Does Nav Contribute to Dodge in Long Range Ship Combat?

[tenbsmith]

Does the Navigation Ship Pool contribute to dodging long range attacks in ship-to-ship combat?

The reason I ask is I'm upgrading my frontier liner. I'm gonna ditch my plasma cannon and replace it with the Defense Pattern Matrix or a Nav Assist Module. I'm leaning toward Nav Assist Module because it provide broader benefits and is more upgradeable.

[grävling]

Yes, according to Cory Trese

startradersrpg.proboards.com/post/178648

[tenbsmith]

That post is about changing range, which is probably different than dodging your opponents attacks--i.e., making your opponents attacks miss.

[fallen]

For defense --
Strong Dice - Engine Speed at long range, Engine Agility at short range
Strong - Pilot
Strong - Electronics
Standard - Command
Standard - Buffs / Components Defensive bonus

[bookworm21]

So electronics helps for defense... hmmmm

[bobc]

fallen thank you for breaking out the ship defence dice, its going to be very useful when building my crew for ship combat.  Do you have the equivalent information for the ship combat offence dice please?

[johndramey]

Oh my, so I should pay attention to pilot as well as nav. I've basically been beefing my nav score way way up because my captains all tend to run from combat. Thanks for that break-down, fallen!

[tenbsmith]

So, you need Nav to control range in long-distance ship-to-ship combat. But, Pilot and Electronics are strong dice for dodge regardless of range. Command is weak dice for dodge at any range. Very interesting.

Now, i'm thinking Pilot Assist Module instead of Defense Matrix. And, I may get rid of my armor, 'cause I need a prison cell. Or maybe I'll look for and upgrade that improves Electronics and Pilot.