Roleplaying ideas database, character specializations

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Roleplaying ideas database, character specializations - Swallow - 07-25-2013

Quote:--- Major categories ---
1. War
2. Business
3. Religion
4. Science

--- Sub-categories ---
War:
-lawful:
--military:
Pilot of a fighter unit
As a part of the wing
A lone fighter
Specialized target oriented
Cover
Hunter
Commander of a wing/fleet
Strategy officer
Diplomacy officer
Officer in charge of a wing / fleet
Captain of a support vessel (repairs, supply)
Repairer
Re-Supplier
Munition trader
Rescuer (Pod collector)
Interceptor, scout
Interception wing
Information collector (Vessel name, class, crew, etc.)
Partisan / diversent
Captain of a special-role vessel (EMP vessel, artillery, etc.)
Vessel oufitted with antisheld weapons (Transports, Capitals)
Vessel outfitted with ammo-based combat weapons
Countermeasuring vessel (Shielding against the torpedoes)

--police:
Officer
Cargo watcher
Law enforcer
Escort
Scout
Fighter / bomber pilot
Gunship captain
Military trader (munitions, vessels, marines, etc.)
Patrol pilot

--intelligency agency
Unofficial diplomacy settler
Deep scout
Research and development division member
Assassin
...

You see, I want to make a list of all possible specializations that could be found (or not yet) in our gaming universe. Aiming to help players when it comes to trying new things, idea searching and so on.

Please, feel free to post an entity(entities) just don't forget to mention the sub-node, for example:

@War, police: donut eater

Or you might go further with sub-categories:

@War, police, donut eater: fat donut eater

I am filling the list as fast as I can, but if you can make a general part of list (so I could just copy paste) I'll be very much appreciated.
The list is not perfect and might be adjusted and re-arranged, so feel free to proceed with opinions and propositions.

RE: Roleplaying ideas database, character specializations - Oorn - 07-25-2013

I would rather, well, did rather divide ALL positions into broad categories, based on type of ingame work character mainly conductes. You may be artillery-ship captain, but your role-play will be no different from general capship captain. Over-specialising is not good, by stating you are undercover assasin you take away legit possibilites of intel-gathering, sabotage, propoganda, etc. All those things fit into undercover-work, there is no reason divide them.
Although, your guide lacks humor. Smile

RE: Roleplaying ideas database, character specializations - Hone - 07-25-2013

Yeah looks too over specialised with too many divisions to me, think about how your gameplay would actually change.

RE: Roleplaying ideas database, character specializations - Oorn - 07-26-2013

Anyway, my (semi)serious atempt
Warmongers:

Lawfull
- Navy pilot
  Known for: ganking, capspam
  Jobs:
  - Generic Fighter/Bomber/GB pilot
    Role: patroling, atempting to eliminate smaller enemies, stalling larger enemies, pursuit, organised operations, scouting, cover to allied vessels
  - Generic Cap pilot
    Role: engaging larger enemies, organised operations, logistic centers, [?]long distance broadcasting/comunications[?]
  - Diplomat
    Role: managing interfaction relations, securing trade deals, propoganda, information gathering
  - Undercover operative
    Role: sabotage, assasination, information gathering, invistigation
- Police combat pilot
  Known for: total absence
  - Generic Fighter/Bomber/GB pilot
    Role: patroling, atempting to eliminate smaller enemies, stalling larger enemies, pursuit, organised operations, scouting, cover to allied vessels
  - Undercover operative
    Role: information gathering, invistigation
- Trade-faction combat pilot
  Known for: ???
  Jobs:
  - Generic Fighter/Bomber pilot
    Role: scouting, cover to allied vessels
  - Undercover operative
    Role: information gathering, sabotage
  - Manager
    Role: interfaction diplomacy, seciring trade deals
- Bounty hunter pilot
  Known for: //U HAV BOUNTY, DIE
  Jobs:
  - Generic Fighter/Bomber/GB pilot
    Role: looking for targets, pursuit, stalling, taking out smaller fish, cover to allied vessels, generic mercenary work
  - Generic Cap pilot
    Role: taking out bigger fish, logistic centre
  - Undercover operative
    Role: gathering information, selling information
Neutral
- True-neutral factions combat pilot
  Known for: //we are at war, no more rp
  Jobs:
  - Generic Fighter/Bomber/GB pilot
    Role: patroling, atempting to eliminate smaller enemies, stalling larger enemies, pursuit, organised operations, scouting, cover to allied vessels
  - Generic Cap pilot
    Role: engaging larger enemies, organised operations, logistic centers, [?]long distance broadcasting/comunications[?]
  - Diplomat
    Role: managing interfaction relations, securing trade deals, information gathering
  - Mobile freeport
    Role: zonerzonerzoner
- Mercenary/Freelancer
  Known for: working for lulz, not money
  Role: assasination, escorting, organised warfare, information gathering, spying, being bait, baby-siting: whoever pays, they will do the job, provided it doesn't cross their (nonexistent) morals.
- Explorer/Freelancer
  Known for: laughing at ZOI
  Role: mercenary job, managing relations beetwen self and other factions, playing Mary Sue, definetly flying for lulz
Unlawfull
- Big Pirate clans
  Were known for: raid Gamma every day
  Jobs:
  - Generic Fighter/Bomber/GB pilot
    Role: Piracy, assisting allied vessels, evil mercenary, waging war with mortal enemies, organised operations, signing contracts with smuglers for loot
  - Pirating cap
    Role: ruin trader's day, laugh at transport pvp balance
  - Raiding/Defense cap
    Role: logistic centres, engaging bigger enemies, stomping mortal enemies, organised operations
  - Pirate diplomat
    Role: inteligence gathering, managing trade deals, interfaction relations, "gunboat diplomacy"
- Minor Pirate factions:
  Known for: 2milrdie
  - Generic Fighter/Bomber/GB pilot
    Role: Piracy, assisting allied vessels, fighting with lawfulls, evil mercenary, signing contracts with smuglers for loot, backstabing them, getting banned.
  - Pirating cap
    Role: ruin trader's day, laugh at transport pvp balance
  - Pirate diplomat
    Role: inteligence gathering, managing trade deals, interfaction relations
  - Undercover operative
    Role: inteligence gathering, assasination, sabotage, selling information, blackmail
- Terrorist pirates
  Known for: may treat you as valid combat targets
  Jobs:
  - Generic Fighter/Bomber/GB pilot
    Role: Piracy, assisting allied vessels, fighting common enemy, then lawfulls, screw over any diplomacy atempts
  - Undercover operative
    Role: Intelegence gathering, sabotage, assasination, gathering support, carefull recruiting
  - Terrorist Diplomat
    Role: Sign trade deals, geting funding from foreign organisations, recruiting, propaganda

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RE: Roleplaying ideas database, character specializations - Ivan - 07-26-2013

Strategy officer
Diplomacy officer
- What're those? Strategy and diplomacy are handled by HC, usually both're presented to public by faction leader or one of his "right hands"
Add recruiment officer, counterintelligence (counterterrorism) agent, coordinator. Also capital ships have a lot of roles such as mechanics, marines, maybe some sort of cannoneers.

I'm also quite interested how supplies're organised both in military and police. I know they're ordered from corporations usually (with help of tender to pick the best offer, I guess), but who orders them, who calculates how much's needed, who approves order, who distributes that, where're goods/supplies kept - that's what I don't really have a clue about.

In fact I'd love if corporations were largely standartised according to House they're incorporated (at?).... So we wouldn't have tons of names like company spokesman, public relations officer, company representative, et cetera, but strict names for these.