I think we've had posts on this, before, but it has been a very long time (if ever).Yes, the personal skills - and also, I believe, swimming - reside in the empty series of bytes (bits?) in the skills. I have tried hexediting them up and found that (a) they have no effect in the game (i.e., you cannot use them in any way in Bane); and (b) they do NOT import to CODS (i.e., you must regain them through the appropriate means in CODS.
There is no way to acquire these skills in Bane. People have vestigial organs (think: appendix); software has unimplemented features.