How useful / needed is a technomancer for the ap?

[Promos]

We recently lost our technomancer due to RL issues and I was wondering if I should switch take their place. Our current party is a human star shaman, a human operative, ysoki droid mechanic and me a dragonkin solarian.

[pithica42]

Assuming you aren't missing any starship combat roles, and either the operative or the mechanic (or somebody) has solid computer skill and a hacking kit, I don't think there is any reason to switch. You likely need the DPR of the Solarian more.

[BretI]

Agreed, assuming you have the basic skills covered you should do fine. Monster identification, ship crew actions, etc.

Although the Technomancer spells are nice, I haven’t seen a situation where they were necessary.