Gunner (talent tree)

Class Talent Trees     Force Talent Trees

Many starship gunners are skilled both in and out of the cockpit and are deadly with ranged weapons of any kind.

     This talent tree is only available to ace pilots.

Crippling Hit

     Starships of the Galaxy, page 17.

Whenever you make an attack that causes a vehicle to move −1 or more steps dwon the condition track, you may also cause it to lose one of the following systems: hyperdrive, one weapon or weapon battery, or communications. The system remains inoperative until the target regains all steps on the condition track.

     Prerequisites: Expert Gunner, System Hit.

Dogfight Gunner

     Saga Edition Core Rulebook, page 207.

While your vehicle is engaed in a dogfight, you take no penalty on your attack rolls with vehicle weapons even if you are not the pilot.

     Prerequisite: Expert Gunner.

Expert Gunner

     Saga Edition Core Rulebook, page 207.

You gain a +1 bonus on attack rolls made using vehicle weapons.

Fast Attack Specialist

     Unknown Regions, page 29.

Once per encounter, when piloting a vehicle of Gargantuan size or smaller, you can make a full attack as a standard action. You can spend a Force point to use this action one additional time in an encounter.

     Prerequisites: Expert Gunner, Quick Trigger.

Great Shot

     Starships of the Galaxy, page 17.

When firing a vehicle weapon, you treat the distance to the target as though it were one range category less than it actually is. For example, when targeting an enemy at short range, you treat it as though it were at point blank range for the purposes of determining bonuses or penalties.

Overcharged Shot

     Unknown Regions, page 29.

As a swift action, you can overcharge your vehicle’s energy weapon and deal 1 die of damage on your next attack in the same turn. However, your weapon loses 1 die of damage on its subsequent attacks and connot be overcharged again, until a full round passes without the weapon firing.

     Prerequisite: Expert Gunner.

Quick Trigger

     Saga Edition Core Rulebook, page 207.

Whenever an enemy vehicle moves out of your square or an adjacent square, you may make a single attack against that vehicle as an attack of opportunity.

     Prerequisite: Expert Gunner.

Synchronized Fire

     Starships of the Galaxy, page 17.

Once per encounter, you may ready to fire a single weapon at the same target as an ally, and you coordinate ith a single weapon of your ally. If both attacks hit, you add the damage of the two weapons together before applying the target’s SR or DR, and treat it as a single attack for purposes of exceeding the target’s damage threshold.

     Prerequisite: Expert Gunner.

System Hit

     Saga Edition Core Rulebook, page 207.

Whenever you deal damage to a vehicle that equals or exceeds its damage threshold, you move that vehicle an additional −1 step on the condition track.

     Prerequisite: Expert Gunner.

Class Talent Trees     Force Talent Trees