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SciFi Space Scout Skills

Started by Gordon Horne, October 17, 2009, 01:24:54 AM

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aramis

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October 19, 2009, 02:05:13 AM
Quote from: Gordon Horne;339172That explains why they don't have Navigation skill. It doesn't explain why every single one of them has Pilot skill.

Of course, in game terms, the purpose of the scout was to make sure the party had a pilot and a good chance of a ship.

No, it doesn't... but the fact that X-Boats are only part of the X-mail system does. Again, the tenders Navigators cut the tapes, both ways. The Pilot skill can be used to engage a course tape. But Type S couriers on Mail Duty DO have maneuver drives, and do need to land and refuel (since they jump from an X-Boat route tender to a system without a tender). And there are probably 4x as many Type S's as X Boats on the mail duty.
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