[Diaspora] Diaspora Digest, Vol 7, Issue 21

[Doyce Testerman]

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>> The V-shift roll is _limited_ by the pilot's effective Pilot skill; there
>> is no mention of augmenting/amplification. So if a V-shift 3 boat is flown
>> with effective Pilot 2, it rolls V-shift at 2; but if flown with Pilot 4, it
>> is still V-shift 3?
>>
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> Correct. In space combat the space craft are the central characters.

There is some talk on the errata-collection page of the wiki about
taking a look at that rule again before releasing the paperback
version, and rescinding it, thus allowing piloting to work like every
other skill-board skill.

I have no idea if that actually happened.

I know *I* run it so that piloting either augments or restricts
V-Shift (depending on whether it's better or worse) because

1) that's how Gunnery works
2) being the pilot of a space ship is supposed to actually be cool, and
3) as written, a piloting character functions as nothing more than a
null-value or a dead weight, and that's not fun or cool.

That said, I also let character's tag their personal aspects in ship
combat, provided their use their ship's fate points to do so. I may
not be the most shining example of textbook play.