[Basic] Skill of the week: Research

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Originally Posted by whswhs

The triad is design/repair/use. Electronics Operation is a use skill; so is Machine Operation.

Right, I just think the triad could be better set up so its less confusing and fewer edge cases.
I think Im going to work out some lists and post a blog entry on it. Maybe use a house rule. I thought about starting a new thread but blogging will give me more time to hash it out.

[Vaevictis Asmadi]

Does Machine Operation also cover the operation of TL3+1 and TL4+1 clockworks, or would that be a separate Clockwork Operation skill?

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Originally Posted by Vaevictis Asmadi

Does Machine Operation also cover the operation of TL3+1 and TL4+1 clockworks, or would that be a separate Clockwork Operation skill?

It would be based on TL, same as Electronics Operation

[Vaevictis Asmadi]

Um, that doesn't answer my question.

I know that Electonics Operation does not exist at less than TL6, at the earliest.

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by Vaevictis Asmadi

Um, that doesn't answer my question.

I know that Electonics Operation does not exist at less than TL6, at the earliest.

Yes, that's why I defined Machine Operation, to take its place at lower TLs, the way Esoteric Medicine subs for Physician or Weather Sense for Meteorology. You can use it in any society that constructs complex mechanisms, which is at least back to TL2.

[Vaevictis Asmadi]

Awesome, thanks!