Captain's Abilities

[Dave Hansen]

RFB/RSRDC

When I go to the Captain's Tab (K)...there are four choices...objectives, messages, ships sunk and captain's abilities.

What's this tab all about?

TXS

[Rockin Robbins]

Captain's abilities are cheap arcade game additions to the sim in the hope to make the game more approachable for "casual" simmers. Hey, that sounds familiar!!!

When I get a crewmember who suddenly sprouts "special abilities" I cast him overboard and pick up an authentic crewmember.

[Armistead]

I toss some, keep some. I don't have a problem with a skilled mechanic or a med. Several really don't effect playability, but I'll toss those that do that have unrealistic skills. The way TMO loads them now I get too many that do the same thing and I hate losing my good guys that promote themselves to these special skills...hate when that happens. Obvious you promote them they get the skills, but some just do when you port...

[Randomizer]

I keep the radar special but toss the rest, radar being something of a black art in those days there was (limited) scope for an operator to be far more effective than his run of the mill peers.

[Admiral8Q]

What kind of unrealistic features do they add? Engineers add a bit more speed, Radio better contact reports, etc...

What's so unreal about that?