Career/University Education (4 years)

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Archeologist

(Min IQ12. 3 years training. Starting age 21)

With so many planets with Protoculture Ruins, plus the ruins of Earth, archeologists have a wealth of places to search for clues to the past. Archeology is an oft-overlooked branch of the social sciences, but it has time and time again shown us many things that we have forgotten from millennia before. Archeologists receive training at universities, and are usually given field assignments during their 3-year doctorate degree programme.

MOS Skills

• Archeology +30%
• Research +15%
• Antiquarian +15%

OCC Related Skills: 12

Astronomer/Astrophysicist

(Min IQ12. 4 years training. Starting age 22)

The stars and heavens are wonderful to look at. However despite everything the SDF-1 Macross and Zentraedi have taught us, mankind knows very little about the universe. Astronomers and astrophysicists strive to understand the macro and micro workings of the universe, from distant stars to pulsars, to what lies between the galaxies. Men such as Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein and Edwin Hubble still inspire astronomers and astrophysicists to look harder and further than their predecessors.

MOS Skills

• Astronomy +20%
• Astrophysics +20%
• Math: Advanced +15%
• Read Sensory Instruments +10%
• Physics +15%

OCC Related Skills: 9

Chef

(Min IQ8. 4+ years training. Start age 20)

A chef doesn't just learn how to cook at a catering college, they learn how to present food to make it as much as feast for the eyes as it is the taste buds. Chef's also learn how to balance accounts and ensure that they have everything that they need. A chef doesn't just cook food, they must also manage the financial side of a kitchen (sometimes a restaurant) as well.

MOS Skills

• Streetwise (food preparation suppliers only) +15%
• Business management +10%
• Accounting +15%

OCC Related Skills: 12

Civil Engineer

(Min IQ11. 3 years training. Start age 21)

Civil engineers create the world around us. Although an architect may have designed a building, it is the responsibility of the civil engineer to confirm that the building can support itself and make final decisions on the materials being used in construction. During construction, a civil engineer adheres to the blueprint and both construction and building safety standards.

MOS Skills

• Civil Engineer +20%
• Construction Engineering +15%
• Drafting +15%

OCC Related Skills: 10

Computer Engineer

(Min IQ10. 2 years training. Start age 18)

Computer engineers are responsible for the hardware of a computer; fixing, upgrading and designing new components as necessary. They have ‘some’ software skills, such as programming, however their emphasis is on designing and repairing hardware. For example, they can strip down a mainframe, computer, repair its problems and upgrade its capabilities in the process, and then put it back together again.

MOS Skills

• Computer repair +20%
• Electrical Engineer +15%
• Computer Operations +15%
• Computer Programming +5%

OCC Related Skills: 8

Computer Programmer

(Min IQ12. 3 years training. Start age 18-21)

The majority of accomplished computer programmers have attended a university and learned to program in several computer languages. Although it is possible to teach yourself from books, it takes a long time and one will miss important parts of the education process that a university or college can provide. Computer Programmers can make a lot of money from programming, especially if they get involved with Artificial Intelligence programming – as it is the current focus of military and weapons civilian contractors. Computer programmers have a reputation of being able to hack into the back doors of software.

MOS Skills

• Computer Operations +15%
• Computer Programming +25%
• Computer Language +15% (choose 2 programming languages)
• Computer Language +5% (choose a programming language)
• Hacking +15%

OCC Related Skills: 6

Corporate Executive

(Min IQ10. 2-3 years training. Start age 18-21)

After completing either two years of business school, or a 3-year business degree at a university, aspiring Corporate Executives move into the private sector gaining employment in a variety of businesses. Normally these people are career orientated and semi-workaholics, constantly pushing themselves further and further to enhance their career prospects for a better position and more money. Many of them aim to someday be the Chief Executive Officer of a large conglomerate, or to own their own business.

MOS Skills

• Computer Operation +10%
• Bureaucracy +20
• Business Management +15%
• Accounting +10%
• Writing +10%

OCC Related Skills: 9

Designer (Ground Vehicles)

(Min IQ14, 3 years training. Start age 21)

Every year, dozens of new cars are created and sold to the public across known space. From hardy all-terrain vehicles to sports cars, both potentially capable of short space flight, these vehicles need to be designed and tested by professionals. Universities run automobile and motorcycle design courses for aspiring ground vehicle designers, with many designers getting extra training in aerospace and aeronautical engineering to allow them to design the space capable vehicles on Colonization Fleets and orbital stations. Other areas covered by this designer are farming vehicles, trucks, buses, and any other ground vehicle.

MOS Skills

• Automotive Mechanics +25%
• Electrical Engineering +15%
• Lore: Automobile design +10%
• Design Engineering +20%
• Math: Advanced +15%

OCC Related Skills: 7

Designer (Water Vehicles)

(Min IQ14, 3 years training. Start age 21)

A largely over-looked branch of design is the design of water vehicles, both civilian and military. Many people forget that food must be harvested from the sea, and new and better designs of ships and boats must be created for military and civilian (pleasure, rescue and food production) purposes. The UN Navy also requires vessels to complete its job, and as ships begin to date, it is this designers role to create new types of vessels. Not all of these designers work for large companies, many run their own businesses to design and build small pleasure craft or skidoo's for civilian recreational use. Some even design and build surfboards and windsurfing materials. Civilian watercraft is a growth industry as mankind is slowly switching from an emergency reactionary quest for survival, to a more relaxed, leisure focused lifestyle reaping the rewards of the past efforts of mankind.

MOS Skills

• Marine/Naval Engineer +20%
• Submersible Mechanics +20%
• Electrical Engineering +15%
• Design Engineering +15%
• Lore: Naval Vessel design +10%
• Math: Advanced +15%

OCC Related Skills: 5

Film/TV Producer/Director

(Min IQ10, 3 years training. Start age 21)

TV/Film producers and directors undergo at least three years of university or college education to learn the intricacies of producing and directing films and television programs. Although they don't learn the technical side the same way that a cameraman or lighting technician would, they do learn about the overall frame maximization of film or TV programme production as well as storytelling. The producer/director has to know how it all fits together, how the various production elements fit together and how to gather the resources to produce a moving picture. Sometimes a directors value is based on his or her ability to bring famous people into a production. Knowledge of the entertainment industry and the ability to schmooze people into joining a production is just as valuable as the technical knowledge behind a production.

MOS Skills

• TV/Video +20%
• Lore: TV/Film Production +25% (If Director take skill at 15%)
• Lore: TV/Film Directing +15% (If Director take skill at 25%)
• Lore: Entertainment Industry +35% (From history to famous people in it.)
• Streetwise (limited to famous professionals (all trades) in the industry) +15%

OCC Related Skills: 10

Historian/Social Scientist

(Min IQ12, 3 years training. Start age 21)

The Historian is an individual who has and continues to study and research history, and a specific area of history or culture (perhaps more areas.) and has made it their life’s work. The historian will know everything that there is to know publicly on their chosen subject(s), and will also know many more less-well documented details (GM's decision as to what.) The historian strives to learn all that they can on their subjects and document them for future generations to learn about them also. Historians with a more social science oriented career make recommendations to government and social agencies.

MOS Skills

• History: General +25%
• History: Choose one specialization +20%
• Study +15%
• Research +15%
• Sociology +15%

OCC Related Skills: 10

Linguist/Language Interpreter

(Min IQ10, 3 years training. Start age 21)

Linguists do not just translate foreign or alien languages for those people who can not speak, read or write the language. Linguists are also employed by the UNG, archeological teams, corporate agencies and non-allied nations and colonies to decipher ancient and lost languages found in or on ruins on other planets.

MOS Skills

• Language: (Choose two) 95%
• Literature: (Choose two) 95%
• Language: (Choose one) +20%
• Literature: (Choose one) +20%
• History: language origins +15%
• Lore: culture of the languages studied +20%
• Study +15%

OCC Related Skills: 9

Mechanic (Aircraft)

(Min IQ9, 4 years training. Start age 20)

An aircraft mechanic is capable of fixing any conventional flying craft, be it a jet airplane, helicopter, or a glider. They are not able to fix Variable Fighters, although they could probably jury-rig one in jet mode.

MOS Skills

• Aircraft Mechanics +20%
• Aircraft Electronics +15%
• Mechanical Engineering +15%
• Electrical Engineering +15%
• Computer Operation +10%
• Read Sensory Instruments +10%

OCC Related Skills: 9

Mechanic (Boats)

(Min IQ9, 3 years training. Start age 19)

Trained to fix, repair and maintain water going vessels, the boat mechanic can strip down an outboard motor, through all the way to patching a hole in the hull of a seagoing cargo freighter. Due to some similarities, the boat mechanic has a chance of repairing starship structural problems. (GM is the final judge. Boat mechanics are able to make watertight hulls, not vacuum proof ones.)

MOS Skills

• Marine/Naval Engineer +20%
• Submersible Mechanics +20%
• Electrical Engineering +15%
• Mechanical Engineering +15%
• Computer Operation +10%
• Read Sensory Instruments +15%

OCC Related Skills: 10

Mechanic (Cars/Motorcycles/Trucks)

(Min IQ8, 2 years training. Start age 18)

Car and motorcycle mechanics must know how to fix any and all types of ground vehicle, from small scooters through to large 10-ton trucks. They are the most common mechanics in known space, as almost 1 in every 3 people owns a ground vehicle of some description.

MOS Skills

• Automotive Mechanics +20%
• Electrical Engineering +15%
• Mechanical Engineering +5%
• Read Sensory Instruments +10%
• Computer Operation +5%

OCC Related Skills: 12

Mechanic (Destroids)

(Min IQ10, 4 years training. Start age 20)

Destroid mechanics are a rare breed as there are few Destroids in civilian use. There is more than an adequate amount of business for these specialist mechanics. Although most Destroid mechanics are employed by construction companies and Colony Defence Forces to repair and maintain their mecha, many other mechanics are still independent. Most do call out work, and own large cranes and equipment to assist them in fixing the enormous vehicles they must fix and maintain.

MOS Skills

• Mecha Electronics +20%
• Mecha Mechanics +20%
• Mechanical Engineer +15%
• Electrical Engineer +15%
• Read Sensory Instruments +10%
• Computer Operation +10%

OCC Related Skills: 9

Mechanic (Spacecraft)

(Min IQ10, 4 years training. Start age 22)

Spacecraft, with the exception of Variable Fighters and other variable craft, are the most advanced vehicles within known space. It takes a skilled spacecraft mechanic to correctly repair a damaged spacecraft, which is one reason why spacecraft mechanics are one of the most highly paid mechanics, even in far flung colony worlds.

MOS Skills

• Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineer +15%
• Electrical Engineering +15%
• Math: Advanced +10%
• Drive Repair - Fold Drive +15%
• Drive Repair - Heat/Reaction +15%
• Drive Repair - Chemical +15%
• Nuclear Engineer +15%
• Spaceship mechanics +20%
• Read Sensory Instruments +10%
• Computer Operation +10%

OCC Related Skills: 5

Mechanic (VF's)

(Min IQ10, 3 years training. Start age 21)

The number of Variable Fighters owned by civilians may be small compared to the sheer weight of numbers owned by the UN Armed Forces, but they do exist and they require skilled mechanics to repair and maintain them. Most universities with mechanical courses will provide a VF Mechanics course. The majority of people attending these courses will go on to join the UN Armed Forces as VF mechanics, but many will go off into civilian careers as VF Mechanics making lots of money.

MOS Skills

• VF Mechanics +20%
• VF Electronics +15%
• Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineer +15%
• Aircraft Mechanics +15%
• Electrical Engineering +15%
• Math: Advanced +15%
• Read Sensory Instruments +10%
• Computer Operation +10%

OCC Related Skills 7

Nurse

(Min IQ9, 3 years training. Start age 21)

Although doctors may be the experts in medicine, it is the nurse that provide the long term care and well being for patients in hospitals and ensure that everything is running smoothly. Trained to paramedic levels, nurses are capable of much more, as they must often administer drugs and give basic examinations to patients, acting as doctors assistants. Many men have also joined the ranks of nurses. Most nurses have received specialized training in the department of the hospital or clinic that they regularly work in. They are usually 15% more proficient in nursing skills in this specialty.

MOS Skills

• Nursing +25%
• Specialization: Choose 1 +15%
• Biology +15%
• Read Sensory Equipment +10%

OCC Related Skills: 12

Para-Psychologist

(Min IQ12, 3 years training. Start age 21)

Para-psychologists are regarded as bizarre by many people in the medical professions due to their choice of specialization. The patients of doctors and psychologists are usually alive. However para-psychologists seek out ghosts, were-wolves, vampires and other mythological creatures to try and prove if they exist. They will also experiment into the powers of the mind, such as ESP, telepathy, psycho-kinesis, and other mind powers. (GMs call: the focus of para-psychologists work may actually be in to the various spiritia phenomenon.

MOS Skills

• Para-Psychology +25%
• Psychology +15%
• Lore: Paranormal +15%
• Research +15%

OCC Related Skills: 10

Paramedic

(Min IQ9, 2 years training. Start age 20)

Paramedics are normally the first people on the scene of an accident and must be trained to an adequate medical level to be able to keep a person alive until they can be transferred to a hospital with proper facilities to care for high levels of trauma. Normally paramedics are either roving a city in a car, on a motorbike or an ambulance. Some paramedics will be part of airborne units, using helicopters as their means of transportation. These paramedics are highly skilled in rappelling, climbing and wilderness survival and navigation techniques.

MOS Skills

• Paramedic +25%
• Biology +15%
• Read Sensory Instruments +10%
• Computer Operation +10%
• Pilot: Automobile +15%

OCC Related Skills: 11

Philosopher

(Min IQ10, 2 years training. Start age 18)

History has known many great philosophers, all of whom made thinking about life and the outlook of it their life. Philosophers of today normally teach in schools and universities or are authors writing books on philosophy.

MOS Skills

• Philosophy +25%
• Meditation +10%
• Research +10%
• Teaching +15%

OCC Related Skills: 11

Pilot (Shuttle/Spacecraft)

(Min IQ9, 3 years training. Start age 21)

Highly trained personnel are needed to pilot space shuttles and spacecraft, as space is a very different environment from an atmosphere. Without adequate training a pilot could easily crash their vehicle, or miscalculate a fold and appear thousands of light-years from where they want to be, or even too close to a dangerous spatial anomaly. Due care and attention is needed to be a shuttle/spacecraft pilot, be they a cargo shuttle pilot transporting cargo from a planets surface to orbiting space docks, or a space freighter pilot navigating millions of kilometres of real-space or thousands of light-years via hyperspace.

MOS Skills

• Spacecraft +15%
• Space Shuttle +20%
• Read Sensory Instruments +15%
• Navigation: Air, Land, Sea +10%
• Navigation: Space +10%
• Computer Operation +10%

OCC Related Skills: 9

Priest/ess//Monk (Choose religion)

(Min IQ8, 3 years training. Start age 21)

Priests/ess and Monks can be of many religions, and the near decimation of Earth in 2011 has served to further bolster people’s beliefs in religions. Some religions have, however, had to change to accept the existence of aliens but mostly they are the same known as they were before the end of the 20th century. Most priests/ess and monks are trained in theology and their religion in particular as well as being able to speak to crowds of people about it as well. However a Priest/ess and monk is commonly also a confidante, someone to talk to about problems and a place to seek answers to life’s little problems. Most religious agents have some minor training in grief counseling, and psychology.

MOS Skills

• Counseling +15%
• Theology: (Choose one) +20%
• Performance +10%

OCC Related Skills: 10

Psychic/Fortune Teller

(Min IQ8, 6 months training. Start age ANY)

Psychics and Fortunetellers are seen by many as a fun diversion, but for others, especially those of certain cultures psychics, fortunetellers, shaman, witch doctors, witches and brujah's skills are an essential part of their cultural history and beliefs. People will sometimes run their entire lives and careers by what the local fortuneteller tells them. Others will seek out a shaman, witch or Brujah to do a cleansing spell on them to keep negative energies (AKA the Evil Eye) away. Most psychics and fortunetellers have no real psychic powers but have a true belief that what they are doing is real. Others are charlatans and con men looking to fleece people for everything they can get. A very small minority of people have some form of gift, be it ESP, clairvoyance, or something else in some small way. Most true psychics work for free and ask for nothing in return. However locals will normally thank them by doing services for them, (weeding the garden, painting their house,) or giving them food, (something special like Grandma's special lasagna, as opposed to cans of food.)

NOTE: True psychics makeup some 1% of the 'psychic' population. Roll a D100 or ask your GM very nicely (powers will be minor and probably spiritia related. This is Macross after all.)

MOS Skills

• Astrology +15% (Base Skill: 25% +5% per level)
• Performance +15%
• Meditation +10%
• Lore: Palm/Card reading +10%

=or=

• Lore: Crystal Ball reading +10%

OCC Related Skills: 10

Spacecraft Captain

(Min IQ9, 3 years training. Start age 21)

The captain of a space going vessel must know every part of the ship, and how to fix it (or at least jury rig it.) This is especially important if it is a small ship with only a handful of crew. Spacecraft captains must undergo training in how to pilot the space craft, and generally pick up the engineering skills as they go. Although it is possible for a spacecraft captain to be in their early twenties, it is much more likely that they will be at least a decade older and in their 30's.

MOS Skills

• Pilot: Spacecraft +20%
• Read Sensory Instruments +15%
• Navigation: Air, Land, Sea +10%
• Navigation: Space +15%
• Mechanical Engineering +10%
• Electrical Engineering +10%
• Computer Operation +10%
• Streetwise (space going notables and connections only) +10%
• Radio: Basic +15%

OCC Related Skills: 6

Teacher

(Min IQ9, 3 years training. Start age 21)

Students require teachers to teach them so that they can gain a good education and get a career in one of the many fields available to them. Below are the base skills for a teacher, only the specialization have not been added. For example a sports teacher would take sports skills, a math teacher would take basic and advanced math.

MOS Skills

• Research +10%
• Writing +10%
• Choose three skills +15% (to all skills - these are the teachers specialist area.)

OCC Related Skills: 10

Writer/Author (TV/film/Novels)

(Min IQ10, 3 years training. Start age 21)

Great novels, theatre, TV programs, films and even advertisements and radio jingles don't write themselves. They require imaginative and articulate people to write them, and to place them down on paper or print in a manner that allows anyone reading to visualize what the author was thinking of when they wrote it. Some writers create masterpieces that are remembered by everyone (William Shakespeare,) whereas others will only be known to people in their particular field (advertising.) One area of writing that most authors also specialize in is research. Research is essential for authors to allow them to write accurately and informatively on the subject they are writing.

MOS Skills

• Writing +30%
• Research +15%
• Computer Operation +10%

OCC Related Skills: 9

Zookeeper

(Min IQ10, 3 years training. Start age 21)

Zookeepers and zoo assistants dedicate their lives to research and care for zoo animals. These animals are typically wild animals that are not native to the area or are endangered species and are kept in a zoo for their own protection. Zookeepers will commonly specialize in the care of one particular creature thus gaining a bonus in its care.

MOS Skills

• Zoology +25%
• Animal Husbandry +20%
• Animal Husbandry: Choose one animal +30%
• Biology
• Veterinary Medicine

OCC Related Skills: 7

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