M.A.

Mental Affinity (M.A.): represents the character's likeability, personal charm and charisma.

High M.A. (16+) gain a bonus to trust or intimidate others. A person with a high M.A. may appear trustworthy to some, but intimidating to others. This may depending upon the character themselves, or the circumstances of the situation.

The player has an option of making their character (with an M.A. of 16+ only) especially trustworthy or intimidating:-

Trust / Intimidate

16 = 40%
17 = 45%
18 = 50%
19 = 55%
20 = 60%
21 = 65%
22 = 70%
23 = 75%
24 = 80%
25 = 84%
26 = 88%
27 = 92%
28 = 94%
29 = 96%
30 = 97%
31+:

For every 5 points above 30 the character has, those dealing with the character suffer a -1 penalty to perception as they are distracted by them.
One-time bonus of +5% to Find Contraband, Gambling, Intelligence (gathering), Seduction, and Undercover Ops skills.
One-time bonus of +10 to Interrogation, Performance, Public Speaking, and Sing skills.