Increasing Skill Levels From default

[simply Nathan]

Me, I could never understand this rule from the examples in the book. If anything, I understand it even less when I see explanations of the math at play (as in this thread). Personally I had just been hacking the Technique rules, allowing purchase of a Hard technique "I use (X defaulted skill) at reduced penalty" up to the point where the default equals the main skill. Then the Skill Adaptation perk came out and I've never looked back since it was an even cheaper and even easier way to do the same thing.