Well.... if i was to do this, I'd use the Experience rules, Book 2,
pages 42-43. Since this is pre-career, the character doesn't have any
skills to improve. So I'd use the Education option, which allows for
improvements to the Education characteristic or the taking a Sabbatical
rules contained therein to acquire skill level-2 in a non-weapon skill.
In each case the character either incurs a debt commensurate with the
option chosen or has a benefactor (mum and/or dad?) pay for it.

This keeps it simple, and kkeps the skill options closer to Books 1-3,
avoiding the skill bloat with Books 4 and beyond.

On 4/5/26 08:26, Christopher Sean Hilton - chris at vindaloo.com (via
tml list) wrote:
> I'm making the distinction between CT Book 1 style and CT Book (4|5|6|7) style character
> generation. College becomes available with the later, more detailed chargen systems. I'm
> considering allowing Book 1 style player characters to choose to go to college, and med
> school as described in the High Guard rules. I'm also including the various service
> academies, Naval, Flight School, and Merchant Academy. Finally, I wondering if the rules
> should be expanded to include a West Point style academy for the Army service and should
> NOTC as described in High Guard, be xOTC instead and apply to Navy, Army, Marines, and
> Merchants.
>
> Has anyone thought about this as a Traveller Referee?
>
>