the stewards are a group of law enforcers and peacekeepers who serve the pact worlds which
govern the pact world systems today i'm going to tell you who this organization is and if you
stick around to the end of the video i'll tell you a few archetypes that specifically serve the
stewards that you can pick for your characters so let's get into it hello everyone welcome to
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a like stewards are incredibly fierce they are very strong warriors and they are also
very capable diplomats the warrior side of them will pursue criminals all across the packed worlds
it doesn't really matter where you go as long as it is part of the stewards jurisdiction they
will chase you the stewards will also maintain the very delicate relationships between the
planets and governments and factions within the packed worlds and keep everybody moving along
somewhat friendly together but these stewards do prefer to use the soft power of negotiation
above their military might when a new steward is sworn into the organization they have to renounce
all other ties they cannot be related to any other factions they give up citizenship of their home
planets the new recruits or the new pledges must now dedicate their lives to protecting and serving
the citizens of the pact worlds now the person who rules and manages the stewards is the director
general lynn camulin and their decisions are also guided by a council of leggets and everything that
they discuss and advise on generally falls in the realm of protecting shipping lanes merchant lanes
organizing and facilitating trade between planets or even uh even factions also stopping wars they
have been known to send a battalion or 20 against a group who have been warring against each other
because they they want to put that down the stewards ain't putting up with your
now it's also been rumored but never proven that the stewards have engaged in assassination this
would go counter to how the stewards actually operate they try to remain neutral and they value
being that voice of reason and the stewards when enforcing laws will not only enforce the letter
of the law but they will also enforce the spirit of the law what that law was meant to convey and
their strict adherence to this is both a source of pride for them and also a bit of a weakness
it's weakness in the sense that if a criminal was to flee the packed worlds and go into a different
planetary jurisdiction the stewards will actually just back off they will start to engage the local
authorities maybe they'll recruit some mercenaries or some bounty hunters in that area but it tends
to slow the process down so criminals can get away and use this to their advantage the stewards have
been known to work with the knights of galoreon as well as the skyfire legion among many others
the stewards are divided into three branches and i'm going to tell you about them right after
you hit that like button if you found this video useful thus far the first branch of the stewards
is overwatch this is the space fleet next you have the constabulary these are the ground forces
these are the ones that go onto the planet and do whatever it is they need to do and lastly you have
ops or special ops new recruits to the stewards start as a neophyte and they graduate into a
deputy constable and then they get to decide where they go now if you're in the constabulary
or if you're in the special operations you will progress through these following ranks constable
agent staff agent this is an administrative position special agent inspector chief inspector
deputy inspector and finally ending up at director overwatch will follow a similar military naming
structure except theirs will be just a little bit different you will still have your constable
agent staff agent and special agent but the difference in the naming will start here for their
higher ranks you will go from special agent to lieutenant to captain to vice admiral and
finally admiral it is possible to be awarded the title of legate and serve on the council
but that only happens after a very distinguished military career the stewards have a seat on the
packed council and they will usually have one of their own represent the entire faction this
rank will be known as the director general they do not have any voting rights so they are strictly an
advisory capacity to the pact council when it comes to agents in the field though
stewards do have a military hierarchy and they are expected to follow that but there's some unwritten
rules that are also expected to be followed if you're a member of the stewards and someone who
outranks you gives you an order you are expected to carry out that order but if they are not part
of your direct group the superior officer is unlikely to order you to do something they will
only do this if there is literally nobody else that they can ask at least that's the expectation
the steward's headquarters is located on absalom station it is a very stark building that can be
found in the eye of absalom i do have an ongoing series where i'm talking about the
different districts in absalom station that will be linked up here if you are interested
even though the stewards are independent of the the council or the ruling body of absalom
they do defer to the council for most things they are peacekeepers they are warriors but they do
play nice in the sandbox with everybody else the stewards as an organization have been around for a
very long time they predate the gap by almost a thousand years originally they formed as a group
and this was called the ring of nations the ring of nations was formed on verses and this happened
during a time of great social unrest there was lots of wars civil wars people fighting each other
and there is some evidence to support this onver says there is a place called the obelisks of vimal
they bear the markings of some magical runes that have yet to be understood nobody knows what's
on them but there is some inscriptions on these obelisks from strength unity from unity strength
thus we do stand against chaos thus we do honor their sacrifice it's recorded that even during
the ancient times the ring of nations now known as the stewards was credited with
solving the wars they were recorded as committing themselves to peace giving up their family giving
up their homes so that they could fully commit to keeping the peace and even after the gap ended
the stewards are credited with keeping the peace on verses and the reason they transferred their
headquarters from verses to absalom station is largely because of the veskarium empire
when they invaded the pact worlds there was so many similarities that they saw between their
recorded events in verses early history and what was happening after the gap when the vaskarium
they invaded and started war with the pact worlds the stewards expanded their scope from just verses
to cover the entirety of the pact worlds at first their reception was not well met largely from
corrupt government officials who found out that it was very difficult to bribe the stewards once
they were endorsed by the pact council many of the governments started allowing the stewards in
and they developed a good reputation for being neutral peacekeepers as well as very capable
warriors don't forget that although the stewards are a organization they do have large amounts of
recruits they do have a good base but space is very big so how do the stewards maintain control
and move their troops around to get to where they need them to go and do the mediation or
be the warriors that whatever the situation needs them to be the stewards have a secret technology
wherever they go wherever they set up a stewards headquarters or an installation if you will they
have access to wormhole technology it is actually a whole network of wormhole gates this is known
behind the scenes internally with the stewards as the draws it transports troops and equipment
basically immediately as soon as you go through the gate this is how they're able to move around
so fast now if you want to have the steward flare for one of your characters in your next game there
is a couple of archetypes that you can use that will help you fit that bill two of them can be
found in an adventure path called the rune drive gambit the steward's infiltrator can be found in
this adventure path on page 52 this archetype is geared toward those special ops gaining access
to sensitive information or those locked up warehouses that nobody wants you to get into
infiltrators learn how to go undercover for long periods of time as well as how to engage in quick
heists the stewards stalwart is found in the same adventure path on page 53. it's well known that
most stewards work well in teams they are very militaristic compartmentalized group they are able
to function well as small individual units if a steward is forced to work either by themselves or
with a group who is not part of the stewards they are known as a stalwart steward these particular
stewards have some very special training on being self-sufficient now the stewards officer
can be found in the packed worlds on page 189 most steward officers are envoys they have some combat
training they have a lot of diplomatic training as well envoys are a perfect fit for the balance
of needing to fight in combat versus knowing when you can talk your way out of a situation
and let it also be known that some solarians make for excellent steward officers let me know what
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