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All characters have a background. Your background represents a number of things already, such as your species, class, what skills you choose, and what feats you take. Your home region, your allegiance, and what traits you’ve picked up from your life in the Galaxy.

Home Region
Each character has a home as part of their background. This is a particular star system, sector, or region of the galaxy where you were raised. Being raised in this area has shaped your background by providing you with automatic languages, access to regional traits, and potentially some additional starting equipment.
 * Bonus Language: Aside from your race, your home region provides you the opportunity to gain another language.  If you speak this language from another source, you do not gain the benefit of an automatic language.  Basic is always an automatic language in known regions of the Galaxy, however. This automatic language is in addition to those provided by high intelligence. If you see that a language comes from a planet that you come from, you can choose either the planet’s language or the region’s language.


 * Bonus Equipment: You may choose one of the bonus equipment packages for your region.