The description of the Vacc Suit skill in the Core Rules reads: "A Traveller will rarely need to make Vacc Suit checks under ordinary circumstances – merely possessing the skill is enough." This wording suggests, that the Vacc Suit skill is required to use a vacc suit. But what exactly is the penalty of using a vacc suit without the proper skill? Anyone can don a vacc suit, right?
The skill description further prescribes a DM-2 per missing level for each skill check made wearing a vacc suit. Now, some vacc suit have a requirement of Vacc Suit 0. How much of a penalty would a user without the Vacc Suit skill suffer to their skill checks? I can think of at least three ways to resolve this. I could be no DM, since vacc suits at this TL are supposed to be second skin. It could also be DM-6, since untrained skills come with a penalty of DM-3 which could be thought of as -3 levels of the respective skill. Alternatively, the DM could be -3 for being untrained in Vacc Suit.
This gets potentially even more complicated when an unskilled user is trying to use a vacc suit with a requirement of Vacc Suit 1. However, in this case I tend to rule that the unskilled user simply cannot use the vacc suit.
Any ideas or suggestions?
The skill description further prescribes a DM-2 per missing level for each skill check made wearing a vacc suit. Now, some vacc suit have a requirement of Vacc Suit 0. How much of a penalty would a user without the Vacc Suit skill suffer to their skill checks? I can think of at least three ways to resolve this. I could be no DM, since vacc suits at this TL are supposed to be second skin. It could also be DM-6, since untrained skills come with a penalty of DM-3 which could be thought of as -3 levels of the respective skill. Alternatively, the DM could be -3 for being untrained in Vacc Suit.
This gets potentially even more complicated when an unskilled user is trying to use a vacc suit with a requirement of Vacc Suit 1. However, in this case I tend to rule that the unskilled user simply cannot use the vacc suit.
Any ideas or suggestions?