Starship piloting

[Savar]

Why did they separate Space transports and Starfighter Piloting?

They are the same scale.
In the movies they basicly do the same thing.

Or am I over simplifying things?

[Whill]

[garhkal]

[Darklighter79]

[Mamatried]

I am inclined to make them all starship piloting

if we look to earth, an air force B-1 bilot is by star wars piloting a "starfighter scale bomber" so it is a starfigher pd raw.

this pilot will aso with no issue be able to get in the cockpit of an airbus and fly it just as well, this will be a much larger and slower craft, and would be rated a tranport.

If we then scale this up the 747s and above we are on the brink of what could be capital ships, and again the siad pilot from the airforce would be covered.

hir piloting skill will, there would naturally be some procedures and stuff he needs to learn, but in the operation of the craft he is covered

[garhkal]

But would he be as skillful if he jumpped into say a F16, or a Cessna?
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[Whill]

Remember, 2e has skill specializations so that is what differentiates from different kinds of vehicles in these broad skills. Real life isn't the cinematic reality of Star Wars, but if you must compare, then at least consider that most people would have a lot of specializations and not many base skills.
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[CRMcNeill]

[Scots Dragon]

One thing that might be worth importing from GURPS is the idea of default skills. If you have a similar skill to the one required to use an object, you can use that one with a mild penalty in place of the standard. Say; you can fly a YT-1300 with starfighter piloting but at a -1D or -2D penalty.

[Whill]

That's not an unreasonable idea. Another option is to have "skill synergy" where some skills can boost other skill rolls in a small way if applicable to the situation.

[Darklighter79]

If you list SW piloting skills, there are quite lot of them: archaic, hover, aquatic, ground, sailed, undersea, jet pack, powersuit, starfighter, swoop, repulsor, walker, capital ect.

But, much like beast riding, it's ok to put in just for one skill for simplicity. If MG wants some diversity, a "Generic Difficulty Modifiers" table from D6 Space is a good option (page 61), Its bonus/penalty can represent how alien and unfamiliar is a ship/vehicle to character race/background/knowledge.

Call of Cthulhu uses similar rule: piloting each class of craft requires different skill: Pilot Civil Prop, Pilot Civil Jet, Pilot Airliner, Pilot Jet Fighter, Pilot Helicopter. But driving cars is under one skill (up to light truck): whether its manual, automatic, electric, ect.

PS. Alien, meanwhile, has only one skill: pilot - "Be it a dropship, a starfreighter or a battle frigate, you’re the one to fly it". Interesting..
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[Whill]

[MrNexx]

My delineation would be on crew size. "Starship Piloting" is for vehicles that can be flown by a single person, even at a penalty. If everyone else is unconscious, a single person can fly a YT-1300. A single person can fly a Y-Wing. Once you start needing trained Command skills to coordinate all your pilots, it stops being a matter of "Bob flies the ship" and more "Bob monitors the leftmost engine"... it's not a Piloting skill, but a ship operations skill.
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