Scouts in T5

[infojunky]

How is it that scouts don't start with the automatic Knowledge Pilot:ACS?

 

[Spinward Flow]

How is it that scouts don't start with the automatic Knowledge Pilot:ACS?

They start with Pilot-1 instead.

 

[Deldarius]

I don't much about T5, but what is the difference?

 

[Kakistocrat]

I don’t much about T5, but what is the difference?

My understanding is that T5 knowledges are subsets of certain T5 skills; for example, the Pilot skill has Small Craft, Pilot-ACS, and Pilot-BCS knowledges. Knowledges, but not skills, can be acquired through education or training; skill acquisition during terms of service can optionally be substituted with knowledge acquisition, but most of the time a skill would be preferable to a knowledge, since a knowledge is a subset of a skill.

The typical initial progression in T5 skill acquisition is knowledge → knowledge → skill, so a scout character who receives ship skills and is interested in piloting might first select the Pilot-ACS-1 knowledge, then the Small Craft-1 knowledge, then the Pilot-1 skill. At this point, this scout would resolve most piloting tasks at level 1, but small craft piloting tasks and ACS piloting tasks would be resolved at level 2. Subsequent ship skills for which piloting is chosen could either increase the Pilot skill level or any of the Pilot knowledge levels.

 

[infojunky]

They start with Pilot-1 instead.

Where does it state that?

 

[Spinward Flow]

Where does it state that?

LBB6 ... which is CT, not T5 (missed the context nuance).

 

[AnotherDilbert]

How is it that scouts don't start with the automatic Knowledge Pilot:ACS?

Not all Scouts are Detached Duty?

 

[infojunky]

LBB6 ... which is CT, not T5 (missed the context nuance).

Is ok.... It's a T5 thing.

T5 is playable, just the mass of it gets in it's own way.

 

[Deldarius]

My understanding is that T5 knowledges are subsets of certain T5 skills; for example, the Pilot skill has Small Craft, Pilot-ACS, and Pilot-BCS knowledges. Knowledges, but not skills, can be acquired through education or training; skill acquisition during terms of service can optionally be substituted with knowledge acquisition, but most of the time a skill would be preferable to a knowledge, since a knowledge is a subset of a skill.

The typical initial progression in T5 skill acquisition is knowledge → knowledge → skill, so a scout character who receives ship skills and is interested in piloting might first select the Pilot-ACS-1 knowledge, then the Small Craft-1 knowledge, then the Pilot-1 skill. At this point, this scout would resolve most piloting tasks at level 1, but small craft piloting tasks and ACS piloting tasks would be resolved at level 2. Subsequent ship skills for which piloting is chosen could either increase the Pilot skill level or any of the Pilot knowledge levels.

Sounds like an over baked blend of CT's cluster/cascade skill rules to me.

This makes T5 a minefield of ideas, they sound great until used, then...BOOM, cerebral hemorrhaging.