In reply to Padraig Fitzgerald (msg # 27):
1. Choose your Primary Skill Set (PSS: Military, Science or Engineering)
2. Choose a Career Paths (Press Gang, Volunteer or Cadet)
Then read this:
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You should end up with TWO primary skills (level 1 each):
- Press Gang will have a Military skill and one other from the PSS.
- one Vocation (with some restrictions)
- one Hobby skill
- English or European language spoken (nationality*)
* not Spanish, Franch or Dutch
- Volunteer will have a Military skill and one other from the PSS.
- one Vocation (with some restrictions)
- one Hobby skill
- English or European language spoken (nationality*)
* not Spanish, Franch or Dutch
- Cadet will have a Science skill and one other from the PSS.
- one Hobby skill
- English spoken (nationality English, Irish, Scottish or Welsh)
- Literacy or Latin**
**If your primary Science Skill was Classical Education, you get Literacy AND Latin anyway, plus you get to choose one extra Language. If your primary skill was Medicine or Natural Sciences, then you should probably take Literacy.