Specialisation's within military careers

[hiro]

OK, am still an MGT noob and so I ask you forgive the question if its been covered in some thread that I have failed to find with our good friend the search button, somewhere up there at the top...

As I recall from CT, tho I do not have access to my books from yesteryear, there were options to send a character off on what would be the real life equivalent of a special operations unit, seems to be lacking in Mongoose Traveller. MGT seems to yield well rounded characters but if you want some serious specialisation in a character that hasn't passed the ageing threshold you run up against well, nothing. It isn't there. Or am I blind as a bat?

How are you guys and gals handling character generation for alpha personality PC's (or major NPCs) looking to join the equivalent of the Navy Seals or SAS or (insert favourite spec ops units here)?

 

[BytePro]

Suspect you are thinking of books other than the core book (and LBBs 1-3), i.e. Mercenary... which has Commando careers, etc.

There are also some third party supplements that could work.

It is very easy to make up new careers or just add assignments to existing ones - ex: you can add a 'Special Forces' assignment to any military career by just adding:

• a new 'Specialist:' table (6 applicable skills)
• a 'Rank and Skills' listing for the assignment
• Survival and Advancement requirements to the Career Progress

That's 15 cookie cutter table items. Get fancier by adding a minimal stat and/or roll for the assignment and even custom Mishaps and Events.

 

[CosmicGamer]

Book 1 Mercenary.
Even in the core book some events are special black ops missions.