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   - [[#STAR ORBIT]] - Build up a track record for your hero.   - [[#STAR ORBIT]] - Build up a track record for your hero.
   - [[#STAR RUMORS]] - Introduce two rumors they have heard, and hold onto one for later.   - [[#STAR RUMORS]] - Introduce two rumors they have heard, and hold onto one for later.
-  - [[#FINAL STAR DETAILS]] - Finishing touches, ready to play!+
 ==== STAR NAME ==== ==== STAR NAME ====
  
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   * **Aquila** - The Eagle.   * **Aquila** - The Eagle.
     * //Heroes born of Aquila have the **Eagle's Eye**: They may know that which they should not.//     * //Heroes born of Aquila have the **Eagle's Eye**: They may know that which they should not.//
-      * Altair: +      * **Altair**: 
-      * Zeta:+      * **Zeta**: Add the following Trigger under PUSH "".
   * **Aries** - The Ram.   * **Aries** - The Ram.
     * //Heroes born of Aries have the **Ram's Horn**: They may move any object, regardless of mass or size.//     * //Heroes born of Aries have the **Ram's Horn**: They may move any object, regardless of mass or size.//
-      * Hamal: +      * **Hamal**: 
-      * Sheratan:+      * **Sheratan**: Add the following Trigger under PUSH "".
   * **Cancer** - The Crab.   * **Cancer** - The Crab.
     * //Heroes born of Cancer have the **Crab's Shell**: They may endure any direct force given they are aware and actively resisting it.//     * //Heroes born of Cancer have the **Crab's Shell**: They may endure any direct force given they are aware and actively resisting it.//
-      * Acubens: +      * **Acubens**: 
-      * Beehive Cluster:+      * **Beehive Cluster**: Add the following Trigger under PUSH "".
   * **Cassiopeia** - The Queen.   * **Cassiopeia** - The Queen.
     * //Heroes born of Cassiopeia have the **Queen's Tiara**: They earn one additional cool whennever stars become cool.//     * //Heroes born of Cassiopeia have the **Queen's Tiara**: They earn one additional cool whennever stars become cool.//
-      * Gamma: +      * **Gamma**: 
-      * Rho:+      * **Rho**: Add the following Trigger under PUSH "".
   * **Cygnus** - The Swan.   * **Cygnus** - The Swan.
     * //Heroes born of Cygnus have the **Swan's Show**: They can create incredible visual distractions hiding even large loud objects from onlookers.//     * //Heroes born of Cygnus have the **Swan's Show**: They can create incredible visual distractions hiding even large loud objects from onlookers.//
-      * Sadr: +      * **Sadr**: 
-      * Deneb:+      * **Deneb**: Add the following Trigger under PUSH "".
   * **Gemini** - The Twins.   * **Gemini** - The Twins.
     * //Heroes born of Gemini have the **Twin's Spirit**: They can create temporary duplicates of anything human sized or less.//     * //Heroes born of Gemini have the **Twin's Spirit**: They can create temporary duplicates of anything human sized or less.//
-      * Pollux: +      * **Pollux**: 
-      * Castor:+      * **Castor**: Add the following Trigger under PUSH "".
   * **Leo** - The Lion.   * **Leo** - The Lion.
     * //Heroes born of Leo have the **Lion's Roar**: They can emanate a powerful sound that can daze, confuse, and even command others.//     * //Heroes born of Leo have the **Lion's Roar**: They can emanate a powerful sound that can daze, confuse, and even command others.//
-      * Regulus: +      * **Regulus**: 
-      * Denebola:+      * **Denebola**: Add the following Trigger under PUSH "".
   * **Lyra** - The Harp.   * **Lyra** - The Harp.
     * //Heroes born of Lyra have **Lyra's Song**: They can speak in a way that influences what others think and feel directly, evoking images and sensations in their mind.//     * //Heroes born of Lyra have **Lyra's Song**: They can speak in a way that influences what others think and feel directly, evoking images and sensations in their mind.//
-      * Vega: +      * **Vega**: 
-      * Beta Lyrae:+      * **Beta Lyrae**: Add the following Trigger under PUSH "".
   * **Orion** - The Hunter.   * **Orion** - The Hunter.
     * //Heroes born of Orion have the **Hunter's Arrow**: Any one of their prepared direct attacks can't be evaded, and all their attacks are ranged.//     * //Heroes born of Orion have the **Hunter's Arrow**: Any one of their prepared direct attacks can't be evaded, and all their attacks are ranged.//
-      * Bellatrix: +      * **Bellatrix**: 
-      * Rigel:+      * **Rigel**: Add the following Trigger under PUSH "".
   * **Pegasus** - The Winged Horse.   * **Pegasus** - The Winged Horse.
     * //Heroes born of Pegasus have the **Wings of Pegasus**: They can move across any terrain (and even just through air) at the speed of a horse's gallop.//     * //Heroes born of Pegasus have the **Wings of Pegasus**: They can move across any terrain (and even just through air) at the speed of a horse's gallop.//
-      * Markab: +      * **Markab**: 
-      * Alpheratz:+      * **Alpheratz**: Add the following Trigger under PUSH "".
   * **Scorpius** - The Scorpion.   * **Scorpius** - The Scorpion.
     * //Heroes born of Scorpius have **Poison Nails**: They can control others using a poison introduced by any nail scratch.//     * //Heroes born of Scorpius have **Poison Nails**: They can control others using a poison introduced by any nail scratch.//
-      * Antares: +      * **Antares**: 
-      * Sargas:+      * **Sargas**: Add the following Trigger under PUSH "".
   * **Ursa Major** - The Great Bear.   * **Ursa Major** - The Great Bear.
     * //Heroes born of Ursa Major have the **Bear's Strength**: They can become as strong as is needed to accomplish any one task, given they sleep afterwards.//     * //Heroes born of Ursa Major have the **Bear's Strength**: They can become as strong as is needed to accomplish any one task, given they sleep afterwards.//
-      * Polaris: +      * **Polaris**: 
-      * Alkaid:+      * **Alkaid**: Add the following Trigger under PUSH "".
  
 +The rules under each name that mention Trigger can be understood if you jump down to [[#STAR NUMBERS]] below.
 +
 +In order to access their star power, the student summons their Facade. This is a uniform that goes over their normal uniform (or replaces, as the player decides) that imparts a form to the power. Designing the appearance of the Facade is part of creating your hero. It can evolve and change during play too, but at the start we need a base form for the Facade.
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 +  * **Working up a Facade**: Make it entertaining. Use your language and colors to evoke intense imagery, remember the powers bestowed on the hero born under a star title are amazing things. Don't be afraid of magic or technology, embrace ideas that pop into your head. Have fun! If it has some humor to it, all the better.
 ==== STAR PRESENCE ==== ==== STAR PRESENCE ====
  
 Every hero born under a star title has a significant presence. You need to decide what makes them stand out from the crowd, what makes them special at first glance to the other students attending Battle High!. Every hero born under a star title has a significant presence. You need to decide what makes them stand out from the crowd, what makes them special at first glance to the other students attending Battle High!.
  
 +  * **Building serious Presence**: You have free reign here to really tell the group something about your hero. Don't just think about appearance, but about the hero and who they are. The rigid, strict busybody that has to tell everyone what they should be doing is a great presence description, but it told us almost nothing about the heroes appearance. This is just as much about demeanor and attitude than looks, and how they relate to the other students attending Battle High!
 ==== STAR MOTIVE ==== ==== STAR MOTIVE ====
  
-Every hero born under a star title has a reason for attending Battle High! This is something compelling, something interesting, something dramatic!. +Every hero born under a star title has a reason for attending Battle High! This is something compelling, something interesting, something dramatic!. 
 + 
 +  * **Cooking up a Tasty Motive**: A proper motive really needs to be motivating, it is the reason that even in the face of adversity your hero isn't going to just drop out of Battle High! and go to some nice school in the south where the girls wear bikinis to class. It needs to be delicious, dark, and satisfying. You want the other players to go "oh damn" when it comes up in play. It does not need to be public however, but it will most likely come out in play (when it does you get bonuses in a Crucible for instance). If Zenith sent a black squad to murder your hero's sister and it happened in the bedroom right next to your hero in the middle of the night, well now that is motivation. See? However, the Stray Narrator has a duty to make dry motivations juicy with liberal applications of "fuck your hero". Even if you end up with "Polaris transferred to Battle High! because her family moved into town" rest assured the Stray Narrator is going to involve your family into the story in unfortunate ways.
  
 ==== STAR NUMBERS ==== ==== STAR NUMBERS ====
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 === COOL === === COOL ===
  
-  * **Cool** +  * Cool is a measure of how awesome the hero thinks they are, and how much the zeroes of Battle High! admire them. It is the currency of the game, you will get and lose Cool over the course of play. 
-    * Cool is a measure of how awesome the hero thinks they are, and how much the zeroes of Battle High! admire them. It is the currency of the game, you will get and lose Cool over the course of play. +  * A hero with low cool isn't looked up too by the zeroes, and a hero with high cool is. 
-    * A hero with low cool isn't looked up too by the zeroes, and a hero with high cool is. +  * A hero with enough cool can earn a promotion within Battle High! if the Stray Narrator decides so and the hero's player agrees. 
-    * A hero with enough cool can earn a promotion within Battle High! if the Stray Narrator decides so and the hero's player agrees. +  * You have to spend cool to buy rolls during a [[#Crucibles|Crucible]]. 
-    * You can spend five or more cool to create [[#Awesome!]]+  * You can spend five or more cool to create [[#Awesome!]]
  
 Each hero begins with three Cool. When we are talking about orbit ratings, we use the exclamation mark to denote that. Three Cool is 3! Cool. If you don't attach any name, we assume you mean Cool since it is the default ! rating. Each hero begins with three Cool. When we are talking about orbit ratings, we use the exclamation mark to denote that. Three Cool is 3! Cool. If you don't attach any name, we assume you mean Cool since it is the default ! rating.
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 ==== STAR RUMORS ==== ==== STAR RUMORS ====
  
 +Each hero gets to know three rumors. One is about Zenith or Battle High!, one is about themselves, and they hold the last one until it is triggered in play. A rumor is just that, something that has been going around about the subject. Something juicy, something that would catch someone's attention and make them tell everyone they know. The Stray Narrator decided ultimately the truth behind the rumor, and what is means (all have meaning).
  
 +The rumor you hold for your hero is triggered when they meet another hero with lower PUSH, or when they have a Showdown with another hero. In that case, the player of the hero with the rumor makes one up about the other hero.
 ===== Being Cool ===== ===== Being Cool =====
  
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