Educational Backgrounds
Scholastic
Scholastic education is the common 'higher' education route taken by many across known space, with an emphasis on theory and academic disciplines.
- Rank 2 skills (2 CP each)
- Academics (any)
- Any two Intellect skills
- Rank 1 skills (1 CP each)
- Savoir-Faire
- Any Charisma skill
- Drive
- Three additional skills of choice
- Additional stuff: Additional skills?
Apprenticeship
An Apprenticeship is an educational background that centers around 'things' - machines, mostly.
- Rank 2 skills (2 CP each)
- Engineering (any)
- Any Intellect skill
- Drive
- Rank 1 skills (1 CP each)
- Scrounge
- Any Charisma skill
- Endurance
- Three additional skills of choice
- Additional stuff: Additional skills?
Practical
Those who have learned 'by the seat of their pants' have a Practical education; people from street thugs to young entrepreneurs to performance artists.
- Rank 2 skills (2 CP each)
- Savoir-Faire
- Any Wits or Charisma skill
- Rank 1 skills (1 CP each)
- Drive
- Awareness
- Any two Charisma skill
- Four additional skills of choice
- Additional stuff: Moneys
Military
While in the Core Worlds the highly technical nature of warfighting has almost eliminated the concept of the 'grunt', it remains alive and well out in the Rim. A Military background represents a year or two spent in a non-specialist role.
- Rank 2 skills (2 CP each)
- Firearms
- Awareness
- Drive
- Rank 1 skills (1 CP each)
- Endurance
- Athletics
- Brawl
- Tactics
- Etiquette [Military]
- One additional skills of choice
- Additional stuff: Gear?
Intensive
Intensive education is generally specialized; nations or other organizations may have one or more Intensive training tracks.
The following is an example, in this case a military pilot candidate.
- Rank 2 skills (2 CP each)
- Pilot
- Gunnery
- Academics [Navigation]
- Rank 1 skills (1 CP each)
- Mecha Fighting or Artillery
- Zero-G
- Electronic Warfare
- Remote Operations
- Etiquette [Military]
- Firearms