--- In imperium_40k@..., "aggy23au" <aggy23au@y...>
wrote:
> The Imperial Navy - Bridge Officer career has no entrances from
any
> enlisted man career, including Petty Officer. The only entrance
I've
> been able to spot (apart from the rather specialized Navigator
> career) is from the Noble - Count career, a career with high
enough
> trapping requisites to bar PCs in a Civilian or Battlefield game
> from entering. Is this intentional, to emphasize the class divide
in
> the Imperial Navy? If so, it might be a bit extreme, since it's
> easier to make Captain (by entering from the Spacer career
> progression) than to become a Bridge Officer.
>
> Any thoughts?

There was an intent to represent the class divide, but I think I
should have put an Imperial Navy - Bridge Officer exit in the Petty
Officer career as well. The division of Imperial Navy Officers into
Bridge and Petty came along fairly late on during writing, after I
read Gordon Rennie's 'Shadow Point' novel, where the divide between
different types of officer was made pretty obvious.

So yeah, add in Imperial Navy - Bridge Officer as one of the career
exits for Petty Officer.

And the only way to become an Imperial Navy Master of the Ship via
Spacer is to become a Rogue Trader first, which involves having your
own starship, astropath, navigator and crew. But yes, I see your
point about Bridge Officer being hard to get to.

I'd say change the Spacer - Captain's 'Petty Officer' career exit
to 'Bridge Officer'. I can't remember if that's a typo or not, but
it seems likely.