These occupations are best fit descriptions based on the occupations and information provided in the four movies. The descriptions are very broad, designed to cover a multitude of actual jobs with similar skills. As such a Theoretical Mathematician and a Vulcanologist do not have much in common, but they are both Scientists with training and a specific field of expertise. Some jobs may fall between categories, such as a forensic scientist, at which point the player may decide to take both occupations and skills, or come at the job from a specific angle. For example, a medically trained psychoanalyst is a psychiatrist, but a scientifically trained psychoanalyst is a psychologist.
I am aware that there are a number of occupations that do not fit into any of these categories, such as professional entertainer. All this means is that the skills involved in the job (eg guitar playing) are not likely to be dramatically important in the game. It also assumes that the individual has had a lot of opportunity to follow other hobbies. Even if a player deeply desires a new skill category the DM shouldn’t allow it since the game is manufactured around these abilities.
| Name | Description | Skills | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrator | Anyone needing to organise a group of people, from a clerical project manager to a colony leader | Organise | Simpson, Leader on LV-426, Aliens |
| Armed Forces | Military Personnel permanently garrisoned to enforce a position | Contract Weapons |  DiStephano on the Auriga, Alien4 |
| Breeder | Given Jonesey, Alien, and the dog, Alien3, there must still be people making a living from breeding animals and plants | Cultivation Species |  Dr Gediman, who cloned Ripley’s Queen, Alien4 |
| Colonist | Most of the 300 surveyed worlds can be habitable to humans. Colonies of all sorts exist, but they tend to attract the same sort of people | Cultivation Improvise |  Newt, Aliens |
| Communication | This job is usually done in parallel with another | Language |  Ripley, Alien |
| Company Agent | Trained operatives who’s task it is to collect information for Wayland Yutani | Infiltration Politics | Ash, Alien |
| Company Man | Suits dedicated to operating inside the processes of Wayland Yutani. Occasionally very influential | Politics Red Tape Organise |  Carter Burke, Aliens |
| Convict | A criminal who has been caught and Sentenced according to their crimes. There is no criminal occupation, rather many occupations in which you may act immorally | Sentence Punishment | Dillon, murder and rape, Alien3. Elgan was still a Trader, Alien4 |
| Engineer | Trained in the construction and maintenance of society’s devices and processes. This is usually a very low paying job | Trade Improvise | Parker and Brett, Alien |
| Explorer | Since over 300 worlds have been surveyed and partially mapped, we assume someone is doing it | Region Terrain | Newt’s parents explored the Derelict, Aliens |
| Labourer | Any job producing goods or services, ranging from unskilled labour to management | Field (Lab) |  Morse, Alien3 |
| Marine | Unlike the Army, these are the front line strike force. Marines have a specialist field of training selected from the Appendix list | Weapons Contract Specialist | Hudson, Aliens |
| Medic | Anyone involved in medical science, from a paramedic to a Synthetic designer | Training (Med) Field (Med) | Clemens, Alien3 |
| Minister | Religion thrives in a bleak world. Religious leaders act as aids, councillors, and inspiration for their "flock" | Religion Inspiration |  Dillon, Alien3 |
| Officer | In any military group there are the commanders. They are highly educated but may have little field experience | Organise Weapons |  Gorman, Aliens |
| Pilot | Chauffer, navigator, bus driver, shuttle pilot, or whatever. Usually a Pilot chooses to be skilled as Pilot or Navigator, but seldom both | Drive Plot |  Lambert, Ripley, AlienFerro, Aliens |
| Pirate | Traders in illegal goods. Not above kidnapping, theft and murder to achieve a profit | Goods Contacts Reputation |  Elgan, Alien4 |
| Police | Also includes Security Guards. Sometimes are poorly trained | Weapons | |
| Salvage | Recovery and recycling are a good way to economise. Little money is made this way and Salvage teams are always one step from piracy | Region Returns |  The team that recovered Ripley, Aliens |
| Scientist | Anyone trained in fields of science, be it practical, research or theoretical sciences | Field(Sci) Training | Ash, Alien |
| Special Forces | A paramilitary group who's job it is to protect Wayland Yutani's interests. They are highly trained and better equipped than the Marines | Weapons | Team that came to recover Ripley, Alien3 |
| Synthetic | There are three types of Synthetic, but the types are so diverse that they need to be described in detailed in the Appendix | Varies (see Synthetics) |  Ash, AlienBishop, Aliens Call, Alien4 |
| Trader | A vendor of goods, from local greengrocer to dealer in nuclear waste. Often they are the middle man, making only a small profit on the goods | Goods Contacts Returns | Dallas, Alien |
| Prison Warden | Responsible for Convicts in a correctional facility. May not have weapons, but are trained with them | Weapons Organise |  Andrews, Alien3 |