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SCIENTIST
Think playing a Scientist isn't exciting enough? After
all, who wants to be some geek in a lab coat while there's wared up
punks out there to have fun with shooting at everyone in sight. Well
guess what....if you want a character who can push the edge of
understanding and technology, you don't want some walking can opener
hoisting a laser cannon. Why not be the guy who develops the first
portable MASER cannon? Big badda boom. And if you think corps are
cutthroat, you haven't seen two geneticists battling over who stole
who's test results. Not to mention the money you can make IF you
manage to sell your discovery/invention. Scientists take the Fixer
role one step further, actually creating new tech.(Note: all
inventions must pass the okay of a master op before they are allowed
to be used/sold, and will be judged on their reasonable inclusion in
the limitations of the CP2020 system, as well as whether the
invention is in keeping with the scientists field of
expertise.)
Special Ability: Discovery
Discovery is the ability to realize the potential
of an idea. Anybody can have an idea, but the Scientist knows how to
get it out of his head and into his hands.
Career Skills: Awareness/Notice, Research and
Development, Basic Tech, Education (minimum 5, Science),
Library Search, Logic, Math,
Intuition, Science (pick one area of expertise in
a science field)
Research and
Development is the nuts and bolts of getting to any
discovery/invention.This includes the practical application of the
scientific method, as well as knowledge of how to obtain funding and
present your discoveries.
Library Search is the ability to use
databases.
Logic, as opposed to
intelligence, is the ability to use pure objectivity in one's
thinking.
Intuition is the creative factor
of one's thinking that allows one to explore new ideas and
hypothesize based on previous experience and quite often on a sheer
hunch.
Playing the Scientist in FFRP:
Scientists in 2020, just as today, are creative and
imaginative people, but they are often distracted from the seemingly
mundane tasks of daily life by the excitement of new discoveries and
ideas. They are a curious dichotomy of scientific passion and
objective detachment that makes them an enigma to general society.
Quite often they consider themselves above the common laws that
govern society, relating better to ideas and tech than they do to
people.
Earnings:
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Lab Tech
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Lab Assistant
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Assistant Researcher
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Researcher
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Lab Director
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Department Head
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1,000/month
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3,000/month
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5,000/month
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7,000/month
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10,000/month
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15,000/month
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