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Blasters for Hire
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"Blasters for Hire," subtitled "A Mercenary's Guidebook," is an RPG source article written by Anthony Russo. It was first published in Star Wars Adventure Journal 3. The article explores the role of mercenaries in the Star Wars universe and gives ideas for incorporating them into adventures for Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game. It also details the Red Moons, a group of mercenaries who can serve either as models for creating new characters or as NPCs in an adventure.
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Facts
- Title
- "Blasters for Hire"
- Author
- Anthony Russo
- Illustrator
- Ron Hill
- Publisher
- West End Games
- Released
- August 1994
- Pages
- 31
- Published in
- Star Wars Adventure Journal 3
Who turns up here
Characters: 8
- Lando Calrissian
- Airen Cracken
- Hugo Cutter (first mentioned)
- Ivey (first mentioned)
- Palpatine
- Andrephan Stormcaller (first mentioned)
- Sully Tigereye (first mentioned)
- Darth Vader
Planets: 4
Places: 1
Galaxy: 2
Starships: 6
Organizations: 23
- Alliance to Restore the Republic
- Alliance Special Forces
- Infiltrators
- Alliance Special Operations
- Galactic Empire
- Imperial Navy
- Stormtrooper
- Snowtrooper
- Galactic Republic
- Galentro Armaments
- Gee-Tech
- Golog-Bertum
- Kessler
- Kurtough
- Red Moons
- Mesonics
- New Republic
- New Republic Intelligence Service
- New Republic Provisional Council
- Pentastar Alignment
- Pentastar Patrol
- SoroSuub Corporation
- Susuax
Technology: 32
- Surveillance droid
- Snowtrooper armor
- Binders
- Galax Viper volley gun
- Blaster pistol
- Blaster rifle
- Heavy blaster pistol
- Heavy blaster rifle
- 12 Defender MicroBlaster
- Repeating blaster
- Sniper rifle
- X-45 sniper rifle
- Cloaking device
- Concussion missile
- J8Q-128 Finbat Missile
- Deflector shield generator
- Anti-Vehicle Explosive
- Concussion grenade
- Smoke grenade
- Grenade launcher
- Knife
- Verti-Go Climbing System
- Macroscope
- Medpac
- E-Mag Explosive Mine
- Missile
- Apex Incisor Missile
- Power cell
- Focalized Explosive
- Vibro-ax
- Vibroblade
- Galactic Credit Standard
Everything else: 78
- Medical droid
- Probe droid
- Salvage droid
- Service droid
- Spy droid
- Piracy Scouring
- Pentastar Trust and Safety Assurance Bank
- Red Alpha
- Captain
- Colonel
- Delephran militia
- Diplomat
- Entrallan Senate
- Forger
- Imperial Academy
- General
- Grand Magnus
- Mercenary
- Pilot
- Pirate
- Prince
- Privateer
- Scout
- Slicer
- Smuggler
- Soldier
- Technician
- Airspeeder
- Landspeeder
- Repulsortank
- Speeder
- Speeder truck
- Starfighter
- Starship
- Battlecruiser
- Cruiser
- Yavin's Glory
- Light freighter
- Red Moon Revenge
- Walker
- Armor
- Blaster
- Blaster artillery
- Micro blaster
- Comlink
- Cutting torch
- Electronic countermeasures
- Grenade
- Anti-vehicle grenade
- ID processor
- Line thrower
- Macrobinoculars
- Mine
- Photonic emitter
- Portable computer
- Repair kit
- Satellite
- Scandoc
- Sensor
- Shaped charge
- Slugthrower
- Spectral diffuser
- Stylus
- Sublight engine
- Timer
- Vibro-shiv
- Weapon detector
- Cigarra
- Shento cigar
- DX-343
- Exo-protein wafer
- Marriage
- Oxygen
- Radiation
- Shipyard
- Tempersteel
- Thincord
- Venestrian poetry
Not in the archive: 2
- Deconstructor
- Special Intelligence Op Group
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