NOTC

[jcrocker]

I want to roll a "spacer" character for the Navy, and from what I understand, to get an officer out of it either I have the character enter as enlisted and hope for a commission, or I need to send the character to higher education [on page 100, "Education-1"] and succeed on the NOTC roll.

But College is a term, 4 years, and in that whole time all you get is a declared major [and if you succeed at the 'honours degree' roll, a +1 to the major] and minor, correct?

So four years, and you know what your major and minor are, and that's it?

Or do you perform the first term of the character under the scholar section on page 84, and make the NOTC roll at the end of the first term?

It seems to me that either I'm missing something, or you'd cheat your character if you didn't go through a first term as a scholar. Can anyone shed any light on this for me?

 

[Bloo]

If you choose scholar, you choose a major but don't necessarily get 4 skill levels in it.

College (optimal results): Major-5 (honors), Minor-2, OTC: Military Commission.

Going straight to Scholar would optimally give:
Skill Rolls: 5, Major: +2 (no minor)

The total number of skill levels is the same, but if not choosing skills, the scholar is at the mercy of the die and might only have 2 in their major. And "minor" will be ignored in future skill roll results.

Of course, if you want Navy, Naval Academy is the way to go. Same skill results at college, no need to succeed at the NOTC roll, and Flight School is an option. You could have Pilot-6 (Pilot Knowledge-2) before your first navy term.

First Navy term:
Skill Rolls: 5, Astrogation

One question is whether NOTC-commissioned officers would be eligible for promotion in their first term. If so, the NOTC officer would have an additional skill roll.

 

[jcrocker]

The skill levels make sense on the major and minor, I can't find those anywhere in the book but I'll use those.

And I'd totally missed the Naval Academy. Thanks for pointing that out!

 

[Higgipedia]

I want to roll a "spacer" character for the Navy, and from what I understand, to get an officer out of it either I have the character enter as enlisted and hope for a commission, or I need to send the character to higher education [on page 100, "Education-1"] and succeed on the NOTC roll.

But College is a term, 4 years, and in that whole time all you get is a declared major [and if you succeed at the 'honours degree' roll, a +1 to the major] and minor, correct?

So four years, and you know what your major and minor are, and that's it?

Or do you perform the first term of the character under the scholar section on page 84, and make the NOTC roll at the end of the first term?

It seems to me that either I'm missing something, or you'd cheat your character if you didn't go through a first term as a scholar. Can anyone shed any light on this for me?

There are three routes to a naval commission in T5: Going to a College/University and rolling for NOTC, Getting into a Naval Service Academy, or getting a commission roll as Naval Enlisted.

The best route REALLY depends on your stats. If you have a high C3, the enlisted route is best for you. If you've got a high Int or C5, it's actually easier to get the commission via Service academy (one less roll required compared to University and NOTC).

And if your C5 isn't EDU then the Service Academy is TOTALLY the way to go.

 

[arentol]

Of course, if you want Navy, Naval Academy is the way to go. Same skill results at college, no need to succeed at the NOTC roll, and Flight School is an option.

Actually, per page 72 college honor graduates with NOTC commission can also attend Flight School. Service Academy is still better, but NOTC can do it.