Hi , I was thinking that it would be cool to introduce special characters into the game , and how they would work would be that every ship can pick 1 ( once you do a certain task , or complete something or whatever ) . Now there would be a list of characters to choose from , and maybe an arti to change them if you want to try a different one ( perhaps a gp cost ? ) . Each one would provide a bonus to one aspect of your ship or planets e.g. :
( now I'm rubbish at this sort of thing so be warned lol )

Skar , konqul general : pvp attack up 5 %
????? , taltherian artificer : reduces ability cooldown by x amount of hours
????? , vygoid sage : bonus to research from scientists up 5%

Also there could be ones based on profession e.g. :

????? , master Biologist : planet population up 10 %
????? , master excavator : arti up by 5 %

And there could be ones from the npc faction like :

????? , terran outsider : mining up 5 %
????? , dark smuggler : ships upkeep down 5 %

As an example I could be a Konqul Fixer , with the ????? , master excavator special character so I would have the attack bonus ( Konqul ) hull bonus ( fixer ) and an arti bonus ( special character ) . Which would make a pretty descent combination , what do you guys think ?

sorry I could not think of any names for my special characters

sounds like a secondary profession of sorts. unless there is some great distinction from profession, it's redundant.

Don't think you understand it mate . It's a special character that gives you a bonus - there are many special characters each with their own different bonus , so they are not just a secondary profession or redundant . Thanks for the comment tho

and there are many different professions their own different bonus. And it's also every ship can pick 1. What's the difference now?

The Difference is these would provide another Different less powerful bonus to one aspect of your ship . Your race gives you 1 bonus , your profession gives a 2nd , and the special character would give you a 3rd less powerful bonus .
I hope you understand the difference now

And thus it's a “secondary profession of sorts", which is what I've said.
It's a weaker and secondary profession that will end up like this: race, profession, 2nd profession(3rd bonus)
I understand that its NAME is not profession, but its mechanic is exactly the same.

Nope . Not a secondary profession , and not redundant .
It is more acurate to say : race ( bonus 1 ) profession ( bonus 2 ) special character ( bonus 3 )
It is a 3rd bonus , not a secondary profession . Some of the characters bonus are weaker versions of professions and some are not , they are more like weaker versions of race bonus's so it's not exactly the same .

I get the idea, they could be kind of a ships general, kind of a small ally

Kharles- Master Biologist (alienised form of Charles (Darwin))
Yndiona- Master excavator (Indiana Jones...)
Debier- Terran miner one (Debeers mining)
Naza- dark smuggler/ship upkeep one (NASA)

I'll try to think of ones most people would get for the other two.