Career: Politician

[McPerth]

The noble career are the S:4 CotI politicians, at least in the Imperium.

I fully agree, if we're talking about politics at subsector level and up.

As for a single planet politics, it would depend on the government class:

• Bureaucreat could be ok in most (if not outright all) cases
• Diplomat will also serve in most cases (and even more in a gov 7 planet)
• If gov is 6 (or B or C) the military could be the politicians (mostly if it represents military rule)
• if government is 2 anyone can be involved in politics. If 4, any background might also
• On gov 3 or C it also may depend more on SOC than on previous career...
• Even scientist could be involved in politics if the government is 5

As an example (albeit MT, but I guess could be used for CT too), in Challenge #45 Toll Road adventure (pages 14-20) we're presented the main political leaders on a gov 4 world. Among them there's one ex-Navy (planetary), one ex-army, one ex law enforcer agent, one ex-merchant and one bureaucrat...

 

[aramis]

Too bad it's not a legal character. CT characters can only have one career. Only some of the later Traveller versions allowed what you want to do.

The character can have a job as a politician, but he has to rely on the skills he got in the military to do it.

CT Vargr could have multiple.

 

[Condottiere]

Vargr are very touchy feelly.

Also, mindshare is very much out of sight, out of mind.

 

[Timerover51]

Too bad it's not a legal character. CT characters can only have one career. Only some of the later Traveller versions allowed what you want to do.

The character can have a job as a politician, but he has to rely on the skills he got in the military to do it.

Dwight Eisenhower for example? Andrew Jackson for another? I am not sure how you would view Abraham Lincoln, as he did have a two-year term in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1847 to 1849, along with service in the Illinois House of Representative. While in the Illinois House he was primarily a lawyer, as the service was, and still is supposed to be, part-time. Then from 1849 to 1860 he was a corporate attorney in Illinois. Not what could be called a "Career Politician". In my area, the term "Career Politician" is not viewed as a favorable description.

I should note that I have served for a total of 8 years as an unpaid government official, and I do have friends that are presently serving as governmental official, all on a part-time basis, and definitely not as a career.

 

[atpollard]

Dwight Eisenhower for example? Andrew Jackson for another?

George Washington?

 

[Timerover51]

George Washington?

Given the high crossover between the military militia and political spheres back then, including the election of officers by the militia units, military and political skills would be very similar in some respects. However, as shown by the U.S. Civil War, military skills did not necessarily convert to political skills and vice versa.