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I still think the politician will probably use a skill line from the artisan profession and a skill line from the entertainer profession. Business 4 would make sense.

I think that we would not have enough points to conduct another tree. I havent even started up the ladder for sl except the first row and I dont have many points left to spare. If you are trying to master one of the weapon skill trees with SL, it is almost impossible. I mastered Marksman to get the extra bonus from it in Pistol skill, with basic medic skills I barely have enough points to finish mastering both skill trees. And everyone who goes out in combat knows the effects of not having basic medical skills.

No one said you would have to become a Politician if you're alreadya Squad Leader.

If it were going to be ELite-Elite off anything, it would be Merchant. The Bourgoise and all that.

However, it won't be an Elite-Elite profession, or they'd have called it that along with City Planner, which they specifically introduced as the first Elite-Elite profession. That being the case, I maintain my original statement that it will be an Artisan/Entertainer Hybrid profession.

Is there any reason a Politician couldn't come from Business 4, and SL?

"No one said you would have to become a Politician if you're alreadya Squad Leader."

Unless of course I wanted to be a Politician.

people made the mistake of thinking a warrior could be a politician with a few of our past presidents. and around the world people who ruled with battle in mind were usually dictators. I think an SL that turned politician would become Novice Suddam

A politician is a great bargainer, entertainer, and even a deciever. And usually he bends to the will of the credit.

We have to keep in mind that this is Star Wars and not 21st century earth. Politicians in SWG should be more like Grand Moff Tarkin.

Let's take a look at some American presidents and their previous professions, SWG style (the closest approximations possible):

George Washington: Surveyor/Squad Leader

Andrew Jackson: Squad Leader

Zachary Taylor: Surveyor/Squad Leader

Andrew Johnson: Tailor

Ulysses S. Grant: Squad Leader

Teddy Roosevelt: Ranger/Squad Leader

Warren G. Harding: Musician

Herbert Hoover: Engineer

Harry Truman: Surveyor/Squad Leader

Dwight Eisenhower: Squad Leader

Lyndon B. Johnson: Squad Leader

Gerald Ford: Squad Leader

Ronald Reagan: Entertainer

George Bush: Merchant

George W. Bush: Merchant

Note that I left out professions unrelated to SWG, such as lawyers (which by far most commonly became presidents) and teachers/professors. As you can see, during times of war many of those who were once in service (as leaders of men)later became politicians, such as the period after World War II. A Star Wars analogy could be seen as many former leaders in the Clone Wars, former Republic generals, and the like, probably rose to power quickly with the new order. This list was made without any real historical analysis, just a perusal of several biographies, so it likely contains some blatant inaccuracies. However, I tried my best. : )

Do you guys actually want Master SL to be a prerequisite to politician or do you just think that it makes sense?