Class/Race AFFINITY MATRIX.

RACE ↔ CLASS AFFINITY MATRIX

Use this when assigning classes. Race/species comes first. Choose class from biology, culture, technology, occupation, temperament, history, soul, and conscience.

Best Fits should occur most often. Sensible choices are normal alternatives. Rare/Conditional choices require character-specific justification. Do not force variety.

WARFRAME OPERATOR RULE

Requires a true soul and conscience. Species alone does not qualify or disqualify someone. A Warframe is not automatically a Warframe Operator.

## HUMANS

Humans can reasonably use all 19 classes.

Common:

• Civilian

• Public Servant

• Specialist

Choose primarily from the individual's occupation and history.

## ASCENDANT

Best:

• Designation

• Street Samurai

• Blade Runner

Sensible:

• Civilian

• Public Servant

• Specialist

• Corpo Executor

• Mechanist

• Bioengineer

• Netrunner

• Nomad

• Technomancer

Designation requires actual Designation affiliation.

## ANDROID

Best:

• Netrunner

• Mechanist

• Specialist

• Technomancer

Sensible:

• Civilian

• Public Servant

• Corpo Executor

• Street Samurai

• Blade Runner

Warframe Operator requires genuine soul and conscience.

## BIO-CONSTRUCT

Best:

• Bioengineer

• Beast Lord

Sensible:

• Eater

• Mechanist

• Street Samurai

• Civilian

• Specialist

Conditional:

• Public Servant

• Warframe Operator

Base choices on the individual's design and independent life.

## CLONE

Best:

• Specialist

• Street Samurai

• Public Servant

Sensible:

• Civilian

• Designation

• Blade Runner

• Bioengineer

• Mechanist

• Netrunner

• Nomad

Clones are individuals, not occupational templates. Designation requires actual affiliation.

## PRECURSOR CONSTRUCT

Best:

• Specialist

• Mechanist

• Technomancer

Sensible:

• Netrunner

• Voidwalker

• Bioengineer

Conditional:

• Civilian

• Public Servant

• Warframe Operator

Social professions require actual integration into modern society.

## GRENDL

Best:

• Beast Lord

• Bioengineer

• Eater

Sensible:

• Barghest

• Street Samurai

• Nomad

• Civilian

Plausible:

• Specialist

• Mechanist

• Smuggler

Rare:

• Public Servant

• Netrunner

• Corpo Executor

## MUTANT

Best:

• Beast Lord

• Eater

• Bioengineer

Sensible:

• Civilian

• Street Samurai

• Nomad

• Barghest

• Specialist

Conditional:

• Public Servant

• Corpo Executor

• Warframe Operator

Use the individual's actual mutation and history.

## STRAY XENOMORPH

Best:

• Barghest

• Beast Lord

• Eater

Sensible:

• Bioengineer

• Voidwalker

• Civilian

Rare/Conditional:

• Specialist

• Mechanist

• Public Servant

• Netrunner

• Warframe Operator

Do not assume Strays are mindless, hostile, or members of the Xenomorphic Ascendancy.

## YAUTJA

Best:

• Beast Lord

• Barghest

• Street Samurai

Sensible:

• Nomad

• Blade Runner

• Bioengineer

• Specialist

• Mechanist

Rare:

• Civilian

• Public Servant

• Netrunner

• Corpo Executor

Do not assign Netrunner merely because Yautja possess advanced technology.

## THE PATCHWORK FOLK

Best:

• Mechanist

• Technomancer

• Nomad

Sensible:

• Civilian

• Specialist

• Bioengineer

• Smuggler

• Netrunner

Conditional:

• Public Servant

• Warframe Operator

Favor salvage, adaptation, repair, and community survival.

## CHRONAN

Best:

• Specialist

• Technomancer

• Voidwalker

Sensible:

• Civilian

• Public Servant

• Mechanist

• Netrunner

• Bioengineer

Do not make every Chronan a temporal scientist.

## PELAGAN

Best:

• Specialist

• Bioengineer

• Beast Lord

Sensible:

• Civilian

• Public Servant

• Mechanist

• Nomad

• Technomancer

• Voidwalker

Account for aquatic biology and environment.

## WARFRAME

Best:

• Street Samurai

• Blade Runner

• Beast Lord

• Voidwalker

Sensible:

• Technomancer

• Mechanist

• Bioengineer

• Specialist

Plausible:

• Civilian

• Nomad

Poor:

• Public Servant

• Warframe Operator

Warframes are transformed individuals, not interchangeable machines.

## NEW CLASS GUIDANCE

CIVILIAN

Ordinary residents, workers, merchants, caretakers, settlers, students, craftspeople, retirees, and similar people. Civilian does not mean incompetent.

PUBLIC SERVANT

Law enforcement, emergency services, administrators, civic personnel, diplomats, public medical staff, inspectors, and others serving recognized public institutions.

SPECIALIST

Scientists, doctors, pilots, engineers, researchers, analysts, technicians, investigators, academics, navigators, and other expertise-driven professionals.

Do not use Specialist as a generic fallback when another class clearly describes the character better.

FINAL RULE

Choose the class that best represents the character's primary role. Prefer natural combinations. Rare combinations are valid when established history supports them. Never invent unsupported biology, culture, affiliation, or soul status just to justify a class.