SF2e: Envoy: Infosphere Director: Which skill do I roll?

[User6263]

The Digital Assessment! directive for Infosphere Director reads:

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Choose a creature within 100 feet and Recall Knowledge about the target.

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However, it does not specify what skill you use to recall knowledge. I was wondering if you can/must use the Computers skill for this recall knowledge roll? It's a bit quicker than the Access Infosphere exploration activity, but seems like it's probably meant to function similarly. The name "Digital Assessment" and the flavor text "A quick check of your records and local infospheres lets you quickly disseminate information to your allies..." both lead me to believe that Computers is the intended skill for the roll here, I just wanted to check/confirm if that's the general read on this.

[Finoan]

Recall Knowledge doesn't have a specified skill that is usable for all targets or information. Instead it has a variety of skills, including Lore subtypes, that are chosen based on the circumstances.

Abilities that allow using a single skill for Recall Knowledge checks are rather valuable. See Thaumaturge: Esoteric Lore and Bard: Bardic Lore.

Since Infosphere Director doesn't specify a skill to use, I would think it uses the standard method of selecting the appropriate skill as is normal for Recall Knowledge.

The benefit of the 1-action version of the ability is that you get additional information (the weakness or resistance) in addition to being able to ask a question as normal for a successful Recall Knowledge.

[Squiggit]

Agree with Finoan here. It would read like "Make a recall knowledge check using Computers" if the goal was to always override. So for this you should just follow the default rules for RK and ask your gm/suggest a skill.

[User6263]

@Finoan:

I saw you had responded to some other threads here and was hoping you'd show up. I place a lot of value on your opinions, so I'm glad to see you came around. If I could bother you again, I had posted another question here about a week ago and nobody has responded. I don't expect you to have all of the answers, but it would be great to hear from you if you did have any opinions on it. (Squiggit also welcome, you seem nice. ) Thank you!

Thank you both for the input. It can seem repetitive, but I do like to see multiple responses with the same take. It feels less like one person's opinion then, so I appreciate you both responding. I'll assume the rules work the way you've suggested.