©1998 by Franklin W. Cain   :-)

This career covers all forms of professional soldiers used as land troops by a pre-industrial civilization, such as Roman legionnaires, Charlemagne's knights, or musket-equipped Redcoats.

Prerequisites:

• STR 6+ and CON 6+.
• Homeworld:
  • Hydrosphere = Wet-.
  • Population = Moderate+.
  • Tech = Pre-Industrial.

Commission: 8+, DM +2/(Auto.) if "Good Ol’ Boy." (Minimum SOC 5.)

Skills:

Officers: Armed Martial Arts (Large Blade) 2, Leadership 2, Riding 2, Explore 2.

Enlisted: Armed Martial Arts 2, Acrobat 2, Explore 2, Melee 2.

Commission: 8+, DM +1 if INT 8+, DM +1 if CHR 8+. (Minimum SOC 5.)

Skills:

Officers: Planetary Tactics (Ground Tactics), Acrobat, Animal Handling, Archaic Weapons, Charm, Determination, Explore, Melee.

Enlisted: Acrobat, Archaic Weapons, Charm, Explore, Melee, Vice.

Special Duty: 7+ for Archaic Artillery, Early Firearms, Acrobat, Animal Handling, Crime, Interaction, Melee, Perception, Vice.

Promotion: 6+, DM +1 if STR 8+, DM +2/(Auto.) if "Good Ol’ Boy."

Contacts: One per term, barbarian, government, or military; cannot be "offworld."

Other Effects: No more than one skill level per term in Early Firearms.

©1998 by Franklin W. Cain   :-)

This career covers all forms of professional soldiers used as ocean-going troops by a pre-industrial civilization. Historically, this primarily covers the Spanish Armada and the British Navy of the Napoleanic Era. It also covers Ancient Greek and Roman soldiers used as marines.

Prerequisites:

• AGL 6+ and CON 6+.
• Homeworld:
  • Hydrosphere = Wet+.
  • Population = Moderate+.
  • Tech = Pre-Industrial.

Commission: 9+, DM +2/(Auto.) if "Good Ol’ Boy." (Minimum SOC 7.)

Skills:

Officers: Armed Martial Arts (Large Blade) 1, Leadership 2, Navigation 2, Acrobat 1, Vessel 2.

Enlisted: Acrobat 3, Melee 2, Vessel 3.

Commission: 8+, DM +1 if INT 8+, DM +1 if CHR 8+. (Minimum SOC 5.)

Skills:

Officers: Planetary Tactics (Sea Tactics), Acrobat, Charm, Determination, Explore, Melee, Vessel.

Enlisted: Acrobat, Charm, Determination, Melee, Vessel, Vice.

Special Duty: 7+ for Archaic Artillery, Early Firearms, Archaic Weapons, Crime, Explore, Interaction, Melee, Perception, Vice.

Promotion: 6+, DM +1 if INT 6+, DM +2/(Auto.) if "Good Ol’ Boy."

Contacts: One per term, barbarian, government, or military; cannot be "offworld."

Other Effects: No more than one skill level per term in Early Firearms.

Prerequisites: Forced due to capture while engaged in illegal activity in some other career.

All Terms

Skills: A total of 8 levels from the following skills:
+1 STR, +1 EDU, Acrobat, Charm, Crime, Determination, Economics, Interaction, Melee, Perception, Vice.

Special Duty: None.

Promotion: None.

Contacts: Two per term, criminal.

Other Effects:

• No secondary activity.
• No income.
• -2 SOC per term.
• At the end of each term, if the character has any terms to be served as a Prisoner remaining, the play may choose to roll a Formidable test of Intelligence to escape (Formidable test of Streetwise to enable).
  • Outstanding Success: The character has escaped (i.e., does not serve the remainder of his time). The character is not wanted by the authorities (his previous identity is officially presumed dead).
  • Success: The character has escaped, but is wanted by the authorities. A reward may be offered.
  • Failure: No effect. The escape attempt failed.
  • Catastrophic Failure: Not only did the escape attempt fail, but the character's sentence has been extended by an additional term. +1 DiffMod to all future escape attempts during this sentence.

Prerequisites: Doctorate.

First Term

Skills: Language 1, Specialty 2, Charm 2, Interaction 3.

Skills: Language, Specialty, Charm, Determination, Interaction.

Special Adventure: 8+ for Explore, Perception, Spacehand, Vehicle, Vessel.

Promotion: 6+, DM +1 if INT 8+, DM +1/+1 if "Good Ol’ Boy."

Contacts: Two per term, academic or government.

Other Effects:

• Two secondary activities per term.
• +1 SOC per promotion.
• 1 ship DM per term for a Lab Ship.

Prerequisites:

• PSI 5+.
• Homeworld in the Wilds.

Skills: Willpower 2, Interaction 1, Psionics 4, Social Science 1.

Skills: Charm, Determination, Interaction, Perception, Psionics, Social Science.

Special Assignment: 8+ for Determination, Gun Combat, Melee, Psionics, Vehicle, Vice.

Promotion: 7+, DM +1 if INT 8+, DM +1 if any Psionic asset 16+, DM ±0/+1 if "Good Ol’ Boy."

Contacts: One per term, government or specialist (Psionics).

Other Effects:

• Character receives "Initial Training" for Psionics if not already trained.
• No secondary activity (first term only).
• +1 SOC per term.

Prerequisites:

• PSI 1+.
• Graduate of Medical School, or doctorate in Biology.
• Homeworld in the Regency.

Skills: Determination, Perception, Psionics.

Special Adventure: 7+ for +1 PSI, Psionics.

Promotion: 7+, DM +1 if INT 7+.

Contacts: One per term, academic, medical, or specialist (Psionics). If Special Adventure, the contact may also be Zhodani (or other psionic race), at the GM’s discretion.

Other Effects: Character receives "Initial Training" for Psionics if not already trained.

©1998 by Franklin W. Cain   :-)

This is my version of psionic adept.

Prerequisites:

• PSI 1+.
• Homeworld Population = Moderate+.

Skills: Determination, Interaction, Perception, Psionics, Social Science.

Special Adventure: 8+ for Slug Weapon (Slug Pistol), Language, Medical, Acrobat, Crime, Explore, Melee, Technician, Vehicle, Vice.

Promotion: 11+, DM +2 if PSI 6+, DM +2 if any Psionic asset 16+, DM +1 if graduate of Psionic Academy.

Contacts: One per term, specialist (Psionics). If Special Adventure, one extra contact from academic, government, intelligence community, law enforcement, or military.

Other Effects:

• Character receives "Initial Training" for Psionics if not already trained.
• If Homeworld Gov = High+, +1 SOC per promotion.