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The Defensive Striker feat lists 'armour training trait' as a prerequisite.
As it stands currently, I think this is, unintentionally, limiting. Unless I'm missing something, the only characters that get Armour Training as a racial trait are Hobgoblins, who, as of Near Space, can replace their default Battle Hardened racial trait with the Armour Training trait. (For those keeping track, this trait gives them a +1 racial bonus to AC while wearing armour.)
Soldiers who take the Guard fighting style also gain Armour Training (which does something different - reduce ACP by 1, and increase max Dex by 1) but, it's a Class Feature and not a Trait, so it technically doesn't count as the prereq for Defensive Striker, under a very strict RAW interpretation?
Further complicating things: the Hobgoblin entry's fluff mentions that the reason some Hobbos have Armour Training is from training with Kanabo. So, in-universe, hobgobins get their Armour Training via Kanabo. But, Kanabo don't even get Armour Training. They get Armour Savant, which grants a +1 AC while wearing armour, like the Hobgoblins' one, but also reduces ACP, like the Guard soldiers'. Since Kanabo have the Armour Savant trait, and not the Armour Training trait, RAW they can't take the feat? I know fluff != crunch and one doesn't necessarily justify the other, but: is this intended?
Moving on: if Kanabo qualify for the feat, does that also mean Vesk qualify for the feat, since they also have an Armour Savant racial trait? And, for bonus points, do PCs who buy the Armour Savant species graft also qualify for the feat?
Hobgoblins with the alternate species trait definitely qualify for the feat, but: do Kanabo, Guard-style soldiers, Vesk, or Vesk-augmented PCs?
It's a Hobgoblin only feat in a book that includes options for featured Near Space races/civilizations. There's a Hobgolbin planet, so this seems clearly intended.
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Huh, you raise a good point. When you look at the actual book, and the alternate trait and feat are presented on the same page, yeah - that's a much clearer intent.
I was just dumpster-diving through AoN and it struck me as odd how prescriptive that feat's prerequisites were. (Are there any other feats only accessible to a single, non-vanilla, alternate, racial trait in the game?) Interesting, how the context/media of how they're read changes things!