Animal companion
Tier: 3
Activation: Passive
Ranked: Yes
Your character creates a bond with a single animal
approved by your GM. This animal must be silhouette
0 (no larger than a mid-sized dog). The bond persists as
long as your character chooses, although at your GM’s
discretion, the bond may also be broken due to abusive
treatment or other extenuating circumstances.
As long as the bond persists, the animal follows your
character, and you dictate the animal’s overall behavior
(although, since the animal is only bonded with the
character, not dominated, it may still perform inconvenient
actions such as scratching furniture, consuming
rations, and marking territory). Once per round
in structured encounters, your character may spend
one maneuver to direct their animal in performing
one action and one maneuver during your character’s
turn. The animal must be within hearing and visual
range of your character (generally medium range) to
do this. Otherwise, the animal does not contribute to
the encounter. The specifics of its behavior are up to
you and your GM.
For every additional rank of Animal Companion your
character has, increase the allowed silhouette of the
companion by one (this may mean your character gets
a new companion, or their companion grows in size).
You may also at DM's discretion use this to have a Drone or Robotic companion.