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Amongst all of the crew of the Hawk Adler is the most Perceptive (+2 Alert).
Aetherial Currents
Natural philosophers who have studied aether extensively say that left to itself aether would be static and unchanging. However, within the Solar System aether is never left to...
Aetherial oars are long telescoping poles of refined aetherium, ending in aetherium blades, which can be used to propel aetherships through space. Acceleration is slower than that provided by solar...
Aetherium is a semi-physical material that forms over the aeons on any solid object moving through the aether. It dissolves in an atmosphere, so it can only be found on moons and planetoids without...
Aether ships have to rig ventral, starboard, and port masts to keep from spiraling while in the aether currents. It is the extra masts that cause ships that would be classed as smaller vessels for...
Due to the necessity of providing air, food and water for the crew, and weight limitations of lifting methods, airship and aethership crews are far smaller than their purely naval equivalents....
Aetherships are vehicles designed to travel the aetherial currents between the planets of the solar system. Simple vessels can ply the aetherial currents alone. This is slow, and if one does not...
Airships are vehicles capable of flight within the atmosphere of a planet. Many airships are also designed to be capable of sea travel when not flying.
There are three primary means of obtaining...
Alchemical athanors are used by alchemists to produce sufficient heat for combining, breaking down, and transmuting elements and materials, without the use of fire. Since open fire is extremely...
Alchemical loadstone was one of the first secrets of the Ancients to be unlocked by the alchemists of Earth. It allows airships to rise and descend rapidly utilizing the magnet field of a planet....
An aetherial locker is a container that has been alchemically treated to be completely airtight and waterproof, and impervious to magnetic fields. They are used to carry compressed air, store food...
Alchemists (more commonly called Alchemical Engineers by the British) are an indispensible part of the discovery of the Solar System. Without the Jesuit alchemists of Spain, the secrets uncovered...
Aphrodite
A Spanish colony with a strong French presence. Large enough to have its own thin atmosphere, this planetoid is the major port for Spanish ships travelling between Earth and Mars. Allied...
Apollo
A fairly large planetoid with its own natural atmosphere. It is usually on the far side of the Sun from Earth, and around the same distance from the Sun as the Earth is. It is a...
It takes several months for an aethership to reach the asteroid belt, so its riches are still mostly untapped. Mining camps, and independent prospectors, have begun to spring up in the less...
The "Astra Mortis," or "Star of Death" is suspected to be a travelling space port, capable of transporting an entire armada of ships to
any location in the solar system. There have been no credible...
Atmosphere generators are alchemical devices which can produce a breathable atmosphere while traveling in space. A single atmosphere generator, operated continuously, can produce enough atmosphere...
Air is vital to the health of the crew of aetherships. A bubble of a planet’s atmosphere will normally encircle an aethership as it leaves the planet, just as an atmosphere normally encircles...
My Name? They call me…
Captain Thomas Blade
I must confess, I’m known to have a Foible or two…
Honorable
My strongest desire, my greatest hope, my Motivation is…
Rescue my sister (Maria...
Swashbucklers of the Seven Spheres
My Name? They call me…
Thomas Blade (of the Kale)
I must confess, I’m known to have a Foible or two…
Honorable
My strongest desire, my greatest hope, my...
At second bell of the afternoon watch a pirate will come to each of you, asking that you join the captain in his cabin.
Mrs. Fitzwalter will take a few minutes to make certain she is looking her...
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What type of group should we be?
1) Walkers of the straight and narrow. Missions for King and country, standing strong against...
Captain Sam is a Venusian Monkey with a fondness for pretty trinkets and a skill in Firearms
My Name? They call me…
Captain Sam and I keep a log! Captain Sams Log
I must confess, I’m known to...
Chapter One
Ooook, ook, ook….
Translation
My gracious and beautiful Queen.
This is my saddest day: When I first began my mission I could barely tell the difference between the Male and the Female...
For Challenges, the GM sets the Difficulty Rank (and thus TN) of the task. The player rolls two six-sided dice (2d6), at a minimum; if the character has relevant Techniques, those can contribute...
One of the two claimants for the disputed crown of Spain, Charles is the second son of the Holy Roman Emperor. His claim is supported by the Grand Alliance, primarilly due to the fear of the power...
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Spacefish
Space Barnacles
Venusian Monkeys
Martian Monkeys
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Some links about Cryptography
Vigenère cipher
Classical cipher
History of Cryptography
A Short History of Cryptography
Steganography
A Masked Letter
Commonwealth
Rumored to lie somewhere between the orbits of Venus and Mars, but little other than that is known about the secret base of the Cromwellian Republic.
High Jacobia
The offworld base of...
Duels are tasks that are fun to play out in detail (combat, chases, witty repartee, high- stakes gambling), which involve important people, important things, or extreme risks.
Duels in S7S include...
THE NATIONS OF EARTH
It is a time of war on the planet Earth, and those nations that have aetherial travel have exported their conflicts. Those nations without the technology of aetherial travel...
Aetherial Oars
Atmosphere Generators
Alchemical Athanors
Alchemical Lockers
Gravity Plates
Harpoons
Main Sails
Solar Sails
Characters can use their abilities in Flashy Challenges against other characters (NPCs or PCs, it makes no difference). Flashy Challenges must be a quick contest chock full of swashbuckler mojo.
In...
The Yahoo! group for the "Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies" system": http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/S7S/
The campaign mailing list (for players only; if you are not a player your request will be...
Gravity plates are composed of interlocking rods of copper and quartz. Set into a precise alignment and charged while within the pull of gravity of a planet or moon, they will be able to reproduce...
Whalers use harpoons in the hunting of Jovian airwhales, of course, but they are also the principal ship’s weapon in ship to ship combat in space, since few aetherships carry cannon, and those...
Name (Nickname) — Title (Forte: Skill)
Roseanna Barry — Aethersailor (Aether Sailor: -PC-)
Thomas Blade (Captain Blade, Captain, or Blade) — Captain (Pirate Captain: Expert)
Lewis Brew...
The Hawk of May is an aether frigate, with a long and narrow hull. It was clearly custom built with a full third of what is normally the captain's quarters under the quarter deck being given over...
Hermes
The largest of the Hermean planetoids, Hermes has its own thin atmosphere, and is covered with thick jungle. The weather is hot, and reptiles greatly outnumber mammals among the native life....
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It takes over a year for an aethership to reach Jupiter from earth, and they have to brave the dangers of the Asteroid Belt (or the sinister mysteries of transplanar space), so only the most...
The Knights of St John of Jerusalem are a Catholic military order dedicated to protecting the weak and helpless. They have established numerous charity hospitals and orphanages throughout the...
The emperor of the Holy Roman Empire does not have as much power as his title would suggest, as many of the states within the Empire consider themselves to be autonomous, and some have sided with...
(Pronounced Chumley) An aging thespian, who still specializes in playing romantic young men.
Gossipy (Good), Knowlegdeable (Good)
The letter from Mendoza
It was found in Mendoza's shop, on the blotter, clearly half-finished.
It was partially ciphered, but very easily deciphered.
He's talking about the people who came in and...
Mercury
Venus
Luna
Mars
Asteroid Belt
Jupiter
Saturn
TransPlanar Space
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Mercury
Venus
Luna
Earth
Mars
Asteroid Belt
Jupiter
Saturn
TransPlanar Space
Planetoids
Aetherial Currents
Alchemy
The Ancients
An aging whore who is a friend of Neddy.
"First port of call" (Good)
The lunar surface is airless, and humans cannot live long upon it without a source of air. Fortunately, the many craters lead to a maze of subterranean passages that contain sufficient air and...
“Mainsails” originally referred to the most important sail on the main mast of a sailing vessel. Since the advent of space travel and the creation of solar sails the phrase has come to mean all...
Mars is a dying world. The last remnants of the great civilizations that once dominated it were struggling to protect the vital planet-wide canal system from the depredations of barbarian hordes...
Martian monkeys are red or orange, and they tend to be even more
aggressive and disobedient than monkeys from Earth.
The aether near Mercury is thick and rich, resulting in an abundance of aetherial life. The currents are strong and unpredictable, and it requires a skilled crew to navigate them. Solar flares are...
There are around fifty moons of Jupiter, and many are inhabited. While some of the native intelligences of the Jovian moons are humanoid, none are of the same human type as that found on the four...
The Girl who Ran Away to Sea Because She Loved Pyrates.
Emily Sheaffer was born on one of the larger English colonies in space (probably the Venusian colonies). Father was an official in the local...
“Neddy Sharpe” “Edward Henry Sharpe” “Emily Honoria Sheaffer”
Foible: Magpie (easily distracted by shiny objects, cloth, ornaments, jewels, etc.)
Motivation: Freedom!
Nationality:...
From the Journal of Ned Sharpe, ship's boy on the Hawk of May:
5th July, 17xx, 4 degrees out of Apollo's Throne
Day 16 since the Captain’s capture by the bloody Inquisition. Diligent enquiry (and...
//When we last left our heroes, Roseanna, Neddy, and the toff ladies were busy laying hands on weapons. The Captain and his naval officer friend were preparing to attack an inquisitor and a...
A simple device that quickly and safely converts Aether into Breathable Oxygen!
This Spanish invention has rapidly spread across the solar system bring clean and fresh air to children and hospital...
The Players
Roseanna Barry — — Aethersailor on the Hawk of May
Captain Blade — Captain of the Hawk of May, a pirate Aethership.
Sir Henry Drake — gentleman, gamester, and explorer in the...
There are thousands of planetoids scattered throughout the inner solar system (it is assumed that the outer solar system is similarly studded with planetoids, but that has not yet been confirmed by...
Recently elevated to the throne after the death of her Brother-in-law, William III. Anne has left the conduct of the War of Spanish Succession to her trusted advicer, John Churchill, the Duke of...
Robert Wood is a doctor who has had some rather bad luck. Ships he was on have been captured several times, necessitating frequent changes of domicile. As a result, when he was rescued by Thomas...
My Name? They call me…
Roseanna Barry
I must confess, I’m known to have a Foible or two…
Handsome Men
My strongest desire, my greatest hope, my Motivation is…
Fame & Fortune (+2)
I’m...
Below are one sentence descriptions of the various main rule elements. Where possible there will be links to more detailed information and examples.
Forte: An arena of skills. Add your Forte MOD to...
A Spanish prison ship, currently under the command of Don Miguel de la Sosa. The Solar Inquisition has commandeered the San Dismas during the confusion of the War of Succession.
The Royal Society exploration ship Discovery, commanded by Captain Sir Francis Blood, with an scientific team led by John Adair, departed for Saturn five years ago. They were reported to have...
Sgt Menendez is a good man.
He's fond of his large family and fond of his drink, very fond of his drink.
He is a trusting and generous man - always the life of the party (even parties he isn't...
Rigging
Converting a frigate to or from aether rigging is a hard day of work for an average crew. An expert crew can complete the job more quickly, but it is never easy.
At Sea
When running as a...
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Sir Henry Drake - Navigator and Great-Great-Grandson of Sir Francis Drake.
Ephemera
Perfectly Balanced Sword (+2)
Basic Royal Society Alchemical Library (+2)
My Name? They call me…
Sir Henry...
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Unlike an aethership’s main sails, which are designed to work in air currents and aether currents alike, the solar sails of an aethership are only usable outside the atmosphere of a planet. In...
A loose coalition of pirates and privateers who pay at least lip service to gentlemanly codes of conduct that favor legislative decision-making, hierarchical command authority, individual rights,...
The Royal Society has determined that the aetherial lifeform colloquially known as Space Barnacles is in actuality the larval form of Shipeating Fungus, one of the few creatures of the aether that...
The aether is home to numerous forms of life. Most are harmless, grazing upon panspermian motes that swarm invisibly in the aetherial currents. Called spacefish by sailors, they range in size from...
Description:
Caz is the First Mate of the Hawk of May and does a good job under the captain's direction. He's extremely aggressive, and is perfectly willing to take on any one and any time. This...
Blade Met the Black Fox
No shite, there I was standing a couple of feet behind Woods as he opened the formerly locked door when a masked man swung down into the street and announced he was the...
Strange artifacts have been found in pyramids on Earth, artifacts that many scholars and philosophers believe have a non-terrestrial origin. Ancient pyramids have also been found on Luna and Mars,...
About the Game…
Swashbuckers of the Seven Spheres is a role playing game of swashbuckling adventure and intrigue in aetherial space.
Explore the reaches of the Solar System in the great wooden...
the Black Fox is a "mercenary gentlemen", mercenary for hire. Free agent, master duelist & master of disguise.
A Society of Natural Philosophers and Scholar dedicated to expanding all aspects of human knowledge. Their motto, “Nullius in Verba,” refers to their founding principal that scientific truth...
Created to combat the spread of heresy and blasphemy throughout the solar system, as new races of humanity and various nonhuman intelligences have been met, many with beliefs that directly...
Captain of the infamous Hawk of May, Blade is a possibly the last of the Kale Romani from Wales. Now that he is captain of his own ship, Blade has started the search for his sister Maria in...
A gentleman might have a diary, a scholar keep a journal, a captain must keep a log. What record should I make of my thoughts and the events that trigger them as I travel through this life? I have...
Explorers and Jovian airwhalers seeking a safer way past the Asteroid Belt occasionally venture above or below the plane of the ecliptic. Such ships have a very high rate of disappearances, and...
Typhon
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The Venusians, trapped beneath their ever-present cloud cover, had never seen the stars or planets, and had no idea that other worlds existed until humans from Earth landed on their tropical world....
Venusian monkeys have blue or green fur, and the females are more
intelligent than the males. They're also more loyal than Earth
monkeys.
Specific Vessels:
Discovery — Scientific ship of the Royal Society
Hawk of May — Pirate Aethership commanded by Captain Blade
San Dismas — Spanish prison Aethership commanded by Don Miguel de...
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