[snorkelbill]

Though I'm not really sure how I feel about the ability to change skills, I will throw out another option based off what Preacher said.

Why not make it a borg? Since our world is certainly cyberpunk enough for something like this to exist, it seems reasonable that some wetware could be installed to "rewire the brain." Obviously muscle memory from hours of training wouldn't convert directly to a different weapon/skill.

It'd cost humanity, money, and depending on the quality of the borg could be used to translate some percentage of hours from one skill to another.

That way the people that think it should cost money, not a percentage could buy the higher grade borg and get a better percentage conversion. I do agree that if it's possible it should be costly, and not something to be undertaken lightly.

I happen to be one of the lucky ones that started training in the skill I want to be in, so wouldn't be a candidate for the switch. <-- full disclosure there.