Improving/Gaining Skills through "in game training"

[Al_Beddow]

Steve,

Since I am running a Star Hero campaign set in a "Traveller-like" setting, the characters often spend several weeks of game time "in transit" with a great deal of "free time" on their hands. I would like to have a way for their characters to "train & learn" while they are "in-jump".

I know in GURPS the rules tell you how much "practice/in class" time it takes to earn one characther point towards a skill. (It's something like 220 hours of "in class" time equals 1 cp).

I and my regular group have searched FREd from cover to cover and can't find anything similar to what is in GURPS for this. Have we just missed it?

Thanks

[Steve Long]

There is no such rule in the HERO System. I'll probably delve into the subject some in The Ultimate Skill, but that's a ways off yet.

In the meantime, you can just establish some suitable rule for your campaign, such as "characters may spend 1 Character Point on a Skill per week of training."