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The first step in creating a Royal Naval Service character is to
pick a race. Broadly speaking, the RNS is made up of Sivadians,
Aliens and Specialists. This guide does not include detailed descriptions
of any of these races -- for those descriptions, we suggest visiting
the OtherSpace
Survivor's Guide and in particular Races
of OtherSpace at a Glance.
Sivadians
Most players in the RNS are Sivadian. New OtherSpace players and
even players who are OtherSpace veterans but new to the RNS will
likely find playing a Sivadian easier than the other two options.
Sivadians form the bulk of the officers of the Royal Naval Service.
Aliens
Anyone who is a Sivadian citizen can serve in the RNS. Since there
are many Sivadian citizens who are not actually human, this means
that many aliens serve as officers in the RNS. To date there have
been Timonae, Centaurans and Humans in the RNS in addition to Sivadians.
In general, any alien species friendly to Sivad may include some
Sivadian citizens who may serve in the RNS. However, Lunites, Mystics
and Nall are examples of alien species that could almost certainly
not end up on an RNS ship for various reasons.
Any concept for an alien RNS officer should include an explanation
of how that character, or the character's ancestors, ended up on
Sivad as Sivadian citizens in the first place.
Specialists
The enlisted men and women of the Royal Naval Service are Specialists.
Specialists perform low-level functions aboard the ship -- they
serve as maintenance workers, marines, stewards, boatswains and
sometimes even pilots of small craft. Since they are completely
lacking in initiative of their own, however, and since their lives
consist almost entirely of the specific tasks to which they are
assigned, they are difficult to play and sometimes not much fun.
We suggest that only experience players who know what they're in
for play Specialists.
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