On 03Dec2020 0115, Jeff Zeitlin wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Nov 2020 14:46:48 -0800, Ethan McKinney
> <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Navigation skill is extremely important in the RCN universe, since top
>> navigators can cut travel times by half, and poor navigators can result in
>> the loss of the ship ... Leary if Nav-5 or so.
> How you rate a skill in Traveller depends on the version and whether you
> play "high skill" or "low skill". I tend to play closer to the low end, so
> Leary's uncle above would be the Nav-5; Leary himself would be only Nav-4,
> or possibly a high Nav-3, as he acknowledges his uncle as very definitely
> the superior navigator.
On the other hand, some of Leary's exploits suggest that he might be
selling himself short, at least in some aspects of navigation. He
certainly seems very talented at shaving time off transits along
previously charted routes, even if he's not as good as his uncle at
proving new routes.

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Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>