I love Spike Spiegel from the anime Cowboy Bebop, and I was thinking that he would make a great character to use in EotE. How would you generate a Spike Spiegel?

With lots of starting XP and credits!

But seriously, Spike has a lot going on. I don't think you can make him as a starting PC, but if you consider what kind of stats he would have, maybe you can work backwards to create a "young Spike".

For "final Spike" I'd say you start with high Brawn and Cunning, even higher Agility and Willpower, and at the very least give him average Intellect and Presence. Give him his various cybernetic parts, which will further up some of his Characteristics. Then comes the hardest part: deciding whether Assassin or Marauder is his primary Specialization. Either way, he seems to dip heavily into both Hired Gun and Bounty Hunter careers.

It's been a while since I have seen Cowboy bebop, but Spike might make a good scoundrel. He's a bit of a smooth talker when he wants to be and can pilot a ship. Though I know spike is good in a fist fight so he might have to use one of his free starting ranks to put in brawl.

Here is my version of Spike. He is actually a bounty hunter after one of the PCs. So he is a main adversary. I also have him just a little bit more powerful than the PC group to keep him challenging.

SPIKE – BOUNTY HUNTER [NEMESIS]

Spike is a Chiss bounty hunter employed by the company that Iaco fought against. He is dedicated to the hunt and takes pleasure in bringing offshoots to justice.

BRAWN 4, AGILITY 4, INTELLECT 2, CUNNING 3, WILLPOWER 2, PRESENCE 3

SOAK 5, WOUND THRESHOLD 20, STRAIN THRESHOLD 12, M/R DEFENSE 1/1

Attacks:

Blaster pistol: R [L] dcc; D 7; C 3; R [M]; Stun Setting, Superior (Automatically generates a on checks)

Skills: Astrogation ddc, Athletics ddc, Charm cc, Coerce dc, Computers ddc, Cool cc, Leadership dc, Negotiation cc, Knowledge [Outer Rim] ddc, Perception ddcc, Pilot (Planetary) ddcc, Pilot (Space) dccc, Skulduggery dddc, Stealth dddc, Streetwise ddcc, Knowledge [underworld] ddc, Vigilance cc, Brawl ccc, Melee ddc, Gunnery dddc, Ranged (Heavy) dddc, Ranged (Light) ddcc

Talents:

Adversary 2 upgrade all combat checks against this target by two,

Precise Aim (1/round; suffer 1 strain to reduce targets melee and ranged defense by 1),

Dodge (Incidental, suffer 1 strain to upgrade the difficulty of a combat check targeting Spike),

Quick Draw (1/round; draw or holster a weapon as an incidental),

Full Throttle (Full Throttle action, Hard ddd Pilot check, increase vehicles top speed by 1 for 4 rounds),

Skilled Jockey (Remove b from all pilot checks),

Let’s Ride (1/round; may mount or dismount vehicle or beast, or enter cockpit or weapon station as an incidental)

Abilities:

Infravision:

Equipment: Modded blaster pistol, heavy clothing (Soak +3; Superior); Swordfish II starfighter: Bebop, comlink, datapad

I wouldn't call Spike a Marauder. Vicious is more of a Marauder, IMO, especially with his sword.

For Spike I'd probably go with Smuggler/Scoundrel, buying in to Pilot, Assassin and Bodyguard.

There needs to be a specialization that is simply all Obligation so that we can stat up Faye Valentine.

Also recall that Spike was effectively an Enforcer in a crime syndicate in his life before the Bebop.

Clear skies, space cowboy. . . .

Here is my version of Spike. He is actually a bounty hunter after one of the PCs. So he is a main adversary. I also have him just a little bit more powerful than the PC group to keep him challenging.

SPIKE – BOUNTY HUNTER [NEMESIS]

Spike is a Chiss bounty hunter employed by the company that Iaco fought against. He is dedicated to the hunt and takes pleasure in bringing offshoots to justice.

BRAWN 4, AGILITY 4, INTELLECT 2, CUNNING 3, WILLPOWER 2, PRESENCE 3

SOAK 5, WOUND THRESHOLD 20, STRAIN THRESHOLD 12, M/R DEFENSE 1/1

Attacks:

Blaster pistol: R [L] dcc; D 7; C 3; R [M]; Stun Setting, Superior (Automatically generates a on checks)

Skills: Astrogation ddc, Athletics ddc, Charm cc, Coerce dc, Computers ddc, Cool cc, Leadership dc, Negotiation cc, Knowledge [Outer Rim] ddc, Perception ddcc, Pilot (Planetary) ddcc, Pilot (Space) dccc, Skulduggery dddc, Stealth dddc, Streetwise ddcc, Knowledge [underworld] ddc, Vigilance cc, Brawl ccc, Melee ddc, Gunnery dddc, Ranged (Heavy) dddc, Ranged (Light) ddcc

Talents:

Adversary 2 upgrade all combat checks against this target by two,

Precise Aim (1/round; suffer 1 strain to reduce targets melee and ranged defense by 1),

Dodge (Incidental, suffer 1 strain to upgrade the difficulty of a combat check targeting Spike),

Quick Draw (1/round; draw or holster a weapon as an incidental),

Full Throttle (Full Throttle action, Hard ddd Pilot check, increase vehicles top speed by 1 for 4 rounds),

Skilled Jockey (Remove b from all pilot checks),

Let’s Ride (1/round; may mount or dismount vehicle or beast, or enter cockpit or weapon station as an incidental)

Abilities:

Infravision:

Equipment: Modded blaster pistol, heavy clothing (Soak +3; Superior); Swordfish II starfighter: Bebop, comlink, datapad

So when you built this character you did not use the character creation rules? Because if you did I noticed something right away without looking too hard --- I underlined what I will talk about

Int of 2 with Pilot Space 1G3Y

Pilot Planetary 2G2Y

so to have the 4 total green dice to begin with each of those skills needs four points in them then you upgrade two of the dice to yellow (due to Int 2) so no way you could have 3Y in your Pilot Space skill.

Here is my version of Spike. He is actually a bounty hunter after one of the PCs. So he is a main adversary. I also have him just a little bit more powerful than the PC group to keep him challenging.

SPIKE – BOUNTY HUNTER [NEMESIS]

Spike is a Chiss bounty hunter employed by the company that Iaco fought against. He is dedicated to the hunt and takes pleasure in bringing offshoots to justice.

BRAWN 4, AGILITY 4, INTELLECT 2, CUNNING 3, WILLPOWER 2, PRESENCE 3

SOAK 5, WOUND THRESHOLD 20, STRAIN THRESHOLD 12, M/R DEFENSE 1/1

Attacks:

Blaster pistol: R [L] dcc; D 7; C 3; R [M]; Stun Setting, Superior (Automatically generates a on checks)

Skills: Astrogation ddc, Athletics ddc, Charm cc, Coerce dc, Computers ddc, Cool cc, Leadership dc, Negotiation cc, Knowledge [Outer Rim] ddc, Perception ddcc, Pilot (Planetary) ddcc, Pilot (Space) dccc, Skulduggery dddc, Stealth dddc, Streetwise ddcc, Knowledge [underworld] ddc, Vigilance cc, Brawl ccc, Melee ddc, Gunnery dddc, Ranged (Heavy) dddc, Ranged (Light) ddcc

Talents:

Adversary 2 upgrade all combat checks against this target by two,

Precise Aim (1/round; suffer 1 strain to reduce targets melee and ranged defense by 1),

Dodge (Incidental, suffer 1 strain to upgrade the difficulty of a combat check targeting Spike),

Quick Draw (1/round; draw or holster a weapon as an incidental),

Full Throttle (Full Throttle action, Hard ddd Pilot check, increase vehicles top speed by 1 for 4 rounds),

Skilled Jockey (Remove b from all pilot checks),

Let’s Ride (1/round; may mount or dismount vehicle or beast, or enter cockpit or weapon station as an incidental)

Abilities:

Infravision:

Equipment: Modded blaster pistol, heavy clothing (Soak +3; Superior); Swordfish II starfighter: Bebop, comlink, datapad

So when you built this character you did not use the character creation rules? Because if you did I noticed something right away without looking too hard --- I underlined what I will talk about

Int of 2 with Pilot Space 1G3Y

Pilot Planetary 2G2Y

so to have the 4 total green dice to begin with each of those skills needs four points in them then you upgrade two of the dice to yellow (due to Int 2) so no way you could have 3Y in your Pilot Space skill.

No. I never use the character creation rules when making npcs. Its not necessary.

The pilot skills are Agility based.

These are some cool suggestions, thanks guys. I never thought of using him as an NPC, that's a neat idea too.