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<blockquote data-quote="aco175" data-source="post: 5525370" data-attributes="member: 27385">I do not know anything about Nexus, so I guess the main question is how detailed and lifelike do you want, or do you want more manageable and contained.&nbsp; I remember some basic things from the old Twilight 2000 game, you should check this out for good stuff.&nbsp; It has been 20 years since basic training, but in essence they are all suposed to be about the same.&nbsp; I'm sure everyone will tell you theirs was tougher.&nbsp; I can only speak for the Army and say that each is about the same.&nbsp; After Basic is advanced individual training or AIT where you are tought your specific job, infantry, tanks, medic, cook, transport, etc..&nbsp; After this you either go to your unit or you may have more school- airborne, air assault, I wonder if schools can be treated kind of like feats.Maybe look at D20 modern with character types being basic things like fast, big, smart, etc.. for a start.&nbsp; In my unit there was all types- big linebacker types and small fast types, bookish computer types, Ivy league types and even guys with the choice to join or go to jail.&nbsp; Each type of person can be sort of like a race in DnD where they all have a better advantage than others in situations.Some jobs translate better for NPC's rather than for players. Look for the ones you want for play and focus on those first.&nbsp; No offense to x-ray techs and nurses, but in game most may want to play tankers, artillery, pilots, etc..Another thing to think about and I do not know if you game does this but, create some special unit or group that allows for all these diverse soldiers to come together for missions.&nbsp; Something like GIJoe rather than more like real life.&nbsp; In real life units do not mingle much, especially across branches.&nbsp; Most of the time I was with 30 other infantry guys, a medic, and maybe an Air Force guy that called in air strikes and battleship fire.&nbsp; In that group though there was people that been to schools and had specialized training such as airborne, ranger, sniper, pathfinder, etc..&nbsp; I'm not sure if this is where your character type would come in.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aco175, post: 5525370, member: 27385"] I do not know anything about Nexus, so I guess the main question is how detailed and lifelike do you want, or do you want more manageable and contained. I remember some basic things from the old Twilight 2000 game, you should check this out for good stuff. It has been 20 years since basic training, but in essence they are all suposed to be about the same. I'm sure everyone will tell you theirs was tougher. I can only speak for the Army and say that each is about the same. After Basic is advanced individual training or AIT where you are tought your specific job, infantry, tanks, medic, cook, transport, etc.. After this you either go to your unit or you may have more school- airborne, air assault, I wonder if schools can be treated kind of like feats. Maybe look at D20 modern with character types being basic things like fast, big, smart, etc.. for a start. In my unit there was all types- big linebacker types and small fast types, bookish computer types, Ivy league types and even guys with the choice to join or go to jail. Each type of person can be sort of like a race in DnD where they all have a better advantage than others in situations. Some jobs translate better for NPC's rather than for players. Look for the ones you want for play and focus on those first. No offense to x-ray techs and nurses, but in game most may want to play tankers, artillery, pilots, etc.. Another thing to think about and I do not know if you game does this but, create some special unit or group that allows for all these diverse soldiers to come together for missions. Something like GIJoe rather than more like real life. In real life units do not mingle much, especially across branches. Most of the time I was with 30 other infantry guys, a medic, and maybe an Air Force guy that called in air strikes and battleship fire. In that group though there was people that been to schools and had specialized training such as airborne, ranger, sniper, pathfinder, etc.. I'm not sure if this is where your character type would come in. [/QUOTE]

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