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mike roper wrote:

I'm with tali wah here. Move navigation to computers if you feel you have to. But show me a sci fi show where the pilot does not have his hands on some control and it does not matter how fast his hands are

Yeah, a Battlestar Galactica Viper or Raptor needs a pilot acting fast, the pilot(s?) of a Battlestar on the other hand? (Are they even pilots? or are they navigators?)

Exactly. I agree with piloting being a Dex base for fighters and fast attack craft, but anything that is larger than a Boeing 737 in space does not care that your dex is fast, it won't turn the ship any faster than physic allow. Space is big, even ships that are close to each other have no reason to be anything but a spot of dust in the distance with each other, aside from docking, and even then I don't want my pilot maneuvering hundred tons ships together without a deep understanding of physical laws. 20 Dex - 8 Int should not be pilot of a medium size ship or larger.

I'm with tali wah here. Move navigation to computers if you feel you have to. But show me a sci fi show where the pilot does not have his hands on some control and it does not matter how fast his hands are

I suggest you give The Expanse a go. Their space battle and Zero Gravity are simply amazing.

I guess I have been spoiled by hard sci fi over the years to properly consider the idea of driving a medium size ship or larger using anything but int. Quick reflex is good an all, but space is large, and your quick reflex does not negate inertia and physic. Space combat in many sci fi are changing from fast pace dog fight to hundreds and thousands of kilometers shoot out happening in miliseconds.

Is there any reason why I should not houserule the Pilot skill as Int base in regard to starship? I understand the operating and piloting of vehicles like cars and small planes would use dexterity, but a starship is a large and flying building. A boeing plane do not hire dexterous pilots, they hire smart pilots, and yes I know the plane themselves do not do the hiring, since no plane would sanely allow human inside of them. There is probably a line somewhere in the book, if it exist, that I may have missed. So if anyone can calmly explain to me the reasoning behind this that would make my life easy,