Owen Garriott was an American astronaut who spent approximately two months in Skylab 3, taking—at the time—the shared world record for longest spaceflight (it'd be broken less than half a year later, but that's still awesome). More relevantly for us (i.e. those of us interested in Ryu Numbers), he was the father of Richard Garriott, the creator of the Ultima game series, so it's no surprise that the latter stuck a cameo of the former in Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress:
That's the finish line. The problem, as always, is getting there.
It's generally accepted that each Ultima game features the same individual as protagonist—that is, that the same repeat isekaiee stars in each major installment of the series. Assuming that this is true, and that this protagonist—referred to by lore as "The Stranger" or "The Avatar"—is the same dude whichever game they're in, Owen Garriott has a Ryu Number of at most 4.
That said, early installments of the Ultima series were a bit iffy on whether the protagonist was the same individual game to game, so maybe you're iffy, too. Fair enough! You can still get a Ryu Number of at most 4 for Owen Garriott following an alternate route.
Apologies if you're learning it just now, but there's a fighting game where you can have Santa Claus and the Buddha duke it out. It's on Steam. Jesus is there, too, but Santa Claus seemed funnier.
Oh, and apparently the Buddha is in some versions of Ultima IV. You know he's the Buddha because when you talk to him he says, "I am Buddha," and says stuff at you from the Dharmapada. Which may seem odd, but if I had a list of historical or public domain individuals I wouldn't be too surprised by seeing after getting isekaied to another world, the Buddha would be up there. That's so Buddha!
"But my guy," says the imaginary version of you I've built up in my head without actually knowing you, "'Buddha' is a title. This Britannian dude could be any old Buddha! The Theravadas acknowledge twenty-nine of them, and they're on the stingy end!"
To which I say: Come on, my dude, you know that whenever anyone west of the prime meridian says "Buddha" they're talking about Gautama. Are you really gonna make me do this?
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In the midst of all the other bad news of the day, I’ve just learned that Owen Garriott, astronaut aboard Skylab 3 and STS-9 (Spacelab-1), has passed away. He was 88 years old. Thoughts and prayers to his family, including his son and fellow astronaut Richard, and the rest of the space community.
Skylab 3 (although miscommunication regarding the missions resulted in a “Skylab II” insignia) was the 2nd manned mission to the Skylab space station, and began its 59-day mission on 28 July 1973.
Commander Alan Bean, Pilot Jack Lousma, and Science Pilot Owen Garriott spent nearly 2 months in space, more than twice as long as any previous astronaut or cosmonaut. They were accompanied by almost 800 living creatures, including 2 common cross spiders (part of a student experiment proposed by 17-year-old Judith Miles), a pair of brackish water minnows and 50 of their eggs, 6 pocket mice from the deserts around Palm Springs, Calif., and 720 vinegar gnat pupae.. Their purpose was to permit researchers to analyze circadian rhythms and monitor how they would cope and adapt to the weightless environment.
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Crew of Skylab 3, the second manned mission to America’s first ‘permanent’ outpost in space. Left to right; Al Bean, Commander; Owen Garriott, Science Pilot; and Jack Lousma, Pilot.