Whoops. What I meant to say, in terms of the "ease" of getting into
Master of the Ship via Rogue Trader, is that in a game populated by
roving, ambitious, responsibility-hating gamers like the majority that
I've met, the aquisition of a starship(and the freedom and mobility it
conferrs) is more likely to be a requested element than, say,
rulership over the half a continent or so required in order to attain
the trappings for the Baron career, the other notable path into
Imperial Navy command.

As far as the class divide between enlisted men and officers, I agree
with the strict divide. On further reflection, I suppose what I'd like
to see is either an entance into Bridge Officer from a lower rank of
nobility, or some sort of Midshipman or Naval Cadet career.

Any thoughts?

--- In imperium_40k@..., "richardjcowen"
<richardjcowen@h...> wrote:

> 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.