Yup - that makes sense. EVERYONE will have a ship, so role really depends on the individual. Having "Marines" flying around is totally fine, I wasn't thinking that they be "ground pounders" only. Mostly, was thinking along the same lines, that larger capital pilots would be "Navy" vs "Marine" just to tell them apart.

So past "Recruit" the default would be "Marine", unless the player requests to be moved to "Navy". That works for me!

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"Any group is weaker than a man alone unless they are perfectly trained to work together."
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