Making a 3 galaxies character and wondering about languages

[Colt47]

When you take a language skill in the 3 galaxies setting (such as trade I) does it also include literacy? I'm a bit confused on how to handle the language skills when dealing with Rifts OCCs and 3 Galaxies characters. Also, since 3 Galaxies characters are used to space travel, would they automatically get Zero G Movement?

Edit: To be more specific, I'm assuming that if a player is taking a trade language with a Phase World based character they get Literacy as part of that skill and I'm wondering if this is the correct and official way it is supposed to work.

2nd Edit: Alright, yes I am aware there is an answered question in the FAQs section regarding the language skill. Maybe the better way of asking this question would be: Do you think that it would make sense for 3 Galaxies characters to have Literacy as a default, as they are not exactly in the same conditions as Rifts Earth type characters?

[Carl Gleba]

I've always viewed the education in Phase World as better than that of Rifts Earth. When my players make a character in Phase World I'll give them their native language and literacy for it at 98%. So if English/American was their native language they would have Read/Write Trade four at 98% I don't have the book in front of me so American could be a different trade language than 4.

I really view this as GM's call during character creation. For me it's no big deal as I don't do a lot of stuff with language since someone will have the Tongue's spell/universal translator or something to get around the language barrier.

For the language skills as written in Phase World, no i don't automatically include literacy as part of it. I have not read the FAQ, this is just what I would do since I'm giving the player their native language and literacy pretty much for free.

[dragonfett]

The Zero G Movement Skill would be no, unless your character's class specifically says otherwise. The big reason that I can think of is that even yeah, a lot of them are out in space a lot, they aren't in zero g all the time. And generally the classes that are in space more often would (or at least should) have the Zero G Movement Skill.

[Carl Gleba]

The Zero G Movement Skill would be no, unless your character's class specifically says otherwise. The big reason that I can think of is that even yeah, a lot of them are out in space a lot, they aren't in zero g all the time. And generally the classes that are in space more often would (or at least should) have the Zero G Movement Skill.

I forgot to comment on the zero g skill....

What Dragonfett said

[Colt47]

Finally people answered. I was thinking that the questions were being ignored.

Thanks for the help on this. Honestly, the question is mostly due to my lack of familiarity with Phase World and the 3 galaxies setting in general. Right now I'm going by the rule that if someone takes depressurization training or a similarly intense space skill like Zero G Combat they get Zero G movement as a bonus (unless they got their depressurization training in artificial gravity, which seems rather unlikely.)