I'll be running my normal RT group through The Frozen Reaches over the next few weeks, but we've added a new member to the crew and he wants to play an Ork Freebooter. I left it up to the other players to decide if they wanted to give this a go and they gave it a big thumbs up, so the party is going to have some greenskin muscle going into the events on Damaris.

Given the TFR focuses on an Ork invasion, what pointers/ideas/suggestions can the RT GM community give me for keeping the Ork player from succumbing to "friendly fire" or the crew as a whole for failing all of their social challenges?

Sounds like fun! I'd be more concerned about the Ork PC's loyalties being tested by the invaders' WWAAGGHH! on a cellular level.

If the RT is giving the Ork PC a good enough fight and all the loot he can carry, then why mess up a good thing?

I figure a few well placed WP tests will be suitable for the Freebooter to feel the pressure of the WAAAGH! all around him.

We had our first session last night and I wrote up a little pre-game excursion for the group to pick up their Ork Freebooter. After receiving the astropathic distress signal from Damaris, the Rogue Trader (with Throne Gelt symbols sparkling in his eyes) figured the best way to fight the Ork was to understand the Ork. So the crew took a slight detour to a trading post just outside Undred-Undred Teef and after a brief space-tavern brawl found themselves an aspiring mekboy who is going to act as a "consultant".

One way to keep the Ork character loyal is to have the Orks of the be of an oppossed clan to his.

The biggest problem is stopping the Damaris forces from shooting him by mistake (or just because he is an Ork)

Woohoo Cthulhu said:

I believe you mean a "konsultant." As for keeping the Ork alive, there are a variety of ways, the easiest being disguise. Have the mekboy or your techpriest throw together some full-body armor and helmet with a distinctly Imperial motif. Assuming he's roughly human size (as opposed to a Nob), your only problem should be explaining to the great and good of Damaris why he shows up at all those fancy dinner parties in full armor.

Woohoo Cthulhu said:

Woohoo Cthulhu said:

I believe you mean a "konsultant." As for keeping the Ork alive, there are a variety of ways, the easiest being disguise. Have the mekboy or your techpriest throw together some full-body armor and helmet with a distinctly Imperial motif. Assuming he's roughly human size (as opposed to a Nob), your only problem should be explaining to the great and good of Damaris why he shows up at all those fancy dinner parties in full armor.