C is for character class

Space opera is a class and skill level system, with nothing like a experiance level governing the characters abilities. The closest thing to an experience point or lrvel is a small allocation of skillpoints per year of acive service pior to the start of acive play.
The classes are:
Armsman. Combat soldiers, martial artists, and other gunbunnies.

• Astronauts space pilots, navigators, and captains.
• Engineers designers and hackers of hightech gear.
• Physicians treaters of injuries and disease.
• Research scientists in the physical, bilogical, and social sciences. 
• Techs fixers and mantainers of gear.

The biggest difference between character classes is the types of skills that must be bought. An Armsman, for example, must spend
her experitise skillpoint skills and half her attribute bases pool on class relate skills like guns, driving and piloting anfixing military equipment.
Each character class has a different set of prime attributes. The prime attribute generat a significant portion of a characters skill points. When generating attributes each claa also has a small pool of points for improving attributes.