Spacecraft Mastery

"He was the best starpilot in the galaxy..."

― Obi-Wan Kenobi discussing Anakin Skywalker with his son, Luke Skywalker (Star Wars: A New Hope)

"Overwhelming odds, tough target, scant chance of survival—business as usual for Rogue Squadron."

― Corran Horn, to Wedge Antilles (Star Wars Legends)

"If you had your way, you'd continue flying snubfighters and commanding fighter squadrons until you were a century old."

― Admiral Ackbar to Wedge Antilles (Star War Legends)

"Evasive action? Ben's father is one of the Galaxy's greatest pilots, and his uncle blew up a Death Star. We can't evade him."

― Tai (Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren)

"You want me as your pilot. I'm not good. I'm not even great. I'm the best damn helmsman in the Alliance fleet! Top of my class in flight school? I earned that. All those commendations in my file? I earned every single one. Those weren't given to me as charity for my disease."

― Flight Lieutenant Jeff "Joker" Moreau (Mass Effect)

"To Sakamoto Tatsuma, flying a ship is like moving his own arms and legs."

― Gintoki Sakata (Gintama)

The ability to be a master of piloting spacecrafts, either innately or through training. Variation of Vehicular Mastery.

Also Called[]

Dropship Pilot
Expert/Master Space Pilot
Ship Pilot
Space Ace
Star Pilot
Spacer
Space Jockey
Spacecraft Intuition
UFO Intuition/Mastery

Capabilities[]

The user, either innately or through training, is a master of operating and piloting spacecrafts/ships as they're usually credited with destroying multiple opponents in combat, outrun other vessels while crossing inhospitable area within one's galaxy or universe, and account for the majority of victories in any intergalactic war/conflict/battle.

Applications[]

Associations[]

Limitations[]

Users are just normal people outside of their ships.
Not invincible, as the craft can still suffer damage.
Users can cause unintentional damage to the surroundings.
May need a certain level of exposure or training to be an effective pilot.
May take time to achieve such mastery.
Cannot master use of every space-craft due to the infinite nature of space and the myriad of different technologies used by different species (indeed some craft are genetically or psychically linked to just one user and/or crew and thus can NEVER be used by another).
Likewise due to the infinite nature of space a pilot will eventually encounter a pilot or species that is infinitely beyond their capability to counter.

Known Users[]

See Also: Space Is Air, Ace Pilot, and Improbable Piloting Skills.

Anime/Manga

Various Characters (Cowboy Bebop)
Hikaru Ichijyo (Super Dimension Fortress Macross)
Isamu Alva Dyson (Macross Plus)
Basara Nekki (Macross 7)
Hayate Immelman (Macross Delta)
Various Characters (Outlaw Star)
Sakamoto Tatsuma (Gintama)
Various characters (Sonic X)

Literature

Various Characters (Star Wars Legends)

Live Television/Movies

Teal'c (Stargate SG-1)
Cameron Mitchell (Stargate SG-1)
John Shepard (Stargate Atlantis)
Various characters (Star Trek)
Various Characters (Star Wars)
Gordon Malloy (The Orville)
Stephen Hiller (Independence Day)
Roger (Lavender Castle)
Various Characters (Alien series)
- Corporal Ferro
- Private Spunkmeyer
- Maggie Faris
- Ellen Ripley
- Ripley 8
- Lance Bishop (Synthetic)
- Sabra Hillard
- Emun Chance
- Benedict Ravel
- Tennessee "Tee" Faris