Pre-taster
In an ever expanding world, a pre-taster holds an important job in the frontier, and most ships has one or two on board.
The pre-taster's job is to test the possible edibles on new planets - plants, fruit, meat etc.
Nobody is supposed to taste anything alien before the pre-taster gives the go ahead.
In most cases pre-tasters also have the role of experimental chef.
Pre-taster has garnered some popularity due to a show and book series lead by a famous pre-taster before.
The pre-taster's job is to test the possible edibles on new planets - plants, fruit, meat etc.
Nobody is supposed to taste anything alien before the pre-taster gives the go ahead.
In most cases pre-tasters also have the role of experimental chef.
Pre-taster has garnered some popularity due to a show and book series lead by a famous pre-taster before.
Career
Qualifications
A general knowledge of flora and fauna tendensies is a bare minimum, but the ability to use scientific equipment and study foreign biology is often deemed important too.
Most official pre-tasters are educated in cooking as well, and knows a bit about foraging, hunting and fishing.
Most official pre-tasters are educated in cooking as well, and knows a bit about foraging, hunting and fishing.
Career Progression
There is not much progression in what the tasks are, however there is money in renown.
Payment & Reimbursement
As there is some potential hazards to the job, as well as prolonged time away from friends and family, the money are quite good.
Doing your job well means even more money, and fame bring a whole other tier of payment.
Doing your job well means even more money, and fame bring a whole other tier of payment.
Other Benefits
Being a pre-tester comes with quite some boons to the adventurous type, as you get to see new incredible places in Cosmos and be there to experience it with the first explorers.
Often you are cared for and in safety behind trained hunters and pilots.
If you know how to gather a following, it's an exiting life to show to the people back home.
At worst many are ready to hear whatever story you can tell
At best you can easily sell a cookbook or a written account of your journey to the masses.
Some of the most popular people are pre-testers filming their journey.
Often you are cared for and in safety behind trained hunters and pilots.
If you know how to gather a following, it's an exiting life to show to the people back home.
At worst many are ready to hear whatever story you can tell
At best you can easily sell a cookbook or a written account of your journey to the masses.
Some of the most popular people are pre-testers filming their journey.
Perception
Purpose
The first purpose is to make sure the expedition doesn't drop dead from anything toxic.
The second purpose is to find out the properties of new edibles:
Can they be brought home as a steady source of food?
Can they thrive on other planets?
Can something actually good be made from them?
As the Human world expands, it is necessary to know what can be used on future habitats.
The second purpose is to find out the properties of new edibles:
Can they be brought home as a steady source of food?
Can they thrive on other planets?
Can something actually good be made from them?
As the Human world expands, it is necessary to know what can be used on future habitats.
Social Status
An educated pre-taster is perceived much as a good chef. It's not a job for the nobility, but it's a decent, respected job for most folks.
History
The concept draws way back to the pregustators and food tasters of the sword fighting times.
Some men in power, fearing to get poisoned though food, would have a slave or servant employed to taste the food first themselves.
The fear of assassination by food poisoning is long past, but the active exploration for future settlement spots nowadays has brought the need for testing new types of food back, and the idea of a dedicated profession for it took hold.
Some men in power, fearing to get poisoned though food, would have a slave or servant employed to taste the food first themselves.
The fear of assassination by food poisoning is long past, but the active exploration for future settlement spots nowadays has brought the need for testing new types of food back, and the idea of a dedicated profession for it took hold.
Operations
Tools
A field kit with some gadgets to check potential food for chemical compounds.
Cooking equipment
Perhaps some organ modifications to allow for faster processing of food and toxin response enzymes.
Cooking equipment
Perhaps some organ modifications to allow for faster processing of food and toxin response enzymes.
Workplace
On larger starcrafts the pre-taster might have his own small lab in which to run extensive tests.
Dangers & Hazards
There is always a danger when being out in the outskirts of civilized space and beyond.
The threat of pirates or cosmic weather for example. Being stranded in space is another.
Being pre-taster often means deplying with the first explorers on planets that can host dangerous environments or animals as well.
Then of course there is the danger of eating something so toxic that even your bio-mods can't handle it.
The threat of pirates or cosmic weather for example. Being stranded in space is another.
Being pre-taster often means deplying with the first explorers on planets that can host dangerous environments or animals as well.
Then of course there is the danger of eating something so toxic that even your bio-mods can't handle it.
Type
Culinary
Demand
Jobs are relatively easy to find
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