Iirc, the starter kits in Terrinoth were all a deal, with values above the default 500. They allowed characters to begin play with thematic gear that would cost just a little too much otherwise. One of my players (thanks @Khesh ) noticed that this is not the case for Android, where most of the career packages fall short of the default 1,000 credits.
Here are the numbers for all the careers, thanks to Snurf from the Genesys Discord server:
Academic : 715 to 820
Bounty Hunter : 800 to 910
Con Artist : 800 to 820
Courier : 755 to 785
Investigator : 850 to 1010
Ristie : 920 to 1000
Roughneck : 620 to 800
Runner : 950 to 995
Soldier : 870 to 925
Tech : 790 to 1025
tldr; the career starter packages are not a deal for thematic gear, but rather a device to speed through character creation.
Edited by verdantsf