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	'''Character skills''' are the ratings that describe what a character can do in ''[[Star Wars: Rebellion]]''. The game data stores eight of them for every character: Diplomacy, Espionage, Ship Design, Troop Training, Facility Design, Combat, Leadership and Loyalty.<ref name="gdata-mjchar" /><ref name="gdata-mnchar" />		'''Character skills''' are the ratings that describe what a character can do in ''[[Star Wars: Rebellion]]''. The game data stores eight of them for every character: Diplomacy, Espionage, Ship Design, Troop Training, Facility Design, Combat, Leadership and Loyalty.<ref name="gdata-mjchar" /><ref name="gdata-mnchar" />

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{{Claude-authored|source=Star Wars: Rebellion manual, PDF pp. 13, 92, 93, 94, 99, 101; game data MJCHARSD.json and MNCHARSD.json (vanilla v1.02)}}
'''Character skills''' are the ratings that describe what a character can do in ''[[Star Wars: Rebellion]]''. The game data stores eight of them for every character: Diplomacy, Espionage, Ship Design, Troop Training, Facility Design, Combat, Leadership and Loyalty.<ref name="gdata-mjchar" /><ref name="gdata-mnchar" />

== The four mission ratings ==
The Character Status window lists diplomacy, espionage, combat and leadership ratings. They show how likely the character is to succeed at various types of mission.<ref name="manual-p99" /> The manual offers [[Leia Organa]] as a strong diplomat who suits a Diplomacy mission and [[Han Solo]] as better suited to leading an Espionage mission.<ref name="manual-p13" />

Ratings start at 0 and can reach 150 or more for very advanced characters. The manual gives [[Chewbacca]] as an example of a character with almost no chance in diplomacy, and says the highest ratings are given at the start of the game only to a few key characters.<ref name="manual-p99" />

Espionage and combat also govern some non-mission duties. A decoy's ability to divert attention depends on its espionage rating (see [[Decoys and detectors]]).<ref name="manual-p101" /> For commanding characters, the espionage rating sets how strongly their units detect enemy missions and the combat rating sets how well those units capture or kill enemy mission members (see [[Command ranks]]).<ref name="manual-p94" />

== Research skills ==
The three research areas are ship design, troop training and facility design. The Status window marks which of them, if any, the character has expertise in. Someone marked Yes for troop training could, for instance, be sent on a research mission in that area (see [[Research and development]]).<ref name="manual-p99" />

== Loyalty ==
Loyalty is a character's allegiance rating; a low rating makes a betrayal more likely (see [[Traitors]]). The manual states that a character's loyalty cannot be examined directly (see [[Traitors]]).<ref name="manual-p92" />

== Improving skills ==
Characters begin with set ratings, such as an espionage rating of 69. They can raise a rating by gaining experience in it. When a mission succeeds, the attributes it uses may increase for the character who caused the success. After a successful Espionage mission, for instance, that character's espionage rating rises, which helps the next such mission.<ref name="manual-p93" />

Just one character is credited as the cause of any given success. When a Special Forces unit is credited, no team member improves. Acting as a decoy likewise earns no improvement, even if the mission works.<ref name="manual-p93" /><ref name="manual-p101" />

== Game data ==
Each record in MJCHARSD.json ([[Major characters]]) and MNCHARSD.json ([[Minor characters]]) has a base value and a variance value for each of the eight skills.<ref name="gdata-mjchar" /><ref name="gdata-mnchar" />

== References ==
<references>
<ref name="manual-p13">''Star Wars: Rebellion'' manual (LucasArts, 1998), PDF p. 13.</ref>
<ref name="manual-p92">''Star Wars: Rebellion'' manual (LucasArts, 1998), PDF p. 92.</ref>
<ref name="manual-p93">''Star Wars: Rebellion'' manual (LucasArts, 1998), PDF p. 93.</ref>
<ref name="manual-p94">''Star Wars: Rebellion'' manual (LucasArts, 1998), PDF p. 94.</ref>
<ref name="manual-p99">''Star Wars: Rebellion'' manual (LucasArts, 1998), PDF p. 99.</ref>
<ref name="manual-p101">''Star Wars: Rebellion'' manual (LucasArts, 1998), PDF p. 101.</ref>
<ref name="gdata-mjchar">Game data file MJCHARSD.json (vanilla v1.02), record fields DiplomacyBase, EspionageBase, ShipDesignBase, TroopTrainingBase, FacilityDesignBase, CombatBase, LeadershipBase, LoyaltyBase and their Variance fields.</ref>
<ref name="gdata-mnchar">Game data file MNCHARSD.json (vanilla v1.02), same skill fields as MJCHARSD.json.</ref>
</references>

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