Just wanted to ask, at one point there was the offer to get a cert to bring a character to 1.5 and a cert associated with that - was this ever issued? Thanks, Peter

You should contact your local harvester for a copy of that Cert (for the time being)

A copy of this cert will be posted with the campaign documents on the website when it's up and running which should be very soon.

That's great.
I know you cannot play any hardpoints if you assign a character this cert, but it was mentioned, that you could play some soft points. Just wanted to ask which soft points you are allowed to play with it?

I would assume that you could play the soft points that take place after the Crusade. "1,000 Words" and "Espionage" should be fair game.

The cert has been posted to the website (http://www.paradigmcampaigns.com/Campai ... aspx?cid=1).

It also specifies which modules can be played, but for reference the playable mods from Arc 1 are:

A Thousand Words
Espionage
In Darkness, Light
To Slip the Surly Bonds of Earth

Great. Just a question, f you played the PC in adventures, do you keep your fate, or does it re-set to the starting value? Also, if you run a group of PCs through the Fastplay adventure, could you still apply the cert to this tier 1.5 character?

Your fate score does not reset between adventures. I would assume the fast play adventure is part of the crusade arc.

Just so I'm sure I am reading this correctly. If I want to rebuild my PC, I can do so and retain his name and backstory, just start at 1.5 with none of the accrued Crusade items? Basically, this would allow me to switch Backgrounds, Path, etc.?

Rebuild is a keyword here, what you are asking in specific you cant do, you can only rebuild when new rules items become available (like the blessed lands book actually gets inyour hands)

HOWEVER you could create a new character with the 1.5 cert it would be a differnt character from the old one