diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e0bc685..68229b4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ authors = ["Jake Probst <jake.probst@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
+psopacket = { path = "psopacket" }
 rand = "0.6.5"
 chrono = "*"
-psopacket = { path = "psopacket" }
+serde = "*"
+strum = { version = "0.25.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/src/character/character.rs b/src/character/character.rs
index c3b914d..55b08e5 100644
--- a/src/character/character.rs
+++ b/src/character/character.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 // TODO: techniques to enum
 use psopacket::PSOPacketData;
 use crate::{PSOPacketData, PacketParseError};
+use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
+
 
 #[repr(u8)]
-#[derive(PSOPacketData, Debug, Copy, Clone, Hash, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(PSOPacketData, Debug, Copy, Clone, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, strum::Display, strum::EnumString, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum CharacterClass {
     HUmar,
     HUnewearl,
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ impl Default for CharacterClass {
     }
 }
 
+// TODO: TryFrom
 impl std::convert::From<u8> for CharacterClass {
     fn from(f: u8) -> CharacterClass {
         match f {
@@ -46,8 +49,54 @@ impl std::convert::From<u8> for CharacterClass {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<CharacterClass> for u8 {
+    fn from(other: CharacterClass) -> u8 {
+        match other {
+             CharacterClass::HUmar => 0,
+             CharacterClass::HUnewearl => 1,
+             CharacterClass::HUcast => 2,
+             CharacterClass::RAmar => 3,
+             CharacterClass::RAcast => 4,
+             CharacterClass::RAcaseal => 5,
+             CharacterClass::FOmarl => 6,
+             CharacterClass::FOnewm => 7,
+             CharacterClass::FOnewearl => 8,
+             CharacterClass::HUcaseal => 9,
+             CharacterClass::FOmar => 10,
+             CharacterClass::RAmarl => 11,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl CharacterClass {
+    pub fn is_human(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self,
+                 CharacterClass::HUmar |
+                 CharacterClass::RAmar |
+                 CharacterClass::RAmarl |
+                 CharacterClass::FOmar |
+                 CharacterClass::FOmarl)
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_newman(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self,
+                 CharacterClass::HUnewearl |
+                 CharacterClass::FOnewm |
+                 CharacterClass::FOnewearl)
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_android(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self,
+                 CharacterClass::HUcast |
+                 CharacterClass::HUcaseal |
+                 CharacterClass::RAcast |
+                 CharacterClass::RAcaseal)
+    }
+}
+
+
 #[repr(u8)]
-#[derive(PSOPacketData, Debug, Copy, Clone, Hash, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(PSOPacketData, Debug, Copy, Clone, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, strum::Display, strum::EnumString, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum SectionID {
     Viridia,
     Greenill,
@@ -67,6 +116,43 @@ impl Default for SectionID {
     }
 }
 
+// TODO: TryFrom
+impl From<u8> for SectionID {
+    fn from(id: u8) -> SectionID {
+        match id {
+            0 => SectionID::Viridia,
+            1 => SectionID::Greenill,
+            2 => SectionID::Skyly,
+            3 => SectionID::Bluefull,
+            4 => SectionID::Purplenum,
+            5 => SectionID::Pinkal,
+            6 => SectionID::Redria,
+            7 => SectionID::Oran,
+            8 => SectionID::Yellowboze,
+            9 => SectionID::Whitill,
+            _ => panic!(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<SectionID> for u8 {
+    fn from(other: SectionID) -> u8 {
+        match other {
+            SectionID::Viridia => 0,
+            SectionID::Greenill => 1,
+            SectionID::Skyly => 2,
+            SectionID::Bluefull => 3,
+            SectionID::Purplenum => 4,
+            SectionID::Pinkal => 5,
+            SectionID::Redria => 6,
+            SectionID::Oran => 7,
+            SectionID::Yellowboze => 8,
+            SectionID::Whitill => 9,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
 
 #[derive(PSOPacketData, Copy, Clone)]
 #[repr(C)]
diff --git a/src/character/mod.rs b/src/character/mod.rs
index d8668f3..3290cd0 100644
--- a/src/character/mod.rs
+++ b/src/character/mod.rs
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 pub mod settings;
 pub mod character;
 pub mod guildcard;
+
+pub use character::{SectionID, CharacterClass};