Update: BS 2.0

Here are the changes from the system update for Battle Stations 2.0 done on 01 Dec 09
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Job Classes:
- New beginner class - Sailor.
- New Job progression
- 1st Tier Promotion to Soldiers/Pirates/Mechanics/Scouts
- 2nd Tier Promotion will be added later
- Soldiers are the equivalent of old Commanders
- Mechanics are the equivalent of old Engineers
- Scouts are the equivalent of old Explorers
- Trader class removed. (Existing traders will become scouts)
- Level 10 and below captains moved to Azure Atoll and converted to Sailors.
- Passive class bonuses removed. (e.g. pirates gold bonus, explorer explore bonus, engineer repair/mine bonus)
- Free class resets for all captains.

Auto-ship Salvage:
- All classes gain the old engineer auto-ship salvage ability.

Skills:
- Each class will have a set of unique combat skills.
- Skills will be automatically learned at level 5, 25, 50. (100, 125 for Tier 2 job classes).
- Skills activate randomly in combat.
- Skills must be enabled in the profile page
- Read more about the skills here.
(skills are subject to rebalancing)

Dual Class/Hangar:
- If you reach level 150, you can choose to get the second class.
- Your new class will start from level 1 as a sailor.
- You will get an additional ship hangar space (2 ships) after getting second class.
- You can switch between the 2 classes/ships anytime.

Updated start page for new players:
- Added some comics and an animated tutorial walkthrough.

New Port:
- Laguna Blue
- Beginners port for new captains
- No PvP/Exploration

New Quest System:
- Only for quests in Laguna Blue
- Other ports will be updated later

Class Reset:
- Class reset will delevel a captain by 2 levels instead of 1 (if no free reset available)

New Ship/Items:
- New beginner ship, the Interceptor
- Some new beginner items
- Quest items/Trade goods
- Beginner weapons/parts moved to Laguna Blue shop from Imperial City

Outpost:
- When outpost HP falls below 50%, the outpost HP will be hidden from attackers.

Design
- New hangar page
- New captain page
- New crew page (deckhand and main crew)

- Discuss here.