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STARFLEET ACADEMY - Addendum Copyright Brent Knorr ©2001 Edited by Lowell R. Matthews for The Guild Companion Editors' Note: The following sections were inadvertently omitted from the STARFLEET ACADEMY article in the September 2001 issue of The Guild Companion. We apologize for the inconvenience. Additional Note for Year 2:Year 2 will focus on some basic self-defence, including the ability to operate in Zero G (TP #3—Combat). The student will also be taught some of the skills required of a Starfleet officer, including Leadership and the ability to teach others (TP #4—Officer). NOTE: Because of the high cost of the TP #3—Combat package for the Scientist, Technician, and Psychic (if allowed) professions, these characters will often only take this package at this level. They will pick up the TP #4—Officer package at a later level, choosing instead an inexpensive TP from a later year (often TP #6 for Scientists and Technicians). Alternatively, TP #3—Combat can be left for a later year (when the character will presumably have more DP's) and one (or two) of the Year 3 TP's could be taken in Year 2 along with TP #4—Officer. Training Package Cost Summary TableThe following chart shows the costs of all the Training Packages in the STARFLEET ACADEMY article for all the Spacemaster Privateer classes.
Recommended Character ClassesI worked out what would be a typical set of Training Packages that would be taken for each Star Trek specialty, and then worked out the costs of those packages for each of the classes in Spacemaster. That helped me come up with a list of recommended professions for each specialty. For those who are interested, I have included the chart below; the recommendations follow the chart.
Command—going by the Training Packages I selected for Command, the best character classes are Explorer and Pilot. However, because of the wide range of available choices for selecting packages for Command, just about any class will work. Communications—Scientist is the best bet for this, closely followed by Technician, but it can be made to work with just about any class. Helm—Pilot is probably best, but Technician is a very close runner-up. Again, with some creative juggling and a decent number of development points, just about any profession could qualify. Navigation—this is actually a more difficult specialty than might be expected. Technician works out to be the best class for this, followed closely by Scientist. Explorer and Pilot are good bets as well. Engineer—No big surprise here, Technician is the best, followed by Scientist. A Pilot with high DP's might be able to pull it off, but would not have a lot of extra DP's left. Medical & Sciences—the only real option for these is Scientist or possibly Technician. Security—Psychic and Scientist are out, but just about any other profession would work. The choice would depend on the type of Security in which the character is interested. For the physically intimidating, cannon-fodder-on-Away-Mission types, Soldier is a good bet. For the more problem-solving types, something like Pilot or Recon might be better. Sample CharactersHere is a typical character for each specialty, using the optimum character profession. Each character has 68 DP's at first level, 72 at second, 76 at third, 80 at fourth and 82 at fifth (optional Cadet Cruise). These numbers are actually low when compared to what most of my own characters have, so should be all the more reasonable. Character 1 is an Explorer specializing in Command. Year 1—takes TP1 and TP2, costs 60 DP's, leaving 8 for other skills. Year 2—takes TP3 and TP4, costs 55 DP's, leaving 17 for other skills. Year 3—takes TP5 and TP6, costs 76 DP's, leaving 0 for other skills. Year 4—takes TP8 and TP15, costs 65 DP's, leaving 15 for other skills. Cadet Cruise—takes TP12 and TP16, costs 62, leaving 20 for other skills. Character 2 is a Scientist specializing in Communication. Year 1—takes TP1 and TP2, costs 58 DP's, leaving 10 for other skills. Year 2—takes TP3 and TP6, costs 69 DP's, leaving 3 for other skills. Year 3—takes TP4 and TP5, costs 50 DP's, leaving 26 for other skills. Year 4—takes TP7 twice, costs 50 DP's, leaving 30 for other skills. Cadet Cruise—takes TP12 and TP16, costs 59 DP's, leaving 23 for other skills. This character has enough points to pick up additional training packages. He could take TP10 at Year 3, TP11 at Year 4, and TP9 on the Cadet Cruise, or substitute TP5 or TP6 for one of the others, giving him a good opportunity to develop an Engineering, Science, or Navigation subspecialty. Character 3 is a Pilot specializing in Helm. Year 1—takes TP1 and TP2, costs 55 DP's, leaving 13 for other skills. Year 2—takes TP3 and TP4, costs 58 DP's, leaving 14 for other skills. Year 3—takes TP5 and TP6, costs 71 DP's, leaving 5 for other skills. Year 4—takes TP8 and TP9, costs 71 DP's, leaving 9 for other skills. Cadet Cruise—takes TP8 and TP16, costs 56 DP's, leaving 26 for other skills. Character 4 is a Technician specializing in Navigation. Year 1—takes TP1 and TP2, costs 54 DP's, leaving 14 for other skills. Year 2—takes TP3 and TP6, costs 70 DP's, leaving 2 for other skills. Year 3—takes TP4 and TP5, costs 57 DP's, leaving 18 for other skills. Year 4—takes TP8 and TP9, costs 68 DP's, leaving 12 for other skills. Cadet Cruise—takes TP9 and TP16, costs 63 DP's, leaving 19 for other skills. Character 5 is a Technician specializing in Engineering. Year 1—takes TP1 and TP2, costs 54 DP's, leaving 14 for other skills. Year 2—takes TP3 only, costs 46 DP's, leaving 26 for other skills. Year 3—takes TP5, and TP10 twice, costs 74 DP's, leaving 2 for other skills. Year 4—takes TP4, TP10, and TP11, costs 68, leaving 12 for other skills. Cadet Cruise—takes TP10 and TP16, costs 54, leaving 28 for other skills. This character could easily squeeze in two more Training Packages, one at Year 2 and one at the Cadet Cruise. Character 6 is a Scientist specializing in Medical. Year 1—takes TP1 and TP2, costs 58 DP's, leaving 10 for other skills. Year 2—takes TP3 and TP6, costs 69 DP's, leaving 3 for other skills. Year 3—takes TP4, and TP13, costs 62 DP's, leaving 14 for other skills. Year 4—takes TP13 twice, costs 68 DP's, leaving 12 for other skills. Cadet Cruise—takes TP12 and TP13, costs 58, leaving 24 for other skills. Character 7 is a Scientist specializing in Sciences. Year 1—takes TP1 and TP2, costs 58 DP's, leaving 10 for other skills. Year 2—takes TP4, TP5 and TP6, costs 70 DP's, leaving 2 for other skills. Year 3—takes TP3 and TP14, costs 76 DP's, leaving 0 for other skills. Year 4—takes TP 14 twice, costs 54 DP's, leaving 26 for other skills. Cadet Cruise—takes TP14 and TP9, costs 49 DP's, leaving 33 for other skills. This character could squeeze in two more TP's at Year 4 and the Cadet Cruise. However, because he is heavily focused on the Science categories and skills and has relatively few extra points in his first three levels, it is likely that he will need the extra DP's at Year 4 and Cadet Cruise to round out some of his other skills. Character 8 is a Soldier specializing in Security. Year 1—takes TP1 and TP2, costs 61 DP's, leaving 7 for other skills. Year 2—takes TP3 and TP6, costs 67 DP's, leaving 5 for other skills. Year 3—takes TP4 and TP5, costs 65 DP's, leaving 11 for other skills. Year 4—takes TP15 twice, costs 58 DP's, leaving 22 for other skills. Cadet Cruise—Takes TP3 and TP16, costs 50 DP's, leaving 32 for other skills. Training Packages – Special SectionNone of the Training Packages in the STARFLEET ACADAMY article had a "Special" section included. This is due to the special nature of these packages, the short amount of time required for them and the fact that so many are taken. I have created a generic "Special" Table that can be used with any of the packages, but I would recommend using it only once per level (year) instead of with every Training Package. Special:
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