[gurps] Character timeline - Someone check this?

[Bret Indrelee]

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 pentaj2 at Scranton.edu wrote:
> Hi all. Trying to see if a service timeline for a modern-era character
> I'm creating makes sense.
>
> Character age Now: 36.
>
> OK...Character was Army ROTC. During summer, he took airborne
> training. If there are any ROTC types here, as I have no idea about
> such things; How much time is left in the summer to actually do other
> stuff?

As I recall, ROTC took about half the summer. Call it two months. I'm
basing this off comments from a college roommate back *mumble* years
ago.

This time is a mixture of real training time and On The Job training.
They will most likely have at least one of their summers spent as an
ensign at a military post.

Someone going to a military academy would have very different experience
than someone going to a normal college and doing ROTC.

> Also, is much done with ROTC during the break between fall and spring
> semesters that most schools have?

Mostly drilling, if that.

> Next...Graduates at 22. OK...He's doing Infantry Officer Basic Course,
> 16 weeks, and Ranger School, 8 weeks. What order is it done in?

Would have to ask some of my friends, I think it is general training and
then specialized training, then MOS.

> OK, and a misc question:
>
> Real-world, assuming someone with high intelligence and a talent for
> languages, but no specific training in, say, linguistics. How many
> languages could they plausibly speak fluently? What number seems too
> many?

I would say 3-4 languages, easily. This assumes they grew up in a
culture where they were exposed to multiple languages from infancy.

-Bret

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