[jason taylor]

Tactics(guerilla) would be a good bet. The Victorian navy spent most of it's time as a gold-plated coast guard, doing small wars, pirate hunting, slaver chasing and operations-other-than. Much of it would be on land as the Victorian navy often made landing parties. Survival skills would be appropriate.

Some skills appropriate to rescue work, charting, and so on would fit the normal missions of the Victorian navy.


Quirk: Hates slavers

This is a very palatable quirk by modern standards but it is plausible in a Victorian character and would go over quite well in polite circles of the time if he did not dominate the conversation with it.

Quirk: romanticizes natives.

This is also a plausible quirk and if it is a kind of prejudice it is easier to stomach then the more straightforward type found in some circles.

Wing Chun would probably go with Unusual Background; probably not many Victorian officers would have been familiar with oriental styles of unarmed combat, though a Shanghai or Hong Kong cop might have a rough and ready familiarity.