Need a career for a character in a SCIFI setting? Never fear! We've compiled a list of potential job opportunities just for you! Feel free to comment and post your own suggestions as well to help make this list even better. June 13, 2016: Updated to include all sensible, non-redundant suggestions as well as a bunch of new ones! -Astaroth A Agricultural Engineer Agronomist Air Marshal Algorithm Analysis Expert Alien Rights Activist Allergy Tester Ambassador Android Rights Activist Arbiter Aromatherapist Artist Assassin Asteroid Miner Astrogator Astrophysicist Astrophysics Professor Atmospheric Operator Augmentation Engineer B Banker Berserker Bureaucrat Bioengineer Biologist Biomechanic Bioweapon Specialist Black Hole Researcher Black Hole Theorist Black Ops Body Modification Engineer Body-Double Clone Bomb Squad Specialist Botanist Bounty Hunter Brigadier General C Cadet Captain Cargo Handler Cartographer Cerebral Entertainment Coordinator Chemist Chief Air Marshal Colonel Comet Miner Commander Commodore Communications Officer Companion Cook Cosmetic Geneticist Counter-Alien Response Officer Courier Cruiseliner Captain Cryostasis Engineer Cryostasis Maintenance Worker Customs Officer Cyber Priest Cybernetic Hacker Cybernetic Security Officer D Dancer Dark Matter Researcher Decorator Deep Space Miner Deep Space Researcher Defense Specialist Demolition Expert Dentist Deportation Officer Diagnostician Dictator Dilettante Diplomat Doctor Droid Repairman Drone Operator Drug Dealer E Ecologist Electrical Engineer Electrician Endangered Species Protection Officer Engineer Engramatic Vacation Designer Ensign Entomologist Environmental Designer Exoskeleton Maintenance Worker Explorer Extravehicular Soldier F Fashion Designer Fashion Police Field Operative Financial Planner Firefighter First Contact Specialist First Mate First Response Crisis Officer Freedom Fighter Freelancer Frontiersman G Gambler Gamer Gemologist General Genetic Engineer Geologist Gravity Generation Operator Guard Gun Runner Gunner H Holograph Programmer Holographic Artist Hydroelectric Engineer Hydroponics Gardener Hyperspace Theorist I Intelligence Operative Intergalactic Peacekeeper Intergalactic Police Officer Inventor Investigator J Jailer Janitor Judge Jump-Gate Operator Jump-Gate Repairman Junk Trader Justice of the Peace K King/Queen Kingpin Kitchen Assistant Knowledge Engineer L Labor Union Representative Lieutenant Lieutenant General Livestock Trader Logistician M Magistrate Marine Martial Judge Mech Mechanic Mech Pilot Mech-Chess Player Medic Medical Engineer Medical Officer Mercenary Merchant Meteorologist Military Detainment Officer Mission Control Officer Mobile Suit Pilot N Nano Assassin Nanotechnician Nanotechnology Expert Navigator Neurosurgeon News Anchor News Correspondant News Reporter Nuclear Engineer Nuclear Power Manager Nuclear Power Operator Nuclear Power Technician Nuclear Weapon Specialist O Orbital Trash Collector Oxygen Farmer P Paranormal Researcher Paranormal Theorist Pilot Planetary Governor Planetary Marshal Planetary Welcoming Committee Member Pleasure Doll President Priest/Priestess Prospector Psychic Q Quantum Anomaly Researcher Quantum Physicist Quantum Physics Professor Quarry Manager Quartermaster R Rebel Renegade Repo Man Research Assistant Researcher Rift Engineer Rift Specialist Robotic Engineer S Sanitation Worker Scavenger Ship Infiltration Officer Shipping Coordinator Singer Slave Slave Trader Smuggler Solar Engineer Solar Meteorologist Sonic Engineer Space Gladiator Space Pirate Space Ranger Space-Lane Maintenance Worker Spatial Analyst Star Fleet Academy Professor Strategist Surveyor T Technician Technomancer Technopriest Temp Worker Temporalspatial Mechanic Terraformer Time Traveler Tinkerer Translator Transportation Specialist Travel Agent U Urban Planner Urban Task Force Soldier V Vigilante Voice Talent W Warlord/lady Warrant Officer Waste Treatment Technician Water Reclamation Technician Weapons Specialist Weather Anomaly Specialist Worldscaper X Xeno-Political Relations Officer Xenobiologist Xenobotanist Xenomorphist Y Youth Sales Representative Z Zero-G Athlete Zero-G Task Force Officer Zoologist
A Agronomist (farm scientist) Astrogator Admiral B Botanist Biologist Blank (body to be loaded with programming) C Cruise Liner Captain Courier Commander Cook Companion/Courtesan Cartographer D Dancer Dilletante Decorator E Ensign Environmental Designer Exoskeleton Maintenance Engramatic Vacation Designer (We'll sell you the memory of a lifetime!) Ecologist Entomologist F Fire Control Freedom Fighter Financial Planner Frontiersman G Gladiator Gunner General Gamer (Controlling a combatant from a distance style) Geologist Gemologist Gambler Genetic Engineer H Holograph programer Hyperspace Theorist Hydroponics Gardener I Intelligence Operative Investigator J Justice of the Peace Jump-Gate Repairman Jump-Gate Operator K King Kingpin L Lieutenant Level Designer Logistician M Medic Mission Control Officer Miner N Neurosurgeon O Orbital Platform Soldier Oxygen Farmer P Pleasure Doll President Q Quarry manager Question Keeper (Keeps vital information safe and holds passwords) Quartermaster R Renegade Rebel S Solar Weather Expert Sonic engineer Singer Slave Strategist T Technician Temporalspatial Mechanic Time Traveller Temp U Urban Planner Urban Task Force Solider V Vigilante Villain Voice Talent W Waste Treatment Technician Water Reclaimation Technician World Design X Xenobiologist (study of alien biology) Xenobotanist (study of alient plants) Xenomorphist (Study of alien cultures) Xeno Political Relations Y Youth Sales Representative (Buy youth at half the price!) Z Zoologist Zero-G Task Force Zero-G Sports Star
Activist (Android and alien rights) Allergy testing (New plants, foods, and animals - especially ones from entirely different ecosystems and evolution paths - seem kind of risky) Body modifiers/Cosmetic geneticists (Could range from horns for sport sparring to iridescent skin for aesthetics) Doctors who specialize in treating hybrid species Planetary welcoming committees of some sort (For non-native species dealing with culture shock, acclimatizing to the new environment, etc)
A member of the squad of marines that is first to get ambushed and killed by the mysterious new alien threat.
A Astrophysics Professor Algerrythim Analysis Expert Archmage Aroma Therapist Artist Air Chief Marshal Air Marshal Atmospheric Operator (How else are you going to breath in the space colonies and on the ships.) Academic Researcher B Body Engineer Banker Bio-weapon Specialist Black Opps Specialist (Military Faction Unit) Brigadier General Bomb Squad Specialist Black Hole Theorist Black Hole Specialist Black Hole Researcher C Chemist Carpenter Corner Champion Gladiator Cardinal Commodore Colonel Comet Miner Communication Service Specialist Clone D Deportation Officer Detention Officer Dentist Doctor Detective Door Guard Deep Space Researcher Drug Dealer Drug Trafficker E Endangered Species Protection Officer Electrical Engineer Electrical Specialist F Foreign Dictator Field Operative Specialist First Star General Four Star General Five Star General Fashion Designer G Gun Runner General Gravity Generator Operative (How else do you expect to have gravity in zero gravity) Game Producer Game Programmer Game Tester Dark Matter Researcher H Halo Specialist Hyrdo Sanitary Specialist (You need water to live) Hydroelectric Engineer Hearing Specialist Harbinger Hero (local regions) Human Trafficker I Interstellar Dimensional Traveler Interplanetary Researcher Interplanetary Field Operative Specialist Intergalactic Police Force Intergalactic Magistrate Intergalactic Warrant Officer Intergalactic Judge Intergalactic Bounty Hunter Intergalactic Repo. Officers Iron Worker Inventor Interplanetary Mapmaker J Jokers and Jesters (everyone loves a good Clown) Jailers Jazz Musicians Jedi K Key Maker Kitchen Assistant Knowledge Engineer Kryostatsis Engineer Kryostatsis Maintenance L Love Makers Lieutenant General Limb Designer Language Communication Translator Labor Union Committee Labor Union Representative Labor Union Member M Magistrate Martial Judge Medical Engineer Military Detainment Officer Meteorologist Mobile Suit Pilot Mobile Drone Operator Livestock Trader N Nanotechnition Nanotechnology Expert Nanotechnology Designer News Anchor News Reporter News Corespondent Nuclear Engineer Nuclear Weapon Specialist Nuclear Power Operative Nuclear Power Manager Nuclear Power Technician O Optical Medical Specialist P Planetary Marshal Psychics Paranormal Researcher Paranormal Theorist Priests Priestesses Q Quantum Physic Professor Quantum Anomaly Researcher R Robotics Designer Robotic Charging Station Specialist Rift Engineers Rift Specialist Rogue S Space Ranger Space Hunter Space Police Cadets Spacial Analysis Specialist Space Smuggler Star Fleet Operative Star Fleet Academy Professor Sith T Two Star General Three Star General Time Space Transmission Specialist Temporal-spacial Designer Technology Engineer Technology Specialist U Universal Translator Designer Universal Transportation Specialist V Visionary Bureaucrat Vulcan Academy Professor W Weapon Defense Specialist Weather Anomalies Specialist X Y Z
Extra Vehicular Activity Soldier/ Technician (basically dude who goes out into the cold inky hardness of space in a suit to do a job).
Holographic Artist Tourist Priest (Because who wouldn't worship aliens and ancient artifacts?) Berserker (Light skirmisher, used in quick infiltration, terrorism, and ambushes. Strike terror in the hearts of the enemy) Diplomat Tinkerer That-Guy-Who-Mops-the-Decks-of-Star-Destroyers (You know there's a janitor on those things somewhere. Has to be)