IMPROVING YOURSELF
Sooner or later, you will want to improve your Skills or Characteristics from the levels at which you purchased them at. There are several ways in which to do this:

Study & Practice:
You get a how-to book and start reading/practicing. Study is the hardest method, you have no idea of where to begin and no one to correct your mistakes. In general, it takes about 1 month of study to gain 1 point. The biggest limit to this method is that you can only improve your skill to a level of 3.
Being Taught:
Superior to book learning. The teacher must have a higher level of skill than the student and must have the time to teach (how long this takes is up to the GM). But even the most knowledgeable teachers may not be any good at transferring their knowledge; that's where the skill of Teaching comes in. The teacher averages his skill in the subject to be taught with his Teaching skill; he may then teach the student up to that level of skill. How long this takes is up to the GM, who can award points over the passage of time (usually 1-2 points per month).
Experience:
Still the best teacher. Whenever you do something really well, the GM may award you with 1-2 Option Points right on the spot. The problem is that these points are applied to the skill you were using to get the award. Therefore, if you want to get better in a skill you should use it very chance you get.
Another way to improve Characteristics, Skills and other Campaign Options comes into play AFTER character creation; winning Option Points through adventuring with the character. There are two major ways to gain these points:
Roleplaying:
While it isn't exactly part of the game reality, Referees should always reward their players for how well they play the character; after all, that's why we're doing this. Here are a few suggestions:

-Roleplaying Award-
Player was clever, inventive, or roleplayed well 1, 2 pts.
Player solved a mystery or major point of plot 1 pt.
Adventure was resounding success 2,3 pts.
Base points for being in scenario 1, 2 pts.

Assigning Points:
The GM can also give out points for specific skills or attributes, or even assign those points to a particular Skill, Power or Perk as a bonus over and above the regular points for a session. We like to call this the "Radiation Accident Gives Player New Powers Rule," because it is best employed whenever a player undergoes a particularly meaningful adventure that may well change his life

Buying Stuff with Your Points
So the GM just dumped a whole load of points on you-great! But how do you use them? Much like real currency, all Option Points need to be cashed in to buy or improve Skills, Powers and Gear (even Characteristics with your GM's agreement)

	To buy up Skills: ONE point for each LEVEL of the new skill . Example: To buy a skill from 3 to 4 would require 4 Option Points.
	To buy up Characteristics: FIVE points for every one point of Characteristic improvement, plus the permission of the GM. Example: to improve your REF from 5 to 6 would require 5 Option Points and your GM's agreement.
	To generate Cash: 1 Option Point equals 100 dollars (or other money unit, plus the GM's permission. Example: to gain $500.บบ would require 5 OP and your Ref's OK.

It's Christmas Time!
Experience is one of the most problematic parts of running a campaign. Too little, and your players become frustrated at not accomplishing anything; too much, and they become jaded because everything is too easy.
One trick to maintaining both balance and excitement is to use the "Christmas" theory of experience; keep the awards relatively small from game to game, with a large award at the end of an entire adventure arc. The award should be in a discreet "Christmas Present"-a Contact, Favor or other Perk or "Special training" (where Skill points must go to a specific Skill area).