Special Rules: Skills

There are a great number of active skills, many of which really do not need to be their own individual skill. Some have already been grouped together in groups, but I feel that these groups should simply be a single active skill. Thus all active skills covered in the groups below are considered a single active skill. Some of applications of these skills may use a different attribute than the skill it is grouped under. This is noted in parentheses. The karma cost for purchasing a skill is still based on the parent skill's attribute and the cost is as per purchasing a normal active skill, not a skill group. Skill groups may not be purchased, but they should not be particularly necessary since many of these combined skills correspond to skill groups.
Any of the skills listed in these groups may be taken as a specialization instead of a full active skill.

Due to the fact that there are considerably fewer skills, the number of starting skill points you get at character creation is also reduced. Instead of using the tables in the book, your skill points should be as follows:

Priority	Skills
A	30+10
B	24+5
C	21+2
D	15
E	12

Any bonus skill points provided by other sources (magic priority) are added as normal and any group skill points you would normally get for high skill priorities are added to your overall skill points.

Unchanged skills:
All Vehicle Active skills (gunnery, pilot aerospace, pilot aircraft, pilot walker, pilot exotic vehicle, pilot ground craft, pilot watercraft)
Archery
Exotic ranged weapon
Heavy Weapons
Throwing Weapons
Perception
Sneaking
Etiquette
Intimidation
Performance
Assensing
Astral Combat
Artisan
Demolitions
Forgery

Close Combat (agility)
Blades
Clubs
Unarmed combat

Firearms (agility)
Automatics
Longarms
Pistols

Athletics (strength)
Diving
Free-fall
Running
Swimming
Gymnastics (agility)

Sleight of Hand (agility)
Palming
Escape Artist
Locksmith

Outdoors (intuition)
Survival
Tracking
Animal Handling
Navigation

Influence (charisma)
Leadership
Instruction
Negotiation

Con (Charisma)
Con
Disguise
Impersonation

Enchanting(magic)
Alchemy
Arcana
Artificing
Disenchanting

Conjuring(magic)
Banishing
Binding
Summoning

Spellcasting (Magic)
Counterspelling
Spellcasting
Ritual Spellcasting

Tasking (resonance)
Compiling
Decompiling
Registering

Computers(logic)
Computer
Cybercombat
Hacking
Software

Electronics(logic)
Electronic Warfare
Hardware

Build/Repair(logic)
Armorer
Aeronautics Mechanic
Automotive Mechanic
Cybertechnology
Industrial Mechanic
Nautical Mechanic

Biotech(logic)
Biotechnology
Chemistry
First Aid
Medicine