SWSE: Starship Weapons = Heavy Weapons?

[jayoungr]

I'm running a game in Star Wars Saga Edition. One of my players insists that starship weapons are heavy weapons and that PCs have to be trained in heavy weapons or take a -5 penalty when using starship weapons. I think he's confusing the shoulder-mounted blaster cannon (which is a heavy weapon) with starship-mounted blaster cannons. The starship weapon attack formula on p. 167 of the core rulebook doesn't say anything about a training bonus or penalty. Am I missing something, or am I right in saying starship gunners don't require special weapons training?

 

[ccs]

I don't know (I just haven't played much SW), but it doesn't seem unreasonable to think that one would need (or at least benefit from) special/specific training to use a starship weapon.

On the other hand.... Luke does use the Falcons guns pretty easily as they escape the Death Star. and we know he's not a trained gunner.

That said I'm pretty certain the Heavy weapon designation doesn't include starship weapons.
But if I were in doubt & the rules didn't specify? Then I'd just make that a skill. And any NPC gunners would automatically have enough extra ranks or proficiency or whatever needed to do their basic job without penalty.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

IIRC, you need to be trained with either heavy weapons, starship weapons, or the piloting, to fire the weapons without penalty.

 

[Zardnaar]

Yes they are heavy weapons. Doesn't apply if your the pilot or have the right talent like that scoundral one.

A dedicated heavy gunner is good on the ground and in space.

 

[jayoungr]

Found it buried under "weapons training" (p. 89). Thanks for your help, everyone!

 

[Zardnaar]

Found it buried under "weapons training" (p. 89). Thanks for your help, everyone!

In one if the books you can put a power generator in your armor. Carry around a heavy repeater with the right feats...

Also most vehicle weapons have X2 damage. That talent that reduces DR also applies to ship weapons.

 

[Beleriphon]

In one if the books you can put a power generator in your armor. Carry around a heavy repeater with the right feats...

Also most vehicle weapons have X2 damage. That talent that reduces DR also applies to ship weapons.

You can do a lot with the right armour and feats in SWSE. Its pretty easy to turn a charcter in to a WH40K space marine dreadnought, without them being most dead to start.