	Gives right to act as security guards on this planet only. Gives right to buy semi-auto weapons at police depot.
Disadvantages:	No access to military weapons, licence is of no use off-world.
Cost:	Cr500 filing fee.
To Obtain:	A character must be designated "company CEO" and must apply in person at the central police office. The police will run a background check (roll Social Status or less to avoid a 1-day delay). The fee must be paid, and if an Average Admin task succeeds the licence will be issued.
Imperial Mercenary Licence
Advantages:	Gives the right to act as mercenaries anywhere in Imperium. Gives the right to buy surplus equipment at Imperial Surplus Service depot and from the InterStellarms warehouse.
Disadvantages:	Cash bond and high filing fee.
Cost:	Cr1500 filing fee. Cr1000 refundable bond for each soldier employed in the unit.
To Obtain:	A list must be drawn up of the investors or "owners" of the unit, and what proportion of the "owner's share" each receives (this is typically the Player Characters in proportion to the money they pony-up for starting the unit). A unit commander must be appointed who must be an ex-Imperial army or marine officer. The filing fee must be paid and a bond paid equal to Cr1000 per soldier in the unit (this may be increased later). This bond (not to be confused with a repatriation bond) is refunded if the unit is disbanded but is seized by the Imperium if the unit engages in wrongdoing. The licence can be applied for at the Imperial Army Public Liaison Office in the starport. The woman in charge is Captain Lydia Procrustes, who is a career officer with only staff experience. She wears a simple garrison uniform, with service ribbons (it will be obvious to any Army character that she has no combat experience) and a computer monitor-aide mounted over her left eye. How she reacts to the application is handled as follows: roll a Difficult Admin task with the following modifiers:
		+2 if designated commander is an Army veteran -2 if designated commander is a Marine veteran +2 if designated commander's rank is higher than captain +2 if noble present who lords it over everybody -2 if no one present is above Social Status 6 -4 if applicants criticize her for not having combat experience +2 if the applicant "makes real nice and respectful" -2 if the applicant is surly
	If the task roll fails, the players may reapply each day, as long as the roll is not missed by more than 4 points, in which case Captain Procrustes will refuse any further application.
Noble Bodyguard Registration
Advantages:	It is free and requires little effort.
Disadvantages:	Gives no special access for weapons purchases.
Cost:	None.
To Obtain:	If one of the players is of noble rank, he can register up to 15 men as his personal bodyguards. These men have the right to carry any civilian or light military weapons without interference from local authorities. As long as these men stay in close proximity to the noble this right applies (within a km or so). The noble merely has to drop off a list and a copy of his patent of nobility with the Ministry of State of the planetary government. The registration will allow the players to undertake the mission but gives them no extra legal access to the purchase of weaponry beyond the law level guidelines.
Forging a Licence
Advantages:	It is free.
Disadvantages:	risk of prison.
Cost:	None.
To Obtain:	There are two different quality forgeries that can be attempted. If the players just want to fool Trans-Galactic into accepting them as a licensed unit, then it is a Difficult Forgery task, with a +1 modifier for each whole day spent improving the forgery. If the forgery is meant to fool the police weapons depot, the Imperial Surplus Service or InterStellarms, in order to purchase weapons illegally, then the task becomes Formidable and requires three days of work. The referee should make the skill roll in secret, but tell the player if he fails the roll by 5 or more points (obvious bad result). If a failed result occurs and is presented it will be discovered and the police will be summoned to arrest the forgers (adventure over, man).

Activity 2 - Gear Up

Visiting, purchasing and receiving weapons from one source counts as one "activity". What sources are accessible depends on the type of licence the characters have, as detailed in Activity 1 above. Equipment is listed in general terms to allow adaptation to any Traveller edition.

Source 1: Friendly neighborhood discount store
Legal Requirements:	Show I.D.
Complications:	If a person purchases more than 1 shotgun, triggers police investigation. Roll 7+ to avoid being taken in for questioning. If illegal arsenal is discovered will face prosecution.
Equipment Available:	Blades, shotguns, shotgun ammunition, and any normal, non-military supplies and equipment at standard prices.
Source 2: The Police Weapons Depot
Legal Requirements:	Local Security Licence (see above).
Complications:	Purchaser must show his licence, be photographed and retina scanned. If he has criminal record, roll 10+ on 2 dice to avoid arrest.
Equipment Available:	Semi-automatic rifles, shotguns, pistols and revolvers of TL 8-10 along with ammunition. Tech Level 8-10 armors EXCEPT combat armor, battle dress or combat environment suits.
Source 3: The Imperial Surplus Service Depot
Legal Requirements:	Imperial Mercenary Licence (see above)
Complications:	Weapons are serially numbered and purchasers are required to notify Imperial authorities when they are sold, stolen or traded to other than original purchasers.
Equipment Available:	A selection of TL 10 military rifles and light support weapons (ACR's, light machine guns, hand grenades), which have been retired from service in the colonial forces on this planet. Also, TL 10 body armor (unpowered), helmets and communication gear is available. The guns, armor and commo gear must be purchased in boxes of 10, ammunition in boxes of 1000 rounds, grenades in boxes of 20, but there is a 10% discount off the list price.
Source 4: InterStellarms
Legal Requirements:	An Imperial Mercenary licence (see above) or an Average Fast Talk or Carousing task if a Noble with a "registered bodyguard" (see above) attempts purchase.
Complications:	Same as Source 3 above.
Equipment Available:	Laser rifles, pistols and carbines of up to TL-12, military electronic equipment of up to TL-11, mortars and anti-personnel and anti-vehicle mines of up to TL-11. All equipment available at 150% of list price.
Source 5: "The Street"
Legal Requirements:	None (that is rather the point!)
Complications:	Each time this is attempted, character must roll 7+ on 2d6 to avoid detection by police and possible arrest. If the character chooses an item available from the police depot, roll an Average Streetwise task to obtain it, at 150% of list price. If he chooses an item available form Surplus Service or InterStellarms, roll a Difficult Streetwise task and pay 2x list price. If he attempts any other item of higher tech or more powerful damage (plasma guns, LAAW rockets, etc) roll a Formidable Streetwise task.
Equipment Available:	Theoretically anything.

Activity Three - Recruit Troopers

1) Thad Kisenowski UPP 888777 1 term Army

Gun Combat-2, Heavy Weapons-1, Brawling-1, Ground Craft-1, First Aid-1

2) John Stephens UPP 777777 1 term Army

Gun Combat-1, Demolitions-1, Gambling-1, Recon-1, Mechanical-1,

3) Urdush Mogushi UPP 888665 1 term Marine

Gun Combat-1, Cutlass-1, Recon-1, Throwing-1, Streetwise-1

4) Migo Resh UPP 777667 1 term Marine

Gun Combat-2, Cutlass-1. Recon-1, Stealth-1

5) Bluto Sludge UPP 989663 2 term Army

Gun Combat-3, Recon-2, Artillery-1, Grav Craft-1, Stealth-1, Dagger-1

6) Dorn Whiplash UPP888777 1 term Army

Gun Combat-2, Camoflague-1, Melee Combat-1, Ground Craft-1

7) Joe Harrison UPPA98777 1 term Marine

Gun Combat-1, Cutlass-1, Environmental Combat-1, Battledress-1, Computer-1

8) Steve Conners UPP 777666 no terms, yokel

Ground Craft-1, Brawling-1

9) Ihero Meshmishig UPP 788886 ½ term Scout

Jack-of-All Trades-1, Recon-2, Pilot-1, Gun Combat-1, Brawling-1, Computer-1

10) Fulwith Rago UPPAAA664 1 term Rogue

Gun Combat-1, Dagger-1, Brawling-3, Streetwise-1,

These are the only 10 recruits available during the week of recruiting. Both Steve Conners (#8) and Fulwith Rago (#10) claim to be experienced mercenaries, but an Average Interrogation task (default at full value to Army/Marine veterans) will reveal they have no real military background.

SECRET NOTE TO REFEREE ONLY: John Stephens, (#2) is in fact a saboteur. He acts like a slightly undisciplined, if well trained, soldier but is waiting for a chance to place a bomb (concealed in his personal entertainment computer). Only a Difficult Interrogation task — aimed specifically at revealing saboteurs — will reveal his true nature. It is strongly suggested that he remain completely nondescript in the referee's presentation at this point.

Activity Four - Gather Intel

#	Rumor	–––––Follow-up Investigation Work–––––
		Task Difficulty	Result
1	Trans-Galactic has been automating nearly every facet of its operations.	Easy	This is true and there are a large number of displaced workers angry with the company.
2	Trans-Galactic has been changing its mining operation on this planet into an export-driven luxury food business.	Easy	This is false but a group called Sophonts Against Vegetable Exploitation (S.A.V.E.) has protested the supposed new business.
3	The Grey Shadow Criminal Cartel has gained control of the Miner's Union and plans to extort money from Trans-Galactic.	Average	This is true, but Trans-Galactic is in no hurry to pay; in fact does not even seem worried.
4	A damaged merchant vessel arrived last week and was landed on Trans-Galactic property.	Difficult	This is true and the management has been searching hard for qualified engineers and mechanics.
5	In Trans-Galactic mine shaft A-7, all work was mysteriously called off 6 months ago, but the laid-off workers have been called back beginning next week.	Average	This is true and there are also reports of the mining equipment being in need of minor repairs.
6	A huge monster was sighted on Trans-Galactic land several times over the last six months.	Difficult	No pictures or reliable eye-witnesses exist.
7	Trans-Galactic has made a deal with the Grey Shadow Cartel to eliminate the Miner's Union.	Difficult	This is absolutely false, in fact there is evidence that Trans-Galactic has been stepping up efforts to have the Imperial authorities and local law enforcement move against the Cartel.
8	A strange unmarked bus has been sighted picking up and dropping off men from the main Trans-Galactic mine barracks.	Difficult	This is true and no one has been able to talk to these men who have been kept sequestered.

Activity Five - Organize Unit

Once the unit is organized, the players should prepare an index card for each NPC trooper and indicate his name, UPP, skills, armor, weapons and other equipment, his unit rank and which team he is a member of on it.

The shares will be important in the final "cashing out" at the end of the adventure. Salaries must be paid to NPC's whether or not mission is a success or even if the character is killed.

Part C - The Mission

Encounter One - Saddle-up!

The bus ride takes about an hour, at the end of which the players will find themselves at a compound consisting of a large garage, small administration building and a Subsidized Merchant vessel, all surrounded by a tall barbed-wire fence (see Map 1).

[insert Map 1 here]

Wuldax will invite the commander to a meeting room in the admin building. There he will give the following information:

1) Trans-Galactic has been undertaking an experiment in robotic mining on this planet for the last 6 months. Special mining robots and techniques have been used in secret in one of the existing mines.
2) The robots, ore samples and technical information are due to be loaded onto the merchant ship parked outside today, but the ship was ambushed by pirates on the trip in and requires considerable repair. A special repair crew has been hired to do the job, which should be completed in exactly thirty days when the last needed part arrives on the regular liner from the subsector capital.
3) Trans-Galactic has been having real trouble with the Miner's Union, which is controlled by the Grey Shadow criminal cartel. The automation of the mines will put many miners out of work and eliminate the cartel's ability to use the union for money laundering and extortion. Wuldax believes that the Grey Shadow were behind the "pirate" attack on the merchant vessel and is certain that they will make a direct strike on the vessel to destroy the robots and the other results of the tests. Miners and their families may also cause some trouble, but this is not rated as a real danger.
4) The police will guard the shipment of equipment to this base, but will not leave a significant guard presence here, thus the need for the unit. Each day a bus will arrive from the town, containing a dozen workers who will work on the repair of the vessel, and return to town each evening.
5) The unit will be paid its Cr100,000 thirty days from now as long as the contents of the vessel (being loaded this evening) are intact and no additional damage has been inflicted on the vessel.
6) The troopers legally justified if they use firearms or explosives against attackers who are using, carrying or displaying dangerous firearms on company land. If they fire on people who are unarmed or not armed with firearms, then they are liable to arrest and criminal prosecution, as they will be if they engage in offensive action off the base.
7) None of the troops may leave the base until the ticket has been completed, barring medical emergency or wounds.
8) Trans-Galactic owns the land 1000m in every direction from the base, all of which is considered within the unit's authorized security area (see Map 2).

[insert Map 2 here]

Encounter Two - Nail it Down!

Dris Molonu UPP777887 2 term Merchant

Admin-2, Law-1, Sensors-2, Gambling-2, Mechanical-1, Pistol-1
Dris is an ambitious woman who is a bit angry at being placed in charge of this installation instead of a posting on a starship. She is the only human on permanent station at this base, supervising a crew of maintenance robots who clean up and do the inventory etc. She is a bit lonely and will take any opportunity to engage in gambling with the troops. She will constantly remind the players about the legalities of the contract and their responsibilities and duties.

Brock Hammer UPP978787 3 term merchant

Admin-1, Engineer-3, Mechanical-2, Electronics-2, Brawling-1, Computer-2
Brock is the head of the repair crew who come everyday to fix the starship. He is surly and grouchy and his favorite quotation seems to be "git yer damn soldier-boys outta my way and off that ship". He will adamantly refuse to do anything that inconveniences his crew in any way.

There are about 11 other repair crewmen who will be rather nondescript. None of them will cause any trouble or has any connection with any of the opposition.

The patron will provide sleeping bags (luxury, eh?), pre-packaged rations (ugh) for 12 men for 30 days each and a tank of drinking water (gee, thanks). So there should be no "need" for any other supplies.

The first task that faces the players is to set up their security measures. They should decide on a schedule with which troopers will be on watch and where they will be positioned.

There will be one complication during the first three days. A multi-phase coil adjuster will turn up missing according to a robot inventory check. This tool is expensive, but also can be used to overheat and damage a starship maneuver drive if left running near the thrust plates. It will not turn up on the base grounds, but in fact has been stolen by one of the repair crew and hidden in his toolbox. Dris will demand that it be found, but Brock will refuse to let the soldiers near any of his workers. The easiest method of dealing with this problem is to send for Mr. Wuldrax, but he will become very angry and chew everybody out. If Brock is restrained or assaulted he will storm off taking his workers with him and the patron will fire the troops.

Encounter Three - Weep For The Beans!

The blockade can be avoided by marching the workers around the Hresh, but Brock will refuse to do so, insisting that they be cleared off and the bus proceed. The Hresh will refuse to move voluntarily, and Dris will remind the players that firing on the Hresh is utterly unacceptable. Once the blockade question is settled, the Hresh will get up to about 200m from the front gate and start making a huge racket, with several loud speakers and electronic amplifiers and translators. The will constantly chant slogans such as "Weep for the Beans" and "Plant Killers Be Damned!"

If the police are contacted, they will just laugh. Wuldrax if contacted will say, that this is the characters' job to settle. The Hresh will depart if they can be convinced that there is no vegetable-based food in the hold of the ship or after 4 days of incessant chanting. If Steve Conners is in the unit he will go nuts after two days of Hresh protest and attempt to "teach those bush-boys a lesson."

Encounter Four - Treachery and Sabotage

The referee will have to judge his chances of success based on the plans of the unit. But, he is not especially stealthy, although he has a good chance of spotting someone looking for him. If stopped and questioned, he will say he left some of his gear in the ship. If he believes he is discovered he will attempt flight, but will return fire if necessary. If he is stationed alone in the ship, it's bad luck for the players (unless he's caught while trying to escape). If caught and questioned, he will turn out to be a hired criminal who does not know the identity of his employers.

Encounter Five - Infiltrators

Infiltrator UPP787874

Stealth-1, Demo-1, Gun Combat-1, Dagger-1

The infiltrators will flee if discovered, but will use their weaponry if needed to escape. If any are captured and questioned, they will turn out to be known members of the Grey Shadow Cartel. They will reveal on a Difficult Interrogation task roll that they were meant as a security test, but if they succeeded, then they would get a big bonus.

Encounter Six - Riot

The criminals will stay until ¼ of them are captured, killed or knocked unconscious, although the can be forced off by a Formidable Intimidation task. If any of the miners or students are killed or seriously injured, then the unit will face serious legal consequences.

Encounter Seven - The Big Climactic Gun Fight

The Plan: the air/raft unit will come in at high speed firing as many bullets as possible hoping to draw the entire security force into a fire fight. They will always remain on the Eastern half of the compound, sacrificing their own weapon accuracy to avoid being hit. Their attack is mainly a diversion, but each air/raft does have a bomb stowed on board to set on the ship if it becomes practical.

Each air/raft is a standard model, with a Light Machinegun in a non-stabilized mount.

Meanwhile, the infantry unit will wait until it thinks that the unit is fully engaged, when it will rush the western perimeter. The rifle-grenadiers will use the rifle grenades to blow holes in the wire fence, and the troops will rush through and attempt to wipe out or drive off the defenders.

They will attack in 3 squads of 8 men, each with 1 grenadier, 3 riflemen, and 4 SMG gunners.

Captain Gudrio Flox UPP 887877

Rifle-2, Grav-Vehicle-1, Leader-1, Dagger-2, Demolitions-1
Equipment: flex vest 9 (armor 3f), ACR-10

Air/raft Crewman: UPP777777

Rifle-1, Grav-Vehicle-1, Heavy Weapons-1, Demolitions-1
Equipment: flex vest-8 (armor 2f), Rifle, Bullpup-9

Foot Soldier UPP 777777

Gun Combat-1, Heavy Weapons-1, Stealth-1
Equipment: cloth armor (armor 1f), either Rifle, Bullpup-9 or SMG (½ each)
One man in 8 has a rifle grenade adapter and 3 rifle grenades

NOTE: if using editions of Traveller other than 4th, treat Rifle, Bullpup-9 as a standard Rifle, treat flex vests as flak vests (cloth armor) and treat cloth armor as Jack.

Combat Notes:

Check Morale for each Infantry Squad when 2 of its 8 members are killed.

Check Morale for each air/raft when 1 of its crew is killed.

Use standard morale rules.

While the attackers have a large numeric advantage, remember they have no Tactics skills, which presumably the defenders will. Also the attackers are lightly armored and hopefully the defenders will have procured better armor, weapons and communications gear. Finally, the defenders should have the advantage of a prepared defensive position.

Part D - Cashing Out

Abject Failure

If the players end up in prison for illegal activities or fail meet the terms for initial employment, then the patron will not pay, the troopers will quit and the characters receive no experience points.

Failure

If the contents of the merchant ship are destroyed by a bomb or rioters, or the base captured by the attackers, then the mission is a failure. Any remaining troopers will quit the unit, and the patron will not pay. Each surviving character receives 1 experience point.

Success

If the ship and its cargo are intact with only minor additional damage, but the unit or base personnel have suffered fatalities, then the patron will pay the Cr100,000, and each character will receive 2 experience points. Each wounded NPC soldier will quit the unit, and players must roll an Average Leadership skill task to retain each other soldier in the unit.

Complete Success

If the ship and its cargo are intact with no additional damage and the unit has suffered no fatalities, then the patron will pay the agreed upon Cr100,000, the soldiers in the unit will want to continue in the player's employ, and each character will receive 3 experience points.

Dividing the Money: Take the Cr100,000 received and subtract the salaries of all the soldiers and PC's (whether each survived or not). Also subtract the cost of any weapons and other equipment purchased for the mission, which is now considered "unit property".

The remaining money is split in half. One half is called the "owner's half" and is split among the owners or investors of the unit. This typically means the player characters. The split is either even or in proportion to the money invested in the unit.

The second half is the trooper's share and is divided among all surviving soldiers who took part in the mission (PC or NPC) in proportion to the shares that are derived from their ranks.

Here's an example:

• the troopers' share is Cr40,000;
• the survivors are 6 privates (1 share each) and 1 sergeant (4 shares), giving a total of 10 shares;
• 10 shares divided into Cr40,000 gives Cr4,000 per share;
• each private receives Cr4,000 and the sergeant receives Cr16,000.