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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 6241790" data-attributes="member: 4937"><p>"Band Member" is actually a subset of "Entertainer", which includes all sorts of mediums that aren't listed.</p><p>Actor</p><p>Journalist, unless blogging has made the profession obsolete, in which case see Entertainer </p><p>Programmer/Hacker</p><p>Physician</p><p>Nanotech/3D Printing Engineer</p><p>Body Guard/Security Expert</p><p>Fire Fighter</p><p>Hazardous Materials Handler</p><p>Ecologist/Planetologist/Climatologist/Terra-forming Engineer</p><p>Exo-Welder/Construction Worker</p><p>Drone Operator/Robot Supervisor</p><p>Professional Gamer</p><p>Professional Simulation Designer</p><p>CAD/CAM Draftsman</p><p>Holography Engineer</p><p>Archaeologist - In a sufficiently far future setting, modern society has its deep layer of junk and artifacts that is occasionally valuable (recycling), dangerous, and requires understanding (we need get data off this 4000 year old medium, written for an operating system that no longer exists, or alternately, our 4000 year old BIOS has suddenly stopped working and we need to know why)</p><p></p><p>All your "Starship" professions seem to be "some other profession" + "military", such as "Physician" + "Military" = Starship Medical Officer or "Engineer" + "military" = Starship Engineering Officer. I suspect that way of thinking about the world is an anachronism, sort of like saying ePoker. Eventually the 'electronic' just drops off the description because the distinction ceases to be novel. In any event, if the system is flexible enough to allow for multiple backgrounds to be chosen, you won't need a separate one for each career path in a star faring military. There are Combat Entomologists in the real world, for example (I happen to know one).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 6241790, member: 4937"] "Band Member" is actually a subset of "Entertainer", which includes all sorts of mediums that aren't listed. Actor Journalist, unless blogging has made the profession obsolete, in which case see Entertainer Programmer/Hacker Physician Nanotech/3D Printing Engineer Body Guard/Security Expert Fire Fighter Hazardous Materials Handler Ecologist/Planetologist/Climatologist/Terra-forming Engineer Exo-Welder/Construction Worker Drone Operator/Robot Supervisor Professional Gamer Professional Simulation Designer CAD/CAM Draftsman Holography Engineer Archaeologist - In a sufficiently far future setting, modern society has its deep layer of junk and artifacts that is occasionally valuable (recycling), dangerous, and requires understanding (we need get data off this 4000 year old medium, written for an operating system that no longer exists, or alternately, our 4000 year old BIOS has suddenly stopped working and we need to know why) All your "Starship" professions seem to be "some other profession" + "military", such as "Physician" + "Military" = Starship Medical Officer or "Engineer" + "military" = Starship Engineering Officer. I suspect that way of thinking about the world is an anachronism, sort of like saying ePoker. Eventually the 'electronic' just drops off the description because the distinction ceases to be novel. In any event, if the system is flexible enough to allow for multiple backgrounds to be chosen, you won't need a separate one for each career path in a star faring military. There are Combat Entomologists in the real world, for example (I happen to know one). [/QUOTE]
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