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Table Results

• A gift - You were "gifted" a ship from a wealthy family member. It's yours in exchange for a few favors now and then. Keep in touch and don't stray too far from the main star routes.
  
  Twists - She says she's a family member, you've never heard of her before today but who cares, she gave you a ship.
  
  Twists - The transaction was merely a way to avoid local taxes. Now the tax agency is after you! They want back-taxes by next month. If the PC's are out of their jurisdiction they hire a bounty hunter to bring the ship back.
  
• Auction - PC's bought the ship at an auction or estate sale. Ship is in need of repair, roll on the Spaceship Malfunction Table for each 10 years of age.
  
  Twist- The ship was auctioned after a police seizure from smugglers. Hidden caches on the ship may contain drugs, gold, data chips, etc.
  
  Twist- Nobody bids on the ship because it is rumored to be haunted.
• Bank Loan - You've made the down payment to the bank and owe x credits. Oh ya, it's all coming together!
  
  Twists- the bank goes out of business after the first payment. New owners purchase all the bank loans. You now owe someone named "Nelix Strang" and he sending someone to draw up the new paper work.
• Hard Work Pays Off - The characters have worked hard for this ship and now its theres.
• Here, take my ship! - Pick one;
  
  • A crazed aging man with a limp
  • A well dressed butler
  • A shady looking woman with an eye patch
  • A law enforcement officer
  Minding the business set before you a ____ starts heading directly towards your group obviously intent on speaking with you. "Here, take this. It's yours now."
• Hidden Cargo - A ship carrying valuables was abandoned with an uncertain past.
  
  Abandoned Ship d10 Table
  01 in deep space
  02 large asteroid
  --unexplored planets
  03 orbit, decaying rapidly
  04 ocean or sea
  05 lake bottom
  06 trapped in ice
  07 buried in a desert
  08 overgrown in a jungle
  09 nestled in a forest
  10 high in the mountains
• Inheritance - You inherited a ship from a dead aunt! (Or dying, dead, long-lost relative)
  
  Twists - the lawyer says you have to fulfill the dying wishes of your aunt in order to complete the transaction, only then will the ship be free and clear.
  
  Twist - the lawyer is lying and wants you to do something nefarious for him. Muhahhaha!
• Mistaken Identity - The ships serial number/transponder code belongs to a ship that was stolen years ago (or recently). The bank/owner/corporation wants it back. How far are they willing to go?
• Pay up, NOW! - How did you get yourself into this mess? You're only a few payments overdue, now the loan shark wants his money and wants it now. Better get some creds quick and get this bounty hunter off your back.
  
  Twists - the bounty hunter forgets he found you for some high-risk favors or 1/2 of the credits owed to the loan shark.
• Previous Owner - The ship belongs to a one-person (freighter, hauler, mining) company. The owner dies. There isn't a funeral and nobody comes to claim the ship. He owned you three months back pay. Oh well, I guess you could just keep the ship since it doesn't appear he had any family.
• Salvage - Ship abandoned in deep space, a planetary ring or asteroid belt and has an uncertain past. PC's may have to register salvage rights with a local agency.
  
  Twists A smuggler, organization or corp lays claim to the ship. They may cut a deal and buy the ship outright or the PC's can keep the ship for certain favors.
  
  Twists Ill fated mission a megacorp doesn't want anyone to know about and will make sure nobody does. The ship is un-registered.
  
  
• Won Gambling - You won the ship gambling (cards, sports, whatever) or through a lottery drawing. In either case the "owner" didn't want to loose the ship and swears he'll win her back. Someday.