[gurps] Starship Troopers, Ch. 2-5

[Jeff Wilson]

> From: Rupert Boleyn <rboleyn at ihug.co.nz>
 >> Jeff Wilson wrote:
>> > Johnny himself has been flying his personal helicopter around the 
>> > world  during his later years of high school enough that when he's 
>> > shipped from the Phillipines to Canada he only mentions something 
>> > about "the northern prairies" but he's still considered underprepared 
>> > for any kind of naval piloting.
> He's not underprepared so much as 'unsuitable', due to inadequate 
> mathematic and spacial talent, IIRC.

"insufficient intuitive grasp of spatial relationships...insufficient 
mathematical talent...deficient mathematical preparation...reaction time 
adequate...eyesight good"

These negative items could be overcome with enough work (he scores a 
regular date with a dropship captain tutoring him in math late in the 
book, and shows improving ability to manage and work with areas and 
volumes of potential engagement), so he may not be inherently 
unsuitable, he's just not a worthwhile candidate for efficient use of 
limited training resources.

-- 
Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
< http://www.io.com/~jwilson >