Classic Traveller : On a ship of 200 tons or more, one engineer is
required per 25 tons of drives installed. Skill level required is a
minimum of Engineering-1.

On 1/4/26 08:35, J. Michael Looney - j.michael.looney at gmail.com (via
tml list) wrote:
> Well, in MgT2, at least, there is a DM for every parsec you are
> jumping, so a more skilled navigator/engineer would help avoid that.
> However there isn't anything that says you need to be more skilled to
> work on a larger jump number ship.
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 3:37 PM Jeff Zeitlin - editor at
> freelancetraveller.com (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
>> 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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