Editing Campaign:BTC/Balthazar Diaz

[[Captain]] of the [[Campaign:BTC/Fireworm|SS Fireworm]] and later the [[Campaign:BTC/Phoenix|SS Phoenix]].
== Description (Character) ==
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! colspan=6;class="color2" style="font-size: larger; color: #FFFFFF; background: #000000;" | Character
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| colspan=2; style="color: #000000; background: #FF0000;" | '''Name''' || colspan=4; style="color: #000000; background: #FF0000;"| '''Balthazar Diaz'''
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| colspan=2|'''Species''' || colspan=4| {{Imperial}} [[Human]]
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| colspan=2|'''Gender''' || colspan=4| Male
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| colspan=2|'''D.O.B.''' || ''Day:'' || 014 || ''Year:'' || [[1086]]
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| colspan=2|'''Homeworld''' || colspan=4| [[Durendal (world)|Durendal]]
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| colspan=2|'''Residence''' || colspan=4| [[Campaign:BTC/Phoenix|SS Phoenix]]
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| colspan=2|'''Accumulated Dose''' (Grays) || colspan=4| 5.87
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| colspan=2|''Valid as at'' || ''Day:'' || 164 || ''Year:'' || [[1138]]
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! colspan=2; class="color2" style="font-size: larger; color: #FFFFFF; background: #000000;"|Statistic !!colspan=2;class="color2" style="font-size: larger; color: #FFFFFF; background: #000000;"|Value!!colspan=2;class="color2" style="font-size: larger; color: #FFFFFF; background: #000000;"|DM
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| colspan=2|'''[[Strength|STR]]''' || colspan=2| B || colspan=2| +1
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| colspan=2|'''[[Dexterity|DEX]]''' || colspan=2| B || colspan=2| +1
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| colspan=2|'''[[Endurance|END]]''' || colspan=2| C || colspan=2| +2
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| colspan=2|'''[[Intelligence|INT]]''' || colspan=2| C || colspan=2| +2
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| colspan=2|'''[[Education|EDU]]''' || colspan=2| A || colspan=2| +1
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| colspan=2|'''[[Social Standing|SOC]]''' || colspan=2| 8 || colspan=2| +0
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! colspan=2;class="color2" style="font-size: larger; color: #FFFFFF; background: #000000;"|Characteristic !!colspan=2;class="color2" style="font-size: larger; color: #FFFFFF; background: #000000;"|Value!!colspan=2;class="color2" style="font-size: larger; color: #FFFFFF; background: #000000;"|DM
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| colspan=2|'''Subjective Age''' || colspan=2| 42 || colspan=2| -6
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| colspan=2|'''''Objective Age''''' || colspan=4| 52
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| colspan=2|'''Initiative''' || colspan=2|   || colspan=2| +0
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| colspan=2|'''Size''' || colspan=2| Standard  || colspan=2| +0
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! colspan=4;class="color2" style="font-size: larger; color: #FFFFFF; background: #000000;"|Skill !!colspan=2;class="color2" style="font-size: larger; color: #FFFFFF; background: #000000;"|DM
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|colspan=4|'''Advocate'''||colspan=2|+0
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|colspan=4|'''Astrogation'''||colspan=2|+3
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|colspan=4|'''Athletics (Coordination)'''||colspan=2|+1
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|colspan=4|'''Carouse'''||colspan=2|+0
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|colspan=4|'''Communications'''||colspan=2|+1
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|colspan=4|'''Computers'''||colspan=2|+1
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|colspan=4|'''Deception'''||colspan=2|+1
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|colspan=4|'''Drive (Tracked)'''||colspan=2|+1
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|colspan=4|'''Engineer (Jump Drive)'''||colspan=2|+2
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|colspan=4|'''Engineer (Manoeuver Drive)'''||colspan=2|+1
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|colspan=4|'''Flyer (Grav)'''||colspan=2|+1
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|colspan=4|'''Gunner (Turrets)'''||colspan=2|+1
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|colspan=4|'''Gun Combat (Slug Pistol)'''||colspan=2|+2
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|colspan=4|'''Gun Combat (Slug Rifle)'''||colspan=2|+1
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|colspan=4|'''J-o-T'''||colspan=2|+3
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|colspan=4|'''Language(Anglic)'''||colspan=2|+3
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|colspan=4|'''Life Science (Cybernetics)'''||colspan=2|+1
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|colspan=4|'''Mechanic'''||colspan=2|+1
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|colspan=4|'''Medic'''||colspan=2|+0
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|colspan=4|'''Melee (Unarmed)'''||colspan=2|+2
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|colspan=4|'''Physical Science'''||colspan=2|+0
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|colspan=4|'''Pilot(Smallcraft)'''||colspan=2|+2
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|colspan=4|'''Pilot (Spacecraft)'''||colspan=2|+4
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|colspan=4|'''''Recon'''''||colspan=2|+1
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|colspan=4|'''Seafarer'''||colspan=2|+0
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|colspan=4|'''Sensors'''||colspan=2|+2
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|colspan=4|'''Stealth'''||colspan=2|+1
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|colspan=4|'''Survival'''||colspan=2|+0
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|colspan=4|'''Vacc Suit'''||colspan=2|+2
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! colspan=2;class="color2" style="font-size: larger; color: #FFFFFF; background: #000000;"|Other!! colspan=2;class="color2" style="font-size: larger; color: #FFFFFF; background: #000000;"|Value!!colspan=2;class="color2" style="font-size: larger; color: #FFFFFF; background: #000000;"|DM
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| colspan=2|'''Companion''' || colspan=4| [[Campaign:BTC/Kyra Jinx|Kyra Jinx]] Crew, SS [[Campaign:BTC/Phoenix|Phoenix]]
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| colspan=2|'''Colleague''' || colspan=4| [[Campaign:BTC/Spyro Drax|Spyro Drax]] Crew, SS [[Campaign:BTC/Phoenix|Phoenix]]
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| colspan=2|'''Colleague''' || colspan=4| [[Campaign:BTC/Escobar Chavez|Escobar Chavez]] Crew, SS [[Campaign:BTC/Phoenix|Phoenix]]
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| colspan=2|'''Rank''' || colspan=4| [[Petty Officer Third Class (IN)]]
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| colspan=2|'''Award''' || colspan=4| [[Combat Service Ribbon]] ([[Lanth (world)|Battle of Lanth]] ([[1108]]))
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| colspan=2|'''Award''' || colspan=4| [[Combat Service Ribbon]] ([[Fifth Frontier War]] ([[1107]]-[[1110]]))
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===Character Details===
See panel to right
===Personality===
Secretive and anti-authority. Often insubordinate. Mostly Pro-{{Imperial}}.

===Family===
The location of siblings and and nieces/nephews is unknown to [[Campaign:BTC/Balthazar Diaz|Balthazar]].

He has no known offspring. 

[[Campaign:BTC/Balthazar Diaz|Balthazar]] is the long-term partner of [[Campaign:BTC/Kyra Lynx|Kyra Lynx]].

== History & Background (Biography) ==
===Homeworld===
[[Durendal (world)|Durendal]]/[[Spinward Marches Sector|Spinward Marches]]/1523 is a Rich, Agricultural, Garden world with moderate stellar technology. It has a gravity of .75G and a dense atmosphere. It was a member of the [[Sword Worlds Confederation]] at the time of [[Campaign:BTC/Balthazar Diaz|Balthazar's]] birth.
::[https://travellermap.com/api/jumpmap?sector=SpinwardMarches&hex=1523&options=8451&jump=3&scale=32&junk=junk.png style="width: 220px; height: 250px; "]
::<small>Worlds within 3 parsecs of [[Durendal (world)|Durendal]]</small><ref>Jump map from [https://travellermap.com Travellermap.com]</Ref>

===Parents and Legal Guardians===
* Keith Diaz
* Aimii Diaz
Both parents were in the [[Imperial Bureaucracy]] and are now deceased. 

===Early Years===
[[Campaign:BTC/Balthazar Diaz|Balthazar]] spent his early years moving from posting to posting with his parents. There was little stability and education was supported by the Consular computer-based learning programme. This suited [[Campaign:BTC/Balthazar Diaz|Balthazar]] well.

===Imperial Navy===
Joined the [[23rd Fleet]] at [[Lanth (world)|Lanth]] and spent two years in general postings before becoming tied up with the [[Lanth (world)|Battle of Lanth]] ([[1108]]) in the [[Fifth Frontier War]]. During this period, he served in 11 separate small-craft squadrons, never really finding a permanent place in any. Eventually, casualties allowed [[Campaign:BTC/Balthazar Diaz|Balthazar]] to be promoted to [[Petty Officer Third Class (IN)]]. His service was rated as "average".

At the end of the war, [[Campaign:BTC/Balthazar Diaz|Balthazar]] was transferred to [[213th Fleet]] but hounded out of the service by an officer who thought being born on [[Durendal (world)|Durendal]] made you a [[Sword Worlds Confederation|Sword Worlds]] sympathizer. 

===Imperial Interstellar Scout Service===
Drafted into the [[IISS]] and sent to the backwaters between the [[Sword Worlds Confederation]] and [[Five Sisters Subsector]] watching for criminal units that might be using a particular gas giant to refuel. In the four years of watching, none were seen! Still, being paid with little opportunity to spend the cash helped the finances. With his friends, [[Campaign:BTC/Balthazar Diaz|Balthazar]] bought a scout ship captured from the [[Sword Worlds Confederation]] - The [[Campaign:BTC/Fireworm|Fireworm]].

===Independent Service===
[[Campaign:BTC/Balthazar Diaz|Balthazar Diaz]] has had a long and varied career after leaving the services. While much is undocumented, he is known to have participated in the moving of the prospective wife of a leading Aslan from her family in the [[Trojan Reach Sector]] to her prospective husband in [[Foreven Sector]]. As a result he was presented with a hand-crafted shirt made by the bride-to-be herself.

[[Campaign:BTC/Balthazar Diaz|Balthazar]] was suspected of being tied to an anti-{{Imperial}} terrorist group in the [[Border Worlds Confederation]]. Evidence, however has subsequently come to light that he and his ship were actually in [[Lunion Subsector]] at the time of the alleged incident.

There are rumours that [[Campaign:BTC/Balthazar Diaz|Balthazar]] was involved in a rescue of the sister of the [[Duchy of Iderati|Duke of Iderati]] from a politically awkward situation - and that this rescue had the effect of getting the ongoing investigations by the [[MoJ]] shelved. (See [[Campaign:BTC/Kyra Jinx/secret|here]])

In [[1128]], [[Campaign:BTC/Balthazar Diaz|Balthazar]] and his entire crew were thought to have perished in the suicidal crashing of their scout ship into an [[Aslan]] cruiser, crippling it and allowing the [[IN]] to successfully beat off the raiders. They were (posthumously) hailed as Heroes. 

Recent evidence shows that [[Campaign:BTC/Balthazar Diaz|Balthazar]], and his ship somehow managed to drop off the radar, reappearing outside the [[Regency Frontier]] in a highly suspect, partially documented vessel filled with refugees that was only marginally space-worthy claiming to have evaded destruction by a [[Virus]] infestation. Their story is highly implausible. They may have been recruited by the RISS for extra-Regency communications work with the remaining external [[Imperial Consulate]]s. No confirmation of this engagement could be gained.

===Summary===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ John Drake: Terms of Service
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! Term!! Years !! Service !! Branch !! Assignment !! Duty !! Notes
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| Current ||[[1138]] || [[Drifter]]|| colspan=2|  [[Wanderer]]  || [[Campaign:BTC/Fireworm|Fireworm]]<br>[[Campaign:BTC/Phoenix|Phoenix]] ||Independent Traveller [[Deneb Sector]]
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| ? ||[[1128]] to [[1138]] || colspan=3|  Missing presumed dead  || [[Campaign:BTC/Fireworm|Fireworm]] || Trapped in Jump Space 
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| 6 ||[[1125]]/[[1126]]/[[1127]]/[[1128]] || [[Drifter]]|| colspan=2|  [[Wanderer]] || [[Campaign:BTC/Fireworm|Fireworm]] || [[Spinward Marches Sector]]
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| 5 ||[[1121]]/[[1122]]/[[1123]]/[[1124]] || [[Drifter]]|| colspan=2|  [[Wanderer]]   || [[Campaign:BTC/Fireworm|Fireworm]] || [[Spinward Marches Sector]]
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| 4 ||[[1117]]/[[1118]]/[[1119]]/[[1120]] || [[Imperial Interstellar Scout Service]] || colspan=2| [[Imperial Interstellar Scout Service#Exploration Branch|Exploration Branch]]  || ISS Cepheid || Drafted: Fringes of Known Space
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| 3 ||[[1113]]/[[1114]]/[[1115]]/[[1116]] || [[Imperial Navy]] || colspan=2| [[Imperial Navy#Flight Branch|Flight Branch]]  || [[213th Fleet]] || Occupation of [[Border Worlds Confederation]]. Resigned.
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| 2 ||[[1109]]/[[1110]]/[[1111]]/[[1112]] || [[Imperial Navy]] || colspan=2| [[Imperial Navy#Flight Branch|Flight Branch]]  || [[23rd Fleet]] || [[Fifth Frontier War]]
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| 1 ||[[1105]]/[[1106]]/[[1107]]/[[1108]] || [[Imperial Navy]] || colspan=2| [[Imperial Navy#Flight Branch|Flight Branch]]  || [[23rd Fleet]] || [[Lanth (world)|Battle of Lanth]]
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| Adolescent || [[1101]]/[[1102]]/[[1103]]/[[1104]] || Education || colspan=2|Senior High School || ||
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| Young Adolescent || [[1097]]/[[1098]]/[[1099]]/[[1100]] || Education || colspan=2|Junior High School ||   ||
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| Child  || [[1093]]/[[1094]]/[[1095]]/[[1096]] || Education || colspan=2|Primary School ||  ||
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| Young Child ||[[1089]]/[[1090]]/[[1091]]/[[1092]]|| Family ||  colspan=3|Pre-School || 
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| Baby ||[[1087]]/[[1088]] || Family || colspan=3|Infant || 
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==References and Sources==
{{Sources
| Rolled by: Roger Hewitt
| Author: [[User:BackworldTraveller|BackworldTraveller]]
}}
==Meta History==
[[Campaign:BTC/Balthazar Diaz|Balthazar Diaz]] was first rolled in the late 1980s, but never made it out of the folder! He was re-worked into a [[Mongoose Traveller]] character in 2010 and has been used, on and off, since then - mostly since 2016. His being thrown into jump-space for a decade is what precipitated the start of the "[[Campaign:BTC|Beyond the cracks]]" campaign.
[[Category:BTC-People|Diaz, Balthazar]]