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Originally Posted by RogerBW
The real problem, I think, is the the regularity of the skill tree is broken here: Boating changes to Shiphandling as the vessel gets bigger, but there's no similar change for Piloting. Perhaps this is because in some space settings you have the captain who gives orders to separate individual manoeuvre crew, and in some you don't?
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I find myself asking if SM could be added as an equivalent to the TL skill modifier; so an Age of Sail Shiphandling could be TL4/SM+6, with a penalty for larger/smaller vessels (-1 per +/- 2 SM, perhaps). Boating would be the same skill, but TL4/SM+3 And this might work as a guideline for all vehicle skills; Piloting/Driving/Crewman, etc...
Different command techs could reduce or increase the modifier, but at least there's a base assumption.