- "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[]
- Aliencraft Manipulation
- Camouflage
- Change Sense
- Cloaking
- Combat Pragmatist
- Computer Operation Mastery
- Danger Detection
- Enhanced Caution
- Enhanced Preparedness
- Enhanced Senses
- Enhanced Survivability
- G-Force Adaptation
- Heads-Up Display
- Hyperspace Travel
- Interstellar Travel
- Mathematical Mastery
- Physics Mastery
- Radar
- Spatial Perception
- Tracking Evasion
- Trick Weaponry
- Vacuum Adaptation
Associations[]
- Advanced Technology
- Alien Physiology
- Astronautics Mastery
- Engineering Mastery
- Enhanced Exploration
- Legendary Status
- Mech Piloting Mastery
- Mortality
- Rivalry Empowerment
- Superior Human Physiology
- Vehicular Mastery
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 myriads 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
- The Argo Ship (Uchuu Sentai Kyuuranger)
- Houou Voyager (Uchuu Sentai Kyuuranger)
Cartoons
- Cyril Figgis (Archer)
- Kevin Levin (Ben 10 series)
- Rook Blonko (Ben 10)
- Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty)
- Morty Smith (Rick and Morty)
- Summer Smith (Rick and Morty)
- Fei Fei (Over the Moon)
- Turanga Leela (Futurama)
- Philip J. Fry (Futurama)
- Captains of Axion (WALL-E)
Comics
- Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Comics)
- Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
- Midnighter (DC Comics/Wildstorm)
- Ben Grimm/The Thing (Marvel Comics)
- Rocket Racoon (Marvel Comics)
- Peter Quill/Star-Lord (Marvel Comics)
- Various Characters (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Web Comics
Video Games
- Jeff "Joker" Moreau (Mass Effect)
- Steve Cortez (Mass Effect)
- Kallo Jath (Mass Effect Andromeda)
- Katie Cadet (Starflyers)
- Star Fox Team (Star Fox)
- Fox McCloud
- Falco Lombardi
- Starlink Initiative (Starlink: Battle for Atlas)
- Imperial Guard/Astra Militarum (Warhammer 40,000)
- Space Marines/Adeptus Astartes (Warhammer 40,000)