VEN Example Skill Page - Targeting

Vast Imperial Starfighter Skill
Targeting
Tier 1 "Specialisation"
Accuracy Training	Learn how to increase your accuracy.
Tier 2 "Qualification"
Precision Training	Earn advanced targeting computer.
Tier 3 "Certifications"
Elite Starbomber Pilot	Become an Ace Bomber
Elite Starfighter Pilot	Become an Ace Dogfighter

A TIE Fighter's targeting comp, with a Y-Wing just below the kill-zone.

The Skill: Targeting

Targeting is, at its core, one of the very basics of Starfighter Combat - it is the art of ensuring that when you fire your Starfighter's weapons, they will successfully hit the enemy you are attempting to damage. In the earliest days of pre-space fighter combat, pilots had to aim their guns purely by eye. Thankfully, those days are over, and fighter pilots have access to highly sophisticated targeting computers to assist them in identifying, targeting and eventually destroying hostile Starfighters. Still, targeting computers are not able to do everything for you.

Basic operation of a targeting computer is taught to every Starfighter pilot during training, but to become truly proficient in it, one must learn how to get the best out of the machine, and how to aim in Starfighter Combat if your targeting computer fails. Targeting skills involve training in rangefinding, angles of deflection, trajectory management and missile locking systems, and a pilot truly skilled at targeting will be able to land shots that seem impossible - even for a computer! Many believe that Luke Skywalker is a natural in the art of targeting, and that the shot that destroyed the Death Star was the finest example of this skill in use to date.

“	Filling space with energy weapons and projectiles of all kinds may look pretty to you, but it's a waste of time and power. It'll also get you shot down 99.9% of the time. Pick your targets, ladies and gentlemen. Then shoot your targets.	”
—ESN Demetrius "Hades" Aita, VE's Chief of Naval Training

Specialisation Mission: "Stay on Target..."

A TIE Fighter pilot lines up on a Rebel Alliance Y-Wing.

After a week of hard training and simulation, you will attempt to prove you have become proficient in targeting by taking part in a simulated combat against a single X-Wing Starfighter whilst piloting your assigned Starfighter. Your objective is simple: Using your knowledge of evasion learned through the resources supplied in this page, target and destroy the opposing X-Wing within two minutes..
VENA Instructors will be looking for believable storytelling and proof that you have learned the basics of targeting in Starfighter Combat.

• ID Tag Earned: {Tg1}
  

Qualification Mission: "I have you now!"

After extensive training and real-combat practise in evasion, you are ready to prove you have learned targeting to a higher degree. In a simulated mission, you will engage a highly skilled A-Wing pilot in combat using your assigned Starfighter. Using your knowledge and experience in targeting, you will use a combination of prediction, basic targeting techniques and your targeting computer to destroy the A-Wing within two minutes.
VENA Instructors will be looking for highly realistic storytelling and proof that you have achieved a high degree of proficiency in the use of targeting in Starfighter Combat.

• ID Tag Earned: {Tg2}
  
  

Skill Equipment: Advanced Targeting Computer

An evolution of the advanced system field-tested by Lord Darth Vader, the Advanced Targeting Computer is a radical improvement over mass-produced models, and has a higher resolution, refresh rate, ECM resistance and range than standard models - it is the Starfighter equivalent of a sniper scope.

Naval Certifications

Once you have Qualified in Targeting, you are one step closer to being able to complete the following Certifications:
Elite Starbomber Pilot: Able to target and destroy both immobile and agile targets with ease, the Bomber Ace is a master of destruction on a massive scale.
Elite Starfighter Pilot: Elite fighter pilots whom combine amazing aerial acrobatics with pinpoint accuracy, turning them into killing machine in fighter vs. fighter combat.

Links and Resources

A list of links to resources and suggested reading that will aid you in learning how to properly role-play using this skill.

• T-65 X-Wing Starfighter
• RZ-1 A-Wing Interceptor

PM Hades or Dunny if you have found a link you think should be added here.

• Note : The Vast Empire claims no credit for external sites and resources; all information provided is for fictional use only.