Merchants and OCS

[mhensley]

If you go through OCS and join the merchants, what rank do you start out as? I'm guessing O4- junior officer.

 

[aramis]

OTPs grant you your commission, or in the case of merchants, your Able Ticket.

Damn... we missed that...

IN Other editions, Merchants have a commission roll (4+ on 2d6), and the following ranks.

O1 4th Officer
O2 3rd Officer
O3 2nd Officer
O4 1st Officer
O5 Captain
O6 Line Captain/Commodore/Senior Captain

I'd say no, tho, to JO, and simply grant T20 O3 Petty Officer, due to retirement benefits issues...

 

[mhensley]

I'd say no, tho, to JO, and simply grant T20 O3 Petty Officer, due to retirement benefits issues...

Maybe I should use the Navy rank system for Merchants.

 

[aramis]

No, that would blow the feel; merchant lines generally don't.

Use the ranks listed above, Simply treat all enlisted as autopromoting each term, but having the same title: Merchant Spacer

Commission Rolls
Planetside: 18+
Route: 16+
Charter:14+
Exploratory: 12+
Speculative: 10+
Special: 4+
DM + Edu

 

[mhensley]

Autopromoting? None of the other careers do this. That seems like too much of an xp bonus to me.