Crew Skill Requiements Jeff Zeitlin (31 Mar 2026 20:37 UTC)
Re: [TML] Crew Skill Requiements J. Michael Looney (31 Mar 2026 22:36 UTC)
Re: [TML] Crew Skill Requiements Robert Foran (01 Apr 2026 00:19 UTC)
Re: [TML] Crew Skill Requiements kaladorn@xxxxxx (01 Apr 2026 16:31 UTC)
Re: [TML] Crew Skill Requiements James Catchpole (01 Apr 2026 16:43 UTC)
Re: [TML] Crew Skill Requiements Alex Goodwin (02 Apr 2026 14:57 UTC)

Crew Skill Requiements Jeff Zeitlin 31 Mar 2026 20:36 UTC

Is there anything in canon that specifies minimum crew skill levels for
operating a starship? Specifically, I'm interested in whether you need
better engineering skill to handle a J3 drive than a J2/J1 drive, or better
Nav/Astro for taking a ship through J3 instead of J2/J1. And similar
questions regarding powerplant and/or M-drive.

Reason: I'm providing partial pregens for an adventure I'm writing that
involves an experimental drive, and if there are minima for standard
drives, I need to know them so that I can skill the PCs appropriately.

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