List of player created adulthood backstories N through Z

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Title (Short Title)	Description	Skill Modifications	Incapable of	Civil	Raider	Slave	Trader	Traveler	Tribal
Navy tech officer (Navy tech)	After repairing a fleet admiral's holoscreen with nothing but a pair of rusty pliers and scrap wire, [PAWN_nameDef] was invited to the Federation Naval Academy. [PAWN_pronoun] received an excellent technical education and extensive firearms training, but had no interest in studying more menial skills.	Intellectual: +6 Shooting: +4 Cooking: −2 Crafting: +5 Animals: −2	Dumb labor
Network engineer (Engineer)	[PAWN_nameDef] spent all [PAWN_pronoun] time working on computer networking systems. [PAWN_pronoun] lived without a care in the world - other than uptime and dropped packets.	Construction: +4 Intellectual: +4 Shooting: +4 Crafting: +4	None
Neuro scientist (Scientist)	Kevin worked for a long time to improve the world's understanding of the human brain. After succeeding in mapping the whole brain, Kevin joined a team of scientist on a quest to map the brains of xeno species.	Intellectual: +8 Social: +2 Medicine: +3	None
Ninja assassin (Ninja)	[PAWN_nameDef] performed stiletto-precise assassinations for an interplanetary conglomerate. [PAWN_pronoun] was assigned the most complex missions involving disguise, deception, subterfuge, and efficient violence. A nasty incident with a potted plant and an assassination gone wrong left [PAWN_objective] with an aversion to plant life.	Shooting: +4 Melee: +3 Social: +2 Crafting: +2	Plant work
Orbital reservist (Reservist)	When the government declared that it would strengthen its military defenses, [PAWN_nameDef] was drafted and trained. [PAWN_pronoun] was stationed on an orbital base, manning the defense systems and, in dire situations, descending in a dropship to the surface.	Shooting: +7 Melee: +5 Medicine: +2	None
Osteologist (Scholar)	After graduating university at the top of his class, [PAWN_nameDef] quickly became a well-known and athletic college professor. With his new found fame and fitness came a sudden reluctance to preform menial labor - such tasks are better left to graduate students.	Intellectual: +7 Mining: −3 Melee: +3 Social: +3	Dumb labor
Overwatch sniper (Sniper)	[PAWN_nameDef] didn't know why he joined the military, but he stayed to protect his fellow soldiers. Army life broke him down and built him back up. It taught him marksmanship, hand to hand combat and how to patch a bullet wound in a hurry.	Shooting: +5 Melee: +3 Medicine: +3	Artistic
Paramilitary agent (Agent)	After scraping by on assorted shady jobs, [PAWN_nameDef] joined with a large paramilitary group to fight a war on [PAWN_possessive] homeworld. [PAWN_possessive] role was infiltration and intelligence gathering	Shooting: +5 Melee: +2 Social: +3	None
Particle physicist (Physicist)	[PAWN_nameDef] performed cutting-edge physics research. She wanted to help build a better and more peaceful future.	Plants: +2 Intellectual: +8 Medicine: +3 Artistic: +3	None
Philosopher (Sage)	[PAWN_nameDef]'s thirst for archaeo-technological knowledge drove [PAWN_objective] to spend years surveying abandoned data centers and studying ancient coding languages. [PAWN_pronoun] claimed to be one of the few who could piece together the tragedy of the past - and offer a path to the future.	Intellectual: +4 Social: +2 Medicine: +3 Crafting: +2	None
Pirate captain (Captain)	[PAWN_nameDef] worked his way up through the ranks of a pirate ship, eventually becoming captain. He leads his crew between worlds, making a name to remember.	Shooting: +5 Melee: +5 Social: +6	None
Pirate doctor (Bad doc)	[PAWN_nameDef] had a passion for medicine, but never bothered to get a medical degree. Only underfunded pirates and terrorists were desperate enough to hire [PAWN_possessive] services, and [PAWN_possessive] surgical patients had about a 50% survival rate. Despite this, [PAWN_possessive] optimistic attitude drove [PAWN_objective] to keep trying to heal those in need. As long as they paid up front.	Intellectual: +3 Mining: −3 Social: −2 Medicine: +4 Artistic: −3	None
Pirate king (Pirate)	With no real care for other people, [PAWN_nameDef] fit in perfectly with the pirate crew that he had once been a captive of. Shortly after becoming one of the crew, [PAWN_nameDef] began to kill anyone or anything that got in his way—including his crew mates.	Shooting: +7 Melee: +5 Artistic: −2	Caring Social
Pirate sympathizer (Pirate)	From her youth, [PAWN_nameDef] developed connections in the underworld. There she trained in melee combat and became a trusted underworld advisor. After participating in a failed rebellion, she fled her homeworld to travel with a pirate band.	Shooting: +4 Melee: +8	None
Pirate trooper (Trooper)	[PAWN_nameDef] joined a renowned interstellar criminal organization, and was often part of shock-assault boarding parties during starship raids. Though his combat experience made him a good fighter, the ruthlessness of the job left [PAWN_objective] cold-hearted and unenthusiastic about social interaction.	Shooting: +6 Melee: +5	Caring Social
Pirate (Pirate)	As a pirate leader, Bishop was well-known for his cunning plans and chess-like traps. [PAWN_pronoun] was never afraid to sacrifice a few pawns to capture an important target. [PAWN_possessive] name has been linked more then once to strategies that overcame overwhelming odds.	Shooting: +4 Melee: +2 Social: +8	Dumb labor
Plague doctor (Doctor)	[PAWN_nameDef] provided medical care on multiple plague-wracked worlds, always working under the Hippocratic oath. [PAWN_pronoun] improved conditions for those under quarantine while administering complex medical treatments and developing medicines. [PAWN_pronoun] never had time to enjoy a normal life outside of work.	Intellectual: +4 Social: −2 Medicine: +8	Violent Animals Artistic Cooking
Planetary diplomat (Diplomat)	[PAWN_nameDef]'s passion and profession was interplanetary politics. [PAWN_pronoun] was a master of social manipulation and negotiation and devoted [PAWN_objective]self to working towards peace, compromise and mutual benefit.	Construction: −2 Intellectual: +3 Social: +8 Artistic: +2	Dumb labor Violent Hauling Plant work Mining
Poison gardener (Botanist)	[PAWN_nameDef] spent almost all [PAWN_possessive] time tending to a poison garden and became withdrawn from society. In that time [PAWN_pronoun] learnt a few safe culinary and medicinal uses for the otherwise deadly plants.	Plants: +4 Intellectual: +1 Cooking: +2 Medicine: +2	Social Hauling Mining
Political activist (Activist)	Matt was involved with a radical political faction which worked against his homeworld's government. The guerilla tactics training that Matt received from his associates gave him the skills to fight, but also drove him to compromise his own beliefs.	Intellectual: +2 Shooting: +5 Melee: +3 Medicine: +2	None
Political assassin (Deathjack)	Matis realized that his true calling was in physical solutions to diplomatic problems. He sought training from the assassins guild on Ceti V. He was a quick study at the arts of subterfuge and death. He soon earned the guild rank of Deathjack.	Shooting: +8 Melee: +8	Dumb labor Caring Social Artistic
Politician (Politician)	[PAWN_nameDef] was an activist in a powerful political faction. There [PAWN_pronoun] learned the art of persuasion and speech. [PAWN_pronoun] had many enemies, so [PAWN_pronoun] took secret courses in shooting and hand-to-hand combat.	Shooting: +2 Melee: +2 Social: +5	Plant work Mining
Pop idol pirate (Pirate)	[PAWN_nameDef] and her fans set out as a space pirate crew. She raided corporations for money and staged performances to spread her name. [PAWN_nameDef] became afraid of fire when a rival burned her stage down. She relied on her fans to do the work she found unappealing.	Plants: −2 Shooting: +5 Melee: +7 Social: +4 Cooking: −2	Dumb labor Caring Firefighting
Pop idol (Pop idol)	Min performed and did interviews constantly. She refined her skills in dancing and singing, and became a master of social presentation.	Shooting: −4 Melee: −4 Social: +8 Artistic: +8	Dumb labor Cleaning Hauling Plant work Mining
Prisoner of war (Prisoner)	[PAWN_nameDef] was captured and put on death row for war crimes. Fortunately for her, someone cut the power to her cell block. Riots ignited. Guards and trained wargs were deployed to quell the uprising. Organizing a few other inmates, [PAWN_nameDef] escaped in a small spacecraft.	Shooting: +4 Melee: +4 Social: +4	Animals
Private detective (Detective)	As a private eye, sharp wits and a silver tongue were [PAWN_nameDef]'s greatest tools. [PAWN_pronoun] often spent [PAWN_possessive] nights working cases that ranged from uncovering affairs and learning trade secrets to solving murder cases and infiltrating criminal organizations. There wasn't a case [PAWN_pronoun] wouldn't accept for the right price.	Intellectual: +4 Social: +7	Plant work Mining
Prosthetic surgeon (Surgeon)	[PAWN_nameDef] used [PAWN_possessive] talent for prosthetics to 'advance' others by replacing limbs and organs with metal and electronics.	Plants: −2 Intellectual: +4 Medicine: +6 Crafting: +4	None
Prostitute idol (Prostitute)	After [PAWN_possessive] father was deposed, [PAWN_nameDef]'s beauty led [PAWN_objective] to be forced into pornography to survive. Over years of difficult treatments, [PAWN_possessive] body was remodeled to appear temporarily ageless. Sold to an orbital brothel, [PAWN_pronoun] became popular, with a steady stream of clients from all over the planet.	Social: +7 Cooking: +3 Artistic: +3	None
Raider king (Raider)	Starting as nothing more than a slave, [PAWN_nameDef] rose quickly among the raider ranks until all knew his name and his ruthlessness.	Mining: +3 Shooting: +5 Melee: +5	Intellectual
Ranger (Ranger)	[PAWN_nameDef] lived alone, deep in a forest. [PAWN_pronoun] protected the wildlife against poachers, and learned to satisfy [PAWN_possessive] own material needs without outside help.	Construction: +2 Plants: +2 Shooting: +4 Cooking: +2 Medicine: +2	Artistic
Rebel fighter (Rebel)	When civil war broke out Ade remained neutral to either side, until his biome was firebombed by a loyalist militia. Later, his unit gave him the nickname "Rare" after he burnt down the luxury villa of a loyalist leader, with them still inside it.	Shooting: +4 Melee: +2	Caring Artistic
Religious hierarch (Hierarch)	Ordained as a priest in his local community, [PAWN_nameDef] used intrigue and diplomacy to rise to the higher echelon of the clergy. He held numerous titles and lands. One day, a merchant landed his spaceship near [PAWN_nameDef]'s home. [PAWN_pronoun] decided to accompany the merchant in search for new worlds and challenges.	Construction: −3 Mining: −3 Shooting: −2 Melee: −2 Social: +8 Cooking: +4 Medicine: +5	Dumb labor Artistic
Renegade engineer (Engineer)	After a daring escape from the prison planet with a small crew of fellow inmates, Jered set his gaze on his homeworld. He travelled there, recruited more followers, hijacked a space cruiser, and launched into the void.	Intellectual: +3 Shooting: +3 Melee: +3 Medicine: +3	None
Renowned professor (Professor)	[PAWN_nameDef]'s bottomless compassion and love of knowledge drove [PAWN_objective] to a life of teaching. [PAWN_pronoun] became one of the best-known names in academia throughout the urbworld bubble. [PAWN_possessive] holo-lectures were revered by all that watched, and the few students [PAWN_pronoun] accepted into [PAWN_possessive] seminars spoke widely of [PAWN_possessive] kindness and patience.	Intellectual: +5 Social: +6	None
Reporter (Reporter)	Candice spent many years as an investigative reporter. She was notorious for making chaotic reports from exotic locations. Although seen as a lightweight by her critics, she managed to break several high-profile stories after lengthy investigations.	Intellectual: +2 Social: +4 Artistic: +3	None
Reptile researcher (Researcher)	After leaving [PAWN_possessive] parents' vineyard, [PAWN_nameDef] traveled across much of known space, and learned many skills along the way. [PAWN_pronoun] spent most of [PAWN_possessive] time researching and interacting with reptile species. [PAWN_pronoun] was renowned for making several breakthroughs, and for discovering the "Thorny Devil".	Intellectual: +7 Cooking: +2 Medicine: +3 Artistic: +3 Crafting: +2	Violent
Roboticist (Roboticist)	[PAWN_nameDef] felt more comfortable with robots and artificial intelligences than with organic people, so [PAWN_pronoun] worked as a roboticist. [PAWN_pronoun] took a particular interest in mechanites and ancient technology. [PAWN_nameDef] relied on other people for [PAWN_possessive] basic needs.	Construction: +3 Intellectual: +4 Crafting: +6	Cooking Plant work
Roboticist (Roboticist)	Sailors often died on the dangerous waters of [PAWN_nameDef]'s ocean planet. [PAWN_pronoun] created robots to replace them. Over time, he collected a small crew of robots to do his bidding. [PAWN_pronoun] became proficient at mechanics and engineering, but lost the taste for manual labor.	Construction: +3 Intellectual: +7 Crafting: +3	Dumb labor
Rocket engineer (Engineer)	[PAWN_nameDef] won a grant to a top school and earned a degree in rocket engineering. After several years working for a space mining company she left to travel and see the universe.	Construction: +4 Intellectual: +5 Mining: +3 Social: −1 Cooking: −4 Medicine: −2	None
Rocket pioneer (Rocketeer)	As a self-taught engineer, [PAWN_nameDef] escaped his dying homeworld on a rocket [PAWN_pronoun] built [PAWN_objective]self. [PAWN_pronoun] later spent years of his life on several worlds, helping less-developed planets develop rocket technology.	Construction: +8 Plants: −3 Intellectual: +5	Violent
Rugby player (Winger)	After years of addiction to virtual reality games, Douglas was saved when the doctors unplugged him. Unfortunately, they unplugged him during a match of Rugby Rampage 4. The mental backlash merged his real identity and his virtual identity, leaving him with the personality and skills of a rugby player.	Construction: +4 Mining: +3 Melee: +5	Cleaning
Runaway dancer (Dancer)	Grown by and for science, [PAWN_nameDef] gave it up. Instead, [PAWN_pronoun] wanted to dance for crowds across many worlds, from the glamor of the glitterworlds to the dangers of the rim. Such work required wearing a smile on [PAWN_possessive] face and a pistol under [PAWN_possessive] costume.	Shooting: +2 Social: +6 Artistic: +4	None
Sanitation captain (Janitor )	After graduating officer training school, Jake was assigned to main battle deck on the Thunder-Child. He served there for a year before his "gallant" actions saw him reassigned to the maintenance corps. It was with the maintenance corps he was dubbed Table on account of his legs.	Construction: +5 Crafting: +3	None
Selfless hunter (Hunter)	Nebulys was a hunter of mysterious creatures that many didn't even believe existed. Sometimes the people were right - and sometimes they were wrong. Along the way, he helped people in need.	Shooting: +5 Social: +6	None
Serial murderer (Murderer)	[PAWN_nameDef] started to enjoy killing people, so he did more often and perfected his methods. He lurked in the darkest streets, stalking prey for hours. He enjoyed making artworks of his victims, and was known for leaving his signature on the bodies of those he killed.	Shooting: +4 Melee: +4 Artistic: +4	Animals
Shadow marine (Marine)	After perfecting [PAWN_possessive] skills as a pathfinder, [PAWN_nameDef] left [PAWN_possessive] unit to put [PAWN_possessive] skills to use on the planets [PAWN_pronoun] helped chart. Familiar with orbital trade routes, [PAWN_pronoun] was able to get onto and off any planet without being detected.	Intellectual: +4 Shooting: +4 Melee: +2 Medicine: +3 Animals: +3	None
Shaman of shadows (Shaman)	When the monsters of fire came from the sky, [PAWN_nameDef] was called upon by [PAWN_possessive] tribe to guide them into battle. [PAWN_nameDef] made use of medicines and rituals to inspire and lead the warriors of many tribes against the invaders. The pirates were forced to retreat without capturing a single slave.	Construction: −2 Plants: +2 Intellectual: +2 Social: +6 Medicine: +4	Violent
Shock trooper (Shocktroop)	[PAWN_nameDef] was in a deep space shock troop unit deployed on multiple planets in various wars. During a risky assault, [PAWN_possessive] whole unit was wiped out. Nobody else knew what happened on the field that day, but [PAWN_nameDef] will carry the burden forever.	Shooting: +7 Melee: +5 Medicine: +2	None
Sickly lawyer (Lawyer)	As a lawyer, Lynn could convict a deaf man for stealing music. His sharp mind and lack of empathy let him say anything to get the other person to talk. With the right amount of money, he knew, any case can be won. His childhood cough never went away.	Social: +8	Dumb labor Mining
Sightseer (Sightseer)	[PAWN_nameDef] traveled the stars. [PAWN_pronoun] could barely scrape together travel costs doing odd-jobs on stations, but it was all worth it. [PAWN_pronoun] loved camping on exotic worlds and learning the patterns of strange wildlife. [PAWN_pronoun] never could focus on intellectual endeavors, as [PAWN_possessive] sightseeing distracted [PAWN_objective] far too much.	Plants: +2 Shooting: +2 Melee: +2 Medicine: +2 Artistic: +2 Animals: +2	Intellectual
Slave chemist (Chemist)	[PAWN_nameDef] became a gifted pharmaceutical scientist, but was captured by slavers. [PAWN_pronoun] was sold to a warlord and forced to create drugs to test on other slaves. This left [PAWN_objective] with deep and troubling questions on the ethics of scientific research and medicine.	Construction: −1 Intellectual: +4 Mining: −2 Melee: −1 Medicine: +5	None
Smuggler (Smuggler)	As a contract pilot, Meredith had a knack for stealing goods and trafficking contraband without getting caught. She eventually saved up enough to buy her own ship, and used it to travel from world to world dealing her goods in person.	Intellectual: −2 Shooting: +2 Melee: +2 Social: +5 Medicine: +2	Artistic
Software developer (Developer)	After [PAWN_pronoun] gained the ability to use automation to remove tedium, [PAWN_nameDef] could no longer tolerate traditional education and employment.	Plants: −3 Intellectual: +7 Social: −3 Artistic: +3 Crafting: +5	Dumb labor Cleaning Hauling
Sole survivor (Survivor)	[PAWN_nameDef] lived in a remote colony. When mechanoid centipedes attacked his home and killed his people, he was the last survivor.	Shooting: +4 Melee: +5 Social: −3	Animals Artistic
Space bartender (Bartender)	[PAWN_nameDef] became a bartender on a space station. [PAWN_pronoun] interacted with and befriended many strangers. As time went on, [PAWN_nameDef] used [PAWN_possessive] knowledge of herbs to craft [PAWN_possessive] own strange concoctions for [PAWN_possessive] customers.	Plants: +4 Social: +4 Cooking: +5 Crafting: +2	None
Space explorer (Explorer)	[PAWN_nameDef] once spent ten years trapped, alone on an alien planet. [PAWN_pronoun] quickly adapted to the local environment, and learned to communicate with [PAWN_possessive] local enemies. This long period alone left him without close friends. [PAWN_possessive] heart is sensitive, but he learned to hide [PAWN_possessive] emotions very well.	Construction: +3 Plants: +3 Mining: +3 Shooting: +4 Social: +4	Caring
Space humanitarian (Activist)	After seeing the rampant poverty common on overcrowded urban worlds, [PAWN_nameDef] decided to dedicate [PAWN_possessive] life to helping the less fortunate. This crusade taught [PAWN_objective] how to care for the sick and the hungry.	Plants: +2 Shooting: −2 Cooking: +4 Medicine: +2	None
Space hunter (Huntsman)	Now a man as well as proficient hunter and marksman, Jon yearned for more. He took leave from his birth world, traveling the great expanse in search of exotic game.	Shooting: +5 Melee: +1 Cooking: +1 Medicine: +2 Crafting: +3	None
Space marine medic (Medic)	[PAWN_nameDef] joined a colony contact expeditionary force as a medic. The mission turned bad when the colonists turned out to be suffering from a zombifying disease. [PAWN_pronoun] ran and fought for days. Cornered with wounded men, [PAWN_pronoun] sprayed enough ammunition to wear out four machine gun barrels, and learned the value of high-volume fire. But [PAWN_possessive] nickname, Noob, stuck from that day forward.	Shooting: +6 Melee: +2 Medicine: +6	None
Space marine (Marine)	[PAWN_nameDef] joined Interplanetary Marines to travel the stars fight for [PAWN_possessive] planet. [PAWN_pronoun] distinguished himself in several battles. [PAWN_possessive] experiences desensitized him to people around him, and his social skills degraded. But, he did learn how to fight.	Shooting: +8 Melee: +6	Caring Social
Space marine (Marine)	[PAWN_nameDef] was a member of an elite imperial space warrior unit. Subjected to intense training, [PAWN_pronoun] developed remarkable combat skills. [PAWN_possessive] unit's quasi-religious ceremonies and beliefs helped [PAWN_objective] stay more-or-less sane through the horrors of the war.	Shooting: +6 Melee: +5 Social: −2	Artistic
Space marine (Marine)	[PAWN_nameDef] was a warrior in an Imperial navy. [PAWN_possessive] job was to punch into enemy starships, gun down the crew, and capture the ship intact. And [PAWN_pronoun] was good at it.	Shooting: +7 Melee: +5	Cooking
Space marine (Marine)	[PAWN_nameDef] was recruited into the security forces of an off-planet corporation. [PAWN_pronoun] defended their ships against pirates and engaged in private space warfare contracts.	Shooting: +6 Melee: +5 Medicine: +2	Artistic
Space marine (Marine)	Soren joined a squad of space marines known for their brutal efficiency at killing. His last name and his lack of emotion during combat inspired his nickname: Grim.	Shooting: +6 Melee: +4 Artistic: −3 Crafting: −2	Caring Social
Space merchant (Merchant)	As part of a freelance interplanetary lifestyle, [PAWN_nameDef] sought to dominate her romantic interests as much as her business adversaries. When she didn't have her own ship to fly, she worked charter ships for hire.	Construction: +4 Shooting: +2 Social: +5 Crafting: +2	Caring
Space navy doctor (Doctor)	[PAWN_nameDef] served several tours as a doctor on one of the few warships defending [PAWN_possessive] homeworld. [PAWN_pronoun] learned combat skills while fighting occasional pirate boarding parties, and became an expert at treating gruesome combat wounds.	Construction: −2 Plants: −2 Mining: −2 Shooting: +3 Melee: +1 Social: +2 Medicine: +5 Artistic: −1	None
Space navy tech (Navy tech)	[PAWN_nameDef] was in a space navy for the the most powerful planet in the local star group. [PAWN_pronoun] developed skills in maintenance, electronic systems, radar and imaging, and logistics management. [PAWN_pronoun] served with pride and patriotic love for [PAWN_possessive] planet.	Intellectual: +8 Shooting: +4 Melee: +2 Crafting: +3	Mining
Space raider (Raider)	Tater was the leader of a spaceborne pirate crew. Skipping between the rim worlds, he became the feared enemy of many settlements.	Shooting: +8 Melee: +3 Social: +5	None
Space researcher (Researcher)	[PAWN_nameDef] inherited [PAWN_possessive] parents' ship and carried on their research. [PAWN_possessive] childhood experiences with diverse cultures allowed [PAWN_objective] to preserve his caring nature despite spending most of [PAWN_possessive] life isolated in space.	Plants: +2 Intellectual: +6 Mining: −1 Crafting: +3	None
Space station cook (Cook)	The space station [PAWN_nameDef] came from was far from any populated planets, and was in itself understaffed. For this reason, [PAWN_nameDef] was forced to learn how to cook in order to keep the crew alive. While [PAWN_pronoun] appreciated this learning opportunity, [PAWN_pronoun] didn't appreciate the criticism which came with it, and has had self-esteem issues ever since.	Melee: +4 Cooking: +6	Caring Social
Space technician (Technician)	[PAWN_nameDef] finally managed to flee his criminal life by getting a maintenance job on a nearby space station. He performed multiple repairing and building operations. He also used to participate in basic research activities and often defused co-workers' arguments. He never liked doing art.	Construction: +5 Intellectual: +1 Mining: +2 Social: +1	Artistic
Space trafficker (Trafficker)	[PAWN_nameDef] discovered [PAWN_pronoun] was heir of [PAWN_possessive] distant uncle's weapons-trading business. To protect the future of the company [PAWN_pronoun] went through extensive military training, in case of any "unforeseen circumstances".	Shooting: +5 Melee: +5 Social: +5 Medicine: −2	Animals Artistic Crafting
Spaceship chef (Chef)	Ryan got a spot on a ship by becoming the ship's cook. He enjoyed cooking and helping the doctor clean wounds, but he never got used to cleaning the dishes.	Cooking: +7 Medicine: +5	Cleaning
Spaceship salesman (Salesman)	Duster tried his hand at various jobs, including building space rabbit cages and working at a mutant wheat research project. Finally, he found his true calling as a spacecraft salesman. Specializing in recreational spacecraft, his smooth talk and charming nature served him well.	Construction: +2 Plants: +1 Intellectual: +2 Shooting: +2 Social: +8 Cooking: −1 Medicine: −1 Artistic: −2 Crafting: −1	None
Special forces (Specialist)	Give me a reason to kill - a good reason! Markus was a soldier and a skilled one - so skilled that [PAWN_pronoun] entered the special forces to battle militants and xenohuman raiders. [PAWN_pronoun] never imagined himself a lone hero, but [PAWN_pronoun] played [PAWN_possessive] part in the group well.	Shooting: +7 Melee: +6 Social: +2	Intellectual Animals Artistic
Spiceminer (Spiceminer)	[PAWN_nameDef] made his mark on the universe as a spice miner assigned to the lucrative mining colony of Rural Pen’The. Little did he know, Benn was about to embark on a career path that would change his life.	Construction: +2 Plants: −2 Mining: +8 Social: +2 Medicine: −2	Intellectual
Spy (Spy)	[PAWN_nameDef] was trained by [PAWN_possessive] government in infiltration and espionage. [PAWN_pronoun] learned to keep a cool head and to talk [PAWN_possessive] way out of tight situations. When talking didn't work, [PAWN_pronoun] was capable of more violent direct action.	Shooting: +2 Melee: +2 Social: +7	None
Stalwart farmer (Farmer)	With the farm under constant threat from brigands, [PAWN_nameDef] learned to defend himself with his father's rifle. [PAWN_pronoun] also mastered how to construct walls to keep livestock in and predators out. He once tried to paint a picture of his home, but discovered that he could only draw scribbles and ducks.	Construction: +4 Shooting: +4 Melee: +2 Crafting: +2	Animals Artistic Cooking
Stalwart farmer (Farmer)	With the farm under constant threat from brigands, Drew learned to defend himself with his father's hunting rifle. He also mastered how to construct fences to keep livestock in and the local wildlife out. Drew tried to paint a picture of his home and learned he can only draw scribbles and ducks.	Construction: +3 Plants: +3 Intellectual: −2 Mining: +2 Shooting: +5 Melee: +2	Artistic
Star knight (Knight)	Abducted from his medieval homeworld, [PAWN_nameDef] later escaped his captors via an impressive display of swordsmanship. For a moment, as he drifted in the escape pod, his childhood dream of becoming a knight among the stars felt so real. Then he crash-landed.	Shooting: +2 Melee: +8 Social: +3	None
Starfighter pilot (Pilot)	After years of training and drilling, [PAWN_nameDef] finally became a starfighter pilot. Hundreds of combat missions later, [PAWN_pronoun] grew bored and started seeking newer thrills. [PAWN_pronoun] joined a band of space pirates, which eagerly welcomed [PAWN_objective] because of [PAWN_possessive] piloting skill.	Intellectual: +4 Mining: −3 Shooting: +7 Melee: +3 Artistic: −3 Animals: −3	Caring
Starship doctor (Doctor)	[PAWN_nameDef] was a doctor on a starship. He was a brilliant surgeon and dabbled in research of his own. However, he was quite reclusive and never had the best bedside manner.	Intellectual: +5 Melee: −2 Social: −3 Medicine: +8	None
State engineer (Engineer)	[PAWN_nameDef] enrolled in the state weapons research program. While brilliant in his work, he was so enthusiastic in testing his creations that he accidentally wounded some colleagues and was marked as unfit for service.	Construction: +2 Intellectual: +4 Crafting: +5	None
Station security (Security)	[PAWN_nameDef] was commissioned as a special constable on a network of space stations. There he prevented illegal human trafficking. Once, fire broke out on the station, and [PAWN_pronoun] saved many from the flames. Since then, [PAWN_pronoun] has avoided fires.	Shooting: +4 Melee: +3 Social: +3 Medicine: +3 Artistic: −3	Firefighting
Stellar pirate (Pirate)	[PAWN_nameDef] was captain of a pirate ship. [PAWN_pronoun] and his crew made their living capturing traders who wandered off-course. [PAWN_pronoun] was known for [PAWN_possessive] balanced approach to problems, building, fighting, or negotiating as needed.	Shooting: +4 Social: +4 Crafting: +4	None
Stiletto assassin (Assassin)	Because of her skills, [PAWN_nameDef] developed a sense of superiority. In time, she lost her sense of empathy. She often got into fights, and discovered how easy it is to kill a person. After realizing her talents, she became one of the most efficient assassins in the system.	Construction: −3 Mining: −3 Shooting: +6 Melee: +8 Medicine: +2	None
Storyteller (Fabulist)	[PAWN_nameDef] traveled his world recounting the legends that he had studied. Obsessed with the legends of his people, [PAWN_nameDef] seeks someone who can help him grow scales on his skin, so he too can be as the ancients were.	Intellectual: +2 Social: +4 Artistic: +3 Crafting: +2	Cooking Mining
Super soldier (Soldier)	Product of a super-soldier program run by a now-deposed government, [PAWN_nameDef] was lost. [PAWN_pronoun] survived the final suicide attack on the enemy mothership. What now? For the first time in his life, [PAWN_pronoun] had no orders, no objectives. [PAWN_pronoun] rose from wreckage and strove towards uncertainty, towards freedom.	Shooting: +8 Melee: +7 Crafting: −3	Social Animals Artistic
System lord (Lord)	For [PAWN_nameDef], ruling a country, or even a planet, was not good enough. [PAWN_pronoun] sought to expand his influence across the system - by legal or extralegal means.	Shooting: +6 Melee: +2 Social: +6	Caring
Systems engineer (Engineer)	Like [PAWN_possessive] father, [PAWN_nameDef] was a systems engineer. [PAWN_pronoun] was qualified in both colony and ship systems. When not working, [PAWN_pronoun] would make mechanical figurines, read old books, or occasionally travel to uncharted worlds. Being introverted, [PAWN_pronoun] did these things mostly alone.	Construction: +5 Intellectual: +7 Crafting: +4	Social
Technician (Techie)	As an IT technician, [PAWN_nameDef] didn't have much time to write code any more. [PAWN_pronoun] got called to work all the time to fix failures in the cryptobiotic chamber and AI subroutine misalignments.	Construction: +2 Intellectual: +6 Medicine: +4	None
Technology doctor (Tech doc)	[PAWN_nameDef] performed research into propulsive fuels and energy generation. [PAWN_pronoun] loved technology research, and hoped to improve human life by doing it.	Construction: +3 Intellectual: +8 Crafting: +2	Artistic
Test subject (Experiment)	Kidnapped as a teenager, [PAWN_nameDef] was an unwilling test subject in experimental gene therapies for six years. Labs and scientists scare [PAWN_objective].	Shooting: +6 Melee: +8 Social: −4	Intellectual
Test subject (Subject)	[PAWN_nameDef] enrolled in a scientific study that promised it could make [PAWN_objective] smarter. Unfortunately, the side effects were very different than he expected.[PAWN_pronoun] went insane and killed a number of people before escaping his homeworld.	Shooting: +4 Melee: +4	Caring Social Artistic Cooking Cleaning Plant work
Test subject (Subject)	[PAWN_nameDef]'s tests went from geometry to quantum physics, and she could run the grand gauntlet without a scratch. One day, Mother said that her final test lay beyond the red door, and that even if she couldn't hear her voice, Mother would always be there.	Intellectual: +5 Melee: +5 Cooking: +1	Caring Social Plant work Mining
Theater technician (Technician)	[PAWN_nameDef] spent countless hours behind the scenes of a famous theater. [PAWN_pronoun] built scenery, programmed lights, and monitored the machines that moved the sets. Off duty, [PAWN_pronoun] would talk with the cast members. Navigating the social drama of the actors helped [PAWN_pronoun] learn how to communicate well and manipulate others.	Construction: +3 Social: +3 Artistic: +2 Crafting: +2	None
Tinkerer (Tinkerer)	"How does this work? Why does this move? Maybe if I change this... oops, I hope it works better... or maybe I broke it..."	Construction: +4 Intellectual: +4 Artistic: +2 Crafting: +4	None
Toaster repairman (Repairman)	Good with his hands and passionate about technology, [PAWN_nameDef] aspired to invent gadgets and machines that would change his home world forever. A few failed and occasionally disastrous creations later, he gave up on his dream and took a job more befitting his skill set.	Construction: +7 Mining: −3 Crafting: +6	Intellectual Artistic
Tool mechanic (Mechanic)	[PAWN_nameDef] was a famous tool mechanic on a dusty rim world. After his firm closed due to scandal, [PAWN_pronoun] joined a tribe to survive, crafting fine knives and hammers, traveling, and dealing [PAWN_possessive] wares between settlements.	Construction: +5 Artistic: +2 Crafting: +8	Animals Plant work
Treasure hunter (Adventurer)	[PAWN_nameDef] explored outer rim planets in hopes of finding rare treasures. After succeeding in finding one legendary sculpture, [PAWN_pronoun] was betrayed by [PAWN_possessive] men. [PAWN_pronoun] survived their treasonous attack, but the sculpture was taken. [PAWN_pronoun] created the Anvil Mercenary Company to help [PAWN_objective] seek revenge.	Shooting: +5 Melee: +5 Social: +4 Cooking: +2 Medicine: +2	Dumb labor Animals Artistic
Undertaker (Undertaker)	[PAWN_nameDef] roamed the galaxy offering grief assistance to those who've had a recent loss. While he never shied away from physical confrontation, he prefers to confront tough situations with a calm word.	Intellectual: +3 Social: +6 Medicine: +2	Violent
Unethical doctor (Doctor)	[PAWN_nameDef] became a doctor to save lives and research medicine. [PAWN_pronoun] soon realized the only way to make progress on [PAWN_possessive] research was to perform experiments on human patients. [PAWN_pronoun] often used patients for [PAWN_possessive] experiments - whether they were willing or not.	Intellectual: +6 Medicine: +6	Dumb labor Social
Unstable butcher (Butcher)	John began hearing voices. The animals were talking to him, insulting him. He came to hate them, and eventually killed his furry former friends. He started selling the meat just to get human interaction.	Construction: +4 Intellectual: −4 Mining: +3 Melee: +6 Social: +2 Medicine: −3	None
Upright diplomat (Diplomat)	As a diplomat, [PAWN_nameDef] was assigned to deal with diplomatic tasks in the blood-soaked outer rim sectors. [PAWN_pronoun] hoped to end the endless wars, until [PAWN_possessive] consularship, the St. Anthem, was attacked by a raider fleet.	Construction: −3 Shooting: +4 Social: +8 Crafting: −3	Hauling
Urbworld enforcer (Enforcer)	[PAWN_nameDef] was an enforcer of law on an ancient urbworld. She dealt with the worst of humanity, from protecting greedy urbworld nobility in their spire palaces to rooting out cannibal cults in the deepest reaches of the underground hive.	Shooting: +7 Melee: +4 Social: +3 Medicine: +2	Intellectual
Urbworld pimp (Pimp)	At first, [PAWN_nameDef] made a small profit from selling drugs. Then, he switched to selling women and made a fortune. [PAWN_pronoun] developed great skills with his fists. He also learned to fix up the injuries [PAWN_pronoun] inflicted on the girls.	Melee: +6 Social: +4 Medicine: +5	Cleaning
Urbworld politican (Politician)	It's no secret that the Companies own much of the urbworlds, but someone has to take the bribes. Vladimir was one such figurehead. He learned how to manipulate the hopes and dreams of the people while living comfortably in a penthouse.	Social: +8	Dumb labor Crafting
Urbworld sergeant (Sergeant)	[PAWN_nameDef]'s passion for all things militaristic kept with him all the way to adulthood. After enrolling as a local policeman, he was soon promoted to sergeant.	Shooting: +4 Melee: +2 Social: +3	None
Urbworld sex slave (Sex slave)	Emmie was sold into sexual slavery. Having been designed to be inhumanly attractive and too weak to rebel against her masters, she was passed between dozens of owners and knew nothing of freedom.	Social: +6 Cooking: +2 Artistic: −2	Intellectual Violent
Vagabond (Vagabond)	[PAWN_nameDef] awoke on a dangerous planet with no resources and few survival skills. [PAWN_pronoun] bounced between camps, doing whatever work needed to be done, just to see the sun rise once more.	Construction: +4 Shooting: +3 Cooking: −2 Crafting: +4 Animals: +4	Intellectual Artistic
Vengeful explorer (Explorer)	A violent drifter without a home, [PAWN_nameDef] and his father fought many battles across hundreds of years. [PAWN_pronoun] became a grizzled fighter and crack shot. After his father's death in battle, [PAWN_nameDef] began exploring the stars alone, seeking his father's killer, on the hunt for revenge.	Construction: +4 Shooting: +6 Melee: +5	Caring
Versatile worker (Worker)	Spending his later teenage years in a colony of settlers, he offered what little skills he had to anyone who would take him. Being a quick learner, he honed many of his skills and, apart from his crippling inability to understand fire, is now a fully functioning adult.	Construction: +1 Plants: +4 Melee: +5 Medicine: −1 Crafting: +2	Intellectual Social Firefighting
Veteran soldier (Soldier)	[PAWN_nameDef] fought many tours against pirates, rebels, and xenos. He endured the glory and horrors of war. Worn down by drills, wars, and battle scars, [PAWN_nameDef] 'retired' to the easy soldier life of colonial civility enforcement. He spent his days polishing his war medals, knowing he had done his bloodline proud.	Construction: +1 Shooting: +5 Melee: +4 Medicine: +2	None
Video producer (Producer)	Too awkward to socialize, [PAWN_nameDef] found comfort in the production of videos. Oddly, people enjoyed his videos, calling them "perfect sitcom dramas". [PAWN_nameDef] took advantage of this and broadcast more, ever hopeful that [PAWN_pronoun] would be contacted by the Wizards.	Intellectual: +2 Artistic: +7 Crafting: +4	Dumb labor Social
Villain (Villain)	After rising to the top of his criminal band, [PAWN_nameDef] was taught the arts of villainy, from handling firearms to developing new weapons technologies. He excelled at bending others to his will.	Intellectual: +2 Mining: −2 Shooting: +4 Social: +6	Hauling
Vinho king (Booze king)	After prohibition came to Aracena VI, [PAWN_nameDef] expanded his underground liquor business until it dominated the market on two continents. They called him the Vinho King. Though [PAWN_pronoun] mostly controlled his competition by masterful political maneuvering, [PAWN_pronoun] was not above the occasional beat-down or stiletto assassination.	Intellectual: +3 Shooting: +3 Social: +7	Plant work
Void raider (Raider)	Craving adventure and glory, [PAWN_nameDef] set out across the void with a raider band, swearing his loyalty to his band and brothers, and spreading their glory through the stars with his blade and pistol in hand.	Shooting: +6 Melee: +6	None
Voidspace raider (Raider)	After years of seeking the assassin that broke up his family, [PAWN_nameDef] was offered a place with a group of space-faring raiders. He accepted, hoping to find the killer he sought. Due to [PAWN_possessive] seemingly-unending ability to narrowly escape danger, he earned the nickname 'Blackjack' in recognition of his luck.	Mining: +2 Shooting: +4 Melee: +2 Medicine: +2 Crafting: +3	Artistic
Wandering crafter (Crafter)	[PAWN_nameDef] continued to follow [PAWN_possessive] parents' nomadic ways, supporting himself with his crafting skills. But wandering is a hard life, and [PAWN_pronoun] often thought of finding somewhere to settle down and put [PAWN_possessive] skills to good use.	Intellectual: +2 Shooting: +3 Crafting: +8	None
Wandering healer (Healer)	[PAWN_nameDef] studied to be a doctor, but was dissatisfied with [PAWN_possessive] practice on an otherwise peaceful midworld. Instead, [PAWN_pronoun] chose to pull up roots and travel to the rimworlds in order to care for people who needed [PAWN_objective] most.	Construction: −1 Mining: −1 Social: +3 Cooking: +2 Medicine: +7	Violent
War chief (Chief)	[PAWN_nameDef] was a tribal gang leader on a neolithic planet. For him, the battlefield is a game, and there is nothing more fun than the fires of war.	Shooting: +7 Melee: +5 Social: +2	Hauling Plant work
Warlordess (Warlordess)	[PAWN_nameDef] was the tough leader of a pirate band. [PAWN_pronoun] would accept any challenge, no matter how violent or dangerous. Others called [PAWN_pronoun] a killing machine.	Mining: −2 Melee: −2 Social: +6 Cooking: +6 Medicine: +5 Artistic: +3	Dumb labor
Warrior (Warrior)	[PAWN_nameDef] was a war hero during [PAWN_possessive] planet's third world war. [PAWN_pronoun] helped prevent the launch of nuclear weapons during a particularly tense standoff.	Shooting: +5 Melee: +4 Cooking: +2 Medicine: +3	Intellectual
Warship captain (Captain)	Years of being commanding officer of an advanced corvette taught [PAWN_nameDef] the art of leadership, the techniques of higher engineering, and how to stay calm while enemies try to kill you. Unfortunately, [PAWN_nameDef] only very rarely had contact with nature.	Construction: +3 Plants: −3 Intellectual: +5 Shooting: +3 Melee: +2 Social: +5 Animals: −3	None
White-hat hacker (Hacker)	From [PAWN_possessive] computer, [PAWN_nameDef] helped rid the online world of bad people.	Intellectual: +8 Social: −2 Crafting: +2	Dumb labor
Wildlife ranger (Ranger)	Dismayed at the poachers driving several animal species to near-extinction, [PAWN_nameDef] became a wildlife ranger. [PAWN_pronoun] cared for and protect the animals - by force if necessary. [PAWN_pronoun] grew to hate people slaughtering animals for luxury and profit.	Shooting: +2 Medicine: +2 Animals: +8	Artistic