Broker Merchant

Broker Assignment, Merchant Career

Career Quote: "Members of a commercial enterprise. Merchants may crew the ships of the huge trading corporations, or they may work for independent free traders who carry chance cargoes and passengers between worlds."

Assignment Quote: "You work in a planetside brokerage or starport."

Reference: Core Rulebook, pages 32-33.

Qualification:

  • INT 4+ check

    • DM-1 for every previous career
      (assignment changes do not count!)

Advancement:

  • INT 7+ check

    • if result less or equal to the number of terms in Merchant career, must leave career after this term

    • if 12+ must stay in Merchant career next term

Survival:

Duration:

  • normal Term duration

Skills and Training:

  • Get Training before the Survival roll

    • If this is the first Term in Merchant career, take basic training

    • Otherwise select training as normal

  • Basic Training for Merchant career from Service Skills table

    • If this is the first Career, gain all skills at level 0

    • Otherwise select one skill to gain at level 0

  • If the Advancement roll is successful, get another Training

  • Select any table for training, provided requirements are met

  • Roll for or Select an item on the table, depending on optional rules used

  • Unless otherwise stated, gain skill at level 1 or increase it by 1 level, but no higher than level 4

1D Personal Development

  1. STR +1

  2. DEX +1

  3. END +1

  4. INT +1

  5. Language

  6. Streetwise

1D Service Skills

  1. Drive

  2. Vacc Suit

  3. Broker

  4. Steward

  5. Electronics

  6. Persuade

1D Adv. Education (EDU 8+)

  1. Engineer

  2. Astrogation

  3. Electronics

  4. Pilot

  5. Admin

  6. Advocate

1D Broker

  1. Admin

  2. Advocate

  3. Broker

  4. Streetwise

  5. Deception

  6. Persuade

Ranks and Bonuses:

Rank Title Skill or Bonus

  • 0 - -

  • 1 - Broker 1

  • 2 - -

  • 3 Experienced Broker Streetwise 1

  • 4 - -

  • 5 - -

  • 6 - -

Extra Benefit Rolls:

  • Rank 1+ 1 extra Benefit roll

  • Rank 3+ 2 extra Benefit rolls

  • Rank 5+ 3 extra Benefit rolls

Mustering Out Benefits:

1D Cash Other Benefits

  1. Cr1000 Blade

  2. Cr5000 INT +1

  3. Cr10000 EDU +1

  4. Cr20000 Gun

  5. Cr20000 Ship Share

  6. Cr40000 Free Trader

  7. Cr40000 Free Trader

Note:

  • DM+1 on Cash Benefits rolls if Gambler 0+

  • DM+1 on Cash and Other Benefits if Rank 5+ is reached

Links

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