Professions

Below is a list of Occupations/Professions that Players can pick for their characters. This is for both role-playing purposes and determining Character wealth. Some professions have prerequisites that must be met before a character can choose them.

In order to fully understand Bonus Income and Credit Rating, please review the Wealth page.

Starting Professions

Professions can tell the Player what their Character's Starting Bonus Income, Average Monthly Income and Credit Score Range. They also provide suggestions on which Starter Packs to pick and any additional equipment a person at the starting level may have. The starting credit score is the lowest number in the Range. This can go up based on how many ranks the Character has in Profession.

Below are instructions for editing the Character sheet manually. Instructions on manually editing a character sheet are boxed. For example:

Use the Skill Profession located on the first page of the Character Sheet to the left to record the Character's Profession.

All new characters start out at the lowest credit score for the Profession in question. Adding ranks to the Profession skill can improve the Credit Rating to learn more. Review the Profession skill. These Professions are broad descriptions of what the Character may do or be trying to do and may not exactly fit the character's actual career. If a Character has a Profession/Career that is so far removed from anything in the list below, feel free to discuss with the GM about what their wealth/income/credit score should be. Keep in mind it will need to be relative to what is described below.

The Professions are also rated based on how wealthy they make the Character.

1. Very Poor: Jobless, Student, Criminal
2. Poor: Rural, Adventurer, Religious, Creative, Athlete, Spacer, Pioneer
3. Independent: Military, Law Enforcement, Investigative, Emergency Services, Blue Collar, Technician, Cyber-Specialist
4. Rich: Academic, White Collar, Mercenary, Entrepreneur, Diplomat
5. Very Rich: Doctor, Dilettante, Celebrity

Most starting Professions have a prerequisite that the character must meet to qualify for the Profession. If they do not qualify, they can choose a different profession and change professions once they do qualify; however, they do not get the Starting Bonus Income.

Academic

Academics include librarians, archaeologists, scholars, professors, teachers, and other education professionals.

• Prerequisite: Young Adult Age for the Species, Int Score 14+
• Starting Bonus Income: $10,000
• Average Monthly Income: $4,000
• Credit Rating Range: 7 - 14
• Suggested Start Pack(s): Official's Pack (without the Shepherd Chip) or Explorer's Pack
  • Additional common items: Book(s) (digital or physical) on the topic of interest

Adventurer

Adventurers include professional daredevils, big-game hunters, relic hunters, explorers, extreme sports enthusiasts, field scientists, thrill-seekers, and others called to face danger for a variety of reasons.

• Prerequisite: Wisdom Score 14+ or Survival Skill Rank 1+
• Starting Bonus Income: $5,000
• Average Monthly Income: $1,500
• Credit Rating Range: 4 - 15
• Suggested Start Pack(s): Explorer's Pack or Outlaw's Pack.
  • Additional common items: Extra Rope/Duracable with Grappler Tag. Extra Rations(Tech 2) (5-day pack)

Athlete

Athletes include amateur athletes of Olympic quality and professional athletes of all types, including gymnasts, weightlifters, wrestlers, boxers, martial artists, swimmers, skaters, and those who compete in any competitive sport.

• Prerequisite: Strength 13 or Dexterity 13.
• Starting Bonus Income: $4,000
• Average Monthly Income: $1,500
• Credit Rating Range: 4 - 15
• Suggested Start Pack(s): Official's Pack
  • Additional common items: Rations(Tech 2) (5 day pack), Purifier, Rocket-X

Blue Collar

Blue-collar occupations include factory work, food service jobs, construction, service industry jobs, taxi drivers, postal workers, and other jobs that are usually not considered to be desk jobs.

• Prerequisite: Wisdom 14+ or Intelligence 14+
• Starting Bonus Income: $6,000
• Average Monthly Income: $2,750
• Credit Rating Range: 6 - 14
• Suggested Start Pack(s): Technician's Pack or Settler's Pack
  • Additional common items: Contractor's Field Bag, Clothing Outfit Uniform (worn) (For an old or current job)

Celebrity

A celebrity is anyone who, for whatever reason, has been thrust into the spotlight of the public eye. Actors, entertainers of all types, newscasters, radio and television personalities, and more fall under this starting occupation.

• Prerequisite: Age 15+. Charisma Score 16+
• Starting Bonus Income: $20,000
• Average Monthly Income: $8,000
• Credit Rating Range: 10 - 22
• Suggested Start Pack(s): Official's Pack (with shepherd chip)
  • Additional common items: Booster(pick an ability to boost), Expensive Pen for signing autographs, Clothing Outfit Casual x2 (expensive), Outfit that includes a face covering to protect against paparazzi.

Creative

The creative starting occupation covers artists of all types who fan their creative spark into a career. Illustrators, copywriters, cartoonists, graphic artists, novelists, magazine columnists, actors, sculptors, game designers, musicians, screenwriters, photographers, and web designers all fall under this occupation.

• Prerequisite: Wisdom Score 16+ or Intelligence Score 16+
• Starting Bonus Income: $7,000
• Average Monthly Income: $2,000
• Credit Rating Range: 4 - 14
• Suggested Start Pack(s): Businessman’s Pack or Explorer's Pack
  • Additional common items: Computation Device, Camera, pen/paper, Book(s) (digital or physical) on creative topics

Criminal

This illegal starting occupation reveals a background from the wrong side of the law. This occupation includes con artists, burglars, thieves, crime family soldiers, gang members, bank robbers, and other types of career criminals.

• Prerequisite: N/A
• Starting Bonus Income: $4,000
• Average Monthly Income: $1,000
• Credit Rating Range: 2 - 20*
  • NOTE: Credit Rating for a criminal only counts among other criminals and banks that do secret dealings with them. At the starting level, most players are not considered good criminals and must work their way up. The room for improvement is high, but there are added risks, such as dealing with Law Enforcement or, worse, Tracers.
• Suggested Start Pack(s): Outlaw's Pack
  • Additional common items: Lock Release Gun, Fake ID, Hackcard

Cyber-Specialist

Cyber-Specialists include hackers, console cowboys, netrunners, and digital security experts who navigate the galactic net.

• Prerequisite: Intelligence Score 14+ and Computer Use Skill Rank 1+
• Starting Bonus Income: $9,000
• Average Monthly Income: $3,800
• Credit Rating Range: 8 - 16
• Suggested Start Pack(s): Businessman’s Pack or Technician's Pack
  • Additional common items: Computation Device, Hackcard, A.I Assistant Software

Dilettante

Dilettantes usually get their wealth from family holdings and trust funds. The typical dilettante has no job, few re­sponsibilities, and at least one driving passion that ­occupies his or her day. That passion might be a charity or philanthropic foundation, an idea or cause worth fighting for, or a lust for living a fun and carefree existence.

• Prerequisite: Adult for the Species, Knowledge Culture Skill Rank 1+, and either Current Events or Philosophy Skill Rank 1+
• Reputation Bonus Increase: +1.
• Starting Bonus Income: $24,000
• Average Monthly Income: $8,000
• Credit Rating Range: 20 - 30
  • NOTE: A Dilettante cannot use ranks in their Profession skill to improve or recover their Credit Rating. They will eventually have to pick a different profession if they want their ranks to improve the Credit Rating.
• Suggested Start Pack(s): Official's Pack
  • Additional common items: A.I Assistant Software, Booster, Polyvox

Diplomat

Diplomats include mega-corporate negotiators, planetary ambassadors, and interstellar envoys trained in galactic law and political relations.

• Prerequisite: Young Adult Age for the Species, Charisma Score 14+
• Starting Bonus Income: $15,000
• Average Monthly Income: $5,500
• Credit Rating Range: 12 - 24
• Suggested Start Pack(s): Official's Pack (with Shepherd Chip)
  • Additional common items: Polyvox, Hologram Player/Recorder, Clothing Outfit Formal x1

Doctor

A doctor can be a physician (general ­practitioner or specialist), a surgeon, or a psychiatrist.

• Prerequisite: Adult Age for the Species, Intelligence Score 14+ and Treat Injury Skill Rank 1+
• Starting Bonus Income: $14,000
• Average Monthly Income: $6,500
• Credit Rating Range: 15 - 22
• Suggested Start Pack(s): Doctor's Pack
  • Additional common items: Book(s) (digital or physical) on medicine, Clothing Outfit Uniform (worn) x2, Sporekill, Biocort x3.

Emergency Services

Rescue workers, firefighters, paramedics, hazardous material handlers, and emergency medical technicians fall under this category.

• Prerequisite: N/A
• Starting Bonus Income: $5,000
• Average Monthly Income: $2,500
• Credit Rating Range: 6 - 12
• Suggested Start Pack(s): Doctor's Pack or Settler's Pack
  • Additional common items: Clothing Outfit Uniform (worn) x2, First Aid Kit, Search-and-Rescue Kit, Purifier.

Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurs have an obsession with being their own boss. They believe in themselves, have an abundance of confidence, and the ability to acquire the funds necessary to bankroll their newest moneymaking venture. These business owners, from small to large, have a knack for developing business plans, securing resources, and getting new ventures off the ground. They rarely want to stick around after the launch, however, as they prefer to put their energies into the next big thing.

• Prerequisite: Wisdom Score 12+

• NOTE: The Player should come up with a business idea that the Character is currently trying to do work. This can change over time, but for the Credit rating to increase, the Character must make successful strides toward this or another idea.

• Starting Bonus Income: $10,000
• Average Monthly Income: $4,000
• Credit Rating Range: 4 - 20

• NOTE: The Entrepreneur has to work their way up to become truly wealthy. They may have more money at the start, but that is because they have taken out loans to start their own business. This means they have a much lower Credit rating at the start despite the higher income.

• Suggested Start Pack(s): Businessman’s Pack or Settler's Pack
  • Additional common items: Book(s) (digital) on business or inspirational topics, Hologram Player/Recorder, Polyvox

Jobless

Some people are just down on their luck. Or they are unable to perform a job due to a disability. Or they are just lazy. In either case, most species will have civilizations now or in their history where people were poor and jobless. Some people may like the freedom, but few enjoy the lack of comfort, security, and stability that wealth can provide.

• Prerequisite: N/A
• Starting Bonus Income: $250
• Average Monthly Income: $0
• Credit Rating Range: 0

• NOTE: The Character must pick a profession to lose this Profession and start getting Credit.

• Suggested Start Pack(s): N/A
  • Additional common items: A cup to beg for money with, Clothing Outfit Casual (heavily worn) x2

Investigative

There are several jobs that fit within this occupation, including investigative reporters, photojournalists, private investigators, police detectives, criminologists, criminal profilers, espionage agents, and others who use their skills to gather evidence and analyze clues.

• Prerequisite: Study Skill Rank 1+
• Starting Bonus Income: $6,500
• Average Monthly Income: $3,000
• Credit Rating Range: 8 - 14
• Suggested Start Pack(s): Explorer's Pack or Settler's Pack
  • Additional common items: Evidence Kits, Handcuffs, Truthtell, Environment Scanner

Law Enforcement

Law enforcement personnel include uniformed police, state troopers, federal police, federal agents, SWAT team members, military police, and bounty hunters.

• Prerequisite: N/A
• Starting Bonus Income: $7,000
• Average Monthly Income: $2,500
• Credit Rating Range: 9 - 14
• Suggested Start Pack(s): Explorer's Pack or Settler's Pack
  • Additional common items: Evidence Kits, Handcuffs, Truthtell, Environment Scanner

Mercenary

Mercenary covers both organized private contractors and independent guns for hire.

• Prerequisite: Strength 13+, Dexterity 13+, or Constitution 13+
• Starting Bonus Income: $11,000
• Average Monthly Income: $4,000
• Credit Rating Range: 10 - 20
• Suggested Start Pack(s): Explorer's Pack, Settler's Pack, or Outlaw's Pack
  • Additional common items: Clothing Outfit, Fatigues (1 worn, 1 good condition), Demolitions Kit, Ghillie Suit, Compass, Biocort

Military

Military refers to any of the branches of the armed forces, including the army, navy, air force, and marines, as well as elite training units such as SEALs, Rangers, and Special Forces.

• Prerequisite: Strength 12+, Dexterity 12+, or Constitution 12+
• Starting Bonus Income: $8,500
• Average Monthly Income: $2,250
• Credit Rating Range: 9 - 14
• Suggested Start Pack(s): Explorer's Pack, Settler's Pack, or Outlaw's Pack
  • Additional common items: Clothing Outfit, Fatigues (1 worn, 1 good condition), Demolitions Kit, Ghillie Suit, Compass, Biocort

Pioneer

Pioneers are part of the brave first waves sent to terraform, survey, and tame newly discovered worlds on the galactic frontier.

• Prerequisite: Constitution Score 12+ or Survival Skill Rank 1+
• Starting Bonus Income: $5,000
• Average Monthly Income: $1,500
• Credit Rating Range: 5 - 12
• Suggested Start Pack(s): Settler's Pack or Explorer's Pack
  • Additional common items: Rural Map (of home), First Aid Kit, environment scanner

Religious

The ordained clergy of all persuasions, as well as theological scholars and experts on religious studies, fall within the scope of this starting occupation.

• Prerequisite: Knowledge Philosophy Skill Rank 1+
• Starting Bonus Income: $4,000
• Average Monthly Income: $1,500
• Credit Rating Range: 4 - 10
• Suggested Start Pack(s): Official's Pack, Settler's Pack
  • Additional common items: Book(s) (digital or physical) on religion, Religious object(s), Clothing Outfit Uniform x1 (for specific religion or group)

Rural

Farmworkers, hunters, and others who make a living in rural communities fall under this category.

• Prerequisite:
• Starting Bonus Income: $5,000
• Average Monthly Income: $1,500
• Credit Rating Range: 6 - 12
• Suggested Start Pack(s): Settler's Pack or Technician's Pack
  • Additional common items: Clothing Outfit Casual x2 (worn), Outerwear, Tool Belt, First Aid Kit, Rural Map (of home)

Student

A student can be in high school, college, or graduate school. He or she could be in a seminary, a military school, or a private institution. A college-age student should also choose a major.

• Prerequisite:
• Starting Bonus Income: $3,000
• Average Monthly Income: $500
• Credit Rating Range: 1 - 6

• NOTE: A Student can pick another Profession to study. Once they reach 4 credit rating through Rank improvements to the Profession skill, they can automatically change their Profession to the one they have studied for, regardless of prerequisites. They also change their Monthly Income and Credit Rating to whatever the new Profession is, and transfer +3 Credit Rating. (They cannot pick the Dilettante)

• Suggested Start Pack(s): Explorer's Pack or Settler's Pack
  • Additional common items: Book(s) (digital or physical) on studied subject

Spacer

Spacer/Scavengers make a living salvaging derelict starships, mining asteroids, or working crew shifts on long-haul cargo transports.

• Prerequisite: Dexterity Score 12+ or Survival Skill Rank 1+
• Starting Bonus Income: $5,500
• Average Monthly Income: $1,800
• Credit Rating Range: 4 - 12
• Suggested Start Pack(s): Settler's Pack or Explorer's Pack
  • Additional common items: Multipurpose Tool, Duracable, directed light source

Technician

Scientists and engineers of all types fit within the scope of this starting occupation.

• Prerequisite: At least 1 Crafting Skill Rank in either Mechanical, Electrical, or Structural
• Starting Bonus Income: $8,000
• Average Monthly Income: $3,500
• Credit Rating Range: 8 - 15
• Suggested Start Pack(s): Technician's Pack
  • Additional common items: Profession Kit of choice, Clothing Outfit Uniform (worn) x2, Duct Tape

White Collar

Office workers and desk jockeys, lawyers, accountants, insurance agents, bank personnel, financial advisers, tax preparers, clerks, sales personnel, real estate agents, and a variety of mid-level managers fall within the scope of this starting occupation.

• Prerequisite: Wisdom Score 12+ and Intelligence Score 14+ or Wisdom Score 14+ and Intelligence Score 12+
• Starting Bonus Income: $14,000
• Average Monthly Income: $3,500
• Credit Rating Range: 14 - 20
• Suggested Start Pack(s): Businessman’s Pack or Official's Pack
  • Additional common items: Clothing Outfit Business x2, Aluminum Travel Case (Small) (DC15 Lock), Urban Map (In starting city)