1.1: Ship's Crew

Crew quality has often been the deciding factor in many battles. A crew with poor skills will almost always be defeated by a crew with superior skills regardless of any numerical or technological advantage. Crews rage from green recruits to a hand-picked elite, the veterans of many campaigns and among the best in the galaxy.

From the chart below or from the skill listings in the sourcebooks, select a crew skill. Assume average skill unless the situation would call for something else. Rebels will have had cross-training in other skills, so their crews tend to have alternate skills at a level approaching their primary skill.

Imperial and New Republic vessels see much more specialization, with only small amounts of cross-training. Most Imperial crewmembers have skills other than their primary task at 2D, or at least a full die lower than their specialist skill. New Republic crews tend to have some cross-training, but not to the same extent as under the Rebellion. Their crews will have other skills at 1D-3D less than their primary skill.

Recruits are those who have been conscripted or joined up without the benefit of going through basic training, or a vessel composed of beings going through basic training. Both the Empire and Alliance/New Republic use such vessels in combat situations due to a lack of trained personnel or even because of their expendability.

Average crews are the norm in most fleets. Rarely selected as flagship crews. Found less frequently in fleets that have seen a lot of action. Veteran crews are found on flagships and in fleets that have seen a lot of action. Elite crews are found on the flagships of the most active fleets and the ships of important persons -- Moffs, Grand Moffs, Grand Admirals, Rebel Admirals and Generals. Hand picked elite crews are those defending the most important persons in the galaxy -- the Emperor, Darth Vader, Mon Mothma, and Admiral Ackbar. The best each side has to offer as these beings so important as to require the best subordinates.

Table 1.1:Ship's Crew Statistics

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