1. Choose a Background
Refer to the Backgrounds List and choose one for your character.
Your background describes who your character used to be and includes a culture, favored skill, and an additional benefit.
Background Name
Write the name of your background in the space labeled Background on your character sheet.
Culture
Your background gives you one Culture (Corporate, Milsec, Street, or Underworld). Write a +1 in the box next to your Culture in the Cultures section at the bottom of the character sheet.
Favored Skill
Your background gives you one favored skill. Fill in the diamond symbol (◇) next to the skill name on your character sheet to indicate it as a favored skill, and write +1 in its skill bonus box.
[INFO] //Favored Skills
It costs fewer XP to improve favored skills and to purchase signature tricks for your favored skills than it does for non-favored skills.
Additional Benefit
Your background also gives you an additional benefit, which varies from one background to another. Your background may give you a piece of Gear, a Cybernetic Augment, a Signature Trick, or even a bit of Extra Luck. Write the additional benefit on your character sheet in the appropriate area.