Vocation
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A Vocation is a primary occupation of a sophont that typically results in wages or pay being exchanged for services.
- In simpler terms, it is a gentlesophont's job.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
Etymology: The term vocation has considerable semantic overlap with a number of other terms. Vocation is an Anglic term with numerous synonyms from not only Anglic and its offspring languages, including the languages of the other sophont species. Please note that this word and term has variant orthographies especially in Esperanto-influenced Anglic dialects.
Selected Vocational Terms & Titles[edit]
This partial list of synonyms contains words with a wide varieties of connotations and denotations:
- Art
- Avocation
- Bag
- Business
- Calling
- Career
- Craft
- Employ
- Employment
- Function
- Game
- Job
- Labor
- Life's work
- Line
- Line of work
- Livelihood
- Mission
- Niche
- Occupation
- Position
- Post
- Profession
- Province
- Purpose
- Pursuit
- Racket
- Service
- Speciality
- Specialty
- Sphere
- Trade
- Walk of life
- Work
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
A very wide variety of professions exist throughout Charted Space.
Core Vocations[edit]
Vocation:
- Agent [1]
- Citizen [2]
- Craftsman [3]
- Entertainer [4]
- Functionary [5]
- Marine [6]
- Merchant [7]
- Noble [8]
- Rogue [9]
- Scholar [10]
- Scout [11]
- Soldier [12]
- Spacer [13]
Expanded Profession List[edit]
Master List of Charted Space Vocations:
A[edit]
- Academic
- Advertiser
- Agent
- Agriculturalist
- Ambassador
- Anthropologist
- Archeologist AKA Archaeologist
- Architect
- Arms Dealer
- Assassin
- Astrogator
- Astronaut
- Astronomist
- Athlete
- Attorney
B[edit]
C[edit]
- Captain
- Cargo Master
- Chancer
- Chandler
- Chauffeur
- Citizen
- Cleaner
- Colonist
- Companion
- Computer Technician
- Confidence Man
- Cook
- Corporate Lawyer
- Corsair
- Cosmonaut
- Craftsman
- Custodian
- Cutthroat
- Cyber Jockey
D[edit]
E[edit]
F[edit]
G[edit]
H[edit]
I[edit]
L[edit]
M[edit]
- Marine
- Mathematician
- Mechanic
- Media Practitioner
- Medic
- Mercenary
- Merchant
- Merchant Prince
- Miner
- Mystic Warrior
N[edit]
P[edit]
- Patron
- Personal Trainer
- Philanthropist
- Pilot
- Politician
- Port Authority Man (Bureaucrat)
- Prisoner
- Prole
- Prospector
- Psion AKA Psionicist
- Psychiatrist
- Puppeteer
- Purser
R[edit]
S[edit]
- Sailor
- Scholar
- Scientist
- Scout
- Secretary
- Secret Police
- Security Specialist
- Seismologist
- Ship's Trooper
- Skip Tracer
- Slave
- Soldier
- Sophontologist
- Space Fueler
- Spacer
- Spy
- Star Viking
- Steward
- Stockholder
- Strategist
- Surveyor
T[edit]
V[edit]
W[edit]
X[edit]
Z[edit]
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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- Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), —.
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- ↑ Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 86.
- ↑ Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 83.
- ↑ Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 85.
- ↑ Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 95.
- ↑ Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 94.
- ↑ Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 88.
- ↑ Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 93.
- ↑ Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 92.
- ↑ Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 84.
- ↑ Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 87.
- ↑ Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 90.
- ↑ Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 89.