See also: Skills, Pilot (Vehicle Combat)
Use this skill to operate a Vehicle. Basic operation of a Vehicle does not require a skill check or special training, but performing evasive maneuvers and difficult stunts does. Whenever you make a Pilot check, you must apply the Vehicle's Size Modifier to your check (see Vehicle Sizes, below).
VEHICLE SIZE | SIZE MODIFIER | VEHICLE SIZE | SIZE MODIFIER | |
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Colossal (Station) | -10 | Gargantuan | -5 | |
Colossal (Cruiser) | -10 | Huge | -2 | |
Colossal (Frigate) | -10 | Large | -1 | |
Colossal | -10 |
Special: You can Take 10 when making a Pilot check except when attempting to Increase Vehicle Speed. You can't Take 20 on a Pilot check.
Engage the Enemy (Trained Only)[]
When Piloting a Vehicle in combat, you can choose to make a Pilot check instead of an Initiative check to determine your place in the Initiative Order.
Increase Vehicle Speed (Trained Only)[]
You may make a DC 20 Pilot check as a Swift Action to make your Vehicle perform beyond its normal limits. (You can't Take 10 on this check.) If this check fails, your Vehicle's Speed does not increase, and your Vehicle moves -1 step on the Condition Track.
If you succeed, your Vehicle's Speed increases by 1 square until the start of your next turn. For every 5 points by which you exceed the DC, your Vehicle's Speed increases by an additional 1 square.
Additional Pilot Applications[]
The following applications of the Pilot skill are compiled from the subsequent Reference Books released for Saga Edition:
Fly Casual (Trained Only)[]
Reference Book: Star Wars Saga Edition Scum and Villainy
Whenever you are Piloting a Starship or other Vehicle, you can substitute a Pilot check for a Deception check to give off a Deceptive Appearance. You still might be required to produce documentation and know specific procedures as is customary for the situation, but this use helps you avert suspicion in the first place, especially when your authorization codes are old and out of date.
Starship Stealth[]
Reference Book: Star Wars Saga Edition Starships of the Galaxy
If you are the Pilot, you can use Stealth to Sneak in a Starship just as you do normally. Add your Vehicle's Size Modifier (see below) and Dexterity modifier to your Stealth check, and take a -5 penalty if you are not Trained in the Pilot skill.
The Stealth check result sets the DC of a Use Computer check to locate you with sensors or the Perception check DC to Notice you with normal senses (normally impossible at Starship Scale, but not when you try to hide your Starship in a swamp or the back of a hangar).
SIZE | MODIFIER | SIZE | MODIFIER | |
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Large | -5 | Gargantuan | -15 | |
Huge | -10 | Colossal | -20 |
Normally, you can only perform Starship Stealth check if you have Concealment or Cover (for example, from asteroids, other Starships, or even clouds in the upper atmosphere). You can even attempt to hide against the hull of an enemy Starship that is at least two sizes larger than your Vehicle, provided that you Create a Diversion to Hide (see Starship Deception) and you can reach the enemy Starship with a single Move Action.
(Han Solo uses this trick to hide on the Star Destroyer Avenger in The Empire Strikes Back.)