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What two background options should I choose?
1 of 6: What you choose will have a small impact on various dialogues, and on one small set of optional assignments, but no major storyline impact at all.
2 of 6: The main effect of your choices will be on your starting morality point distribution.
3 of 6: See the Morality Tips to learn more about what morality points are and what they're good for.
4 of 6: If you want to start the game with the best possible Paragon bonus, you should choose spacer for pre-service history and war hero for the psychological profile.
5 of 6: If you'd rather start with a good Renegade bonus, choose earthborn for pre-service history and ruthless for the psychological profile.
6 of 6: To create a more morally balanced character, choose any other combination of options.
