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Creative Player Award: Pharmaceutical Rep

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BruceEdwinMorrow

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One of my players at our character creation session asked about being a pharmaceutical rep on the side, in addition to serving as the plain old ships doctor.

I thought this was rather creative. Certainly most Travellers get around to many places. I image such a mobile salesmen would have various samples, a corporate 'warrant' so to speak for sales and distribution, etc. Arrive in a starport, meet with local docs and explain to them the latest 'advances' in YOUR companies drugs, and setup some sales. X-boat message back to corporate adding them to your distribution route. Pick up your commission check the end of the year.

Seems plausable enough. Any reason this profession wouldn't still be applicable in the Third Imperium. Seems to me it might be even MORE applicable, given that the pharma reps have access to high TL drugs and the amount of money we are talking about is signficant.
 
BruceEdwinMorrow said:
One of my players at our character creation session asked about being a pharmaceutical rep on the side, in addition to serving as the plain old ships doctor.

I thought this was rather creative. Certainly most Travellers get around to many places. I image such a mobile salesmen would have various samples, a corporate 'warrant' so to speak for sales and distribution, etc. Arrive in a starport, meet with local docs and explain to them the latest 'advances' in YOUR companies drugs, and setup some sales. X-boat message back to corporate adding them to your distribution route. Pick up your commission check the end of the year.

Seems plausable enough. Any reason this profession wouldn't still be applicable in the Third Imperium. Seems to me it might be even MORE applicable, given that the pharma reps have access to high TL drugs and the amount of money we are talking about is signficant.
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You have the samples right there if they are needed. And I am sure that they will be, at some time in the future.

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That is very clever. It could make for a great cover story for a lot of situations.

BTW I think the main character in Alan Deal Foster's Icerigger series was a salesman.

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