ResearchTL

IQ/Average

Defaults: IQ-5 or Writing-3. Prerequisite: literacy in at least one language (see p. 24)*.

• At TL8+, Computer Operation is also a prerequisite.

This is the ability to do library and file research. Roll against skill to find a useful piece of data in an appropriate place of research . . . if the information is there to be found.

At the GM’s option, when researching material connected with a “book-learned” skill such as Forensics, Literature, or Physics, you may roll against that skill at -2 instead, if that would be better than your Research skill or default (but this is not a general default level).

Modifiers: Language modifiers (p. 24), for research materials in a foreign tongue.