OK, my Cr0.02.
Navigation must return. Never understood the idea that space pilots could find their way through uncharted jungle, and Barbarians could plot Hohman transfers.
Navi- and Astro-gation, please.
I kind of like the idea of cascades/clusters, but they are approaching overdone in MT, while TNE makes them just plain silly.
Academics and Technical are great cascades.
Not sure Gravitics should be under Academic. I know why its there, but your more important skill is going to be
fixing the stuff, not navel-gazer theorizing.
Electronics should be under Technical.
I propose Melee Combat, Ranged Combat and Hvy Wpns Combat. Melee includes Brawling and the various Blades and Polearms. Ranged includes firearms, laser wpns, bows, and slings. Heavy Weapons is anything above .50 caliber.
We should have Brawling (includes chairs, bottles, etc.)
and Unarmed Combat or Martial Arts. And, Unarmed Combat should be slightly deadlier.
Ship Tactics should be under Space. Aint no grunts gonna be tellin me how to fight my ship.
Language would technically be a cascade, wouldn't it?
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New idea How about a note to the effect that skills can always be limited by TL, career, etc. So, Recon could be applied with a limitation that it is used to track animals for a Barbarian, rather than "recon" for the military. Stealth could be specialized to trailing suspects. Mechanic could be limited by TL. Etc.
I know this sounds like a "Duh!" but it was never said in CT, and should have been (IMO, of course). It allows for some characterization to happen, without adding boatloads of skills. And, it might spark some chargen inventiveness.
