I haven't played yet, but I'm preparing for my first game soon.
As I was reading the rules I found had a question about starship combat. It is very similar to Star Wars Saga's ship combat which I really enjoyed. But my main concern here is whether or not a character can perform multiple roles on a ship.
I can't find anything in the rules that specifically comes down on this one way or another, but they seem to imply that you cannot.
So now I wonder, how do you handle single pilot fighter crafts? Obviously things that require a specific location, like being in the engine room away from the cockpit/bridge would be required of an engineer. And if you're manning a turret weapon, that would prevent you from filling other roles as well. But can the pilot not also fire a forward facing weapon? Or lock on to enemy ships and target specific systems, if they have the skills to do so?
Like, I'm remembering iconic starship battles from science fiction and these are not uncommon things.
Look at the minor crew actions section on page 326.
Minor crew actions are the answer. You can do something else while flying, but cannot ever do as much as multiple crew members could.
Thanks. Honestly I think it'd be better to just allow characters to fill multiple roles, so long as they occur in different phases. I'll try the game out as is and maybe homebrew that in if I feel it'd more if fun (if not exactly more balanced.)