Skill Discussions

Ordnance Handling - Each level of this skill reduces the reload time for turrets and launchers by 10%. Does not apply to laser or mining crystals.
Prerequisites: Advanced Weapon Upgrades 5, Surgical Strike 5, Warhead Upgrades 5, Gunnery 5, Missile Launcher Operation 5.

Warp Navigation - Each level of this skill increases the pilot's ability to navigate warp tunnels more efficiently, increasing the warp velocity.
Prerequisites: Navigation 5, Astrometrics 5

Fine Print (rank 2) - adds 8 contracts per level
Skill in filling the borders and margins of contracts with endless terms and conditions on a scale that even nanotech engineers find impressive.
Prerequisite: Contracting 5

Contract Law (rank 4) - adds 16 contracts per level
Skill in applying local laws and legal precedents that favour your contract dealings.
Prerequisite: Fine Print 5

Legalese (rank 6) - adds 32 contracts per level
Skill in burying contracts in meaningless legal jargon so effectively that nobody dares to contest their validity.
Prerequisite: Contract Law 5

Infomorph Adaptation
Advanced training that enables a pilot to endure the physical and mental stresses experienced as a result of clone jumping, thereby alloying the pilot to change clones more frequently.
Prerequisite: Informorph Psychology 5

Teleconferencing - Social (x3), Prereq. Social 3, Connections 2, Diplomacy 1

Allows you to both accept and turn in (non-delivery required) missions from agents without having to actually dock at their stupid station every dang time..

First level allows teleconferencing within the same system. Second level increases the range by one jump. At level five, any agent in the same region can be interacted with.

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Mission Profiling - Social (x4), Prereq. Social 3, Connections 3, and either Distribution Connections 1 or Security Connections 1 (or both, as appropriate, see below).

Allows you to be more selective in the missions that your agents give you.

At level 1 you will no longer receive security missions that are actually a level higher than what your agent level is (You know what I mean; Go to a L3 agent, get a 400LP mission, a 400LP mission, and then out of nowhere they throw a 1000LP mission at you along with enemies to match), nor will you receive cargo missions that exceed the cargo capacity of your current ship. The decline mission penalty drops to 2 hours.

At level 2 you can put a cap on how many jumps you're willing to make from the agent's home base, and the "decline mission" penalty drops to 1 hours. Mission bonus time extended 25%.

At level 3 you can choose if you want to fight Navy Faction foes or Pirate foes (if security), or if you're willing to deliver to null-sec or not. The decline penalty drops to 30 minutes. Mission bonus time extended 50%.

At level 4 you can choose between actual Navy Factions or Pirate groups in particular to fight, or if you're willing to deliver to low-sec or not. The decline penalty drops to 15 minutes. Mission bonus time extended 100%

At level 5, you can choose the actual mission that you want to fly from the (formerly) random list. The decline penalty is eliminated entirely (not that you'd ever have a reason to decline a mission again at this point). Mission bonus only ends at server downtime.

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Drone Shield Operation - Drones (x3), Prereq. Drones 5, Shield Operation 3

Each level increases the recharge rates of drone's shields by 10% when deployed and 20% when in the drone bay.

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Warp Disruption Systems - Electronics (x5), Prereq. Electronic Warfare 3, Propulsion Jamming 4

Each level gives a cumulative 10% chance that any active warp scramble system being used will give an extra point of scramble strength in a given pulse. Also extends jam pulse duration by 5% per level.

Warp Stabilization - Engineering (x5), Prereq. Energy Management 3, Warp Drive Operation 4

Each level gives cumulative 10% chance that any warp stabilizer will give an extra point of stabilization during any pulse that a jamming attempt is made on the ship. Gives a 5% chance per level of generating a single point of stabilization even without a warp stabilizer equipped (max 25% per pulse).

Note: This would make things interesting.

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Drone Tactics - Drones (x4), Prereq. Drones 5, Leadership 3

Note: These would all be option buttons.

At level 1 shield & armor repair drones get "fleet assist" mode to automatically seek out & repair the most damaged ship (or even fellow drones) in your fleet.

At level 2 drones can be ordered to temporarily follow commands of a fleet mate ("obey target").

At level 3 docked drones repair 50% of the rate of your ship's armor and/or hull repair unit(s), when activated.

At level 4 drones can be given "protect me" command, automatically targeting (or switch targets to) whichever ship did the most DPS to you in the last 30 seconds.

At level 5 drone command "exploit weakness" will make drones automatically target (or switch targets to) whichever enemy is most vulnerable to their attacks (i.e. Amarr drones will target foes shield but move to new target once shields are down, while Minmatar drones will seek out exposed hulls, etc)

Remote Repair Agent

This skill will allow you to contact a remote repair agent who will fly his Badger (race specific) out to you and repair your ship. His Badger is slow, but holds every tool imaginable to do any and all repairs. Might allow you to online a mod. Not a fitting service.

Standings would affect the skill. 0.0 might need some provisions. Pre-req might be Repair Agent V, see below.

Level 1. Same system repairs

Level 2. 3 jumps

Level 3. 6 jumps

Level 4. 12 jumps

Level 5. Region wide


Repair Agent

Reduces the cost of repairs by 10% per level, up to 50%.

I approve of these... I am forever frustrated having to run back and forth having to dock and undock to hand in or request a mission.... This would make missioning (for me atleast) 10x more enjoyable!

Regional Trading Skills
These are inter regional versions of the normal training skills. Requires Tycoon 5

+1 for Tear Retention

+1 for reduced clone jumping time

What about a skill that expands the range of the directional scanner?

A skill that delays your appearance in local by up to a minute (at level 5) could be entertaining for local spikes.

Or moreover, a skill allowing you to see number of people in local 1 jump out, 2 jumps out, 3 etc.

Roomy Pants lvl1 -

At first level your pants provide 5% more space for crotch.
Each new level increase the space by a further 5%

MARRY ME ALREADY!!!

Bonus Customization (x5) no requirements

The bonuses of each T1 ships (below capitals) can be customized. You can pick one of the two ship bonuses and replace it with one you choose. For each level of the skill you get 1/10th of the "normal" bonus. Take the new punisher for example, to increase its dps you can drop its armor res bonus and get a maximum or 12.5% rof bonus at lvl5. Role bonuses can not be changed.

Advanced Bonus Customization (x8) requires Bonus Customization
Skill for T2 ships

I would personally like this a lot! You could specialize your ship to a certain extent, but doing so would decrease the overall ability of the ship as the bonus you would get is only half of the normal ones.

I recently had someone try to tell me thermodynamics was a "useless" skill.

So the skill I would add would be, "Fool-proof"
Makes you look like 10% less of a fool in front of your corporation per level.

(Requires you to be the CEO of your corporation to use this skill.)




Edit: forgot the "per level" bit.