I've been working through the alien books trying to figure out what's going on with some of the material. One thing that seems to be missing in all cases is discussion of welfare: unemployment and health insurance. In particular, I have two questions for wise heads:
1. How does the Zhodani draft work? They don't seem to have any drifter career. Does that mean that you can be drafted multiple times (in imperial society, you can only be drafted once before becoming a drifter).
2. In the core book, when you get injured, you have an option to fix your injuries. Depending on your career, you may get some of this refunded by your employer. How would this work for aliens?
On the latter point, I can see Vargr, Aslan, Zhodani, and Solomani behaving fairly similarly to humans (although for Aslan, one would have to try to map their careers into imperial careers, to figure how much they would be likely to fund). However, Droyne and Hivers seem like they could be ... different. One gets the feeling that Droyne are regarded as fairly expendable by their societies, so I wonder if they could get patched up *at all* if they were injured in their careers.
1. How does the Zhodani draft work? They don't seem to have any drifter career. Does that mean that you can be drafted multiple times (in imperial society, you can only be drafted once before becoming a drifter).
2. In the core book, when you get injured, you have an option to fix your injuries. Depending on your career, you may get some of this refunded by your employer. How would this work for aliens?
On the latter point, I can see Vargr, Aslan, Zhodani, and Solomani behaving fairly similarly to humans (although for Aslan, one would have to try to map their careers into imperial careers, to figure how much they would be likely to fund). However, Droyne and Hivers seem like they could be ... different. One gets the feeling that Droyne are regarded as fairly expendable by their societies, so I wonder if they could get patched up *at all* if they were injured in their careers.