Spacer as Soldier

[malloyd]

Originally Posted by Icelander

In any campaign with digital technology compared to modern day TL8, it is very likely that all of these routine tasks can be accomplished by anyone who has even a default level of Computer Operation at the appropriate tech level and doesn't mind having to go through a digital menu*.

Pretty much. If all you want to do with an electronic communication system is make an ordinary call, you don't need a skill roll, any more than you need a Telephone Operation skill roll every time you place a call. Any points at all in Spacer certainly covers everything you need to make calls from shipboard equipment that doesn't need a skill rolls.

If you want to act as a relay a relay between two other stations on opposite edges of your reception envelope, one of whom is using a non-standard protocol, while somebody is jamming, then yeah, you need a skill roll, and Spacer isn't it.