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| garhkal wrote: | | That's why i say either come up from the bottom (towards the hanger) or from the top (so the shield globes are in the towers way). |
But lacking detailed descriptions of the various capital ship's design weaknesses to work with (thank God, since I don't really feel like doing all that work), it would ultimately come down to a skill roll. The question then becomes, which skill? Tactics? Or would it just be a straight piloting roll?
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Tactics to me.
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CRMcNeill
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| garhkal wrote: | | Tactics to me. |
I agree, but that brings up yet another question. Tactics is almost exclusively a knowledge skill, but some characters who have had plenty of stick time as a starfighter pilot would probably have picked up a lot of "practical tactical" experience just by having survived as long as they have. Do you think there should be rules for characters who have no dice in the Tactics skill, but have plenty of experience in actual combat to be able to roll whichever of their skills is applicable to the combat situation (with a penalty) instead?
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Nope... As a mil member, i can attest just cause some do have those skills does not mean jack when it comes to tactical awareness.
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CRMcNeill
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| garhkal wrote: | | Nope... As a mil member, i can attest just cause some do have those skills does not mean jack when it comes to tactical awareness. |
Hmm. I'll take your word for it. It's a problem without an easy answer, though. I'm sure there are certain skills with at least some overlap, where knowledge acquired under one skill would be applicable to learning something in a different skill, but the last thing I want to do is start adding in D&D style synergy bonuses.
Here's a thought. I don't want to get too far off-track, but I know that part of advancement in the military involves training for a greater variety of skills, particularly at the officer level. Do you think SW characters who are in the military should occasionally be mandated to put dice in some of their military-oriented skills to reflect that training as they go up in the ranks?
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| crmcneill wrote: | | garhkal wrote: | | Tactics to me. |
I agree, but that brings up yet another question. Tactics is almost exclusively a knowledge skill, but some characters who have had plenty of stick time as a starfighter pilot would probably have picked up a lot of "practical tactical" experience just by having survived as long as they have. Do you think there should be rules for characters who have no dice in the Tactics skill, but have plenty of experience in actual combat to be able to roll whichever of their skills is applicable to the combat situation (with a penalty) instead? |
You are thinking about this the wrong way. If they have plenty of 'stick time' they should have picked up the tactics skill, even if its just some specialization covering starfighter combat tactics. If the character/npc 'refuse' to put CPs into tactics his simply ignorant and bound to repeat the same mistake over and over again. 
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| crmcneill wrote: | | Here's a thought. I don't want to get too far off-track, but I know that part of advancement in the military involves training for a greater variety of skills, particularly at the officer level. Do you think SW characters who are in the military should occasionally be mandated to put dice in some of their military-oriented skills to reflect that training as they go up in the ranks? |
Yes i do. Heck, one of the older groups i gamed with in Norfolk Va had it where to advance from say Ensign to LT in the sf corps, you had to have a min of (Example) 4d command, 3d+2 tactics, 6d SF piloting, 3d Bureaucracy.. LT to LTCommander, they went to 4d+2/4d+1/6d+2 and 4d...
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| garhkal wrote: | | crmcneill wrote: | | Here's a thought. I don't want to get too far off-track, but I know that part of advancement in the military involves training for a greater variety of skills, particularly at the officer level. Do you think SW characters who are in the military should occasionally be mandated to put dice in some of their military-oriented skills to reflect that training as they go up in the ranks? |
Yes i do. Heck, one of the older groups i gamed with in Norfolk Va had it where to advance from say Ensign to LT in the sf corps, you had to have a min of (Example) 4d command, 3d+2 tactics, 6d SF piloting, 3d Bureaucracy.. LT to LTCommander, they went to 4d+2/4d+1/6d+2 and 4d... |
I replied to this in a new topic entitled Saga Edition Organization Rules.
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