Rockymountainnavy
Mongoose
Issue: Engineer skill examples and the Space Combat Actions for Engineers a do not align.
Reference (All from NEWTRAV_UPDATE_27.OCT)
p. 64 CHAPTER TWO: SKILLS AND TASKS - Engineer - Specialties - M-Drive - "Overcharging a Thruster Plate to Increase a Ship's Agility: Difficult (10+) Engineer (m-drive) check (1D minutes, INT)"
p. 65 CHAPTER TWO: SKILLS AND TASKS - Engineer - Specialties - Power - "Overcharging a Ship's Power Planet [sic] to Get Extra Output: Difficult (10+) Engineer (power) check (1D minutes, INT)"
p. 160 CHAPTER EIGHT: SPACE COMBAT - ACTIONS STEP - Overload Drive (Engineer) - "A successful Engineer (m-drive) check (1 round, EDU) will increase the ship's Thrust by one during the next round. If the check fails with an Effect of -6 or less, the maneuver drive suffers a critical hit with Severity 1, as detailed on p. 160. This check suffers a cumulative DM-2 each time it is attempted after the first."
p. 160 CHAPTER EIGHT: SPACE COMBAT - ACTIONS STEP - Overload Plant (Engineer) - "A successful Engineer (power) check (1 round, EDU) will increase the ship's current Power points by +10% during the next round. If the check fails with an Effect of -6 or less, the power plant suffers a critical hit with Severity 1, as detailed on p. 160. This check suffers a cumulative DM-2 each time it is attempted after the first."
Problem 1: Ship's don't have Agility; change reference on p. 64 to "Thrust."
Problem 2: INT or EDU? Personally I prefer INT since I see overloading as "breaking the rules" and is not something learned but something that the Engineer will have to intuit.
Problem 3: What is the Task Difficulty? Again, I see overloading as "breaking the rules" and should be DIFFICULT (10+) vice the assumed Average (8+) implied on p. 160.
Reference (All from NEWTRAV_UPDATE_27.OCT)
p. 64 CHAPTER TWO: SKILLS AND TASKS - Engineer - Specialties - M-Drive - "Overcharging a Thruster Plate to Increase a Ship's Agility: Difficult (10+) Engineer (m-drive) check (1D minutes, INT)"
p. 65 CHAPTER TWO: SKILLS AND TASKS - Engineer - Specialties - Power - "Overcharging a Ship's Power Planet [sic] to Get Extra Output: Difficult (10+) Engineer (power) check (1D minutes, INT)"
p. 160 CHAPTER EIGHT: SPACE COMBAT - ACTIONS STEP - Overload Drive (Engineer) - "A successful Engineer (m-drive) check (1 round, EDU) will increase the ship's Thrust by one during the next round. If the check fails with an Effect of -6 or less, the maneuver drive suffers a critical hit with Severity 1, as detailed on p. 160. This check suffers a cumulative DM-2 each time it is attempted after the first."
p. 160 CHAPTER EIGHT: SPACE COMBAT - ACTIONS STEP - Overload Plant (Engineer) - "A successful Engineer (power) check (1 round, EDU) will increase the ship's current Power points by +10% during the next round. If the check fails with an Effect of -6 or less, the power plant suffers a critical hit with Severity 1, as detailed on p. 160. This check suffers a cumulative DM-2 each time it is attempted after the first."
Problem 1: Ship's don't have Agility; change reference on p. 64 to "Thrust."
Problem 2: INT or EDU? Personally I prefer INT since I see overloading as "breaking the rules" and is not something learned but something that the Engineer will have to intuit.
Problem 3: What is the Task Difficulty? Again, I see overloading as "breaking the rules" and should be DIFFICULT (10+) vice the assumed Average (8+) implied on p. 160.
