Slang/Professional languages

[malloyd]

Originally Posted by Phoenix_Dragon

From the experiences of my friend over three deployments, and my brother over one deployment, it seems most soldiers understand only the more basic of those tactical gestures (Such as take cover, stop, cease fire, or FU). The rest are split between two small groups, those who understand more complex tactical gestures ("Contact, three vehicles, thataway"), and those who have trouble with even basic gestures.

That's about what I'd expect. So something like basic gestures come with a points in Tactics, more complex ones cost a point (either a pidgin language or a Skill Adaptation to Tactics, either would probably work), and a few people manage not to pay attention enough to pick up the point of Tactics in Basic.