I'm looking to start a new campaign force and it's gonna be APAC Ninjas with a Ninja as the Crew Leader (as allowed on p. 63 of Outbreak). The Ninja leader will become Independent, Named, and receives a free Rep point all for no charge since he/she is the new Leader. But what about receiving the Leadership skill/ability as detailed on p. 198 of A Dark Tomorrow?

Thoughts on this? Should the designated Crew Leader receive the Leadership ability? Pros? Cons? Why & why not?

Just trying to drum up a little conversation here but I am actually pondering the question.

It isn't needed, as there are numerous cases of people being in leadership positions without being gifted as a leader. A lot of the options for crew leader are coming from positions where being a gifted team leader would not automatically have been the case previously.

That said, if people want to run there campaign with free Leadership, it won't break anything. The only crew that loses out is the Dravani, where Leadership has less impact. Play groups could decide to accept that, or give a Dravani player another option.