Motivations?

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Originally Posted by Targan

I see what both of you are saying and I agree that using the standard T2K rules most PCs seem to be career soldiers.

An average PC isn't an average person and, by extension, an average military PC isn't an average member of the military.

It is true that T2K skimps a bit on civilian careers (unlike, say, Dark Conspiracy, which has several more) and goes into great detail in military careers (again unlike DC, which has simplified military options). However, a lot of this depends on the theme of the campaign. If it's "rebuild the world" then ex-civilians become rather important, for example. Also, some civilian careers are more useful than others, like police vs factory worker.