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Merchants do not have separate officer and enlisted ranks. Only the military careers Army, Marines and Navy have officer and enlisted ranks. Perhaps in play test the ranks were different and they got changed before printing but the example chargen was never updated with the new changes. Just...

My answer = b too. If you were in the Navy and already had Melee(blade) 1 skill and got promoted to Ensign, the automatic rank benefit of Melee(blade) 1 would be useless and could not be taken. Pg 8 "If a rank is listed, then you gain the skill at that level as long as it is better than your...

I don't know the science of high gravity and how that compares to someone in normal gravity going around with weights on them all the time. Is that similar?

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On the same topic - what about an effect of 0 or a negative effect?

Yes, I too liked the reference to the Roman empire that GhostWolf69 made and i started thinking and came up with colonial and early America, and also the British colonies of that same period. I've seen this time period referred to in regards to communication, piracy, and travel times but there...

There is a system for learning new skills by training. A calculation is given for determining the length of time required to train, in weeks, and gain skills based on your current skills and the level of the skill you are learning. They leave it up to the referee to determine what is needed as...

You could think of the training system in the book as gaining 1 experience point for each day your character manages to stay alive. I had contemplated an adventure where some characters would be 18 years old with no career or skills other than their home world skills. The young age was because...