Before I begin I would like to start off by saying that this is not a "make x class neutral" post. I'm simply wondering why Bioware decided to go down this road especially in a game that is largely "story-driven." Thus, for a game that is "story-driven," I'm wondering why exactly bounty hunters, troopers, and smugglers are faction specific. I may be wrong and there maybe reasons I have overlooked, but it seems that a bounty hunter or a smuggler would be largely uninterested in politics or factions and more interested in who could offer more credits. Similarly, I see those Imperial foot soldiers clad in their trooperesque armor and I continuously ask myself why I can't be an Imperial footsoldier. So what exactly is the reason that I can't be a bounty hunter working for the Republic, a smuggler smuggling Sith artifacts for the Sith Empire, or a Trooper under the command of the Emperor?