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"[[Universal Personality Profile]]:" The [[Imperial Bureaucracy]] rates personnel using the Universal Personality Profile (''[[UPP]]''), which expresses basic characteristics in a specific sequence using [[Hexadecimal Notation|hexadecimal (base 16) notation]].
 
"[[Universal Personality Profile]]:" The [[Imperial Bureaucracy]] rates personnel using the Universal Personality Profile (''[[UPP]]''), which expresses basic characteristics in a specific sequence using [[Hexadecimal Notation|hexadecimal (base 16) notation]].
 
* It has also been called the [[Universal Character Profile]] or [[UCP]].  
 
* It has also been called the [[Universal Character Profile]] or [[UCP]].  
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The [[UPP]] or [[UCP]] and other universal codes have been one of the endearing trademarks of the [[Traveller]] [[setting]]. The [[UWP]] is perhaps the best known of the set, which is a wonderful worldbuilding device helping a budding [[author]] or [[referee]] to develop a background for a [[mainworld]] by providing a data baseline from which to build.
 
The [[UPP]] or [[UCP]] and other universal codes have been one of the endearing trademarks of the [[Traveller]] [[setting]]. The [[UWP]] is perhaps the best known of the set, which is a wonderful worldbuilding device helping a budding [[author]] or [[referee]] to develop a background for a [[mainworld]] by providing a data baseline from which to build.
  
== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
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== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
 
{{Intermediate}}
 
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|S1= [[Book 1|Book 1: Characters and Combat]]
 
|S1= [[Book 1|Book 1: Characters and Combat]]
 
|S2= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
 
|S2= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]  
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|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]  
 
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{{MET|Game Mechanic|Universal Profiles}}

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"Universal Personality Profile:" The Imperial Bureaucracy rates personnel using the Universal Personality Profile (UPP), which expresses basic characteristics in a specific sequence using hexadecimal (base 16) notation.

Description (Specifications)

Characteristics are listed as a string of six digits, in the order originally rolled: Strength, Dexterity, Endurance, Intelligence, Education, and Social Standing.

  • For example, an adventurer who is totally average in all respects would have a UPP of 777777. If, instead, the individual were highly intelligent, his UPP would be 777B77 (the B in the fourth position indicates an Intelligence of 11). While the use of the UPP is optional, it allows the Referee (and the players) to tell at a glance the characteristics of persons they encounter and deal with.

History & Background (Dossier)

The UPP or UCP and other universal codes have been one of the endearing trademarks of the Traveller setting. The UWP is perhaps the best known of the set, which is a wonderful worldbuilding device helping a budding author or referee to develop a background for a mainworld by providing a data baseline from which to build.

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.