Colonial Marines Background Tables & YOU

During this month’s blog challenge, the topic of Aliens has come up, especially on how appealing the setting is despite how bad the old RPG and recent PS3 games were. I’m itching to run or play a game in that universe soon as I have free time again, so with that in mind I’ve made up some tables based on US Census info to flesh out characters. I figure using a stripped version of d20 Aliens: Game Over with these tables would be a blast.

I’d also like to ask for contributions. For the table PARAMETER B = DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS, I’ve created 20 results, but I’d like to flesh out the table to a full 100. If you could add some futuristic, 1980s technopunk, or advanced savage characteristics I’d appreciate it. They can be clothing, body modifications, implants, whatever, just as long as they provide no game bonus (unless player’s use their imagination to think of one) and would fit the world of Aliens.

Cheers & enjoy!

PARAMETER A1 = ETHNICITY (Roll d12)

1-2 Asian and Pacific Islander

3-4 Black

5-7 Hispanic

8 American Indian and Alaskan Native

9 Two or More Races

10-11 White

12 Other

PARAMETER A2 = NAMES

Asian & Pacific Islander (Roll d20)

Rank	Name
1	NGUYEN
2	LEE
3	KIM
4	PATEL
5	TRAN
6	CHEN
7	WONG
8	LE
9	YANG
10	WANG
11	CHANG
12	CHAN
13	PHAM
14	LI
15	PARK
16	SINGH
17	LIN
18	LIU
19	WU
20	HUANG

Black (Roll d20)

Rank	Name
1	WILLIAMS
2	JOHNSON
3	SMITH
4	JONES
5	BROWN
6	JACKSON
7	DAVIS
8	THOMAS
9	HARRIS
10	ROBINSON
11	TAYLOR
12	WILSON
13	MOORE
14	WHITE
15	LEWIS
16	WALKER
17	GREEN
18	WASHINGTON
19	THOMPSON
20	ANDERSON

Hispanic  (Roll d20)

Rank	Name
1	GARCIA
2	RODRIGUEZ
3	MARTINEZ
4	HERNANDEZ
5	LOPEZ
6	GONZALEZ
7	PEREZ
8	SANCHEZ
9	RAMIREZ
10	TORRES
11	FLORES
12	RIVERA
13	GOMEZ
14	DIAZ
15	REYES
16	MORALES
17	CRUZ
18	ORTIZ
19	GUTIERREZ
20	CHAVEZ

American Indian & Alaskan Native  (Roll d20)

Rank	Name
1	SMITH
2	JOHNSON
3	BEGAY
4	YAZZIE
5	LOCKLEAR
6	JONES
7	WILLIAMS
8	BROWN
9	DAVIS
10	WILSON
11	THOMPSON
12	THOMAS
13	MILLER
14	JACKSON
15	WHITE
16	MARTIN
17	LEE
18	HUNT
19	JAMES
20	LEWIS

Two or More Races

Choose two other tables, roll two names then hyphenate them.

White (Roll d20)

Rank	Name
1	SMITH
2	JOHNSON
3	MILLER
4	BROWN
5	JONES
6	WILLIAMS
7	DAVIS
8	ANDERSON
9	WILSON
10	MARTIN
11	TAYLOR
12	MOORE
13	THOMPSON
14	WHITE
15	CLARK
16	THOMAS
17	HALL
18	BAKER
19	NELSON
20	ALLEN

Other

Rank	Name
1	Spivak
2	Silva
3	Smirnov
4	Ibrahim
5	Muler
6	Wachowski
7	Angelopolis
8	Langston
9	Du Bois
10	Witts

PARAMETER B = DISTINGUISHING CHARACTRISTICS (Roll d20)

Rank	Item
1	NOTHING
2	TRIBAL TATTOOS
3	KANJI TATTOOS
4	PRISON TATTOOS
5	DAY GLO TATTOOS
6	HOLO TATTOOS
7	SHAVED HEAD
8	MOHAWK
9	AFRO
10	ANIME SPIKY HAIR
11	TURBAN
12	NATIVE HEADDRESS
13	BOWLER HAT
14	FACIAL PIERCINGS
15	NECK RINGS
16	RITUAL SCARRING
17	EXTRA FINGER
18	NERVOUS TIC
19	HELLO KITTY PAINTJOB
20	SUBDERMAL BOOMBOX

PARAMETER C = PERSONAL POSSESSION

Rank	Item
1	SHOTGUN
2	WHISKY FLASK
3	TWIN 6 SHOOTERS
4	FLARE GUN
5	RIFLE
6	CONDOMS
7	KATANA
8	STASH OF CASH
9	TOMAHAWK
10	LOCKPICKS
11	BULLWHIP
12	GRAPPLING GUN
13	THROW KNIVES
14	REBREATHER
15	SHURIKEN
16	FLASHBANGS
17	CUTLASS
18	RC DRONE
19	NELSON
20	MINI BOOMBOX