Character Development: Skills and Professions
Unlike many traditional roleplaying games, there are no "levels" in Star Wars Galaxies. Instead, your character's advancement is much more flexible. Star Wars Galaxies is built around a skill-based system, in which the skills you possess largely define your character's abilities and relative strengths.

Skills, Disciplines and Professions
At the beginning of the game, you will choose a starting profession for your character. A profession is a collection of skills that represent a particular role or activity. Each profession begins with a few basic skills, and then branches upward into more specialized skills. All skills are organized into various disciplines (a tiered group of related skills). You have complete control over which skills you select, what disciplines you advance through and which professions you become.

Acquiring New Skills
Acquiring skills is not simply a matter of "buying" the skills you desire with the skill points you have available. Instead, access to most skills is restricted until you've fulfilled various prerequisites. Before purchasing a skill, you might be required to complete a specific mission or quest, gain experience with another related skill, or achieve a certain status. Training in many professions will also cost credits.

You may decide to make your character a jack-of-all-trades by learning many different professions, though each time you add a new profession, the skill point cost for gaining new skills increases. Instead you may concentrate on just a few areas for specialization, achieving mastery in just one or two professions. The higher-tier skills are generally more expensive to acquire, in both skill points and credits; they also have more rigorous prerequisites. Every character has a maximum learning capacity (pool of skill points) so no character will be able to master every skill at the same time.

Changing Your Skills and Professions
Once you decide to learn a skill, you are not stuck with that skill for the rest of your character's life. You may give up skills you no longer want in order to free up skill points, which can then be spent on new and different skills. For example, if you find that you do not enjoy being a mechanic and would rather try your hand at galactic politics, you may "sell back" your mechanical skills and begin reassigning the freed up skill points to political skills. You will still need to satisfy any prerequisites the new skills require, but no skill points are lost in the reallocation.

Starting Profession Statistics

Race	Profession	Health	Str	Con	Action	Qui	Sta	Mind	Foc	Wil
Human	Artisan	700	400	400	900	500	400	1000	500	600
Rodian	Artisan	600	300	300	1000	600	750	900	400	550
Mon Calamari	Artisan	600	300	300	800	400	450	1200	700	650
Bothan	Artisan	600	300	300	1100	700	400	1000	500	500
Wookiee	Artisan	950	650	450	1000	500	400	1000	550	600
Twi'Lek	Artisan	600	300	550	1050	700	300	1000	400	500
Trandoshan	Artisan	850	600	700	800	400	300	900	400	600
Zabrak	Artisan	800	300	300	1100	400	300	900	400	900

Race	Profession	Health	Str	Con	Action	Qui	Sta	Mind	Foc	Wil
Human	Brawler	1100	600	500	900	450	450	600	400	400
Rodian	Brawler	1000	500	400	1000	550	800	500	300	350
Mon Calamari	Brawler	1000	500	400	800	350	500	800	600	450
Bothan	Brawler	1000	500	400	1100	650	450	600	400	300
Wookiee	Brawler	1350	850	550	1000	450	450	600	450	400
Twi'Lek	Brawler	1000	500	650	1050	650	350	600	300	300
Trandoshan	Brawler	1250	800	800	800	350	350	500	300	400
Zabrak	Brawler	1200	500	400	1100	350	350	500	300	700

Race	Profession	Health	Str	Con	Action	Qui	Sta	Mind	Foc	Wil
Human	Entertainer	600	400	400	1100	500	500	900	500	500
Rodian	Entertainer	500	300	300	1200	600	850	800	400	450
Mon Calamari	Entertainer	500	300	300	1000	400	550	1100	700	550
Bothan	Entertainer	500	300	300	1300	700	500	900	500	400
Wookiee	Entertainer	850	650	450	1200	500	500	900	550	500
Twi'Lek	Entertainer	500	300	550	1250	700	400	900	400	400
Trandoshan	Entertainer	750	600	700	1000	400	400	800	400	500
Zabrak	Entertainer	700	300	300	1300	400	400	800	400	800

Race	Profession	Health	Str	Con	Action	Qui	Sta	Mind	Foc	Wil
Human	Marksman	1100	550	400	900	550	400	700	400	400
Rodian	Marksman	1000	450	300	1000	650	750	600	300	300
Mon Calamari	Marksman	1000	450	300	800	450	450	900	600	450
Bothan	Marksman	1000	450	300	1100	750	400	700	400	300
Wookiee	Marksman	1350	800	450	1000	550	400	700	450	450
Twi'Lek	Marksman	1000	450	550	1050	750	300	700	300	300
Trandoshan	Marksman	1250	750	700	800	450	300	600	300	400
Zabrak	Marksman	1200	450	300	1100	450	300	600	300	700

Race	Profession	Health	Str	Con	Action	Qui	Sta	Mind	Foc	Wil
Human	Medic	700	400	400	800	400	400	1100	600	600
Rodian	Medic	600	300	300	900	500	750	1000	500	550
Mon Calamari	Medic	600	300	300	700	300	450	1300	800	650
Bothan	Medic	600	300	300	1000	600	400	1100	600	500
Wookiee	Medic	950	650	450	900	400	400	1100	650	600
Twi'Lek	Medic	600	300	550	950	600	300	1100	500	500
Trandoshan	Medic	850	600	700	700	300	300	1000	500	600
Zabrak	Medic	800	300	300	1000	300	300	1000	500	900

Race	Profession	Health	Str	Con	Action	Qui	Sta	Mind	Foc	Wil
Human	Scout	900	400	450	900	500	500	800	450	500
Rodian	Scout	800	300	350	1000	600	850	700	350	450
Mon Calamari	Scout	800	300	350	800	400	550	1000	650	550
Bothan	Scout	800	300	350	1100	700	500	800	450	400
Wookiee	Scout	1150	650	500	1000	500	500	800	500	500
Twi'Lek	Scout	800	300	600	1050	700	400	800	350	400
Trandoshan	Scout	1050	600	750	800	400	400	700	350	500
Zabrak	Scout	1000	300	350	1100	400	400	700	350	800

Current List of Professions
Star Wars Galaxies includes 33 unique professions. Stay tuned in the months to come to as the Developer's reveal these professions. Note that certain professions are considered �Elite� and will not be available to starting characters.

Architect
This profession includes skills from the blueprints and building production disciplines. A player in this profession can build structures including player venues, installations, and other structures.

Armorsmith
This profession includes skills from the deflectors and armor crafting disciplines. A player in this profession can create armor for players.

Artisan
This profession includes skills from the basic crafting and surveying disciplines. A player in this profession is well versed in using schematics to build things.

Bio-Engineer
This profession includes skills from the DNA sampling and crafting disciplines. A player in this profession is able to improve upon nature, and craft specialized animals for use.

Bounty Hunter
This profession includes skills from the investigation and tracking droids disciplines. A player in this advanced profession can hunt down other players with bounties and is an accomplished combatant.

Brawler
This profession includes skills from the unarmed and melee combat disciplines. A player in this profession can be extremely dangerous in close combat.

Carabineer
This profession includes skills from the carbine accuracy and speed disciplines. A player in this profession is extremely accomplished in the use of ranged carbine weapons.

Chef
This profession includes skills from the cooking and general crafting disciplines. A player in this profession can create all kinds of foods. Foods are not necessary but are quite useful for temporarily improving a player's attributes.

Combat Medic
This profession includes skills from the medicine crafting and ranged healing disciplines. A player in this profession can both hold their own in a fight as well as heal those who are injured in the field.

Commando
This profession includes skills from both the thrown weapon and heavy weapon accuracy disciplines. A player in this profession is dangerous both at range and up close.

Creature Handler
This profession includes skills from both the creature taming and training disciplines. A tamed animal can be sold to other players who have sufficient skill to control the creature.

Dancer
This profession includes skills from the dance ability and knowledge disciplines. A player in this profession can heal mind wounds of other players with this talent.

Doctor
This profession includes skills from the wound treatment and general healing disciplines. A player in this profession has a greater capability to heal damage in a controlled environment.

Droid Engineer
This profession includes skills from the droid blueprints and production disciplines. A player in this profession can design droid components, instruments and droids themselves.

Entertainer
This profession includes skills from the dancing and musicianship disciplines. A player in this profession can play musical instruments and perform dance routines for the benefit of others.

Fencer
This profession includes skills from the sword speed and accuracy disciplines. A player in this profession can be quite formidable in a duel.

Image Designer
The Image Designer profession includes skills from the body customization and hairstyling disciplines. A player in this profession can modify various aspects of the way other players look.

Jedi
Jedi is a special case profession that requires considerable prerequisites (such as being Force sensitive). A player in this profession has access to considerable Force wielding skills, but they would be wise to keep that information to themselves as the Galactic Empire aggressively hunts the Jedi.

Marksman
This profession includes skills from the ranged combat disciplines. A player in this profession is extremely dangerous in ranged combat.

Medic
This profession includes skills from the wound treatment and medicine crafting disciplines. A player in this profession is a valuable ally to any combatant.

Merchant
This elite profession includes skills from the venue and vendor management disciplines. A player in this profession can operate vendors and run player-venues.

Musician
This profession includes skills from the musical ability and knowledge disciplines. A player in this profession can heal mind wounds of other players by performing different songs.

Pikeman
This profession includes skills from the polearm accuracy and technique disciplines. A player in this profession is accomplished fighter with blunt weapons.

Pistoleer
This profession includes skills from the pistol speed and accuracy disciplines. A player in this profession can be extremely deadly with handguns.

Ranger
This profession includes skills from the tracking and terrain transversal disciplines. Some of the most accomplished explorers are master rangers.

Rifleman
This profession includes skills from the rifle accuracy and speed disciplines. A player in this profession is extremely dangerous at a long distance.

Scout
This profession includes terrain navigation and organic resource harvesting disciplines. A player in this profession will be able to set up campsites to protect players from wildlife.

Smuggler
This profession includes skills from the smuggling disciplines. A player in this profession can move "illicit" materials past "faction police" with greater ease and are useful to players involved in commerce.

Squad Leader
This profession includes skills from the combat and defense leadership disciplines. A player in this profession provides combat and movement bonuses to anyone that is grouped with them.

Swordsman
This profession includes skills from the heavy sword speed and accuracy disciplines. A player in this profession excels at the art of cleaving.

Tailor
This profession includes skills from the patterns and tailor techniques disciplines. A player in this profession can outfit other characters in style.

Tëras Käsi
This profession includes skills from the fist accuracy and technique disciplines. A player in this profession is extremely dangerous in melee combat. Teras Kasi, or "steel hands", is a Bunduki martial arts discipline focusing on weaponless combat.

Weaponsmith
This profession includes skills from the melee weapon and firearm crafting disciplines. A player in this profession can create the best weapons in the galaxy.