I have a group of characters I have started using in my home game, and thought I would share some of them with the Citadel

The swirling snow fell on the soldier's shield,

covering the symbol of Hrothen's Hope.

The swirling snow fell on the dwarf's black beard,

and melted into the darkness.

-opening poem of Hrothen's Curse, a dwarven tale

Things get seedy

A short fiction 

The Sperry-Colt 7.5 cm automatic rifle, standard weapon of battlemechs for the Atlantic Federation

Magic, by its very nature, would greatly help not just the PCs, but the masses, too. Here are some magic items that the commoners's use.

Rumors of the closed city are whispered on the mouths of the other races, however no one will ever find a dwarf that will say one word about it.

A mail order tank, interstellar war, the engines of galactic commerce and nostalgia. 

A sword with a mission

One of the events regularly overlooked in the history of the Cosmic Era is the Population Contraction that was concurrent with the Second Dark Age.

Dwarven beards are rich habitats for the enterprising critter.

With Morano kidnapped, how will the players go about protecting Reginald?

Everyone's got a story, and I'm tired of hearing them!

There are gangs, there are biker gangs, there are terrorist organizations, and then there are the Sons of Scorpions

You need a job, you need to find someone or something, or you need to lay low or need to sell something, you need a good fixer.